His Path of Exile 2 Review Was SAVAGELY Honest

[@KagroshTV]

To be fair. D4 is still a good Exile-Like game.

[@XiaolinDraconis]

Have you played that garbage?? It was almost a decent game during S2... wtf are you talking about beyond it "almost" being a good game, once a long time ago. It's not worthy of being called that, Torchlight did a better job.

[@stock6600]

The dude is never gonna live that one down 😂

[@SixArmedPriest]

​@@XiaolinDraconis Seems the sarcasm went straight over your head.

[@Lelouch-Vi-Britannia-]

Borderline MOBA like game too

[@MarcusHalberstram69]

​@XiaolinDraconis Huh? PoE2 is in EA. What are you talking about this absolute dumpster fire of a game being in S2?! And since D4 was mentioned, remember, the PoE community spammed "D4 bad" relentlessly bc the game launched w bad loot and a shallow/repetitive endgame. READ THAT AGAIN!!!! Now, cope and seethe. PoE2 is objectively worse than launch D4.

[@aesampah]

Bro looks like he hasn't slept since PoE 2 early access release

[@jaredarbuckle388]

Have any of us?

[@Nope-w2h]

Don't even know what it is playing industry jones

[@MB-dv5kg]

This is how you look when you just woke up, wdym

[@notedsinner3171]

Someone “haven’t” gone to school !

[@hx2975]

Yea been working ​@@jaredarbuckle388

[@ZhierOrreih]

I've waited 5 years for this because it has the vibe of diablo 2, but I never expected this to be immaculately prestine. Devs listen to players , watch streams, and play their own game, plus the game is fairly difficult from the start , its like playing nightmare mode in Act 1. Love it 9/10 for me.

[@Christoff070]

What specifically do you like about

[@robertszilvers3887]

It's not difficult. Just put gear on... One shot boss end game. Use trader and game is done. 3 exalted orbs for better weapon and you can one shot everything... D4 is same.

[@fxsantazo]

Yeah. The act 1 boss was awesome. And sad.

[@Christoff070]

@@ZhierOrreih given your lack of reply about the specifics of the game, I'm gonna go ahead and say that this was a paid comment, which is even sadder for the game. Plus no offense but ur choice of gushing superlatives when describing the game are huge red flags

[@alexdoey6931]

@@Christoff070Tencent hard at work

[@kemecloud1503]

I’m new to ARPGs, and Diablo 4 was my first experience-I spent countless hours on it. Initially, I was hesitant to try Path of Exile 2 due to its depth and perceived difficulty, but I decided to give it a shot. I was completely blown away! Playing PoE 2 felt like an immersive journey, pulling me deeper into its world with every moment. Afterward, I went back to Diablo 4, and it just felt superficial-almost like a mobile game ported to PC. IMHO

[@djcoolhobo6768]

I was in the same boat. D4 was my first real arpg. I tried poe 1 but I never could get with the gem systems fully. Poe2 is a perfect level of depth. D4 feels so fake now.

[@SamNewman1984]

Chatgpt comment lol

[@HoneyCombAI]

Salty 😫 ​@@SamNewman1984

[@juanmanumba1508]

D4 first arpg? Damn... I feel sorry for you dudes.

[@KazaiTV]

It will also become way better with the remaining 3 acts, the remaining 6 classes and 24 ascendancies.

[@steffenva]

As someone whos first game was Diablo 2, Being 6 years old and my father coming home from work with an entire PC loadout each for me and my sister so we could all play D2 together, it was my OG game, fuck if i knew what i was doing playing zookeeper with a bow and shit but we had so much fun. Being 25 now and playing this with my dad, brings back so many memories for us both, It is clearly the true spiritual successor to Diablo 2, much more so than D3 or D4. And we are having a blast.

[@seedr8682]

♥️

[@GotHimToReadThis]

what class your dad pick

[@PikachuPolice]

Black one .. they are fast​@@GotHimToReadThis

[@johnfinch621]

Yeah what are yall playing now? Lol

[@player1id]

I was two when I first played Diablo two with my dad. I am 26 now and we’re playing this together.

[@JamesSowell-cb2uz]

Never played PoE1 and I am loving this game. I am very, very casual and it took me several times trying to ascend before i figured out that the reason last boss was killing me was because i was out of honor, not that he was actually killing me. Once I figured that out I went right back through and downed boss.

[@a-_-Kuja]

Out of honor !? I’m level 17 what part of the game is this

[@Lightshows714]

​@@a-_-Kuja me too hahah

[@gbeagle417]

Yeha I'm having trouble upping my honor.. I'm lvel 41 right now and haven't had much luck ascending I'm getting through the act 3 maps ok but not doing so hot on the shrines.

[@nathones]

I respect this guy. He always plays the bad classes.

[@alchapwn]

How is titan bad?

[@blindeyedblightmain3565]

​@@alchapwnit's melee and lacks the tankiness you need to survive the hard content

[@HDGaminTutorials]

Titan was the best class before the nerfs it had a mechanic that destoyed everything bosses included they nerfed it day 1

[@tanghunk]

bad classes, did u see Titan Hammer of the Gods Ignite

[@nialldecourcey2470]

@@HDGaminTutorials They reduced super charge slam damage by 60% it's still good regardless. And the hammer of the gods just one shots bosses and rares anyways.

[@davidJsound]

WASD movement and combat roll out of any animation plus comboing multiple abilities with greater effect (im playing monk) is what makes this feels so much more fun to play than any other arpgs to me. It's active, not braindead gameplay.

