Endgame Wars Idea

Hello,

I have finally got a taste of the endgame and at first it seems like the gameplay is very nice. But it seems to get stale fairly quickly. And here is why I think this is:

The strategic map layer with the waypoints seems like a nice idea. But it seems to me it misses what makes PoE 2 great: the challenge. So I propose to you that you need to rework the endgame into a strategy game where you battle it out against AI or maybe even other players in the future for control of those waypoints. The AI would have to be able to recapture waypoints you already captured in order to challenge you. Why? Because otherwise the strategy layer is meaningless. If you include something like this, it must be to introduce a new challenge, which is not the case at the moment. This would maybe be able to make it fun long term.

Also, what I liked about PoE 1 is that I could specc my characters in the wrong way which made me make new characters. I know you could respecc, but that was as far as I remember very limited in PoE 1. So if your build just didn't work at all you'd have to just create a new character. And I liked that.

Maybe do the same thing with the endgame, where you can lose your whole endgame strategy layer and have to create a new character.

I think the challenge would be awesome and it would bring some "purpose" to the endgame. I do realize the thing would have to be completely reworked, but I trust this would be worth the effort. I see no other way for the endgame not to become stale after a while.



In kind regards