From what we've seen so far, do you feel you're going to stay with PoE1 or move to PoE2?

I'd like to adress what i see as one of the biggest issues, but first about endgame content and controls:
-It lacks content and variety, the objectives are not clear enough (for example i have to randomly go further trying to find a citadel) and is pretty boring, lacks customization too and there are not enough interesting skills or uniques, the wasd controls seem fine and feel good but the dodge/sprint is pretty bad, stop copying dark souls please, we should be able to sprint instead of dodge and not be forced to dodge. Also if wanted to limit mobility there was no need to murder lightning warp, perfect couldve put the roll as a "mobility" skill slot and change that later to other skill if desired, cooldowns and limitations are also options without the need of striaght up remove the dashes, now i use the lightning jump and feels slow, even with high attack/skill speed but now imagine the cold patches and temporal chains :).

Now for the big elephant on the room:
-What is going on with this double dipping on penalization? Is not fun, is not natural difficulty, is very annoying, let me explain, in a game where the performance is much worse than its predecesor we now loose more xp on death, the more mods on waystone the less available portals, defences are less available, dealing with curses or elemental ailments is harder, mobility is lower, flasks are either necessary or pointless (i was struggling with mana having to spam pots, got mana leech, now pot is useless, and can't put a charm there). Why this obssesion with penalizing players? If someone wants extreme penalization has hardcore, is fucking annoying that i get the game frozen and whil i cannot do anything the invisible mobs kill me and now i have -15%level and no map, why? why this artificial difficulty. Also, why are there items requiring lvl 90 to even try them? Like im already doing t16 maps, why do i need to keep doing them to be able to use a scepter to check if it gives me more dmg. Also visibility is horrible in maps, many mobs are barely visible until they get hit and the life bar pops, why? what's the point on burning pcs? We already had problems on poe1, what did devs think would happen on poe2? People with very good pcs going on low fps, like the game looks great but does not feel great to get into a map.

Will probably hop around both POE1 and POE1, spending 90% of my time playing POE1 over POE2 until POE2 gets getter, especially the endgame. 0.3 was amazing for POE2 though so I'm hopeful for it's future.

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zakalwe55#2432 wrote:

I will probably stay with PoE 1. It sounds like PoE 2 is a permanent Ruthless.

This latest 0.3 season was a big step forward towards better loot/crafting. Sadly, if they do the same thing they did with 0.1/0.2, then 0.4 will be a step backwards towards Ruthless style again.

PoE II is a mistake. It'll just end up like PoE, which was the original intention. All the experiments will be for nought. The two games could actually be merged together. With 0.3 it's clear PoE II is just replicating PoE.

Simple, play both.

That's why there is a 4 month release cadence so you can ping-pong between them.

Eg. Oh I got my 40/40 in Poe 1, time to play POE 2, rinse and repeat.

Clever design.

So far PoE1 is better in some fundamental ways, imo. I'll play both. Hopefully PoE2 experience improves for my tastes. I no longer have that hunger for more of my favorite game ever.. I feel disconnected from the game(s) for the most part, whereas I felt a pretty regular anticipation for what comes next for many years.

If they keep giving streamers free drops then neither.

Watch for them double drops.

POE1 for now, but it's getting harder and harder to see a future where both games get the dev attention they require.

One day I'd like to say both games, as of now it might be an 80/20 split between poe 1 and poe 2.

I will play each new Season / Major update to both. I like Both games.


POE 1 is still #1 to me, and that is 100% because of challenges and something to push for.


POE 2 has balance issues, and all the "hard" bosses are waay to easy as builds are very overtuned.

POE2 made a BIG leap in the right direction with Abyss and the current crafting.



Also due to cosmetics that work for both games, i will end up just spending more $$ as new sets come out for both games Leagues / Major Updates.