Feedback over the New Campaign

So earlier on in the Campaign in Act 1,2&3 was Bitch and moan about how unbalanced the game is and rightly so if you wasnt playing a OP build with insane ramp from the get go the early stages of campaign sucked big time.

It made Melee especially feel terrible HOWEVER there was a straight fix staring me in the EYE and this is not joke this isnt me being negative or purposely chatting waffle.... i found why Campaign in Act 1,2,&3 all felt so difficult, it want the Bosses health or there abilities, it wasnt the monster packs the reason Melee players were getting swarmed it was because of defenses.....

Let me explain so like most if not all POE player especially POE1 player i played POE 2 with the premise of Defense...then Damage, then improve Defences, the More damage and so on and so on....

Well i was wrong and this is why Campaign was feeling so difficult so what i did (but didnt figure this out till half way through Act 3 was) DO NOT spec any defence skill points on the tree at all... no CAP!!

I respect my tree and the skill points i was using as defence layers were literally not needed and still aint truth be told. i am now currently i think level 73 (maybe) in Maps blasting away with only 2 Skill points in defensive points (this is because i feel i dont have anymore damage points i want to take

Seriously i took the point back put them in damage and my build INSTANTLY felt different it felt 1000% better and then i started enjoying the game blasting out campaign enjoy myself.

and i honestly this this is where the Balancing issue is see all my moaning complaining and bitching about the game feeling too hard or monster swarming was down to the fact that in stead of raw power and damage nodes and skill points i was picking defensive layers like a loser.

IF you do this then the game automatically feels like a slog so dont pick defensive stuff. you will be fine... then just upgrade gear for more like take whatever defence comes with that and blast and have fun

NOW after i did this i went into Atc 4 and the interludes WOW they felt amazing ....... i has so much fun the Acts are beatutiful, bosses are great. Asthetics are fantastic music and Astomsphere are next level, theres a few bugs here and there but nothing to moan about (apart from sound which i think they have improved but still needs abit of looking at) But apart from that its great Good job GGG

If they can relook at Balancing the first 3 acts and defence so its not a hindrance then the game will defo be in a better state imo.

But yea all that struggle and frustration just left my build the min i stopped taking any defensive nodes on the tree...classic
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