Absolutely disapointed -- This game is hard, and not in a fun way.

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ihasz17#0400 wrote:

The game is challenging, and I find that to be a refreshing take! I love that it requires me to pay attention and think strategically. It’s incredibly satisfying to feel a real sense of achievement when I defeat a boss.

Moreover, without the difficulty, the dark tone of the game wouldn’t feel authentic. Monsters are far scarier when they pose a real threat. If they didn’t challenge the player, combat would just become tedious—a mindless chore to farm XP.

For those who don’t share my enthusiasm or appreciate GGG’s original vision: Blizzard abandoned its initial take on Diablo 4 and turned it into a mindless hack-and-slash. Do we really want this game to become another D4?

Give it another shot guys! Im playing Mercenary for example, died only twice in 6 hours.

I sincerely hope that GGG stays true to its original vision and maintains the game’s current difficulty and pacing. It’s what makes this game stand out!

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prayformercy#0188 wrote:

The game is currently just darksouls with a POE skin, Some people are gonna love it, others this isnt what we signed up for. Every boss encounter is the equivalent of D4 Lilith, just dodge perfectly or die. Theres no loot dropping to better gear for it and even white mobs if you dont pay attention to them will swarm and kill you. Every monster is dangerous and you have to dodge and pay attention constantly. Its got its own appeal but its not path of exile, and to me its just not fun. I enjoy theory crafting and have rebuilt my sorc a bunch of different ways respeccing to more damage, more tankiness, Fire, frost, lightning, Wand and shield, a mix, anything and everything in between just trying to find a sweet spot of tankiness and dps so i wasnt kiting packs of white mobs down or getting 2 shot by them. after the 4th or 5 time i decided to just try to farm areas and hope for better drops/ crafting materials. Im 3 levels or so up on the area, drops are non existent, crafting materials are non existent because... drops dont exist. You cant sell to the vendor to get crafting mats if nothing meaningful is dropping to sell.

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Asymptomatic479#2799 wrote:

I understand this game is a step in a different direction from POE1 and it's supposed to be slower paced and more challenging but im finding it difficult for the wrong reasons.

The game seems to require precision inputs to avoid abilities, especially in boss fights, but there is nothing precise about the level of control you have over your character. This is coming from someone who is playing mouse and kb (not wasd) which should be the most precise possible method of input. The game feels extremely janky and I do not feel in control of my character most of the time in between the long animations and forced movement during most abilities. Rolling feels slow and just bad in general. It becomes less of a reactive counter and I find myself spamming it in most situations. Because of this boss fights, where precise movement is most required, is often reduced to me standing in one spot tanking as much damage with my pots whilst outputting damage in order to get a heavy stun and repeat. If i run around the arena trying to interact with the mechanics, I just take so much damage anyway, and im not doing damage to the boss, eventually running out of pots and failing.

Also, I cant speak for other classes but warriors abilities are frankly awful. They are not fun to play with. Long animations with little payoff all whilst getting obliterated with fast attacks from random white mobs. It simply doesnt feel good to play. It's not fun. It's also not difficult. It's tedious and boring. On bosses im swapping my strongest support gems to my auto attack because for some reason GGG has made your auto attack your highest DPS ability without locking you into garbage animations.

Last gripe, THE LOOT? there isn't any. There's none. No loot anywhere. Does GGG want me to repeat campaign bosses/sections to farm orbs shards? I can't believe they expect that? Who wants to replay campaign sections in an ARPG. I'm finding myself having to do that. Currently resistances are so hard to come by. Im rocking 0% lighting res and if I stumble accross heavy lightning damage i get cooked. This game in its current state is simple not rewarding. This is an ARPG for christ sake????

IDK trying to have fun but it's such a slog I had to turn it off.

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Asymptomatic479#2799 wrote:

I understand this game is a step in a different direction from POE1 and it's supposed to be slower paced and more challenging but im finding it difficult for the wrong reasons.

The game seems to require precision inputs to avoid abilities, especially in boss fights, but there is nothing precise about the level of control you have over your character. This is coming from someone who is playing mouse and kb (not wasd) which should be the most precise possible method of input. The game feels extremely janky and I do not feel in control of my character in between the long animations and forced movement during abilities. Rolling feels slow and just bad in general. It becomes less of a reactive counter and I find myself spamming it in most situations. Because of this boss fights, where precise movement is most required, is often reduced to me standing in one spot tanking as much damage with my pots whilst outputting damage in order to get a heavy stun and repeat. If i run around the arena trying to interact with the mechanics, I just take so much damage anyway, and im not doing damage to the boss, eventually running out of pots and failing.

Also, I cant speak for other classes but warriors abilities are frankly awful. They are not fun to play with. Long animations with little payoff all whilst getting obliterated with fast attacks from random white mobs. It simply doesnt feel good to play. It's not fun. It's also not difficult. It's tedious and boring. On bosses im swapping my strongest support gems to my auto attack because for some reason GGG has made your auto attack your highest DPS ability without locking you into garbage animations.

Last gripe, THE LOOT? there isn't any. There's none. No loot anywhere. Does GGG want me to repeat campaign bosses/sections to farm orbs shards? I can't believe they expect that? Who wants to replay campaign sections in an ARPG. I'm finding myself having to do that. Currently resistances are so hard to come by. Im rocking 0% lighting res and if I stumble accross heavy lightning damage i get cooked. This game in its current state is simple not rewarding. This is an ARPG for christ sake????

IDK trying to have fun but it's such a slog I had to turn it off.