Please add a lower difficulty at some point.

Not a crying post. I am glad many people are enjoying this game as is.

However me personally, I feel like the early levels on new accounts is harsh without having a backlog of rares to beef your character up. An easier difficulty to get through the campaign, and a higher one for more challenge, seems like it would solve this issue for many players.

Also it is concerning how you transformed the skill system from being unique and fun experimentation on how to break the game in fun ways, into whatever this is. It is not at all satisfying.

Then there is obviously the issue with a lack of loot. I don't even get currency like others claim they get. This is with 3 pieces of gear having +rarity on them.

I hope you are spending way more than 6 months on this before release. It needs it.

Agreed.
I think all games should have difficulty options. It's not hard, and who cares if it "ruins the intended experience" or "is not the vision of the artist" or whatever nonsense hardcore gamer bros always say.

I'd give FromSoft a lot of money if they'd implement OPTIONS.

Another way of doing it is allowing for the player to grind themselves OP. Which is something I don't entirely mind and am used to...A lot of my favorite games going back 3 decades or more are built like that. eg: 8 and 16 bit console JRPGs.

A video game is a product and entertainment. It also does not diminish anyone's accomplishments if there's an "easy mode." They can all still all have their hardcore ultra hard mode achievements and bragging rights. Besides, mountains of data shows most gamers are closer to the "dad (or mom) casual" stereotype than the "hardcore GaMeR/twitch streamer" stereotype.

Again, and I can't stress this enough: To anyone who is adamantly opposed to games having OPTIONS for OTHER PEOPLE, why? Why do you want to ruin the fun of thousands? It doesn't affect you in any way to have an option you'll never use.

In ARPGs it's not a MUST to have linear progression....If you stuck farm certain areas multiple times by reseting (CTRL + Leftclick waypoint).

Farm better gear, farm more level, try new skill combinations and try again....game is super easy if played propperly. ;)

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

In ARPGs it's not a MUST to have linear progression....If you stuck farm certain areas multiple times by reseting (CTRL + Leftclick waypoint).

Farm better gear, farm more level, try new skill combinations and try again....game is super easy if played propperly. ;)

None of us need an education on how to play an ARPG. Take the elitist attitude elsewhere. The game needs a seperate difficulty, just like all the other ARPG's. If you like the souls aspect and the extreme difficulty and zero drops, thats fine, we will call you a ruthless enjoyer.

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Hawg_Gaming#0084 wrote:

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

In ARPGs it's not a MUST to have linear progression....If you stuck farm certain areas multiple times by reseting (CTRL + Leftclick waypoint).

Farm better gear, farm more level, try new skill combinations and try again....game is super easy if played propperly. ;)

None of us need an education on how to play an ARPG. Take the elitist attitude elsewhere. The game needs a seperate difficulty, just like all the other ARPG's. If you like the souls aspect and the extreme difficulty and zero drops, thats fine, we will call you a ruthless enjoyer.

Why are you whining than if you don't need educations?....Everyone with more than 10 hours experiance in ARPGs and a little bit common sense can have an easy time here.

I'm far away from being a Souls like enjoyer or being good in such games....I didn't even get past the first boss in Elden Ring.

POE2 is far away from being as difficult as Souls game.

Don't get me wrong but game is out 2 days and the forum already full of people like you who cry that the game is "to hard" instead of farming certain areas 2-3 times to get better gear/more level and try again.

If you want trivial ARPGs, the market is flooded with games where you can 1 hit all content from LVL 1 in a linear progression and applaud yourself by doing so.

But if you're able to press more buttons than LMB only, POE2 is the game for you. ;)

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If you want trivial ARPGs, the market is flooded with games where you can 1 hit all content from LVL 1 in a linear progression and applaud yourself by doing so.

But if you're able to press more buttons than LMB only, POE2 is the game for you. ;)

I need you to tell me exactly what you would lose, by an easier difficulty being added.

I'll wait.

Oh fuck no. Easier difficulty would mean easier way to farm currency. If you want it easy, the game should reward you even less for that. Which will defeat the purpose.

You don't need easier difficulty, loot just needs buffs. The more yellow items you have equipped, easier the game gets.

simple, ruthless vs normal then you have 2 economies that dont interfere with each other

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Kirisute_Gomen#2880 wrote:

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If you want trivial ARPGs, the market is flooded with games where you can 1 hit all content from LVL 1 in a linear progression and applaud yourself by doing so.

But if you're able to press more buttons than LMB only, POE2 is the game for you. ;)

I need you to tell me exactly what you would lose, by an easier difficulty being added.

I'll wait.

Content. Quality. I don't know how many things you need. If you think balancing the difficulty for a massive game...what, 400 monster types, 100 bosses, 12 characters eventually...if you think that's EASY? That's just a SWITCH you flip? Oh, and those people obviously can't play with other difficulties out of economy fairness, so that's more servers for more game types, for more splitting of the playerbase.

Then, if they NAIL the difficulty for you, whatever you want, how many people will be perfectly happy? Some will say they went too far, others not far enough. AND YOU...YOU'LL FINALLY HAVE WHAT YOU WANT, THE WHOLE WORLD HAS STOPPED FOR YOU AND NO ONE ELSE IS HAPPY AND YOU COULDN'T GIVE A FLYING...

But yeah, all games should pander to everyone. Simple.