Why POE2’s Direction Is Worrying for Veterans and Newcomers Alike

Well said to the original post.

I've tried for dozens of hours. I'm done. And since POE 1 has been left in a rather clunky, unwieldly state (with no new league in sight if we are to be honest with ourselves...), I'm sort of left without an arpg. D4 isn't fun either.

Why is it so hard for video game creators to stick to that which works and stay in their lane? The developers think they are fine artists but they are in reality commercial artists. I think this misunderstanding of role and identity is at the heart of the problem.

If you want to make video games as fine art, make a different game that's artsy.

Forcing players to play a slower, clunkier, longer, less-fun game isn't "art". It's you losing your player base. Which is insane because you have the blueprint right there in poe 1.

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Which is insane because you have the blueprint right there in poe 1.

Zero sense in making POE 2 a copy of POE 1.

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Azimuthus#1135 wrote:

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Which is insane because you have the blueprint right there in poe 1.

Zero sense in making POE 2 a copy of POE 1.

it is a copy tho

OP is a veteran of cookie clicking, then that veteran comes to forum to cry after game put a bit of challenge at him

Quick comment on the currency take. I played over 350 hours before I got my first divine orb and that was about 3 days ago. And exalts are few and far between. Most people can't engage with trade to level up gear and progress but they also can't craft because barely and currency orbs drop. People will 100% be forced to buy currency from 3rd party sources and it's completely understandable. Fix trade or fix currency drops but they both can't be inaccessible to newer players and possibly older players have similar issues with drops. I was running with 100% rarity and was lucky to get 1 exalted ord every 20 hours of play. Its a serious issue.

Drops seem to be slightly improved in last few days but its still not enough to be able to craft. And grinding exalts for 100 hours to be able to afford a little weapon upgrade isn't good.

+1

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PaintMaster#2396 wrote:

OP is a veteran of cookie clicking, then that veteran comes to forum to cry after game put a bit of challenge at him

official troll commenter :D

Very well said. Nothing else to add.

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OP is a veteran of cookie clicking

This.

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fingerrr#3643 wrote:

Those are some good points, especially for the Asdencency Trials.

Getting your ascendency class is a core part of the gameplay and they basically force you to play in a no-hit manner just to get it. Like why am I investing in regen mechanics or leech if it doesn't work in a CORE part of gameplay?

It is so bad I wanted to vomit the first time I realized what it was. I literally got sick to my stomach knowing what it is.

Imagine playing a game where you dread doing its core part, man what a joy. I will definetly enjoy playing it more and more.

This all is what I want to say for long time. Very wel said.
This is part of the core mechanics, it just baffles me and the reason why I dont want to go to poe2 sometimes cause trials are there. Alts, SSF, I dont play them that that much or at all, I dont have pleasure in making them, and I would really like to play SSF, but I cant cause those ugly ugly trials are in the way of having the pleasure of the most fun part in the game, that what annoys me inmense, I like to make builds, try stuff out, but than the trials, Im ngl, I shed a tear man of frustration, It drives me mad in a way thats not good, not enjoyable. I also think of ppl that are disabled, but still they get thru the game, perhaps slower, perhaps with some struggles, all good, they manage in some way, they enjoying the game, than trials, this is also something I think about at least. Im not, but it makes me feel already this way, imagine other ppl that have extra a disabillity on top.

For me the punishment would be until level 80 no ascendancy if you cant do trials and at level 80, I actually hope level 75, but lets say at level 80 you just get the asendancies. You went thru all the trouble leveling up wihtout ascendancies, while others ofc if they can do them have the advantage of having them early and even farming them. I think it would be correct to say at level 80 you suffered all this way heres all you ascendacy point, else if you cant do the trials you just stuck.

The trials, are for me the worst mechanics I encountered in a game the last 10 years, and I game really a lot in a lot of different game genres.