This was kinda unreal. Huge thanks to Jonathan, Nick, and GGG for making this happen. Thanks for all your support, too, Exiles. Time to go get some rest.
Hey man. Just want to affirm that you're doing good work. I made sure to drop by twitch, follow and give you my twitch prime sub. You've earned it. Keep it up. Keep grinding.
Literally one of the most top tier interviews man. I was getting mixed signals about GeForce Now, because one of my friends plays off GFN. Thank you for getting that clarified. He was tuning in and his hype went from 100 to 100000000000000000000000000!!
Any info on wether or not there will be crossplay progression and how well will it perform on the steam deck (i want to get it for steam deck and xbox)?
Let alone numerous several hour streams. Never seen someone do so many 1-2+hour interviews in such a short timespan. Dude is absolutely amazing and juat as enthusiastic every single time, and every single interview has some new pit of indormation, or some new insight in the development pricess and planning.
Just gotta use Google. There are Dozens of interviews up with Diablo Devs over the development cycle. All the way back to 5 years ago. I love that GGG are doing these, but now we've gone to iOS vs Android levels of copium levels pretending that there weren't interviews with a bunch of content creators over the years.
@@andybanan1992imagine being in his shoes. Not able to talk about what you and your team have done for 4 years, and now the dam is finally broken, you get to talk, HAVE to talk about it, and all the pressure that comes with this knowledge - i sincerely hope every interview is pure catharsis for the dude and his teams.
@@vasilevarzari1418 Right? Who are you going to start with, vas? I'm going to start Monk. I ALWAYS go Monk, if possible. Every game is different, obviously, but whenever I go ninja-style I expect movement as a primary aspect of a build. I only played PoE 1 to the campaign end, but my experience with that and Grim Dawn have taught me the basics, the very very basics, of building. Building in this game is going to be bonkers. Let's fucking go, people!
43:00 Forget Secret Cow map. PoE 2 needs a Secret Kiwi top tier difficulty map. Just filled with nothing but Rare Kiwi monsters, no normals. Then a final "Momma Kiwi" boss.
I appreciate how enthusiastic Tri is. You can really see how it changes the interview. I’ve watched so many where the interviewer doesn’t even sound excited! Great interview
First video of his I watched and honestly felt pretty fake. One example being 'Does PoE2 have this?' answer: "I honestly don't know, I'm not involved in that decision process". "That's totally everything I wanted to hear!"... umm. wut? edit: I'm not saying I'm skeptical of poe2, the developer, or even the interviewer. I got to play the beta, and it was the best arpg I ever enjoyed, I am stoked for it, and was the first game I pre-ordered for over a decade despite being f2p. But, this interview was really kinda derp imo. "What is the best class?!". As if the lead will answer that with a singular answer. seriously? ffs.
This man is able to talk for that long about his game because he himself plays the game. He's a gamer talking about the game he plays and his personal project at the same time. We are used to watch the press dude of each company answer vague stuff about the games while smiling non-stop even to questions that don't require him to smile.
Jonathan definitely has imposter syndrome. You can just tell he's poured his soul into this project. Asking that question about over the last 6 years what has been the single most challenging aspect of development. He seemed to be really emotional about reaching the quality level they have envisioned. That tells me everything I need to know which is they truly care about giving the best possible product and it's freaking free. I hope the launch is smooth so they can take a much needed deep breath and appreciate the fruits of their labor.
It's crazy when you know just how insanely proficient and talented Jonathan is as a programmer too. He spearheaded the PoE1 engine and the networking aspects of the game all the way back when they were in pre-alpha development in 2006/2007. There is some video out there with him showcasing early engine testing. Monumental considering just how far the game has come and what they've been able to achieve on their own in-house platform.
@@imbarossa1720 agreed and being free is just so amazing especially now that I'm disabled. I still have spent over $500 on poe1 but that's when I was making good money and the fact I get early access free 😭😭😭 makes me happy tear lol
I just wanted to shout out the improvement in your interviewing skills. The difference between your first, second, and third interviews is very apparent. You very clearly put in a lot of prep work for this interview and it shows. You should be really happy with yourself. This hype train is giving you a lot of practice, and I'm willing to bet this means you will have more GGG interviews in the future. Well done sir. Also, interviews with Jonathan Rogers, and several other GGG employees for that matter, are always a joy to watch. It's just watching a video game nerd interview another video game nerd who also happens to make video games, about video games, and that's exactly what I want to see.
