I can not do it.

[Maccie]

I have tried very hard to stay positive, but I have lost my mind

After more than a 100 deaths in act 1, and not even being able to finish the act as I'm stuck at the executioner, I have to come to an insight.

I am a bad player. I am not able to get a grasp on the game.
I must either be too old, too dumb or just not cut out for this Elite game. This seems to be a game not targeted at casual players but only for the best of the best.

I tried playing my sorc .. but either I am not getting the right gear, not using the right spells, not using the right combinations of spells or I am just too slow at clicking/typing/whatever

I will try again tomorrow ... as everyone keeps saying 'get gud'', 'skill issue'
But I bow to you .. dear toxic uber elite community ... You bested me today

/sad little rant over

[eastcow91]

Publicado originalmente por Codester:

Literally HOW???
I died a single time on my Merc and I had no idea what I was doing, just used critical thinking with my builds. Played a warrior next, didn't die once. Played a lightning sorc next, didn't die once.
Now i'm trying a fire Witch.

yes infernalist witch is awesome. though don't minion(die very easily) when character in level 1-10, use Spell, Contagion and Essence Drain. until king of most ritual- get Summon Raging Spirit + skeletal minion (ghazzy build) and there carry us to mapping. =D

[Minuette]

I thought the Executioner was easy. It was the King of the Mists that killed me like 5 or 6 times before I downed him in act 1.

[eastcow91]

Publicado originalmente por Brian9824:

I mean overall there is a few boss fights that depending on your build you might really struggle. The main gripes I have are being bumrushed by 50+ weak enemies and locked in place where im killed before I can break out.

On bosses I never had a boss that took me more then 2-3 tries before I figuired it out except for the freaking Viper Vaal boss in Act 3

agree, so far i had similar experience.

got stuck by mob n can't roll out. but it's ok so far.

[eastcow91]

Publicado originalmente por Minuette:

I thought the Executioner was easy. It was the King of the Mists that killed me like 5 or 6 times before I downed him in act 1.

same haha xD. yes executioner was way easier, mainly Wide AOE.

King of the Mist is tough as f. (i under gear.) same , it took me an hour, like 8-10 tries.

it always was so close. 10% hp XD. then i went and Upgrade my flask to remover 220hp, upgrade my gear + level up my gems. (i was lazy cus i thought i could mechanically under gear to beat it like SSF-like mode lol. XD)

turns out, when the king summon RED circle on u, DONT MOVE, if we stay still, we don't get stun/froze !

after getting SRS raging spirit, going back killing him is super easy+ also bonus ritual reward =D (i try think can go back indefinitely for free reward, just lazy cus need to open 4 other ritual altars first.)

[eadeadmaster]

The game ain't for those that want to finish it fast. Most likely many will get stuck a little with some boss fights, but grinding some extra levels, changing skills and gear will do the job. I play in relax mod and i enjoy it.

[eastcow91]

Publicado originalmente por eadeadmaster:

The game ain't for those that want to finish it fast. Most likely many will get stuck a little with some boss fights, but grinding some extra levels, changing skills and gear will do the job. I play in relax mod and i enjoy it.

yes!!

especially aura skills have to right click to activate spirit aura.

And bench salvage quality 16% base gear and socketed gear (not disenchant.) gives us jewelry shards to create socket on gear. and quality shards.

i dint know that! XD T.T until i hear from (RAXX youtube creator.) 8 hours ago he just posted today.

also not all the gems are shown if the all gems and unselect recommended gems. (have to go into individual gem tabs- to be shown.) XO

yeh i waited for 3 days for a guide. today i was casually test witch, dint expect i can complete act1, but for now i think i need slow down and get some gearing up. hmm

[Myth]

Well, Grinding Gear should be careful here...yes, challenging gameplay is nice but it will definitely cause a lot of ppl to stop playing if they hit a wall they can only pass by grinding items or levels, or both. ARPG should be a smooth experience, if its not like that ppl will leave..

