Path of Exile 2 - 202X

[Andalusian girls]

well i'm having a lot of fun with me monk but made the terrible mistake of going to the PoE sub rather than the PoE2 sub initially. nothing but salty redditors complaining it isn't PoE1 and the combat is too slow / methodical. as a Souls aficionado i'm loving that an ARPG finally has meaningful combat to go with the customization/itemization the genre is built around and it's not just a burn everything down on the screen as quickly as possible clickfest. and while i still enjoyed my time with its story hammering home how creatively bankrupt D4 was in its gameplay.

that said i tend towards offensive mobile melee builds so looks like i am monkstuck until marauder duelist and shadow drop rip

[Madeline]

Act 1 boss took me like 6 tries on an okayish build. People are absolutely going to bitch that the bosses and combat aren't just a zerg and require some thought/dodging.

Those people have a whole ass game called Path of Exile though.

[Kachiko]

There does need to be more rares dropping or crafting currency. That would go a long way to helping with the spong-bob bosses.

[Bardicrune]

Finished Act2 today with a Firewall/Raging Spirit + Arsonists Witch and so far haven't really had any issues. The only two complaints I have so far is the low rare drop rate and the design decision to only allow you to use one of each type of support gem.

Edit: 3rd issue that I almost forgot. Couldn't complete the "Tinker's Tools" or "Titan's Treasure" quests due to them being bugged.

[Takiwaki]

The caravan attack stage was amazing but as melee it was rough with all the flanking enemies. Range classes seems to be easy mode lol

[bori]

Anyone playing on PS5? Wondering how it feels and what the performance is like.

[Cantih]

Running a minions witch, and starting halfway through Act 1, FUCK ALL THE DoT POOL DROPPING MOBS.
And Act 2 starts up with mobs that drop bombs on death.

[Madeline]

Got Blood Mage. Second passive makes the shit impossible to play in bosses, had to refund lmao

[Andalusian girls]

Finished Act2 today with a Firewall/Raging Spirit + Arsonists Witch and so far haven't really had any issues. The only two complaints I have so far is the low rare drop rate and the design decision to only allow you to use one of each type of support gem.

Edit: 3rd issue that I almost forgot. Couldn't complete the "Tinker's Tools" or "Titan's Treasure" quests due to them being bugged.

agree on rare drop rates but thankfully stuff like that is what at most a few lines of code modifying a numerical value. for a half-finished game 6 months away from completion the base feels p great, think they'll refine it into something special with a bit of player feedback + finishing the other half of the content.

[Koul]

Started a monk and holy shit, having a huge blast with it more than sorc lol I didn't think I would enjoy it but it just flows so nicely

[Takiwaki]

Finished act 3 amazing all around. Its strange seeing mobs doing actual tactics against you like flanking or having melee run up and ranged stay in back forcing you to think about it, its a great feeling. thats coming from D4 just saying.

[Kachiko]

They buffed drop rates today, so we'll see how it goes. Grenades are just so OP on merc, and I haven't even gotten to double support gems yet. Ascension needs an over-haul though; honor sucks on Sanctum and Ultimatum is so over-tuned it's not funny. They really need to add defense support skills/gems and tone down mob speed since we have zero movement options. Right now it's pop or be popped so it's hard to understand how you'll be able to do pinnacle bosses right now. There's also just so many bad decisions like mobs re-spawning on death, horrible map design, no markers for quest directions, and really bad town design; I had no idea there was even a way point in the beginning act three hub because it's BFE away from everything else and no indication it's to the far right of everything.

Early Access indeed, but there's still a lot to see.

[Takiwaki]

There are quite a few defense gems, just need to pull them from other classes and mix and match. but yea some things are quite a bit overtuned I think. I also really really hate bosses mini bosses exploding after you kill them dropping an exault only to die and lose it and all the drops.

[Takiwaki]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3611705

[Andalusian girls]

p based changes already lesgoo

[Madeline]

Loot and getting cooked by stuff surrounding me have been my 2 bigger gripes. Good stuff. Now I just need some fixes on Blood Mage's leech and/or that second passive node to not be a complete nerf until ascendancy 2. Rolled Monk in the meantime. Cooks way better.

I'd like to see the pickup range for blood drops be quite a bit larger too. I shouldn't have to go onto the bosses position to collect my health.

[Koul]

Yeah, the dodge roll thing was much needed. Getting swarmed by shit in a corner was one of the things pissing me off so I'm glad that was fixed quickly

[Dimmauk]

Picking this up on Friday. Im on PS5. Any tips? I'm thinking starting Monk

I'm totally bored with D4 which is kinda lame since the expansion just came out

[Takiwaki]

Picking this up on Friday. Im on PS5. Any tips? I'm thinking starting Monk

I'm totally bored with D4 which is kinda lame since the expansion just came out

Expect death

[Dimmauk]

Expect death

I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding