What does poe2 do better than any other ARPG??

gem system

there's nothing else

grim dawn, last epoch and poe 1 are all ahead in other aspects

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mikeab79#3627 wrote:

"What does PoE2 do better than any other ARPG??"

It isn't catered to the casual crowd.

... my good sir. POE 2 is the most casual bullshit GGG has ever made. It's literally basically Diablo 4 to most of us POE players lol.

This is watered down arcade diet lite POE. The dollar store version. POE 2 is essentially "babies first ARPG fisher price edition"

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JakkerONAIR#4902 wrote:

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mikeab79#3627 wrote:

My point wasn't about what you or I like or don't like in the game. If anything, we both agree it could be a "little" more casual in some aspects. It was this game doesn't cater to the casual better than other arpg's. Whether that's a good thing or bad, isn't really the point, or relative to the topic.

Yeah. Some ppl overlook a specific detail. PoE2 was made to be more accessible for casuals, but not made for casuals.
It's a small difference, but has a huge impact.

I think the current state of POE 2 is so hyper casual it's... it needs a full rework.

This game is as casual/easy as diablo 4 to POE veterans. I was disheartened by how shockingly easy and overtuned everything was.

On a difficulty scale I'd literally qualify POE 2 at like a 3/10 or less if you have any experience playing ARPG's, specifically POE 1.

This game is far, far, far too casual/easy. I'm really hoping the 0.2 update gets the game in a better state.

EDIT: Note -- I have played a long time. I put in serious hours. I know the fuck out of POE, and had a disgustingly easy time with POE 2 (i needed to get a new GPU for the game finally tho for some encounters to function)

This game crashes more often and harder than any other ARPG or game I have played in YEARS.

3 months and still no official resolution.

"BuT ItS Ea"

lol ok. What other self-respecting development studio would allow their precious new game to fail this often?

Watching streamers crash on twitch is a big oof...

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Braric#4417 wrote:

This game crashes more often and harder than any other ARPG or game I have played in YEARS.

3 months and still no official resolution.

"BuT ItS Ea"

lol ok. What other self-respecting development studio would allow their precious new game to fail this often?

Watching streamers crash on twitch is a big oof...

I mean, it is literally EA... you know, the optimization of a game is the last thing before full release. Getting everything right with all the different shaders alone is a huge thing.
A more unstable state of a game pre 1.0.0 is normal. Ppl act like we have here something like "Fallout 76" or "No Man's Sky" on release...

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JakkerONAIR#4902 wrote:

Ppl act like we have here something like "Fallout 76" or "No Man's Sky" on release...

To many of us that's how this game feels. Trust me, none of us wanted to be disappointed... yet here we are, with GGG's "vision".

Doesn't really care about anything else, but combat devolving into POE1 is terrible, and unfortunately new "promo" for 0.2.0 seems like supports this "vision". Seems like game is going to be a clone of Diablo 4. Just newer graphics reskin of the previous game stripped of all old systems on start only to add them later as "improvements".

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Azimuthus#1135 wrote:

Doesn't really care about anything else, but combat devolving into POE1 is terrible, and unfortunately new "promo" for 0.2.0 seems like supports this "vision". Seems like game is going to be a clone of Diablo 4. Just newer graphics reskin of the previous game stripped of all old systems on start only to add them later as "improvements".

They told us many times "In the end game there is very little difference between POE 1 and 2"

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They told us many times "In the end game there is very little difference between POE 1 and 2"

They never said that.

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Azimuthus#1135 wrote:

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They told us many times "In the end game there is very little difference between POE 1 and 2"

They never said that.

They kinda did in a sneaky way. They initially advertised the game as a departure from POE1 as it would have "slow and tactical combat".

During the interview the streamers called them out saying the end game combat was slop like poe1, and they replied with "well yeah the game has to devolve into slop thats what players want".

The truth is they are incapable of making a game with meaningful, balanced combat.