My feedback (mostly positive, but ofc some negative)

i have played almost all arpgs in the last 25years so...
lets talk about some things out there,

# "the game needs 6 portals"?... WHY?
because poe1 had 6? because 6 is a nice number? because you can't come up with another number than 6? because you refuse to build a propper def to just die less? (pretty sure at least 90% of deaths come from last point)
this is the most annoying comment!!!!
IMO 1 Portal is absolute fine, i love it, finnaly you have to think about your def, and not just get high life/es, cap res and done because you have 6 tries anyway.

# "bosses need more portals"?... again WHY?
if you need to practice these bosses just do so (later on you can if needed do it non-season), watch a video before doing it (like 99% of players do these days).
and if you are going in blind, you have to take the consequences.
i do not like the change for more portals for them (and i am not any kind of carry service of smth)

# "rarity needs to be removed"? ... WELL, NO..
ofc most people try to maximize it because ..ofc more loot..
but i would not say it is to broken, just to much of it on to many items.
i would remove it from most items but Belt, Chest, Amu and Boots!.. why?..
Belt, Chest and Amu, because it have extreme strong concurents in this slot and you have to make a hard decision here.
Boots, because it also is a piece pf gear you want something very secial.. movementspeed, so here it also cuts a big piece of your stats out there.
on almost all other pieces it is a nobrainer atm, you loose very little compared to the gains for adding it there.

some random thoughts of someone who have played 100s of EA titles:

some good:
# if you leave the lack of content behind and just look at the current state of the huge game, it is such a refreshing feeling to play a game that does not crash (at least for me), freeze, rollback, rubberband, ... all the time like most others at start! ofc it is not perfect, but very good already!
# the "Hit-feedback" is def the best i ever experienced in any arpg!
# stability is astonishing good and outshines the competition. (d4 needed more than half a year to get most crashed from the beginning fixed), but added more later!
# the usual bug fixing speed is just TOP
# the graphics of the skills and the enviroment is just mindblowing
# the story do not feel forced in any way and you can complete ignore it if you like and don't miss any important things!
#

some, good and bad:
# Boss HP bars, i love them but they bring a HUGE negative for me:
no more overhead boss-hp-bar, PLS BRING IT BACK, just keep both!!! if you are used to have overhead hp bars on mobs, it feels so bad to not have them everywhere!
# Trials, i like the idea of having a hard time to get the last ascending points, but the way it works atm is not good.
the trials in poe1 are done very good imo and it would be good to have it a bit similar to them, being forced to do one of the most hated mechanics in poe1 (ultimatum and sanctum) is not a good idea imo, and this even confuses almost every new player!
my idea would be: work on the poe1 trials to make them a bit different to poe1 AND harder so it is its own mechanic (just trials) and causes no confusion anymore.
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some, bad:
# 99% of the maplayouts are BAD... WHY?
... WAY TO MANY OBSTACLES!!!!!!! i can't say that loud enough... WAY TO MANY OBSTACLES.
it is NOT FUN to have 30+ trees on the screen with 5 mobs you have to, 1st ofc visualy find and scout in this mess, and 2nd be able to hit or even do any form of damage without blowing all dmg on the 30+ trees instead of the 5 mobs. (i know it is a bit exaggerated but this is how it feels 99% of the time).
also to have a damn LABYRINTH to solve to find the next mob (like the worst map of all.. Vaal-Factory)
idk how you think this map is no problem, it is a bad designed labyrinth!
BACKTRACKING IS BAD MKAY!
(here my other post about what would make maps better.. https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3692759)
# i seen may people cry about not changeable ascendancy, why not show them all on char selection. i played a lot (5k+ h) poe1 and even there i need to search for the ascendancies of classes i (almost) never play. to have them all on char selection would help many (NEW!) players i think.
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mb i'll add more to this, so i leave it as it is for now.

PLEASE only constructive discussion here!!!
i don't care if you aree or disagree with me or anybody else here, this should be a constructive collection of positive and negative things for us all, so ggg can get a better overvew of how we actually feel, think and talk about the game