God damn. It feels sooo wild. From just having a small audience months ago and just doing some snipits of poe2 leaks to now interviewing jonathan. Tri has come a long way. Cheers!🎉🎉🎉
The question about Rares was MASSIVE news!!! the way it sounds is revolutionary for the ARPG genre. Sounds insane!!!! that rares will actually have different mechanics.
@@MrBuns-yi2hkThat's how you know Jonathan really means it when he says he cares about the quality of the game. Obviously rare mobs have been a huge issue of contention in PoE1, they could have just been like "well we've gotten them to a state where most people are okay with it" and just done how it currently is in PoE1, but no they decided to put in monumental extra effort in order to make it not just a tolerable experience but a good one.
i feel like out of the sheer fire hose of jonathan interviews this week this was the interview that got the most questions asked and answered in really coherent ways.
Developers really need to take a page out of GGG's playbook because THIS is how you truly engage with your community in a meaningful and honest way. How refreshing is it to see a developer sitting hours and hours with content creators of ALL sizes, talking with such a passion, care and being able to delve deep into literally almost every aspect of the game. How refreshing is it to actually have a one-on-one with a developer for about an hour of time, sometimes more, instead of the typical "Campfire Developer Chat" with 10 carefully picked questions and just as carefully pre-approved and scripted answers. I love this. I love GGG and I love Jonathan, he seems like such a passionate and talented guy that truly, truly cares about delivering the best game for the community of Path of Exile. For these reasons, and many others, I will purchase PoE2 Early Access for GGG truly deserves the support and I'm honored to give it to them. They are literally +S tier developers and we should all be grateful we have these wonderful people grinding for years to give us the best ARPG we could ever wish for. Thank you GGG, thank you Jonathan and thank you for Tri for asking great questions and showing genuine excitement of talking PoE2 with Jon.
This may sound very wierd, but for some reason I want the servers down during EA start. But at the same time, the problem would be solved quickly. This would be an indicator that there are a lot of people and GGG are able to solve problems :) But this is my weird dream start of EA :D
Im going SSF anyways for a while just to explore the game without trading. But i seriously dont think they will be prepared for the insane server load that will happen on dec 6.
Exotic gifts! That was an incredible interview with an exceptional aftershow. The discussion seemed effortlessly natural and the excitement was tangible. Farewell to one opportunity and here's to the next one 😊
Way to go. You were nervous before the actual interview while remembering your past one. But you really nailed this one. Super informative, super fun to watch. Awesome, sovereign interview.
A few months ago, I started playing PoE, and was having a really good time with the campaing. I dropped the game though, cause I couldn't stand the overwhelming feeling of trying to catch up with more than a decade of content. Since PoE 2 looks so much better than the first, i'm really excited to try it out from the beginning. I recently discovered your channel, and I must say, this interview was the best content i've seen related to the game. You certainly understood the concerns of totally newbies in the PoE universe, and made really relevant questions to help us get even more interested in the game. Great content indeed. Congratulations and thank you man! Cheers from Brasil!
Thanks for asking my overflow question Tri! I Still have so many questions about it like time gated vs instance gated etc, but I can wait for Dec 6th to answer those myself. I'm just concerned it will end up being niche and not viable on 90% of boss encounters, but maybe it's something we can stack up inside a map and maintain until we leave fingers crossed.
Amazing interview, bro. I only caught the tail end after work and jumped in at the end for all the fun hype. Thanks for posting the replay so soon so I could see what I missed. As somebody who never got that high tier in maps on POE1, I'm loving what he said about rare monsters that we'll see throughout the game. It's almost like at some point he was interviewed by like Talkative Hillock who represented the monsters and he asked if their rares could get their own passive skill tree and Jonathan was like "hmmm....I'll allow it" 😅
Every interview with Johnathan makes me like him more and more. He's like, the cool uncle I never had. Super passionate about his game and man, I just love it. You don't hear other game directors talk about their game like this. It's so refreshing. So genuine.
Jonathan is the personification of a great Game company director. He and Mark always giving us attention and trying to make their best efforts to listen to the community. If POE2 explodes in popularity, they deserve a big raise $$$$
I showed the game to a friend of mine, who I haven't talked to in a while. I send him the famous 1-hour-video with the caption "if you have time check it out" it could interest you. I send it because we both played Diablo 3 in collage. His response was simply: "this is so on my radar, let us play together". This game will produce a huge gathering! It will be so crazy!