[Ponder]

I didn't play poe1 much, but I'm liking poe2. I'm not a big arpg-diablo-like player either.

Playing as a mercenary and using crossbow, I haven't had too much trouble, though I'm just nearing the end of act 2. The most I died on a boss was 3 or 4 times.

All this talk about the overwhelming difficulty has got me curious if playing melee is really that hard. I feel like there can't be that much of a disparity. Melee has the advantage of blocking too, if you use a shield. I might give it a try after I finish the campaign.

[Sconty]

you only cannot do it because you accept you cannot do it. JUST DO IT

[eastcow91]

Publicado originalmente por Myth:

Well, Grinding Gear should be careful here...yes, challenging gameplay is nice but it will definitely cause a lot of ppl to stop playing if they hit a wall they can only pass by grinding items or levels, or both. ARPG should be a smooth experience, if its not like that ppl will leave..

yeh you are right.

i think ggg expected close early access to have a lot more players. easily more sustainable and they are quite confident.

but for now(early access), ggg dint expect over 1.8 mil players, that's...... like really a lot.

i dint expect, i thought max 500-700k players or something. (mostly poe1 veteran coming back.)

[Bunker]

I agree. The game is too hard right now. If they don't fix it, people will start leaving quickly. That act 1 boss is ridiculous.

[eastcow91]

Publicado originalmente por Ponder:

I didn't play poe1 much, but I'm liking poe2. I'm not a big arpg-diablo-like player either.

Playing as a mercenary and using crossbow, I haven't had too much trouble, though I'm just nearing the end of act 2. The most I died on a boss was 3 or 4 times.

All this talk about the overwhelming difficulty has got me curious if playing melee is really that hard. I feel like there can't be that much of a disparity. Melee has the advantage of blocking too, if you use a shield. I might give it a try after I finish the campaign.

yeh u can try it out. mainly due too very awkward, speed fast slam.. like not smooth or bit slow.

the shield part actually if not wrong all classes can use it. my minion build uses shield to block too.

but dmg wise. melee endgame dmg is huge. like 1 shot or 3-5 shots major bosses. (Alkaizer Senpai.) so they nerf it lol. still Monk and titan after nerf dmg is good.

just starting will be slower.

[Rson]

You should pay attention to your STATS, DMG from your weapons and skill tree also, is not what it looks like, you can only go so far dodging but not doing meaningful damage. Im playing a mage monk, got into Act 2 pretty easily, got stucked with bone boss (cant remember his name) the one that you fight two bosses at the same time, you know what i did? OVERLEVELED, got more damage for my wand, grinded a bit, made my gear better, got more life, more ES and F*** both Pu***s like a thunder, now im about to finish act 2, for now im doing decent dmg, but this will happen again, unless i can get a good drop on gear or make it, whatever.

Thing is, is not what it seems, is not just dodging, its also about raw dmg, stats and know how to invest your currency, also keep an eye on gold, it's a tricky matter... in one hand you need gold to respec some points that you see are not worth once you reach lv 20, on the other hand you also need gold to get some good gear from gambling, so it depends. But you should try to not waste it as much as you can. Keep in mind that even with all the dmg i do an so on, i can still be one shooted by many bosses, the thing is, know which attacks are the one killing you with one hit, avoid it, if every attack kills you with one hit then is something wrong with your build, if so, check you skill tree, your equipment also, your resistances.

Don't give up, analize what you are doing wrong and fix it.

[onedudesmind]

You seem to be pretty locked to what works and what does not in POE2, not anywhere near the experimentation you could do on the first game.

[goodgame]

if you can't do it in act 1 you aren't even trying to overlevel or farm a little, this is not that complicated truely, i really don't like all the dumbing down talk when the vision of the game and how it plays / feel is at stake here, it's not like the game is hard in any way, when you are not meeting up to the challenge you are allowed to farm around and get a few level ups to ease it. It's one of these games that allow you to overlevel bosses if you have an issue.