Tedious and annoing =/= hard and difficult

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Vlkodlak#4435 wrote:

I played POE2 for 42 hours now, couple of hundred hours in POE(1) and thousands in other RPGs and MMOs.

I love the boss difficulty. I think the fights should last even longer, could be even more challenging. There should be more phases, bosses should have more abilities. The class builds that can kill the bosses in couple of seconds should be hotfixed and removed. Killing the boss should not only be, but also feel rewarding.

I think the item drops are fine, especially after the latest patch. I would rather see more crafting material than more rare items.

I won't complain about classes, passive tree, skill gems and other game mechanics, but there is certainly room for improvements (like the ability to see all support gems for specific skill).

I would also love to try DRUID and other classes... and now, the "BUT":
Am I looking forward to play through the campaign again? NO!

Every map is a maze. Every map has dead-ends. Every map is way too long. There is not a single map I would say I enjoyed playing through. And the ones that look and feel amazing are again flawed by being too long with too many dead-ends to the point where it feels just plainly annoying.

Considering the size of the maps and amount of mobs, you have basically added quantity and removed quality.

Maybe look at the Lost Ark dungeon and raid design. The game has very quick dungeons with easy thrash-mobs, yet boss fights are insanely hard (PoE2 is not even close to the difficulty of boss fights in LA) and still - the gameplay feels amazing. Many people enjoy very small maps with very low amount of mobs and difficult boss or mechanics, there is nothing wrong with that.

Would still rate this game 8.3/10, worth my investment.

Not complaining, just giving my feedback.

Keep up the good work! Thank you!