[@Muppet-kz2nc]

My guy. D4 has had this for a while lmao

[@briankruger1484]

@@Muppet-kz2ncwasd movement?!

[@Muppet-kz2nc]

@@briankruger1484 yes. Do you guys play other games or what?

[@briankruger1484]

@@Muppet-kz2nc loooool

[@NSynchrony1]

@@Muppet-kz2ncdiablo 4 was complete dogshit till somewhat recently even then its now “ok” compared to this $30 game soon to be free

[@ibrysters]

Asmon is in for a rude awakening once he gets to maps higher than +5 (or maps at all depending on your build's defenses.) Bro thinks there's not alot of 1 shots...

[@dylanmartin6267]

Asmond is generally just a bad gamer in general besides WoW.

[@ramschasar7654]

Well depends on your character. Most people just have shit defenses. On a 10k mana eb mom +7k es (added via amulett) gemling you dont get oneshot. Basically never. Same goes for damage shifting pyromancer that shifts 69% phys dmg and applies armour twice. I see that its much harder to build against oneshots on for example a deadeye but that is basically the class identity (never get hit or die).

[@Schwaka]

Yeah it's kinda weird that you learn bosses by failing mechanics and probably dying, but then they punish you for dying by not letting you do the boss again.

[@sketchylurker]

No it’s not weird

[@v1n_c3314]

dude, It is weird because being able to fight a boss with goo rewards only once incentivizes players to just look it up lol, there shouldn't ever be a system where if you lose to a stage or boss it should lock you out from doing it OR lock you out from getting the bonus rewards the game offers its very flawed, If you think otherwise you might be braindead.

[@JDxxxxxx]

What bosses can’t you do again if you die?

[@Schwaka]

@@JDxxxxxx map bosses. If you die, the boss disappears from the map and you have to clear a bunch of maps to find the same boss again, but by then you probably don't remember what you did wrong the last time you fought it.

[@JDxxxxxx]

@ yikes

[@shiznaztm]

One HUGE thing he didn't cover in Maps. Multiplayer. (ENDGAME CONTENT) In multiplayer, if you die in a map, you CANNOT be revived. When solo, you die, you re-start the map. You messed up, 0 downtime. In multiplayer, you have to lay on the ground dead for 15 minutes for your friend to finish the map. Really awful design. Revive should be available, but eat portals each time. Edited to clarify I'm speaking on the endgame system known to many PoE players as "The Atlas/Maps" Tldr; randomly generated zone, kill all monsters, you can't revive friends in the zone

[@otaldobullet]

Agreed. This is anti multiplayer. No logic at all. It's frustrating playing with a friend besides the party loot system fucked up

[@adamhudson4646]

Yes you can?

[@Steve-u3b]

So just leave the party, and rejoin.

[@shiznaztm]

@Steve-u3b Yeah, real intuitive design. If this is true that's insane. It needs to be fixed, not worked around.

[@shiznaztm]

@@adamhudson4646 No you can't. You can get up, but then you can't access the portals, meaning you won't get credit for map completion, you have to lay dead in the area of you want completion without wasting maps.

[@AG-ld6rv]

Let me summarize D4 versus PoE2 succinctly: One feels like a weird action MMORPG while the other feels like... Diablo 2 with A LOT of new bells and whistles. Want an example of that MMO feel? I can't tell you how disappointed I was while playing D4 for the first time when tremendous creatures just crawled out of the ground. I felt like I was in a simulation box -- totally breaking my immersion. What about PoE2? Well, you enter a stage. There are creatures there. Creatures run from off screen much like how it happens in real life if it were to happen. The small details like that separate a low quality game from a great one. So many other things I could mention too like how the random terrain that takes on dozens of actually different environments versus D4 where everything is a cave or a dungeon in a medieval castle. I think D2 had more environment variety than D4... To sum: PoE2 feels like I'm a hero journeying through a real world whereas D4 feels like ctr + copy pasted zones where I keep entering simulation boxes. A few different types at least! To guess at the cause: Everyone working at Blizzard was working a soulless corporate job. Clock in, clock out. Remember that faithful day when some D4 devs showcased some kind of feature -- I think coop or controller support? Everyone who likes ARPGs spotted a nonsensical build. Their devs, THE ONES CHOSEN TO SHOWCASE A FEATURE, clearly hadn't even put a dozen hours into the game. GGG is renown for having actual gamers leading things and making things. Not all need to be that way, but it helps. Director of Diablo Franchise = I could never see him turning on a PS5 to chill willingly... or even to check out competition. He rules by entering his office and reading a stack of reports from experts and designers. A non-gamer making the final call on a game. Director of PoE2? He's been playing early builds of PoE2. He said his last game played was that Prince of Persia game. The dude can make a better gamer product by being a dang gamer. Who would have thought? Feature after feature in PoE2: "Wow, they aren't listening to us, because they did it before we even spoke about it!" Feature after feature in D4: "Yeah, we did all this stuff because our psychologist did a study where if you get a gamer invested up to 80 hours, no matter the quality, they come back season after season, buying skins! Release D4 NOW to get the money coming in. Lilith statues? OF COURSE put that in. It'll add 6 hours to time played. Redo all renown? Yup, that was the original design. Ferguson: "OKAY, we will transfer some renown, but you'll have to redo the side quests. I THINK THEY'RE FUN!" (aka "man, we have very little content, but we need to pump up hours played since the psychologist said so.) What happened? Such pushback that the programmers had to hack in a renown transfer system last minute. The programmers DID their job: They created code where renown does not transfer over, because obviously, non-gamer higher ups REQUESTED a complete redo. It was part of their corporate plan. Big push back? Oh, we can't go that far. Just slap a quick patch on that transfers renown. We got called out. Errr, yeah I see you might have to make a character, log into your old character, relog into your new character or whatever... yeah, that shows the programmers were hit out of left field with that feature request. What does it all mean? Ferguson wanted us to replay those lousy side quests that all felt like 1 of 3 types. HE thought that would pump up hours played and consequently pump up skins bought. But if he had just even the tiniest interest in gaming, he'd know how much those side quests stunk. He'd have ordered the programmers to implement a renown transfer system. I could go on for 10+ paragraphs. And work on it like it's an article for a few days, condensing it all down into a coherent message that PoE2 > D4. But if you read this, you got my stream of thoughts. Hopefully, they made sense. Thank you for reading.

