Did the campaign become easier?

[Space Cowboy]

And I mean by a LOT, not just a little bit. Cause during my first run on normal I struggled quite a bit.
Now with a new character I'm basically blasting through the campaign on normal - bosses, mobs, doesn't matter.
I just wonder if it's my build or the game that got easier.

[Tactical Drongo]

It is early access, you can always expect the balance to shift

that being said, with the second character you know already better what you are doing and PoE2 is a mechanics heavy game where mastery can help quite a lot

[Anaztazioch]

your 1st character warrior, your 2nd character mercenary ?

[Piggy]

You got gud kid! Congratz!

[Sir-Pure-]

I just picked up the game and have been waiting for it to get hard lol. Maybe warrior is OP but its been a breeze so far 8 hours in.

[SoULLeSs]

Originally posted by BeBetter:

I just picked up the game and have been waiting for it to get hard lol. Maybe warrior is OP but its been a breeze so far 8 hours in.

Wait until act 2 boss and maps

[Poyzo]

All it takes is one good DPS weapon to make Act 1 a cakewalk. You don't even need any other gear as that good DPS weapon will one-shot all mobs. Just have to deal with the boss mechanics as any sort of challenge.

[Many-Named]

with the right gear and some twitch skills the game is a breeze

[Nordomus]

Originally posted by Space Cowboy:

And I mean by a LOT, not just a little bit. Cause during my first run on normal I struggled quite a bit.
Now with a new character I'm basically blasting through the campaign on normal - bosses, mobs, doesn't matter.
I just wonder if it's my build or the game that got easier.

You just got better, that is all. Maybe better loot and gear.

[αℓвℓσєツ]

Originally posted by Trickst3r83:

Originally posted by BeBetter:

I just picked up the game and have been waiting for it to get hard lol. Maybe warrior is OP but its been a breeze so far 8 hours in.

Wait until act 2 boss and maps

Jamanra wait for him, the weak boss with weak spire weapon lol

[mœw]

As long as your gear synergize with your skill picks you'll be fine.

[Space Cowboy]

Originally posted by Anaztazioch:

your 1st character warrior, your 2nd character mercenary ?

No, first one lightning sorceress with a bit of ice on the side. Did alright but it wasn't easy. Cruel with her on the other hand was pretty easy, though.
But my current Ranger just rocks the house so much that I'm not sure if that's on me or if the games difficulty got nerfed into the ground.

[Amalgamut]

Trash loot drop system gives you god rolls on weapons and gear when you're not even level 10, which you will probably not replace until you're level 40 something when another item worth equipping finally drops to replace it. The loot system as it is now is hot garbage. How anyone can defend this is beyond me.

[DirtyMick]

Originally posted by BeBetter:

I just picked up the game and have been waiting for it to get hard lol. Maybe warrior is OP but its been a breeze so far 8 hours in.

Ya warrior is pretty OP in campaign.

[DirtyMick]

Originally posted by Space Cowboy:

Originally posted by Anaztazioch:

your 1st character warrior, your 2nd character mercenary ?

No, first one lightning sorceress with a bit of ice on the side. Did alright but it wasn't easy. Cruel with her on the other hand was pretty easy, though.
But my current Ranger just rocks the house so much that I'm not sure if that's on me or if the games difficulty got nerfed into the ground.

Lol that's exactly what I did. Sorc first, then played ranger and it made my sorc feel pathetic. Ranger, warrior, and merc have felt like easy mode. My friend really thinks they made the campaign easier at some point though. I'm not sure. I think any class that scales damage off of their weapon feels easier though. You just need to keep getting the next tier of weapon and your damage will be crazy good. Especially if you actually put runes in em.

[ANDS!]

If you played the game at release, GGG did make some hotfix tweaks to things to smooth out the early game (like actually finding gear so that you're stats could improve). Given your familiarity with the game systems and this smoother early game experience, it shouldn't be a surprise that it feels "easier."

Originally posted by Amalgamut:

Trash loot drop system gives you god rolls on weapons and gear when you're not even level 10, which you will probably not replace until you're level 40 something when another item worth equipping finally drops to replace it. The loot system as it is now is hot garbage. How anyone can defend this is beyond me.

Absolute hyperbole. Between 10 and 40 are entirely different pools of drops; the idea that you got a god weapon at 10 that outclasses everything for 30 levels is just disinformation.