My experience with PoE 2 is disappointing

If I have to compare this game that has no direction, with PoE1, there is a big difference, PoE 1 rewards players, this one punishes you in every way, the difficulty is made artificially and unnecessarily, even during the campaign, unmanageable bosses, myriads of useless enemies in every corner almost from the start, especially from act three the game scales too much in difficulty. Hours and hours of grinding to find items suitable to create a starting build to get past some bosses, wasted currency, items that don’t drop, skill gems I need that don’t drop and most items are useless, yes because gems can no longer be bought from vendors but you have to grind and hope they drop. There are a lot of players complaining about the same problem, and without help from other players you can’t even finish the campaign, this game is absolutely disappointing from almost every point of view and for those who luckily reached the end game they still have the loss of exp in case of death, considering the time it takes to gain exp and one second to lose it, also thanks to the lag of the servers that still carry the same bad netcode problems from POE1, but at least POE1 really rewards. Here I really see no direction, everything too complicated and if this game is only suitable for the super hardcore players, then ok, the loss of players has a valid reason, more than one reason. Everything has been overturned and most of the time is spent dodging attacks with garbage gear, the gameplay has become slow and difficult in favor of soulslike mechanics, now enemies are faster than the character and you are forced to dodge constantly. I am in act three and I haven’t found a single pair of boots with speed stats, the character is as slow as in act one. Crafting doesn’t exist, prices on the trading site are ultra expensive because users speculate too much and those who just approached PoE 2 walk away because almost everything is unmanageable. I don’t see the reason to play this game when I have PoE1 and Diablo II which are clearly better.
Dear dev, you ask for money for Early Access when everything is broken and out of any logic? At this point I don’t think you are honest with paying players, I won’t spend a single dollar here and you shouldn’t ask for money for a game that is still in development and that should be free to play like PoE 1, since you already earned enough with it.

This game is completely broken and the Steam reviews highlight many other problems.
Last bumped on May 12, 2025, 4:08:31 AM

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