THE REASON you see a lot of complaints
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The game is a joke. GGG has always been awful at balance, but I love seeing everyone pretend otherwise. The disparity between skills is astronomical, and it's hilarious. PoE has always been about identifying what is broken and avoiding what isn't. Bonus points if you can identify a broken interaction that isn't expensive currency-wise. Thats it. Thats the game.
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" When does this start occuring for you? because of the classes I've played Merc, Sorc, Warrior, I've had the easiest time on my merc and played up til the end of Act 2 with zero issues. Just grab a high damage crossbow and spam Frost shotgun and grenades. I didn't even bother with resistances or have a complicated build, I just pathed down to the crossbow sections and grabbed everything. Maybe its because I used strength armours instead of evasion? but he gets strength to wield crossbows anyway so it seemed natural. |
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Path of exile in a nutshell. Broken builds make the game a joke, while the others allows you to actually play the game.
Problem is that people make Broken Builds as the standard way to play thus invalidating everything else. Ofc GGG is to blame for allowing the broken builds to exist.....half their fault actually, because people cry whenever they get nerfed. |
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Maybe if you think the game is only about t16-t17 maps in SP PvE softcore bench trade challenge leagues ?
And while PoE1 does have issues in Acts 1-3 (at least for fist time players), there's plenty to enjoy in the game outside of the very restricted subset I gave above. Heck, even Acts 1-3 can be fun with the right tweaks and mindset, anyone doubting this should try the next HCSSF race. |
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" This, I've beaten ACT 1 with Monk, Merc, Sorceror, and Witch. . . The Monk is my main character, so with the others, all currency and drops just get put in the stash. So the other characters are not optimized at all with their gear, and I had the easiest time getting my Mercenary to ACT 2. Hell, I literally didn't take ANY passive points until right before the Count fight. Yes, I even refunded the first point you have to do at the Riverbank. Anyone saying Merc is bad, or bad in the beginning, is a liar or the worst gamer in history because I was able to clear ACT 1 with like one death using crap gear and literally zero passive nodes taken (the only thing I did was use Skill gems and apply the supports, which I only did completely right before the Count as well). |
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" just IMAGINE how bad this dude must be |
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" " " " " " Read your replies and for the most part I feel you are all in the same boat. I also suspected that eventually I was going to be able to give a blanket response: https://youtu.be/mmXUR-4mou0?si=XohWq4_-UUa1Zprn&t=69
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and I quote (from the minion OTP him self - GaZzY):
"  --- Point being... he had such an easy play-through with the Arsonist (https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Forged_Frostbearer basically this in POE1) that when he decided to tryout a warrior he noticed how absolutely dreadful it is. ... so again, don't invalidate someone experience with the game just because you had a good time with during your play-through. Further more! even if you played the same class as someone else if you by planning or luck endup choosing the best possible path don't think that other skills even within the same ascension are just as good. At least for merc, fire is good, lightning is meh, and everything else is trash. So my experience as a cold merc was radically different that the experience of any merc doing fire / lightning dmg... and I had twink gear. POE 2 is a twin-stick shooter.
POE 1 endgame and item crafting alleviated a lot of D2 issues. D2 farming is still GOATED and probably the most zen experience out there. |
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