Spear / Huntress is the worst levelling experience I've had in poe 1 or 2
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It just doesn't do enough damage.
Default attack does at least double any skill damage. I am not a fan at all of this. I don't ever want to use default attacks tbh, they are boring. Having them as the number one damage dealer is a very strange design decision to me. Twister looks and feels amazing but it barely tickles enemies. Rake feels good but bleed is awful and it doesn't have enough range for the lunge. Explosive shot has too long of a fuse and new projectiles deleting old ones without detonating them feels really bad. If you hold down the skill button for explosive spear; you just throw infinite spears that never explode. lol. I don't want to engage with Parry or frenzy charges or detonater skills but it feels forced to have one of these combo/spender/generator things going on. I want to throw spears, stab with spears and shoot twisters everywhere but it looks like that is not going to work out. Every fight is a slog. The ascendancy feels like it needs a massive overhaul right out of the gate. Kalandra 0.2.0 💀 Last edited by justgivemeafuckingaccou#1081 on Apr 4, 2025, 10:29:20 PM Last bumped on Apr 14, 2025, 10:36:18 PM
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This whole patch is the worst leveling experience I've ever had to deal with in any game, let alone any other ARPG.
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This was horrid. Even with a decent weapon, the low level experience of huntress is awful. Idk if it is the spear weapon group or the skills, but I was struggling from minute 1 to kill anything. Eventually I just hit a wall that I just couldn't be fucked anymore to deal with. It's just not worth the pain and effort to do.
I was under the impression beta was meant to improve the game over time, not make it worse? |
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" I played as Huntress, excited to get out there and slay my way through early game, taming a new partner to be at my side, learning new skills and enjoying the journey........ <<BEEEEEEEP>> 25 mins in im devastated, destroyed, distraught, disillusioned and logged out. What a terrible way to bring in anew class and dump on it day one. Thanks but no thanks, OP says it all... |
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My experience with huntress:
Miller was fine. Witch was ok From there everything until Lachlan was absolutely horrible From there it got fine again I had pretty decent upgrades to my weapon, gems and jewelry along the way |
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I got to level 9 and realized I never been this frustrated with a game. It's not fun its a chore. I logged out. I might give witch a try, I heard they are better but horrible melee class.
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GGG, you guys are not getting it. Majority of players do not like to feel like the game is another job. Your game is not fun. You can tell it is not fun by looking at your player base. On open beta release, you had 60% more players day 1 than on 0.2 update. And you are likely going to see a very steep decline in next couple days of this already bleeding player base.
Jonathan, what are you doing? POE in general is dying and your are doubling down on this vision of yours. Stop being stubborn and make a game others want to play. You will find yourself out of a job if you don't pivot quickly. |
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THough....some things potentially (defending some folks, in a way..)...:
-Spark dead, monk dead, minion/witch, infernalist/BM, etc (note, just anecdotal) -jewel dead -Spear early game (no support gems yet) Bad -folks do not want to explore more builds Like diff skill/support gems, passive tree, gear, etc - and try to find another "Spark" ;) Note, again, these "expenses" are part of the "vision". Not trolling. 0.2 feels like it's moving a step forward towards more "SSF-like" Balance, as opposed to Standard/Trade -- personally, that's a win to me (longer-term sustainability, growth, etc). ----- Builds haven't been figured out yet. No YT vids on min/max "combos" (Spear/Huntress) etc. Give it some more time. "PoE1 Clone Has No Future!" ;) | EA 0.2 | Trade is EZ mode. ;) | Path of Trading ;) | "TLDR: -1 Devs ohhh" (Lol.) | "I've played a lot of videogames. It's my primary recreational activity. Best games ever: Elden Ring and Diablo 4." ~Elon Musk, 2023 | "Dawg", "IQ 48" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | [Removed by Support]
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" You shouldn't need to figure out optimal combos or have minmaxed gear to efficiently clear white/trash monsters |
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Other Threads saying the Spear/Huntress "combos" are too... "complicated"...I said that...in due time...YT min/max
--- You'll need support gems and it'll improve your Early Game for Spear. "PoE1 Clone Has No Future!" ;) | EA 0.2 | Trade is EZ mode. ;) | Path of Trading ;) | "TLDR: -1 Devs ohhh" (Lol.) | "I've played a lot of videogames. It's my primary recreational activity. Best games ever: Elden Ring and Diablo 4." ~Elon Musk, 2023 | "Dawg", "IQ 48" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | [Removed by Support] Last edited by chobo999#2010 on Apr 5, 2025, 12:20:36 AM
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