Disappointment with POE2 and Quitting

To OP yes its a struggle depending on class and spec. Sorc without spark spamming in early level before real endgame is not good experience and that map is horrible i agree unless you play build that stuns mobs fast like monk ice.

But i have better news for you. Endgame is even more worse than campaign acts :D

I spent total of 150h+ ONLY counting endgame atlas map trying to find ANY citadels needed to complete to try monolith boss. If you get there its even worse experience atm due to RNG luck with your atlas map. So you didnt miss much not getting to endgame as it is. There are a lot of things GGG needs to change. I think more players will quit once they see current endgame atlas idea :)

I have to say, OP is kind of right.

Before anyone says "git gud" or any of that nonsense,
I have a Grenade Merc leveled to lvl 69 and a Ice strike Monk to lvl 85.
I'm currently on the quest to get maps lvl 12 done. So I'm well into the end-game.

In my experience, now that I have a decent and well set up Monk I'm recently getting quite frustrated with some aspects in the game.

When running maps 90% of the time there has to be 1 type of creep in big volumes that either chills you 24/7 , freezes, stuns or any other mechanic that makes you loose control over your character which results getting overwhelmed pretty fast and ending in a death most of the time. Specially the chill/slow that reduces you attack speed is the worse of the worse.

The same goes for any "on death" explosions of creeps. It's death why still do a vendetta? Every pack of creeps/elites I kill makes me nervous and run away from it as far as I can because maybe it goes "boom".

Non of these things are "skill" based , it's rather unfun and makes it rather frustrating at times.

One initial thought that may defend the other (the 2 reps from GGG of the interview) side perhaps...their remarks were quite intentional (despite the lack of empathy), and it was in doing so for the best for the future, i.e. prepare those that think there will be change and that it will be diff from PoE1 (end-game/mapping) but he already knows it's a lost cause (currently leaning towards they are in-the-know re. general community sentiments [and perhaps there really is nothing they can/will do]). However, playing devil's advocate, given the past history of PoE1 and what many others have said for their track record - this also isn't anything new in a way...so perhaps this is again no different, and history repeats itself once again (in due time).

To re-iterate (TLDR): post-interview, (personally) my current (until more data arrives from the community/YT/forums/Reddit/etc) bet will side on past history, i.e. "melee < ranged" and "zoom zoom 1-shot" -- so, no real changes from PoE1, essentially (with the main outlier of the campaign for the 1st ~60 lvls or so...lol --- and new melee classes like Druid/Templar/Marauder...lol [bye Warrior...lol {I don't count Monk...lol -- nor minion/Witch...lol}]) -- and timing-wise, I'll just say 2026+ (so, guessing 1 more year of gamedev until full Release post-this EA).

(Post this interview w/ the 2 GGG reps, I just decided to bite the bullet and re-rolled Monk [finally?] for SSF [felt the additional handicap of SSF would help Balance it out...lol. {Merc lvl ~64, Witch lvl 21, Warrior lvl 66 -- considering trying out the Quarterstaff for my Merc -- Re-spec Again...lol -- and yes, will still be on the lookout for future Druid/Templar/Marauder...lol}])

Why do you write like this? It’s absolutely insane

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maquino85#7657 wrote:

Why do you write like this? It’s absolutely insane

why are you in a feedback section... where this person is giving their reasoning for quitting.....

and you're talking about insanity? help

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toxiitea#5772 wrote:

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maquino85#7657 wrote:

Why do you write like this? It’s absolutely insane

why are you in a feedback section... where this person is giving their reasoning for quitting.....

and you're talking about insanity? help

I feel they may have been referring to the person above them, I know I couldn't read it