Let's be real here, are you enjoying the league with your build?

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Phrazz wrote:

Hell, even I would call this league a fuck-up. I seriously want to se Chris clearing a screen with several sentinel-juiced rares with several archnemesis mods. Preferably with a melee skill.

I think its very obvious that the QA is sampled only.

They use pre-made builds and test them in certain encounters. They look for bugs and broken interactions, but dont see the entire experience.

There is no way that QA started a character from scratch on the beach and didnt realize the shitshow it was by mudflats. Its literally an impossible scenario.

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pr13st wrote:

Super happy I got to try out EA ballista before it gets nerfed. Wanted to play DD but it is actually bugged so didn't feel fair.

Then again, I always play meta, so...

*shrughs

EA isnt even that great... infact id say they need to have a node to remove 10 fus or make it do all 20 fus in one shot

This is also what im playing and it is sooobad vs wardloop lol

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DarthSki44 wrote:

I think its very obvious that the QA is sampled only.

I disagree here, I can't see how they can test and arrive at their current state even with sampled QA.

This was a choice, probably by management/leads to increase difficulty. I can't believe that QA's test routines didn't involve running a single old league mechanic, leveling, playing in sub par gear etc there are just too many holes.

so its either they don't do any QA at all, or they chose to walk into this and just kept us in the dark in the hopes some quick tweaks would make it appropriate. The latter feels far more likely even the most cursory of tests would tell you their original values weren't suitable.

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Draegnarrr wrote:

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DarthSki44 wrote:

I think its very obvious that the QA is sampled only.

I disagree here, I can't see how they can test and arrive at their current state even with sampled QA.

This was a choice, probably by management/leads to increase difficulty. I can't believe that QA's test routines didn't involve running a single old league mechanic, leveling, playing in sub par gear etc there are just too many holes.

so its either they don't do any QA at all, or they chose to walk into this and just kept us in the dark in the hopes some quick tweaks would make it appropriate. The latter feels far more likely even the most cursory of tests would tell you their original values weren't suitable.

I mean it would be absolutely shocking if they did no QA at all...

I think that Chris on reddit tried to explain that the "extensive testing" was on functionality, not necessarily the actual game experience.

Its obvious they never actually played from act1 or tested delve, heist, blighted maps, or any alva missions with the launch-state of the rare/magic mobs. Its an impossible scenario. (Let alone with the Sentinel buffs)

Personally, my belief is that right now at GGG it is an all hands on deck situation for PoE2, and they are "trying" a low investment with dev resources for the leagues. It's in maintenance mode.

I think you could argue that this change to mobs was one of the biggest changes in PoE history, and it seems as though it was treated as an afterthought.

Brutal no matter how you look at it.

Yeah I'm enjoying myself. Act 1 difficulty increase was quite noticeable with AN mods but other than that I just have to pay attention more in maps. The thing that is most annoying are the post kill effects that just slap the shit out of you after the mob is dead and you're trying to pick up loot.

I can't really see ultra casual or brand new players having a good time though. Can't imagine starting out in this league.

This may be stating the obvious but I feel like GGG just literally screws with the playerbase intentionally. Like, LUL we shipped the rares a tad overtuned. No kidding, meanwhile players quitting and raging because of it. If I was one of the aforementioned type of players I'd never touch this game again.

Playing cyclone shockwave slayer and spend some ex to upgrade tankyness and damage. Stacking HP, armor and endurance charges. Im oneshot by... sorry cant tell ya, everything i guess. Not possible to farm red maps and im struggling in high yellow maps too but at least i can farm a bit currency. My damage is kindo non existent. Last leagues i could farm red maps with even lower investments without any issues.

Physical builds are pretty weak right now and kinda unplayable if you dont drop a mirror while leveling

I guess GGG want us to play DD, RF, trapper or EA only.

First, i‘m not a professional player.
I‘m a casual, last league proud of clearing my first uber elder as well as the new bosses and one time Sirus.

This league, i finally found a way to arrange myself with the changes and made it finally to the maps.
Right now, i‘m still on 4-links, but 3K+ life, some ES, capped elemental resists, so a good start for mapping.
Then i ran into my first Metamorph, Breach, Blight….

It is not enjoyable at all, even while i‘m ignoring the sentinels most of the time.
This all-iand-everything infesting archnemesis mod makes the entire game not only very, very hard and even more defensive oriented, but as well utmost unpredictable for every mechanic i have seen so far.

Right now , i‘m afraid of my first legion encounter and i‘m unsure about delving, too…

I‘m close to quitting PoE at least for this league, too.

Enjoying... hmmm not really but it's a decent starter. Although I've had to change things on the fly. I like a challenge and don't mind moving slower but maybe balance all your archetypes out first before you start doing this.

I'm going to keep at it, maybe try to at least get 20 challenges for the armor set but idk.. I'm gettting more frustrated with the game this past year.

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pr13st wrote:

Super happy I got to try out EA ballista before it gets nerfed. Wanted to play DD but it is actually bugged so didn't feel fair.

Then again, I always play meta, so...

*shrughs

EA isnt even that great... infact id say they need to have a node to remove 10 fus or make it do all 20 fus in one shot

This is also what im playing and it is sooobad vs wardloop lol

Then league start as wardloop if its so good...

Playing RF first time. 84 lvl so far. getting a bit bored becouse no good loot drop and watching over price trade:/ Wish sentinel effect longer time and more mobs...

rather mediocore league. 4/10