Recent Update Did Nothing

The recent update did very little to move the needle as far as what was promised. Or at least their version and explanations of what was being fixed and changed is vastly different from what players expected or lead on to believe.

The after death enemy effects ARE NOT gone when the enemy dies. I'm still taking explosion damage, deaths from chaos purple orbs, damage from lightning ghosts etc when certain enemies are killed.

Telegraphing from most enemies is still horrible. Yes, there are a couple that have very noticeable rings on the ground, but I still have yet to see more than those two. Invisible attacks are also still a thing. The boss from inside Geonor's manor (not Geonor but the fire monster with herpes on his face) still breaths invisible fire onto the ground, or air, who knows where because you can't see it.

And let's not forget the mana drain, haste, life regen enemies. As a magic caster, there is absolutely zero you can do against them. It's not challenging combating...It's unfair when all offense is taken away and they leech onto you so you can't get away from the mana drain.

In the live interview the week of the update, Mark was more understanding of player concerns. Jonathan was very dismissive. If it didn't happen to him or a very small portion of the playerbase, then it wasn't an issue. "Oh I don't have a problem getting waystones" just for example, or "I had no problems with Warrior in the campaign".

It's a great game, but it's more frustrating than fun, and some of the frustrations that were promised to be fixed with the update certainly did not deliver in the way that they were talked about. When the penalties far out way the progress because of the frustrations which are not due to the players fault, things get tiring very quickly. I know it's early access, but this is just my feedback regarding the recent update.

I stopped playing and went back to PoE1. Fun increased immediately.

I can see what you're saying...

But what else can we do...

They never said the on-death would be removed, they even showed in the patch vídeo that they're making it more clear when it happens.

If you don't like PoE 2, don't play it.