Complete backwards step

It's great that poe1 is still there and you can still play it, still buy cosmetics for it and still have fun with it. The 3rd day of EA has some balance issues (shocking) but the blueprint is far better for a lot of us, particularly those that started poe before things like shotgunning was removed and every gem became a more damage multiplier.

Poe1 was a hardcore game for most of It's life and in the past couple years it's become very shallow compared to it's former self, something poe2 seeks to remedy

its not fun.

Laughing - you're right, it's NOT fun. It feels like work - maybe GGG should pay each of us $15/hr to work at this POE2 job???
Well, don't worry, they will fix it - after all, this is only early access Beta. I played POE1 from closed Beta on - it goes thru a series of re-evaluations and adjustments. they have to find a way to keep the hardcore pro gamers happy while making the game playable for everyone else. right now, it is playable but it is definitely NOT fun. all that will change - be patient.