Can we at least get PoE1 enemy mechanics back?

In PoE1 when I died from fighting a boss the health he lost stayed and the enemies I killed stayed dead. Idk I miss that, I don't like that the enemies keep respawning souls style. My friends told me this was going to be more elden ring/Diablo but it seems like it's more of a dark souls hardcore "you will die" arpg. At least give us mounts that can take us back to a boss or some leniency towards enemies vs boss kill time idk I'm trying to like this game because d4 is such a swamp but now I'm not even near endgame and it's becoming a tedious grind moreso than elden ring... Elden ring I could run past mobs to get back to the boss.

No thank you. The only thing that I think needs to be changed is 6 portals for citadels and pinnacle bosses. But if you die, you would still need to fight the boss again from full HP. Otherwise it's a walk in the park, you don't even have to think.