As a viewer, I can bluntly tell you what I'm here for: Path of Exile videos covering niche skills/items/interactions. PoE has so many creators that I usually watch only a specific type of video from each of them. It is extremely tough to grow out of that, good luck
i wish u the best man, one of the biggest reasons i followed u was because of the niche and off meta builds and ideas it sucks that it had reached this point, it would be the dream to make money of something u love and passionate about but sadly life is not always kind to u whatever are ur next adventures, would like to go on with u
If time allows it, maybe do a learning blender dev diary, UA-cam series or Twitch, on a different channel, and see if it takes/or where it takes you. You have that eye for finding niche and unique ideas, so maybe you'll also find that in blender, and an audience that will follow it. In the years of watching you through POE, it was always the concepts, theories and how you arrived at them that got me interested. I mean this as a compliment, but you have always been "left of center, with how you think." And that has always been refreshing, sometimes even sparking the same creative process in me as well. So thankyou for that. Whether successful or not you'll have that diary in your pocket, that you can look back on in 10 years, and maybe see another new direction you can go, or remember something that was forgotten that can drive you again.
I am grateful for your content. You are the person that taught me to explore beyond what is expected. Most impactful of your builds for me was old pathfinder stacking flask charges and recovering health each time he used flask, but those flasks with 7 charges when hit were used each time pathfinder got even touched... this was very special combo for me and stayed in my heart. And the same I think about your content. It stays in heart. It is cleaver and unique. Good luck on your new project, I will be watching with interest.
I've been a subscriber and patreon for years (PirateSpider) and here is my 5cents for what its worth. Do what makes you happy. When I watch someone, I tend to be able to tell if the person is enjoying themselves or not - and i cant watch someone who is doing something because they feel forced. I started following because of the wacky and weird things you make and the knowledge you hold but i would hate it if you feel trapped into doing something. I wish you all the best mate.. As one introvert to another- "you do you" as the saying goes :)
I've been watching you since back in the day (~3.0) - enjoying the creativity, depth and honesty of your videos. No hype, but a lot of ideas. Thank you for sharing with us your personal dilemmas. I'm sure it's not easy to expose parts of yourself this way to the world. We do care. Please note that by the time you're proficient in Blender modeling, AI tools could probably become really good - so maybe not the best long term strategy in terms of career? I also agree with other comments that POE2 could revitalize the community, offer a lot to discover and perhaps smooth out the league boom-bust cycle. But maybe I'm just biased. P.S. The first truly complex build I made on my own (after almost a decade of POE) is a falling zombie - heartbound loop - %100+ recoup autocaster, and it started with your video where you experiment with the falling zombie looping with itself. So thanks for that.
Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone, the things you're going through I'm sure many of us are struggling to go through as well. While I'm not a content creator, my personal life has been running through the same issues you have where I don't find as much joy in PoE and it's mostly because I'm not too happy with my personal life/career(or lack of). I'll remain subscribed because I enjoy your style of videos, I admittedly skipped anything D4 related because I simply don't like the game, but I've tuned in to most of your others. I'd say do whatever you enjoy and thats how you amass viewers/followers organically.
Hey Woolfio, I am following you because your creativity is inspiring me to be creative too. You dont need to limit your creativity to PoE and I will follow you whereever this leads you :)
Sorry for your losses man! I hope you can find your motivation and balance in life. I enjoy your PoE content from your quirky, off meta builds to just you explaining lesser known interactions and it would suck to see you go!
Whatever you end up doing, I hope it works out for you, I have been here since your "What happens at -100% rarity? " video, and I will be here for the future as well!
In my opinion it was very obvious which builds you enjoyed making and which ones you made because you had to. Your builds were really creative and out of scope so I think that was your niche. I think views are down because game and players got old. Please do what you enjoy. Like, if you dont want to grind for a build and people are willing to give items/currency, just make the builds. Dont force yourself to play the game, make currency so that you can try a build for UA-cam.
Please take care of yourself. From personal experience, loss of joy in something you used to enjoy (gaming) happened to me too and it was the first signs of depression. You’re in a very tough spot both financially and in your personal life. I hope your second variety channel does well and I think it’s great that you’re branching onto things that you find enjoyable. It’s always cool to see someone going through the learning process and what you come out with later too!
So, finished watching the video. I came here for the weird PoE builds and I don't know since when I am subscribed. Started PoE like 4 or 5 years ago with delve league and I do know this channel shortly after (but I think I joined your streams like only 2 years ago or so as regular viewer?). If you wanna do Blender and Memes, go for it. There was a UA-cam channel called Dante Axe which made funny league of legends videos called Randomville for example. If you had such things in mind, it would be probably be fun to watch. Like, doing normal eater of worlds vs doing uber eater of worlds and the uber eater of worlds just grabs you with a tentacle and slams you around if you are not prepared😅 I am not so sure if I would continue watching streams or UA-cam videos that are not game-related. But as you said, if the income is not steadily with the PoE content then you need to have something else. And if it works out for you, cool
I loved your passion for finding interesting things in PoE bc we all love this wonderful game. But it's no secret it's terrible for being a creator, niche + seasonal, and repetitive. Glad you've decided to try something new and more fulfilling, I hope I never stop seeing your vids on my feed. Cheers and good luck moving forward o7
Hey Woolfio. This was a very raw video. Finding passion is what life is all about. The blender avenue looks like it gives you that drive; and the concept of being stuck in work is a very natural response. A zero to hero of someone learning blender and the thought processes and failures and successes and inspiration sounds very good. Unfortunately reality has a way of bringing our passions down.
Best of luck to you. If you decide to keep going, dont split your channel. Remember that your viewers can always decide to not watch, if they aren't interested. I'd recommend the spiffing brit if you want to learn something about the youtube algorithm. There are indeed many poe youtubers out there, but its almost always thats op, exploit this, or optimize your profit... As far as i know there is only you, who did something like whats unique about this unique. Content from a hipster, for other hipsters. Love ya
I somewhat feel the same as you but in reverse. I have a successful career as a CAD Operator but I feel like I've missed the boat with my channel. Then I realized, we ALL have different timing. Personally for me its Gods timing. You've been a staple for me personally in POE and you should be absolutely proud of what you've accomplished. Listening to you speak about builds, its shocking how similar we think on that subject. One thing I can tell you is what my friend old me...ALOT of people dont watch the big boys, alot prefer smaller creators (i.e. not 100k subs). Who cares if someone else did something? Why does that mean you can't do it? What if your audience hasnt seen it or even heard about it? So you do it, because you love teaching and showcasing, period. Made alot of sense to me. Its always a good thing to take stock of your life, what you're doing, etc. Hope you find that balance you need brother.
Hi Woolfio, you certainly bring up some valid points. If after years of doing this you haven't gotten the results you were hoping for, then maybe it's time for a change. HOWEVER, keep in mind PoE 2 is just around the corner, that means a huge influx of new and returning players will be flooding into the game who will be desperate for content. Events like Poe 2 are a huge opportunity for content creators, who knows, maybe this will be your golden ticket. So, before you quit gaming/streaming I would recommend you to take some time off (if you think you need it) and do some research on social media marketing strategies (there's plenty of material to read about this on the internet). In this current market where there's a saturation of content creators, your content alone isn't enough to make you stand out anymore. So don't feel constrained about the content you want to make or feel that your audience would enjoy just because someone else is already doing it, do it anyway, just do it own your way. Maybe also consider getting a part time job in the meanwhile to help you with your financial situation.
I'm not in the position to give you any advise, if you even need it. What I can tell you is, that even though you said that interacting with people is not your thing, 21700 people liked the interaction they have with you, or they would not be subscribed. They maybe like your attitude, your way of thinking, the way you explain, whatever it may be, you managed to convinced them to stay. You even convinced me to somewhat care about your situation and to comment on your video. Even though you might not think that this type of interaction is your thing, you still accomplished something with it. I wish you the best in whatever you do with your life.
Interaction in real life is different than here. I was referring to real time interactions. Around 70% of my viewers are not subscribers, so something have changed over years for both me and viewers. But yeah, you are also right.
@@Woolfio i think its just an average number man. My small channel also have around 70% non sub. Also lots of big channels often says "70% of you guys are not subscribed". These channels are up to like 2 million subs. So its just natural i think, nothing wrong with this number
God Damn I love your truth! Would watch your vids even if you were competing with other content providers. your content makes the game more fun by utilizing everything all the meta players dont. I love that! I Get being an introvert - Please do something that you could enjoy, and have the PoE content on the side. much respect man
Hey man, best of luck finding that passion project you want that is going to drive you forward, if your already past the point where you are able to work on this without turning towards distraction, then you already have a great start, I think you have done the introspection required that now you just need to set some kind of vision or goal to move towards that involves that passion with a finish line you can reach towards and grow. Its a difficult balance not to burn out, the first couple of starts might stutter but it really does sound like your making great first move, so best of luck chief, your content is always interesting and niche, I am sure you will find your way towards something as good if not better with this next step in your story. I am a 17 year game dev vet, and I am a firm believer in the idea that anyone can make games, I have been doing it for half my life and still feel like I am a million steps behind everyone else but don't ever let that get you down, its something that should be a drive, that drive to learn and grow and improve like you see many others doing. On the blender learning front, one thing I found that helped me was to find some finished blender assets, and just look at changing a few things to it, just stepping through someone else's process and setup within blender tended to help my learning of it by leaps. GL sir, looking forward to your next vid, hopefully commenting on this vid will force the YT magic algorithm to make sure your triumph turns up in my feed when you post it (also WIP stuff is fun too) :)
Im not content creator and i feel burned out by POA. I will still probably play it, but it kind feels like job, the more you know about it. :) Anyway, good luck with your new plans!
Your work in blander looks very good, keep it going! A couple of years ago I encountered the same problem while playing games and I started programming. Now I have found a job I love, and playing only for fun. And if you want to start creating a game, I would be happy to help you write the code
Life is tricky, but your analytic approach to your situation is good. Most people don't even take the time for introspection. Keep exploring and you will find a path.
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm also facing a series of crises, so I understand how tough it can be. Wishing you the best in this new chapter. AI will play a significant role in the future, so getting familiar with it is a smart move, no matter your path. 😋
I kinda understand how you feel, seems content creation is more like a normal business. Remind me of the start of pandemic when my family still has a small restaurant, it was mentally taxing. Maybe it's better to try to get a side job other than content creation to fill the gap, like some streamer. Back office job for small -medium media company, editor, translator etc, since you have content creation experience. So since most of the time you'll be in the front of a computer, you can steal the time to finish your own video and then stream at night and weekend. "Have made a channel by myself with total millions of views from global audience" is a really good resume.
