The game is less fun than in used to be

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VoidWhisperer42#5989 wrote:

Just look at Ruthless mode and how poorly it was received by the majority of the playerbase. It is essentially the CW vision packaged into modern PoE, and the player numbers paint a fairly clear picture.
While a small dedicated audience enjoys it, the mode itself remains extremely niche and nowhere near representative of what most players actually want from the game. In a way, it serves as a practical example that designing exclusively around a narrow vision does not necessarily translate into long term growth or broad player retention.

i actually want to enjoy ruthless but as poe is, its not too balanced around true melee. poe2 could have been the reset that pushed poe back to more deliberate and meaningful game play where they just needed to nerf everything else down to maces and work everything from there.

but nope. it turned into another poe1 clone. and if i m gonna play a game like poe1, i might as well play poe1 directly. i do understand why. everything else beyond maces were things that the majority playerbase enjoyed. and many people came to poe2 from poe1 expecting more of poe1. they kinda put themself in this corner that people expect zoomy power fantasy from the devs and would not be happy if it deviated.

i am enjoying titanquest 2 / no rest for the wicked where trumelee requires more player skill. just that i've got divines to earn and perhaps crazy shrine belts that i need to chase that i m still playing poe1 for now.