Early Access Feedback - Mapping feels like a punishment, not a game - Forum

You can argue anything you want by going into the design of it and the usual yapping: 1- You can barely zoom out - therefore my ability to seek for citadels is shy of null 2- The citadel beams are only visible if you reveal its vicinity on the map, with a tower - I do not remember this on previous leagues, I used to look for beams in the mist - now I only see them in the mist if I reveal the area in its proximity - very stupid if you ask me 3- You have to do several screens of maps to even have a chance to see if a citadel is around - so we are "blind" searching Leagues are 4 months, not 4 years - At least I should be able to travel in a direction I know will take me to a citadel - not wander around blindly, at the mercy of randomness. what is your problem? Honestly The grand project helps - but is expensive and scarce Last bumped on Nov 23, 2025, 4:56:15 PM	Posted by lucasblejman#7404 on Nov 21, 2025, 1:32:23 PM Quote this Post
This is not mapping. This is the terrible atlas mechanic that no one likes. Everyone who plays agrees with you. There are people who do not play POE2, but will take a single look and will immediately agree with you.	Posted by Skellymancer#5263 on Nov 21, 2025, 9:07:13 PM Quote this Post
Yeah my bad - I meant the atlas	Posted by lucasblejman#7404 on Nov 21, 2025, 10:26:32 PM Quote this Post
I think 0.4.0 will solve some issues.	Posted by Skellymancer#5263 on Nov 21, 2025, 11:16:04 PM Quote this Post
" lucasblejman#7404 wrote: You can argue anything you want by going into the design of it and the usual yapping: 1- You can barely zoom out - therefore my ability to seek for citadels is shy of null 2- The citadel beams are only visible if you reveal its vicinity on the map, with a tower - I do not remember this on previous leagues, I used to look for beams in the mist - now I only see them in the mist if I reveal the area in its proximity - very stupid if you ask me 3- You have to do several screens of maps to even have a chance to see if a citadel is around - so we are "blind" searching Leagues are 4 months, not 4 years - At least I should be able to travel in a direction I know will take me to a citadel - not wander around blindly, at the mercy of randomness. what is your problem? Honestly The grand project helps - but is expensive and scarce If you think it's bad now, it's a good thing you didn't try to find citadels before the update. It's at least a million times easier now to find them.	Posted by Berylstone#2209 on Nov 22, 2025, 5:22:33 AM Quote this Post
" lucasblejman#7404 wrote: 1- You can barely zoom out - therefore my ability to seek for citadels is shy of null Massive agree. I would like to zoom out some more times. " lucasblejman#7404 wrote: 2- The citadel beams are only visible if you reveal its vicinity on the map, with a tower - I do not remember this on previous leagues, I used to look for beams in the mist - now I only see them in the mist if I reveal the area in its proximity - very stupid if you ask me In the first version, there were no lights in the mist. I would like to have markers for them as we have for home and other interest points. And even for unique maps too. " lucasblejman#7404 wrote: 3- You have to do several screens of maps to even have a chance to see if a citadel is around - so we are "blind" searching Yeah, that is something they have to improve. Also the performance of atlas loading. A search engine for atlas nodes would be appreciated too.	Posted by Zuoris#4518 on Nov 22, 2025, 7:15:17 AM Quote this Post
" Berylstone#2209 wrote: If you think it's bad now, it's a good thing you didn't try to find citadels before the update. It's at least a million times easier now to find them. That's unfortunately not true for alot of people. GGG introduced a widespread bug where the light pillars only show when u already discovered the citadel on the atlas. So it's basically the same as it was in 0.1 except u have a shiny light on ur already explored citadel. The same is true for corrupted zones btw., they don't show in the mist aswell. PoE2 0.3 Character: https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss/character/Sadaukar-2191/Acidic_Sadaukar PoE2 0.3 PC performance tweaks: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3852015 OS: CachyOS (Arch Linux btw. <3)	Posted by Sadaukar#2191 on Nov 22, 2025, 8:40:45 AM Quote this Post
Hey ! DONT YOU GUYS DARE TO CRITICIZE OUR VISIONBOY AND .........THE VISION :Ooooo ''angelic music playing'' He is great, and the games are great and fun and......yes. So dont you dare.	Posted by intersept#1235 on Nov 22, 2025, 3:45:59 PM Quote this Post
" intersept#1235 wrote: Hey ! DONT YOU GUYS DARE TO CRITICIZE OUR VISIONBOY AND .........THE VISION :Ooooo ''angelic music playing'' He is great, and the games are great and fun and......yes. So dont you dare. Spoiler Neden yaşıyorsun?	Posted by Jideament#2792 on Nov 22, 2025, 3:55:27 PM Quote this Post
" Sadaukar#2191 wrote: " Berylstone#2209 wrote: If you think it's bad now, it's a good thing you didn't try to find citadels before the update. It's at least a million times easier now to find them. That's unfortunately not true for alot of people. GGG introduced a widespread bug where the light pillars only show when u already discovered the citadel on the atlas. So it's basically the same as it was in 0.1 except u have a shiny light on ur already explored citadel. The same is true for corrupted zones btw., they don't show in the mist aswell. Visible or not. They are here.	Posted by Skellymancer#5263 on Nov 22, 2025, 4:06:03 PM Quote this Post