Why POE2’s Direction Is Worrying for Veterans and Newcomers Alike

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Querker#1809 wrote:

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kuciol#0426 wrote:

Any build in poe1 that uses more than 1 skill is considered shit. Im living proof that your statement about players is taken out of your ass. I did play poe and i say i like poe2 more. I would prefer it even more if mapping expierience was the same as in first 2 acts.

Considered by whom? All that matters is your own experience, not someones opinion on such matter. If that build gets you to experience everything youve planned - then its working. We still have bane/blight enjoyers in poe1, you know.

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WxsOnline#6683 wrote:

Many POE vets have been around longer than ya'll and did not like the game turning into a mindless perpetual explosion and filtering out 99.9% of the thousands of items that drop. There are a lot of reasons to play POE beyond that which POE2 scratches the itch of and has a lot more coming.

Im not considering myself a vet, but i wonder where such veterans were while ruthless settlers is a lot more close to be a nice poe 2 than poe 2. Settlers made that league viable and interesting with extra currency and crafting options. Hell, weve seen first ruthless 99 and 100 in history and there was about hundreds of live players. The recipe for slower gameplay was always here, in the neighbouring league, but GGG decided to trash even this concept that was also created with the help of a community, even if it is smaller. And yes, quickstepp is no different from dodge roll, so ruthless was an actual testing field for poe 2, but it actually looks like they took all the wrong things from evolution of ruthless.

By forum dwellers of course, the very same people shitting on poe2.

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freingard#1993 wrote:

Guess what league had

irrelevant F R E S H-er comment, leagues can go and stay go

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“LeFlesh#9979” wrote:

irrelevant F R E S H-er comment, leagues can go and stay go

Leagues can go and stay go? That’s probably the worst take I’ve read all week. Without leagues, Path of Exile wouldn’t even exist as we know it. You’re bored? Cool. But guess what? The majority of the player base actually loves the constant resets, new mechanics, and challenges.

Let’s be real: no leagues means no fresh content, no economic resets, no reason to grind for hours when there’s nothing new to discover. Hell, even Diablo 4 is trying to rip off the league system because it WORKS.

And yeah, maybe some leagues don’t hit as hard (looking at you, Kalandra), but even the “bad” ones bring updates that keep the game alive. Without them, you’d just be stuck running the same boring meta builds forever in a static game world. Sound fun? Didn’t think so.

So sure, you might not like leagues, but calling them “irrelevant” is just a bad take. They’re the backbone of PoE, and without them, we’d all be stuck playing some half-baked, dead ARPG.


Also: Ah, yeah, another one of those who’s probably never played PoE seriously—or any ARPG for that matter—but now wants to tell everyone what works and what doesn’t. Do us all a favor and at least learn what you’re talking about before dropping takes like this.

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DIOandTheWorld#7430 wrote:

No one has said the boss fights should be faster. Literally no one. You are making shit up. People just want faster movement speed and Movement Skills in the game. Its atrociously unfun to walk ages across these gargantuan maps, who are you kidding pretending like this games pacing isn't utterly fucked.

Alexa play "why the fuck you lying?"

I have seen those comments, ive seen people complain about having to do mechanics rather than facetanking everything and wanting to roll over every boss with ease.

Loot disappearing on death is the dumbest thing I have ever seen in an arpg and potentially gaming as a whole. Who knows what was being smoked in GGG when they made that decision.

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Agree with original post.

Great post, well articulated. I agree and appreciate your dedication.

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Kaukus1#7461 wrote:

Leagues can go and stay go? That’s probably the worst take I’ve read all week. Without leagues, Path of Exile wouldn’t even exist as we know it. You’re bored? Cool. But guess what? The majority of the player base actually loves the constant resets, new mechanics, and challenges.

How would you know? There is no version of PoE 1 without leagues to compare player numbers with. I personally know many people who hate the league system, so I could make the claim that actually most players would prefer it gone. That has just as much of a basis.

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DatonKallandor#0939 wrote:

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Kaukus1#7461 wrote:

Leagues can go and stay go? That’s probably the worst take I’ve read all week. Without leagues, Path of Exile wouldn’t even exist as we know it. You’re bored? Cool. But guess what? The majority of the player base actually loves the constant resets, new mechanics, and challenges.

How would you know? There is no version of PoE 1 without leagues to compare player numbers with. I personally know many people who hate the league system, so I could make the claim that actually most players would prefer it gone. That has just as much of a basis.

Except that there is a poe 1 without leagues and there always was? Its the "dumpster" league where all the characters get transferred after a new one ends? But its considered as a dumpster for a reason.

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