Path of Exile

Yeah it's the map mods. Multi projectile wrecked me several times. (including the Niko deposit death) I leaped right next to them ahead of my snake and they shotgunned me.

I'm a one league a year or two player so I have to re-learn much of the game every time because I forget so much, plus the changes. I don't recall having issues with map mods before using evasive (RIP Raider) builds other than reflect and one or two others but now I'm getting rekt by half a dozen mods. Did they change them?

Bosses also fuck me up because I'm just not that great at bullet hell shooters. I kill them with DPS after leveling to avoid exp loss. No clue how people play this game on hardcore with screen-wide insta death mechanics.

Even with all this "you have to die now" bullshit the game is so damn fun I can't get mad enough to quit, lol. Cortex dropped a robe for me with curse duration and life regen on it after I died to rare mob with multi projectiles in the map and a death on Cortex doing his area-wide thing. You can go from mad to elated instantly in this game.

I absolutely adore Delve so I just go there to finish levels when I'm high in exp. If they ever remove Delve I'll riot.

I used to do delve to finish levels too. But you should check out breachstones. They’re all pretty much a joke when at late end game and chalupa still ticks some serious xp in at high levels , even without the flawless breach stone. I’d recommend using an otherworldly scouting report and just using whatever breach shows up, or you can buy a lvl 81 breach stone for pretty cheap too. Chayula is much better xp but not worth the cost

Running memories and 16.5s throws things off and makes you feel weaker than you are imo, they're just hard relative to how soon you start doing them. All the pinnacle bosses are much easier than them (not the 3 new ones maybe, I've only done them story mode).