Lol this just made me quit

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Leonemeaeus#0087 wrote:

This is because they essentially copy pasted POE1, making changes to scaling for a few aspects, but there has been no significant data collection or testing until now, using the masses during Early Access. I hate to say this, but even that dudes build isn't min-maxed and there are a few other builds that do the same thing.

They admit in their "state of early access" post they are aware of these issues and have stated they plan to refine and balance things further in 0.2.0.

By live launch (1.0) The game will (hopefully) better align with their proposed "vision." However, I cannot foresee a future in which they release new classes, support gems, and gear where it does not encounter more and more "end game" builds which operate in similar fashion, unfortunately, the more they add, the more can also slip through the cracks each league, leaving a constant extreme end of the performance spectrum always available to those in the know.

Let's just keep our fingers crossed that it’s not another POE1. The fact that it launched in such a poor shape (one can only assume at the behest of Tencent) I personally don't expect to receive a finely tuned and well-balanced ARPG with slow, methodical combat that requires strategic use of multiple skills and proper positioning. It just simply doesn’t align with the core game mechanics and numbers. With the removal of things like mobility skills, this even contradicts such a "vision", and leads me to believe they really aren't certain which way to progress. Not a good look.

After 5+ years in development I have to say I am not currently impressed with the state of the game. I will keep an eye on it, but I won't hold my breath.