Is POE2 Aiming to be the Most Punishing game of all gaming history?

They've just said they're adding more portals to citadels (very good change)

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smokesnugsYT#7752 wrote:

I don't get it, there are SO many punishing mechanics, I don't want to continue playing a game that deletes 100s of my hours of game play on a regular basis.

I am listening to their stream right now and they are saying that they are "prioritizing people having a good time" That's laughable considering something like what I just experienced exists at all in the game

"they are prioritizing people having a good time"

Did you even consider that having a "good time" when playing a game does mean you must be punished when you suck at it ?

And yes i know perfectly well that some mechanics are outright broken as of now ( Warrior & Armor , Sekhema , Citadels ) ... but anyone expecting the very first batch of Early Access to be pitch perfect balanced gotta be a moron , and those issues are to be fixed very soon as anticipated ...

pebkac for sure

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b_ko#7756 wrote:

They've just said they're adding more portals to citadels (very good change)

The aren't adding portals they are adding revives. If you leave you still lose the map. My take on this is that you will be able to self res on a wipe, including the party, a number of times reducing with arbiter levels from the atlas.