Tried streaming + other things, like learning Unreal Engine 5 and it didn't work for me. After stream I either have to do some chores or make a video and I end up just being tired, want to relax and chill. So for me it doesn't work splitting things.
UA-cam algorithms seem to be very strict in what it suggests. Refreshing main page pretty much only shows results from the biggest creators and often even fairly big creators get disappeared in the bit jungle. Your videos always show when they come but that's probably because i always thumb up your stuff. I guess you just are not recommended to PoE content consumers unless searching for specific stuff(when ever i get a weird build idea, i find your vid doing it :) And soon youtube creators will be fighthing vs flood of AI bots, if not allready,, and only the largest creators survive from YT alone.Hopefully Twitch is better source of income for you. Anyways, I subscribe to you here on YT and also on twitch, not because i demand constant stream of content but because i want to support you. Don't burn yourself out whatever you do.
im so sorry for your losses. making blender videos sounds cool! i follow an artist on twitter that makes the coolest creatures in blender. id love to see process videos of someone working in it
I'm not a UA-camr but I've heard a number of times that the algorithm punishes when you diversify content on an established channel. It actually makes sense: your 'legacy' subscribers won't be as interested in the new content, so they won't watch it as much, and UA-cam will not recommend it. So you get less views and reach for that video, and might affect future ones as well. A second channel might work, though it's starting from scratch to some extent. I don't envy your current dilemma. If you want a piece of advise from someone about the same age as you, don't put all your eggs in the same basket and have a contingency plan.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. All I can say is I've enjoyed your videos and interesting build ideas. That's one of the things I enjoy about Poe too. No idea what to say about the UA-cam business aspect. As a long time Poe player this last league. Or maybe it's the length of time I've been playing Poe really diminished my interest. I can't say for sure. Maybe this next league will be great and I'll get back into it. Or maybe not. Hard to say.
All the best to you, hope you pop off sometime in the future! I can relate with the age and problems with games. In the past i always had something to do but now between path of exile leagues or wow expansions but now i sometimes sit in front of my pc and dont know what to do. Im just not that excited anymore. Thankfully gaming is just a hobby for me, i dont think i could sleep well if my income would depend on the content i produce. Kudos to you!
Working is suffering while smiling but my unasked opinion is that even the lowest of part time entry level jobs can give you some peace of mind and enhance your passion-time. It's not a good feeling when your favourite thing to do becomes your coping mechanism and the only thing you can do... I've been there recently and I hope I'm moving past that point but it's a sore pain to leave your comfort zone, even if it's tainted. I really liked your analysis on the poe1 day and death cycle and the one one on poe2 going "mainstream" with big personalities jumping on the already too little pie. Kinda chilling but very lucid. It's also real that nowadays most viewers skim youtube for a leaguestarter build that can also do all content that is tanky and yet deals tens of millions of damage and can farm the best items in the neverending rat race that is softcore trade, rather than apply and find joy in piecing together interactions like the ones you manage to find. It's hard as a content creator to compete with the fear of getting "baited and shamed" for trying something unsupervised and maybe failing the leaguestart. I hope you find your niche where your content can shine unbothered by people with extreme followings or production value. Personally I'm here because I wasn't recommended any videos from you this league and was wondering what new tricks you were up to... Side note, of your more recent content i personally really liked your quick analysis and showcase on the new transfigured gems in the yt shorts format. I'm really fond of searching "how does x look like" and finding it :D You have a very charming, relaxing and recognizable voice and i found it perfectly suited for explaining things simply. Best of luck o7
It's an interesting thing to think about... At the end of the day, these things are just games that people spend some time to release nervous or just to relax and took off some time to the "real real" life of a human being. I love play videogame, but turns out, at the ages comming, you realise that it does not provide you growth and possibility of acchive some real goals in your life. UA-cam is an industry that can be thrilled some those who are lucky or doesn't care how the things work to elevate numbers and I think this change the shape of reallity, like a kid gets houndres of money posting some stupid video about dance, cloth or dropping objects from the stairs. On the other hand, you have to studdy, graduate and work really hard to gain some money, but some thing people doen'st see, is the fact that they are developing skills and hability to interact with our society and make this life a better place to live, for yourself, family and to the others... I hope you keep some space in your life to do what makes you happy, but at the same time, do the hard things you have to do to make your future life great and stable.
Sorry about your losses! I'm a VERY long time sub. When was the 50 shades of Berserker era? Even befor that. I barely eatch your videos, but I'm still subscribed to your channel. Managing real life and your gamer life is a hard thing (same age as you)... :D your content is niche, if i see a Video of you pop up I can see by the title if I like it or not. You will stay a small content creator with you channels growth directly linked to poe growth. I also don't really play other games. Since 3.21 I only enjoyed brotato and killing floor2, which I played with my nephew. Maybe you should take a 50/50 aproach with youtube/twitch/outside job. Work for 20h a week to have steady income for 12 month instead of 3-6. Strech out your content creation to 10 weeks instead of 4-6. Your channel becomes more steady this way and you don't have a 2 month hole in your pocket.
GGG's strategy to do "side-job dev" on POE2, makes POE1 leagues overlast their welcome. This kills viability for being POE1 focused streamer for time being. IF and it's a strong if, POE2 comes out and provides a good content/change between POE1 leagues, maybe things go better. Until then, it's dire especially if released league sucks balls.
I can only say that i like your content about wonky funny Builds like others have said already. And im on the train, that a secound account is not the Solution. Im sorry for your bad Life Situation and hope it get‘s better. I wish you good luck on your Future no matter which content it contains.
14:33 You are not alone. From the perspective of a casual POE player, i realized this game delivers not much fun anymore, for time invested. You have to be like Belton-Level to have some fun in this game. From what i want lately to watch is the content type of DF-Retro.
I disagree. Having just finished a playthrough where I played a niche skill for 80 minutes per session for 30 days in SSF I can tell you that you dont need much time to enjoy the game. I got to Uber Elder, Maven, Shaper, Elder and a 5 Way Legion by just casually playing the game. It takes some knowledge of the game and a little pre-planning of the atlas tree but its doable. I made sure to record the progress so no excuses from others and I even took about 7 hours to get through the campaign.
@@sergeysimon9099 All forms of activity require some amount of knowledge. If youre unable to put in the minimal amount of effort to learn then... thats pretty yikes man.
@@gochubattamugga GGG is trying hard to make POE1 shit. In order to sell POE2. There is no sense to put any effort in their games anymore. I agree with Woolfio to 100%, that time spent playing POE is much better invested getting some real skills in real life.
@@sergeysimon9099 I was speaking broadly about life in general. Doing literally anything requires a modicum amount of effort. PoE 1 is going to be MUCH EASIER than PoE 2 as PoE 2 is going back to the basics. If youve seen any of the PoE 2 footage Jonathan said they want it to be the 'Elden Ring' of ARPG's. Souls like games arent easy.
I think you should continue doing niche builds for poe as that is what you are known for. In addition during poe's downtime branch out and do other games.
Sheesh! As an introvert in USA, I'm also on that mindset of doing streaming to make MY English better! XD I'm no conversationist and I HATE small talk. Laughs aside, most of what was said in the video, lets say that I can put my self in your shoes, and find my self in a somewhat similar outcome which is both intriguing and upsetting! If it were me ... then yeah a practical mind of a back up or light side income would be some fresh air, but with UA-cam Shorts sprinkled about to solve both possible vibes of guilt and/or obligations(i personally don't like feeling in debt to others that much) and also possible or onset cases of burnout and content dry spells. Should I feel a spark of content making, I'd follow that spark to what/where ever it takes me, and who cares if someone has "done it first"! It would not be done with either my own style, and/or heart, and/or voice put in... but thats as ME(and also I wish there was more time in a DAY). You'll find the answer fitting you. Whether or not we get to see what it is, know that least forth of a stadium of people hope you the best.
I think streaming has a lot of benefits if you want to improve social skills, language or better understand yourself. Well the last part is mostly for strong introverts. But it can also be negative if you are streaming and no one says anything in the chat for 2 hours, but I think introverts can deal with that much easier. Just don't forget to speak, comment what you are doing.
@@Woolfio yeah! streaming did help me with myself. I learned I don't ask for help enough(lesson came in handy irl, let me tell you! XD). I definitely can enjoy focusing my energy on the game and not talk for hours, but I understand now. Others may not stay clued in on my processes if it's not said, and they then leave of boredom. Thanks!
I've enjoyed your content for a long time but if you feel more fulfillment doing something else you should go for it! My mentor/teacher of sort did the same thing recently and it gave my similar insight and I think it's the right thing
Hey man, it is definitely tough, especially if it's a full-time job. I'd get another job and do this as a side hustle, it's what I'm doing and it works well. Hoping PoE2 might change that! Cheers, dude.
I watched consistently years ago, but I barely watch Path videos anymore. The game eats an incredible amount of time, and I have more going on than I used to. When I do play, it's retooling a build in standard rather than making an entirely new one. You've inspired many of my builds over the years, but I haven't played a new league since Delirium. Going through the acts again and again stopped feeling worth it. You're good at making these videos! Unfortunately, making niche content is great for building a reference library and bad for advertising on a regular schedule.
Indeed, PoE eats a lot of time, takes me 2 days to start mapping and another 1-2 days to sort of finish build. At least at my speed. Cannot really imagine people with less time trying to play different characters.
i think what you have for the dome is good enough maybe if your going to use it for a game later you want lower geometry (cut where you can) and fill the rest with texture especially if its just going to be in the background?
That scene would just be learning, because it involves many different skills. Figure out what I like doing the most with Blender and where I struggle. For game UE5 has already so many assets and ways to optimize them. Started recreating 1st zone from PoE where you start on the beach and go towards town. But got stuck and was distracted by other things. Still want to return to that idea with UE5.
I think it is good idea over atll to try to make meme videos of poe, I haven't seen much of those, but maybe I just never looked for it. Probably modeling some poe characters and environments and reusing them, using some AI for voicing could work, but you have so much tools to learn now. Still I think any PoE content will always be more much profitable in around league start no matter memes or not.
