Melee is impossible now.....

https://youtu.be/yff-qyg8mFo?si=HImw4oZHL4e9v3Cf

here is some gameplay from steam, this isn't fun.

This is act 2, i can't do anything here. anything i do results in me having to use healing pots, with a high risk of getting surrounded and dying.

This has been happening ever since the beginning of the game... how is a character with just rolling slam supposed to kill all of this in act 1?

I have a strong feeling that GGG doesn't playtest melee...

Try a fresh monk character with no previous gear and try to level with killing palm and rolling thunder. Dont forget your "Combo finisher 1" support gem.

Go try some bossing with this super mega combo, specifically the bosses that dont spawn adds. Now this is engaging game play.
Super fun.

-The vision 2025

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ec0nomist#6443 wrote:

Try a fresh monk character with no previous gear and try to level with killing palm and rolling thunder. Dont forget your "Combo finisher 1" support gem.

Go try some bossing with this super mega combo, specifically the bosses that dont spawn adds. Now this is engaging game play.
Super fun.

-The vision 2025

Are you kidding? The monk has the same terrible start.

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ec0nomist#6443 wrote:

Try a fresh monk character with no previous gear and try to level with killing palm and rolling thunder. Dont forget your "Combo finisher 1" support gem.

Go try some bossing with this super mega combo, specifically the bosses that dont spawn adds. Now this is engaging game play.
Super fun.

-The vision 2025

can't tell if serious or satirical

Try parry with huntress. You are a ticking time bomb waiting to get heavy stunned and then dead... for what payoff? None, compared to any ranged build.

I was being ironic, it isn't even thought through by the developers or tested by them for that matter. It cant be, because it doesn't work.

step 1) don't pull the entire map
step 2) reroll deadeye XD

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ShakeNBakeUK#4138 wrote:

step 1) don't pull the entire map
step 2) reroll deadeye XD

Step 3, don't spoil your mood, delete the game.

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Zoddo#7578 wrote:

here is some gameplay from steam, this isn't fun.

I'm glad it's not me having gotten that much worse in my skill since initial release of the EA. That's comforting in a way, but frustrating in another, since I'm kinda forcing myself to play because it has to get better, but I'm absolutely not enjoying myself now. Very disappointing. If I had at least some gold dropping, so I could gamble a bit for better gear, since I'm not dropping any. But they even reduced gold drops more because of the new trade system.

Was bad enough in the last PoE league, where I could either run Kingsmarch with a skeleton crew OR develop my character and play my favorite content. I cut that league short because the mercenary fun was overshadowed by economic hardship. Both examples of weird takes on challenging the player.

dunno, build doesn't seem very coherent?
ive been face tanking stuff so far on melee, tho abyss dots are kinda spooky
cb for single target, boneshatter for clear