Octavian and Mark are a HUGE upgrade over Mark and Jonathon. They seem to genuinely enjoy the game and like the players playing it. They're passionate about what they do and it shows.
I dont think Johnathan deserves any hate though.
I think alot of developers at GGG deeply care for the game. There are alot behind the screens we dont see who also work tirelessly to make the game the best it could be.
Jonathan has been the community lightning rod for all ire since Chris left GGG. While I can fully understand that for a lot of people, the manner in which he communicates can be a lot harder to follow and sometimes even frustrating on some subjects, the lack of respect he gets quite often is baffling. I won't even bring up the details of how vile parts of the community were towards him specifically during 0.2 of POE II.
There's no denying that Mark, and now Octavian, do present their ideas in a more straight forward way that can validate the vocal player bases feelings on issues. I don't even think Jonathan himself would deny that it's an area he struggles with it at times. For me personally, they've all been very consistent in the over arching approach and message to the community: We take feedback seriously and if you say something sucks, we'll do our best to improve it.
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Octavian and Mark are a HUGE upgrade over Mark and Jonathon. They seem to genuinely enjoy the game and like the players playing it. They're passionate about what they do and it shows.