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" Flowneppets#0528 wrote: If you get stuck on a boss check internet for his resistances and what damage is dealt. Switch some of your gear and skill gems accordingly, even if it doesn't fit perfectly with your build. That's what was recommended to me on this forum and what helped me through the campaign. I wasn't really asking for tips. Like I said I'm not getting really stuck. It is just so tedious experience and nothing fun with this game. It is just so bad experience I keep quitting for few days but in general I don't really like letting things go unfinished I come back to try again and find myself still hating this game. This was really awful major patch. Even at steam recent reviews are "mostly negative". I wonder if it will get kicked out of steam...	Posted by Zalamanteri#5887 on Apr 20, 2025, 5:17:27 PM Quote this Post
" ogmersault#4806 wrote: " Summoner#7705 wrote: " Amathal#7871 wrote: You hope this is the vision? really? for the average player the casual that only has so much time this is not fun at all. It's not fun for you, but it's fun for me so yes, I like the vision. I also like their vision. I like that poe 2 is a different arpg than all the others on the market. If i wanted to play something easy id probably play something like last epoch instead, but games that just hand me the W, and make player choices meaningless are much less interesting to me, and the experience becomes very short lived. Poe 2 is the first true attempt at evolving the format. I like that. Plenty of other arpgs on the market that follow the same old formula for people that enjoy that. Dont have to make this game the same as those. here's the thing i feel like im an average casual player. Im not good nor am i great at the game. but my biggest point is is that damage from monster is way to high. I feel the have better damage and defense than the player. good drops are so scarce that it almost impossible to get a decent upgrade. then not even 2 weeks in trade is just shit to try to get anything on because every thing is so expensive. on top of it currency drops are rare. They claimed that they wanted casuals to have a chance but here we are casuals dont have a chance to even fight t0 bosses. Tell me how this is a good vision of the game when so many people have a shit time trying to play it. all they have done is lost players. Yes LE is new season is up but do you think unless GGG makes some major improvements that they will bring a sizable player base back?	Posted by Amathal#7871 on Apr 20, 2025, 5:26:34 PM Quote this Post
" here's the thing i feel like im an average casual player. Im not good nor am i great at the game. but my biggest point is is that damage from monster is way to high. I feel the have better damage and defense than the player. good drops are so scarce that it almost impossible to get a decent upgrade. then not even 2 weeks in trade is just shit to try to get anything on because every thing is so expensive. on top of it currency drops are rare. They claimed that they wanted casuals to have a chance but here we are casuals dont have a chance to even fight t0 bosses. Tell me how this is a good vision of the game when so many people have a shit time trying to play it. all they have done is lost players. Yes LE is new season is up but do you think unless GGG makes some major improvements that they will bring a sizable player base back? Simple, there are plenty of people like me that DO enjoy the direction of the game. Im a casual myself, and i dont have any of those problems. You arent qualified to speak on behalf of an entire demographic, just for your own experience. In my opinion, the game has already been dumbed down enough to make it easy for casuals to play...if anything, a little too easy. Any easier, and you are just asking for them to make this game like all the other ARPGS that already exist on the market. Go play one of those, they literally built those games for you to win. A nice, chill, casual experience. Let the devs build a game for a different audience. Poe 1 is still a great alternative for the things you are asking for, and last epoch as well.	Posted by ogmersault#4806 on Apr 20, 2025, 5:54:32 PM Quote this Post
" ogmersault#4806 wrote: Simple, there are plenty of people like me that DO enjoy the direction of the game. Im a casual myself, and i dont have any of those problems. You arent qualified to speak on behalf of an entire demographic, just for your own experience. In my opinion, the game has already been dumbed down enough to make it easy for casuals to play...if anything, a little too easy. Any easier, and you are just asking for them to make this game like all the other ARPGS that already exist on the market. Go play one of those, they literally built those games for you to win. A nice, chill, casual experience. Let the devs build a game for a different audience. Poe 1 is still a great alternative for the things you are asking for, and last epoch as well. IDK when a game goes mostly negative on steam maybe it's not a good idea to tell people to go play something else.	Posted by onetruelai#7327 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:09:51 PM Quote this Post
