Difficulty in POE 2

is only about mobs moving 3 times faster and surrounding you.
that's it.

Only available evasion skill is this stupid roll, it sucks.

Yep, the "difficulty" in the game falls apart and it becomes clear how much of it is an illusion created by Ruthless game design,item scarcity,systems that make you waste your time the moment you copy+paste a meta build that destroys everything.

Agreed,you said it all, fake difficulty unless you copy a build to delete the screen.

So, my snail character (even with +15% speed) will be surrounded and will die.
I'm sorry, this is not difficulty, it's plain stupid.

Sounds like you’re having defensive troubles. Can you elaborate on your defensives or where you are in the game?


I think meta builds are not necessary. The damage required for end game is actually low.

Playing sorc.
I have defense but not when I'm surrounded by a pack of mobs dealing physical dmg.

I mean, we have zero utility movement skill, only this roll that is useless when surrounded.

Please, advise.

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RedHarmonic#5877 wrote:

Playing sorc.
I have defense but not when I'm surrounded by a pack of mobs dealing physical dmg.

I mean, we have zero utility movement skill, only this roll that is useless when surrounded.

Please, advise.

3 of my characters are casters. When I run through a map I just kill the monsters as they appear. I don't find that I am getting surrounded unless I blatantly try to run by packs.

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slobdog#2920 wrote:

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RedHarmonic#5877 wrote:

Playing sorc.
I have defense but not when I'm surrounded by a pack of mobs dealing physical dmg.

I mean, we have zero utility movement skill, only this roll that is useless when surrounded.

Please, advise.

3 of my characters are casters. When I run through a map I just kill the monsters as they appear. I don't find that I am getting surrounded unless I blatantly try to run by packs.

Thanks for perfectly proving the point I made lmao

So you agree, if you are surrounded, you are dead.

I mean, I could be OK with the surrounding thing, but at least give player options to escape.

Freeze, electrocute, stun, pin, slow.

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Toforto#2372 wrote:

Thanks for perfectly proving the point I made lmao

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Toforto#2372 wrote:

Yep, the "difficulty" in the game falls apart and it becomes clear how much of it is an illusion created by Ruthless game design,item scarcity,systems that make you waste your time the moment you copy+paste a meta build that destroys everything.

Nothing about what I said aligned with your post.

- The campaign provides plenty of gear to get through it.
- Maps drop plenty of gear.
- What systems are designed to waste time?
- Bro all 3 of my caster builds (until yesterday) were totally not meta. I have played ED/Contagion which is not at all meta.
- Ruthless game mode? Homie nothing about POE2 resembles Ruthless right now.


Sounds like the issues presented in this thread relate to getting surrounded. Getting surrounded points to:
- Lack of damage
- Trying to rush through an area
- You didn't press the dodge button. I haven't been pinned down and surrounded in a while. Bro you can dodge roll out of fucking anything at this point.