"Lightning spear is the only viable skill because that's what PoE2 ninja and streamers told me"

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

I have nothing more to say, just watch this.

Is this absolute PoE1 brainrot and I hate it? Yes.
Does it prove that diversity is absolutely there? Also Yes.

Day after Day more and more builds surface. Don't listen to what the stupid popular streamers tell you or other idiots that parrot their narratives. Try things, discover... they don't know anything.

You know, from the way it seems even he used lightning spear to farm everything with....

And in the end those stupid popular streamers are better at the game and their opinion is respected more than yours. Sincerely: someone who doesn't even watch streams

Lmao. PoE 2 needs to be maybe 25% of that ridiculousness on display in that video and strike a nice 'balance' between: gameplay pace - build power - and getting rewarded better in general as we progress the game in both the campaign and in end-game Maps.

PoE 2 will be in the green (vs. in the red) once almost all Skills are viable, one way or other, that at least need to be 'useful' and 'good' at both progressing the game and Mapping. That doesn't mean all Skills should be capable of dealing hundreds of thousands of Damage or millions of Damage.

An example of an off-build would be a Sunder / Fissure / Armour Breaker Warrior (the Fissures triggered by Sunders) like the one I made and it being able to do Maps sufficiently. Well, that has proved inefficient and I was forced into playing something else more boring entirely.

A second example of an off-build is a Warrior/Titan that utilizes 'Giant's Blood' and Dual-Wields 2 Two-Handed Weapons (with a Chober Chaber Unique hammer) and being able to scale Minion Damage-related stuff better with that synergy.

Oh, and want to use a better Two-Handed other than a Unique one in your main hand for its DPS? (like a Rare hammer that deals 600-700+ Dmg?) Nope! That's not happening! The game will instead punish you for such an awesome idea and require you to have 522 Strength to do that. Not to mention, even One-Handed Weapons suffer the 'triple' Attribute req (vs. 'double', which would make better sense) after allocating the Giant's Blood Keystone.

Those are just two of many examples of where PoE 2 is generally going wrong in the realm of 'fun' where players are forced into playing builds with Skills that screen-clear the game or builds with Skills that overwhelm every other Skills' power in the game.

One can dream, though (\(^^)/)

Look, just because PoE 2 isn't exactly the same as PoE 1 (not what we're asking for!) doesn't mean it shouldn't follow in at least some of its predecessors' footsteps that made the game so successful.

Here's to hope the devs can strike that pace - power - reward balance and bring back build diversity, etc. like Path of Exile is known for.

What really pisses me off is that even Lighthing Spear is not immune from the arbitrary showstopper Act boss.

Jamanra is absolutely ludicrous. He should be banished to the deepest dungeons and removed from the campaign.

He was doable in the past, but this shit is downright game breaking. GGG can go take a flying frick if that is the vision. I come back every day to see if any of the issues have been addressed. Nearly 20 days and nothing.

It's almost like they realize they screwed the pooch, and the Corpo's ae exerting force. Everything is Different Now.

GGG should just Open Source the game on Github at this point and let the Nerds run rampant for understanding. Early access, was paid for. Just like Factorio, but GGG didn't deliver. Factorio is an awesome gave with a dedicated team. Just as complex if not more, yet they can deliver compelling gameplay without burnout. No scaling which abuses you as you try to gain tech.

POE2 is mimicking Rich Zombie Goblin Miner dark patterns. Sorry TenCent, your AI code is not fun.

Nothing more rewarding that blazing through campaign and meeting Jamanra, and your awesome build hit's with a wet noodle. Nothing is orthogonal...

This next patch is make or break, but Silence is only hurting GGG.

I can wait, but it better be awesome.

The problem with Lightning spear is that you can delete entire screens of T4 maps non-interactively with one button in garbage gear out of the campaign. Where is the engaging gameplay in that?

This build you are showing off is just proving again that GGG is the king of boring non-interactive one button gameplay... and they don't seem to even want to escape it.

POE2 truly is POE->2, despite what all the POE1 players think.

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IonSugeRau1#1069 написал:

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

I have nothing more to say, just watch this.

Is this absolute PoE1 brainrot and I hate it? Yes.
Does it prove that diversity is absolutely there? Also Yes.

Day after Day more and more builds surface. Don't listen to what the stupid popular streamers tell you or other idiots that parrot their narratives. Try things, discover... they don't know anything.

Reason why everyone plays LS is because everything else is not efficient enough.


I played Warbringer when EA was released because i didnt want to play 0.1 sec screen clearing builds because i thought those broken builds are bugged and GGG is going to fix and balance everything out.

Then i woke up and realized it was made that way intentionally.

Why in the world would i chose to play a build that requires me to dodge roll 7 times and cast 10 ability combination in order to one yellow elite with 1 modifier , when there are builds that oneshot tier 4 ubers?

People who played lightning sorc and howa builds cleared juiced t16 maps in 2-3 minutes with 25-30 k dps builds.

It took me 15 minutes to clear juiced t15 map and i had one of the best 2 hand maces on the market at that time.

Cope as much as you want, PoE2 has poor build diversity compared to PoE1 because of the restrictions.

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JakkerONAIR#4902 написал:

Cope as much as you want, PoE2 has poor build diversity compared to PoE1 because of the restrictions.

Exactly this. People play Lightning Spear because it's one of the only good builds that also has fast clear. It's one of the only ways for them to find any kind of fun in this game. They don't want to be fighting white mobs for 5 minutes while doing 6-button combos that do negative damage while also getting no loot.

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Toforto#2372 написал:

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JakkerONAIR#4902 написал:

Cope as much as you want, PoE2 has poor build diversity compared to PoE1 because of the restrictions.

Exactly this. People play Lightning Spear because it's one of the only good builds that also has fast clear. It's one of the only ways for them to find any kind of fun in this game. They don't want to be fighting white mobs for 5 minutes while doing 6-button combos that do negative damage while also getting no loot.

+1