" Amathal#7871 wrote: " Summoner#7705 wrote: " Zalamanteri#5887 wrote: Is this game hard? Yes. Am I able to proceed? With enough perseverance yes. Is it fun? Absolutely not. And that's okay, not every game will be tailored to your preferences. If you're not having fun, try PoE 1 or other ARPGs on the market. " Zalamanteri#5887 wrote: Is this really devs vision? I hope so. You hope this is the vision? really? for the average player the casual that only has so much time this is not fun at all. If they want to go down with a sinking ship, let them. Against my better judgement I decided to reinstall the game and try out a spear build in the Dawn of the Hunt league. I've been a long time POE1 player, and I created several characters in POE2, getting two of them to level 91, one to about level 70? and a hardcore character around level 19 or so which hasn't died yet. I had tons of praise for POE2. After 0.2, playing the campaign again, it feels awful. They really screwed up here across the board. After getting to act 2 (I used to love getting to act 2 because the moving hub is so cool), I just haven't been motivated to sit down to play again. There's no excitement. No feeling of something to look forward to. It feels worse than work, because at least when you are working you get paid. Last edited by Velexia#1591 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:20:29 PM	Posted by Velexia#1591 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:19:04 PM Quote this Post
How is it a sinking ship. POE2 has been vastly more successful then poe1 ever has been. The fact of the matter is the poe1 community wants poe1 but with better graphics and the fact they are not getting what they want they are trying to blow up the whole project. The Arpg genre needs an evolution. Why would you want a game that literally the same as LE or D4. Let the devs cook. poe1 beta was not great either.	Posted by hboi#6131 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:21:29 PM Quote this Post
" hboi#6131 wrote: How is it a sinking ship. POE2 has been vastly more successful then poe1 ever has been. Eh no it's a second season in a brand new game and it does no better than Settlers. And i bet it owes most of its "success" to poe1 veterans who REALLY want to like the game and keep giving it a chance for the past two weeks.	Posted by onetruelai#7327 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:28:17 PM Quote this Post
" hboi#6131 wrote: The fact of the matter is the poe1 community wants poe1 but with better graphics and the fact they are not getting what they want they are trying to blow up the whole project. This is the lie you tell yourself to avoid having to face the truth.	Posted by Velexia#1591 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:29:10 PM Quote this Post
" hboi#6131 wrote: How is it a sinking ship. POE2 has been vastly more successful then poe1 ever has been. The fact of the matter is the poe1 community wants poe1 but with better graphics and the fact they are not getting what they want they are trying to blow up the whole project. The Arpg genre needs an evolution. Why would you want a game that literally the same as LE or D4. Let the devs cook. poe1 beta was not great either. do you know what goes beside evolution? death. Last edited by RedCorsair#2371 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:33:24 PM	Posted by RedCorsair#2371 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:33:01 PM Quote this Post
" onetruelai#7327 wrote: A campaign in a seasonal ARPG should take 6-8 hours tops or be skippable, period. IDK why anyone let alone GGG, the creators PoE, need to have this explained to them. They don't need it explained to them because it's just an arbitrary rule that you made up and decided was true. Like literally says who? What you're really saying is "PoE2 campaign shouldn't be longer than PoE1 because I don't like that." " onetruelai#7327 wrote: IDK when a game goes mostly negative on steam maybe it's not a good idea to tell people to go play something else. Daily reminder that at least half of those reviews came from people who didn't play 0.2 and were just review brigading because they were upset by GGG's decision to divert resources away from PoE1. Last edited by Kerchunk#7797 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:38:30 PM	Posted by Kerchunk#7797 on Apr 20, 2025, 6:35:54 PM Quote this Post