Is the game slower then it was years ago?

Hello!

I've started this game early on and enjoyed most of the first 2 leagues when it was nothing compared to the amount of content it is nowadays. My biggest achievement back then was killing uber atziri as 2h melee ground slammer (it was really something back then!). Then i had the pleasure of playing delve and few others for a short time.

I remember that people were annoyed by the fact that in this game attacks are quick as a machine gun and you can vaporize the whole screens of enemies at once (which i personaly loved).

I have a family and a company now, but couldnt resist playing this new league thou i know it will be a very casual approach.

I have one concern thou considering melee attacks in general, as they seem to be way slower then i remember them being back in the day. It looks like the devs wanted to slow and tone things down a bit (more like hated d4). I remember that attack speeds of hs/slams was coming to something like 6-7 per second and leech was high enough to basicaly keep me immortal as long as i've been nuking something which is not the case anymore due to all the leech limitations and slower attacks. Im only 65 tho so maybe later on proper 6+L items and build will make up for it?

TLDR: Is the game a little bit slower then it used to be in 2014 times or im just low level and delusional? ;)

PS. Found one and only screen from the beggining of mapping in 2014, HIGH RES 4:3 times ;)



Cheers!

For 12+ straight leagues in a row now GGG has done everything in their power to slow down players, nerfing things into the ground to the point things become unplayable, reduced loot without telling players (literally biggest change in poe history was kept secret), made rare monsters 50 times more tanky compared to uniques, this league straight up removed attack and cast speed mod on flasks without telling people.

I did not play all the way back then so i cant comment on the 0.13 attack speed tooltip but i do know everything has gotten slower and more boring. It seems like they are conditioning us into PoE 2 where everything will be a slow slogfest which is evident by simply watching any of the PoE 2 gameplay reveals.

That's a shame.

I can understand that from perspective a 2h warrior nuking 10 hits per second can seem ridiculous, but its what made the game fun for me.

Now i really feel like in d4 campaign which was a super-slog. And it doesnt look like it will get much faster than that :(

Its what made the game fun for everyone but for some reason GGG seem intent on killing POE 1 by making it feel like your always running through treacle. Looks like I will wait for the next league to see if they have come to their senses and fixed things.