PoE 2 is boring and not fun

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MadBone#1526 wrote:

Guys, please stop making suggestions and complaints that PoE2 is not like PoE1. They are not and I hope they will never be.

You have tried it, you like PoE1 more? OK, go play PoE1. It is as easy as that. I have enjoyed PoE1, and I still enjoy it, HOWEVER the quality and accessibility in PoE2 are far more superior and it's nice to start fresh.

PoE1 has not gone anywhere, just click play and all your issues will be solved.

Thank you very much for reading.

Poe 1 will die because Poe 2 came out. Poe 1 players are the core audience, they funded Poe 2 development for years. The reason why we haven't had endgame updates in Poe 1 for a long time is Poe 2. Online in Poe 1 has dropped because everyone plays Poe 2, and I remind you - Poe 1 is an economy-based game, and you can't play it without online unless you are a niche ssf fan.

What I want to say is that your argument is completely invalid. We can't go back, and there is even a chance that Poe 1 will no longer receive such big and high-quality patches as before, if it is not closed at all. Whether you like it or not, these games are inseparable, as are their audiences. You can't just close your eyes

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healgolem#1633 wrote:

I agree with OP, its close but no cigar at the moment. It feels to me like it would be a good Diablo3/4, but not a good POE2

PoE2 is already very much opposing of modern Diablo game design.

No idea what are you smoking.

Well, bump I guess. I agree on most points.

This will be a case of players voting with their wallets in my opinion. If the OP is right (I think he is), GGG will see it in their bottom line and will have to adress it. If players do not return again and again because they're burnt out, they'll have to correct course or the game is dead. Simple as that.

I already give up in mid ACT 3 because of the gigantic enormous absurd maps, the slow gameplay, the sponge mobs and the one shoot mechanics, the slow lvling that feels like an mmo time consuming not an arpg, the DS stupidity of respawning the entire map if you die, etc.

Incredibly boring.

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Siempreverde#4498 wrote:

I already give up in mid ACT 3 because of the gigantic enormous absurd maps, the slow gameplay, the sponge mobs and the one shoot mechanics, the slow lvling that feels like an mmo time consuming not an arpg, the DS stupidity of respawning the entire map if you die, etc.

Incredibly boring.

It's so awful that even group play is bad. They somehow managed to make even group play not fun. You die in group play and have no option other than to wait for someone to revive you or exit to character selection. This game feels like a pre-alpha test.

As some of you said yourselves PoE1 and PoE2 probably won't be able to coexist long term since most of the community will end up spending their money in one or the other. If players with OP's mindset truly are the majority then PoE2 will flop as most of GGG's core supporters will return to PoE1 it wouldn't financially make sense to keep pumping resources into PoE2 if PoE1 still ends up making all of the money.

But we all know that probably isn't gonna happen, that the majority of both veteran PoE1 and new players are happy with most of the game design in PoE2, that the majority of players want a challenging game that feels rewarding to beat. OP and everyone agreeing needs to just face the reality that you lot are the niche minority now. Ruthless wasn't nearly as unpopular in PoE1 as you seem to think and games like Elden Ring being massive mainstream hits prove there is a huge market demand for these kinds of challenging games.

That said there is no need to be so doomer about it, GGG already have a mechanism in place that can solve this problem for you: Leagues

I think adding some kind of "Casual" league as someone else suggested would be a good solution to keep players with OP's mindset happy, but I think the current difficulty is great for Standard league. As a HC Ruthless SSF main in POE1 I think the current PoE2 Standard league feels pretty much right between PoE1 Standard (which I found way too easy and boring) and PoE1 Ruthless (which I liked but can see why some find too hard) so is a perfect middleground for PoE2 Standard league. GGG just needs to offer a Casual league for people like OP and of course Ruthless for people who want an even more spartan challenge then everyone can be happy.

If you want more PoE1 standard style gameplay then just band together and petition for GGG to add a league that plays more like PoE1 standard, that will get you a result you are happy with rather than going on a huge rant titled "PoE 2 is boring and not fun" that comes off as unconstructive complaining.

yea also hate the fact that 99% of uniques are trash just like the first game whats even the point of having a tier about rare when rares are better

I'm already bored. The campaign wasn't too bad. It was fun learning what the new skills do but I just hit a brick wall. I gambled 200k on items and got absolutely nothing but garbage blues. All of the uniques I need for my build are too expensive. I don't want to waste my time grinding for exalt after exalt while I get 0 drops in my maps. The drop rates of items needs to be increased. I ran so many maps and got nothing I could use or sell. I was enjoying cast on shock with my spark build, I had invested points into shock chance + I was using the shock supports and I had all of the supports for cast on shock for energy. It wasn't broken, it procced often but not often enough to be overpowered. After the nerfs to cast on shock, I was getting one cast on shock per map. I completely removed it from my build. The horrible crafting has left me completely bored out of my mind. Nothing i've tried to craft has resulted in any good items. The trial for my 3rd ascendancy is not going to happen for me. I don't enjoy the game in it's current state. I thought some of the updates made it better but the end game is not fun.