PoE2 Difficulty: A Necessary Challenge for PoE1 Veterans

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gmillar#4054 wrote:

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Skilletor#0857 wrote:

"Many more players will come"? I checked Steam Charts this afternoon, during US gaming primetime on a weekend. Saturday the game had 538k max players, and today it had 352k max. They lost 200k players on the 3rd day, and thats just Steam. Games rarely ever gain more players over time, unless you are WoW, LOL, Minecraft etc. POE2 is never going to have as many players as it had on the first day of EA.

I can think of a game that gained a lot of players over time. I'll give you a hint: look up.

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Lauxent#6359 wrote:

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Then they would call them ARPGs not souls games.

Souls games are generally considered action RPGs. They share many characteristics with other games in the genre, such as Nioh, including a focus on challenging combat, intricate level design, and character customization.

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been gaming since pong not heard anyone call Elden Ring an ARPG.

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Lauxent#6359 wrote:

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been gaming since pong not heard anyone call Elden Ring an ARPG.

Yes, Elden Ring is definitely considered an action RPG (ARPG).

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t's not the difficulty , it's the something elce . It's annoying , not hard annoying .

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SirSid#5235 wrote:

it's not the difficulty , it's the something elce . It's annoying , not hard annoying .

P.S This game dose not feel anything like dark souls to me , the comparison is poor

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SirSid#5235 wrote:

it's not the difficulty , it's the something elce . It's annoying , not hard annoying .

P.S This game dose not feel anything like dark souls to me , the comparison is poor

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Lauxent#6359 wrote:

I'm seeing a lot of messages about the difficulty being too high for veteran PoE1 players.

Please don't nerf it. PoE1 veterans will adjust and eventually appreciate the challenge.

Many of them have been spamming the same two skills for years from cookie-cutter builds, thinking they're experts. They need to adapt to modern gameplay elements like reading animations, timing their actions, positioning strategically, and avoiding being surrounded.

Most of these "veterans" who've spent thousands of hours spamming two skills into hordes of enemies will get used to it. You might lose some players in the process, but they'll probably stick with PoE1 since there are fewer and fewer games with such simplistic combat these days.