Tri, I just want to glaze YOU for a second here and say you’re a very genuine and awesome creator. I love the quality of your videos and the passion you obviously have for what you’re doing. Content creation can be bullshit work sometimes, but we all appreciate you, and you deserve all the success you’ve had so far and so much more. Keep on doing what you’re doing man ❤
Amazing interview! Both in terms of content from Jonathan, but also insane to see how much smoother and more professional Tri has become in interviews in such a short time. Kudos! As for the actual discussion: There's one specific thing I wanted to mention about rune words: I do think they could have a place even without being OP because there's other things they provided, that imo is somewhat similar to vendor recipes: 1. They feel like they're rewarding you for some "insider" game knowledge 2. They could provide deterministic crafting outcomes during leveling (think of rune words similar to poe1 weapon vendor recipes, but maybe slightly more powerful or archetype specific like a poison weapon recipe) 3. They allow you to farm "pieces of a whole" without the weakness of div cards, where 99% of cards are useless to you because they're too specific and you have to grind the same content over and over to get a full set. I do understand that they're probably annoying to balance though.
I can only imagine what kind of effort and energy it takes for Jonathan to do all these interviews. And for everyone, he's smiling, passionate and energetic. It's amazing! Not shying away from the questions. Such a wonderful person.
Jonathan loves his job and his game and it shows in how he speaks about it with such enthusiasm and energy. If nothing else that’s why i bought supporter pack to jump in day 1. We need more developers like this, this was a 1 hour long video as to why we should give these people our money early to play a free game. Great job GGG and talkative and can’t wait for next Friday
As someone who's been developing an application at work for the last 2 years independently which needs to be flawless, I really resonate with Jonathan saying "Everything feels just 2 years out" because when you care about a project you don't see the finish line, you see the flaws. Good stuff man
That was an excellent interview! Well prepared, empathic and focused. You knew when to let him speak and endure moments of silence and thinking. I have seen many journalists fail at this. Congrats!
I'm so hyped that they are extracting out all of the vendor recipes into dedicated UI's! I mean, I could generally get by in POE 1 with vendor recipes, eventually by memory, but occassionally, having that sort of mental overhead hanging over me when deciding to jump back into PoE again has, at least a couple times, made me decide to play a different game.
Yes! I was waiting for this, amazing podcast. How great that you asked the necessary questions and especially ascendancy. It seems that there is a lot of work behind all this and that is why it has taken time. Quality requires effort and dedication.
Just couple minutes in and damn, you really took all the criticism of the first interview to grow, it's shocking difference already so keep it up, great work!
Listen to how Jonathan speaks. He said “without all that player feedback I could not have appreciated some of the problems we had with the game.” This is why ggg is the goat of arpg’s
The fact that when he thinks back on the hardest days of making POE2 and is nearly brought to tears with thinking through the grit and grind, and the hundreds of hours of talking through systems, you can just feel the blood sweat and tears GGG has poured into this game. He knows the looks of the artist told to pause all work and head to end game war room mode, he knows the long hours, the difficult arugments over systems, and you can feel both the fear, worry, and pride in every answer he gives. Even if there are a ton of hiccups or things people don't like the humillity both him and Mark radiate it just astonishing. They basically coming to us saying. "look we poured our hearts into this, we really hope and we think you will like it. but if not we are hear to work with you to make both of our dreams come true." Whereas so far a lot of other dev teams, are like we did this, it's how it's going to be, trust us you going to like it. Even here you can feel the vibe GGG is like we did our best, made sure the quality was a mark we tried to hit on everything. Wish us the best of luck. See you in game exile.
What’s crazy is how generous they are with information and transparency about EVERY aspect of there game. Ask a Diablo dev and you’ll never get 1/10th of the response GGG GIVES. Just like the content. GGG thrives on giving crazy good content and Diablo hints at content like it’s going to be Sooooo amazing. Just to be something that’s in every other game since 2005..
