General Discussion - PoE 2 Fun Begins at Level 1 (You Aren't Having Fun because YOU were Conditioned to End Game) - Forum

It's really something reading some of the feedback posts, in the context of PoE2 not even being a week into EA. People who have already grinded dozens of hours, spammed endgame and concluded the game is boring/sucks/unbalanced/etc. They're playing the game as if their lives depended on it, instead of actually trying to enjoy the experience or even bothering to learn anything that doesn't relate to achieving immediate progress. Not necessarily stanning for the current state of the game, but I hope GGG doesn't listen to the people already burning themselves out in early early access and instead focuses on improving the game more holistically.	Posted by Wucano#3988 on Dec 9, 2024, 1:25:00 AM Quote this Post
Gameplay is fun, but rewards are non-existent. Aarpg with soulslike elements but no power fantasy, always cheesing white mobs because they're more powerful than you for 25hours played is not my jam, took me several bossfights to realize, oh wait there is no loot. I have my lvl 15 quarterstaff at level 30 and I've gotten 2 regals and 2 exalts during 25 hours played, I'll be playing g Ghost of Tsushima, trying Last Epoch or smthn until they get the effort/reward balance worked out. Great base but the balance is not there, love the bosses, love the music and artwork in the game, truly amazing. I'm interested in seeing how they will make it more diverse since we're locked Into these combo-builds, making it so we don't have as much player agency but steering us toward a more cookie cutter type of gameplay, maybe support gems.	Posted by Crankalot#3230 on Dec 9, 2024, 1:26:53 AM Quote this Post
" AbombThePeoplesChamp#1184 wrote: When an ARPG comes out usually you Min/Max from the start and race through the trivial campaign so you can begin your journey of loot hunting at 70+ level. The ARPG community has been conditioned that the fun starts ONCE you are in End Game. I must admit I have been one of them. Even in MMORPGs you get to max level as fast as possible so you can BEGIN gearing. (this has never made sense) The game starts at level 1 and it should be an adventure soon as you take up your first quest. There should be challenges at level 2, level 5 and so on. Which PoE 2 has actually nailed in it's design! The farming starts now at your first few levels. You can't beat an Act 1 boss you go and farm some gear, get a level, change your build to overcome that challenge!! It's very refreshing that we get to play the game so early for a change and I really hope other gaming Devs pick up on this. I think the age of internet guides and gaming Devs making bad decisions over the years to cater to this mentality that only Max level End Game is the adventure. It's not! It's starts when you pick select your character. I just hope people can start to realize they have been conditioned to this and take a step back. Realize PoE 2 is amazing because it is breaking the mold of ARPGs and MMORPGs. The leveling process and adventure too End Game should be as meaningful as the End Game. PoE 2 is the entire package and genre tranforming. Just like many of you I've been conditioned to buy level boost in WoW and race to Min/Max or follow guides in ARPGs to blizt through mobs. All this time I forgot what a great game looks like and that it starts at level 1. Good luck out there, have fun. Exactly, and that’s actually a good thing. The problem is that it’s being used to mask the lack of content. If we reached the endgame with what they’ve left us, we’d literally have nothing to do. Spamming Chaos Orbs endlessly is all we got instead of PoE1’s crafting system. And since the endgame and crafting mechanics are incredibly shallow, they’ve been forced to put us in a “challenge” involving ridiculous dodge-and-roll trials.	Posted by bachgaman#6713 on Dec 9, 2024, 1:43:33 AM Quote this Post