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

[okrutnikk]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Bodge_It:

Opprinnelig skrevet av LeToucan:

something's wrong with your build/gameplay

At that early in the game, there's very little that can possibly go that wrong with a build.

I've beaten the executioner myself, but I have noticed that the games difficulty and enemy power is greatly accelerating ahead of what my character is leveling at.

Came across some kind of essence mini encounter and the moment I engaged it, I died in about two seconds.

I've played enough ARPGs to know that my build so far is fine. So I'm flagging this as a game balancing issue. It's early access so stuff like this is to be expected.

Mobs are not scaling. Get more levels? Get better gear? Upgrade skills?

[Ｍａｔｅｚ]

Opprinnelig skrevet av 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

if you want easier game try dark souls 2 or Bloodborne
gl ( :

[Put Greta Thunberg in JAIL!]

really didn't enjoy the experience so far, the pace is so mind numbing that i don't see myself going back to this. RIP

[Rylie]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Maddawg:

GGG really fk'd up with this 1 this is NOT POE2 it is Souls 1 .....the bosses are hyst not fun and WAY to long..for we none sweaty players!!

More like they did a great job. Not for mindless drones that want to click 1 button over and over and stand in place to kill a boss.

[Put Greta Thunberg in JAIL!]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rylie:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Maddawg:

GGG really fk'd up with this 1 this is NOT POE2 it is Souls 1 .....the bosses are hyst not fun and WAY to long..for we none sweaty players!!

More like they did a great job. Not for mindless drones that want to click 1 button over and over and stand in place to kill a boss.

now you get to click 2 buttons, your strongest spell and a roll.

[Bodge_It]

Opprinnelig skrevet av okrutnikk:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Bodge_It:

At that early in the game, there's very little that can possibly go that wrong with a build.

I've beaten the executioner myself, but I have noticed that the games difficulty and enemy power is greatly accelerating ahead of what my character is leveling at.

Came across some kind of essence mini encounter and the moment I engaged it, I died in about two seconds.

I've played enough ARPGs to know that my build so far is fine. So I'm flagging this as a game balancing issue. It's early access so stuff like this is to be expected.

Mobs are not scaling. Get more levels? Get better gear? Upgrade skills?

Already doing that, the difference it makes borders on meaningless.

I am still enjoying myself. But I find myself avoiding aggressive encounters where I can.

[eastcow91]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rylie:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Maddawg:

GGG really fk'd up with this 1 this is NOT POE2 it is Souls 1 .....the bosses are hyst not fun and WAY to long..for we none sweaty players!!

More like they did a great job. Not for mindless drones that want to click 1 button over and over and stand in place to kill a boss.

i agree. new and difference is good. keep the player active and learning.

[brownie689]

What's with all these people crying about the game difficulty? This game seems really easy to me so far. Just as easy as the first game. maybe a tiny bit more difficult. Sorry that you actually have to pay attention to enemy attacks in this game and actually dodge them instead of standing still and face tanking everything like you did in Diablo 3 and 4.

[AdahnGorion]

100 deaths? how..
Yes the Sorc is squisy, its supposed to be... but you just need to dodge and move around a tad more, should be easy enough if you focus.

[Diabloben68]

QQ

Leave the game for the big boys.

[Azrael ♡]

Have you used WASD? I don't think Executioner is all that difficult (compared to some of the other bosses) tbh. I saw you say you "didn't click fast enough" so that's why I asked. It's life changing compared to the previous norm.


So far the only thing that's pissed me off is the "Honour" system later on in a certain bit of content.. If you think Executioner is bad.. Just wait til you do that ♥♥♥♥. lol

[Grobi]

Opprinnelig skrevet av flocc:

It's a sweaty iso soulslike for tryhards, not a relaxing hack and slash arpg. Additionally chars feel slow and aiming is kinda sluggish + annoying perma dodgeroll spam seems to be the central game mechanic everything is balanced around. I never had less fun fighting simple trash mobs in 35 years of gaming, glad I refunded!

I have almost 6k hours in POE, I saw all the gameplay vids for POE2, it looked so slow and boring, I had the same feeling about Diablo 4 and it was slow and boring. I've waited for the first streams and comments, and oh boy. It still looks horrible slow and boring. I played a bit forgot the name, is now full of bots - I don't need a game were I have to learn 5 hours the mechanics for 1 boss and I don't wanna fight a boss for 20 minutes, it's just boring.

[KongoSlong]

Opprinnelig skrevet av 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

Think you just need to gear hunt maybe I’ve hadn’t had any trouble clearing with monk and just finished executioner pretty easily lol I will say when I hit hunting grounds I noticed I was taking damage really fast so I spent the next couple lvls on def skills and helped a lot now I can pretty much stand and auto bosses for like 4 hits before I gotta bounce and hit them with some long range before going back in

[Cunix]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Viper:

Use a controller. Lots of movement is required to best most bosses. Can't do it with a mouse.

just use WASD and roll not that hard and do builds

[Rylie]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Put Greta Thunberg in JAIL!:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rylie:

More like they did a great job. Not for mindless drones that want to click 1 button over and over and stand in place to kill a boss.

now you get to click 2 buttons, your strongest spell and a roll.

Yeah if you are stupid. And you complain that you die all the time.
Playing monk i have a skill to kill low hp enemies to get charges
A skill to use those charges for a buffed up attack
A disengage skill that jumps me back and does dmg and freezes
And a ranged aoe attack if ♥♥♥♥ is on the ground near my target