When I want to play "meaningful combat", I will play DARKSOULS or ELDENRING

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Pashid#4643 wrote:

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When I want to play "meaningful combat", I will play DARKSOULS or ELDENRING

Do people still really think that dorksoul combat is close alike to the combat in PoE2, while both games are far apart and different by miles?
Sounds like a good old skill issue tbh.

You just like saying skill issue to everything, don't you?

But, please, let's put a spotlight on you for a second here. Explain how thinking PoE 2 and Dark Souls have similar combat is a skill issue. Like, are you somehow saying that makes them a bad PoE 2 player??? Or that they're a bad Dark Souls player??? Which one??? And, after deciding on which one, how exactly does it do that??? Whichever the one that it may be.




I'd like a full report on my desk by noon.

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ShadyC#1006 wrote:

You just like saying skill issue to everything, don't you?

Yes, cause it's very true in most cases.

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Explain how thinking PoE 2 and Dark Souls have similar combat is a skill issue.

It's not about thinking, it's about people putting both games on the same level while both differ massively in many ways.

I can assure you people who already hit a wall in the easy and more forgiving PoE2 boss fights, due to skill issue, will very likely struggle even more with frustration in any of the dork souls games, also due to skill issue, and the games being a lot harder and more unforgiving by default.

PoE 2 is nothing like dark souls, and 100x easier

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Rabarbar_Lichy#7553 wrote:

PoE 2 is nothing like dark souls, and 100x easier

AI games are all easy and there is zero skill involved because AI is hard stucked since 15 years or so.

When you are really good at video games you smash in PVP. Global Elite, Immortal, Challenger or whatever game you play.

AI/PVE is laughable tbh for any decent player

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H3rB1985#0551 wrote:

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Rabarbar_Lichy#7553 wrote:

PoE 2 is nothing like dark souls, and 100x easier

AI games are all easy and there is zero skill involved because AI is hard stucked since 15 years or so.

When you are really good at video games you smash in PVP. Global Elite, Immortal, Challenger or whatever game you play.

AI/PVE is laughable tbh for any decent player

That’s a narrow way to look at it. Sure, PvP takes skill, especially at high ranks, but saying PvE is “laughable” ignores how deep and challenging it can actually be.

PvE takes also time and real effort to master.
Take Path of Exile, you can copy a meta build, but if you don’t understand basics, or play bad you’ll still hit a wall.
Meanwhile, skilled players can run completely off meta builds and crush all content just by knowing the game inside out. That’s not luck,it’s experience, theorycrafting, and execution, in other words skill.

And this goes beyond PoE. People do no hit runs in different games, competitive speedruns, or even complete entire games blindfolded. That kind of precision and memorization takes serious skill and discipline, not just anyone can pull that off without a lot of skill.

PvP and PvE just test different skill sets. PvP is about adapting to unpredictable players.
PvE is about understanding the game’s design, reacting with perfect timing, and mastering systems. Both are valid, and both take skill if you push yourself beyond the surface.