Yea same here. The few friends I have that play arpgs quit after the pre-season. I did play maybe 3 "Seasons" but it is quite boring.
On the other hand I find PoE too complex for me. I need some autism to understand it at all.
It is in a very bad state right now.
They did have it pointed in the right direction, but they undid all of that a season ago. They made leveling and gear progress a huge slog. Leveling is slower, good gear drops rarely. Pretty much forget trying to min/max gear because 2+GA gear is fucking rare. Boss runs are PITA, and only good loot drop % is from one boss whose mats are a complete pain to get. They changed old bosses to have invincible phases. Didn't make them harder, just hugely annoying to fight...and with shit rewards. New "hardest" boss has no invincible phase and dies in half a second.
I've played enough off and on over the last few seasons. Normally would have a full set of mythics and all gear at least 2GA. 0 mythics and one 2GA item. Nothing else.
They changed pit levels and xp, so forget getting your glyphs to 100 unless you have a meta build. Play on Eternal? There are no meta builds so fuck you.
For some reason, they decided only 10% of the players should reach T4, so they fucked everything before that to get that goal. Progress of all types now a boring grind.
They got rid of season pass reward progression for this retarded reliquary system with 4 sections. You have to pay more to get a lot less now.
Game is basically dead, and seasons are now ultra bland cookie cutters, and each is now just them renaming things that were in the previous season. All the activities and powers are identical, but the names of them change. Yay! It is going to be like this from now on.
No one plays Eternal. I showed up to kill a world boss. 0 other players. I'm pretty sure seasonal has a fraction of players it used to.
Second expansion is one year away, and I am pretty sure the game will be long dead at that point. No one will care when it does release.