I doubt it, moat people wont have those items on hand or laying around in their stash either. It will more likely be an unlock feature for the salvage/upgrade benches
that was such an amazing interview holy damn! the way you both talked made it incredibly fun to listen/watch. and you just had such a great set of questions ready that was amazing, way to go man
As always, GOAT devs, GOAT game. New rare mobs system is kinda unreal, how are they still one-upping themselves. Thanks for your work Tri, amazing content.
The thing about vendor recipies not being in poe2 is so good. I have played this game for 5+ years, and I never got the hang of the old system, and every time I needed to finish my challenges, I had to look them up each time on the wiki. So thanks for changing this to something more userfriendly. Also, thanks for the great interview Tri.
I wish nothing but great things for Jonathan and all of GGG. Honestly they just are pillars above every single developer from just their clarity and honesty alone. Also subbed, fantastic interview and hope you continue to grow Tri!
I might have commented on the way you hosted your first interview, and i'm happy to see that you have made huge improvements. Keep it up and thank you for listening to the feedback !
My goodness, i really hope they expand on PvP. I am so glad they gave us dueling. Hopefully we get some sort of different ways to PvP down the road, it would be amazing even if it was a nightmare to balance / no balance just like poe1
The fact that GGG is obsessed with continuing to improve, and get better and never settling with their success, is admirable in today's age of game development.
I'd actually like to float the suggestion that while the runewords were op and that was a driving source of satisfaction the real draw to the system was the incremental gain in wealth provided from finding the runes themselves whilst farming any content in the game. They almost functioned similarily to higher end divination cards giving you a piece of the pie towards a larger end goal.
This was kinda unreal. Huge thanks to Jonathan, Nick, and GGG for making this happen. Thanks for all your support, too, Exiles. Time to go get some rest.
Hey man. Just want to affirm that you're doing good work. I made sure to drop by twitch, follow and give you my twitch prime sub. You've earned it. Keep it up. Keep grinding.
very unreal, congratulations!
Literally one of the most top tier interviews man. I was getting mixed signals about GeForce Now, because one of my friends plays off GFN. Thank you for getting that clarified. He was tuning in and his hype went from 100 to 100000000000000000000000000!!
Any info on wether or not there will be crossplay progression and how well will it perform on the steam deck (i want to get it for steam deck and xbox)?
Thanks to you to!
id like to see diablo game director spending 1h to answer questions for a 30k sub youtuber
Let alone numerous several hour streams.
Never seen someone do so many 1-2+hour interviews in such a short timespan. Dude is absolutely amazing and juat as enthusiastic every single time, and every single interview has some new pit of indormation, or some new insight in the development pricess and planning.
We should treasure it, sometimes it feels like Jonathan Rogers is accumulating alot of overtime currently. Hope he stays a sane exile !
Just gotta use Google. There are Dozens of interviews up with Diablo Devs over the development cycle. All the way back to 5 years ago.
I love that GGG are doing these, but now we've gone to iOS vs Android levels of copium levels pretending that there weren't interviews with a bunch of content creators over the years.
@@Danielr0418Stay on topic. Any Diablo devs that did interview with lesser known content creators with similar sub count? Use Google to let us know
@@andybanan1992imagine being in his shoes. Not able to talk about what you and your team have done for 4 years, and now the dam is finally broken, you get to talk, HAVE to talk about it, and all the pressure that comes with this knowledge - i sincerely hope every interview is pure catharsis for the dude and his teams.
I love Tri's grin of delight at just being able to interview Jonathan. Totally wholesome.
GGG, take my MONEY!!!!!! I'm currently saying my goodbyes to family and friends.
Lol😂😂
Same. I am telling everyone to forget bothering me unless black holes start eating reality.
@@vasilevarzari1418 Right? Who are you going to start with, vas? I'm going to start Monk. I ALWAYS go Monk, if possible. Every game is different, obviously, but whenever I go ninja-style I expect movement as a primary aspect of a build. I only played PoE 1 to the campaign end, but my experience with that and Grim Dawn have taught me the basics, the very very basics, of building. Building in this game is going to be bonkers. Let's fucking go, people!
@@spl1xmonk guy here. Character name: oldmonk
Saying goodbye to family and friends surely do resonate with 'Oldmonk'
Thank you body ! you put a lot of effort and spread good vibes
Was a rollercoaster on stream. Keep building the hype!
Idk, but Jonathan Voice is music to my ears
The voice of a guy who loves his craft and his job
The voice of a kiwi. Great accent tbh. It has the undertones of being an Aussie but less potent.
