Casual Player Feedback

Those feedback have only one goal, so casual players like me enjoy PoE 2, and don't quit.

1. Did I have fun playing PoE2?

No, for the most part.

The game is too unbalanced, too hard and too punitive. When I play for one hour, I want my account to progress. I have the feeling I mostly wasted my time, I got more frustration than fun.

I keep pushing into the game hoping it will be fun later.

Drop Rate is ridiculously low. Do Greater Jewels really exist?


2. Does PoE 2 have potential?

Yes.

I believe GGG can do a great game. But… will the game be for everyone, or just hardcore gamers?

3. Does PoE 2 run smoothly and beautifully?

No

The game needs to be optimized, so I stop playing on the lowest resolution on a RTX 3060.

4. What do I dislike the most about PoE 2?

* Time-sink game which doesn't respect my time
* Getting one shotted
* Getting Stun locked
* Drop Rates are abyssal
* Slow to non-existent progression in the end game
* Must have certain uniques and builds, otherwise my character is trash, and keeps getting killed
* Killing without strategy and skills: spamming Sparkle


5. What I like the most about PoE 2?

* Complexity / Theorycrafting
* Builds using cross classes (e.g. INT and STR, Wand and Shield), etc.
* Reactive skills: animation show a mob about to hit me and I use “Raise Shield”.

I strongly believe we need more reactive protective skills to avoid death.

It increases our awareness of the mobs / boss, and add a defensive part in the gameplay already heavily focused on attack.


6. What is missing in PoE 2?

* Skill combos (e.g. Blink and Frost Nova)
* 2 Stun meters, when we are getting stunned, and when we are stunned (similar to bosses in D4)
* Gear or level check, so content is adapted to our level
* Combat mechanics, so to have to learn a fight, and it is not just a gear race