Endgame is boring and too easy.

Been in endgame for ~20 hours.

I was really looking forward to finally see what endgame offers after clearing cruel, but so far I'm just super disappointed and every day I spend less and less time playing it.

When I was watching the announcement and the preview of maps system, I really thought this would be something different from all the other ARPG endgames, but so far I feel like it's even more boring.

Aside from the maps being still visible, you can't do anything with them so it's really just the next iteration of endlessly clearing a handful of maps with random modifiers which are supposed to make it a bit less boring.

It's basically the same as Diablo4 with the exception that there is almost zero sense of progress. Even after beating half the visible map the only thing I progressed in - except levels and some currency - was a boring ass quest for which I don't even know why I am doing it. (What is the point of clearing 10 maps of each tier?)

At least in D4 we had various stuff to level up and combine and summon, but the only notion of anything interesting that may come are those 3 citadels, which, according to discord, most people never even saw yet. And those joke bosses on maps with intrinsic modifiers are just a joke too, 15 seconds max if I screw up my combo. I have to increase tier to the point where a regular white mob onehits me in order to make the bossfight interesting, because their skills/abilities/movement are just so boring and easy to see through/dodge despite fighting them for the very first time. I'm honestly not sure if any of those bosses ever managed to land a single hit on me...

But it's getting even worse, because the XP loss punishment also serves as a discouragement to take a risk and take on stronger foes, if you could just pick one tier lower and clear it for sure. This way, I feel like the endgame really just encourages players you to play as safe and boring as possible in the same endless cycle we already know from D4.

That being said, the current campaign is worth 30$ already, so if I get another 3 chapters out of my 60$ spent, it will still feel like a good investment if I call it quits after playing through campaign with half the classes, but I just can't shake the feeling of disappointment of expecting something different here.

edit: sry this was meant for poe2 EA forum, idk how to delete this here.