Too much grind and randomization - Cause of loss of target audience.
" It's more about the divine recipes. Can't rely just on omens. That's not good enough. Recipes: Prefixes Cannot Be Changed 2x Divine Orb Suffixes Cannot Be Changed 2x Divine Orb Can have up to 3 Crafted Modifiers 2x Divine Orb Cannot roll Attack Modifiers 1x Divine Orb Cannot roll Caster Modifiers 1x Divine Orb Crafting anything good without this is nearly impossible. Especially on (HC) SSF. List: https://poedb.tw/us/Crafting_Bench HC SSF. What else? Ruthless when? Last edited by vestolevs#5239 on Jun 18, 2025, 10:57:13 PM
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" PoE2's crafting is in desperate need of that level of determinism to offset the insane RNG. My lofty hope is that since they are slowly porting over things from PoE1, the crafting bench will make it's way over too at some point before release. |
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Done with the season at this time myself. I have a lot of time in to this game. It just dawned on me I reached that tipping point that my only progress now would be to farm for weeks to get the divines I need for minimal gain.
I was more addicted than enjoying the game. It is a tencent game so that will always be a thing.. but the end game needs something that is more fun. Crafting is abysmal, trading is ok but there are so many market manipulators that inflation is horrible. I think some people play the game just to work the market... gotta be a middle ground somewhere. |
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coming from someone who has played the campaign across multiple characters and taken many to high level 90s i just want to say that spending one day getting through the campaign and into endgame is not that much of a grind just to be able to 'play the game' even though the campaign is playing the game.
if anything ggg have already made too many changes for casual soft gamers who dont want a real challenge getting to endgame content. for people with limited time, set your expectations. You're obivously not going to be blasting t16 maps and killing arbiter after hopping on and playing 3 or 4 times for an hour over a week. So what are you trying to get GGG to do to cater towards you and your friends? To me any accommodation that can be made for your friends will negatively impact the game for many existing players and any 'easy mode' concession or path would likely impact the experience of any new players on release. my advice is to either accept that it won't happen overnight if you play a limited amount of time or get some friends who don't mind starting a league. | |
" While this may be true, I highly doubt it will be included in ruthless mode, which I want to play in addition to HC SSF, so getting used to play like this is very good for me, too. HC SSF. What else? Ruthless when?
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" Coming from someone who has played the campaign 14 times this league alone. It's too long and grindy. The story is mediocre at best. The randomly generated maze maps are just annoying. Doing the optional areas for skill points and resistances is awful. The campaign is pretty much not challenging, engaging, and is just not fun. It definitely needs tuning. Last edited by DankWeebTrash#7386 on Jun 19, 2025, 11:54:54 AM
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" Do they not have omens in PoE 1? |
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" They do have. PoE 1 had 41 expansions... PoE 2... 2. LOL What do you expect? To get everything at once? HC SSF. What else? Ruthless when?
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" Yeah I mean I will be pleasantly surprised if the crafting bench makes it to PoE2, but I'm setting the bar on the ground and assuming we'll never see it lol. One can hope though.. |
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" Sure. I don't know why they thought runes will make up for it. It does so much more than adding affixes. HC SSF. What else? Ruthless when?
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