exile lore ?

[Toonett]

Hello ! so i'm a newcomer to PoE and i've found the ambiance, setting and lore to be very interesting, after the reveal at the end of act 2 i lost it and been reading PoE lore for the last 3 hours, so i'm starting to grasp what's up in this setting, HOWEVER, i cannot find any information regarding what justifies lore wise the fact that the player character has slain several gods in the first PoE. are we a god ?

[The_Driver]

The playable characters from poe2 aren't the ones from poe1.

[Detergent]

https://www.youtube.com/@KittenCatNoodle
Check this channel out. Not sure if it has what you're looking for, but worth a look.

[Morgrum]

No in fact the fact that you go up against gods in the first game actually hurts you.
It is where the resistances negatives of higher level acts originally comes from.

I do suggest playing through the first PoE it was a good game.

[Toonett]

Originally posted by The_Driver:

The playable characters from poe2 aren't the ones from poe1.

yes i understand that, but the scenario seems to be very similar considering the character whose true identity has been revealed at the end of act 2 relies on us, seems to indicate he cannot do it himself but we can, we're more powerful.

Originally posted by Detergent:

https://www.youtube.com/@KittenCatNoodle
Check this channel out. Not sure if it has what you're looking for, but worth a look.

it will definitely help get some more details tyvm ! :)

Originally posted by Morgrum:

No in fact the fact that you go up against gods in the first game actually hurts you.
It is where the resistances negatives of higher level acts originally comes from.

I do suggest playing through the first PoE it was a good game.

but eventually you're able to slay all of these gods. how's that possible ? :o
as for the original game i must admit i'm really not a fan of traditional hack n slash gameplay, it's the more "soulslike" combat of this game that appealed to me ^^'

[Morgrum]

Originally posted by Toonett:

Originally posted by The_Driver:

The playable characters from poe2 aren't the ones from poe1.

yes i understand that, but the scenario seems to be very similar considering the character whose true identity has been revealed at the end of act 2 relies on us, seems to indicate he cannot do it himself but we can, we're more powerful.

Originally posted by Detergent:

https://www.youtube.com/@KittenCatNoodle
Check this channel out. Not sure if it has what you're looking for, but worth a look.

it will definitely help get some more details tyvm ! :)

Originally posted by Morgrum:

No in fact the fact that you go up against gods in the first game actually hurts you.
It is where the resistances negatives of higher level acts originally comes from.

I do suggest playing through the first PoE it was a good game.

but eventually you're able to slay all of these gods. how's that possible ? :o
as for the original game i must admit i'm really not a fan of traditional hack n slash gameplay, it's the more "soulslike" combat of this game that appealed to me ^^'

Basically you find a divine rod weaken a god but still lose.
So you start finding minor gods and demi gods and consuming their power with the help of Sin.
All of which does hurt you I.E. resistance penalties.
And eventually you defeat the God during teh Rocky 2 rematch.

[Toonett]

Originally posted by Morgrum:

Basically you find a divine rod weaken a god but still lose.
So you start finding minor gods and demi gods and consuming their power with the help of Sin.
All of which does hurt you I.E. resistance penalties.
And eventually you defeat the God during teh Rocky 2 rematch.

oooooh okay I see thanks a lot ! make sense now :D
however i'm not sure as to what the explanation for sin seemingly being unable to do what he commissions us to do in PoE2 would be :o