Sorry to hear about your loses. UA-cam is really hard. It's sad when you come across a channel and see thousands of videos over a decade, and they still haven't gone over a couple of thousand subscribers. If there's other things in your life that you want to explore, now is definitely the time. PoE1 is going to be in this same situation for a while and PoE2 is still months away. Blender seems like it could be good for you, but definitely not profitable in the short term. If you like editing videos and still want to focus on working at home and online content, there's always twitch streamers that want editors for their UA-cam channels.
its so hard to get out of this situation....ive done alot of freelance editing for people who try but sadly ya...i know of only one that was able to branch out to other content. If i had any advice, collabing did seem to help them the most. if u have friends :P
yeah I think if you start focusing on making a game it would be very interesting because you're very smart and creative. Surely you will become better and better at it with time and make really cool games. It's a long term project with learning how to do everything and if you end up making a great game that people like, it will not become irrelevant or outdated. Some games are still good 20 years later and they are very small and simple. Start small and see how it goes. Maybe something like Vampire Survivors or side-scrolling monster blasting? Don't forget that even if there are thousands of other people making similar content, you'll always be unique and we will still watch what you do because of the Woolfio touch lol
I can relate to this in many ways. If you are similar to me, then doing something you don't enjoy is like scratching your nails down a chalkboard - it's simply not a option if you want to avoid depression. Creating a game in UE5 would be a fascinating project, and learning programming (assuming you're not already familiar) can be an excellent way to earn money, plus working remotely is more of a thing now. In terms of content creation, I do agree seasonal content lacks persistence and if you need stability, it's unlikely to meet that criteria. A thought... have you tried Godot?
Yeah, that sounds like me. In UE5 you don't need to learn programing, it can be done with nodes, which is familiar concept to me because that is how textures work in Blender. Don't know what Godot is.
@@Woolfio Sorry, for the slow reply. I didn't know that visual scripting (blueprint ) could be used for the entire logic in UE5; that's interesting. I always assumed a combination of C++ and blueprints was necessary. Godot is another game engine, but closer in style to Unity. It's been growing in popularity for some years. I prefer it to Unity personally, but my work tends to use Unity due to its versatility. Anyway, I won't bore you on this topic! In regards to mental health, don't drag yourself down doing stuff you don't enjoy, its not with it. Plus if you are like me, it only gets worse as times goes on. I don't really acclimatise to it. Life is too short too :).
@@Sovvyy I have been spending almost all my time in Blender and getting close to finishing scene I wanted to make. So far it has been good for mental health. Although texturing is my biggest nightmare and that can sort of ruin the project. Once cathedral is done, maybe I will try putting in UE5 to see what issues would arise. I do remember a bit about how UE5 works and even followed some tutorial to make very basic games, just to learn how logic works and I liked it because of nodes. Coding never worked for me.
You’ve just gotta focus on what you want to do. No one who’s supporting you is gonna squabble about it. Because we support you, not just your content when it’s around.
It would be a shame to lose you as a "content creator" both for poe and other things, in my opinion. First things first, and that may sound abrasive: if youtube doesn't work out for you as a job, maybe you shouldn't treat it as a job. I know that ad revenue is nice and all and the fact that you have patreons can be a nice thing, but you noticed yourself how it also shackles you to keep doing stuff you might not even enjoy doing and even makes you feel bad/guilty at times. why not do it as a side project? (I know that would require you to find a main job really, but it's ridiculous really how *full* the youtube landscape is of people trying to force to make a living with it instead of just doing it for the fun or the challenge or whatever) this is criticism coming from a good-natured person, mind you. just worried that you'll end up with nothing in the end if your plans don't work out, and that would be the worst. this also plays into my next point though - if you want to keep doing it like that and are actually that easily distracted or hyperfocused once you bite yourself into something: treat it MORE like a job. do blender in the mornings for like 5 hours, then take a break, then use your evenings for leisure gaming. I know it's hard to enforce a schedule like that onto yourself if you're the only one holding yourself accountable, but it might help you in the long run by getting consistent time into something that you love (blender) while also not driving you crazy and balancing yourself out on the topic of blender as a whole: I love indie games and would be interested to see what you can come up with, but please don't set yourself up for failure. something that I immediately thought of (and you must have too) is that you might not even be able to finish the poe-character creation screen before poe2 releases with an entirely new one...and then your memes will be old news already. it's hard to look into the future to create the content of tomorrow, but just keep that in mind. it's good to have a goal, but maybe you should start smaller (if you have immediate ideas, why not finish the models, put them in front of a static background and do the videos you wanna do for now, while working on the actual background regularly) man, it's really hard to bring across everything I wanted to say since I finished the video first before starting my comment just in case you mention something and i look like an idiot pointing it out before hearing it lol but tl;dr keep doing what you love be mindful of how you do it though and reevaluate how much it's worth in the end stay strong woolfio, it's a wolf eat wolf world out there
You’re the content creator with a play style that is the closest to my own. I just want to find fun interactions and make fun original builds. What sucks is that I think this shows that people like us are in the minority in the POE community, and most people just want to blast. Unfortunately, the POE devs realize this and are pushing the game more in a direction to please the blasters. This is only a disappointment to me because I don’t have as much fun with a game that I love, but this is your life, and I hope you can adapt to find what works for you. I regret not supporting your POE content more. I should have supported the one person doing what interested me about the game more than I did.
I think certain content creators push through boredom and just play leagues that do/don't enjoy and that's where this (streaming) becomes more like a job
If the primary goal is to 'make money' then it may be time to get a regular job even if its a part-time one (assuming you dont already have one). I just started doing a series called 80 in 30 last month where its almost over now and it was super fun. Im not getting many views but it was 'fun' - again, what is the primary goal? For me, currently, if I can get more than 1 person to watch some of it then thats great. Im assuming the expectations you have are much higher but you may want to factor 'fun' into it as it is a great QoL indicator. Take care and hopefully a path opens up for you.
No, I don't have another job. Cannot really do youtube and streaming casually, unless purely for fun and interacting with people. PoE takes too much time to take it casually if you want to create content, unless it does not require you to play, like talking about unique items, or about news in general. Expectation was over time turn youtube into enough income to continue doing it.
@@Woolfio Yea, it definitely is a feels bad when you get a taste of it and see the trend get lower and lower. Change in perspective is the best one can do.
I feel the randomnes of video performance so badly. I make a lot of quick stuff where I dont even bother with thumbnails. Then I do something with something decent that performs very well. Then I do something on the same topic that should attract the same people with a well thought out thumbnail and video concept and it gets 1/3rd of the views. It just feels stupid sometimes.
I don't really agree with that. Not everyone are in position to do it, of course, but if you can - may as well try doing what you like and see if that takes you somewhere. If no one followed their passion, we would only have people who hate their jobs and are miserable all the time. Or people who just barely tolerate their jobs. I know a lot of older people like that and they are only happy when they are not at work and not busy with daily life chores, which leaves very little time where they can try to be happy.
@@Woolfio we need a job, a job pay your bill, so you have less pressure to make money on your passion therefore you can be more creative also i think you dont need to spend countless hour on your whatever passion, its like gamble all the time you have on one thing, there is always a chance it doesnt workout and your life will be ruined
I think taking all non poe videos and putting them in a second variety channel is a good idea. alanah pierce did the same thing and made a video about it you should check out. Says the off theme videos were actually hurting the channel. The best thing you should do though, is what ever you enjoy and makes you happy. What the hell is the point of life if you are not enjoying it? Im looking forward to your poe 2 coverage though. asmongold is a big introvert, and he says he deals with it by simply deciding everyone on youtube/stream is an npc, and he treats them like one. Maybe it would help alleviate some of the anxiety with being more public? Kind of sounds like you should stop steaming though. Good Luck. EDIT: alternate suggestion! Find a sugar momma! :D
Before throwing yourself into the realm of game dev, maybe you should consider simpler things like little movies/clips. PoE themed animations could be interesting. (not sure how ggg would allow that though) Although, it may not require as much technical knowledge as making games, it still needs some storytelling/writing/scripting on top of camera work and stuff like that. 3D modelling isn't really something 'self-contained' you can pickup and do whatever with, it always end up being a subset of tools in a way wider range of required tools to produce anything. Not only that but textures, shaders and animations are whole beasts on their own themselves, and pretty much required to do anything with 3D models. I've been lazing around with my own learning of game dev over.. More than a decade, now, damn. This field is so vast, mainly because it's an agglomeration of multiple already vast fields, you really can't expect to go anywhere without a solid plan and goals. Just take a look at how many new "devlog 1' there are on youtube over the last few years, and the proportion of them never releasing a single game. And remember most people don't go and do devlogs. This is literal graveyard for hopes and dreams.
That is exactly the plan. Do some animations first, which will serve me as learning process and then see if I could transition into UE5 for some light game. PoE themed animations are transformative, not literal assets from game and I would not be selling them, so I don't think that there would be issues. And yes, textures is one of my nightmares. Applying texture alone is nothing difficult, but unwrapping more complex model is rather difficult for me. Taking 1 step is always better than not taking any step and then later thinking about it and all the "what ifs".
Not a bad idea to try something else out because honestly you can always come back to this shit years later and it’s still going to be relatively the same plus I’ve ran into quite a few 40 year olds just starting their life to do something they gave up on early in life or waited till now to do it so it’s never to late but I will say this if you do come back later you could always do it when POE 2 comes out so theirs something new but you could also focus your hours with different games that require builds because your builds are fun to watch but there’s def a gap in gaming right now and it’s been like this for awhile best of luck to ya! ✌️
I recommend making another channel for videos other than POE. I can explain a little bit how recommendation works. First it will recommend to people who like you content specifically, then to people who kind like the same type of content(POE), then for people who kind like the same genre(ARPGs), then for broad audience. It can have more layers. and this is not a total recommendation for example videos it recommends like to 80% to layer 1(your people)> then 10% for POE people, then 5% for ARPs fans and the rest is broad audience. If it pops off it will recommend to more people in the next layers. There is high variance in the broad audience because less people were recommended so generally what happens is a video goes from your audience to broad but it can happen that your video pops of with broad audience but your main audience it will also be recommended more but it will be slower until explodes. Now how does that affect non-poe videos in your channels? It makes so your next videos get's less views making it recommend to less people in each "pool". There is also the frequency of upload. This is very broad but there is basically 6 channels categories: frequently schedules videos, frequently unscheduled videos, unfrequently scheduled videos, unfrequently unscheduled videos, frequently mixed(unsque+ scheduled), unfrequently mixed. Basically if your channel will be put in one of those categories. Scheduled videos do better and will be recommended more often. Frequently uploads make your recently upload videos recommended but youtube will not recommend old videos much unless someone already watched a recent video from your channel. If your channel doesn't make frequent uploads youtube will however recommend your old videos. Anything above 1 month is not considered scheduled by youtube anymore. Mixed channels are considered 2 channels by youtube and engage with both systems(but they are reduced by some ammount). I strongly recommend creating a new channel for new content. Good luck trying anything new woolfio.
I been thinking of doing that, but some time ago I was in network and they suggested to try uploading videos on 1 channel and observing how channel performs. Anyway, managing multiple channels sounds like a nightmare. Would have to be switching accounts to check if there are new comments that I need to reply. Still unsure if I even want to put so much effort into this anymore.
@@Woolfio You can create a brand account. In the account settings there is an option for that, so all your channels will be under the same google account. You will still need to swap channels to answer/post videos but all notifications will be in the same place like now. The decision to do this in only yours tho. That I can't help
@@nicholasfigueiredo3171 Hmm, do you know if it is possible to change account email? It is linked to my old email and I have to use it to log in to my youtube account but I don't see any way to change that. And I don't mean notifications. It is linked to google account and it is so stupid and convoluted.
I definitely think you should keep yourself available for poe2, sure there are other content creators who will jump in but high level theory crafting is something they absolutely will not be able to do for at least a year or 2. If you're thinking about regular work look at electrician honestly.
These days there are always a bunch of creators and websites with a lot of information, because some players were testing game before public launch and many things are already figured out. It pushes smaller creators to the side.
No doubt, working a day job is almost always going to be more stable income in the long term. I've got a family with a kid to feed and there's no way content creation is going to sustain that. However, you cannot deny that you have a passion for POE and that you have a community of people who do appreciate you and the work you do. Maybe find a day job that gives you the freedom to also play POE and create content? So you can then both have the stability of income and the freedom of time to make POE content creation a project driven by your passion for the game alone.
UA-cam gets their money same way if they have ads on other channels or big channels, and instead of paying heaps to big channels, they get revenue with ads with small content creators without paying heaps to them.
You were known for making cool weird builds in poe, that's why ppl subbed. There are others right now that do it consistently. Probably thats why the channel has "fallen off". It's tough to base your channel on one single thing and keep doing it for years. There are content creators that played 1 build only and quit yt after said build died. So its a combination of topics and consistency.
@@Mango_Bizzaro He does have build guides and stuff, probably that's one reason why he keeps staying in the game. He is inviting people to talk about their builds, so there is variety.
@@Woolfio slam and bleed build also look interesting. And warden ascendancy either doing it around ele thing or trying new tincture (which i bet is not really good). so many things to look forward this league!
Ok, I don't want to sound condescending or anything, and there are some things that I think might help you, in no specific order: have you thought of filling the void between leagues with blender content? that way you can do your own single thing without being distracted from other stimuli. Also, if you think you should swap from PoE, maybe give WC3 custom games a try? it's basically steam inside wc3, infinite possibilities. I`ve also heard from other people that yt shorts are pretty "profitable", you could dab your hands in that as well, and if youtube doesn't work out, you can always do the real job thing
No, shorts are least profitable. My most profitable shorts only made $2.70. And all shorts combined over all lifetime only made 40 dollars. It only makes money if you get millions of views.
@@Woolfio Fair enough. I like the blender idea (and I think slotting it in in the deadtime between leagues could be your "saving grace" with regards to the dead content you mentioned), i've also dabbled with blender before and would like to see PoE stuff modeled. I guess that if the outcome of these things is you growing as a person and learning new things along the way, then it's been worthwile. Oh and question: have you done the DONUT?
You said you love PoE why not animate your 3d models of PoE or the way Carbot channel does and make a comics animation out of it some more serious some more meme (nerfs are always good memes) i wish you the best luck man
i thiink you should give yt a second chance when poe 2 drops and remember 20k subs takes some a lot to get. You already have huge portfolio in content creation so you can look for jobs as help for other content creators or companies as pr management of some sort....
Well those jobs would require interacting with people a lot more. That is my kryptonite :D And yeah, I will do videos about PoE2 and still continue with PoE1 in some form.
I'm not trying to be mean but a lot of the suggestions like youtube shorts or making blender content are missing the point of this video OR don't really know how making money on youtube is not easy at all. Not that I have much experience myself, just did some editing and youtube shorts for vtubers, I think if you want to make a lot of money AND use blender, that would be a great place to look at, there are sooooo many small-ish vtubers who are desperate for props, models, rigging, overlays, backgrounds, stingers, twitch emotes and a million other things, you obviously have no interest in anime stuff, but people want all sorts of things beyond the model itself, if you want EASY money, I think that's the "easiest" place you will find it, even if you aren't interested in it right now or the anime stuff turns you off YOU WILL DEFIITLEY CHANGE YOUR MIND once people start paying you 300-500 USD for a stupid chair or something. I've had too many heartbreaks and dead end dreams so I just quit everything and went back to school LUL, anyways I hope you find success doing something you enjoy, it's definitely possible.
Oh, I do love anime :D And I have been thinking about this. Even beginner could do some props for vtubers, since it is growing market (although not sure for how much longer). But right now I have no idea how vtubing works and how it is rigged but I would gladly do some props if my skills would be sufficient and free of charge if it is not complicated work. Would be good practice for me. Never really looked much into vtubing so I don't even know places where vtubers would look for some freelancers.
The reason people get paid, is because they are providing a service that other people either cannot, or don't want to provide... unfortunately content creation is extremely saturated and competitive. One possibility for making some small money while learning blender is to create STL's for tabletop gamers (dnd/warhammer/etc)... there's quite a market for them, though you'll be competing against some very good artists from very low cost of living countries.
@@Woolfio i believe i have watched all the WUATUS and some of them more than once, and i go back to them if a need something really specific. It would be really good to have more and to have some of them upated (if they change or the mechanic change). Cheers o7
When you make very niche content, you can't expect a large audience, and many videos you put out i just skip but they are just not interesting to me, since i don't really mess around with build making in poe. but something everyone else does that you should too is make review video and sharing your thought on current state of poe, everyone say something different, or have different takes on certain parts of the game. You have done a few in the past i think, but its been a while.
about content creation: don't be scared of following trends, people watch trends, you can add your own spice to it by finding niche interactions, that's how i found your channel, i was hyped by a poe league, then i saw one of your video and i stick to your channel play Hero Siege when other PoE streamers play it, same for Torchlight infinite, same for Diablo, use that opportunity to create new momentums, you have a solid base of ARPG viewers, don't underestimate yourself, your content is niche sure, but is very well made and very enjoyable to watch don't give up ideas for content: "Current League review, what's good, bad, score, then go core yay/nay", "Your favorite past league", "your top 3 builds", "wishlist for next league" etc
I think it is tough to be both a twitch streamer and youtuber at the same time and expect equally good results on both platforms consistently. You got to choose one and concentrate on it and grow that first before doing the other. You can see that most popular poe streamers do not have many youtube videos unless its at league launch with their usual starter vids. Their main income are from streaming. While those who pump out many videos a week on youtube rarely stream. Having a niche content is good but your content is a little too niche and often not viable in end game poe. This attracts very little viewership because as you said everyone has limitted time to watch videos. Why would most people want to watch a video of a failed build when i can see it just from the title alone. I have 700k points on your twitch channel and i do not even watch your videos. I do wish you all the best and condolences. I lost my dog 2 years ago and i have never recovered from his loss.
I literally don't know a single creator who puts out many PoE youtube videos but does not stream. It takes 2-3 days of playing just to get character build sort of ready. No reason to not stream if you still taking so much time playing. Time it takes to edit video is another topic. If you watch stream a lot, then you already know what the video is going to be, so it is understandable. Twitch for many is more of a background sound, with ability to interact in real time. I am the opposite, I almost do not watch streams, because I cannot pause it or else I may miss something. I often have videos to listen to while I do other things.
@@Woolfio i think what i meant was that you need to consider if you want to be a streamer first youtuber second or youtuber first streamer second. a quick search of mathil/steelmage/ziz youtube shows they upload an average of 1 vid per wk with 30-40k views. i seriously do not think that this is their bulk of their income. they are earning from twitch subscribers. the viewership of poe videos in general are never really high and on the opposite you have channels like fastaf that do not stream (to the best of my knowledge) that still has 10-15k view per videos but they also have a patreon to earn extra cash. if you look at other games like d4 and LE, there are some "content makers" that pump up clickbait title videos that get views but never stream as well. another good example of someone who streams but does not upload much is Tatiantel2 on twitch. For several years i have seen his twitch viewership grow from sub 10 to now crossing 150s every night consistently and i have about 500k points on his channel and a quick search of his youtube only shows 28 videos uploaded.
As a player of POE unless they change things like scarabs. Go back on those changes. I'll not be in the POE world until POE2 comes out. The last league hurt my enjoyment of the game a lot, and it wasn't all about the league itself. The truth is if I'm not playing POE I really don't care about the game. I think POE2 will end up being a fresh start for a lot of people as we leave POE1 behind for good.
How are you it's been awhile?, 2 thing you have : Start a life and family.. Quit gamming and start playing with real engine 5 and send CV for companies to hire you in game design have good life.. Or Keep playing other games try them have fun, don't worry about viewers chasing viewers is bad thing in YT community and start a life get know with people even if you can't or don't want to speak there is lot of people need listeners. I know PoE is dying game,i was playing 7 hours a day with working,i got married and i have 2 kids now i can't even start playing any games because i keep busy with family and house stuff also work. I don't like to talk with people but i meet my wife she changed everything.❤
As a viewer, I can bluntly tell you what I'm here for: Path of Exile videos covering niche skills/items/interactions. PoE has so many creators that I usually watch only a specific type of video from each of them. It is extremely tough to grow out of that, good luck
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yup, I could care less about meta or mf or whatever. I like finding new interactions hat are unique and fun
Do whatever you need to do to improve your mental health mate! I've enjoyed your poe content over the years, take it easy.
i wish u the best man, one of the biggest reasons i followed u was because of the niche and off meta builds and ideas
it sucks that it had reached this point, it would be the dream to make money of something u love and passionate about but sadly life is not always kind to u
whatever are ur next adventures, would like to go on with u
If time allows it, maybe do a learning blender dev diary, UA-cam series or Twitch, on a different channel, and see if it takes/or where it takes you. You have that eye for finding niche and unique ideas, so maybe you'll also find that in blender, and an audience that will follow it. In the years of watching you through POE, it was always the concepts, theories and how you arrived at them that got me interested. I mean this as a compliment, but you have always been "left of center, with how you think." And that has always been refreshing, sometimes even sparking the same creative process in me as well. So thankyou for that. Whether successful or not you'll have that diary in your pocket, that you can look back on in 10 years, and maybe see another new direction you can go, or remember something that was forgotten that can drive you again.
I am grateful for your content. You are the person that taught me to explore beyond what is expected. Most impactful of your builds for me was old pathfinder stacking flask charges and recovering health each time he used flask, but those flasks with 7 charges when hit were used each time pathfinder got even touched... this was very special combo for me and stayed in my heart. And the same I think about your content. It stays in heart. It is cleaver and unique. Good luck on your new project, I will be watching with interest.
I've been a subscriber and patreon for years (PirateSpider) and here is my 5cents for what its worth. Do what makes you happy. When I watch someone, I tend to be able to tell if the person is enjoying themselves or not - and i cant watch someone who is doing something because they feel forced. I started following because of the wacky and weird things you make and the knowledge you hold but i would hate it if you feel trapped into doing something. I wish you all the best mate.. As one introvert to another- "you do you" as the saying goes :)
I've been watching you since back in the day (~3.0) - enjoying the creativity, depth and honesty of your videos. No hype, but a lot of ideas.
Thank you for sharing with us your personal dilemmas. I'm sure it's not easy to expose parts of yourself this way to the world. We do care.
Please note that by the time you're proficient in Blender modeling, AI tools could probably become really good - so maybe not the best long term strategy in terms of career?
I also agree with other comments that POE2 could revitalize the community, offer a lot to discover and perhaps smooth out the league boom-bust cycle. But maybe I'm just biased.
P.S.
The first truly complex build I made on my own (after almost a decade of POE) is a falling zombie - heartbound loop - %100+ recoup autocaster, and it started with your video where you experiment with the falling zombie looping with itself.
So thanks for that.
Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone, the things you're going through I'm sure many of us are struggling to go through as well. While I'm not a content creator, my personal life has been running through the same issues you have where I don't find as much joy in PoE and it's mostly because I'm not too happy with my personal life/career(or lack of). I'll remain subscribed because I enjoy your style of videos, I admittedly skipped anything D4 related because I simply don't like the game, but I've tuned in to most of your others. I'd say do whatever you enjoy and thats how you amass viewers/followers organically.
Hey Woolfio, I am following you because your creativity is inspiring me to be creative too. You dont need to limit your creativity to PoE and I will follow you whereever this leads you :)
Always appreciated your style of content on PoE skill breakdowns. Please do what helps you as a person next, and good luck.
As long as you can live off what money you get and are happy do what makes you happy, much love and good vibes for you
Really liked watching your vids over the years. Very cool build ideas and always cool insights. You're a legend. Best of luck!
Sorry for your losses man! I hope you can find your motivation and balance in life. I enjoy your PoE content from your quirky, off meta builds to just you explaining lesser known interactions and it would suck to see you go!
Always enjoy your POE experiments with new items and ideas successful or not. Wish you well in your quest and hope to see something in the future.
Whatever you end up doing, I hope it works out for you, I have been here since your "What happens at -100% rarity? " video, and I will be here for the future as well!
In my opinion it was very obvious which builds you enjoyed making and which ones you made because you had to. Your builds were really creative and out of scope so I think that was your niche. I think views are down because game and players got old. Please do what you enjoy. Like, if you dont want to grind for a build and people are willing to give items/currency, just make the builds. Dont force yourself to play the game, make currency so that you can try a build for UA-cam.
Please take care of yourself. From personal experience, loss of joy in something you used to enjoy (gaming) happened to me too and it was the first signs of depression. You’re in a very tough spot both financially and in your personal life.
I hope your second variety channel does well and I think it’s great that you’re branching onto things that you find enjoyable. It’s always cool to see someone going through the learning process and what you come out with later too!
So, finished watching the video. I came here for the weird PoE builds and I don't know since when I am subscribed. Started PoE like 4 or 5 years ago with delve league and I do know this channel shortly after (but I think I joined your streams like only 2 years ago or so as regular viewer?).
If you wanna do Blender and Memes, go for it. There was a UA-cam channel called Dante Axe which made funny league of legends videos called Randomville for example. If you had such things in mind, it would be probably be fun to watch. Like, doing normal eater of worlds vs doing uber eater of worlds and the uber eater of worlds just grabs you with a tentacle and slams you around if you are not prepared😅
I am not so sure if I would continue watching streams or UA-cam videos that are not game-related. But as you said, if the income is not steadily with the PoE content then you need to have something else. And if it works out for you, cool
I loved your passion for finding interesting things in PoE bc we all love this wonderful game. But it's no secret it's terrible for being a creator, niche + seasonal, and repetitive. Glad you've decided to try something new and more fulfilling, I hope I never stop seeing your vids on my feed. Cheers and good luck moving forward o7
I like your off-meta content
Hey Woolfio. This was a very raw video. Finding passion is what life is all about. The blender avenue looks like it gives you that drive; and the concept of being stuck in work is a very natural response. A zero to hero of someone learning blender and the thought processes and failures and successes and inspiration sounds very good. Unfortunately reality has a way of bringing our passions down.
Best of luck to you. If you decide to keep going, dont split your channel. Remember that your viewers can always decide to not watch, if they aren't interested. I'd recommend the spiffing brit if you want to learn something about the youtube algorithm.
There are indeed many poe youtubers out there, but its almost always thats op, exploit this, or optimize your profit...
As far as i know there is only you, who did something like whats unique about this unique. Content from a hipster, for other hipsters. Love ya
Good luck whatever you do. Loved your content and thank you for the good times.
I somewhat feel the same as you but in reverse. I have a successful career as a CAD Operator but I feel like I've missed the boat with my channel. Then I realized, we ALL have different timing. Personally for me its Gods timing. You've been a staple for me personally in POE and you should be absolutely proud of what you've accomplished. Listening to you speak about builds, its shocking how similar we think on that subject. One thing I can tell you is what my friend old me...ALOT of people dont watch the big boys, alot prefer smaller creators (i.e. not 100k subs). Who cares if someone else did something? Why does that mean you can't do it? What if your audience hasnt seen it or even heard about it? So you do it, because you love teaching and showcasing, period. Made alot of sense to me. Its always a good thing to take stock of your life, what you're doing, etc. Hope you find that balance you need brother.
Hi Woolfio, you certainly bring up some valid points. If after years of doing this you haven't gotten the results you were hoping for, then maybe it's time for a change. HOWEVER, keep in mind PoE 2 is just around the corner, that means a huge influx of new and returning players will be flooding into the game who will be desperate for content.
Events like Poe 2 are a huge opportunity for content creators, who knows, maybe this will be your golden ticket. So, before you quit gaming/streaming I would recommend you to take some time off (if you think you need it) and do some research on social media marketing strategies (there's plenty of material to read about this on the internet).
In this current market where there's a saturation of content creators, your content alone isn't enough to make you stand out anymore. So don't feel constrained about the content you want to make or feel that your audience would enjoy just because someone else is already doing it, do it anyway, just do it own your way.
Maybe also consider getting a part time job in the meanwhile to help you with your financial situation.
Of course I will give PoE2 a try and will still do PoE1 content, but PoE1 content will be reduced.
whatever you do good luck, your content was appreciated
I'm not in the position to give you any advise, if you even need it. What I can tell you is, that even though you said that interacting with people is not your thing, 21700 people liked the interaction they have with you, or they would not be subscribed. They maybe like your attitude, your way of thinking, the way you explain, whatever it may be, you managed to convinced them to stay. You even convinced me to somewhat care about your situation and to comment on your video. Even though you might not think that this type of interaction is your thing, you still accomplished something with it.
I wish you the best in whatever you do with your life.
Interaction in real life is different than here. I was referring to real time interactions.
Around 70% of my viewers are not subscribers, so something have changed over years for both me and viewers. But yeah, you are also right.
@@Woolfio i think its just an average number man. My small channel also have around 70% non sub. Also lots of big channels often says "70% of you guys are not subscribed". These channels are up to like 2 million subs. So its just natural i think, nothing wrong with this number
God Damn I love your truth! Would watch your vids even if you were competing with other content providers. your content makes the game more fun by utilizing everything all the meta players dont. I love that! I Get being an introvert - Please do something that you could enjoy, and have the PoE content on the side. much respect man
Hey man, best of luck finding that passion project you want that is going to drive you forward, if your already past the point where you are able to work on this without turning towards distraction, then you already have a great start, I think you have done the introspection required that now you just need to set some kind of vision or goal to move towards that involves that passion with a finish line you can reach towards and grow. Its a difficult balance not to burn out, the first couple of starts might stutter but it really does sound like your making great first move, so best of luck chief, your content is always interesting and niche, I am sure you will find your way towards something as good if not better with this next step in your story. I am a 17 year game dev vet, and I am a firm believer in the idea that anyone can make games, I have been doing it for half my life and still feel like I am a million steps behind everyone else but don't ever let that get you down, its something that should be a drive, that drive to learn and grow and improve like you see many others doing. On the blender learning front, one thing I found that helped me was to find some finished blender assets, and just look at changing a few things to it, just stepping through someone else's process and setup within blender tended to help my learning of it by leaps. GL sir, looking forward to your next vid, hopefully commenting on this vid will force the YT magic algorithm to make sure your triumph turns up in my feed when you post it (also WIP stuff is fun too) :)
Im not content creator and i feel burned out by POA. I will still probably play it, but it kind feels like job, the more you know about it. :) Anyway, good luck with your new plans!
Your work in blander looks very good, keep it going!
A couple of years ago I encountered the same problem while playing games and I started programming. Now I have found a job I love, and playing only for fun. And if you want to start creating a game, I would be happy to help you write the code
Life is tricky, but your analytic approach to your situation is good. Most people don't even take the time for introspection. Keep exploring and you will find a path.
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm also facing a series of crises, so I understand how tough it can be. Wishing you the best in this new chapter. AI will play a significant role in the future, so getting familiar with it is a smart move, no matter your path. 😋
I kinda understand how you feel, seems content creation is more like a normal business.
Remind me of the start of pandemic when my family still has a small restaurant, it was mentally taxing.
Maybe it's better to try to get a side job other than content creation to fill the gap, like some streamer.
Back office job for small -medium media company, editor, translator etc, since you have content creation experience.
So since most of the time you'll be in the front of a computer, you can steal the time to finish your own video
and then stream at night and weekend.
"Have made a channel by myself with total millions of views from global audience" is a really good resume.
Tried streaming + other things, like learning Unreal Engine 5 and it didn't work for me. After stream I either have to do some chores or make a video and I end up just being tired, want to relax and chill. So for me it doesn't work splitting things.
UA-cam algorithms seem to be very strict in what it suggests. Refreshing main page pretty much only shows results from the biggest creators and often even fairly big creators get disappeared in the bit jungle. Your videos always show when they come but that's probably because i always thumb up your stuff. I guess you just are not recommended to PoE content consumers unless searching for specific stuff(when ever i get a weird build idea, i find your vid doing it :) And soon youtube creators will be fighthing vs flood of AI bots, if not allready,, and only the largest creators survive from YT alone.Hopefully Twitch is better source of income for you.
