Could Incursion League be any possibly worse than it is?

Against my better judgement, I decided to give Incursion a try. Rolled up an old-school melee character, Heavy Strike, Sweep, and Leap Slam, just to see what it's like to play something other than an AoE speed-clear build in an Incursion. Surprise! It sucks.

On the other hand, my Rain of Arrows build from Flashback turned into a Vall Rain of Arrows build in 3.3.0, and went from struggling to finish the Merciless Labyrinth to killing Kitava on the first try. So, AoE builds that already dominated the meta got a huge power-up they didn't need, while every other play-style was made even more irrelevant. Except for traps, which are now on-meta because they play just like every other AoE build in the game.

Being able to basically run end-game-style maps right from act I is every bit as boring as I was afraid it would be. Alva served up the same two rooms (on opposite sides of the temple, natch) multiple times during my first set of incursions, which made a repetitive experience even more repetitive. ARPGs are always a little grindy, but PoE's grind didn't used to start until you were done with the story content; now, forget that genre-changing 10-act story structure, and go straight to timed Rifts!

I guess it really is time to uninstall. I wish I could say I was surprised...

i dont even bother with them anymore,i'll wait till i get to maps,now if i try i just get booted out after 10 seconds which is just enough time to kill an architech and nothing else,what a waste i feel for people who just started to play poe for the first time. i feel like previous league was catered for ssf players while this one is for experienced players that can clear everything in 10 seconds. average players wont get much out of this.

Sounds like you're not playing the GGG approved builds.

It doesn't look like they put more than 6 hours development time into this league.
Probably spent all their effort on the gambling boxes

i agree, the most annoying thing is. in the important incursions
the game lacks of droppig a stone key.
all my temples look like these:
https://imgur.com/a/S94PC0n
yes i know rng...
but after the 5th temple it sucks spending
another 11 incursions for almost nothing.
with no connection to the apex its just
another map.
very dissapointing.

Personally think this league is badass.

Stop judging at low levels. Get to level 70ish... get a 4 link and it's not as bad.

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Nocman wrote:

i agree, the most annoying thing is. in the important incursions
the game lacks of droppig a stone key.
all my temples look like these:
https://imgur.com/a/S94PC0n
yes i know rng...
but after the 5th temple it sucks spending
another 11 incursions for almost nothing.
with no connection to the apex its just
another map.
very dissapointing.

You're playing on a 3 link what the fuck did you expect

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Marinxar wrote:

Yup...People said GGG could not do worst than Labyrinth, GGG said " Hold my beer" and made Incursion.

What a hell are you talking about? This league is great.This temple building mechanic Is like building a mini atlas while leveling ^^

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Prizy wrote:

Personally think this league is badass.

Stop judging at low levels. Get to level 70ish... get a 4 link and it's not as bad.

Right because it's impossible to tell there isn't enough time already, when clearing a room gives you 2 seconds and your starting with under 10 seconds to clear the room, tell me how your supposed to grab the key open a door and kill a architect?

On one hand, you can't expect every temple you build to be able to reach the apex. We have to remember that this, just like everything else in this game, is heavily RNG. As great as some of the rewards are for killing the Omnitect, they still have to ensure you're not guaranteed to complete and maximize the reward potential constantly. Does it suck that you're not able to reach the apex? Sure, but it sucks to not be able to do a lot of things in the game by virtue of bad luck. You just gotta try again and hope for the best.

On the other hand, the short timer can be aggravating for people not running a Flavor of the Month build. The incursions themselves seem to favor any build that rotates around the current problem of the game that most people here talk about: The speed meta. If you're not able to obliterate the screen in half a second, you're already going to have a harder time than people who can, and I don't think that's fair. Not everyone plays builds that are stupidly efficient.