43:00 Forget Secret Cow map. PoE 2 needs a Secret Kiwi top tier difficulty map.
Just filled with nothing but Rare Kiwi monsters, no normals. Then a final "Momma Kiwi" boss.
I appreciate how enthusiastic Tri is. You can really see how it changes the interview. I’ve watched so many where the interviewer doesn’t even sound excited!
Great interview
First video of his I watched and honestly felt pretty fake. One example being 'Does PoE2 have this?' answer: "I honestly don't know, I'm not involved in that decision process". "That's totally everything I wanted to hear!"... umm. wut?
edit: I'm not saying I'm skeptical of poe2, the developer, or even the interviewer. I got to play the beta, and it was the best arpg I ever enjoyed, I am stoked for it, and was the first game I pre-ordered for over a decade despite being f2p. But, this interview was really kinda derp imo.
"What is the best class?!".
As if the lead will answer that with a singular answer. seriously? ffs.
@@Ghalion666 That's all you have to say about the interview? Damn.
i love how honest he is, he straight up says yes, this issue is gonna happen but we are trying to fix it.
Exactly. It's quite depressing that something as simple as being honest should be such a breath of fresh air in todays industry.
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It was a fantastic interview. He did a great job.
Looking forward to you monk builds bro.
Jonathan sitting there like king
As he should.
well he is right now :) a pleasure to see that it didn't get to his head
@@thevoid5117I was about to comment this verbatim
Dropping utility flasks for charms is definitely one of my top favorite changes!
This man is able to talk for that long about his game because he himself plays the game. He's a gamer talking about the game he plays and his personal project at the same time.
We are used to watch the press dude of each company answer vague stuff about the games while smiling non-stop even to questions that don't require him to smile.
Jonathan definitely has imposter syndrome. You can just tell he's poured his soul into this project. Asking that question about over the last 6 years what has been the single most challenging aspect of development. He seemed to be really emotional about reaching the quality level they have envisioned. That tells me everything I need to know which is they truly care about giving the best possible product and it's freaking free. I hope the launch is smooth so they can take a much needed deep breath and appreciate the fruits of their labor.
It's crazy when you know just how insanely proficient and talented Jonathan is as a programmer too. He spearheaded the PoE1 engine and the networking aspects of the game all the way back when they were in pre-alpha development in 2006/2007. There is some video out there with him showcasing early engine testing. Monumental considering just how far the game has come and what they've been able to achieve on their own in-house platform.
i could not agree more. this 1000%
I really miss Chris but Jonathan is phenominal
I would like them to delay their next planned season for 6 months at least. we have alot of content... they deserve respite
@@imbarossa1720 agreed and being free is just so amazing especially now that I'm disabled. I still have spent over $500 on poe1 but that's when I was making good money and the fact I get early access free 😭😭😭 makes me happy tear lol
I just wanted to shout out the improvement in your interviewing skills. The difference between your first, second, and third interviews is very apparent. You very clearly put in a lot of prep work for this interview and it shows. You should be really happy with yourself. This hype train is giving you a lot of practice, and I'm willing to bet this means you will have more GGG interviews in the future. Well done sir.
Also, interviews with Jonathan Rogers, and several other GGG employees for that matter, are always a joy to watch. It's just watching a video game nerd interview another video game nerd who also happens to make video games, about video games, and that's exactly what I want to see.
God damn. It feels sooo wild. From just having a small audience months ago and just doing some snipits of poe2 leaks to now interviewing jonathan. Tri has come a long way. Cheers!🎉🎉🎉
The question about Rares was MASSIVE news!!! the way it sounds is revolutionary for the ARPG genre. Sounds insane!!!! that rares will actually have different mechanics.
I'm really glad they did this. It is the most work to do, but also the best option to make rares interesting.
@@MrBuns-yi2hkThat's how you know Jonathan really means it when he says he cares about the quality of the game. Obviously rare mobs have been a huge issue of contention in PoE1, they could have just been like "well we've gotten them to a state where most people are okay with it" and just done how it currently is in PoE1, but no they decided to put in monumental extra effort in order to make it not just a tolerable experience but a good one.
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Great job on the interview, lots of thanks for pulling this together and thank you to Jonathan for taking the time.
i feel like out of the sheer fire hose of jonathan interviews this week this was the interview that got the most questions asked and answered in really coherent ways.
