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

[😎Astran😾]

Don't worry, OP. You did the common rookie mistake thinking you are buying a fun Diablo-like game but in reality PoE2 is a typical boring Soulless-like game

[Kirkis]

Person 2 post above me is a confirmed snowflake and I'd surely be happy not to share space with him in POE2. Its my firm belief that he go back to Diablo 4 where he would feel more safe and looked after.

[MrJackLantern]

I also play ranger and I clear every map, I have no Problems with any enemy. Some take longer, but no one is impossible.

[Kirkis]

Ill admit Melee can feel like hard mode and a bit slow... so my suggestion is go some range class, farm items, learn the game and then role play your melee class. This something you had to do in Diablo 2 as well.. a game that POE2 takes direct influence from.

[Partyrock]

This is my biggest gripe with game. It's slow and tedious. It's not difficulty that's a problem. Difficult aspects are fine. But 99% of the game is just slogging through boring bullet sponge mobs. They aren't difficult at all. It's just a game of kiting or freezing them and then bullet sponging them. And then moving on to the next one to the same thing over and over again thousands of times. My eyes glaze over. The maps are absolutely huge and full of constant trash fights which offer nothing interesting but button mashing and standing there waiting.

[Oddies]

Originally posted by 😎𝔸𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟😾:

Don't worry, OP. You did the common rookie mistake thinking you are buying a fun Diablo-like game but in reality PoE2 is a typical boring Soulless-like game :lunar2019piginablanket:

I thought I was buying a fun poe1 upgrade but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[Dwane Dibbley]

Lol, i went thru act 1 will all classes, ranger is supereasy one. Autoattack with poison and triple lightning arrow is all you need for smooth sail. All other classes are way more complicated.

[Sudo]

i really like the boss mechanic. they all got the same skillset but 50.000.000.000 HP
really feels like a arpg.

[ApathicAlpaca]

Frost sorc here, agree. Difficult is when enemies deal dangerous damage, have clever moves/skills etc.
Tedious is when all mobs have f*cked up HP and players have insufficient area clear.
Even the best damage combos (like triple frost orb followed by triple coldsnap via unleash) are super weak, I cannot get through the last region of A2 (the dreadnought) because mobs just don't die quickly enough.

Back to Factorio until balance patch. Keep the difficulty but remove the sluggishness.

[crzyfsh123]

The souls comments, the constant need to roll and the slow fights. No Rest for the Wicked is dying inside.

[S01itUde]

Originally posted by 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

just block him honestly. He's trolly and is just going to push it.

[Kirkis]

Originally posted by S01itUde:

Originally posted by Juan-Pedro Vidol:

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

just block him honestly. He's trolly and is just going to push it.

I am going to push what exactly? What exactly does he get from blocking me? Does he get to create the perfect echo chamber that satisfies his belief while at the same time remaining ignorant.. is that what you rather see pushed? Not very smart if you ask me but..

you probably don't want to hear any of this right? So why don't you go ahead and block me too, less you find yourself falling apart mentally. We wouldn't want that now would we?

TLDR:

Have a nice life and good luck.

[starbuck310]

I think its paced about right. I want to use my skills and be challenged.

[Lunk]

Originally posted by starbuck310:

I think its paced about right. I want to use my skills and be challenged.

That’s the issue we are having, it’s not challenging. It’s just wasting my time. I don’t want to spend 1-2 minutes in a trash mob engagement with zero risk.

[Booltor]

Originally posted by 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

Ok, so... I agree with a lot of what has been said here on both sides. I feel good about the difficulty, really fun with just a touch of challenge I think. I feel like the part that feels sluggish is early game exp. Not sure if that is still a problem later as I havent made it that far. At least for early game... if not the whole thing, I'd like to be pulling levels 2-300% faster. Would feel really good to be zooming through the passives at a more regular pace.

TLDR> Fights feel good, would like faster leveling for more opportunities to progress the passive grid.