Anyways, I subscribe to you here on YT and also on twitch, not because i demand constant stream of content but because i want to support you. Don't burn yourself out whatever you do.
im so sorry for your losses. making blender videos sounds cool! i follow an artist on twitter that makes the coolest creatures in blender. id love to see process videos of someone working in it
I would LOVE watching you playing *LAST EPOCH* its not boring and its the second best thing after POE. 💙
I did and I will again once new league starts and I did videos about it with varying success.
I'm not a UA-camr but I've heard a number of times that the algorithm punishes when you diversify content on an established channel. It actually makes sense: your 'legacy' subscribers won't be as interested in the new content, so they won't watch it as much, and UA-cam will not recommend it. So you get less views and reach for that video, and might affect future ones as well. A second channel might work, though it's starting from scratch to some extent. I don't envy your current dilemma.
If you want a piece of advise from someone about the same age as you, don't put all your eggs in the same basket and have a contingency plan.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. All I can say is I've enjoyed your videos and interesting build ideas. That's one of the things I enjoy about Poe too. No idea what to say about the UA-cam business aspect. As a long time Poe player this last league. Or maybe it's the length of time I've been playing Poe really diminished my interest. I can't say for sure. Maybe this next league will be great and I'll get back into it. Or maybe not. Hard to say.
All the best to you, hope you pop off sometime in the future! I can relate with the age and problems with games. In the past i always had something to do but now between path of exile leagues or wow expansions but now i sometimes sit in front of my pc and dont know what to do. Im just not that excited anymore.
Thankfully gaming is just a hobby for me, i dont think i could sleep well if my income would depend on the content i produce. Kudos to you!
Working is suffering while smiling but my unasked opinion is that even the lowest of part time entry level jobs can give you some peace of mind and enhance your passion-time. It's not a good feeling when your favourite thing to do becomes your coping mechanism and the only thing you can do... I've been there recently and I hope I'm moving past that point but it's a sore pain to leave your comfort zone, even if it's tainted.
I really liked your analysis on the poe1 day and death cycle and the one one on poe2 going "mainstream" with big personalities jumping on the already too little pie. Kinda chilling but very lucid.
It's also real that nowadays most viewers skim youtube for a leaguestarter build that can also do all content that is tanky and yet deals tens of millions of damage and can farm the best items in the neverending rat race that is softcore trade, rather than apply and find joy in piecing together interactions like the ones you manage to find. It's hard as a content creator to compete with the fear of getting "baited and shamed" for trying something unsupervised and maybe failing the leaguestart.
I hope you find your niche where your content can shine unbothered by people with extreme followings or production value. Personally I'm here because I wasn't recommended any videos from you this league and was wondering what new tricks you were up to... Side note, of your more recent content i personally really liked your quick analysis and showcase on the new transfigured gems in the yt shorts format. I'm really fond of searching "how does x look like" and finding it :D You have a very charming, relaxing and recognizable voice and i found it perfectly suited for explaining things simply.
Best of luck o7
It's an interesting thing to think about...
At the end of the day, these things are just games that people spend some time to release nervous or just to relax and took off some time to the "real real" life of a human being.
I love play videogame, but turns out, at the ages comming, you realise that it does not provide you growth and possibility of acchive some real goals in your life.
UA-cam is an industry that can be thrilled some those who are lucky or doesn't care how the things work to elevate numbers and I think this change the shape of reallity, like a kid gets houndres of money posting some stupid video about dance, cloth or dropping objects from the stairs.
On the other hand, you have to studdy, graduate and work really hard to gain some money, but some thing people doen'st see, is the fact that they are developing skills and hability to interact with our society and make this life a better place to live, for yourself, family and to the others...
I hope you keep some space in your life to do what makes you happy, but at the same time, do the hard things you have to do to make your future life great and stable.
Making a full fledged video game will be much more complex than doing stuff in Blender itself, just an FYI.
All the best Woolfio! Gonna miss your creative hipster experiments in POE.
Well I am not straight up quitting PoE1, but my priority will no longer be to make videos about every build I try.
Sorry about your losses!
I'm a VERY long time sub. When was the 50 shades of Berserker era? Even befor that. I barely eatch your videos, but I'm still subscribed to your channel. Managing real life and your gamer life is a hard thing (same age as you)... :D your content is niche, if i see a Video of you pop up I can see by the title if I like it or not. You will stay a small content creator with you channels growth directly linked to poe growth. I also don't really play other games. Since 3.21 I only enjoyed brotato and killing floor2, which I played with my nephew. Maybe you should take a 50/50 aproach with youtube/twitch/outside job.
Work for 20h a week to have steady income for 12 month instead of 3-6. Strech out your content creation to 10 weeks instead of 4-6. Your channel becomes more steady this way and you don't have a 2 month hole in your pocket.
Do what you think is best. I hope youtube wises up and starts promoting more creators.
If you're doing something you like it will show. Subscribed
GGG's strategy to do "side-job dev" on POE2, makes POE1 leagues overlast their welcome. This kills viability for being POE1 focused streamer for time being. IF and it's a strong if, POE2 comes out and provides a good content/change between POE1 leagues, maybe things go better. Until then, it's dire especially if released league sucks balls.
Learning blender might get you a job in the industry if the whole youtube thing just doesn't pan out. Good luck my man
♥ Hey bud I loved your content. I wish you the best in life.
I can only say that i like your content about wonky funny Builds like others have said already.
And im on the train, that a secound account is not the Solution.
Im sorry for your bad Life Situation and hope it get‘s better.
I wish you good luck on your Future no matter which content it contains.
cheer up, dear friend, you will succeed, I believe in you.
14:33 You are not alone. From the perspective of a casual POE player, i realized this game delivers not much fun anymore, for time invested. You have to be like Belton-Level to have some fun in this game. From what i want lately to watch is the content type of DF-Retro.
I disagree. Having just finished a playthrough where I played a niche skill for 80 minutes per session for 30 days in SSF I can tell you that you dont need much time to enjoy the game. I got to Uber Elder, Maven, Shaper, Elder and a 5 Way Legion by just casually playing the game. It takes some knowledge of the game and a little pre-planning of the atlas tree but its doable. I made sure to record the progress so no excuses from others and I even took about 7 hours to get through the campaign.
@@gochubattamugga I you are a veteran playing since release, this game has not much to offer anymore.
@@sergeysimon9099 All forms of activity require some amount of knowledge. If youre unable to put in the minimal amount of effort to learn then... thats pretty yikes man.
@@gochubattamugga GGG is trying hard to make POE1 shit. In order to sell POE2. There is no sense to put any effort in their games anymore. I agree with Woolfio to 100%, that time spent playing POE is much better invested getting some real skills in real life.
@@sergeysimon9099 I was speaking broadly about life in general. Doing literally anything requires a modicum amount of effort. PoE 1 is going to be MUCH EASIER than PoE 2 as PoE 2 is going back to the basics. If youve seen any of the PoE 2 footage Jonathan said they want it to be the 'Elden Ring' of ARPG's. Souls like games arent easy.
I think you should continue doing niche builds for poe as that is what you are known for. In addition during poe's downtime branch out and do other games.
That is exactly what I have been doing for last couple years and it isn't working.
Sheesh! As an introvert in USA, I'm also on that mindset of doing streaming to make MY English better! XD I'm no conversationist and I HATE small talk.
Laughs aside, most of what was said in the video, lets say that I can put my self in your shoes, and find my self in a somewhat similar outcome which is both intriguing and upsetting! If it were me ... then yeah a practical mind of a back up or light side income would be some fresh air, but with UA-cam Shorts sprinkled about to solve both possible vibes of guilt and/or obligations(i personally don't like feeling in debt to others that much) and also possible or onset cases of burnout and content dry spells. Should I feel a spark of content making, I'd follow that spark to what/where ever it takes me, and who cares if someone has "done it first"! It would not be done with either my own style, and/or heart, and/or voice put in... but thats as ME(and also I wish there was more time in a DAY).
You'll find the answer fitting you. Whether or not we get to see what it is, know that least forth of a stadium of people hope you the best.
I think streaming has a lot of benefits if you want to improve social skills, language or better understand yourself. Well the last part is mostly for strong introverts. But it can also be negative if you are streaming and no one says anything in the chat for 2 hours, but I think introverts can deal with that much easier. Just don't forget to speak, comment what you are doing.
@@Woolfio yeah! streaming did help me with myself. I learned I don't ask for help enough(lesson came in handy irl, let me tell you! XD).
I definitely can enjoy focusing my energy on the game and not talk for hours, but I understand now. Others may not stay clued in on my processes if it's not said, and they then leave of boredom. Thanks!
I've enjoyed your content for a long time but if you feel more fulfillment doing something else you should go for it! My mentor/teacher of sort did the same thing recently and it gave my similar insight and I think it's the right thing
Hey man, it is definitely tough, especially if it's a full-time job. I'd get another job and do this as a side hustle, it's what I'm doing and it works well. Hoping PoE2 might change that! Cheers, dude.
I watched consistently years ago, but I barely watch Path videos anymore. The game eats an incredible amount of time, and I have more going on than I used to. When I do play, it's retooling a build in standard rather than making an entirely new one.
You've inspired many of my builds over the years, but I haven't played a new league since Delirium. Going through the acts again and again stopped feeling worth it.
You're good at making these videos! Unfortunately, making niche content is great for building a reference library and bad for advertising on a regular schedule.
Indeed, PoE eats a lot of time, takes me 2 days to start mapping and another 1-2 days to sort of finish build. At least at my speed. Cannot really imagine people with less time trying to play different characters.
i think what you have for the dome is good enough maybe if your going to use it for a game later you want lower geometry (cut where you can) and fill the rest with texture especially if its just going to be in the background?
That scene would just be learning, because it involves many different skills. Figure out what I like doing the most with Blender and where I struggle.
For game UE5 has already so many assets and ways to optimize them. Started recreating 1st zone from PoE where you start on the beach and go towards town. But got stuck and was distracted by other things. Still want to return to that idea with UE5.
Burnout is a thing... and its hard to overcome yes =/
I think it is good idea over atll to try to make meme videos of poe, I haven't seen much of those, but maybe I just never looked for it. Probably modeling some poe characters and environments and reusing them, using some AI for voicing could work, but you have so much tools to learn now. Still I think any PoE content will always be more much profitable in around league start no matter memes or not.
Sorry to hear about your loses. UA-cam is really hard. It's sad when you come across a channel and see thousands of videos over a decade, and they still haven't gone over a couple of thousand subscribers. If there's other things in your life that you want to explore, now is definitely the time. PoE1 is going to be in this same situation for a while and PoE2 is still months away.
