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95% of builds on Path of Exile scale with special uniques or powerful rares
The reason it is still fun after 20+ hours of play is because of the skill and gear progression that comes with most builds in the game. 95% of builds on PoE scale with special uniques or powerful rares as well as getting gear that has more linked sockets (5 socketed and linked sockets on gear are a lot more rare than 4 linked gear, and 6 linked gear extremely rare and endgame to acheive in most cases). Both of these will change will change how the skill works/increase their damage output significantly, making you want to progress even more to see how far you can take a build idea.
So the long and short of it is yes in it's most basic form the fun of playing the same skill over a long period is to see the returns of your investment into the skill and seeing how far you can take it, which is much more rewarding than it sounds due to the sheer complexity and number of options the game has to offer.
Dec
The way armor works is too RNG in Path of Exile
The problem isn't really map mods. The problem is that armor and evasion are not even close to as good as having a giant 'life' pool.
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Some Newbies Guide to Farm Currency in PoE
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In Path of Exile any decision at any point in time matters
Having cool armor skin =/= pay to win.Having 100 times more warehouse space = p2w. If it affects gameplay, its p2w.
May
POE Leagues Transverse Comparison
Now is the show time of Flashback, but we should never forget these great leagues, which has brought us a lot of happiness in the past years. Then here comes a question like "Which is your favorite league" or "Do you love Harbinger/Abyss/Bestiary, why?"
Oct
Path of Exile GGG logic
The damage of these zaps vary and is decided at the time of it being casted, so if for example a cast of this hits the high roll, then all consecutive zaps from that particular cloud will deal the same damage.
Oct
PoE's trade system does have one obscure skill
The scales of commitment are: time and skill. Good game design allows a baseline rate of progression per unit time with little or "no" skill, while allowing increased rates as skill increases.
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