Path of Exile 2

mkopec said:

So just got this today and rolled a merc. Having fun and I think the game is great. I can understand how the die hard POE1 nerds would be hating on this though. It is slower and harder and many many hours to get through campaign. But the POE 1 nerds can always go back to POE1, lol.

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This shit isnt "hard" its fucking tedious, making areas gargantuan is great. Making the content hard enough to need to pay attention is great. Making it tedious by having the entire fucking map repsawn is dumb as fuck. Having to roll around the boss arena for 5 min isnt hard, its tedious. "Its like Dark Souls bro!" No its a live service ARPG that requires player growth and online metrics weather they admit it or not. Not selling stash slots cause no loot drops is no beuno.

Trust me they had this exact game available to this day available in PoE, its called Rutheless and it was dog shit. It was tedious and annoying.

PoE also had content that was much harder then anything available that I have seen so far, but people could overcome it with loot which just flat isnt dropping or crafting which is somehow worse in this one. They wanted to slow shit down, huzzah they did but I am not sure its more fun for it.

edit. Now Im watching Ben run around a campaign boss arena saying "Boy I sure wish I could attack this mob" on his melee, this is NOT compelling gameplay lmao.

Slaanesh69 said:

Welp, there you have it. Rage quit because of the second poem phase of the Act 1 boss. I fucking hate invul phases, and even with a cold sorc trying to kill the adds while dodging at the right time is a pain in the ass.

I will be back, but not all that excited about it.

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I stopped trying to dodge and focused on not getting murdered by the adds. Trying to do both meant I wasn't really doing either.

The cost to respec needs to come down, I can get over difficulty, but when I’m forced to back track and grind exp to progress because I can’t fix mistakes on the passive tree upsets me.

I’ve died a lot, went back used some mats to upgrade gear, learned mechanics and over come, but man the passive tree needs to be cheaper to fix.

Brahma said:

Fuckin bots already!!!

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You big hoe. I had a 2h Unique Mace for you. But I gave it to dude in guild when you didnt respond.

Brahma said:

Fuckin bots already!!!

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I can see my Brahma bot is working as intended.

Juvarisx said:

This shit isnt "hard" its fucking tedious, making areas gargantuan is great. Making the content hard enough to need to pay attention is great. Making it tedious by having the entire fucking map repsawn is dumb as fuck. Having to roll around the boss arena for 5 min isnt hard, its tedious. "Its like Dark Souls bro!" No its a live service ARPG that requires player growth and online metrics weather they admit it or not. Not selling stash slots cause no loot drops is no beuno.

Trust me they had this exact game available to this day available in PoE, its called Rutheless and it was dog shit. It was tedious and annoying.

PoE also had content that was much harder then anything available that I have seen so far, but people could overcome it with loot which just flat isnt dropping or crafting which is somehow worse in this one. They wanted to slow shit down, huzzah they did but I am not sure its more fun for it.

edit. Now Im watching Ben run around a campaign boss arena saying "Boy I sure wish I could attack this mob" on his melee, this is NOT compelling gameplay lmao.

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What level are you?

Penance said:

What level are you?

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43 Frost Sorc, im not really having a problem doing anything I'm just not having as much fun as I expected i think.

Review after like 10 hours, one ranger lvl 27 (Lightning arrow mostly, 6 hours /played) and one titan lvl 11 or so (rolling slam mostly, 2 h /played). Both in a duo. Some others level 2-3.

Good:

-The duo combos, so far it's mostly been me shooting lightning rods and him using arc/orb of storms.
-Bosses, alltough some of them (guy with a flamethrower i'm lookin at you) just 1 shots seemingly randomly
-Wasd is smooth, and moving while casting/attacking
-Gem system works
-The new early trans, aug, regal, exalts reality. Imo it's good to make crafting something you do so early.

Bad:

-Nr 1 by far is crashes. And i don't know why but i don't respawn where i crashed. I don't think my patience would've lasted so long if i had these issues solo because now i can atleast walk though his portal to get back to where he is/we were instead of running back with the fog of war of the map refilled again.
-Loot. I think this needs some tuning, i'm still using a level 11 bow at level 27. Atleast the rune socket orbs need to be more common, what hope is there to get an upgrade if i can't get 2 orbs on my next weapon drop, the chances that it can compete with my bow with 2 rune sockets is almost zero. Rare drops in general could be a bit more common aswell.
-Passive tree. It kind of feels uninspiring. Top side is probably better because both ES nodes and MoM stuff can be felt but otherwise it feels like there's no valid choice but damage.
-Vendors. Whats the point of the disenchant guy, when would i ever not want gold over 1 trans shard. I could say give more shards but perhaps just remove this?
-Collision detection just feels like lag too often.
-POE1 brain perhaps but i can see a future where the pace of the game might be too tedious for me even though i don't think this yet.

Juvarisx said:

43 Frost Sorc

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Thanks, just needed to know how seriously to take the review. I think that's a fair amount of time.

Burnem Wizfyre said:

The cost to respec needs to come down, I can get over difficulty, but when I’m forced to back track and grind exp to progress because I can’t fix mistakes on the passive tree upsets me.

I’ve died a lot, went back used some mats to upgrade gear, learned mechanics and over come, but man the passive tree needs to be cheaper to fix.

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Thats my biggest complaint so far as well. The game is hard and tedious, my build is a shit show and trying different shit out should be easier to accomplish.

Penance said:

Thanks, just needed to know how seriously to take the review. I think that's a fair amount of time.

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Again, I dunno. Hard no (opinion apparently on melee is hard YES), tedious early YES!, tedious mid game? not as much, but still kinda. Bosses go from ass rape to easy. Bosses in your 40's are 10 times easier then the first boss in the game. Is that good or bad? I dont think its great but currently Im in the minority till the sheen wears off I think. Ill go to maps and try em out then maybe take a break. From what I have seen of melee its not making me want to roll a warrior, maybe a monk though I dunno.

I dont want Diablo 4 obviously, build diversity I think is still there, I am hoping build enabling uniques will still be too but I havent been linked or seen one yet on reddit. They need more dopamine fixes with gear if they want to leave it this slow. Also making movement speed the best affix in the game may be a fuck up. Even at 10% you can just not dodge roll anymore which makes the game A LOT easier.

Kirun said:

I have a feeling this game is going to be PoE 1.1 by the end of it all. LOTS of crybabies already whining about the difficulty, how "exhausting" it is, loot doesn't drop enough, "this isn't PoE 1!", etc.

Bro, if you like PoE 1's gameplay...guess what? You can still play PoE 1! Imagine...

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How far are you? Are you in maps yet? I'm almost done with A3 and by all accounts usually have much higher end/more progressed characters in these games than most people here.

And I am not liking what they turned this game into. It's not an ARPG. I was expecting an ARPG.

TJT said:

Not even talking the trash mobs. The boss has a last gasp attack after its dead and loot is out to attack you with.

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And its RETARDED. I know Chris Wilson probably thought it would be a good laugh to see some newbie lose out on a unqiue that drops, I expect that will be the first thing to go (loot vanishing when you die). But its one of those things that goes against what an ARPG is.