Giving up on the game - I can't get past Act 2 (no chance in hell)

Did you try to buy some stuff from the tradewebsite? If you get a new weapon, it should be a lot easier.

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Gimatria#7361 wrote:

Did you try to buy some stuff from the tradewebsite? If you get a new weapon, it should be a lot easier.

(a) I play SSF - buying stuff takes out all the fun

My DPS is ok, I blast through everything else. My issue is complete brain overload from all the mechanics that happen at the same time.

Imagine someone talking to you. Now imagine someone lese talking to you. Now let's add a third person, all talking at the same time. Now - at what point do you start to lose track of what is being said?

Phase 1 of this boss is just being perfect with dodging and positioning 100% for about 2-3 minutes. I can sometimes do that.

Phase 2 of this boss is 3 people talking at the same time for about 5 minutes. And I can't handle that for the length of the fight. I could try to get a few more levels, maybe boost spell damage, maybe get +x to skill levels - will this cut down the fight significantly enough? I kind of doubt it. And the other issue is just the level of frustration - It's so large that I have 0 motivation to even try at the moment.

I feel like Act 1 boss is much worse. I think it's also gear issue and not skill issue. Spending some gold on gambling to get up to date gear makes all the difference.

I did this with my wife who doesn't have great hand-eye coordination and she did it fine without dying in our successful attempt. We wiped 7 or 8 times in the first phase but never failed in the second phase. Like I said, Act 1 boss felt much tougher and required more attempts.

This fight doesn't really have anything where you have to react quickly. First phase just keep looking at the boss and you will see those pillars slowly come out leaving you plenty of time to roll away. Second phase is very simple.

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Octopuses#3942 wrote:

I feel like Act 1 boss is much worse. I think it's also gear issue and not skill issue. Spending some gold on gambling to get up to date gear makes all the difference.

Different people, different experiences. Of all character classes I only died to the Act 1 boss once on my Witch, because my minions chose an inopportune time to disappear and I was killed by the ads while the boss was hiding in the ice storm. All other characters and on 2nd attempt with the Witch: 0 deaths or problems with Act 1 final boss.

Act 2 final boss, though ...

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HtFde3666#8853 wrote:

Cheers,



There is a thing called hand/eye coordination. You got it or you don't -

Such a wildly false statement.

You arent born with hand eye coordination sorry no.

You train it just like balance. Its a skill, one you have an issue with. So yes, skill-issue would be appropriate here.

You wanna quit every time you are faced with challenge? Fine quit.

Dont make excuses for "hand eye coordination" as if its some unique trait you are born with or without.

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Toforto#2372 wrote:

And it's made me appreciate the fact we still have lab instead of whatever cringe these ascendancy trials are that they put into PoE 2 with 0 testing or forethought.

I don't like Sanctum and Ultimatum as our ascendancy trials either but... saying they put them in "with 0 testing" is kind of a terrible take when the entire point is that WE ARE TESTING THINGS RIGHT NOW.

Please remember this is, regardless of what it looks like, Early Access, people. The entire point is to send feedback, so do it in a constructive manner instead of trashing the game. That only makes it more likely y'all's feedback won't be taken into account.

This fight is garbage 2nd phase once u get him below 40%. The visual clutter and priority on the overhead lightning bolts + tornados + slam give you literally no chance for a damage window because you can't even see what is going on let alone get an opportunity to get in and do damage if your build relies on getting in to do such a thing. Im going to keep echoing this until i see an upcoming balance patch addressing this issue.


That whole section of the fight is bad game design.


However i digress been enjoying everything else about in the game in large part, and it's in early access so things will get adjusted over time.

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Poe2WarriorMan#6401 wrote:

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HtFde3666#8853 wrote:

Cheers,



There is a thing called hand/eye coordination. You got it or you don't -

Such a wildly false statement.

You arent born with hand eye coordination sorry no.

You train it just like balance. Its a skill, one you have an issue with. So yes, skill-issue would be appropriate here.

You wanna quit every time you are faced with challenge? Fine quit.

Dont make excuses for "hand eye coordination" as if its some unique trait you are born with or without.

You must not have read that he has tried over 50 times. Clearly not a quit every time you are faced with a challenge. He also tried with multiple classes.

Do better.

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Poe2WarriorMan#6401 wrote:

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HtFde3666#8853 wrote:

Cheers,



There is a thing called hand/eye coordination. You got it or you don't -

Such a wildly false statement.

You arent born with hand eye coordination sorry no.

You train it just like balance. Its a skill, one you have an issue with. So yes, skill-issue would be appropriate here.

You wanna quit every time you are faced with challenge? Fine quit.

Dont make excuses for "hand eye coordination" as if its some unique trait you are born with or without.

I agree with this sentiment and anything we do in life can be trained/practiced to do it better/more efficiently but at the end of the day this is a game, and if they're not enjoying the training/practice or even the idea of it, then that's on them and I don't think we should make them feel bad about it.

at the end of the day their statement is true, because if you haven't practiced hand/eye coordination, then you don't have it. /shrug

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Poe2WarriorMan#6401 wrote:

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HtFde3666#8853 wrote:

Cheers,



There is a thing called hand/eye coordination. You got it or you don't -

Such a wildly false statement.

You arent born with hand eye coordination sorry no.

You train it just like balance. Its a skill, one you have an issue with. So yes, skill-issue would be appropriate here.

You wanna quit every time you are faced with challenge? Fine quit.

Dont make excuses for "hand eye coordination" as if its some unique trait you are born with or without.

You can train up to a certain level. Just as you can improve your running skill But if you assume anyone can be Usain Bolt by just trying hard enough you're delusional, sorry.

Let's assume Hand/Eye is from 0 to 100. If I have 25, I can train to maybe 30 or 40 - and that's the end of the tether. As someone who has no issue playing drums, I don't claim that you just need to train harder when your brain isn't wired for each limb to act autonomously. Yes, you can do basic patterns if you try long enough but as soon as we move to complex patterns you either have it or you don't - and no trying harder will help you.