Are you playing 0.3?

Watching from the other side (I play PoE, not Deuce), I am astounded at how slow progress has been on this game. EA started back in December, yet there have been how many major patches? I would have expected more than that over eight months. The game doesn't even have a full compliment of basic gear yet. What's an ARPG without swords?

The vast majority of players from the initial release are long gone, as predicted, and they're not likely coming back. I hope GGG is satisfied with this state of affairs, because that initial infusion of revenue isn't gonna last forever, and I can't imagine that more than a tiny trickle of new players are looking at Deuce and saying, "Yeah, let me plop down cash for that." I also doubt the <10K players of an incomplete game are generating much in terms of new Supporter Pack sales.

GGG needs to pull something fantastic out of their hat with the new patch, along with a plethora of lesser, much-needed changes. But the players, themselves, are divided on so many issues that GGG is damned if they do, damned if they don't, on a lot of what they might change.

Y'all are in for a rough ride. ='[.]'=

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ShiyoKozuki#4168 schrieb:

Unless they buff every player skill / don't nerf LS / nerf mobs, I will play.
However, unless all the acts are done I won't make it to the end game.
The 2nd difficulty is VERY CLEARLY not designed to be exist and isn't balanced at all to be a thing, it's an extremely boring non-interactive game that plays like POE1.

I can't stomach playing non-interactive blow up the screen simulator for 5+ hours.

No one forces you to use a One-Shot Build. I don't use them. But I like to experiment with different skills. And I would like to be able to progress at a normal pace, without having to suffer a skill nerf because someone uses that same skill in a One-Shot Build.
The fact is that most Die Hard Players who continue playing Poe2 after Patch 0.2 use LS. We're no longer talking about casual players, but the most loyal Poe2 players.
This is precisely because it has become a pain to progress in the game with other skills. Many skills need buffs to avoid being useless. If the only solution is nerfs, people will end up abandoning the game entirely.

Most builds 1 shot after the 25% hp nerf to mobs.

Yse. Ice shot deadeye starter for sure then depends on what drops or lottery crafts...