Game is just too tedious and difficult

I have been playing for over 7 years. I have over 10k hours in the game. I have one level 100 character.

That said, this game is just too tedious and difficult. I try to come up with interesting builds and they never work. Monsters hit way too hard.

I stack defenses, try to get the best gear that I can. I just invested 7 divines in a build, and it didn't matter.

Did they make this game harder a few years back or something? It was always hard but never this difficult.

Have you tried taking your build over to Gameplay Help, getting some tips? 7D should be able to take literally any skill in the game to T16 maps, so if you're struggling to clear content something's probably fundamentally wrong with your build.

Do you have your resistances capped? Hell no!
Is your phys dmg reduction high (at least 80%)? No!
Do you use spell suppression/evasion/block? No!
Do you have enough HP for the current content (yellow-red maps, I presume)? No.
Do you have enough DPS for the current content (yellow-red maps, I presume)? No.
Do you use more than one form of dmg mitigation (like endurance charges/Kintsugi)? No.
Are your life flasks instant? No.
Does your gear at 90 lvl make anyone envious? LOL... No.

So your current build ("Cycloner") generally sucks and you consider the game too tedious. You're right. With sucky builds the game is too tedious.

Consider this some quick hints for improvement.

7d is nothing now.

Need more, 700d , or close to it.
Thi is not 3.13 anymore.

How am I supposed to get that much currency? It barely drops. I've been selling things, and I got like 30d in total.

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GrindyJames#8062 wrote:

Do you have your resistances capped? Hell no!
Is your phys dmg reduction high (at least 80%)? No!
Do you use spell suppression/evasion/block? No!
Do you have enough HP for the current content (yellow-red maps, I presume)? No.
Do you have enough DPS for the current content (yellow-red maps, I presume)? No.
Do you use more than one form of dmg mitigation (like endurance charges/Kintsugi)? No.
Are your life flasks instant? No.
Does your gear at 90 lvl make anyone envious? LOL... No.

So your current build ("Cycloner") generally sucks and you consider the game too tedious. You're right. With sucky builds the game is too tedious.

Consider this some quick hints for improvement.

Everything you listed just now? That's all tedious to have to build towards.

And nevermind just finding the gear. There's also insane amounts of tedium just farming for currency to afford the means to check all those boxes.

Like, this is proving the entirety of OP's point.

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DarkJen#6961 wrote:

7d is nothing now.

Need more, 700d , or close to it.
Thi is not 3.13 anymore.

What?

No you don't.

Please stop spreading misinformation.

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Pizzarugi#6258 wrote:

Everything you listed just now? That's all tedious to have to build towards.

And nevermind just finding the gear. There's also insane amounts of tedium just farming for currency to afford the means to check all those boxes.

Like, this is proving the entirety of OP's point.

OP does not have a valid point, because their build has many, many, many fundamental flaws. They really should take it over to Gameplay Help and try to get some tips, because there are decisions being made here which I would expect anyone who has played the game for at least two leagues to avoid.

Just as a super obvious example: OP hasn't done their Uberlab yet. At level 90. With (apparently) multiple divines of investment.

It's ridiculous to expect a positive outcome if you're not prepared to
1- actually think about the choices you are making, or
2- seek advice from someone else who will do the thinking for you.

OP has more than enough currency to get all four voidstones, provided they actually spend it fixing their build.

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ARealLifeCaribbeanPirate#2605 wrote:

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DarkJen#6961 wrote:

7d is nothing now.

Need more, 700d , or close to it.
Thi is not 3.13 anymore.

What?

No you don't.

Please stop spreading misinformation.

Yes. This is grossly exaggerated.

I mean, you may want that much investment if you want T17 maps to feel as easy as T1, but nowhere is it necessary to play the game.

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Everything you listed just now? That's all tedious to have to build towards.

And nevermind just finding the gear. There's also insane amounts of tedium just farming for currency to afford the means to check all those boxes.

Like, this is proving the entirety of OP's point.

All it proves is that OP doesn't actually like the game. That's fine, not everyone needs to like it.

This entire discussion just proves how knowledge is power in this game. 10k hours of experience means actually nothing if it was bad experience (that is, with hardly any learning involved). Leveling to 100 is not required to beat the game either.

Most of the community (apparently) keeps playing this game like a mindless hamster in a wheel, and they expect better results each time they start a new character. It doesn't work like that. You need to put some effort into learning about the mechanics and analyzing what others have successfully made to actually see what's even worth striving for (PoB and poe ninja should be your best friends).

Just take a look what effective (HC) SSF builds are made of and think why they didn't need "700d" of investment.