Content Update 0.4.0 — Path of Exile 2: The Last of the Druids

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The Perfect Essence of Sorcery now cannot be applied to Foci. (Now only Wands and Staves).

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kimlow#2903 wrote:

Whatever, man. Do whatever you want. It’s not like anything we players say has ever mattered.

But hey, let’s be real — what you’re doing isn’t balancing, and it’s not nerfing either. It’s content deletion with extra steps. Even the most normal, middle-of-the-road builds get obliterated like they personally offended someone on the design team.

Your entire update philosophy seems to be:
“Is it popular? Cool, destroy it.”
Instead of, y’know… actually giving other classes something fun, interesting, or even remotely playable. And no, bumping a random stat from 12% to 13% doesn’t count as a buff — that’s just patch notes LARP.

Every patch hits the same formula:

1 Find the build players are actually enjoying.

2 Panic.

3 Nuke it from orbit.

4 Gaslight everyone into trying classes that have the excitement level of wet cardboard.

Players just want to have fun — not sit here in emotional damage mode watching our builds get Thanos-snapped while the Copium Knights march in screaming, “aCtUaLly thIs is HeaLthy fOr tHe gAmE.”

And the moment we dare to disagree?
The Defense Force shows up instantly with the legendary:
“If you don’t like it, don’t play.”

Bro, with that attitude it’s no wonder the player count is doing a real-time disappearing act.