This game is NOT a looter ARPG anymore!!!

I don't understand, I saw plenty of loots, most of the stuff I wear is from monster drops, only a handful of thing I have was made from crafting. It's just RNG in the end and I absolutely don't want the game to rain loot like in PoE1.

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cvrpapc#7827 wrote:

I don't understand why everyone is flipping out. People need to grow up honestly. If the game turns out not to be for you, then play POE1, which is not going anywhere.

Because this game has been in development for nearly a decade now. It was announced in 2019, but likely development started long before that. And this is the product put forth in front of us. A game that takes all the worst qualities of PoE 1, and amplifies them. It's not about growing up or being immature or anything you seem to want to label people with. Its about recognizing the massive pitfalls and missteps made over YEARS of parallel development. Things that were "fixed" in PoE 1 are, for some reason, re-broken in PoE 2. Nothing to do with difficulty or anything like that, just straight up broken again. Like PoE 1 never happened. That is simply bad development.

Yes...it will get better. Yes...it will be changed (drastically). Yes....it is EA. But don't pretend that it is some "brand new" piece of junk they threw together and will now tweak. What we have now in EA is supposed to be incredibly far in the actual development process given the time they have had to work on it, and really should show it. Sadly, it doesn't and it has a lot of players upset. The ruthless crowd love it, but is that all the game should be? Ruthless (PoE1) player numbers is a tiny fraction of the total players of PoE 1, already a somewhat "small" playerbase. Why does it make sense for the new game to be entirely based around THAT small core?

I don't want a PoE 1 clone....but I also don't want a ruthless clone. I want something in between. Slower and more deliberate than PoE 1, but not as soul crushing and monotonous as Ruthless.

1) Leveling doesn't feel good because the tree is generic, neutered, and lacks meaningful moments of build transformations.

2) Drops don't feel good because they are so infrequent that it almost feels like the game is empty. They need to be VERY careful tweaking this. Lootsplosions are absolutely awful

3) Skills feel awful because, for the most part, they tickle the enemies. For the vast majority of the game.

4) Survivability and defenses feel awful because....you literaly can't build defense again. No matter how tanky you are, the one-shots are everywhere. Hello? PoE 1 problems?

I mean....there's not much left after that. Looks cool, movement feels good....but beyond that? They spent no time thinking about the actual GAME of the game. 5+ development years, on top of 12+ PoE 1 development years and THIS is the game we are being presented? That is why people are flipping out.

One example that shows the sheer incompetence: the dodge roll. Something they have literaly been touting every chance they get SINCE 2019. Check the old footage, they focus HEAVILY on it.

What's the first thing that doesn't function correctly or *well in the EA and needs a fix? The freaking dodge roll

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pureawsm#4042 wrote:

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Blade_Dancer_90#3602 wrote:

This game isn't even in the same genre as PoE1... this game has NO RIGHT to be called PoE2 because of it...

Well guess what, the people who made PoE1 think it has.
Who are you to tell them that it's not.

You are a very low effort troll and you probably are poopoo at the game, too.

Well, guess what? The people that made it literally lied to their fanbase as much as they could to steal their money...

So yeah, keep glazing them...

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

Dude, how many "mimimi" threads do you wan't to create?

I play looter ARPGs for almost 30 years now and can tell you that you're completely wrong with your statement.

Stop flooding the forums with you pointles threads without any constructive feedback....go out and touch some gras pls to come down. ^^

As many as I want... sue me!!!

It's early access FFS.

They will add more interesting mods and uniques in time.

STOP FUCKING WHINING ABOUT SHIT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A SNEAK PEEK.

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crazyfingers619#3901 wrote:

It's early access FFS.

They will add more interesting mods and uniques in time.

STOP FUCKING WHINING ABOUT SHIT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A SNEAK PEEK.

Dang you really go looking for old threads to complain about people complaining about things, sad.

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Erebus1800#6364 wrote:

Dang you really go looking for old threads to complain about people complaining about things, sad.

You've been reported for harassment, I asked you to stop, you keep pressing your luck. Stop following me around creep.

To be clear you clearly follow me around this board, respond to many of my posts within minutes of me posting. This is not normal behavior of a message board.

Again, please leave me alone. You're free to post, you're free to be an annoying jerk, I'm only asking you to stop harassing every time I make a post over many days now.

Do you know what advice was given for players to have an easier time through the first two acts?

"always check venders, and do so every time you level up".

Oh, wonderful, I can't wait to play "Exilemart", the vendor minigame, nothing excites me more than browsing tabs at several vendors every fifteen minutes, that sounds amazing.

Said no one, ever.

I don't know who came up with this idea, but it's the worst BS I've ever heard.
The idea to improve PEO1 is to spend more time browsing vendors?
Really?

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eldheim#2436 wrote:

Do you know what advice was given for players to have an easier time through the first two acts?

"always check venders, and do so every time you level up".

Oh, wonderful, I can't wait to play "Exilemart", the vendor minigame, nothing excites me more than browsing tabs at several vendors every fifteen minutes, that sounds amazing.

Said no one, ever.

I don't know who came up with this idea, but it's the worst BS I've ever heard.
The idea to improve PEO1 is to spend more time browsing vendors?
Really?

+1, They removed meaning full crafting and replaced it with window shopping at NPC's, super innovative and forward thinking! Idk the game design for POE 2 feels like a huge backwards step for the brand/genre.