Path of Exile 2

... · 2026-05-31T22:08:52-0400

Eh, you can get info about some non stinker skills and enjoy the campaign. You won't hate your life till maps if you need to total respond and didn't stock money

Fyff · 2026-05-31T22:20:47-0400

Made it to 70 and t5 maps. The new map system is fine. The new cinematics are cool. Lich Plants is pretty dumb. I had negative results for all 3 going into my t4 maps and was only dying to stupid one shot mechanics that I would have died to anyway. Plants are pretty boring overall.

mkopec · 2026-05-31T22:49:11-0400

Yeah they just have to streamline the campaign and make it not suck and not so long. That and balance the whole damn thing. Other than that really enjoying the end game. So much to do.

Deathwing · 2026-05-31T23:00:26-0400

Noodleface said:
I always had trouble with PoE because I started years late and the amount of systems and mechanics from seasons that went core over the years was just crazy overwhelming. Wanted to start this game from the beginning but everything I've read has not been good.

People with this attitude is the only way the past few pages of this thread make any sense when juxtaposed with the popularity of PoE2.

The irony is that PoE2 is speedrunning system complexity. Far faster than PoE1 did.

mkopec · 2026-06-01T02:02:17-0400

Deathwing said:
People with this attitude is the only way the past few pages of this thread make any sense when juxtaposed with the popularity of PoE2.

The irony is that PoE2 is speedrunning system complexity. Far faster than PoE1 did.

I mean shit will get added on to for sure as the leagues go on. We all know GGG hates to waste content. And in sure as time goes on it will be more complex. But what they have done so far is slow rolling all the league mechanics out to you at end game or act 4+. Simple quest and a location on the map if you choose to go there or not, or just stick to the main end game fortress shit. Like an actual place you go to on the atlas and interact with it.

There is a main atlas tree for the general shit and minor league shit like rogue exiles and essence and others. Then you have the bigger separate trees for the main league mechanics which is simple to understand and spec into however you like.

Biggest downer about this game so far is the campaign IMO. That shit is aids and they really need to fix it. Everyone is complaining about it. And rightfuly so.

Tholan · 2026-06-01T06:03:19-0400

I don't hate the campaign as much as you do, but I do think act 1 is not well done at all, difficulty wise. I started a plant druid, played by the book, added the correct support gems, got some ok gear, but I still had to use my staff fireball to do any damage at all, otherwise it's just a snoozefest or I die because my life flask is empty.

Noodleface · 2026-06-01T06:45:31-0400

Deathwing said:
People with this attitude is the only way the past few pages of this thread make any sense when juxtaposed with the popularity of PoE2.

The irony is that PoE2 is speedrunning system complexity. Far faster than PoE1 did.

Still might check it out. Deeply entrenched in d4 at the moment but I'm kind of hitting that wall where I've done everything this season I wanted to. Got the arpg itch.

1987 · 2026-06-01T08:30:21-0400

Tholan said:
I don't hate the campaign as much as you do, but I do think act 1 is not well done at all, difficulty wise. I started a plant druid, played by the book, added the correct support gems, got some ok gear, but I still had to use my staff fireball to do any damage at all, otherwise it's just a snoozefest or I die because my life flask is empty.

Just use essence drain for single target dps. It's stupidly strong early on

Fyff · 2026-06-01T09:00:10-0400

Bonestorm is objectively better because it's also physical damage so you can gear the same way. It also rips on early content. I'm still using it in maps because there's time for a fourth spell before you need to refresh your plants.

OU Ariakas · 2026-06-01T09:05:09-0400

Deathwing said:
People with this attitude is the only way the past few pages of this thread make any sense when juxtaposed with the popularity of PoE2.

The irony is that PoE2 is speedrunning system complexity. Far faster than PoE1 did.

I just do not understand why they make the first few zones so punishing. How much faster would it really make league start if they balanced the goddamn mobs around having to hit the player 20 times before death?

The fucking league mechanic...the one they want you to interact with because it is new and shiny....was actually HARDEST in the first encounter when you probably have 1 piece of gear, no jewelry, level 1, and a white weapon. They had fucking 50% chill on that oversized pack. What the actual fuck?

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