I am worried that GGG might listen to the whiny "game too difficult :(" crowd

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Fae_Lyth#6750 wrote:

In act 4, you have plenty of orbs to craft the gear you want.

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Fae_Lyth#6750 wrote:

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Rinslaughter#5595 wrote:

the game is not fun. Im currently lvl 50 in act 4. the only time it feels good to be killing anything is when I went back to a zone 7-8 lvl under my current level. could be difficulty, could be the crippling low drop rates of everything else. If something doesn't improve I wont be revising my steam review. If the problems are solved by making ruthless an option people can opt out of then im all for having a more fun experience being optional. I am unconcerned or even remotely bothered by anyone who wants a difficult experience so they can clear it once and move to another game. I highly doubt anyone who plays Elden ring or souls to have logged 1000 hours or more playing those games.

It sounds like you're either running in and getting mobbed, or your build is bad.
In act 4, you have plenty of orbs to craft the gear you want.

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Kaboinglefop#0955 wrote:

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Fae_Lyth#6750 wrote:

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Rinslaughter#5595 wrote:

the game is not fun. Im currently lvl 50 in act 4. the only time it feels good to be killing anything is when I went back to a zone 7-8 lvl under my current level. could be difficulty, could be the crippling low drop rates of everything else. If something doesn't improve I wont be revising my steam review. If the problems are solved by making ruthless an option people can opt out of then im all for having a more fun experience being optional. I am unconcerned or even remotely bothered by anyone who wants a difficult experience so they can clear it once and move to another game. I highly doubt anyone who plays Elden ring or souls to have logged 1000 hours or more playing those games.

It sounds like you're either running in and getting mobbed, or your build is bad.
In act 4, you have plenty of orbs to craft the gear you want.

Wait till you see how much you get in a team of 4 in waystones with MF gear lol

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Kaboinglefop#0955 wrote:

Wait till you see how much you get in a team of 4 in waystones with MF gear lol

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Rinslaughter#5595 wrote:

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Kaboinglefop#0955 wrote:

Wait till you see how much you get in a team of 4 in waystones with MF gear lol

yup, drops are garbage globally so as to not break the game for the handful of people who stack layers on layers for maps. one of the reasons I started to dislike poe1. "mcderf & his crew did 8 way splits day 3 and got 17 magebloods day 3" is almost always in my youtube after a league launch. I am glad someone is having fun.

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Fae_Lyth#6750 wrote:

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Rinslaughter#5595 wrote:

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Kaboinglefop#0955 wrote:

Wait till you see how much you get in a team of 4 in waystones with MF gear lol

yup, drops are garbage globally so as to not break the game for the handful of people who stack layers on layers for maps. one of the reasons I started to dislike poe1. "mcderf & his crew did 8 way splits day 3 and got 17 magebloods day 3" is almost always in my youtube after a league launch. I am glad someone is having fun.

But what does that have to do with the campaign difficulty people are complaining about?

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the major issue at hand is either, everything is over balanced or drops are too few. if your solution is to back track and farm up levels and gear ehead of each act boss then ill opt out of that league. 40 hours for the story plus 10-15 additional hours of farming gear/levels to just continue on with the story? hard fucking pass. With how few people will return to poe 1, including my friend group, if poe2 fails to deliver I wont be returning to either title. as one guy mentioned in another thread. anything poe1 related will be intermixed and confused with poe2 coverage and builds. they really built a ship using the planks of the old one without realizing it. poe1 with 1/5th or 1/4 of its playerbase would cripple the trade league aspect alone.

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Fae_Lyth#6750 wrote:

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the major issue at hand is either, everything is over balanced or drops are too few. if your solution is to back track and farm up levels and gear ehead of each act boss then ill opt out of that league. 40 hours for the story plus 10-15 additional hours of farming gear/levels to just continue on with the story? hard fucking pass. With how few people will return to poe 1, including my friend group, if poe2 fails to deliver I wont be returning to either title. as one guy mentioned in another thread. anything poe1 related will be intermixed and confused with poe2 coverage and builds. they really built a ship using the planks of the old one without realizing it. poe1 with 1/5th or 1/4 of its playerbase would cripple the trade league aspect alone.

You don't need to grind. I mentioned it as an option. The loot you get is plentiful and sufficient for boss fights.
My gear is a mix of stuff I found and stuff I crafted by aiming for affixes I want in my build. For example, I am playing a minion witch, so I've been crafting for +1 to minion level spells / mana regen / resistances.
Many people who complain about the loot don't seem to be engaging with the crafting mechanic at all.

I am at the end of act 5 right now and my run is going smoothly.