[@snowanddeath]

The concern is that in Poe 1 there was a definite progression from the start being very weak and the endgame being a zoomy ball and lighting spewing nightmare killing 50 enemies at once. By the current endgame, which is like after half of the planned campaign to be fair, you still feel just as vulnerable as at level 5. That said, it's a good cross between souls and Diablo 2, but I can't really imagine playing this for countless runs like Poe 1

[@AG-ld6rv]

@@snowanddeath Yeah, IIRC, the director said he intends for the gameplay to be more cerebral, meaning tactical thinking and timely spell casts and good dodges. I believe that sense of feeling vulnerable will be part of PoE2 for better or for worse. I haven't gotten through the endgame, but I assume you MUST keep juicing up your challenge level if you intend to progress your gear. Or is it like Diablo 2 where you can kill a random, threatless creature and get a Ber rune? I suppose if you prefer feeling strong, you can farm in lesser challenges IF it comes with some chance of gear progression. That progression is a must though as the main reason people pump hours in is to find sweet gear. Well, that or to reach max level. At any rate, I think most people will be dealing with that feeling of vulnerability, because farming the greatest challenges for the best chances of getting great gear.

[@chc2650]

I agree that d4 over uses the whole crawl out of the ground thing. Even if they are supposedly demons from Hell.

[@BrotherYarmoth]

You can always count on Darth to give it to you straight up. No BS. Even with the cons, PoE2 Is leaps and bounds ahead of any other isoARPG. GGG can only go up from here.

[@Yor_gamma_ix_bae]

PoE 1 is better stop coping 😂

[@voidroad]

@@Yor_gamma_ix_bae you're comparing an early access to a 12 year old game with bonus content every 3 months they're not even done balancing the game or fixing common bugs LOL

[@Yor_gamma_ix_bae]

@ yea I don’t like how they balance, or the intent of the game. They keep nerfing huge amounts of end game builds that are barely even good. Just wait .

[@o-pwrdhd]

​@@voidroadthats why they implement it to poe2 , they wont fix Poe 1 , you have Poe 2 now.

[@voidroad]

@@o-pwrdhd that makes no sense its a different team and they are not screwing their playerbase of consistent money makers betting on PoE2 and letting PoE1 rot.

[@theperfectbeing]

The punishment mechanics on removing rewards from maps feels just as bad as depleting keys in retail wow, it adds nothing of value to the game and just makes people want to avoid the content in the end. I despised the end game map system in POE1 and it's ultimately why I stopped playing because I refused to farm 25 maps for a shot at boss that might 1 shot me from off screen and that was my only shot. If the content is hard enough and takes time to reach and you lose exp for failure, that alone is punishment if your character is too weak to pull off the win (talking about hundreds of accumulated hours)

[@Proxi_Ex]

One thing that still was confusing to me as a new poe player was the quests. It doesn't clearly portray on the side of your screen which quest is for the zone you are in for example (found myself going to the map all the time to check which quest was for where I'm at). Quests for current zone should be highlighted or segmented from the rest of your quests. Next thing sometimes zones get highlighted as a zone which has a quest, but you actually only need to find the next zone in this current zone which then has the quest. Cmon just show me the zone which has the quest objective on the map in grey or something, instead of making it confusing like that. And the last thing is finding the quest in a zone, which can take literal ages if you path around it. Maps are huge and I would love to get like a directional indicatar after set amount of time spent in the zone to hint where I should go.

[@jorgenolsson5967]

DMT morphing into Raxx

[@JFK3690]

Raxx-like content creator

[@electricant55]

Hopefully not with Raxx's wood-tier skill

[@stock6600]

17

[@VeritatisQ]

​@@JFK3690 😂

[@aboveaveragejoe812]

XD the blue hoodie, hood up, headset over

[@CactuarJack007]

I agree with all of these points. My biggest gripe is the map design and traversal. Having the mobs respawn on death combined with the lack of fast travel and minimal checkpoints makes it such a chore to explore. I actually liked the map design and mount travel system in D4 better. Couldn’t implement mounts in this game as well due to the map design, but they need something to help besides just warping between discovered checkpoints

[@joshdevisser2949]

Most of the issues raised in this review are fixed. They have budded currency drops. They have buffed rare item drops. They are making in map checkpoints traversable so you can teleport between them and have increased the amount of them. GGG responding to early feedback in such incredible speed is god tier

[@CactuarJack007]

@ for sure. I noticed the increase drops right away

[@Alan-xl9oq]

Not sure about mounts, in D4 makes me feel I skip something

[@sakaraist]

@@Alan-xl9oq Yep, you just skip everything except the one thing you leave to do, It's the opposite of what an ARPG is supposed to feel like.