Developers really need to take a page out of GGG's playbook because THIS is how you truly engage with your community in a meaningful and honest way.
How refreshing is it to see a developer sitting hours and hours with content creators of ALL sizes, talking with such a passion, care and being able to delve deep into literally almost every aspect of the game. How refreshing is it to actually have a one-on-one with a developer for about an hour of time, sometimes more, instead of the typical "Campfire Developer Chat" with 10 carefully picked questions and just as carefully pre-approved and scripted answers.
I love this. I love GGG and I love Jonathan, he seems like such a passionate and talented guy that truly, truly cares about delivering the best game for the community of Path of Exile. For these reasons, and many others, I will purchase PoE2 Early Access for GGG truly deserves the support and I'm honored to give it to them. They are literally +S tier developers and we should all be grateful we have these wonderful people grinding for years to give us the best ARPG we could ever wish for.
Thank you GGG, thank you Jonathan and thank you for Tri for asking great questions and showing genuine excitement of talking PoE2 with Jon.
Jonathan Rogers is a kiwi legend period.
It doesnt matter if the servers go down for hours during launch, im gonna love this freaking game and the launch!
This may sound very wierd, but for some reason I want the servers down during EA start. But at the same time, the problem would be solved quickly. This would be an indicator that there are a lot of people and GGG are able to solve problems :) But this is my weird dream start of EA :D
@@alter89Ypu would find a way to be happy if the servers were down until full release.
@@redshift912 No, I'm not that weird :D
Im going SSF anyways for a while just to explore the game without trading. But i seriously dont think they will be prepared for the insane server load that will happen on dec 6.
The honestly of Jonathan is so incredibly refreshing, those guys deserve all our attention and money!
"We just want people top have a good time." Thank you Jonathan, it's all us gamers really want.
Quick upload from the interview. The man!
Exotic gifts! That was an incredible interview with an exceptional aftershow. The discussion seemed effortlessly natural and the excitement was tangible. Farewell to one opportunity and here's to the next one 😊
Way to go. You were nervous before the actual interview while remembering your past one. But you really nailed this one. Super informative, super fun to watch. Awesome, sovereign interview.
Hope the sick monsters feel better
dont want another oozeback on our hands
Thank you for asking about being able to change ascendendancy!! Cements my decision to go straight Gemling!
10/10 interviewer
10/10 interviewee
10/10 interview
For a 10/10 upcoming game!
Congrats Tri and congrats GGG. Also congrats POE community! 🎉
A few months ago, I started playing PoE, and was having a really good time with the campaing. I dropped the game though, cause I couldn't stand the overwhelming feeling of trying to catch up with more than a decade of content. Since PoE 2 looks so much better than the first, i'm really excited to try it out from the beginning.
I recently discovered your channel, and I must say, this interview was the best content i've seen related to the game. You certainly understood the concerns of totally newbies in the PoE universe, and made really relevant questions to help us get even more interested in the game. Great content indeed. Congratulations and thank you man! Cheers from Brasil!
Fantastic interview TT, knocked out the park with this one {as did Jonathan as usual}.
Thanks for asking my overflow question Tri! I Still have so many questions about it like time gated vs instance gated etc, but I can wait for Dec 6th to answer those myself. I'm just concerned it will end up being niche and not viable on 90% of boss encounters, but maybe it's something we can stack up inside a map and maintain until we leave fingers crossed.
the blood mage ascendancy uses blood and the orbs give her overflow seems like it should be good
Amazing interview, bro. I only caught the tail end after work and jumped in at the end for all the fun hype. Thanks for posting the replay so soon so I could see what I missed. As somebody who never got that high tier in maps on POE1, I'm loving what he said about rare monsters that we'll see throughout the game. It's almost like at some point he was interviewed by like Talkative Hillock who represented the monsters and he asked if their rares could get their own passive skill tree and Jonathan was like "hmmm....I'll allow it" 😅
So awesome dude! And the viewship was crazy! saw it peak at 6.7k today on youtube, so awesome!
Every interview with Johnathan makes me like him more and more. He's like, the cool uncle I never had. Super passionate about his game and man, I just love it. You don't hear other game directors talk about their game like this. It's so refreshing. So genuine.
I'm honestly just happy to see you thrive and grow. You seem like a genuine guy. Appreciate the content and wish you the best.
