Early Access Feedback - The unique items are pure dogshit - Forum

I was thinking the same thing, uniques are garbage. I have only found 2 uniques that works well in a build. I didn't find them, I had to trade for them. All the uniques I have found have been garbage. I just sell them to the vendor. It has unique in the name but they are far from what I would call unique.	Posted by AcnologiaDragneel#1059 on Dec 31, 2024, 7:55:37 PM Quote this Post
It's funny how Titan Quest and Grim Dawn do uniques better. It's pretty clear GGG Devs who work on Poe2 don't actually play ARPGs, just working for the pay	Posted by ConradN7#7540 on Dec 31, 2024, 7:57:48 PM Quote this Post
" ConradN7#7540 wrote: ... It's pretty clear GGG Devs who work on Poe2 don't actually play ARPGs, just working for the pay Yes, I don't see how they can play the game the same way as a new player does considering what an absolute slog and time sink it is. POE2 sold off its name and looks alone, but the gameplay experience is honestly disappointing, giving the impression 'the vision' is from a blind person and they didn't really want to make a new game.	Posted by Oblivionbringa#7895 on Dec 31, 2024, 8:45:33 PM Quote this Post
Silverbranch with a 60 level requirement is beyond dog shit. it actually feels bad to find uniques in this game. if they want to do this, scale other stats on these items to match that level req	Posted by AintCare#6513 on Dec 31, 2024, 10:04:13 PM Quote this Post
Gonna win GOTY 2025.	Posted by QticaX#4168 on Dec 31, 2024, 10:05:45 PM Quote this Post
" ConradN7#7540 wrote: It's funny how Titan Quest and Grim Dawn do uniques better. It's pretty clear GGG Devs who work on Poe2 don't actually play ARPGs, just working for the pay that is the most ridiculous statement, its amazing you managed to make one more ridiculous than " I think uniques should be closer to d4's than poe1's. talking about a game made by true arpg vets vs a game literally made by people who dont play arpgs and are just doing a jobs, youve managed to get it completely backwards. high end uniques work for builds. theyre the last thing u can really design, we dont have the characters and skills all in the game yet, or the real high end base items. we dont know the balance of the skills, we dont know the builds, how can you design the really high end uniques until you know the build environment they will function within? the game isnt rly ready for that yet.	Posted by Snorkle_uk#0761 on Jan 1, 2025, 12:09:55 AM Quote this Post
" HeroEvermore#0498 wrote: " Y0NN#5981 wrote: I have over 2000h in POE1, currently at 140h mark in POE2. It is beyond my understanding why GGG would spend time and money designing every unique item (not only stats-wise but also graphically) to then make it completely irrelevant in the game. I only collect uniques to populate my unique tab and see the percentages go up. So far 99.9% of the collected items are worse than garbage. Who approved this? It has to be a GGG taking a piss during the EA. Why would you invest the time and money in creating something no one would be using unless they've just started and know absolutely nothing about the game? I don't really believe this will reach anyone in GGG, but if it does. Guys, serioussly. If you design and create unique items, please, don't make it worthless. There's 5 uniques in the game right now that everyone and their dog wants (used for one very popular build), the rest is just an easter egg. Baffles me as well. SO much work by the art team and all the items are poop. Worse, they are 1 chance shard value forever. I do 3d art. I sell STL files. Hundreds of them the last few months. Cannot imagine my art being wasted like this. Indeed, I hadn't thought of that, it's a real waste, let's hope they'll at least set up a transmo system, because otherwise it's a real waste of work. And a real lack of respect for the artists.	Posted by yngwie84#7256 on Jan 1, 2025, 1:19:55 AM Quote this Post
How DARE you question GGG's work on POE2. We all know when the rest of the game and items drops all the current unique items will suddenly make perfect sense and contribute in fantastic and amazing ways. Jokes aside, I wholeheartedly agree. And the few that do something for endgame is massively over tuned. I think this will be a good game in 2026 at some point. Maybe.	Posted by eldheim#2436 on Jan 1, 2025, 3:39:40 AM Quote this Post
" Snorkle_uk#0761 wrote: talking about a game made by true arpg vets vs a game literally made by people who dont play arpgs and are just doing a jobs, youve managed to get it completely backwards. Sometimes GGG fanboys are even weirder than Blizzard ones. GGG aren't infallible, and they've been wrong many times. Most uniques in PoE2 are trash and that's an objective fact.	Posted by _ZLoBny_#7128 on Jan 1, 2025, 3:54:35 AM Quote this Post
I kind of agree with OP's original assessment, I'm never excited about a unique drop anymore. They all feel relatively unusable the unique bonuses that are supposed to be "Build Defining" on 90% of these items just feel like fodder / garbage. I understand without "Bad" Uniques we can't measure or appreciate "Good or Great" uniques, but the ratio of bad to good is far too low. Last edited by Pvarien#7490 on Jan 1, 2025, 5:13:27 AM	Posted by Pvarien#7490 on Jan 1, 2025, 5:12:55 AM Quote this Post