This is my take on PoE 2 as player who didn't like PoE 1

Before i start first i don't want to go in details about poe1 i have 400h over years and 2 accounts, in it and it's long list and post is about poe2.

Also comments about skill issue or makes game harder=better please stop i am into 40 i play a lot of games and have no problems to get them so i value my time and i am past young days where i hyperfocus on one game.

Difficulty i think need to be tuned down for act 1 and rump up later but personally for me i didn't had any problems, some bosses did take 3 tries but most was 1st try and i am at act 3 and done ascendancy's.

Map size, they are much larger but i love to 100% them so i like that but teleport to check point would make it better but they will have to remake how map works so can't see that happening.

This is huge for me, why can't we have toggle on/off option for damage numbers it's really hard to test different weapons and stats and having them on boss is completely useless , since on boss you need to focus on fight and even if you just look on numbers it's not dmg numbers it's just one number all time going up what don't really give much feedback to test. More options for players is always good let others decide if it looks good or not and if i player have to do 3th party websites or programs to calculate dmg it's just bad experience and annoyance.

I love how currencies and impact on inventory is changed but would love to see improvements on item sizes to reduce them to at least max 4 squares.

Dodge roll is great and feels amazing to perfect dodge attacks but would be great to be able to dodge through mobs, make bosses not to path track you with attack and remove that weird delay at end of roll where you can't move character right away.

Over all i am glad that i now will have one more ARPG to have some fun for a bit on every season and poe2 is definitely HUGE improvement over poe1 and worth to check out every season.

I hope to see in future these improvements and other quality of life and UI improvements about what i am sure they know.