280 hours on PS5- Things need to change

Performance on Console is Absolutely Atrocious. There is no excuse for how bad it is.

I have played almost 280 hours on PS5 and I must say, from the campaign it is mostly Ok, except for Act 3 Utzall, things start to tank there, and Temple of Kopec is So very rough and poorly optimized. Campaign runs very well. However, things change once you reach maps.

Loading the Atlas takes forever, it is really slow interaction. Doing Any events with an increase in monster density is nearly impossible. Breech struggles so bad, it is near impossible to do it quickly and get better loot. So automatically I am penalized on a mechanic because I am on console. Ritual is a little better because it is contained in a small zone.

This is compounded MUCH worse because Maps are 1 try. THIS MUST GO. This once again penalizes those on console because the performance is horrible, and seeing something about to kill you is much harder, it is very common to get 1 shotted before you realize what is about to happen, great design choice... 1 try maps have to go, this seriously is my biggest gripe on whether I continue playing or not. I dont want to play a game that penalizes my choice of platform, directly or indirectly when there is such a clear performance difference. Hoping performance gets better, but most developers care little for their console division. Time Will tell to prove me wrong.

Honestly I was excited to play on PS5, as its my preferred console, but I dont think I have encountered a game so poorly optimized for it since I started playing heavily on console. I don't think ANY testing was done on the optimization of it, based on the very clear performance differences between PC and console. Playing any class with a lot of crazy particle effects, which is all really, is really difficult and off putting. I have made 6 different classes, and since I can't respec ascendency, something else that NEEDS to change, and I refuse to spend any more money on this game, the cosmetics are stupid prices, like $60 for an outfit, damn thing better print me money... is highway robbery, so def wont get another dollar from me outside of tabs. Warframe is F2P and I can buy a nice cosmetic for $15. I throw money at them. Those prices feel predatory, and I wont support that.

I am having the same issues. 180h here.

These issues are seriously compounded when playing endgame couch coop. Couch coop and controller support was the primary reason we got the game on PS5 as opposed to PC. The current performance would have to improve astronomically for the game to be viable in couch coop on console, so I hope GGG has been committed to bringing the performance up to par with other console ARPGs.

9 days 9 hours played. Done.

I didnt play POE, looked like it was from 2001 to me. Playing poe 2, soon as you lose 4+ bubbles of progress to 1 death... nah. no thanks. The amount of grinding to earn back exp... its really lame.

Sorry, I'd rather play Diablo hardcore, better time management.

best of luck

Performance has gotten much worse since the last patch but it's unplayable right now on maps. Doesn't matter what toon I'm using, what skill, how defensive I am, etc. Have thousands of hours on POE1 on PC and Console. Can be using spark with 10,000 ES and game lags and chops so badly I get my ass beat hard. This is not a skill issue, it's just horrendous performance and no it's not my ISP. And just forget about using builds that are known for issues like minions, words escape me for how frustrating it is.

I get that it's EA and the game is nowhere near finished but right now it's not worth playing until the frame rate can handle more than 5 things moving simultaneously without freezing up. Stuck waiting on the next patch and hoping something changes.