experience penalty pushes toward an unfun rush playstyle.

in poe 1 when i start the game i just feel like i have to rush to level 100 as fast as possible and to do that i have to focus on mechanics that maximise the experience gain with less risk.

I feel this way because mainly i won't be punished for trying a new build or mechanic and i won't lose any progress i made. right now experimenting just backtracking me to 0% of that current level and it is not a great feeling. many people i play with feel the same way and want to rush to 100 first before doing anything else.

omen of amelioration is a good option to help this but then you are just spending currency to stock them up rather than do something else with it. and in case if you die multiple times it will just drain your currency pretty quickly.


in poe2, leveling takes way more time and unlike poe1, i don't think it will be possible to juice a map where I'm killing 5-6k mosnters per map. and game is slower. if I'm losing 1 hour playtime in path of exile 1, i will be losing 5-8 hours in path of exile 2.


when there is this kind of punishment, of course people will try to avoid it and rush to 100 first, but this is not a fun option and it will incentivise people to prioritise leveling to 100 first and then start experimenting or do what they want to do.
and since experience loss is no longer an issue when you are at level 100, it is just punishing you for experimenting early on.


I feel like this might become a bigger issue especially for new players when game fully releases. it will make them less likely to experiment when they see they keep losing all their progress.

I really like the game, but this is really off putting at the endgame because it will take a month to hit 100 in poe2. and I wouldn't feel this pressure to rush for 100 if i wasn't losing any progress i made.

edit: edited this post to make it more clear, I initially didn't explain why it feels this way.

Why you need lvl100 so much? Does testing new things doesn't work on levels 99 or below?

I was expecting that most of crying on forums about this would be from new players, but funny enough its often from old poe1 players

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PaintMaster#2396 schrieb:

Why you need lvl100 so much? Does testing new things doesn't work on levels 99 or below?

I was expecting that most of crying on forums about this would be from new players, but funny enough its often from old poe1 players

because more skill point, more freedom with my build, i have to worry less about dying. playing for months and still seeing myself at same level doesn't seem fun either.

i don't want to wait for next level up to do pinnacle bosses, sometimes i need them while at 50%.

if i want to try new things i have to look at my % and then decide if i want to try something new or not because if I die(and i probably will) more than once, i will lose all of that exp just for trying something new. this is not a great feeling.


I get it you may not feel this way but this is how i feel and this is why i give this feedback.

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Blue78#6741 schrieb:

playing for months and still seeing myself at same level doesn't seem fun either.

so why you need to be 100? once you hit 100 you be 100 forever lol. not trying to troll but you should really re-eval the prio of lvl100

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AintCare#6513 schrieb:

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Blue78#6741 schrieb:

playing for months and still seeing myself at same level doesn't seem fun either.

so why you need to be 100? once you hit 100 you be 100 forever lol. not trying to troll but you should really re-eval the prio of lvl100

yes i could prioritise leveling and i usually do that first week. but if what i enjoy gives me like 20m experience and some chance to die, i could do something else that gives me 150m exp per hour. and maximise it until i reach 100 and nothing else, even tho i hate it.

and when die i just keep losing progress. once or twice may not hurt that much but seeing it happen many times feels like punishment for trying something new rather that punishment for not being careful.