Why Casual Gamers Don't Play POE2

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Sure my story probably does not go with my statement but my statement is still correct. I crafted one item off handedly with pure arsed luck. I am not saying don't engage with the crafting system but you don't have to methodically craft end game worth gear. Throw a few greater exalts around when you get a good base. If I get a really good base say 35% move speed boots I just sell them.

You can sell most of the crafting currency you earn and buy anything you want without using a single one, the game does not require you to craft anything whatsoever.

The game has multiple ways to earn currency. The guys that sell 4th Floor Sekhemas ascendency for 1-2 div each are probably making a decent amount. Farming Soul Cores can actually be viable and the fate tokens are also worth some currency, especially early league.

I farmed the special maps that guarentee a lineage drop and got a couple high price lineage gems that I sold, these can be done with 1-2 portal maps so you can even play it safe if you think the boss will give you a hard time, also remember you can switch toons without losing a portal now so you can actually have clear toon and boss toon as well.

The temple is decent currency if done right, some of those corruption based currency items are selling for a decent amount, and you can get the currency vaults which have good chance of dropping rare currency.

Then you got the basic Abyss/Ritual/Breach content as well. (Not sure about expedition).

Hell even T15 waystones are selling for a good chunk now. Focus on getting massive drops of waystones and sell them off is another viable option. Some of the waystones are highly valuable.

None of this content requires you to have an uber toon to start farming and can be done at various stages of end game.

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SoFaux#7759 wrote:

Crafting is extremely easy. The currency tells you what they do when the drop. It takes an elementary school student to figure out the steps. If you can't even do that, you can just trade to skip crafting entirely. You want an AI-guided UI to tell you exactly what to click in your inventory or something? You want an on-rails game?

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cavexs#4102 wrote:

Points are valid. On the other hand I quit at lvl 78, because by there I farmed multiple divs(abyss, breach, chancing bases, ritual tablets...), spent it in t15 viable gear that was in my stash until I had the level to equip it. I only played one t9 waystone or so with that gear because it trivialized the gameplay so much that I didn't even feel like going the way to t15.

Choose one side. Either explain everything and do an awesome casual player game or force the player to learn the hard way. Now it's neither.

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katsukai#1184 wrote:

After playing for a while based on my own experience and watching other content creators, why this game doesn’t really grab the casual gamer is quite simple.

Your Equipment Finds During the Campaign Won’t Carry You Into the Endgame.

A lot of people expect that the loot they find during the campaign will carry them through the entire game. This is rarely true. Most players may end up with one or two Divine Orbs, or possibly a unique item worth a similar amount, but they don’t know what to do with them after completing the campaign. Some players simply quit and don’t bother engaging with trade mechanics or learning crafting systems to make effective use of the currency they’ve obtained.

The Rarity Stat Gatekeeps How You Build Your Character and Your Overall Enjoyment of the Game.

If you struggle to find currency and wonder why other players are more successful, it’s often because you don’t have at least 150% item rarity from your gear and Waystone modifiers. Without this, you are effectively handicapping yourself and will perform significantly worse compared to players who can run builds stacked with item rarity.

Personally, item rarity is a horribly toxic stat that should never have existed in the first place. The game should be about making your character as strong as possible—not forcing you to care about a stat that directly dictates how much loot you’re allowed to have.

The Crafting System Is Overly Complicated, and New Content Continually Bloats It Further.

A game design that requires players to read spreadsheets and external guides because its core mechanics aren’t properly explained in-game is a serious issue. Due to the two problems above, many players are afraid to spend their currency. Failed crafting attempts have major consequences and, given how the economy currently works, can lead players to quit altogether.

Ironically, players with large amounts of currency are more willing to take crafting risks, while those with very little cannot afford to experiment at all. This backwards design only pushes players away from engaging with crafting.

People Turn to RMT Because the Game Doesn’t Respect Their Time.

Because the crafting system has such a steep learning curve and effectively amounts to gambling when it comes to min-maxing, some players simply avoid the hassle. Instead, they spend real money to buy currency so they can skip the process entirely and purchase items from the market—or at least feel they have a safety net that allows them to learn crafting without the fear of falling behind or hitting a progression wall.

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SoFaux#7759 wrote:

Crafting is extremely easy. The currency tells you what they do when the drop. It takes an elementary school student to figure out the steps. If you can't even do that, you can just trade to skip crafting entirely. You want an AI-guided UI to tell you exactly what to click in your inventory or something? You want an on-rails game?