Don't let POE2 Devolve into POE1. Solution for game progression

My experience: Amazing Act 1, Pretty good Act 2, Pretty good act 3 until it got super easy after i found a powerful weapon. Poor Cruel Act 1.


This game might eventually die for me and it's a shame because my first experiences were so fun and engaging. Especially when I was still learning and having a challenge w the bosses. Dying at bosses and learning their mechanics and learning to maximize my skills was rewarding. I'm a Monk btw.

but each act is easier than the last and cruel difficulty feels like a joke. my character is becoming more and more like a speed runner and mobs are going down too fast. and i haven't even traded for any gear at all aside from vendors.


i want the challenge, i want the deliberate combat. and i am sick of the poe1 mentality that a lot of veterans have of wanting to reach point A to Z in the fastest time possible so you can explore end game content.

*** Sure, leveling 2nd and 3rd chars can be annoying right? well how about they SOLVE it by giving us a L30 character when we make it to L60 or beat the campaign act 1-6 with a character? each char we beat the campaign with grants us a new L30 character of our choice. This would be a fantastic solution. ***

This way... they don't have to make the game too easy. You can maintain some difficulty and please... Make ACT 4/5/6 more difficult! Why are things getting easier?? Should it not be the opposite?? What an awful progression if that's the case.

if anyone else has any ideas please share them here!

Make it through the campaign, get to endgame T10+ maps then come back and give your thoughts on difficulty.

Balancing difficulty in campaign is tricky because it is RNG dependent (drops) so everyone’s experience will be different.

Endgame is the real test, if you are looking for more difficulty, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

the difficulty lies alot in gearing.

whenever i got to newer areas if my gears were shit. i d have a bad time. a huge part of it lies on my weapon. if dont find an upgrade, my dps will be bad.

this relies heavily on RNG. we're playing a grinding for gear game.

remember to grind.

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IcyMistV#5121 wrote:

My experience: Amazing Act 1, Pretty good Act 2, Pretty good act 3 until it got super easy after i found a powerful weapon.

This is it. You nail it.

Support gems have "25% more", "40% more".

Well, you upgrade your weapon from 200 to 400 DPS, and now its 100% more.
(And you still add those other multipliers)

And surprise surprise - its POE 1 run and gun time.

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exsea#1724 wrote:

the difficulty lies alot in gearing.

whenever i got to newer areas if my gears were shit. i d have a bad time. a huge part of it lies on my weapon. if dont find an upgrade, my dps will be bad.

this relies heavily on RNG. we're playing a grinding for gear game.

remember to grind.

Yes.

More and more people see this.

''run and gun'' is a horrible niche game experience. i don't want to play the garbage i experienced in POE1. i was bored to death with that zoomfest.

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Skellymancer#5263 wrote:

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IcyMistV#5121 wrote:

My experience: Amazing Act 1, Pretty good Act 2, Pretty good act 3 until it got super easy after i found a powerful weapon.

This is it. You nail it.

Support gems have "25% more", "40% more".

Well, you upgrade your weapon from 200 to 400 DPS, and now its 100% more.
(And you still add those other multipliers)

And surprise surprise - its POE 1 run and gun time.

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IcyMistV#5121 wrote:

''run and gun'' is a horrible niche game experience. i don't want to play the garbage i experienced in POE1. i was bored to death with that zoomfest.

Well, what are your options really?

I play dex/str. No blocking. No ES. No life. Very limited "alternatives".
(The new spell suppression is great thou...)

Can't repeat support gems...

So the only logical solution is 1 button clear build, that wipes the screen before the screen wipes you.

Its POE 1.

Why are you analyzing cruel act 1 when that is obvious filler content just shoved in there... of course cruel sucks. That's the only thing that's definitely disappearing after EA.

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IcyMistV#5121 wrote:

''run and gun'' is a horrible niche game experience. i don't want to play the garbage i experienced in POE1. i was bored to death with that zoomfest.

Uhm you do have zero characters or achievements in poe1?
How can you talk about it?

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IcyMistV#5121 wrote:

*** Sure, leveling 2nd and 3rd chars can be annoying right? well how about they SOLVE it by giving us a L30 character when we make it to L60 or beat the campaign act 1-6 with a character? each char we beat the campaign with grants us a new L30 character of our choice. This would be a fantastic solution. ***

This way... they don't have to make the game too easy. You can maintain some difficulty and please... Make ACT 4/5/6 more difficult! Why are things getting easier?? Should it not be the opposite?? What an awful progression if that's the case.

if anyone else has any ideas please share them here!

THIS is literally the exact problem with half the people, who are supposedly super positive and loving the game!

You start with "i want the challenge, i want the deliberate combat", "You can maintain some difficulty and please... Make ACT 4/5/6 more difficult! Why are things getting easier??" and then literally a few lines later you write "leveling 2nd and 3rd chars can be annoying right? well how about they SOLVE it by giving us a L30 character"

So what are you even talking about? You "want the challenge", but then you also "want a lvl 30 character". XD rofl, Dude. Are you for real?