Add easy mode, And stop neglecting casual player

So i will start by saying that i have currently played 1512 Hours of PoE 1 on Steam, and yes i can be considered casual player, and i have not played PoE 2 nor as of today will, primarily because after "honeymoon" phase passed for PoE 2 Players and criticisms started to roll in. Not only devs managed to keep Most problems from PoE 1 in sequel but added fey new ones.

Main reason why i started to play PoE 1 in first place was build "Options" but let's be honest this is PoE Forum and we know it's gigantic pile of bullshit, some skills, classes, unique's, and even mechanics are far better then other, and it wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for ARMS RACE That GGG Has with Players, to think that Shaper guardians where the endgame of 1.0 PoE where now you can fight all four of them at once, while Maven supports them is hilariously over the top, but Mavens "The Feared" and tier 17 maps, especially Valdo's puzzle box ones are not.

im only mentioning nemezis mods (Im looking at you monsters with mana drain aura) and Expedition defence nerf durning that league. Seriously what where you thinking back then? im glad that i and my brother stopped playing after ultimatum league waiting for PoE 2.

Ruthless Mode. That's all i need to say.

so after shittalkg PoE, do i have any idea how to include easy mode without creating new sub-league.

Well.

At final battle of act 5, When kitava is about to blow up staff of purity
The Man, The Myth, The Legend, THE TRAILMASTER stops time, starts talking something to you, and gives you the ULTIMATUM

ACCEPT CHALLENGE OF CHAOS.
Nothing changes. Absolutely Nothing

REFUSE CHALLENGE OF CHAOS

in this mode
(Modifiers with * at start are ber minimum in easy mode if it was real)
* No resistance penalty's from kitava
* you will not encounter nemesis monsters
- Monsters deal 15% less damage
- stun and any ailment defences (Avoidance, duration, effectiveness) is doubled

But also
*certain items are more rare, uncommon and rare unique's, chaos orbs, divine orbs, and so on
* certain items will NEVER Drop for you, T0 unique's like Headhunter, mirror of Kalandra and so on
*You won't be able to open or enter post-guardians endgame content,
- You won't find Labyrinth trails maps and Eterna Labyrinth is inaccessible for you
* To leave easy mode you need to use Offering to Chaos, to acquire it you need to gather it's shards, shards drop very rarely, however they are very common from Shaper guardians, Elder Guardians, and Conquerors of the atlas
* certain characters like Trailmaster would taunt you while in this mode (Hidden)

So to summary it, Easy mode would requires less investment in defensive mechanics in exchange of getting less powerful loot AND Locking you from endgame content like pinnacle Bosses, Maps, and items, Why? to create less punishing environment that is more grindy but less stressful where you can screw around with DPS improvements to see what's best for you without using Path of Building, and when you decide (IF you want) to enter pinnacle content, you can prepare your gear before leaving Easy mode for Agony and Glory of endgame content.

Unless. You want to stay with OG PoE endgame ceiling, after all Guardians were the endgame, this sounds obvious to veterans but for new players endgame is very intimidating, without obvious outline on what is the minimum for there character, this form of easy mode would not only by suitable for casual players but also new ones.

There is an easy mode.

It's called: Go play Diablo 4

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FearZGamer#6190 wrote:

There is an easy mode.

It's called: Go play Diablo 4

Excuse me but i have something called Dignity.

Hi there, semi experienced play here!

Path of exile rewards things like game knowledge. This is by design. The more you know and understand - the better of a player you will become.

It is a glorious sandbox where you can do anything that you want for the most part, if there is a will, there is a way to do it. You almost have to treat it like a giant puzzle that requires solving.

I have been playing since 2019, I used to have this type of mentality towards the game (the whole easy mode thing), I eventually learned that I was not playing efficiently, making the proper decisions with the things I had available at the time.

Your idea about ultimatum is interesting, but I don't see GGG changing anything as far as that deep in the story or the lore.

Hope this helps!

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FearZGamer#6190 wrote:

There is an easy mode.

It's called: Go play Diablo 4

Dont be mean. ^^

@OP: But there really is kind of an easy mode. Choose your class then go to YouTube and watch a buildguide to a meta build for that class. That way the game gets as easy as a walk in the park. Imo it kills a part of the fun but if you really want an easy mode that is the way to do it.

Making ready build? 2 - 6 who working (barely) and expensive as hell. Waste of time.

And summon builds are lot of laugh, even with The Baron necromancer is dying like a scrap in the... yellow maps.

But with elemnetalist, You are clearing any maps.

Thanks for the totall lack of any balance in the game.

By the way... necromancer summons are 3x weaker than Templars.

Add to it that only nerfed is armour, not energy shield or evasion, so playing withe melle class is also... waste of time. So... PoE and balance..? Yeah... sure.

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NekrusM#0535 wrote:

Making ready build? 2 - 6 who working (barely) and expensive as hell. Waste of time.

Are you sure you are posting at the right forum? This is the POE1 forum and POE1 has an almost endless supply of cheap builds that work amazing.

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And summon builds are lot of laugh, even with The Baron necromancer is dying like a scrap in the... yellow maps.

By the way... necromancer summons are 3x weaker than Templars.

Again I'm not sure we talk about POE1? My necro-spectre char never had any problems?

Seriously, you can build a char that can do any content (or at least almost any if you are not that experienced) for less than 20 div, where is the problem? I'm pretty sure you talk about POE2, right?

This is a lot of words for saying, play in Eternal Standard League.

changing the difficulty of this game would ruin the entire experience. if you dont like playing, then why are you playing it? this is too fundamental of an ask. defeats the point of playing if there is not challenge and this feels like a constant uphill battle that can absolutely be done using all the tools you have available...just gotta be on your whitts!

You're not getting an easy mode. Deal with it.