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"Temple ruined my Christmas..." Iconic

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@pathofexile @kiwijuicing Could we please have the option to disable pinning items/skills/things in POE2? I'm constantly doing it by accident and I'd just like the ability to toggle it off in settings ^^

[Path of Exile @pathofexile]

We’re in the fourth month of Path of Exile: Mirage, so it’s time to talk about the next big update for Path of Exile!

🎥3.29 Live Reveal - July 16 1PM PDT
🦦3.29 Launch - July 24 1PM PDT
❔In-game event - soon

https://t.co/IsL4yQUsGo

[Sarcabun @sarcabun]

Going live for @pathofexile 2 boat league (when I reach endgame)!
Going to plunder some isles!

https://t.co/5wsOfRKm9A

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@lolcohol I'm rawdogging it hard by skipping most of the announcement and trailers to be spoiler free, truly out here in the Wild West blindfolded... As it should be

[horse dentist @equine__dentist]

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@kiwijuicing Welcome and congrats! ☺

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@nizmaat Omg its so cute I want one!

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@Zizaran @pathofexile https://t.co/5wsOfRKm9A

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Get yourself a streamer that can do both @Zizaran @pathofexile

Gauntlet Time

[Zizaran 🇳🇴 @Zizaran]

A new FREE & EXCLUSIVE skin is coming soon... Does it look familiar? Find out in 2 days 👀

[thomasmahler @thomasmahler]

There’s a pattern we should talk about that has quietly killed a lot of great games over the years.

It usually pans out like so:
1) Developers listen to players and think they do them a favor by giving them exactly what they asked for.
2) Players love it - at first.
3) After that, for some 'mysterious' reason, players lose interest and the game slowly dies and nobody is quite sure why that happened.

The truth is that players will always push for fewer restrictions. They'll always argue for endless farming, easy power creep, never getting locked out of any content, making things more convenient, removing any sort of gates, etc. etc.

And usually, even if you give in to things that will hurt a game in the long run, you get applause, at first.

But you also just removed some of the very things that made the game special.

Magic in games often comes from limitations.
Scarcity, anticipation, effort, friction... all of these things have meaning. And if you remove those out of the equation, you logically remove meaning.

Christmas is magical exactly because it happens once a year. If you had Christmas every day, you wouldn’t make it better - you’d destroy what made it special.

As a parent, I know how excited my boys are when December hits and they start dreaming about how amazing Christmas will be.

They start talking about which awesome presents they'll receive and every day they come up with new things.

The parents challenge is then to intently listen and to understand what your kid really wishes for - and after thoughtful deliberation, you turn THAT into their present.

You don't give them everything they wanted, you give them what they deep down truly wished for. And that's what makes it magical for them, because you actually spent the time and were thoughtful enough to truly understand who they are.

And the same is true for games.

When everything is always available, then:
- Nothing feels special
- Nothing is worth planning for
- Nothing creates stories anymore

You’ve optimized the fun out of the system.

We’ve seen this over and over:

You remove keys, costs, or gates and players gleefully cheer you on.

But suddenly:
- The gameplay loop breaks
- The economy collapses
- The sense of progression disappears

Another example: social friction.

The magic of early World of Warcraft was that it was basically the first social network.

You had to actively talk to people, organize raids, build relationships and in the process a lot of people created life-long friends.

Then players kept asking for features like LFG and developers caved in with the argument that removing friction is good.

But suddenly, your friends didn't need you anymore. You weren't seen as an important part of their group anymore, you became an annoying obstacle that could be side-tracked. And losing your friends is a horrible feeling, as it should be.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth:
Players are very good at optimizing for short-term satisfaction. But they are incredibly bad at protecting long-term fun.

THAT is the developer’s job.

Sometimes you have to stand your ground and say no. Not to frustrate players, but to protect their experience.

Because if you give players everything they want…

You might be taking away the reason they loved your game in the first place.

[Sarcabun @sarcabun]

@TalkativeTri @lolcohol Rage Vortex Berserk slaps I did it a couple leagues ago (couldn't find any build guides for it) but it was very fun!

[Path of Exile @pathofexile]

In Path of Exile: Mirage we're adding improvements to the Currency Exchange, Campaign and more! Find out everything on February 26th!

https://t.co/FtwTXiDh2k

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@pathofexile Didn't get a good picture before stream, this was after the horns had already started falling off 😂

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Managed to pull together a rush Atziri cosplay in time for league start!!! https://t.co/ZQhDP1kKHs @pathofexile #pathofexile2 #atziri #cosplay

[Path of Exile @pathofexile]

Celebrate the launch of Path of Exile 2: The Last of the Druids with us by tuning into your favorite Twitch stream! We’ll be running Twitch Drops for two weeks and giving away an exclusive Discord avatar for completing the Path of Exile 2 quest.

https://t.co/QGDXjHNKdg

[Sarcabun @sarcabun]

Happy early Halloween! I'm spooking myself in Observation Duty https://t.co/5wsOfRKTZ8

[Zizaran 🇳🇴 @Zizaran]

This is sortof huge but easy to miss in the notes, you now go to SOFTCORE not standard if you die in hc

The Hardcore variations of Keepers are parented to their Standard Keepers equivalent, meaning if you die in Hardcore Keepers you can continue on in Standard Keepers League.