Jonathan is the personification of a great Game company director. He and Mark always giving us attention and trying to make their best efforts to listen to the community. If POE2 explodes in popularity, they deserve a big raise $$$$
It was fun joining Tri during his pre-interview warm-up and seeing so much of the community go nuts with support!
I showed the game to a friend of mine, who I haven't talked to in a while. I send him the famous 1-hour-video with the caption "if you have time check it out" it could interest you. I send it because we both played Diablo 3 in collage. His response was simply: "this is so on my radar, let us play together". This game will produce a huge gathering! It will be so crazy!
Tri, I just want to glaze YOU for a second here and say you’re a very genuine and awesome creator. I love the quality of your videos and the passion you obviously have for what you’re doing. Content creation can be bullshit work sometimes, but we all appreciate you, and you deserve all the success you’ve had so far and so much more. Keep on doing what you’re doing man ❤
Glaze? I don't that word means what you think it means...
Hey Tri! You've done an amazing job with those questions.
Thanks for your and Jonathan time! Login in December 6.
Great job interviewing!
Amazing interview! Both in terms of content from Jonathan, but also insane to see how much smoother and more professional Tri has become in interviews in such a short time. Kudos!
As for the actual discussion:
There's one specific thing I wanted to mention about rune words: I do think they could have a place even without being OP because there's other things they provided, that imo is somewhat similar to vendor recipes:
1. They feel like they're rewarding you for some "insider" game knowledge
2. They could provide deterministic crafting outcomes during leveling (think of rune words similar to poe1 weapon vendor recipes, but maybe slightly more powerful or archetype specific like a poison weapon recipe)
3. They allow you to farm "pieces of a whole" without the weakness of div cards, where 99% of cards are useless to you because they're too specific and you have to grind the same content over and over to get a full set.
I do understand that they're probably annoying to balance though.
Thanks for asking my question! Great interview.
Man... Jonathan and GGG are really a gem for gamers currently. Haven't seen this kind of excitement from devs for years now. Makes me happy!
I can only imagine what kind of effort and energy it takes for Jonathan to do all these interviews. And for everyone, he's smiling, passionate and energetic. It's amazing! Not shying away from the questions. Such a wonderful person.
Jonathan loves his job and his game and it shows in how he speaks about it with such enthusiasm and energy. If nothing else that’s why i bought supporter pack to jump in day 1. We need more developers like this, this was a 1 hour long video as to why we should give these people our money early to play a free game. Great job GGG and talkative and can’t wait for next Friday
As someone who's been developing an application at work for the last 2 years independently which needs to be flawless, I really resonate with Jonathan saying "Everything feels just 2 years out" because when you care about a project you don't see the finish line, you see the flaws.
Good stuff man
Excellent interview, subbed. I'm so stoked for this game
That was an excellent interview! Well prepared, empathic and focused. You knew when to let him speak and endure moments of silence and thinking. I have seen many journalists fail at this. Congrats!
So absolutely proud of these legends from my home creating such a great game
You're a fantastic interviewer mate, liked and subbed!
I'm so hyped that they are extracting out all of the vendor recipes into dedicated UI's! I mean, I could generally get by in POE 1 with vendor recipes, eventually by memory, but occassionally, having that sort of mental overhead hanging over me when deciding to jump back into PoE again has, at least a couple times, made me decide to play a different game.
You made it, baby!
Yes! I was waiting for this, amazing podcast. How great that you asked the necessary questions and especially ascendancy.
It seems that there is a lot of work behind all this and that is why it has taken time. Quality requires effort and dedication.
I got my early access key email today. It just made me feel proud of being a supporter of POE since release. They actually care about their players.
incredible work tri!
Just couple minutes in and damn, you really took all the criticism of the first interview to grow, it's shocking difference already so keep it up, great work!
Love the way he connects with players. This game is going to be huge. Cannot wait.
Top interview with very nice questions !