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

Drops are not an issue, you can craft anything really.. Late game plays just like an early game, and that is much easier for everyone to understand.

[@bekahsmith1317]

The point of the changes to redoing a map if you die is because you could conceivably block your ability to do maps. The original design they said was that if you die, that path is closed and you now have to find a different path to get out further. You could actually brick your atlas, and make it unplayable because you died in all the maps in a circle around the starting point.

[@a-_-Kuja]

Yeah that’s ridiculous and is there any way to unbrick it

[@allxrtx6594]

@@a-_-Kuja mobs in cruel difficulty drop maps so you could theoretically farm some campaign areas

[@JChewyy]

It’s my first time playing POE. Super casual and the talent tree seems a bit overwhelming at first. But once I started applying skill points it flowed really well and wasn’t hard to understand

[@familiarisfelinus4087]

And always remember to use the search bar if you wanna find something on there easier!!

[@danielmantell8751]

I brought in a friend who was totally new to ARPGs last night and they picked it up pretty quickly. There's a few things that bear more explaining, like item breakdown and crafting, but they nailed the sweet spot for mechanics. I do think rerolling needs to be cheaper(or free before endgame) or to have an build planner. It's hard to really play around with builds at the moment, and possiblity of getting stuck on a bad build exists where it'll take forever to grind enough gold to respec.

[@Cardinalsqr]

The presentation of the skill tree is always what looks intimidating. Then you realize that it’s just nodes of +10% damage or something and you just take them. It’s really easy once you just actually look a bit closer, but a lot of people just get bogged down with to many choices

[@Omnivolv]

Yeah I mean can’t deny it looks intimidating as fuck. But it’s not really 😅 but man it looks wild at first

[@jayson546]

Here’s a tip, don’t be like these guys and slam exalts into trash gear. It’s currently the main currency of the realm. Go buy what u need instead. Trade is the heart and soul of POE.

[@Bot_Logic]

Anybody notice that spells dont go where mouse pointer is at?

[@TheWanHui]

I noticed this with storm wave on the monk. If you hold down the button for the skill, the targeting gets all weird when the initial enemy that i was hovering, dies or is out of range.

[@Bot_Logic]

@@TheWanHui Yes, this is very annoying. I hope they fix this.

[@Mark-O-V]

and the hitboxes? jesus f christ....some are too small, other non-existent....melee is absolute dogshit....

[@grit1]

The targeting is very mediocre, I hope they fix it.

[@yoloautumn]

Bro that one boss in act 2 I could only hit one one side of the platform with my bonestorm build. I swapped the build and now I regret it.

[@karolisn7956]

As someone new to PoE I realised how cool the audio indicators were in ACT 1 final boss. I could not figure out how to dodge the charge from the mist in the add phase until I realised he charges exactly a set time after saying a verse of his poem. So cool.

[@TheBludgeoningEffect]

08:10 or when the executioner says "The Guillotine....Drops" an epic line delivered perfectly, as well as a great audio cue that its time to roll the f*ck out the way!

[@bhazy]

came here to say this

[@WalterWhite-jz7ct]

5:00 tell me that when you're trying to play ANY damage over time build and find that they forgot to add any multiplyer to the tree. It may be better for newcommers, fair but to me, the whole "1 possitive, 1 negative effect" on mediums really got old in 10 seconds

[@Drakonan2428]

Idk what great design is he talking about. The tree is horrible with stupid pathing in a lot of places, sometimes i need to take like 8 attribute passives to arrive to next cluster of passives useful for my build. Like you said chaos damage has like 3 clusters of damage on entire tree.

[@diddykangable]

the main group of people that are dickriding poe2 are the ones that never played poe1

[@krymz1]

Those notables are for mixing with uniques and special mechanics. I also find those nodes on the tree completely stupid. "Imune to cahos but you only have 1hp" lik why in the world would I take that, unless I find a unique that does something about it.

[@pxkdrake]

​@@krymz1 Goobers Greatsword - you take 1000% chaos damage but have +2 life.

[@PapaP86]

4:00 - I didn't really play PoE1 and did not really have trouble with the passive skill tree in PoE2. Just requires looking and reading ahead a little to plan your build, but it seems mostly self-explanatory if you actually read/plan ahead. Granted I've played a lot of aRPGs and games in general, so that's helped a lot with understanding the description of what a lot of the mechanics do.

[@Chnmmr]

As a sorc with... below average gear luck, my experience of bosses is essentially 'roll and frost bomb'. I can NOT stay still at any point so my only damage is frost bomb while i constantly roll. I have to admit, the first boss i felt clever and skilled, now its just boring and tiresome.

[@Lebigbeard]

get a better build. you need to evolve your build by double by the time you hit act 2

[@EmberQuill]

I had that issue at first, but your options really open up once you've got a few more skill gems. Flame Wall and Orb of Storms both help a lot since I can just drop them behind me as I'm running away and the boss will blunder through them for AoE damage. When the boss stops to do a big attack, that's an opportunity to hit him with a few big attacks of my own before he starts chasing me again. It works pretty well overall.

[@mrdeafter]

Idk man i just use warrior perfect strike fire build and one tap everything since act 1 lol

[@Ja256]

You need to combine skills for maximum effect, it gets better the more skill gems you get.