Blender seems like it could be good for you, but definitely not profitable in the short term. If you like editing videos and still want to focus on working at home and online content, there's always twitch streamers that want editors for their UA-cam channels.
its so hard to get out of this situation....ive done alot of freelance editing for people who try but sadly ya...i know of only one that was able to branch out to other content.
If i had any advice, collabing did seem to help them the most.
if u have friends :P
yeah I think if you start focusing on making a game it would be very interesting because you're very smart and creative. Surely you will become better and better at it with time and make really cool games. It's a long term project with learning how to do everything and if you end up making a great game that people like, it will not become irrelevant or outdated. Some games are still good 20 years later and they are very small and simple. Start small and see how it goes. Maybe something like Vampire Survivors or side-scrolling monster blasting? Don't forget that even if there are thousands of other people making similar content, you'll always be unique and we will still watch what you do because of the Woolfio touch lol
I can relate to this in many ways. If you are similar to me, then doing something you don't enjoy is like scratching your nails down a chalkboard - it's simply not a option if you want to avoid depression. Creating a game in UE5 would be a fascinating project, and learning programming (assuming you're not already familiar) can be an excellent way to earn money, plus working remotely is more of a thing now. In terms of content creation, I do agree seasonal content lacks persistence and if you need stability, it's unlikely to meet that criteria. A thought... have you tried Godot?
Yeah, that sounds like me.
In UE5 you don't need to learn programing, it can be done with nodes, which is familiar concept to me because that is how textures work in Blender.
Don't know what Godot is.
@@Woolfio Sorry, for the slow reply. I didn't know that visual scripting (blueprint ) could be used for the entire logic in UE5; that's interesting. I always assumed a combination of C++ and blueprints was necessary. Godot is another game engine, but closer in style to Unity. It's been growing in popularity for some years. I prefer it to Unity personally, but my work tends to use Unity due to its versatility. Anyway, I won't bore you on this topic! In regards to mental health, don't drag yourself down doing stuff you don't enjoy, its not with it. Plus if you are like me, it only gets worse as times goes on. I don't really acclimatise to it. Life is too short too :).
@@Sovvyy I have been spending almost all my time in Blender and getting close to finishing scene I wanted to make. So far it has been good for mental health. Although texturing is my biggest nightmare and that can sort of ruin the project. Once cathedral is done, maybe I will try putting in UE5 to see what issues would arise. I do remember a bit about how UE5 works and even followed some tutorial to make very basic games, just to learn how logic works and I liked it because of nodes. Coding never worked for me.
17:25 You know it will be at least interesting to me, to see and learn from your journey. xD
You’ve just gotta focus on what you want to do. No one who’s supporting you is gonna squabble about it. Because we support you, not just your content when it’s around.
There is a fourth option. You need to post content about other games all the time, not just when PoE is down.
It would be a shame to lose you as a "content creator" both for poe and other things, in my opinion.
First things first, and that may sound abrasive: if youtube doesn't work out for you as a job, maybe you shouldn't treat it as a job. I know that ad revenue is nice and all and the fact that you have patreons can be a nice thing, but you noticed yourself how it also shackles you to keep doing stuff you might not even enjoy doing and even makes you feel bad/guilty at times. why not do it as a side project? (I know that would require you to find a main job really, but it's ridiculous really how *full* the youtube landscape is of people trying to force to make a living with it instead of just doing it for the fun or the challenge or whatever)
this is criticism coming from a good-natured person, mind you. just worried that you'll end up with nothing in the end if your plans don't work out, and that would be the worst.
this also plays into my next point though - if you want to keep doing it like that and are actually that easily distracted or hyperfocused once you bite yourself into something:
treat it MORE like a job. do blender in the mornings for like 5 hours, then take a break, then use your evenings for leisure gaming. I know it's hard to enforce a schedule like that onto yourself if you're the only one holding yourself accountable, but it might help you in the long run by getting consistent time into something that you love (blender) while also not driving you crazy and balancing yourself out
on the topic of blender as a whole: I love indie games and would be interested to see what you can come up with, but please don't set yourself up for failure. something that I immediately thought of (and you must have too) is that you might not even be able to finish the poe-character creation screen before poe2 releases with an entirely new one...and then your memes will be old news already. it's hard to look into the future to create the content of tomorrow, but just keep that in mind. it's good to have a goal, but maybe you should start smaller (if you have immediate ideas, why not finish the models, put them in front of a static background and do the videos you wanna do for now, while working on the actual background regularly)
man, it's really hard to bring across everything I wanted to say since I finished the video first before starting my comment just in case you mention something and i look like an idiot pointing it out before hearing it lol
but tl;dr
keep doing what you love
be mindful of how you do it though and reevaluate how much it's worth in the end
stay strong woolfio, it's a wolf eat wolf world out there
You’re the content creator with a play style that is the closest to my own. I just want to find fun interactions and make fun original builds. What sucks is that I think this shows that people like us are in the minority in the POE community, and most people just want to blast. Unfortunately, the POE devs realize this and are pushing the game more in a direction to please the blasters. This is only a disappointment to me because I don’t have as much fun with a game that I love, but this is your life, and I hope you can adapt to find what works for you. I regret not supporting your POE content more. I should have supported the one person doing what interested me about the game more than I did.
I think certain content creators push through boredom and just play leagues that do/don't enjoy and that's where this (streaming) becomes more like a job
If the primary goal is to 'make money' then it may be time to get a regular job even if its a part-time one (assuming you dont already have one). I just started doing a series called 80 in 30 last month where its almost over now and it was super fun. Im not getting many views but it was 'fun' - again, what is the primary goal?
For me, currently, if I can get more than 1 person to watch some of it then thats great. Im assuming the expectations you have are much higher but you may want to factor 'fun' into it as it is a great QoL indicator.
Take care and hopefully a path opens up for you.
No, I don't have another job. Cannot really do youtube and streaming casually, unless purely for fun and interacting with people. PoE takes too much time to take it casually if you want to create content, unless it does not require you to play, like talking about unique items, or about news in general.
Expectation was over time turn youtube into enough income to continue doing it.
@@Woolfio Yea, it definitely is a feels bad when you get a taste of it and see the trend get lower and lower. Change in perspective is the best one can do.
I feel the randomnes of video performance so badly.
I make a lot of quick stuff where I dont even bother with thumbnails.
Then I do something with something decent that performs very well.
Then I do something on the same topic that should attract the same people with a well thought out thumbnail and video concept and it gets 1/3rd of the views.
It just feels stupid sometimes.
follow your passion is a lie we've been told our whole life, its not gonna work for 99% of us
I don't really agree with that. Not everyone are in position to do it, of course, but if you can - may as well try doing what you like and see if that takes you somewhere.
If no one followed their passion, we would only have people who hate their jobs and are miserable all the time. Or people who just barely tolerate their jobs. I know a lot of older people like that and they are only happy when they are not at work and not busy with daily life chores, which leaves very little time where they can try to be happy.
@@Woolfio we need a job, a job pay your bill, so you have less pressure to make money on your passion therefore you can be more creative
also i think you dont need to spend countless hour on your whatever passion, its like gamble all the time you have on one thing, there is always a chance it doesnt workout and your life will be ruined
I think taking all non poe videos and putting them in a second variety channel is a good idea. alanah pierce did the same thing and made a video about it you should check out. Says the off theme videos were actually hurting the channel.
The best thing you should do though, is what ever you enjoy and makes you happy. What the hell is the point of life if you are not enjoying it?
Im looking forward to your poe 2 coverage though.
asmongold is a big introvert, and he says he deals with it by simply deciding everyone on youtube/stream is an npc, and he treats them like one. Maybe it would help alleviate some of the anxiety with being more public? Kind of sounds like you should stop steaming though.
Good Luck.
EDIT: alternate suggestion! Find a sugar momma! :D
Before throwing yourself into the realm of game dev, maybe you should consider simpler things like little movies/clips. PoE themed animations could be interesting. (not sure how ggg would allow that though) Although, it may not require as much technical knowledge as making games, it still needs some storytelling/writing/scripting on top of camera work and stuff like that.
3D modelling isn't really something 'self-contained' you can pickup and do whatever with, it always end up being a subset of tools in a way wider range of required tools to produce anything. Not only that but textures, shaders and animations are whole beasts on their own themselves, and pretty much required to do anything with 3D models.
I've been lazing around with my own learning of game dev over.. More than a decade, now, damn. This field is so vast, mainly because it's an agglomeration of multiple already vast fields, you really can't expect to go anywhere without a solid plan and goals. Just take a look at how many new "devlog 1' there are on youtube over the last few years, and the proportion of them never releasing a single game. And remember most people don't go and do devlogs. This is literal graveyard for hopes and dreams.
That is exactly the plan. Do some animations first, which will serve me as learning process and then see if I could transition into UE5 for some light game.
PoE themed animations are transformative, not literal assets from game and I would not be selling them, so I don't think that there would be issues.
And yes, textures is one of my nightmares. Applying texture alone is nothing difficult, but unwrapping more complex model is rather difficult for me.
Taking 1 step is always better than not taking any step and then later thinking about it and all the "what ifs".
Not a bad idea to try something else out because honestly you can always come back to this shit years later and it’s still going to be relatively the same plus I’ve ran into quite a few 40 year olds just starting their life to do something they gave up on early in life or waited till now to do it so it’s never to late but I will say this if you do come back later you could always do it when POE 2 comes out so theirs something new but you could also focus your hours with different games that require builds because your builds are fun to watch but there’s def a gap in gaming right now and it’s been like this for awhile best of luck to ya! ✌️
I recommend making another channel for videos other than POE. I can explain a little bit how recommendation works. First it will recommend to people who like you content specifically, then to people who kind like the same type of content(POE), then for people who kind like the same genre(ARPGs), then for broad audience. It can have more layers. and this is not a total recommendation for example videos it recommends like to 80% to layer 1(your people)> then 10% for POE people, then 5% for ARPs fans and the rest is broad audience. If it pops off it will recommend to more people in the next layers. There is high variance in the broad audience because less people were recommended so generally what happens is a video goes from your audience to broad but it can happen that your video pops of with broad audience but your main audience it will also be recommended more but it will be slower until explodes. Now how does that affect non-poe videos in your channels? It makes so your next videos get's less views making it recommend to less people in each "pool". There is also the frequency of upload. This is very broad but there is basically 6 channels categories: frequently schedules videos, frequently unscheduled videos, unfrequently scheduled videos, unfrequently unscheduled videos, frequently mixed(unsque+ scheduled), unfrequently mixed. Basically if your channel will be put in one of those categories. Scheduled videos do better and will be recommended more often. Frequently uploads make your recently upload videos recommended but youtube will not recommend old videos much unless someone already watched a recent video from your channel. If your channel doesn't make frequent uploads youtube will however recommend your old videos. Anything above 1 month is not considered scheduled by youtube anymore. Mixed channels are considered 2 channels by youtube and engage with both systems(but they are reduced by some ammount). I strongly recommend creating a new channel for new content. Good luck trying anything new woolfio.
