The campaign is simply terrible

I genuinely think the real issue with the campaign is we are tired of it there isn't really any way to directly solve that it just is what it is.

The only upside is when I find a character that is particularly strong in the campaign it is pretty fun to blast it at epic speed (I always level with intended skill if possible rather than blast then respec).

Endless delve and heist are pretty fun though as a method to level and honestly I think GGG should consider allowing some variety for second characters onwards. They could make it cost currency if they really want but I just think options are a good thing.

...Tf am I reading.
People complaining that the campaign is TOO LONG? That it should be 2 hours tops?

I understand that many people (myself included) beat it dozens of times, but... This is PoE, the game where you have to start over every 3 months, you know what you signed up for. If anything, sure, there should be a way to skip acts and get an immediate level ~70 characters, the way Scion was unlocked after act 3.

But don't flat out remove the experience away from newcomers, just because you spent 5000+ hours on this game and decided to keep playing this instead of something else.


...Besides, the campaign is still infinitely less of a chore to play than Delve, Labyrinth or Heist. It's just that the campaign is not optional.

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Draegnarrr wrote:

I always level with intended skill if possible rather than blast then respec)

Damn, people DO that? Feels like a huge waste of time and effort when you could just... have fun.

"Fun" is defined differnetly from Player to Player. My "fun" doesnt have to be Your "fun" and vice versa.

Just let the ppl have "fun" as they want in environment that GGG created. And they made act 10 campain.

For me it is fun.

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Warvald wrote:

And now they just made it worst

Now if you want the same amount of skill point as before you have to go in area no one ever went before.

You should pay attention. They added another skill point in a different quest in case you still want the 2. except now you can get 1 point and 15 ele res/movespeed/and life what does it matter if you have to go into a new zone lol.

Fwiw I always did that quest anyways as there is a trial there.

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Lonnie455Rich wrote:

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Warvald wrote:

And now they just made it worst

Now if you want the same amount of skill point as before you have to go in area no one ever went before.

You should pay attention. They added another skill point in a different quest in case you still want the 2. except now you can get 1 point and 15 ele res/movespeed/and life what does it matter if you have to go into a new zone lol.

Fwiw I always did that quest anyways as there is a trial there.

Wow it doesn't change anything

Its still making the campaign worst.

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vio wrote:

but for me, spending 2 days playtime every 4 months on the same content isn't.

i mean if you make 1 character every 4 months then maybe its fine but most of us make at least 4-5 chars per league...if you had to run campaign that many times would your opinion change?

What the campaign really needs is a adjustment in difficulty to be less of a idle walk simulator at the start of each new league.
Cause right now it's literally watch youtube or whatever else and just crush it in a few hours in idle walk.

Additional characters in the same league benefit from extra juicy leveling gear and the easy waypoint access, so it's not really that painful to even run it multiple times. First time a new league is just the most boring part giving how easy it is even on the first best garbage shoelace budget.

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Pashid wrote:

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Cause right now it's literally watch youtube or whatever else and just crush it in a few hours in idle walk.

but thats just it,why should we have to do it, if we already done it once before in the league? some of us dont ave a "few hours" to waste AGAIN...its just so pointless and a waste of our time

It's not a waste of time. You are building a new character after all. Going through the early stages is part of everyone's story, but as you progress your first character you find gear to make your 2nd journey that much quicker.

If I'm chilling and checking out the new league mechanic along the way my 1st character takes maybe 6-8 hours to get through the campaign, then on new toons with leveling gear I can easily hit 4-5 hours. It's just practice.

This one's from May 23rd:



It's honestly not even bad. I take it as a challenge to see if I can do it faster than last time. And sometimes, I do. :-)

ok lets say it takes 4 hours for someone to level a char and they want to make 5 chars then thats 20 hours per league just for campaign...how is that acceptable? even if someone has the time the repetition is annoying as hell...