Ritual boss rush is antithetical to the original game direction

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I was wrong to claim that Mark made the announcement, turns out it was Jonathan. We're shown 5 bosses at once. See for yourselves:
https://youtu.be/vkCu3V81N74?t=3191

Ritual looks terrible even without the bosses, by far the most cluttered gameplay available. All the tornado/wave/chaos bomb effects need to go. Sometimes arenas also feel incredibly small for the number/size of enemies. How can one be so satisfied with this gameplay to the point that multiple segments are included in the content reveal?
https://youtu.be/vkCu3V81N74?t=3120

My guess is they don't want the player-chasing effects removed because without them ritual fights don't feel special enough. Still, the game is better off without them. I'm sure something else could be thought of to make ritual fights recognisable.


I hate the blood waves or whatever it's called in ritual, the push mechanic in poe 2 feels and looks so bad for some reason, almost like it's unintended, like it's a bug or something.

I think ritual is the worst league in the game, the visibility is just terrible and the mechanics are anti-fun for me, chaos orbs, tornadoes, blood waves, not to mention all the rare mods in that tiny area, ugh.

It's the complete opposite of meaningful and readable combat.
Last edited by Vyend#2601 on May 25, 2026, 2:00:51 PM
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I made a similar thread like this a few days ago. Since then, GGG did an interview. I'll let Mark and John talk about it themselves. In short, they're working on it.

https://youtu.be/n89-vSIBbQ4?si=VrbgpmEXa6IIYr_l&t=4035


Thank you for this, it made me a little hopeful about the future of ritual and bosses in general, i agree with what Mark said and i hope they improve ritual in 1.0
People never learn. Don't give your money to have beta access to any game. You are basically paying to do QA work lol. Wait for the game to release to see if it's what you expect, then give money. I am following closely poe2's direction and I am not sure if I will play it.
Last edited by MSilv#5857 on May 25, 2026, 2:25:16 PM
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You originally promised a slower more deliberate game


This was not the original promise. This tragedy occurred afterwards, thank god they are not going through with it. It's already so slow, I just cannot imagine it being any slower, it would be atrocious.
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MSilv#5857 wrote:
People never learn. Don't give your money to have beta access to any game. You are basically paying to do QA work lol. Wait for the game to release to see if it's what you expect, then give money. I am following closely poe2's direction and I am not sure if I will play it.

??? They've had how many free weekends now? You've had ample time to play for free to see if you like it. It's an absolute steal for the price, even if I never play it again I've got a stupid amount of playtime for the cost.
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You originally promised a slower more deliberate game


This was not the original promise. This tragedy occurred afterwards, thank god they are not going through with it. It's already so slow, I just cannot imagine it being any slower, it would be atrocious.


It was the promise when they released early access and asked money for it. It is therefore "the promise". Whatever you refer to was at the time the two games were meant to simply be two different campaigns and the same endgame. But then every time you make a post you're told these exact same things yet you keep making these disconnected remarks all the time. Your post history needs to be considered spam.
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Whatever you refer to was at the time the two games were meant to simply be two different campaigns and the same endgame. But then every time you make a post you're told these exact same things yet you keep making these disconnected remarks all the time. Your post history needs to be considered spam.


On the contrary, your post should be considered as spam, you're the one still bringing the "meaningful combat" delusions, as if it was their initial vision.

It's not. And as far as I'm concern, this is the first time I interact with you on the subject, so maybe there are so many people telling what reality is that you are getting confused.

People also gave them money before the EA, so that they could develop the game. If you want to talk about money binding agreement then you need to go back at what was originally promised.

Just get over it already, this game is slow enough as it currently is. Making it slower would be even more dreadful than it is.
Last edited by Oinkaments#6390 on May 25, 2026, 2:58:20 PM
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Whatever you refer to was at the time the two games were meant to simply be two different campaigns and the same endgame. But then every time you make a post you're told these exact same things yet you keep making these disconnected remarks all the time. Your post history needs to be considered spam.


On the contrary, your post should be considered as spam, you're the one still bringing the "meaningful combat" delusions, as if it was their initial vision.

It's not. And as far as I'm concern, this is the first time I interact with you on the subject, so maybe there are so many people telling what reality is that you are getting confused.

People also gave them money before the EA, so that they could develop the game. If you want to talk about money binding agreement then you need to go back at what was originally promised.

Just get over it already, this game is slow enough as it currently is. Making it slower would be even more dreadful than it is.


It's certainly not the first time I interact with you. You're the only person on the forums that makes the constant claim that the game needs a lot more mindless zooming, so you're hard to forget. As I say, others are telling you the same things over and over again so of course you won't recall me in particular. I'm convinced you're trolling, but for the sake of the context of individual threads, I reply to you.
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If I remember interview correctly it wont be 7 bosses at the same time.

First spawns, little later 2n and you wont get 3rd untill you deal with 1st or 2nd.


I watched the ritual teaser again and there were definitely 5 bosses on the screen at the same time.

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