Path of Exile 2

League mechanic that'll take fucking years to sort out like Synthesis, white mobs getting buffed, no new endgame, and basically no new weapons.

Cya in a couple months, boiz.

"we heard you were annoyed with getting swarmed nonstop. so, we reduced mob density, and increased mob hp 40%"

hahaha.

I'll still play just to check out druid, but yeah, if it wasn't for that, it would be a SKIP league for sure.

FUCK anyone who gave feedback of "please buff white monsters by 40% because i want them to be HP sponges instead of there being more of them!"

Skip league for me. No endgame changes and league mechanic that requires you to stop and fuck around instead of killing monsters is a no ty.

elidib said:

I'll still play just to check out druid, but yeah, if it wasn't for that, it would be a SKIP league for sure.

FUCK anyone who gave feedback of "please buff white monsters by 40% because i want them to be HP sponges instead of there being more of them!"

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It's going to be a case where they forget that a 40% increase has a huge multiplicative effect as modifiers get piled. Going to end up with some real brick shithouse rares.

Only going to play if for any length of time if some of the new passives and ascendancy tweaks/balance looks decent. Not addressing endgame at all is a mistake, and their change to mob density and instilling doesn't count.

Khane said:

huh? everything they showed had slow frames and cooldowns.

And if you have to press multiple buttons how is that an auto bomber?

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I dunno I didn't have sound I just saw the bear could run really fast and meteors were killing everything

Short durations with cooldowns on all that crap and you have to press the buttons.

GGG is so tone deaf when it comes to PoE2.

You've got two products that make money. Hire more people. Start doing that a few years in the past.

Arbitrary said:

It's going to be a case where they forget that a 40% increase has a huge multiplicative effect as modifiers get piled. Going to end up with some real brick shithouse rares.

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It's only to white mobs. They nerfed density but increased white mob HP/rewards by 40%. So, basically white mobs are just going to fucking feel like fighting a rare, with still shit rewards.

Khane said:

GGG is so tone deaf when it comes to PoE2.

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The forced "combo" gameplay they keep pushing is insanely frustrating. That kind of deliberate, skill-expression combo system works in something like Lost Ark, where the entire game revolves around precise rotations and timing. But in an ARPG where the core loop is ripping through maps as fast as possible, combos need to emerge naturally from the flow of combat. Not be some rigid mechanic you're constantly wrangling. It just clashes with what makes the genre fun.

How are there not new weapons yet...

mkopec said:

No one is forcing you to play a fucking combo bro.

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Correct.

Arbitrary said:

Correct.

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A game at odds with itself

mkopec said:

No one is forcing you to play a fucking combo bro. You can be a pure druid with no animal. As to the "wrangling" it auto switches when you press a button since the animal form is a weapon and you auto switch weapon based on the shit you press on your hot bar.

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You’re missing the point of the criticism. No one is claiming they're being literally forced into combos or that you can't play a druid without animal forms, or another class entirely. The issue is the design direction GGG is committing to. Automatic weapon/form swapping doesn't solve the core problem - PoE2's combat flow is built around chained inputs and ability sequencing as the intended path to optimal play. Whether you call it combos or not, that's what it is.

Yes, the game handles some of the tedium for you - great. But that doesn't change the gameplay loop. That doesn't change the fact that maximizing your build revolves around deliberately sequencing abilities instead of the traditional ARPG style of "build power, press buttons, explode screens." In an ARPG where the appeal is efficiency, pace, and rapid engagement, adding layers of deliberate input (even if streamlined) fundamentally alters how it feels to play.

It's not about can I avoid it? It's why is the core design moving toward something that runs counter to what makes ARPG pacing satisfying in the first place? And "Why is the game's core identity a system many players actively want to work around?" And it isn't specific to Druid. This type of gameplay loop is core to their entire design for PoE 2.