Content Update 0.2.0 -- Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt

My problem is not the damage nerfs tbh, my problem is that they are nerfing the only defensive options that worked, not buffing the ones that didn't work (looking at your armor) and there is no word on the balancing of damage and speed of monsters to not kill you within seconds. I'm all for a slower, methodical play style and one thing I love is that they are reducing the time you need to grind to get to the pinnacle bosses, but if the monsters are still on speed, cocaine, meth and whatever steroid they were on patch 0.1, I don't see us having a good time. Hopefully they will rebalance the monsters when people start dropping the game or playing the same 3 builds that will inevitably fall through the cracks and will be doing obscene amounts of damage.

Path of Pain
Path of Nerfs
Path of @Visions@

game look like bullshit

This is what was so important that LE was forced to delay?

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rastaqki#6957 schrieb:

There is a very simple reason why I didn't play "slow" builds: I wouldn't be able to afford anything cool. If you have builds that are 100x faster than others, if you don't play them, you will never catch up with the economy.

If there are no 100x faster builds, this problem doesn't exist.

i'm okay with the nerfs but this take is plain wrong... because SSF is a thing


economy suffered from dupes, bots, and magic find being busted, not from fast builds

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Lightning Warp no longer creates Shocked Ground if targeting a Ball Lightning projectile.

Well that's a shame. Some good nerfs there otherwise

Not going to lie, all in all a disappointing patch for me. I think a greater focus should've been bringing all classes and ascendancies up to par, rather than nerfing everything to match the company's idea of a game.

There doesn't feel like anything to chase in the game other than this league's hottest Fractured rare - and that doesn't feel great.

I don't feel any motivation to do any of the endgame content, as it doesn't sufficiently reward me for my time or investment beyond a chance at rolling this league's hottest Fractured rare - and that doesn't feel great.

I don't feel like I was given more to experiment with. 100 more support gems and additional skill gems is great, but half of the gems around in the first place lacked any real relevancy.

With Last Epoch coming out in a couple of weeks, and a much more fleshed out idea for the game they're creating, as well as a much healthier endgame and balance philosophy, I can't imagine myself playing any more of this iteration of the game. Excited for more patches to come, but I can't subscribe to the 'nerf everything for the health of the game' being good for the metagame, or for the economy.

It truly feels like we're going to lack any form of build diversity in the meta, because not only did the meta options get gutted, which can be argued as deserved or not, but non-meta options got nerfed as well.

I'll check back to see how build diversity has gone, but my prediction is for a league dominated with Spear based builds, and a lower playerbase lost to nerfs, and other people not wanted to start anew because their standard character was gutted too.

Additionally, with the release of Monster Hunter: Wilds' title 1 update tonight, I can't see anything about this patch or this game being more fun than a smooth, polished experience that has challenge without tedium.

That's the final note I'll leave. You need to figure out the balance between challenge and tedium. Right now, it feels like the game you want everyone to be playing and experiencing is tedious and time consuming.

I can say with absolute certainty that Chris Wilson was right to leave you guys in the dust - and I hope other key members of the GGG team get out before Tencent ruins the integrity of the community.

So nerf everything?
WTF?!

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CgtyKy#1708 schrieb:

Nerfs all around means new meta. New meta means new gameplay styles. Smart players always find a way around stuff and make things work. No need to get flustered, just try to enjoy the game with a new pace in mind.

Old characters might get broken but they are old characters in the end and this is an ongoing development game. They warned everybody before making people purchase early access rights.

Overall we got what we expected and more. This will bring game a new pace, new ways to overcome adversaries and new challenges to conquer.

+1

Yet , some how my Build is not affected :)
Nerf Falcon Dive too GGG
:)

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Neidox#1334 schrieb:

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rastaqki#6957 schrieb:

There is a very simple reason why I didn't play "slow" builds: I wouldn't be able to afford anything cool. If you have builds that are 100x faster than others, if you don't play them, you will never catch up with the economy.

If there are no 100x faster builds, this problem doesn't exist.

i'm okay with the nerfs but this take is plain wrong... because SSF is a thing


economy suffered from dupes, bots, and magic find being busted, not from fast builds

You are some noob, so I don't care about your bad takes.

SSF is an entirely different playstyle, which I am not interested in PoE 2.

And saying that fast build does not impact the economy proves you have no idea what you are talking about. How the fuck you expect a minion build to compete with my attribute stacker with magic find that clears the whole map in one minute?

Didn't you see people clear one map in under a minute while getting like a dozen divines?

Stop talking about shit you don't understand.