PoE2’s XP Loss on Death: A Challenge or Just Painful

[★★★★★★★★★★]

dying from random attack losing all your hours of progress from bugged or random attack is not fun for ((((casuals )))))



sick of need to cap res i have max res and 82% evasion with 3k hp and still get one shoted even tho i rolled

It makes the game feel like a second job.
It limits viable builds—nobody wants to risk a high XP loss build.
Losing three days of XP for one unlucky death?
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not FUNNN

_________basement dwellers will come with _______
“You’re the problem.”
“You need to change.”
“You should just play another game.”
Like, bro, I want to play this game—I just don’t want to be sent to XP jail for one mistake


It’s early access, and deaths feel cheap – The game is still being tested, so random deaths from unseen attacks or buggy mechanics make the XP loss even worse.

IF U WANT MAKE IT SOULS LIKE AT LEAST LET US GET THE XP AT LOCATION WHERE WE DIE

OMEN of amelioration costs aloooot 100+ exa at least !!!


also game supposed to play fun make fun builds with some diffculty not watch youtube guides with thier 200div builds on how to play THATS NOOOOT FUN

________________IM NOT PLAYING HARDCORE ________

January 2025 190,494.2 -113,705.2 player losses

Last 30 Days 157,854.0 -32,640.2 -17.13%

most posts based on google analysis using search and AI are about game punishments for average players and IT WILL KEEP INCREASES

[arjensmit79]

There is an omen that prevents 75% XP loss on death.

Probably good to start using it when leveling in the 90s.

Practice your Pinacle boss fights after you just leveled, not before you are about to level.

[★★★★★★★★★★]

Originally posted by arjensmit79:

There is an omen that prevents 75% XP loss on death.

Probably good to start using it when leveling in the 90s.

Practice your Pinacle boss fights after you just leveled, not before you are about to level.

read {{{{OMEN of amelioration costs aloooot 100+ exa at least !!!}}}

[myst]

agree, dying when the mobs are not even loaded in is pain

[arjensmit79]

Originally posted by ★★★★★★★★★★:

read {{{{OMEN of amelioration costs aloooot 100+ exa at least !!!}}}

Well, if 100ex is a lot, maybe you are not yet at the point where you push to levels in the mid-high 90's.

I mean, once you have the gear to beat the pinacle bosses and fully juiced L81-82 maps, you have already spend a few dozen divines or more and now you make a few divines per hour. At that point 100ex is not so much if you die once every few hours.

See becoming level 95+ as an end game thing just as much as mirrors of kalandra. You don't just get there quickly after the campain, you have to build up your character strength and income generation.

Mouse over your avatar here sais you're 85 BTW. At 85 leveling up is still just a matter of doing a few maps. You can do a few maps without dying right ?

[Ushuo]

Originally posted by myst:

agree, dying when the mobs are not even loaded in is pain

The worst one is when the mobs died and for some reason, bugged out and still chases out, invunerable or toucheable and literally forces you to move around because he still hits you. Oh the worst part, that mobs ignores all your defences (ES/Eva) and restistances.. wtf GGG?

[Combatron]

Come on dont you like losing hours of progress lvl 98+ to random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥?

[★★★★★★★★★★]

Originally posted by arjensmit79:

Originally posted by ★★★★★★★★★★:

read {{{{OMEN of amelioration costs aloooot 100+ exa at least !!!}}}

Well, if 100ex is a lot, maybe you are not yet at the point where you push to levels in the mid-high 90's.

I mean, once you have the gear to beat the pinacle bosses and fully juiced L81-82 maps, you have already spend a few dozen divines or more and now you make a few divines per hour. At that point 100ex is not so much if you die once every few hours.

See becoming level 95+ as an end game thing just as much as mirrors of kalandra. You don't just get there quickly after the campain, you have to build up your character strength and income generation.

Mouse over your avatar here sais you're 85 BTW. At 85 leveling up is still just a matter of doing a few maps. You can do a few maps without dying right ?

again i built max only 60% res in all and 3k hp and 82% evasion with dodge rolling is not the problem with my build or skill i played harder games 10times fold its about playing multimaps 5 6 7 and houres to level my self to loss it due to random death event IS not the way its called GATEKEEPING

Gatekeeping is when a group of players sets an arbitrary barrier that prevents others from progressing or enjoying the game. In this case, the 10% XP loss on death is a form of gatekeeping because it punishes casual players disproportionately

[★★★★★★★★★★]

there trend where u die randomly u can youtube check that u littlery die for no reason somtimes aoe attack couses 2000% airea of effect u cant even see and it smh kill u instant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGhuL27ysY

[arjensmit79]

You are telling you have 60% res and you complain about dying.
Are you trolling ?
Its not that hard to max resists.

And you don't randomly die. I don't so why would you ?
And theres people playing hardcore and getting to the high 90's levels.
So why don't die randomly die ?

You die to something. in your case probably stuff doing elemental damage. Or maybe your chaos res is even lower and you die to that ?

And nothing is gatekeeping. It is a game.
Games are made to be sort of challenges for players to beat.
Some games you can finish and beat all challenges in 2 hours.
Some games you can beat all challenges in 100 hours.
Some games keep players busy with boring grinds even though there isn't really a purpose to it anymore.

PoE, you can beat all challenges in several 100s of hours. And thats one of the things that makes PoE great. Not yet as great as PoE1 where there was so much content that you didn't need to get bored for 1000 hours in a league, but i'm sure that will come.

[MrMayhem187]

I hate to say it, but you dont NEED to level 95-100. its a reward to those who use the omens and or dont die to such mechanics. I am in mid 90's on a few characters and it does suck dying at lvl 95 but hey it is what it is. its not preventing you from playing

[arjensmit79]

PS: mouse over your avatar also tells me you have 125 hours within the last 2 weeks and none before that.

I am happy to see that you are totally hooked and not all that casual :)

[Detergent]

Originally posted by ★★★★★★★★★★:

there trend where u die randomly u can youtube check that u littlery die for no reason somtimes aoe attack couses 2000% airea of effect u cant even see and it smh kill u instant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGhuL27ysY

This is not random. He got hit by lightning and lost ~1000es and a 20% shock debuff.
The enemy casts lightning again and finishes him off.

[GirthQQuakes]

Without XP penalty, there would be no challenge in leveling to max. This is not how POE works. Hitting max level is a real challenge few people accomplish, which is good! It gives us ll something to keep striving for.

I would happily pay 10+ Divs to level from 96 to 97.

People complaining about 110 exalt for an omen to protect xp loss, aren't high level enough to understand their value.

[★★★★★★★★★★]

Originally posted by GirthQQuakes:

Without XP penalty, there would be no challenge in leveling to max. This is not how POE works. Hitting max level is a real challenge few people accomplish, which is good! It gives us ll something to keep striving for.

I would happily pay 10+ Divs to level from 96 to 97.

People complaining about 110 exalt for an omen to protect xp loss, aren't high level enough to understand their value.

max level and level overall is progress hours u put in game reward for completing high challenges die should only lower item quality or break it until u repair it again

like all games do xp loss only work if u can get it back like dark souls games whom ggg copy from


if u want high challenges go into hardcore not normal again NOOOORMAL progress game
they can make rare items more rare which give more since of accomplishment not effecting other casuals

LOOK FROM THE CAISIAL PLAYER NOT THE BASEMENT DWELLER !!!

[Delirium]

im taking a break from the game, or even abandoning it, because of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (level 92 merc)