Path of Exile 2: Upcoming Changes and Improvements

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mcmxt#4374 wrote:

As someone very new to Path of Exile (GGG, POE1, and POE2 concepts in general) with only about 15 hours in POE1, I’m finding the constant nerfs incredibly frustrating. Every time I build something that works, it gets changed. It’s really discouraging to feel like I have to keep starting over with new characters. First, my Sorceress, then my Ranger, and now my Witch—it’s exhausting.

On top of that, I have no gold, and respeccing feels impossible. I’ll admit it’s probably because I don’t understand the in-game economy yet, but it’s not enjoyable to log in, die to a boss 20 times, finally find a build that lets me progress, only for it to get nerfed.

Take Blizzard for example: they realized how bad it feels to nerf what players are actively enjoying mid-season. That’s why something like Spiritborn is still broken in their game. I’m not saying Blizzard’s a perfect model to follow, but the logic makes sense—
if you alter and nerf things too much, too quickly, it alienates newer players like me.

I already feel overwhelmed: I keep getting crushed by bosses, I can’t find decent gear, I have no currency to respec, and my Ice Sorceress build—one of the only things that gave me a sense of progression—was nerfed. At this point, I’m wondering: Should I just log in next year when the alpha is over?

I know I probably sound like a newbie, and it’s true—I am one. But it feels impossible to organically find my place in this game or make meaningful progress.

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xerailas#6537 wrote:

your problem was arsonists? and no the sorc cast on build that destroys everything and freeze them? or the monk build that one-shot bosses? nice work again ggg for destroying a build and let other more op to survive

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Skeletal Arsonists Spirit costs now match the other two Skeleton Mages, this should result in a slight decrease in the number of Arsonists at a higher level.

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Philth#6884 wrote:

Are bugs ever going to be worked on? I feel like the majority of stuff happening are balance issues, when you've got bugs that should be fixed well ahead of these.

1. When using WASD for movement, you can use skills on your left mouse button, but it's almost impossible to click on items. Sometimes it takes 6+ clicks on an item to pick up. This makes WASD almost unusable, or at the very least super duper annoying. As we all found out, WASD is a fantastic control mode, but you need to prioritize fixing this! Since I am not sure if ALL skills have this problem you can test with Unearth as this is one of the skills I am using on the left click.

2. Really bad frame rates. Turning audio "Channel Count" down to low somehow gives you a 20-30% FPS increase. Coding or API issue with your audio engine. Move it over to FMOD or work with their support.

3. Really bad frame rates. Standing in town FPS especially drops to really low rates, even though the CPU and GPU are not being taxed at all. DLSS appears to do nothing. Work with Nvidia.

4. Getting stuck on corners/items is really frustrating. You need to smooth out the collision code so you slide around corners and vases and such.

5. Creatures are too hard to see when someone is using spells that set the entire screen on fire or other effects. It makes multiplayer almost unplayable. We need a way to always highlight mobs or to turn off other players spell effects, or to tone them way down to 1/3 vibrance.

6. Can't unsocket runes. It doesn't seem like you just ruin an item with low level runes. It just makes me never put runes into items always expecting to get a better one. I want to say this is a bug because it doesn't make any sense.