Path of Exile 2

Xevy

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Thought this worth pointing out.

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Players motivated enough to post on reddit are still not at the endgame of PoE2. We're 2 months into early access, which is the point where PoE1 leagues are considered dead due to player dropoff.

I have no idea what proportion of the PoE2 population this represents. But, worth keeping in mind when comparing the two.
There's a lot of normal gamers who are very much enjoying this game. The PoE1 vets all want more because we know we can get more, but the first timers are still blasting maps and playing new characters.
 

Mahes

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Yeah, I am trying out a monk after having hit 93 on my Witch. Its fun tweaking out another toon and blowing through stuff. That is the point of playing these games. To become powerful.
 

BoozeCube

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PoE2 was damn fun up until T15+ map grinds and faggot boss nonsense on top of the retard scaling. Game went from a decent paced mob grind to either you insta killing full screens of mobs or them 1 shotting you instead.

Dumb as fuck, piss poor design, failures all around.
 
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Yaamean

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PoE2 was damn fun up until T15+ map grinds and faggot boss nonsense on top of the retard scaling. Game went from a decent paced mob grind to either you insta killing full screens of mobs or them 1 shotting you instead.

Dumb as fuck, piss poor design, failures all around.
Yeah and their latest "update about the upcoming update" tells me they are further behind than they expected and have no idea how or what to fix to make endgame more fun.

 

Khane

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"Here's a quick recap of all the hard work we've put in since EA launch. This sure is hard guys"
 
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Penance

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Yeah and their latest "update about the upcoming update" tells me they are further behind than they expected and have no idea how or what to fix to make endgame more fun.

That's like the absolute bare minimum, incremental patch to shore up. Doesn't really give me any confidence.
 
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Yaamean

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That's like the absolute bare minimum, incremental patch to shore up. Doesn't really give me any confidence.
Agreed, betting they end up just porting another 1 or 2 endgame activities from Poe1 again thinking that will SURELY get people to come back, lol.

I really want NEW content that is fun and also more ways of actual crafting aside from 99% being slot machine exalt pulls. They should scrap the current atlas bullshit and let us choose the maps we run while they're at it.
 
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Bubbles

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Yeah and their latest "update about the upcoming update" tells me they are further behind than they expected and have no idea how or what to fix to make endgame more fun.


it's not what's coming, it's just a list of things what they have already done. Pussy ass bitches, they are just working on the "big" patch which will have a bunch of nerfs, minimal qol changes and shitload of MT. They are treating 2 as a full release. Major patch in every 3 months or so with a "new" league (read something taken from 1), a couple of small patches in following weeks to fix of critical/game breaking bugs and the silence for two months. EA label just gives them something to hide behind.
 
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Chris

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Sounds like they will add a new class with their last comment about needing a hook to get people back in, we know they have Huntress and Druid pretty much done from trailers.
 

Burnem Wizfyre

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Sounds like they will add a new class with their last comment about needing a hook to get people back in, we know they have Huntress and Druid pretty much done from trailers.
Huntresss… already have ranger and mercenary how many versions of that can they do.
 

Khane

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Huntresss… already have ranger and mercenary how many versions of that can they do.

PoE ascendancies are not traditional. The Huntress will be released with spears and that will be the "recommended" archetype but just like with all the other ascendancies you can either play the traditional "class fantasy" spear/javelin or you can do whatever else you want that fits well with the actual ascendancy points.
 
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1987

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Anyone else having login server issues today? Tried twice to get in, multiple problems at the launch screen, and then crashed when I did get it
 

Tmac

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That's like the absolute bare minimum, incremental patch to shore up. Doesn't really give me any confidence.

I’ve been shocked at how few updates there have been to this game.

Seems like “early access” is just the finished game with lots of bugs and promises.

I’m level 77 doing level 8 maps. Shit has become very boring.
 
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Aazrael

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Yea they need to up the patches if they want it to stay and early access game.

Will be interesting to see what happens after the first big content patch.
 

Slaanesh69

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Yeah. I logged into PoE 1 but realized I had a level 100 character there for the first time ever so no more dopamine carrot.

So I went back to POE 2, level 92, grinding my way through the atlas looking for giant spires of light into the sky. This endgame, and most of the map layouts, are serious Turbo Aids. GGG has a LONG way to go, but my dopamine addiction means even if the heroine is low quality shit, I am still turning tricks to afford the next hit. I have no shame.
 
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Deathwing

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I’ve been shocked at how few updates there have been to this game.

Seems like “early access” is just the finished game with lots of bugs and promises.

I’m level 77 doing level 8 maps. Shit has become very boring.
Didn't you read their latest update? This is our fault. A portion of the player base responded so poorly to the first round of changes that GGG was forced into less frequent changes. There's just nothing else they could do, like cheaper/free respecs, experience boosting, item rarity increases, that would facilitate an early access testing environment for both players and developers.
 
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Arbitrary

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Didn't you read their latest update? This is our fault. A portion of the player base responded so poorly to the first round of changes that GGG was forced into less frequent changes. There's just nothing else they could do, like cheaper/free respecs, experience boosting, item rarity increases, that would facilitate an early access testing environment for both players and developers.

The very first balance change listed for Path of Exile 2's early access was

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a nerf to a slam that requires maces

I'm not convinced these fellas have their eyes on the ball.
 
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