Endgame is bad, HC unplayable, melee cant move, but gameplay is cool!

I don't want to come across toxic, i am just reflecting the state of the game, in regards to on death effects etc, it's toxic.

Endgame:
Whoever made this atlas, tower juicing, and layouts...
It's fine while progressing, but once you get some items, 5Links, and figure out gems combination it's an abomination...
In references to PoE1, it's like doing 8 modded corrupted t17s, few times, then you towers run out, and you have to go do 6 modded t16, but you cant even choose layout, it's Dungeon vs Cells, like bruh end me pls.

Damage:
Somehow nothing does damage how tanky we get eventually, but then i hit a pebbel with a pinky toe and die to some small after death effect for 12khp, like i just tanked 100+ abyss mobs, with 3-5 rares without moving...

Visibility:
Rares: I can't see what's rare, like how did PoE1 in 2015? get it right, i could tell a Rare mob from a white mob?

HC:
I saw like 30 players die, myself included.
NOT A SINGLE TIME, did i go "That was cool o7 soldier, back to beach"
EVERY TIME IT WAS: after death effect 10 sec after combat ended, 1 shot DD from offscreen rare, got stuck in wall/terrain and cant shoot spells/projectiles while mobs dmg them.
TL;DR HC feels AWFULL, just abysmal i tried it, would it feel like old PoE1 HC back in the day, but it's just GACHA after knowledge check.

Farming:
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, did i not have a single rpg game where you can't farm up to prepare for a boss.
Cant farm to get gem levels?
Cant farm same zone because all loot/mobs turn white, and get what feels like 90-99% reduced rarity/quantity drops.

It's so bad, i farmed for like 8 hours during weekend to prepare for viper(act 3 vaal) i checked shop every few zone resets, i did both trials, i dropped 0 CHAOS RES gear, like 0, in entire day of blasting, i overleveled like 8 levels
Shops don't reset...
Gems don't level up...
Drop like 1 essence, and 2 regals
And somehow 50%+ rares/blues that dropped are BOWS/CROSSBOWS, something is scuffed, i found like 1 rare staff, meanwhile hundred of rare bow/crossbows

Balance suggestions:
ES IS BROKEN, too much of it flat from gear, and WAY TOO MUCH on skill tree
EVA is BROKEN, nothing hits you, like NOTHING but on death effects, it's so broken you can stand in hundred of mobs and ES will recharge inbetween hits...
Skill tree is so bad, in my opinion, i hate it, the cool thing in PoE1 is you could take ANY CLASS, and do ANY THING, put 2h sword on witch and play bleed elementalist, and it works!
In PoE2 skill tree is so limiting, no AoE for monk, no poison for warrior, i can go on and on, it's a miss.
All my energy goes to farm DW Daggers! BUFF MELEE!!1!1
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