Its actually insane how much better poe 1 is.

So far the only better things in poe are:

-better graphics
-portal scrolls dont exist.

I logged in back to settlers hc and the second I started to leveling new char I completely lost desire to back to poe2. Its just an undescribable feeling.

yeah its amazing that they worked 5 years on this...probably needs 5 more to get it to the same level as poe is right now

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eternalJOURNEYofTHEloser#5873 wrote:

So far the only better things in poe are:

-better graphics
-portal scrolls dont exist.

I logged in back to settlers hc and the second I started to leveling new char I completely lost desire to back to poe2. Its just an undescribable feeling.

Removal of Portal Scrolls in poe2 was a nerf, now it has a cast time while in poe1 is instant (and you can still bind it).

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Lyutsifer665#1671 wrote:

yeah its amazing that they worked 5 years on this...probably needs 5 more to get it to the same level as poe is right now

With the current DNA of POE2, I'm not sure 50 years fixes it. Many key things that make POE1 more enjoyable to me are purposely removed from POE2.

For OP:

Graphics are great, but not absolutely necessary for me either. Hell, I had a blast playing Vampire Survivors and that has Nintendo level graphics.

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Nubatron#4333 wrote:

With the current DNA of POE2, I'm not sure 50 years fixes it. Many key things that make POE1 more enjoyable to me are purposely removed from POE2.

Exactly. People forget that PoE 2 isn’t meant to be a better game than PoE 1; it’s just the game they’ve always wanted to create.

Nah, boss fights imo are also, for the most part, much better.

The only boss I hate in PoE 1, as in legitimately hate attempting, is Maven. I've killed her only a handful of times and hated it. I physically cannot remember (not an exaggeration*) the Memory Game sequence when she does the long one, and you can't cheese it with logout because she resets it when you do. Costs me 1 death every single time. Fuck that boss.

* (Seriously, no joke, I have a memory/brain problem and physically cannot remember sequences higher than 7, and 6 is usually my limit before I start making mistakes. Though I get 100/100 on the pattern recognition tests and like 80% on the attention evaluation tests. Everything else is above average, but short term memory is concerningly far below average. And that is without additional distractions. Tested and confirmed IRL, multiple times. It's why I hate that boss fight.)

So far, in PoE 2, boss mechanics are better overall, and I only hate some of them because the game around them is broken. My favorite boss fight overall is actually Doryani. What an awesome fight for a final Act boss.

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Dxt44#4050 wrote:

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Nubatron#4333 wrote:

With the current DNA of POE2, I'm not sure 50 years fixes it. Many key things that make POE1 more enjoyable to me are purposely removed from POE2.

Exactly. People forget that PoE 2 isn’t meant to be a better game than PoE 1; it’s just the game they’ve always wanted to create.

Why couldent they have put all that time and effort into POE1 and updated that instead of creating a whole new POE which IMO was not needed.

And I think POE 2 is way better than 1.

Your point?

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Waiden#9514 wrote:

And I think POE 2 is way better than 1.

Your point?

but you dont even play poe..since 2013 you made 4 characters?

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Lyutsifer665#1671 wrote:

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Waiden#9514 wrote:

And I think POE 2 is way better than 1.

Your point?

but you dont even play poe..since 2013 you made 4 characters?

I play POE since it was in beta 2013 (on and off). Those characters are only from Settlers and recent leagues, I deleted others (not that many anyway). But yes, I only have around 1000 hours played. Why is that important? In POE 1 I managed to get all 4 void stones but I find POE 2 more fun. Graphics, animations, no bloat, etc. play big role for me.

Sure, the endgame of POE 1 is way more developed but I know POE 2 will get there.

I know what Early Access stands for and I remeber that current POE 2 endgame was rushed in just several months. Not sure what did you expect. Give GGG time.