I regret buying POE 2.

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GregoryAdams#7051 wrote:

It was changed on July 28, 2023 in this announcement:
https://www.youtube.com/live/Vvah-HfhkYc?t=7542s

But that's not my point. The notion that the game would play very differently than PoE 1 wasn't clear until much later because of the NDA that the people, who played it were under.

You were told that multiple times, gameplays were shown multiple times, on the same exilcon you posted there was a playable demo, streamers were streaming it. It was 100% known fact without any doubt that game will be vastly different.

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mixersan#7996 wrote:

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GregoryAdams#7051 wrote:

And it was really only this year, that it became truly apparent just how different the game would be compared to PoE 1.

I don't even mind that it's different. I love the (intended) slower paced and more fluid combat, rather than zooming around the map barfing one ability and clearing screens.

The problem is that so much of the rest of the game is bad right now.

Yeah, that's fair. Personally, I don't like that it's different, but that's just my opinion.

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mixersan#7996 wrote:

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GregoryAdams#7051 wrote:

And it was really only this year, that it became truly apparent just how different the game would be compared to PoE 1.

I don't even mind that it's different. I love the (intended) slower paced and more fluid combat, rather than zooming around the map barfing one ability and clearing screens.

The problem is that so much of the rest of the game is bad right now.

First, it’s in Early Access for Dreamer’s sake. And devs already changed a lot of the pain points players were reporting in days.

And what are you comparing it to? PoE 1? D4? Idk man, to me it’s already much better than either games I couldn’t stomach for longer than 10h.

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kuciol#0426 wrote:

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GregoryAdams#7051 wrote:

It was changed on July 28, 2023 in this announcement:
https://www.youtube.com/live/Vvah-HfhkYc?t=7542s

But that's not my point. The notion that the game would play very differently than PoE 1 wasn't clear until much later because of the NDA that the people, who played it were under.

You were told that multiple times, gameplays were shown multiple times, on the same exilcon you posted there was a playable demo, streamers were streaming it. It was 100% known fact without any doubt that game will be vastly different.

Well, you have a better eye than I do, then. It was, of course, visible that the dodge roll was added, but I have to admit I didn't think the game would feel this different to play.

OP sound’s entitled. Do you need a hug? If you don’t like It then leave and don’t come back. I’m sure GGG does not want to lose anyone. Yet they can’t satisfy everyone. This game is incredible and for the the love of GGG give them a break. They expect constructive criticism but seriously don’t need your type of dribble.

Learn to code and then try doing what they do. Until you can walk a mile in their shoes…
Oh and this is an early access not expected to be ported and polished. D4 Certainly wasn’t either and we had to pay way more for that.

Keep the great work GGG! You will always have some cry babies out there and you can’t please them all. You can’t say it but I can. Don’t like the game then go play something else.

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GregoryAdams#7051 wrote:

Well, you have a better eye than I do, then. It was, of course, visible that the dodge roll was added, but I have to admit I didn't think the game would feel this different to play.

But thats like 100% on you. It was stated on the very same exilcon that you posted that the game is "much, much different" and that its hard. Hell there was like 20 topics complaining about slow gameplay on this very forums.

I'm having a blast. Just entered cruel act 2. I feel like the guy at the Hot Dog Eating contest insisting on enjoying his hot dogs.

The campaign is a slog and the endgame right now is too punishning and unrewarding. The moment the beta ends and v1.0 goes online, they're going to rely on the League system for player retention. That's exactly the problem. I know there are some people who only play 1 game or a few video games. But apart from the hardcore no lifers and those who play only poe and nothing else, who's going to stay for seasons 1,2,3,4,5 etc? The entire game is designed around prolonging your engagement, slowing down progression and wasting people's time, but ONLY MMORPGs do that and succeed (and let's be honest, only WoW and FF14, two titles from the entire genre) because these games are subscription based. You want me to waste so much of my time getting just 1 character to mid-tier map level and when I get there I have basically no currency since I used most of the good stuff to craft RNG gear that turn out garbage, and keep doing that every 3-4 months? No thanks, especially since 2025 is stacked with high profile AAA releases.

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kuciol#0426 wrote:

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GregoryAdams#7051 wrote:

Well, you have a better eye than I do, then. It was, of course, visible that the dodge roll was added, but I have to admit I didn't think the game would feel this different to play.

But thats like 100% on you. It was stated on the very same exilcon that you posted that the game is "much, much different" and that its hard. Hell there was like 20 topics complaining about slow gameplay on this very forums.

I guess so. It wasn't obvious to me that if would be different in the particular way it ended up being.

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RichardBachman#4230 wrote:

[...] I have a solid $500+ invested in the first Path of Exile.[...]

>free poe2 EA key for 480$ lifetime spend in poe1
>OP had to buy poe2 ea key

something doesn't add up ...