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Hey GGG Team,
Long-time player here, and I need to drop some real talk about PoE 2's campaign. It is way too long. Full stop.
The current 20–25+ hours for a casual player to get through the story is a massive buzzkill. Think about it: someone who can only play for 1-2 hours a day is stuck in the campaign for two to four weeks per character before they even touch the actual endgame. That's almost a month of just slogging through the intro!
That kind of mandatory grind just doesn't respect our time. The campaign should be a fun, fast-paced on-ramp to the endgame, not a huge chore you have to repeat every league.
You guys need to fix this ASAP. I'd push for one of these two things:
-Chop it down: Get the total campaign time down to a maximum of 10-15 hours, even for the first run.
-Give us a streamline version: After we beat it once, we desperately need a way to have it streamlined or a way to speed-run the campaign on all future characters.
People are hyped for PoE 2, but they are going to burn out on that 20+ hour wall before they even see the good stuff. Please, please, please streamline this experience.
Last bumped on Dec 15, 2025, 12:09:34 PM
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Posted byraz_raziel#5939on Dec 15, 2025, 11:41:30 AM
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Hey GGG Team,
Long-time player here, and I need to drop some real talk about PoE 2's campaign. It is way too long. Full stop.
The current 20–25+ hours for a casual player to get through the story is a massive buzzkill. Think about it: someone who can only play for 1-2 hours a day is stuck in the campaign for two to four weeks per character before they even touch the actual endgame. That's almost a month of just slogging through the intro!
That kind of mandatory grind just doesn't respect our time. The campaign should be a fun, fast-paced on-ramp to the endgame, not a huge chore you have to repeat every league.
You guys need to fix this ASAP. I'd push for one of these two things:
-Chop it down: Get the total campaign time down to a maximum of 10-15 hours, even for the first run.
-Give us a streamline version: After we beat it once, we desperately need a way to have it streamlined or a way to speed-run the campaign on all future characters.
People are hyped for PoE 2, but they are going to burn out on that 20+ hour wall before they even see the good stuff. Please, please, please streamline this experience.
Casual gamer checking in. Guy with a family and a job. Maybe get 1-2 hours a day to play Most of us casuals don't rush to endgame. We see the game starting at level 1 not level 80. For most of us the campaign is actually stunningly beautiful and its fun to explore the maps looking for new content.
I can agree that some of the maps can be downsized a bit. I find the speed and flow of Act 1 to be the best. Act 2 is getting easier and faster as I play more leagues. Act 3 can be cut down by like 20% maybe?
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Posted byHyperspacing#5593on Dec 15, 2025, 11:47:39 AMOn Probation
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Hey GGG Team,
Long-time player here, and I need to drop some real talk about PoE 2's campaign. It is way too long. Full stop.
The current 20–25+ hours for a casual player to get through the story is a massive buzzkill. Think about it: someone who can only play for 1-2 hours a day is stuck in the campaign for two to four weeks per character before they even touch the actual endgame. That's almost a month of just slogging through the intro!
That kind of mandatory grind just doesn't respect our time. The campaign should be a fun, fast-paced on-ramp to the endgame, not a huge chore you have to repeat every league.
You guys need to fix this ASAP. I'd push for one of these two things:
-Chop it down: Get the total campaign time down to a maximum of 10-15 hours, even for the first run.
-Give us a streamline version: After we beat it once, we desperately need a way to have it streamlined or a way to speed-run the campaign on all future characters.
People are hyped for PoE 2, but they are going to burn out on that 20+ hour wall before they even see the good stuff. Please, please, please streamline this experience.
there's nothing wrong with players stuck in the campaign for two to four weeks per character.
if a person has more time to play, then the person has more time to play.
if a person has less time to play, then the person has less time to play.
if a person wants to play fast to speed-run the campaign, then that's the player's wish.
if a person wants to play slow to stay longer in the campaign, then that's also the player's wish.
nothing wrong with the length of the campaign. no need a streamline version.
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Posted bystkmro#2432on Dec 15, 2025, 12:09:34 PM
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