[@Omegastrep]

Grind manageable mob packs / weak(er) mini bosses for skill gems / better gear. That's what I did when I was suffering, and it eventually paid off. Plus if you're getting decent gold drops, you can always just get something at a vendor. Getting to the point of a 2-3 skill rotation is essential for faster progress early.

[@dekina1198]

i personally think dying is way to punishing in PoE2. after the campaign you loose exp on death, the map closes, the loot that was on the ground is gone, the waystone and all mats to craft it good are gone, the additional objectives, like bosses or delirium and such are gone... and if you don't have many waystones yet you also have to buy them again for gold. and tbh i actually cried yesterday because a rare mobs dropped a perfect jewelers orb, which is worth about 40ex, but it had an on death effect which blew me up before i could pick it up. and it was my first valuable drops, before that i dropped about 5 raw ex and no unique or similar thing that was worth anything...

[@Anon1370]

I feel Poe 2 is all about punishment but we keep playing

[@chillpengeru]

Lol that's awesome

[@AminaTorsdotter]

This makes me want to play poe2 even more.

[@memb.]

damn... yeah they will probably dial it down a notch or make such things more apparent. GGs i'm sure you'll find something else valuable ;))

[@rigormortis3219]

that just makes me want to get to endgame even more.....its NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EZ

[@Ligyron-x6f]

Regarding the skill tree: I have played only one poe 1 season and had no problems just jumping in and start playing. At the beginning you have exactly 2 options and afterwards you just go with the skills that match your playstyle. Worked just fine. The overview for the passive tree just looks so bad, but it really isn't, because for a normal build you only have to consider like 1/8 of it anyway. The search function is awesome as well: You need damage -> search for the 2 closest damage notes and decide which way makes more sense

[@franman781]

The paralyzed by choice issue works in restaurants. If I list the available sides, most times people will just default to fries.

[@BEARMAN-378]

Fries is da goat doh

[@shadowmaster335]

ye, ppl want to not have to make choices, the term is called choice paralysis, and alot of ppl would rather opt out of making a choice and suffer for it than to have to allocate mental resources to make a decision

[@kostismetallo8697]

Yes but they will still buy something. This is about not buying at all.

[@hotpancakes9814]

Gotta watch Kripps review too. It’s spot on

[@whitefox25]

all kripp did was cry game to hard i cant slam currency act 1 and go no loot drops when in reality the vendors actually have some of the best loot

[@tnuoccaebutuoy1taht]

@@whitefox25 He's been a ruthless mode advocate since early poe1..you are way off base about his review.

[@SebaJaqueVideos]

​@@whitefox25 Tell me you didn't watch the video without saying "I didn't watch the video" lol

[@some_goof]

​@@whitefox25 I've gone 48 levels without any upgrades being offered by vendors and barely any worthwhile crafting bases that I don't even have the currency to craft despite picking up everything and disenchanting it. And yes, I checked the vendors every level as soon as I levelled up. And I wasted way too much gold gambling to get literally no upgrades. I've played PoE1 for thousands of hours and despite considering myself somewhat of a noob in PoE1 still, I do like to think I have a gist of when items would be upgrades. Don't get me wrong, I love the game thus far and acknowledge it is very early in its open testing stage, but not everyone has had a good time with RNG from drops or vendors, my good RNG ran out before level 20.

[@BruvvaJosh]

nah Kripp just complained about everything that is a skill issue, about 20% of what he said was valid.

[@zacharywilhelm2462]

42:00 Easiest fix would be a middle ground solution; set a specific number of attempts per map before the modifiers/bosses are removed. Limits cheese to maybe 2-3 times, and lets players decide if they are ready to try again, or farm up on another map before retry. Only loss to player is time on failed run, but benefits all players, even if there may be cheese. If you want to clear, you can come back later without feeling like you lost an opportunity. Edit: They could also add modifiers that grant extra retries as something to farm for if you're finding maps hard, or trying to re-spec. Edit 2: They could even make it something like a trinket you keep in your inventory that gets consumed on death, but keeps map from resetting.

[@5280OutdoorsCO]

As someone who listens to music while I play, when I load up POE2, Spotify automatically gets turned off. The soundtrack is 🔥🔥🔥and honestly so is the intro scene 💯

[@MichaelJordanTennisShoes]

Same. Spotify is off while im in POE

[@magus5425]

imagine missing your character speaking too

[@pauljohnson1382]

i do love the doom filled audio

[@RTerreur]

yeah, Kamil Orman-Janowski, the composer, is a true soundtrack master

[@5280OutdoorsCO]

@@RTerreur I totally agree 👍

[@mdschm1]

To everyone complaining about rarity of orbs, there is an easy solution: Go and run the Mausoleum of the Praetor a few times. If you are higher level, you can breeze through it in a couple minutes, and collect a few rare items to disenchant. Do it a few times every day, and you’ll be swimming in orbs, and you get some decent coin too.

[@toasterchild6191]

This shouldn't have to be a thing

[@Sonny8ighty3]

@@toasterchild6191”I shouldn’t have to farm” go play d4

[@ragerontilt4778]

@@toasterchild6191totally, grinding in a arpg is crossing the line

[@atsra659]

Is this your first style game like this? This is how these games are. You want something, you grind for it. You don't just get everything handed to you.

[@imLumineux]

@@ragerontilt4778 D3, D4, Last Epoch, and PoE and infact all arpgs have grinding in them, especially in endgame content where people chase after "chase items/chase uniques" to make their build more viable. It's nothing new to the genre.

