How did it go so wrong?

Progression feels awful.

None of the drops matter except Exalted Orbs or better. Everything else is irrelevant — it's rarely, if ever, worth crafting. You're better off just trading. This means that, aside from Exalted Orbs, lower-tier drops are meaningless. Gear also doesn't matter much; it's unlikely you'll find anything better than what you can get through trading.

If you can't outrun inflation, you're out of luck.

Melee is a disaster.

You had this same problem in PoE 1. The fact that ranged characters can attack while moving, but melee can't, is beyond me. I don’t know what compelled you to balance the game this way — I’ve literally never seen this approach in any other game. On top of that, melee defenses are weak, while caster defenses are rock solid. The result is a playstyle that's suboptimal in every possible scenario.

Why does the mount run at the same speed as my character? What’s the point of a mount if it doesn’t let me move faster? Oh wait — it does provide a mobility benefit… for ranged characters.

At this point, and given your history with PoE 1, you need to bring in outside help to balance melee vs. ranged. This game feels closer to a twin-stick shooter than an ARPG.

Just like in PoE 1, melee remains the suboptimal choice in every conceivable scenario.

And I would get into it pronto — LE is eating away at your player base with a much inferior product. That should be a gigantic red flag.

Ye and on top of that, is pure BS like lightning spear.

i must agree. rider + melee should do more damage or something....range does have far too much advantage.

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LiMA6#0387 написал:

i must agree. rider + melee should do more damage or something....range does have far too much advantage.

This is no joke the worst melee vs range balance i have ever seen in a game where they are supposed to be about equal.

Melee does comparatively the same or worse damage.
Melee is incredibly more cluncky to use.
Melee is exposed to more damage and has worse defenses.

What is the point?.

Poe 1 was already path of caster.

Poe 2 is straight up a twin stick shooter.

There is literally a cyclone build smacking the heck out of LS builds, ok correction a cyclone LS build but it plays right up close akin to melee distance and moves so fast no one can keep up with it on a map.

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Timbo Zero#8289 написал:

There is literally a cyclone build smacking the heck out of LS builds, ok correction a cyclone LS build but it plays right up close akin to melee distance and moves so fast no one can keep up with it on a map.

please show me where Warrior has cyclone? or is cyclone another Huntress thing? And they have LS? My poor warrior. :(

Warrior is powerful
only if they give up melee and become a aoe-nuker(warcry,or earthshake) or summoner(hey!totem,bro!)
what?you stick on melee?
in this patch,maybe rake is only playable skill.
wait for sword and axe!

Just leave a bad review and go play a game worth your time until its fixed.
I'm only on the forums to check and see if patches are received well enough to try. Expedition 33 is everything a game studio should be doing and it's been such a breath of fresh air compared to this game.