Rush to T16+ feels to mandatory

As the title says the game gives the feeling that no content is worth it before entering T16 maps.....and even than it doesen't feel that great outside of juiced T16 content reward vise.

I would wish myself way more "the way is the goal" interactions insted of the current "the game starts in T16 maps" behaviour....Content, items and even areas that are here from level 1 and brings more QOL or value to the current char, twinks or even the player account in general.

Let's name some examples.

Currently everyone who has beaten the campaign once tries to go afap through the campaign the second, 3rd, 4th.... time with his twink char.

But what if you reward the exploration of the whole map as a example, by adding hidden and random events even during the campaign.

F.e. one event could be a hidden tunel, but filled with very deadly enemies...enemies that are so tough, that you maybe want to farm the next 1-2 areas a little bit, so they can be beaten.

Ofc chances are high that you could fail but if you manage to beat them you open a secret passage where you skip some waypoints and land directly at the next mandatory boss/quest (and automaticaly unlock all sidequests inbetween)....and once discovered/beaten this specific secret passage is available for ALL twinks for the rest of the league.

Just 1 example of many where exploration with the first char rewards us player for the rest of the league and bring more QOL for leveling twinks and make the early - midgame way more interactive & rewarding in general.

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

As the title says the game gives the feeling that no content is worth it before entering T16 maps.....and even than it doesen't feel that great outside of juiced T16 content reward vise.

I would wish myself way more "the way is the goal" interactions insted of the current "the game starts in T16 maps" behaviour....Content, items and even areas that are here from level 1 and brings more QOL or value to the current char, twinks or even the player account in general.

Let's name some examples.

Currently everyone who has beaten the campaign once tries to go afap through the campaign the second, 3rd, 4th.... time with his twink char.

But what if you reward the exploration of the whole map as a example, by adding hidden and random events even during the campaign.

F.e. one event could be a hidden tunel, but filled with very deadly enemies...enemies that are so tough, that you maybe want to farm the next 1-2 areas a little bit, so they can be beaten.

Ofc chances are high that you could fail but if you manage to beat them you open a secret passage where you skip some waypoints and land directly at the next mandatory boss/quest....and once discovered/beaten this specific secret passage is available for ALL twinks for the rest of the league.

Just 1 example of many where exploration with the first char rewards us player for the rest of the league and bring more QOL for leveling twinks and make the early - midgame way more interactive & rewarding in general.

This is not an MMO

What endgame here is, how do you think?

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This is not an MMO

What endgame here is, how do you think?

Dude, where do you see MMO interactions in my feedback?....Noone talks about POE2 becoming a MMO or have MMO features.

Where do you see MMO features in this post?....Seems you've completely misunderstood the post. ^^

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Rush to T16+ feels to mandatory

It does?

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

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This is not an MMO

What endgame here is, how do you think?

Dude, where do you see MMO interactions in my feedback?....Noone talks about POE2 becoming a MMO or have MMO features.

Where do you see MMO features in this post?....Seems you've completely misunderstood the post. ^^

Like here

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

But what if you reward the exploration of the whole map as a example, by adding hidden and random events even during the campaign.

F.e. one event could be a hidden tunel, but filled with very deadly enemies...enemies that are so tough, that you maybe want to farm the next 1-2 areas a little bit, so they can be beaten.

If you want capaign skip - then it should be campaign skip

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It does?

Tell me one mechanic in POE2 where you would say: "Oh the best way to run this strategy is to do it in T4 maps....or in T11 maps"

F.e. like Essence or Beast farming in POE1, just to name 2 examples what I mean.

In POE2 we don't have such interactions and it's all about rushing to juiced T16, becasue only there the game starts to respect your time (bigger lootxplosions, best bases, etc..).

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If you want capaign skip - then it should be campaign skip

Noone talks about "skipping the campaign"....I just talk about a small shortcut as reward when you explore the map and don't rush from 1 exit to another.

Tell me 1 MMO where you get such interaction. ^^

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

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It does?

F.e. like Essence or Beast farming in POE1, just to name 2 examples what I mean.

Because you don't farm currency there - you farm items.
If you want farm raw currency in POE1, then you should do juced t17 on zoom-zoom many hundred divines builds.


Here you farm raw currency too.

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

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It does?

Tell me one mechanic in POE2 where you would say: "Oh the best way to run this strategy is to do it in T4 maps....or in T11 maps"

F.e. like Essence or Beast farming in POE1, just to name 2 examples what I mean.

In POE2 we don't have such interactions and it's all about rushing to juiced T16, becasue only there the game starts to respect your time (bigger lootxplosions, best bases, etc..).

I dunno I had plenty come from ritual, essence, abyss all the way from t1-t16


You dont get that NOW because... its start of week 3

I'll do you one better T16 is full of bad game design.

Can't balance the numbers... Just delete the stat.

Can't stop a defense from scaling... delete it.

Can't scale our monster damage... 100% of life in one hit.

Everyone keeps asking for an actual endgame. I think it starts with actually wrangling your numbers so it doesn't become an all or nothing modifier. It's really boring and bland game design.