can't describe how bad this update is

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Originalx9#7672 написал:

you need to go back to poe1. there's a reason that game got stale and you looked for a different game to take it's place. MOST people are uninterested in games that play themselves now. we'd like more challenges please, and with challenges comes slower and methodical game play. Personally, I hope they slow it down 40x what it currently is.

If MOST people wants slow gameplay and combos, why did 90% of the community play deadeye and zoomed through Maps in 0.3?

I think if you don't play Druid it's a pretty bland patch. Most of the new stuff is for Druid (skills, support gems, passive tree). So if you aren't playing druid the game is going to feel almost the same or worse because of the monster changes.

Endgame has less monsters with 40% more HP so mapping will feel worse, especially for DoT builds like ED+Cont. Plus less +skills available I think so damage even worse. We might end up taking twice as long to kill things compared to in 0.3 and have less defenses (they mentioned some ES nerfs).

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TitsMcGhee#0851 написал:

It feels like they just don't listen at all to the community. "Hey we know you don't like combo gameplay and the charge building system is terrible so we added a character that needs 300 combos to do any damage and a totem skill that you have to gain charges to even use". All the gameplay looked so bad and slow, no damage, even more tedious than before. I'm so glad that Chris Wilson was there for most of POE1 to make that game good. Letting these two cook without a chef on POE2 shows how little they understand about what makes a game fun and interesting.

They listen
for zooming is poe 1

poe 2 community loves slower, combo and synergy gameplay..
it's to you to not like it and for that you have poe 1

Go play poe 1 - as poe 2 will not be as you wish for.
Do you really expect GGG to have two the same games with same name for same target audience?... think a little about that

mapping in 0.4 will be better as this game is designed to be slower.
You are not going to play simulation racing game and yap about it you can't do backflips...

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Originalx9#7672 написал:

you need to go back to poe1. there's a reason that game got stale and you looked for a different game to take it's place. MOST people are uninterested in games that play themselves now. we'd like more challenges please, and with challenges comes slower and methodical game play. Personally, I hope they slow it down 40x what it currently is.

lets get this right,poe only got stale because most of the dev time and resource has been going towards poe2 for years now. and even at its current state poe is still much for fun to play than poe2.

No it is not like that. Poe1 fórmula is old and outdated. I still like it and play every season, but im tired of one button smash while i dash The map in 1 min with map tab open, and i The end i dont even see wtf is happening in the game. Only fun thing is the tink, everything that prolongs the tink is a chore. Its a degenerated gameplay, thats why in 2 weeks 25% of the playerbase is still playing.

Poe2 endgame is trash rn, lacks content, lacks tunning and its already way more engaging for me than poe1. And no, we do not need poe1 part II. Imagine if ppl said in 90s " diablo I is perfect we dont need anything else " or "diablo II is perfect we dont need poe with all those skills and an atlas". Poe1 will always be in our heart, but we need New and refreshinggameplay. I want to enjoy while i play, i want to enjoy campaign, bosses, fights themselves. I want to do 3 maps of really engaging content and get the same divs we get doing 30 maps of brainless gameplay in poe1.


The thing is : poe1 zoomer/streamer wannabes are loud. They complain so much that it felt like they were The majority. But we, The ppl who want changes, are starting to show up in foruns, because we realized that if we did not expose our opinions, The poe1 zoomers were going to ruin this game. If you read recent posts you will notíce that you guys arent dominating them anymore. Your era is over

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Originalx9#7672 написал:

you need to go back to poe1. there's a reason that game got stale and you looked for a different game to take it's place. MOST people are uninterested in games that play themselves now. we'd like more challenges please, and with challenges comes slower and methodical game play. Personally, I hope they slow it down 40x what it currently is.

If MOST people wants slow gameplay and combos, why did 90% of the community play deadeye and zoomed through Maps in 0.3?

Because people wants loot. We are slaves of those builds. The game is so easy RN that you can screen clear anything, so the meta isso " screen clear thousands of mobs and run at 200ms" to get loot.

Now, if mobs stop gettin 1 shot, and you actually need to engage them to kill, because you cant one shot or 2 shot anymore, speed wont be mandatory. We need to do really Hard and engaging content, with Cleber use of skills and combos to clear stuff. We need to do 3 maps of Hard content and get the same divs of zoomers doing 30 maps per hour.

Its ok to be able to zoom, as long as its easier content with worse loot ( compensated by your maps per hour ). But zoomer builds should get wrecked in the most high end juiced and rewarding content, otherwise you kill ervery other build that isnt one button smash 200 movespeed

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TitsMcGhee#0851 написал:

poe 2 community loves slower, combo and synergy gameplay..
it's to you to not like it and for that you have poe 1

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Yeah, that's why 90 % of players week 1 played deadeye last league, because everyone wanted to do slow combo-based stuff. Great analysis there bud.

