What do you think of the new 0.2 patch?

Who says D4 is a normal game? It was D4-bad (c) right from the start. I was comparing it to something else like BG3 for example.

Anyway, GGG does everything right if so many people don't understand how they are fooled.

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Azimuthus#1135 wrote:

Who says D4 is a normal game? It was D4-bad (c) right from the start. I was comparing it to something else like BG3 for example.

Anyway, GGG does everything right if so many people don't understand how they are fooled.

I played D4 at launch and it was so bad I never returned. Just finished campaign and left. The game looked so cartoony.

I like the graphics and atmosphere of POE2. With that said, I think they have a lot of work to do.

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Azimuthus#1135 wrote:

Who says D4 is a normal game? It was D4-bad (c) right from the start. I was comparing it to something else like BG3 for example.

Anyway, GGG does everything right if so many people don't understand how they are fooled.

Maybe you missed it but POE2 has been released as an Early Access game (google what EA means if you dont know ^^)...we all knew that it will miss most of the content when we bought the EA supporter packs and that more and more content will be added over time.

And with 1.0 release later this year it will be a complete game.

BG3 was a complete game at release and therefore already had most of the content included....you compare here apples with a cherry pie.

I'm more than fine with the content they deliver here....if you want a finished product like BG3 simply wait for the 1.0 release, it's that easy. ;)

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CroDanZ#1818 wrote:

Maybe you missed it but POE2 has been released as an Early Access game (google what EA means if you dont know ^^)...we all knew that it will miss most of the content when we bought the EA supporter packs and that more and more content will be added over time.

And with 1.0 release later this year it will be a complete game.

In a normal case of an EA game you would be right. But that is not the case anymore. The director himself said they are treating it like a live release now with leagues and only making big balance changes with the big patches. So the excuse of EA is out of the window because they don´t treat it like one, citing players “getting angry” if they change something during leagues, which is nonsense, this I completely on them.

Your estimation of 1.0 later this years I highly, let´s say ambitious. IF they release this year, then the game WILL be missing content. Again the game director himself said 65% chance this year, going by his track record of “promises/vision” I will say there is a 0% chance of getting a full release with everything that was promised.

Especially not with 3-4 months big patches and no real tuning during that time because “players might get angry”.

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Maybe you missed it but POE2 has been released as an Early Access game (google what EA means if you dont know ^^)...we all knew that it will miss most of the content when we bought the EA supporter packs and that more and more content will be added over time.

And with 1.0 release later this year it will be a complete game.

Maybe you don't see the fact that GGG treats EA as a fully released game and not as EA. So called "full release" aka 1.0 won't have any meaning in reality we have. They even say they don't care if some characters won't make it into 1.0. So what "full release" are you talking about then ) Maybe "real" full release will be 2 years after "1.0" release, when still more stuff will be fixed and added? Or maybe after 5 years?

No changes to maps (augury etc).

No skill tree/atlas tree overhaul.

No mention of ascendancy/skill balance.

Armor still garbage.

No crafting updates.

Still no alteration orbs.

Still 1 portal.

L patch

FOUR MONTHS so far by the way.

No act 4.

The "masochism machine" rolls on.

I'm a simple man, I was looking for 3/5 from the list below.
- no nameplate lock-on - so frustrating to not be able to aim where you click.
- minion pathing that works.
- mobs able to move around each other (and minions) to prevent any blockages.
- completely re-worked endgame (gut it and start again. Random is not fun, neither is not being able to choose which maps to run).
- fixes to maps so they are more open, with less pillars/trees/rocks that block your path and make navigation a chore, and each map has ONE boss (plus ditch the bad maps. Completely. Admit the mistake and stop flogging, yet another, dead horse).

I'll wait another 3-4 months.

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MasaakiO#7565 wrote:

The "masochism machine" rolls on.
- minion pathing that works.

Oh that is a good one, i´m curious if they fixed that considering that you can now revive BIG monsters. Can you imagine the big ones getting stuck in Augury? Oh i can.

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MasaakiO#7565 wrote:

The "masochism machine" rolls on.

I'm a simple man, I was looking for 3/5 from the list below.
- no nameplate lock-on - so frustrating to not be able to aim where you click.
- minion pathing that works.
- mobs able to move around each other (and minions) to prevent any blockages.
- completely re-worked endgame (gut it and start again. Random is not fun, neither is not being able to choose which maps to run).
- fixes to maps so they are more open, with less pillars/trees/rocks that block your path and make navigation a chore, and each map has ONE boss (plus ditch the bad maps. Completely. Admit the mistake and stop flogging, yet another, dead horse).

I'll wait another 3-4 months.

I agree that minions are frustrating to use in the game because of pathing. I wonder if spectres will have phased walking because half of the maps are around tight corridors and minions are not helpful there.

The collective shrug about Armor during the Q&A was fucking maddening. THE PHYSICAL RESIST STAT CAN GET ONE SHOT BY PHYSICAL ATTACKS. I must be approaching 100 hours on my warrior in ~T15 maps and could barely hit 3200 life before I finally gave up. Meanwhile, just normal, no tell physical attacks from numerous bosses could one shot 70% armor (that column wielding gorilla's roll does a good 2k+ damage multiple times a second at T15 with zero damage mods on map or boss AND IS FUCKING INSTNAT). I don't trade because I cannot stand it, but then as with PoE1 I just run into a brick wall of mediocre gear because GGG hates rewarding players. We'll have to see exactly how they intend to handle portal attempts (because if more mods also means fewer town portals and not just respawns, they've only made the issue worse in the other direction) because the portal loss PLUS exp loss is beyond the bullshittiest bullshit that ever bullshit. I might give it SOME time, at least until LE patch hits, to see what kind of balancing and support gems are looking like for armour/life mace slam warrior, maybe dabble Huntress for a few acts, but that will be about it.

"Masochism machine" indeed, fucking hell.