Energy shield UI in POE2

Is just me or anyone else feels like the new energy shield bar in poe2 is a downgrade from the old enegy shield visual representation from poe1.

I mean. I love the fantasy about having the energy shield protecting the life and also it showed proportionaly how much energy shield/life ratio the player had when your energy shield was lot larger than your life it will almost tottaly cover the life.

Does anyone knows if is this a temporarly change or is there any background on why they are changing that???

I quite like it. As a person with visual impairment, I was never really keen on the POE1 design (unless speccing into CI). The POE2 is a lot clearer.

I was just thinking the same thing, the original felt very good on the high end and this just doesn't seem impactful atm

100% agreed, i play a build where i have almost no hp and only ES and its way harder to keep track of my total life pool this way. i was looking for an options to enable old UI for ES but sadly there is none. Hope they will add it.

I don't mind it. It's a reflection of the Spirit/Darkness bar. Similarly to how it works in poe1.