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TitsMcGhee#0851 написал:

I'm so glad that Chris Wilson was there for most of POE1 to make that game good. Letting these two cook without a chef on POE2 shows how little they understand about what makes a game fun and interesting.

I feel like Chris was a single dad who one day, just said "I'm running to get some cigs" and left the kids home alone forever.

Every time I see one of his new YT vids being like, "Here's a thinly veiled jab at the industry the game I made and you love is now going to be swallowed by..." I know PoE 1 and 2 are just nostalgic memories at this point.

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Originalx9#7672 написал:

you need to go back to poe1. there's a reason that game got stale and you looked for a different game to take it's place. MOST people are uninterested in games that play themselves now. we'd like more challenges please, and with challenges comes slower and methodical game play. Personally, I hope they slow it down 40x what it currently is.

If MOST people wants slow gameplay and combos, why did 90% of the community play deadeye and zoomed through Maps in 0.3?

Surely you have a link with proof of that claimed number.

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kmkforlife69420#3033 написал:

BRING BACK CHRIS WILSON NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HE WOULD NEVER DO SOME OF THE STUFF THIS TEAM DOES :( and the game wouldn't feel so slow and ugh. the patches need to be stopped on poe 2 so you can finish the rest of the game and release it. poe2 will be dead in 1-2weeks because there isn't anything fun 2 do in the new patches. Chris made POE 1 feel amazing. the new nerfing every league needs to GO. JUST BUFF THE WEAKER CHARACTERS TILL THEY FEEL JUST AS GOOD. the only reason I even play poe 2 is because deadeye is kind of fun because its fast and agile. and I'm a crap player. not everyone is good like FUBGUN and JUNGRUNG OR W.e his name is. without the ascendency I will have 2000 deaths this season. you guys just dont listen to the community. stop nerfing because 1% of the community can make perfect characters and make the game a joke.....

Did you ever support their game or company to say something like "bring this back, do that" or are you just trolling people online with no real value?

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Originalx9#7672 написал:

you need to go back to poe1. there's a reason that game got stale and you looked for a different game to take it's place. MOST people are uninterested in games that play themselves now. we'd like more challenges please, and with challenges comes slower and methodical game play. Personally, I hope they slow it down 40x what it currently is.

If MOST people wants slow gameplay and combos, why did 90% of the community play deadeye and zoomed through Maps in 0.3?

Surely you have a link with proof of that claimed number.

yeah PoE ninja or other sites that track stats
yes everyone played the same builds, got proof you can use google ?

AI says:
p Builds in PoE 2 Release 0.3
Here’s a breakdown of the builds that stood out in the meta:
• Lightning Arrow Deadeye
• Extremely popular for its fast clear speed and strong single-target scaling.
• Benefited from projectile buffs and Deadeye ascendancy reworks.
• Explosive Shot Deadeye
• Another bow archetype that excelled in both mapping and bossing.
• Its AoE explosions made it one of the most efficient league starters.
• Dark Exile Occultist
• Leveraged chaos damage over time and curses.
• Strong defensive layering with energy shield and curse synergies.
• Hammer of the Gods Chronomancer
• A melee build with time-themed mechanics.
• While flashy, it struggled compared to ranged builds in 0.3.
• Stormcaller Elementalist
• Focused on lightning spell damage with high AoE coverage.
• Popular among players who preferred spellcasting over bow builds.
• Infernal Legion Juggernaut
• Tanky fire-based melee build.
• Valued for survivability, though slower than bow archetypes.
• Abyssal Lich Ascendancy Builds
• Newly introduced in 0.3, centered around minions and abyssal-themed damage.
• Popular among summoner fans experimenting with fresh mechanics.

📊 Meta Observations
• Bow builds (Deadeye) were the clear winners of 0.3, dominating both casual and competitive play.
• Elemental spellcasters (Stormcaller, Dark Exile) remained strong but slightly overshadowed by projectile builds.
• Melee archetypes (Hammer of the Gods, Infernal Legion) were less favored due to slower clear speeds and higher mechanical demands.
• New ascendancies like Abyssal Lich added variety but hadn’t yet overtaken established meta choices.

⚠️ Trade-offs & Challenges
• Bow builds required good gear investment to truly shine; without solid bows and quivers, their damage fell off.
• Spellcasters offered smoother gearing but could feel squishy without defensive layering.
• Melee builds were fun but punished mistakes more harshly, making them less beginner-friendly.