Not sure why the worst part about PoE2 isn't discussed more

Of all the problems and features of early access, there's one glaring issue that i really hate more than any of the things associated with PoE2. The problem more annoying than build diversity, gameplay pacing, on death effects, crafting. Those things have problems and they're being addressed, and it's fantastic, however the one thing that makes me ABSOLUTELY despise PoE2 isn't being talked about anywhere.

The absolutely AWFUL blur effect related to spells and explosions is absolutely HORRIBLE to look at.

When you get to endgame and the screen is constantly blurred because of suppressing spell effects, something which we cannot reduce the intensity to it makes the game worse to look at than PoE1. Performance aside, this absolutely makes the game not fun to watch or even play as the game is just this blurred hot mess. I really hope this gets addressed in some way, and I'm honestly not sure how players put up with it.

Example, go watch footage of powered zealot spectre summoners. Most of the screen is just this blurred ball where the sparks are warping the graphics and suppressing everything, making it even harder to see ground effects or anything of the like. It makes the game horrendous to look at and it devalues the beautiful graphics that PoE2 has.
Last bumped on May 21, 2026, 3:37:57 PM
Not sure which forums you regularly read but players talk about it plenty. The inexcusable part is that nothing is getting done about it by the game devs (so far as I know and have seen).

Renders the group game unenjoyable to the point where you can't really group unless its only one person out of 6 moving or attacking. Not really what I'm looking for in a game like this.

Maybe fixing it is just too much work or has too high a cost at this point, and they've decided to just deal with losing a ton of potential players over it. Really is a headscratcher, because it's so objectively faulty.
I literally had to close my eyes while I was running temple on my Spark Coc Bloodmage. Everyone knows it's terrible but they don't seem to care because they keep adding more bloat and effects instead of slowing the combat down.

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