Dear GGG: You brought over a MASSIVE mistake from PoE1 to PoE2 and it hurts everyone! Resistance?!

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TheModestManiac#1990 wrote:

I MASSIVELY agree with overhauling how resistance works. The way it is right now is a dinosaur of a system from poe 1 that deserves to die in its transition to this game.

Obligatory stats shouldn't exist, besides maybe max hp. I should almost NEVER have to refuse an item upgrade that otherwise has very exciting, fun looking stats simply just because I lose 20% resists.

Also, it isn't clear enough when you lose resists as you progress the game. I didn't even know it was happening until I looked at my stats and noticed I had negative resists.

But with that said, I do not think that resists should ever arbitrarily be lowered. It is not fun to create arbitrary difficulty by forcing your resists down. If, for example, you have no items equipped except one item that gives you 20% fire resist, that should be what your fire resist is. 20%. No negative values just from progressing the game.

poe 2 is the perfect chance to escape this regressive, degenerate oldschool design. poe 2 is a game about advancing the genre and being something new, something better. Disregard the opinions of anyone that just wants the game to be more like poe 1. poe 1 exists for that reason, and will continue to be supported for those people. They can enjoy their resists getting shredded just for finishing acts.

Poe 2 deserves to break free from these frustrating, opaque, anti-build-variety designs.

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MEITTI#3999 wrote:

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RedSpades9#5940 wrote:

I disagree on "Because since diablo 2" as a reason. If you have actual reasons for wanting to keep it, fine, but "an older game made the same mistake" is not a good argument.

But a lot of intricacies of PoE are there because they were that way in Diablo 2 and its clearly intentional. GGG is a company made out of hardcore Diablo 2 fanboys after all. Don't expect those things to change even if they might feel weird or frustrating.