Is this patch worth playing yet? Honest question

GGG’s responses to player feedback has seemed so half hearted, slow, and resistive that it’s really hard to tell if the game is any better. So, is it worth coming back to? What I hated (sorry shills):

-zones/maps are too big
-kill rares completion criteria is dumb and bad
-loot sucks
-defense options suck / 1 shot mechanics
-player skills hit like a wet noodle
-towers are dumb and bad
-build diversity sucks
-trading sucks
-endgame content gated behind shitty drop rates
-ascendancy honor mechanic sucks

I’d probably come back and try the game if they improved any 3 of these. New dad so I have to ration my game time and can’t justify using it on this game if it’s still in the state it was at patch launch.

Well they give you bread crumbs and punish you in other ways. Yes loot is 100% better and some of the things you mention are better but now you get chain stunned and still randomly one shot. I have more EHP in .2 than .1 and I've probably died 10x more

If you have better things to do, better skip it.
If you dont want to paly spear, better skip it.
Even after patch drop in most ways contain trash, even if you loot 5+ div in few hours progression is miserable slow and only few builds will reliable close all content

I have played this game since a year after poe1 released more than 10 years, and had good and bad leagues along the way. I really do love poe games that offer endless contents and market systems, crafting options compared to other similar games but poe1 was too much for the new users. Most players looking for fun , not require IQ 2000 and punishment. I think poe2 early access "down of the hunt" league is totally wasted, chasing wisp for miles and miles for nothing. I do understand the poe2 early access development stage but the new league must make a player have some fun not stress.g to the old POE game, monster's are all super monsters, I am tired of 1 shot death too often with top gears, feels like a fighting dragon with an empty hand. The completing act was too hard so I screamed for help. I myself like to level up and fight with pinnacle bosses with some difficulty but it seems impossible to reach the big fights.I went back to play Last Epoch, not much content like a POE but no stress. Tire of game froze for a 10 second end with dead or reset map to blackout maps.

-zones/maps are too big

---- has remained unchanged.






-kill rares completion criteria is dumb and bad

---- has remained unchanged.






-loot sucks

---- largely unchanged, with the exception of a slight overall rare 'item' drop rate, and slight 'low end currency' drop rate buff.






-defense options suck / 1 shot mechanics

---- has remained unchanged. Prolly always will.







-player skills hit like a wet noodle

---- has remained unchanged.







-towers are dumb and bad

---- has remained unchanged, none the less, i believe this one is entirely subjective.






-build diversity sucks

---- has remained unchanged.





-trading sucks

---- has remained unchanged.






-endgame content gated behind shitty drop rates

---- has remained unchanged.






-ascendancy honor mechanic sucks

---- has remained unchanged.

I gave up after 1h release 0.2....

no its the same pointless slog around level 75 where u just keep getting one shotted and lose hours of xp. not fun in any way just addictive but not in anyway enjoyable

Skip it. I gave it another chance after the patch notes went live and have to say that I feel myself annoyed playing it. I decided to go with the tanky chaos Lich in SSF and while the campaign was fine, maps are annoying af. I'm not even sure why I keep playing, my guess is that I really like that feeling of progression, that's it. I almost got 88 and think I will stop here. The game is insanely annoying and unsatisfying if you're not able to oneshot stuff. My chaos Lich gets pushed all over the place, DOT puddles are everywhere (I think they added new ones), stunlocks are happening despite having 2.1k life + 5.5k es + a 3-node stun avoidance cluster. I'm backpedalling on every pack and I don't even have enough time to cast Despair + Totem + Contagion while I have 100% Arcane Surge uptime, the low life cast speed node and the faster totem placement support. It just feels bad.
Jonathan won, I'm out.