Do you feel like we are in one of these "Death of a game" videos?

Even if they fix the servers Poe1 is currently overbalanced into being tedious which ends up plain boring.

Why did last meta need to be nerfed into the same ground where the rest of skills rot? Why not lift things from under the ground to match existing meta? I fundamentally disagree with them increasing variety through dragging everything down to same "floor". Their floor is too low and needs to go up. Lets be honest the rigid meta is meta only cause it at least feels playable despite all the bs stacked against players. I am sorry but I dont feel like playing the 25% buffed scorching ray when its long overdue for a 100% buff or more.

Everything they do balance wise seems to me to be aimed at keeping the game massively grindy and punishing. Each time I get a "balanced" experience in this game my eyes roll and I just wonder who is this actually for cause as an average after work dude I find myself missing the fun that is supposedly to be had in this game.

What?
The server issues? Sure, its bad, and they really have to fix it asap.

As far as the game however? This league is quickly becoming one of my favorite leagues of all time. The mercenary system is amazing, so many uniques got a use case with them, the balance patch I like, the qol changes were amazing.

Is it perfect? Nah, there are things I might dislike still and want changed, but the game is in a really good spot right now.

there is nothing new under the sun. (c)

There is a limit of things you can put in ARPG.

This game already has 30 leagues so it is inevitable.

It's "kill a lot of monsters" or "kill a boss" and "get loot" or "get craft materials" or "get uniques".

What new can they do? Roguelike was Sanctum, tower defense was Blight, many building mini games such as Settlers or Harvest.

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e1337donkey#1437 wrote:

No, not even close. PoE 2 is going to get a lot better in the coming year or two for sure, you can't fully judge it at this time.

Not if they stick with "Vision", sadly.