I been thinking of doing that, but some time ago I was in network and they suggested to try uploading videos on 1 channel and observing how channel performs.
Anyway, managing multiple channels sounds like a nightmare. Would have to be switching accounts to check if there are new comments that I need to reply. Still unsure if I even want to put so much effort into this anymore.
@@Woolfio You can create a brand account. In the account settings there is an option for that, so all your channels will be under the same google account. You will still need to swap channels to answer/post videos but all notifications will be in the same place like now. The decision to do this in only yours tho. That I can't help
@@nicholasfigueiredo3171 Hmm, do you know if it is possible to change account email? It is linked to my old email and I have to use it to log in to my youtube account but I don't see any way to change that. And I don't mean notifications. It is linked to google account and it is so stupid and convoluted.
Its joever 😔
I definitely think you should keep yourself available for poe2, sure there are other content creators who will jump in but high level theory crafting is something they absolutely will not be able to do for at least a year or 2.
If you're thinking about regular work look at electrician honestly.
These days there are always a bunch of creators and websites with a lot of information, because some players were testing game before public launch and many things are already figured out. It pushes smaller creators to the side.
Man, i always liked your poe videos, but at some point youtube decided to not show them to me anymore. So i just subscribed.
No doubt, working a day job is almost always going to be more stable income in the long term. I've got a family with a kid to feed and there's no way content creation is going to sustain that.
However, you cannot deny that you have a passion for POE and that you have a community of people who do appreciate you and the work you do.
Maybe find a day job that gives you the freedom to also play POE and create content? So you can then both have the stability of income and the freedom of time to make POE content creation a project driven by your passion for the game alone.
UA-cam gets their money same way if they have ads on other channels or big channels, and instead of paying heaps to big channels, they get revenue with ads with small content creators without paying heaps to them.
You were known for making cool weird builds in poe, that's why ppl subbed. There are others right now that do it consistently. Probably thats why the channel has "fallen off".
It's tough to base your channel on one single thing and keep doing it for years. There are content creators that played 1 build only and quit yt after said build died.
So its a combination of topics and consistency.
Like trying to watch anything by Ziz. He plays the same stupid BS build basically every league.
@@Mango_Bizzaro He does have build guides and stuff, probably that's one reason why he keeps staying in the game. He is inviting people to talk about their builds, so there is variety.
Reach out to ZiggyD and ask his opinion. He's pretty good with youtube analytics.
i hope woolfio look at PoE news now and got excited. Retaliate build incoming!
Sad no Herald of Thunder changes and Vengeance skill is gone, but new retaliate skills look very cool. Definitely on top of my list of builds to do.
@@Woolfio slam and bleed build also look interesting. And warden ascendancy either doing it around ele thing or trying new tincture (which i bet is not really good). so many things to look forward this league!
Ok, I don't want to sound condescending or anything, and there are some things that I think might help you, in no specific order: have you thought of filling the void between leagues with blender content? that way you can do your own single thing without being distracted from other stimuli. Also, if you think you should swap from PoE, maybe give WC3 custom games a try? it's basically steam inside wc3, infinite possibilities. I`ve also heard from other people that yt shorts are pretty "profitable", you could dab your hands in that as well, and if youtube doesn't work out, you can always do the real job thing
No, shorts are least profitable. My most profitable shorts only made $2.70. And all shorts combined over all lifetime only made 40 dollars. It only makes money if you get millions of views.
@@Woolfio Fair enough. I like the blender idea (and I think slotting it in in the deadtime between leagues could be your "saving grace" with regards to the dead content you mentioned), i've also dabbled with blender before and would like to see PoE stuff modeled.
I guess that if the outcome of these things is you growing as a person and learning new things along the way, then it's been worthwile.
Oh and question: have you done the DONUT?
@@alexionut5448 Of course I done the donut :D I think I done it twice, years ago. Not this time.
You said you love PoE why not animate your 3d models of PoE or the way Carbot channel does and make a comics animation out of it some more serious some more meme (nerfs are always good memes) i wish you the best luck man
That was the point of this video and why I am learning Blender. I will attempt to make some PoE memes once I prepare everything.
the curse of streamers/youtubers locking to 1 game only
do wt u enjoy man w/e it is
ya mon do wut u njoy mun
i thiink you should give yt a second chance when poe 2 drops and remember 20k subs takes some a lot to get. You already have huge portfolio in content creation so you can look for jobs as help for other content creators or companies as pr management of some sort....
Well those jobs would require interacting with people a lot more. That is my kryptonite :D
And yeah, I will do videos about PoE2 and still continue with PoE1 in some form.
I'm not trying to be mean but a lot of the suggestions like youtube shorts or making blender content are missing the point of this video OR don't really know how making money on youtube is not easy at all. Not that I have much experience myself, just did some editing and youtube shorts for vtubers, I think if you want to make a lot of money AND use blender, that would be a great place to look at, there are sooooo many small-ish vtubers who are desperate for props, models, rigging, overlays, backgrounds, stingers, twitch emotes and a million other things, you obviously have no interest in anime stuff, but people want all sorts of things beyond the model itself, if you want EASY money, I think that's the "easiest" place you will find it, even if you aren't interested in it right now or the anime stuff turns you off YOU WILL DEFIITLEY CHANGE YOUR MIND once people start paying you 300-500 USD for a stupid chair or something. I've had too many heartbreaks and dead end dreams so I just quit everything and went back to school LUL, anyways I hope you find success doing something you enjoy, it's definitely possible.
Oh, I do love anime :D And I have been thinking about this. Even beginner could do some props for vtubers, since it is growing market (although not sure for how much longer). But right now I have no idea how vtubing works and how it is rigged but I would gladly do some props if my skills would be sufficient and free of charge if it is not complicated work. Would be good practice for me.
Never really looked much into vtubing so I don't even know places where vtubers would look for some freelancers.
The reason people get paid, is because they are providing a service that other people either cannot, or don't want to provide... unfortunately content creation is extremely saturated and competitive.
One possibility for making some small money while learning blender is to create STL's for tabletop gamers (dnd/warhammer/etc)... there's quite a market for them, though you'll be competing against some very good artists from very low cost of living countries.
If you keep uploading a few videos try to bring WUATU back, love ya, hope whatever you do works out for you o7
I will most likely do more WUATU and fewer build videos, unless builds are successful of use interesting mechanics.
@@Woolfio i believe i have watched all the WUATUS and some of them more than once, and i go back to them if a need something really specific. It would be really good to have more and to have some of them upated (if they change or the mechanic change). Cheers o7
ARPGs are kinda difficult to make content for unless youre milking the algorithm like Rhykker
When you make very niche content, you can't expect a large audience, and many videos you put out i just skip but they are just not interesting to me, since i don't really mess around with build making in poe. but something everyone else does that you should too is make review video and sharing your thought on current state of poe, everyone say something different, or have different takes on certain parts of the game. You have done a few in the past i think, but its been a while.
about content creation: don't be scared of following trends, people watch trends, you can add your own spice to it by finding niche interactions, that's how i found your channel, i was hyped by a poe league, then i saw one of your video and i stick to your channel
play Hero Siege when other PoE streamers play it, same for Torchlight infinite, same for Diablo, use that opportunity to create new momentums, you have a solid base of ARPG viewers, don't underestimate yourself, your content is niche sure, but is very well made and very enjoyable to watch
don't give up
ideas for content: "Current League review, what's good, bad, score, then go core yay/nay", "Your favorite past league", "your top 3 builds", "wishlist for next league" etc
I think it is tough to be both a twitch streamer and youtuber at the same time and expect equally good results on both platforms consistently. You got to choose one and concentrate on it and grow that first before doing the other. You can see that most popular poe streamers do not have many youtube videos unless its at league launch with their usual starter vids. Their main income are from streaming. While those who pump out many videos a week on youtube rarely stream. Having a niche content is good but your content is a little too niche and often not viable in end game poe. This attracts very little viewership because as you said everyone has limitted time to watch videos. Why would most people want to watch a video of a failed build when i can see it just from the title alone. I have 700k points on your twitch channel and i do not even watch your videos. I do wish you all the best and condolences. I lost my dog 2 years ago and i have never recovered from his loss.
I literally don't know a single creator who puts out many PoE youtube videos but does not stream. It takes 2-3 days of playing just to get character build sort of ready. No reason to not stream if you still taking so much time playing.
Time it takes to edit video is another topic.
If you watch stream a lot, then you already know what the video is going to be, so it is understandable. Twitch for many is more of a background sound, with ability to interact in real time.
I am the opposite, I almost do not watch streams, because I cannot pause it or else I may miss something. I often have videos to listen to while I do other things.
@@Woolfio i think what i meant was that you need to consider if you want to be a streamer first youtuber second or youtuber first streamer second. a quick search of mathil/steelmage/ziz youtube shows they upload an average of 1 vid per wk with 30-40k views. i seriously do not think that this is their bulk of their income. they are earning from twitch subscribers. the viewership of poe videos in general are never really high and on the opposite you have channels like fastaf that do not stream (to the best of my knowledge) that still has 10-15k view per videos but they also have a patreon to earn extra cash. if you look at other games like d4 and LE, there are some "content makers" that pump up clickbait title videos that get views but never stream as well. another good example of someone who streams but does not upload much is Tatiantel2 on twitch. For several years i have seen his twitch viewership grow from sub 10 to now crossing 150s every night consistently and i have about 500k points on his channel and a quick search of his youtube only shows 28 videos uploaded.
As a player of POE unless they change things like scarabs. Go back on those changes. I'll not be in the POE world until POE2 comes out. The last league hurt my enjoyment of the game a lot, and it wasn't all about the league itself. The truth is if I'm not playing POE I really don't care about the game. I think POE2 will end up being a fresh start for a lot of people as we leave POE1 behind for good.
How are you it's been awhile?,
2 thing you have :
Start a life and family..
Quit gamming and start playing with real engine 5 and send CV for companies to hire you in game design have good life..
Or
Keep playing other games try them have fun, don't worry about viewers chasing viewers is bad thing in YT community and start a life get know with people even if you can't or don't want to speak there is lot of people need listeners.
I know PoE is dying game,i was playing 7 hours a day with working,i got married and i have 2 kids now i can't even start playing any games because i keep busy with family and house stuff also work.
I don't like to talk with people but i meet my wife she changed everything.❤
I heard many stories of people finding their significant other online like that :)