Slow and tedious

[Oddies]

As of now, progressing through the campaign is so slow and starting to get tedious. I'm building a ranger but I feel so slow and weak. In poe1 I was always looking for packs of mobs to be able to destroy them but in poe2 I'm avoiding them. Even the weakest white mobs have to be kited which is not normal. I hope they will keep updating poe1 if they are planning to continue this type of gameplay for poe2

[lord_farquad]

personally, I really like the difficulty and change of pace

[El Lmneo de Joos]

I have a similiar experience on Witch. I'm building full damage and it's still just a drag. Rare mobs take forever, and don't get me started on Bosses. I like that even early bosses have mechanics now but good god man i dont play an ARPG to slog through the campaign. Give me all the difficulty and high HP mobs in Endgame, but not at level 30.

[Cathulion]

yes they are planing to keep updating poe1, yes this is the INTENDED way for POE2 to be, except maybe avoiding packs of mobs, you should be able to deal with them, it's just not supposed to be "click favourite mob clear spell x times in general direction of enemy"
It was explained during the gameplay showcase, but it was months ago

[Dezzy]

I like it this way. In other games it just felt like a musou game the way you mowed down tons of enemies like fodder.

it is different though so I can understand it might not feel good for everyone. It's also early access so many things will change and be adjusted.

[Shaker]

I agree. This is not an ARPG. They should keep the game atmosphere (killing mobs) of Poe1. When I want to play Elden Ring, I'll turn it on. The game is slow. I played Witch, but I changed to Sorc. Witch is slow, weak, minions fall at the boss immediately. And what does killing a boss look like? Roll, roll, roll, hit spell, roll, roll, roll, hit aoe spell, roll, roll, roll, hit spell. Is this fun? This is stupid. This is Hack'n'Slash. Where is this in Poe2?

[Big Iron]

The problem is that POE 2 removes the power fantasy of the ARPG almost entirely.

[Oddies]

Originally posted by Cathulion:

yes they are planing to keep updating poe1, yes this is the INTENDED way for POE2 to be, except maybe avoiding packs of mobs, you should be able to deal with them, it's just not supposed to be "click favourite mob clear spell x times in general direction of enemy"
It was explained during the gameplay showcase, but it was months ago

I mean, I can handle the packs but it's just a drag to do so. Leveling up in any game should feel kind of rewarding as you should start to feel stronger but here I feel as weak as I was level 1. I'm trying to get some attack speed but still attack very slowly.

[Nemm]

I can definitely see why people are not a fan of this difficulty. I personally am okay with it, but the game is REALLY stingy with loot. Played a Witch and a merc, my Witch has found a total of 1 ring in the entirety of Act 1 and none yet in Act 2, and my merc hasn'T evne seen ANY ring drops. Let alone enough crafting currency. Game is definitely slow and tedious right now, but not necessary because the game itself is, but rather because the droprates are ♥♥♥♥♥ right now

[Partyrock]

Too slow and tedious for a seasonal loot hunter. It's nothing new. They tried the same thing with D3 inferno. D4 even started out a slog. No one wanted to do renown every season. No one is going to want to slog through this every season. Not even remotely. This game is good for one play through. It's good as a souls game. But souls games aren't seasonal for a reason. They will have to speed this up BIG TIME because of this fact.

Also, the trash isn't hard. But it's most of the game because the maps are so insanely big. Every trash pack just takes a long time to kill. No skill involved. Just tedious and mind numbing. That's the game for 95% of the play.

[gflovemyweebow]

It’s in EA

[Partyrock]

Originally posted by gflovemyweebow:

It’s in EA

Yes, and in EA, players give feedback so they can fix it.

[Damglagin]

tried witch, sorc and fighter, not much difference, agree with what has been said, way to hard, stingy drops, insanely complex skill tree, no respec gems so far.

[Oddies]

Originally posted by Partyrock:

Too slow and tedious for a seasonal loot hunter. It's nothing new. They tried the same thing with D3 inferno. D4 even started out a slog. No one wanted to do renown every season. No one is going to want to slog through this every season. Not even remotely. This game is good for one play through. It's good as a souls game. But souls games aren't seasonal for a reason. They will have to speed this up BIG TIME because of this fact.

Also, the trash isn't hard. But it's most of the game because the maps are so insanely big. Every trash pack just takes a long time to kill. No skill involved. Just tedious and mind numbing. That's the game for 95% of the play.

I agree. I'm glad that I kind of like ranger. I would not have been able to go through the campaign again with another character.

[Kirkis]

Hard disagree. I am overpowered as hell. You guys dont know how to craft efficiently and farm zones. I can get 10 Regals in under 2 hours in act 1 if i wanted to. This game is slow and difficult as much as you allow it to be.

[Juan-Pedro Vidol]

Originally posted by Kirkis:

Hard disagree. I am overpowered as hell. You guys dont know how to craft efficiently and farm zones. I can get 10 Regals in under 2 hours in act 1 if i wanted to. This game is slow and difficult as much as you allow it to be.

okay edgelord, nobody cares, people just wanna chill and have fun, these sweaty ass takes are not interesting for anybody, also don't reply to me, I don't like you