I've played both. I stopped playing PoE about 6 months ago, I've got RoS DD on preorder.
PoE is good, I'm not saying it's not. But the level of polish on D3 is just SO much higher. Also, most of the reasons people gives for PoE being better I think fall fairly flat under observation...
The biggest one is Choice... They say "oh in D3 all Barbs are the same, but in PoE I can play my char however I want..." That's true, but mostly because you're not playing a character, you're playing a paper doll. The "character" you choose at the start is basically just a model, it bears no relation to anything in game, all it changes are your starting stats and position on the skill board. D3 however you're playing an Archtype, You're the mighty barbarian who crushes enemies with overwhelming force, or the wise wizard who strikes down the enemies with elemental fury.
Basically D3 is Dungeons and Dragons, you're playing a set character type and using the stats/skills attributed to that class. PoE is a MUD game or something like that, where characters have alot more freedom, but at the cost of identitiy.
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PoE is good, I'm not saying it's not. But the level of polish on D3 is just SO much higher. Also, most of the reasons people gives for PoE being better I think fall fairly flat under observation...
The biggest one is Choice... They say "oh in D3 all Barbs are the same, but in PoE I can play my char however I want..." That's true, but mostly because you're not playing a character, you're playing a paper doll. The "character" you choose at the start is basically just a model, it bears no relation to anything in game, all it changes are your starting stats and position on the skill board. D3 however you're playing an Archtype, You're the mighty barbarian who crushes enemies with overwhelming force, or the wise wizard who strikes down the enemies with elemental fury.
Basically D3 is Dungeons and Dragons, you're playing a set character type and using the stats/skills attributed to that class. PoE is a MUD game or something like that, where characters have alot more freedom, but at the cost of identitiy.