PoE2 has already failed on what it set up to do before it even released.

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Aulyx#1181 wrote:

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Bosses hit like wet noodles when compared to before and they die ridiculously fast as well.

If bosses can hit us for over 50% of our HP, we should be able to do massive damage to them, as well.

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MykroPsykoz#6286 wrote:

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AlisVeritas#3919 wrote:

I don't understand the endgame.

My character is a cold/lightning sorceress. I blasted through the campaign in great pace with some challenge, and now I'm doing fully exalted T15s. The whole process of juic
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Tips for citadels : go in straight line instead of looking for tower juicing

And about end game, it's the 0.4 focus

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IonSugeRau1#1069 wrote:

Sadly, one of the main reasons PoE2 was made is almost no longer there. What I'm talking about?.. Good combat.

The little challenge that was there initially, at launch, has been gradually removed to the point where you can no longer die from mistakes you make almost at all... nothing feels like a challenge anymore. Bosses hit like wet noodles when compared to before and they die ridiculously fast as well. And it's just 0.3. Shockingly, I still see people complain about difficulty which is the most insane part to me.

The slapped together PoE1 endgame, as admitted by the devs themselves, is what's gradually becoming the norm and seeping more and more into the rest of the game instead, which is really sad. As you can see with abyss as more density and more enemies are added, gradually turning into the same overcrowded with mobs landscape just like in PoE1.

Funny enough, the same people that ask for visual clarity, are also those that asked for PoE2 to become more like PoE1... and that's exactly what they're doing... very ironic. You'd think that they'd figure out that screens of enemies equal in less visual clarity... but nope.. not in their heads.

"Good combat involves some level of challenge" - said Jonathan Rogers once ... And so I am here to ask you, where is that challenge now?

Just look at all the statements here:

https://www.sportskeeda.com/mmo/path-exile-2-more-difficult-than-first-game

https://maxroll.gg/poe/news/pax-west-path-of-exile-2-interview-with-jonathan-rogers

Moreover, the one thing that you sought to fix as well with PoE2 was melee... and guess what, you failed to do that as well for the same reasons... when combat becomes irrelevant and speed becomes king, you end up with the same issues PoE1 had, regardless of how fancy the melee skills look or feel. They can't compete with what becomes relevant in a game with speed and screen clears as it's priority... contagion, minions, the power of a lot of other ranged skills in general and so on...

The only thing that would make it able to compete is if it were to clear 3 screens with one tap or teleport and one tap screens of enemies instantly... and guess what... that doesn't make for good combat even if it did... and even much less feel like you're playing a melee character.

You've managed to hit two birds with one stone.. both good combat and melee took a backseat. Oh well.. actually three if we count visual clarity too.

It's no coincidence that PoE has always had low player retention.. when the combat isn't good, after you finish the campaign there is essentially no reason to continue playing. You're either wiping everything you see or struggling and dying if your build isn't working, because there is no combat to engage with by the time you reach endgame.... it's more of a stat check then anything else. Do you have all the "more" multipliers required, do you have the screen clear capabilities so you don't get hit by 200 monsters at once? And so on.

Overall, disappointed with the direction/path you took in the end, at the pressure of PoE1 community and toxic content creators.

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Yeah.. pretty much.. the moment I heard them introduce minions in their teasers I knew it will be a make or break moment by the way they would be implemented. Aside from that they've also made them scale in the exact same boring way as in PoE1 where everyone essentially has to go for the same nodes instead of making them scale in some way with your own stats and balancing things accordingly if you use them.

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Iska#3079 wrote:

Would have loved for this game to become its original vision and have slower and combo based combat and all that but its too late now.

The biggest mistake they made was calling the game Path of exile 2.
Just the name in itself sets automatic expectations for people how the game should be. People cant seem to understand that poe1 and poe2 is not the same game.

They could have called it anything else and would automatically have had more freedom.

Another thing that is a problem for the slower and more impactful combat is the mob design. it doesnt feel good or work having to roll trough multiple skills when in under a second we are swarmed by 100 mobs that are 3 times faster than us.
We simply dont have the time to combo. as it is now theres even situations where if we have cast time on a skill we cant even get them off due to having to constantly dodgeroll or get oneshot. The game seems designed for 1-2 button screenclears and its getting dumbed down and easyer over time as patches roll out.

The original idea was cool. the execution of it failed....

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IonSugeRau1#1069 wrote:

The little challenge that was there initially, at launch, has been gradually removed to the point where you can no longer die from mistakes you make almost at all... nothing feels like a challenge anymore. Bosses hit like wet noodles when compared to before and they die ridiculously fast as well. And it's just 0.3. Shockingly, I still see people complain about difficulty which is the most insane part to me.