[@Dub0r]

I literally almost bought the game, but decided it was really not for me. I enjoy Diablo because of the open world. I love running into other players and doing public events in groups. I would get bored of POE 2 really quickly playing by myself all the time.

[@tylerbacoka4248]

if you like d4 your capable of liking anything, keep that in mind.

[@Dub0r]

​@@tylerbacoka4248 POE 2 is basically a single player experience unless you have friends. And none of my gamer friends play ARPG. And I'm way to old to be making new friends lol.

[@confusedashell020]

Audio queues help with gameplay and atmosphere for me.

[@snackerrr]

I´m off to watch Darth´s 28 minute version, lol

[@Chillr3nd]

Bb

[@TheFlowingFist]

4:50 agreed, I feel like making your own viable build has a lower knowledge floor now while still having an insanely high knowledge ceiling.

[@BlitzBlade-t6l]

45:04 - Give the player an opportunity to continue improving at your game, opposed to having the player lose and then realize losing essentially meant: "gg no re". That's life for ya, you're supposed to get back up after getting knocked down, try again, a little better this time... Experiencing a sense of mastery is literally everything in a game like this.

[@JaysSavvy]

Kind of justifies their salaries, doesn't it? What a twist. "We hate CEOs because they're SUPER RICH!" Well - now you've justified those salaries.

[@inthatcaseable]

OMG! That balance aspect you mentioned is so accurate! Waiting on my occultist to play. I'm holding off until she launches.

[@GingerbreadMan-u8d]

Checking a vendor isnt so bad late game because levels are more spread out and take longer but to do that every level sub 30 is a huge time consumption and quite annoying. You’d think there would be a better way to get upgrades w/o having to port to town every 5-10 minutes to check the vendor for one upgrade.

[@P07H34D]

drops, vendor, crafting that's 3 paths to upgrade

[@RakanGamer12]

Crafting? How do i craft stuff? ​@@P07H34D

[@krulewjdrz1177]

disenchanting makes sense with 1 npc in encampmnent tho, because mages use magic to disenchant, not mercenaries. I'm not saying it's good, I'm saying it makes sense.

[@violexiel]

I got the same issue in regards on the exalted orb. One way to do it as well is to get an exalted orb when dismantling rare gears with 5 or more affixes instead of getting and 2 regal shards. That way it allows the players to get more orbs when changing gears and dismantling the old ones they have. It also acts as a rebate for crafting bad gears. And lastly makes the player feel nice when getting a rare drop even when its not suited for their build.

[@joeblocher4946]

The drop issue is real. I didn't understand what people were saying about how to craft items largely because 20 hours in I have about 3 exalted orbs and 0 regal orbs so I thought the intention was that you had to go straight from a white item to yellow.

[@JoshDragRace0688]

You can disenchant yellow item drops for regal shards, 10 = 1 orb, you should start doing that.

[@mattL---]

Do you only have 3 exalts cuz used then in acts?. Maybe 15 dropped throughout the 6 acts for me. Save your exalts. Don’t fall into the trap. Spend them when you finish campaign. There are plenty of cheap good gear for 1-2 ex each.

[@bitJester]

They have already adjusted it a bit. I started a new character yesterday and had 4 exalts by the end of act 1. I even had a GCP drop in act 1 which I had never seen on any character yet.

[@ziimbrotmg3981]

this has to be lie or gross exaggeration after the drop buff they did its not hard at all to drop currency in campaigne if dropped multiple exalts jewelers regals and alch by the point i was in act 4-5

[@joeblocher4946]

@@ziimbrotmg3981 This was pre buff. I dunno what to say, I got a few exalted but no regals. Laws of RNG.

[@MrFroggster]

To be honest: poe2 is the f*cking best arpg/hack n slay after D2 i have played. It is the evolution of D2 i was hoping since d3. I played them all...titan quest, D3, grim dawn, sacred 1+2, W40k Martyr, D4, Last Epoch...

[@Andrew-q2w4f]

Throw baldurs gate dark alliance 1 and 2 in aswell

[@rexierabbit3280]

41:20 The main reason this is the case is to prevent a player from doing something like doing all the breaches, then failing the map on purpose, just to open it again with breaches. It's easy to fix of course -- if you've engaged the mechanic, then it should be removed when you have to re-do the map. But if you've never engaged the league mechanic on the map, it shouldn't go away when you're killed.

[@Xoroxouselric]

Something people aren't talking about: Multiplayer scaling I've been playing multiplayer with my brother (I'm a witch and he's a mercenary), and the multiplayer scaling seems wrong. Fought a boss and it had a ridiculous health pool, took us many tries to kill the boss, we kept dying due to running out of potions because the fights were dragging on too long. I then decided to fight the same boss solo, and i killed it pretty quickly. So i looked online, and i found one post mentioning this as well. The post said something like, he was checking the numbers and it seems like the game is sometimes defaulting to 6 man party size scaling. Because even white mobs were taking a while to kill on multiplayer.

[@peglegvideos]

I 100% agree with you. Having to drop group to progress sometimes sucks.

[@michaelbart7014]

Yep when it comes to some bosses like Geonor, his scaling is absolutely so messed up. lvl 15-20 duo parties shouldnt have to spend 15 minutes killing him, just to die at the end because they ran out of flasks. Hoping they realize this and get it sorted there is a few other bosses that scale horribly. Some scale fine though.

