Path of Exile 2 Passive Tree - It's just awful.

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sephrinx#7591 wrote:

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LVSviral#3689 wrote:

the skill tree is NOT finished and we all know this

Source?

Looks pretty finished to me. It looks awful, but it's finished.

My source is I made it the fuck up!

Jokes aside though there are placeholder stats in some sections of the tree. Look at the left side where a shapeshifter cluster is. "Bestial Rage" and "Feral Force" just give attack damage with no stat variance. The skill tree is just as much in early access as the rest of the game.

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LVSviral#3689 wrote:

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sephrinx#7591 wrote:

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LVSviral#3689 wrote:

the skill tree is NOT finished and we all know this

Source?

Looks pretty finished to me. It looks awful, but it's finished.

My source is I made it the fuck up!

Jokes aside though there are placeholder stats in some sections of the tree. Look at the left side where a shapeshifter cluster is. "Bestial Rage" and "Feral Force" just give attack damage with no stat variance. The skill tree is just as much in early access as the rest of the game.

Soooo, they'll be uninspired druid nodes? Lol.

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Xenus_Paradox#7530 wrote:

Like why is the only option "cooldown reduction and +projectiles" rather than say "+fire damage and -duration"? Why can't I get a keystone/support gem that makes my grenades stick to mobs instead of rolling on the ground?

Why must every build be the same fucking cookie cutter one size fits all bullshit the devs are shoehorning us into?

EXACTLY.

Thank god, someone gets it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

PoE 1 gave us this:



PoE 2 is giving us this:



And if you try anything cute like putting the grass on top of the frog's head they'll take it away.

^This is precisely what happens when the game is TOO difficult....no more creativity. At all.

GGG has made the decision for you: there is a RIGHT way to build a blahblah monk. There is a RIGHT way to build a deadeye.

In some ways, PoE 2 is functionally nearly the opposite of PoE 1 and that is such a damn shame.



To me....PoE 2 EA shows that they put 99% of their time and effort into graphics and fluid motion, and nearly none into gameplay, skills, itemization, and (you know) the GAME.

+1

This game's underlying philosophies are dog shit.

GGG must not have a single competent leader overseeing the development and direction of this game. Absolutely jaw dropping lack of intelligence in the decisions they've made regarding this game's core design.

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ErdrickDragonsbane#5911 wrote:

+1

This game's underlying philosophies are dog shit.

GGG must not have a single competent leader overseeing the development and direction of this game. Absolutely jaw dropping lack of intelligence in the decisions they've made regarding this game's core design.

+1 they've pretty much abandoned what made POE good for "souls like" slop. Its completely possible to have a challenging game while retaining the character and systems that made poe 1 standout. what they have done to the underlying systems makes it pretty indistinguishable from other arpgs. Last epoch at this point is more innovative than POE 2.

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Xenus_Paradox#7530 wrote:

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

PoE 1 gave us this:

PoE 2 is giving us this:

My god this is such a perfect comparison. Bravo.

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Xenus_Paradox#7530 wrote:

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

PoE 1 gave us this:

(img)Countless Legos(/img)

PoE 2 is giving us this:

(img)Small Lego Frog(/img)

And if you try anything cute like putting the grass on top of the frog's head they'll take it away.

lol. Love it. Completely accurate. And they said it was to 'increase build diversity'.

Right. Taking away like 95% of our options sure adds a lot of options! /facepalm

I see there are still people beating on "muh ONLY valid build" topic while it's already untrue even with dogshit build variety we're having due to over half of things is not yet in the game.