Feedback - My experience with the game

This is not another complaining post that aims to make changes and spoil the fun of people who are pro gamers and have blast in this game. As a person who has spent 112 hours in the Early Access game, I believe that I have the right to my opinion about this game.

Let's be honest, most players who have played poe1 will play poe2 and the new player base you can acquire are casual players. Not every casual player is the one who doesn't have skills or can't play games, there are also players who don't spend as much time in games as they used to.

As someone who has completed two of the three Ascendancy and reached the end game - Cataclysm's wake reach map level 5. Here are some suggestions to make the necessary compromises for both groups of players without spoiling the fun of either group or to make everyone enjoy the game.

- Do not make it easy to play in leagues for any reason. A certain group of players will always expect challenges and difficulties in achieving the most difficult achievements in the game.

- I understand the philosophy of high risk get high rewards. The concept of losing experience is logical when people want to know that their deaths in the end game carry some risk.

- Grinding stuff is extremely important for this game. Crafting and trading are essential for progression.

Casual players:

- Not all of casual players want easy game. We still like the challenges and hard content. It should be understood that for players in this group, the limited time to play should still allow them to achieve the conviction that the time spent in the game was not wasted, and the achieved things in the game are still satisfactory.

Reasons why casual players may lose interest in this game In my subjective opinion are:

- Trade system and looking for better items outside the game than getting them yourself.

- What's the point of playing a game when the end game finishes on the items of the person who created or dropped them. It will only increase their satisfaction, not mine.

- Being punished all the time for trying to take on new challenges in the game for this group is rather annoying and frustrating.

- We value freedom in the game and our choices or builds we test should not be another punishment.

What you can do to change this base on the content that is already in the game:
- Make crafting easier or give players more crafting materials drops. (much more)

- Remove experience lost from game

- Waystone available from Doryani depends on progress in quest Cataclysm's wake

- Skill trees reset for free.

- Be able to transfer SSF character to new season. Why??? …why not.

The best place to change it will be only in Solo Self -Found (not in Hardcore SSF still ultimate challenge for the 0,01% of players game base)
new restriction for SSF – never be able to transfer to standard season.

For my opinion, the SSF game play can be good place to start the game – learn the game without annoying stuff and frustrating moments. When you learn the game feel good nothing will stop you from playing next season with standard league or You will do this without feeling like you're wasting time or progressing on your character and start a new one with old character.

The question is, are you brave enough to do it?

Do not get me wrong, as developers you have the right to create games in the way you want and in line with your vision.

I respect you and all your decisions, whatever they may be.

I am a player who likes to grind, but for me personally, Waystone grinding is a factor that made it not the game for me.

All is good on paper, but you did not consider what will happened if players will die in maps and do not get new to try again.

Two facts about me.
The New World 1423 h of play time and leave game when first mutation dungeons were implemented.
The lost ark 1156 h and quit after first raid bosses completed.

I simply stop playing games when I reach the point when grind in game do not give me any satisfaction or progress in the game.

I can easily spend an additional 200h in Poe2 EA. But I do not reach the point I want after this 200h so for me there is no point for this anymore.

Still I’m not think that 112h spend in Poe2 was waste of time I had a blast – now will wait and see what changes will be made for this game and there is high probability I check new classes on release or in EA later if you plan to give us chance to test them.

Thank you for the hard work and I wish you all the best and good luck with all my heart.

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