[@deushayatur0301]

The biggest phenomenon from PoE 1. Everyone still thinks magic find is garbage. THIS IS A NEW GAME. Its crazy good ! Im running 30-50% magic find since act 1. I always drop enough crafting materials for what i need and more. Yes Since launch. Before the new droprates. I still think it should be more drops. Because they want to make crafting matter. Wich it already does but not enough for rare items.

[@jamestinyp]

i have 117% magic find and have an inventory full of rares, uniques, and crafting materials every dungeon. it makes a huge difference

[@deushayatur0301]

@ this. Funny thing is not even one streamer has a build with over 20% magic find xD ist crazy good and noone is using it 😭

[@Nekomamushi88]

It is garbage, running t15 at full speed with a gold charm vs slowing down at t5 for 50 % more rarity is an insane difference lootwise.

[@paweltak2514]

@@Nekomamushi88i am running t15s with 130% and its very good, 1/3 of a map and you have full equipment of rares

[@banhammer3904]

Considering this is based on Diablo 2, magic find % should be essential.

[@xragxgg8099]

14:10 this happened in smite when they tried to buff and add tank items because there was too much damage. They released a stacking item that had the defense of two items and gave 15% damage reduction after stacking. They then had to balance damage around killing someone monstrously Tanky and it then eliminated hybrid builds because the damage characters had to be able to kill Frankensteins monster of protection stacking.

[@sadomoreno5829]

They still don't explain More, taken, +%, added to crit chance, maim, low/high life, meter distances, etc. You would think if they were going for a new player vibe, they would do more, so we don't have to go through 3rd party sites.

[@Acemonsta626]

everything is true and they could always improve except maim, that's explained in the game you just need to go to more information.

[@Njajen]

Honestly, the way they've done the gem system in this game with needing gems and then having names of skills/support gems as well as their icons really help with familiarizing the players with all the different skills. It IS a lot of skills compared to pretty much any other game, but this is way better than staring at a vendor that has 100 of each colored gem.

[@diddykangable]

except poe1 does just introduce you to a handful of gems in small groups at a time as you progress through the story. it even recommends them based on your class and doesnt try to lock you into. at no point except past act 5 after youve unlocked all the gems are you just "Staring at a vendor that has 100 of each colored gem"

[@Njajen]

@diddykangable Except it doesn't really let you gloss over all the different gems to familiarize yourself with them in the same way you can with poe2. You also completely ignored my point about seeing names and icons right away rather than just 3 different colored gems.

[@stealingclay]

Such a shit take. The menu that you utilize to buy skill and support gems in poe2 is honestly terrible. It hides the available gems by requiring you to have the stat requirements to see them. Addionally poe2 actually provides very little information in regards to support gems compatability

[@Malruse]

Flail is a preferred offhand, because bludgeon fortify will apply to your sword. Also, the flail bonus hp skilltree perk applies no matter if flail is out or not. Also if you have old refreshing ward pieces, they scale to 700 in opr, and can let you go infinite with enough attackers proc'ing it.

[@phyxion123]

People dont even know what they missed. Learning a game by trial and error and networking is what made gaming so much better in the past. Honestly if all the revered games dropped today they would be mid, what made them so amazing is discovery. Watching a yt video and copying builds and looking up all the secrets a game has to offers just puts you in a state where you are just walking on a dotted line performing chores to get to an end result. With the state of everything you are at a massive disadvantage if you dont so everyone does and thus metas are born.

[@VierajLiemi]

This is exactly what I tell my friends. Watching a guide feels soooooooo boring, you stop playing the game to become a clicking machine. I loved the process of trying what things work, what don't, and I'll be doing the same for all the classes eventually.

[@Christoff070]

For sure, but for a new player to this game they will never make a strong build first time, due to the complex skill tree, weird abilities that aren't easy to understand, and lack of rare drops in single player (only one or two new rare items each level, good luck getting the rolls you need for your particular build). So most new players will look up youtube builds to do well

[@chc2650]

I somewhat agree, but with a complex game like this theres nothing wrong with a little help. People need guides for much simpler games, and there are consequences for doing things wrong.

[@BeyondConsoleBorders]

Hot take they should implement items dropped tend to tailor more towards the character you are playing example warrior gets warrior items. Dont get rid of getting different class items i just think they should make more of the items dropped are more likely to be tailored to your class because i swear every yellow i get i cant use on my main character when i am using my main to farm the item drops lol

[@elibnem4126]

Agreed 100%

[@arkinis]

I think one of the best changes to the Talent System they can do that would be a good middle ground is let people respec the stat nodes for free. It would make it easier to swap gear pieces easier if all I’m trying to do is meet a stat requirement for a piece of gear.

[@MikeyJ28]

Game needs a couple years of updates before it replaces PoE 1 for me.

[@sharbelzoghbi1638]

ya its gonna be a while for me too. POE1 is way better in its current state.

[@karnazacss]

This video is from 2 days ago before recent patch that adresses some points. You shoul've said that beforehand.

[@justanobody0]

that makes a huge difference, I thought the video was made after the patch people say gold and loot drops changed

[@XingCollectables]

One good fix to the end game map problem would be to make it so all the rares are marked on the map overlay. That way they dont need to make them smaller as that would likely take more resources than to just make them appear on the map. This imo would fix 2 issues in one. Like asmon said you could have that 1 last one somewhere hiding in a corner that you never find cause you walked past him 7 times in the last hour. Having him marked would fix this and make the maps seem less huge as you have known POI marked for convenience.

