The new tower system sucks... Click bait title lol

So I thought the towers needed some changes, I was fairly vocal, On every platform/general chat I thought a good fix was to have the towers reset nodes, Its still RNG, but it has a little more deterministic value, perhaps there should have been an explorer "Stacking" buff of some type to push people out further and further to juicy then circle back for the "Special" maps. This would also help with group play as these nodes would be more valuable, I can see a world where people farm a ton up, then party up (or perhaps "sell" Not Normitively loading that eiter way good or bad) I think this would be a more fun and rewarding system, and when I say rewarding, I don't just mean in terms of drops. Lots of times its the ideas of things and how good or bad they are that is actually where people land on "enjoyment" or "fun" more so then the facts on the ground. Lets face it, people are (for the most part) not crunching stats. Statements like "The game is too easy" Oh? So this tells me some reasonable assumptions about you, either you're a blaster, better than average gamer, big huge brain, and that is actually the case. OR (lets me honest far more likely) you did EVERYTHING possible to make the league "easier" all so you can virtue single about how good you are. My league start sucked. I played off meta, made up my own build, and my dog (whom I was VERY close with it) died, I (understandably) fell behind. I could not catch up. I decided to spend the little currency I was able to scrape together to make something different, and I am leaning towards ending my league as I don't really enjoy trading and markets (especially this game) I am to blame for this one way or another, I make no bones about it. But (and this could be my above mentioned problem) I don't enjoy mapping at all any more. Less than last league. The update killed it for me. Whatever changes made made the pace of the game feel worse, it made towers and exploring less interesting, and I don't like having to do a boss every single map. I got a lot of people into the game, I know I brought at least 3 people over so far (and they are bringing more) because of my love for GGG and Poe 2. I have had to do a lot of lifting to get them into the game, I had to help with gearing, currency, etc. I have had to listen to their frustrations with the game, I know a lot of it they came to on their own, I was careful to not poison the well. Because I want new player experience feed back. And spoiler alert nothing would shock anyone. It was problems ascending, problems learning crafting, it was understanding currency and trade, it was on death mechs, but ya know what never came up? Towers. Matter of fact, the new players I brought with LOVED the tower system, seeing them off in the fog, working up to them, stumbling on areas of corruption. Its a BEAUTIFUL experience. It needed a little tad bit of fine tuning. Whatever this was, felt rushed, and punishing to those of us who struggle. I am not sure I am going to have the HOURS to soak in to make hundreds and hundreds of div to afford an upgrade. Again, I want to be perfectly clear, I am glad GGG is willing to break the game, try new things and push for solutions to get down to the actual problems of the game, I am grateful to be a small tiny almost nothing part of it. But if this stays the same next league, its going to be hard for me to justify playing the game. I know tons of people will give some type of bye meme, I am okay with that, I know you cannot make a game for every person, perhaps I am the wrong age for this, but last league when I was complaining about the tower system, I couldn't see problem getting far far worse. For me it was like 80% there, now I feel like we are at 20% and the experienced people are saying otherwise. I am perplexed. I urge GGG to reconsider these changes, and fix the performance issues with the game, I will be happy to keep supporting (in all ways) but this aint it.

So I will try and keep this short, as this is most likely gonna be skipped over all together.
Fixes I can see, if what I mentioned above is not satisfying
1. Not every map should have a boss, I sometimes want to blast and go.
2. Give more res attempts. I don't have a lot of juice, when I do, I get one shot, between the face melting lag (and I have a BEAST of a machine 4090 all watercooled etc) and I just die, that is VERY punishing.
3. more way stones by default with less crap modifiers. Ya ya ya the game is too easy. Okay I look forward to seeing your SSF hardcore off meta build. I think. Tell me more Mr. Deadeye about how good you are.
4. ramping up faster, some path maybe soulbound gear that is a bit more forgiving that cannot be traded but gives the hard to reach stats, such as resistances, and attributes but doesn't have things like crit and plus to (whatever type) this one I am least enthusiastic about, there has to be a more creative in game solution the crafting problem.
I enjoy hard games, I don't want the game to be a snooze fest. But I think content should be demanding when you want it to, and be relaxing when you want it to. Some of us are adults, we have a ton of stress, and we don't need to be turbo fked every time we want to play.

I hope I have no violated any rules, I am sorry in advance, I really appreciate every member of the team at GGG and the player base this game has made. This is one of the best communities, games, and experiences Ive seen in 30 years of gaming, I dont express my self well with text and I hope its clear how passionate I am about the game, while also allowing some sarcasm and humor. So mods, if I have said something out of pocket I am sorry in advance, and I don't mean to break the rules here, and I love you.
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