POE2 isn't "Hard." It's unfun.

Poe1 was to fast for slow ppl. So its good that they made poe2 slower so these ppl can keep up.

+1 hard agree. at least give us some drops bro. The drops are so sh** lmao. killing hard mobs leads to literally nothing most encounters. reward to difficulty ratio is crap.

Edmund dont forget to pass on my message to Jonathan

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King_Emris#5889 wrote:

The game is great. It's not meant for everyone. You are on your travels to another easier game. Peace.

Not meant for melee either, just did a trial run where I had to kill the rare's the first one was a spider rare in a narrow area that spewed ground effects damage and filled the ENTIRE area with each hit.

Keep saying this is great design

well that sounds like a skill issue because im finding it pretty boring and repetitive because the fights just involve spamming in a particular optimal order, kiting and repeat. the game in general, at least from act1, is pretty easy. aside from a couple of encounters that were close or resulted in a death, on the following retry it was a walk in the park because you should learn from that mistake and not repeat it.

some bosses have been challenging but once you figure out how to evade their damage which is for the most part quite easy if thats what youre trying to do. it then becomes pretty easy to start dishing out damage while not taking any. making it an eventual win with not much skill required as all their attacks are telegraphed either by ridiculously long swing or wind up animations and aoe effect areas that give you 2 business days to respond to.

so im not sure what you want the game to be, if youre struggling on early game encounters that are objectively easy if youre not a potato, then go and play something else more casual.

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el_malf#1280 wrote:

Agree for beign unfun. 1 rare item per hour, no support skill drops, super low damage increase, tons of HP on bosses compared to our damage.
Maybe late game will be fun, but early game is terrible if not playing one from meta S++ tier builds

skill issue bud.

if it was any easier the game may as well be marketed to ages 6-10.

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Huk#4529 wrote:

skill issue bud.

if it was any easier the game may as well be marketed to ages 6-10.

You have posted numerous responses of a similar vein retorting this and similar NPC/meme lines, I am not saying the game is super hard, but even the best streamers and players at POE have died numerous times and had their challenges.

So frankly your opinion is larping

The game unironically feels slower and more stingy than vanilla D2(and way harder on top). Some of these zones are just a complete snooze fest, and then you get a long, involving boss fight to top it all off with

How is spamming the same ability+roll for hours and getting almost no loot fun gameplay?

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FreeLookMode#1750 wrote:

Played all day yesterday and this morning. Tried several classes, respeced for more defense, shield, health, offense, everything.

It would be one thing if the game gradually progressed in challenge in a fun way. It would even be OK if as you approached end game there were tiers of encounters that really pushed even the most professional full time gamer to the limits.

If I couldn't defeat that content, I would at least still have a lot of game that I could play instead. This game starts you out on a mission to punish from moment one. It's not fun.

I am sick to death of every game trying to be dark souls. I've heard people saying that POE1 was "hard" in the beginning. First of all, no it wasn't - not like this. I wanted a game the felt like an evolution of POE1 or ARPGS in general. This has totally transformed it into the kind of game that is NEVER fun for me to play, and excludes me from enjoying the game at all.

I'm just gutted. It's such a disappointment.

The game is great. It's not meant for everyone. You are on your travels to another easier game. Peace.

I wonder why the POE1 profile of every 'POE hardcore player' making such claims about POE1 being easy always consists of ridiculous, poorly geared level 80-90 characters with builds worth 5 chaos. Apparently, it was so easy that out of 20 characters over 10 years, not a single one managed to get above level 94. Oh, man, you even managed to buy some achievements completion on TFT? Impressive. Applause.

Speak for yourself, i think this is the most fun i've ever had in a video game. It's slower but calculated, attacks feel meaningful, the voice acting and the soundtrack and sound effects are superb. The game itself looks incredible, attention to details is crazy, the story is also great and well paced.

The game is probably a bit too good for your standards of what is "fun". I'm igniting gas clouds with flame wall as a mercenary and i feel like Geralt of Rivia.

Unbelievable game, it's just fantastic.


People these days just have dogshit standards tbh