As a new player.....

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Johny_Snow wrote:

Every time I fire up an Alkaizer steam he is always blabbering on about how PoE 2 is so much harder than PoE and how half of the players won't even beat the first boss. I don't know in which world this is considered good for casuals.

that individual also said d4 would be good, 90% of what him and the plethora of stream things say is wrong, as when they make pre-league predictions . As far as I see it, poe2 is just slower, ggg wont shot their own feet making an impossible game, this is a business after all.

It's certainly going to be more palpable to casual players, especially in early to mid game. They will hold your hand and explain all the systems, give you a cookie cutter path to follow on the skill tree, etc.

The endgame is a different beast however and if you stick with the game long enough to reach it, you will be expected to put in the effort in order to progress.