Been with PoE since 2013 following the disastrous D3 launch and I've since changed my opinion of what the standard for ARPGs should be.
While I haven't been glued to the chair every league launch, I've still enjoyed many of them and acquired around ~3.5k hours played according to steam.
So trust me man, I've been awaiting D4 for years. Fuck, it feels like the blizzcon 2019 announcement was yesterday doesn't it? Can't believe IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! -yt bot
I returned to poe last summer after a 2 year hiatus and quickly found myself with a pissed girlfriend :xd: For those who don't know, Grinding Gear Games decided to completely destroy their game by completely revamping the loot system during a league reset, something that pissed off the entire player base. Their justification was that the scaling was getting out of hand, so they re-designed the skinnerbox to an isolation cell and removed the coke. Plenty of people have simply just burnt out endlessly grinding without reward and are starving for a new experience. Which is a good thing for D4, but man I really do hope that blizzard execs don't ruin this...
For the moment I've got far more important things on my plate than wasting my time on video games, but checking out the open beta is a necessity imho. Fingers crossed that it doesn't disappoint!