Especially that they are unrepeated by others, well done indeed
Listen to how Jonathan speaks. He said “without all that player feedback I could not have appreciated some of the problems we had with the game.” This is why ggg is the goat of arpg’s
The fact that when he thinks back on the hardest days of making POE2 and is nearly brought to tears with thinking through the grit and grind, and the hundreds of hours of talking through systems, you can just feel the blood sweat and tears GGG has poured into this game. He knows the looks of the artist told to pause all work and head to end game war room mode, he knows the long hours, the difficult arugments over systems, and you can feel both the fear, worry, and pride in every answer he gives. Even if there are a ton of hiccups or things people don't like the humillity both him and Mark radiate it just astonishing. They basically coming to us saying. "look we poured our hearts into this, we really hope and we think you will like it. but if not we are hear to work with you to make both of our dreams come true."
Whereas so far a lot of other dev teams, are like we did this, it's how it's going to be, trust us you going to like it. Even here you can feel the vibe GGG is like we did our best, made sure the quality was a mark we tried to hit on everything. Wish us the best of luck. See you in game exile.
What’s crazy is how generous they are with information and transparency about EVERY aspect of there game. Ask a Diablo dev and you’ll never get 1/10th of the response GGG GIVES. Just like the content. GGG thrives on giving crazy good content and Diablo hints at content like it’s going to be Sooooo amazing. Just to be something that’s in every other game since 2005..
Thank you for your honest and enthusiastic coverage of something you love! New to the community but I am loving this channel!
The Tri-zzler back at it again, good job bro
Calling it now - 'Traveling Merchants' are going to sell outcomes for popular vendor crafts like movement speed boots or weapons with % damage.
I doubt it, moat people wont have those items on hand or laying around in their stash either. It will more likely be an unlock feature for the salvage/upgrade benches
If you're correct I will name my first born child after you.
Great stuff dude! Love your energy. Jonathan is also such a cool dev, you can tell he really loves his game!
that was such an amazing interview holy damn! the way you both talked made it incredibly fun to listen/watch. and you just had such a great set of questions ready that was amazing, way to go man
This interview was very good and you had such good questions!
As always, GOAT devs, GOAT game.
New rare mobs system is kinda unreal, how are they still one-upping themselves.
Thanks for your work Tri, amazing content.
Exclusive scoop! Great question dude!
Tri climbed through shear good vibes and humility. It is great to see this attributes being rewarded!
Jonathan is so passionate about the project that he wants to talk about it with every person possible.
The thing about vendor recipies not being in poe2 is so good. I have played this game for 5+ years, and I never got the hang of the old system, and every time I needed to finish my challenges, I had to look them up each time on the wiki. So thanks for changing this to something more userfriendly.
Also, thanks for the great interview Tri.
Gotta love Jonathan and his spirit, i just cannot wait!
I haven’t played in over 5 years, and I got my invite yesterday. It made me look at what’s happening, and I will be joining.
Great interview well done!
I wish nothing but great things for Jonathan and all of GGG. Honestly they just are pillars above every single developer from just their clarity and honesty alone.
Also subbed, fantastic interview and hope you continue to grow Tri!
What a refreshingly honest and open interview by Jonathan Rogers. Exemplary stuff.
Great interview, very good questions. I enjoyed this interview the most. Good work man.
It's great that PoE 2 should be on Nvidia Geoforce Now on day 1, thanks for asking this quesiton, let's hope it will be there.
I might have commented on the way you hosted your first interview, and i'm happy to see that you have made huge improvements. Keep it up and thank you for listening to the feedback !
My goodness, i really hope they expand on PvP. I am so glad they gave us dueling. Hopefully we get some sort of different ways to PvP down the road, it would be amazing even if it was a nightmare to balance / no balance just like poe1
fantastic interview, I am new to Peth of Exile.
Great interview.
I CANT WAIT !!!
Loved to hear that about runewords honestly, it affirmed my intuition about them as a non-OG D2 player
Solid interview! You’ve earned yourself a subscriber 😁
Excellent (!) questions.
This will be my unforgettable Saint Nicholas ever ! :D
I love that theres still developers out there who want to put out the best product possible and aren't controlled by investors.
The fact that GGG is obsessed with continuing to improve, and get better and never settling with their success, is admirable in today's age of game development.
Find yourself a person that look at you the way Tri watch Jonathan.
Great interview Tri. Stoked for the 6th
I'd actually like to float the suggestion that while the runewords were op and that was a driving source of satisfaction the real draw to the system was the incremental gain in wealth provided from finding the runes themselves whilst farming any content in the game. They almost functioned similarily to higher end divination cards giving you a piece of the pie towards a larger end goal.
Thanks Tri. As always, awesome work there!
great interview my guy