Empy is already making the endgame of POE2 look all dumb

As long as the top end of the game can be "dumb looking" then the only correct way to play the game at end game will be reducing it to something dumb. Diablo 2 doesn't have this problem because David Brevik and the boys scoped the game out so the top end was at least vaguely recognizable with teleporting and casting blizzard a couple times per pack. Or getting Enigma on any other class and doing some damage usually a couple times per pack. No loot filter necessary (though only just tbh). Why? because they scoped the math correctly and didn't let players pile on the dumb.

The runaway feedback loop condition that is POE1 happened because you didn't scope the math of your game correctly at the high end.

The exact same thing is true now in POE2 what could the designers have expected to turn out differently when the same scoping mistakes are made?

Why does Diablo 2 not look dumb at the high end? well because they controlled the amount of available scalers to a reasonable level you can't compound dmg and speed and loot to the same degree so the math is easier to understand but also much easier to control. Which means the game ends up not looking all distorted. (arguably ofc some people think teleport is pretty dumb and I agree its on the hariy edge for me as well, but even then mostly the other classes look fine, and need enigma to get close)

The only difference between say Diablo 4's trillions of dumb amounts of damage and speed and POE is that POE doesn't show you the dumb numbers. You can still see the results though. Just watch any Empy or Cute_Dog stream. screens full of dumb amounts of loot. Blizzard Dev's ALSO can't scope a videogame so I guess its a bit of a forgotten art but even D4 doesn't have screens that look like dumpsters were overturned.

I'm really disappointed. I guess its early in EA and can be improved but the "its not fun unless my screen is filled with trash" players are going to howl.

what even are you on about lol are you crying that poe isnt diablo?

And people will continue to break this game in half because that's what some players find fun. Group content will always look silly if all 6 players are running meta builds and MF.

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alhazred70#2994 wrote:

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I'm really disappointed.
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Him again, huh? Thats the expected reaction, thats why i dont watch him ever.

To be fair d2 doesn't even really have an endgame, perhaps one of its best designs was that you were expected to get tired of it eventually, try other classes, and maybe replay the game every few years. This "forever game" stuff is nice for their revenue, and when you get new leagues, but not so nice for everything else.