Previewed Druid skills seem underpowered? help

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komji#3796 wrote:
it almost seems like GGG is trying to force people into play hybrid. Whether that is shapeshifting caster or multiple shapeshifting forms.

Not all people like those archetypes. A good amount, me included, want to play only one form.


I will say the wolf gap closer is probably a requirement. That being said if that is the case then you wont be able to offhand a spell weapon if you're forced to use spells.

Ofc if you play titan shapeshifter you can probably forego spells entirely.
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Mouedh#5274 wrote:
GGG intentionally uses underpowered gems and gear in previews to showcase the class and the skills they did his in every class preview they did for poe2 if they use big dmg and oneshot the mobs it wouldn't be an actual preview so calm tf down and enjoy on launch


the problem is people wont get hyped if they do showcases like that. druid looked so bad i dont even want to play it. and they havent released any videos to show the druid doesnt suck so much, even though they said they would. makes me think it really is that weak
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the problem is people wont get hyped if they do showcases like that. druid looked so bad i dont even want to play it. and they havent released any videos to show the druid doesnt suck so much, even though they said they would. makes me think it really is that weak


Druid looks extremely underwhelming. I will 100% skip it. I don't even care if it ends up being the meta class that can destroy the screen.

The oracle ascendancy will see very little play. Not sure wtf they were thinking with that one.
Jonathan was also confused whenever people said parry was bad to use.

So its hard to take anything he says seriously. Especially when it has to do with gameplay feel.
Dude, I was literally trying to do an AI video clowning the druid class for 0.4 and it ended up looking good lmao.

I asked the ai engine to do a bear throwing hadoukens since GGG seems to want to make combos and I personally hate that in arpgs.

But look at what it actually yielded, this shit looks better than the 0.4 druid preview :
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d-iM2384AbM
Last edited by Oinkaments#6390 on Dec 9, 2025, 11:19:24 PM
Kind of crazy that we just repeat the same mistakes.


"spear skills are bad"

But then someone makes a LS build and suddenly they became good. Or a bleed insta delete build. Or the twister build that came out putting POE1's tornado shot to shame.


Trees not out. Update isnt even out.

Not sure how you can tell if something is underpowered or not without any of this information.




Mash the clean
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Kind of crazy that we just repeat the same mistakes.


"spear skills are bad"

But then someone makes a LS build and suddenly they became good. Or a bleed insta delete build. Or the twister build that came out putting POE1's tornado shot to shame.


Trees not out. Update isnt even out.

Not sure how you can tell if something is underpowered or not without any of this information.






I don't think thats what people are saying, at least not me.

I'm irritates that the druid has support for spells and not shapeshifting.

If shapeshifting wont have ascendancy support because they dont want to specialize then they need to remove totem support and block support form warbringer. then totem support from the merc.

pick one philosophy or the other.
Why dont you just all wait and try them first? It's amazing to see so much reaction already to something we know very little about =)
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BlastYa#4875 wrote:
Why dont you just all wait and try them first? It's amazing to see so much reaction already to something we know very little about =)


This is the feedback people are giving based on the information we're given.

It is likely they don't disclose all information before and they leave it open so they don't have to "nerf" things they released. They can give "old information" and say its being updated. Then wait to see the communities perspective and balance it based on what people think about it without having to hear people say that they nerfed it.

The community feedback forum gives you the opportunity to give your feedback, negative or positive. Everyone has a different perspective.



everything looks weak in the previews. always has.

its not a build showcase, its "have a look at the basics of the class"

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