Its actually insane how much better poe 1 is.

I played the beta and can say I enjoyed PoE 2 less than PoE 1.

I don't like dodge roll replacing dash. I dislike how skills like shield charge changed. I don't like the currently very limited skills. That will probably get better.

PoE 2 is in beta so it has a lot of room to go. Need more time with it but at the moment zero desire to play it. I actually went back to D2 just for a little time. Simpler is better for my near-boomer brain.

Play POE Beta and then compare it to POE2 EA. This thread is ridiculous.

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Wilmots#7633 wrote:

Play POE Beta and then compare it to POE2 EA. This thread is ridiculous.

Can't compare their beginnings with the state right now. 13 years experience and multiple million dollars between

All I can say is wow, poe feels so dated after trying the "event" last night.

I just can't.

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Wilmots#7633 wrote:

Play POE Beta and then compare it to POE2 EA. This thread is ridiculous.

LOL! PoE Beta was made by a handful of nerds. PoE 2 Beta is being made by a multi-million dollar company with 100+(?) employees. You think that is a better comparison?

The truth is of course somewhere in between. As of now, a PoE 1 event (not a league, mind you) is making the playing field leveled, with close to the same amount of players in each camp (though probably more playing PoE 1, as Chinese players aren't being counted in PoE 1 as they are in PoE 2). That should tell GGG everything they need to know; both games deserves professional support and development.

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Wilmots#7633 wrote:

Play POE Beta and then compare it to POE2 EA. This thread is ridiculous.

played open beta and a for a while after 1.0 and while PoE2 of course has better graphics and more up to date combat mechanics etc. I do not think the campaign area design and the campaign in general is better than any version of PoE. PoE 2 sucks in that design aspect, and I doubt they can or would be willing to fix it at this point.

I really missed;

Awful graphics for most of the game
The zoomed in camera
Piano flasks
Force logged into town every time
Can't pause the game, pretty cool
Click to move

But hey free mtx for lvl 80 so going to grab that real quick

corporate games are bad.

real game development is an art.

PoE 1 was a great game. PoE 2 is a photocopy of a photocopy or an idea of a photocopy of a diluted, tedious corporate moneygrab.

i'm looking forward to see what Chris does next. since he has left, it leaves an opening for him to create something new on his own again with a team he chooses.

LOL dont hold your breath broseph

I haven't played Poe for over a year and I'm coming straight from playing almost 800 hours of Poe 2. Poe feels like an archaic, clunky, and ugly game to look at. Yes, it has a lot of content but that's it. Poe 2 will eventually have the same or more content over the years and its gameplay, system, and visual beauty has me hooked, I'll upgrade to 80 to get the skins and wait for Poe 2 league 0.2.0.


Let everyone enjoy what they like.