the game need variety of builds is insane the lack of

i play amazon LS on doth 0.2g really good t4 clear, then i lvl a lich minions build bad, then lvl a SOKitava no build there only option is totem or hammer of the gods, -.- then i lvl a deadeye spiral volley clear sniper really good but i got stuck my surprise came when every build with every class is only use LS wth!!! i want to use the crossbows with deadeye or the bow lacking so hard in builds.

itemisation is null - offering just +5 to dmg, +5 to skill.. there's no interesting afixes and that's also why crafting not exist - it hides how null afixes are.

for example in poe 2 we have like 4 from 6 afixes available on item that are using by every physical build on hammers so 2 are optional and are like speed or crit chance.
While last epoch having around 700+ afixes with skill, class special afixes that are connected to certain skills - adding powerfull afix mods to single skill or tech/mechanic.

We should have 10x more afixes and more loot drop - but harder to get a proper BIS item for our build.. like there's no aoe prefix/sufix on hammers, base types of weapons are barely no different - even for lightning monk build people are using physical weapons.

Skill tree also limiting build variety and when you start creating your own build you will create barely the same skill tree for all crit builds - for ice build for every single ice skill it will be the same skill tree.. you can't make big aoe ice monk - you can make just crit version or freeze buildup version.


Im playing Leap Slam and it's much faster and safer than LS and barely all skill can be playable good or better like Lightning Spear but having 1-2 option on every skill is still nothing and every skill based build - will look the same in tree and items - and every bis item will look the same for every single skill for physical dmg for example.
There are some uniques like Mjolner to make special builds but.. it's insane how hard it's build around this item here due to lack of techs for melee like fortify from poe 1

aRPG's from past 15 years have better itemisation and afixes than POE 2. Core mechanic of aRPG -itemisation in POE is like in mobile games.

skill issue