[@fracturedraptor7846]

I'm pushing level 25 and I've found maybe two regal orbs the whole time. Zero exalt orbs.

[@DirtRabbit]

Not high enough level. You will really start seeing more exalts around 40

[@abduljabars]

You running any mf? I just started wearing a couple pieces of +MF around lvl 18 and I very quickly noticed a difference. Only lvl 22 now and in that time have found 2 exalts, a chaos, and other orbs/runes more frequently. Of course it could have just been massive luck and a coincidence, idk. That being said they definitely should boost the base drop rate on currency at least a lil.

[@SoulTransient]

That is super unlucky. With 2 magic find I got like 3 or 4. I feel for you

[@rigormortis3219]

ya thats how it is dude those are 2 best orbs wtf do you expect?

[@mrdeafter]

Low level = low rare drop At lv.40+ you'll have too many of them

[@ChungusMalungus]

7:13 a few years ago GGG said that 50-60% of the players prefer their launcher. So basically just double any steam numbers and that's the current PC player count.

[@BboyKeny]

Light radius used to be a trade off in diablo 1. The idea is that a torch gives you visibility in the dark, but foes will see you from further away. So no-one wants it because off screen aggro is deadly

[@evantarracciano4211]

Not for nothing, but I really hate that Asmongold is starting to use the "shocked and surprised" face for his thumbnails to generate clicks.

[@Odadian]

Asmongold havnt made a video or thumbnail since 2018 its his editors that does it and they have full controll

[@evantarracciano4211]

@ I’m fairly certain he has full control over what they look like and the final result. Don’t be a simp.

[@Atahri_]

Uh....you do realize what a streamers/content creator's goal in business is, right? Also, clutching pearls over that is WILD lmao

[@chc2650]

His editor has a folder of Asmongold soyfaces to use for thumbnails.

[@petebagwell6666]

53:00 tbf just before that the game gives you a ring and an amulet in a sarcophagus just before you get the hooded man fixed, you put orbs on them and you have 4 extra stat boosts, they are iron stuff that gives you more strength too so specifically to help melee class

[@Majin_Quu]

53:38 i think Una should give you the quest to craft after unlocking the hooded one since she deals with disenchating, its early enough that new players would have obtained a bit of currency and maybe would've disenchanted some items. Or maybe after the first few quests when you first get to clearfell encampment she gives you the quest to make a magic item and how to disenchant and either after unlocking the hooded one or getting him out of the tree and during his recovery state you could do the crafting to rare item. And upon the completion of the first stage you get a regal and on the second stage you get a exalt or at the end of both stages you get a stack of 3 regals

[@CosmicDeejay]

I think the solution to the crafting problem is to have different versions of each currency that can be used on specific item level ranges (similar to map tiers). It would be more confusing than the current system, but it would allow for a huge boost in droprates for relevant currency (such as orb of anuulment). I'm not sure if there's any problem with this system I'm overlooking but theoretically this would allow you to craft your gear throughout the entire game without ruining the economy. Of course this only works if item level is very predictive of an items stats, but I'm pretty sure there are very few exceptions for this rule (maybe rings/amulets/belts/jewels can only be crafted with mid to high tier currency).

[@AVBRIZE]

@2:54 I have only one issue with that hover over: at trial of sekhema, when you go over and hover the "honor" writing pops up, and if you click it, the tooltip becomes permanent and you can drag it w/e, but doesnt stop you from getting multiple permanent screens, and tooltip still getting displayed when you hoover over the word. Problem: that honor tooltip is too big, and covers the bottom half of the screen and you cannot close or stop the tooltip from displaying.

[@LoganTheLeaf]

I can see the logic in removing the bonus to a map in the atlas if you fail it on the initial run, because it reduces the difficulty of the map by removing that mechanic, therefore you lose the benefit but can clear it and move on to another map.

[@georgikupenov9967]

Biggest braindead challenge in any PoE game is to not die of a dead monster that died 5 seconds ago

[@SirHumph]

Maybe perhaps slowly introducing the crafting mechanics. Like early-mid campaign yellow items drop more and as you progress you get less of those but more crafting items pushing you to look for more specific utilities on your items for late game and end game.

[@Dallows65]

From what I can tell, Light Radius is a 'Bonus' stat of sorts that just gets tacked on without taking up a slot. I could be wrong, but every time I have seen it it hasn't seemed to count towards the limit of stats on an item

[@gzaf187]

2:16 the music is phenomenal. I was fighting the act 2 boss earlier today and just enjoying the background music.

[@augustgaming6639]

I think that's what nobody's talking about yet either is the combos you can put together as a team is so much more endless than just the crazy possibilities you can already do as a solo player

[@tallgingerjohn6851]

The disenchanting/scrapping being on different vendors is the age old use of "Time Sinks" in gaming. Just using it as yet another method to prolong game play.

[@Grynjolf]

Going on the crafting quest thing, it'd be cool to like maybe get a special necklace "quest item" that you will upgrade over the course of Act1 with each quest step.

[@upgradeengineer]

Regarding the point raised about having a crafting quest: To avoid anything related to getting too much power, the crafted item can be given to the NPC and not used by our character. Think having unlimited resources, trying the item on quest moobs and then give the crafted item to the NPC.

[@ishitrealbad3039]

They unironicaly should make affixes work the way it works in D4 with gear upgrading. select the affix, pay money to reroll the affix, or introduce the crafting bench. this way gold will have more use too.

[@thehellblazer.]

5:00 I think they should add an introduction for passives for new players like new casual players generally look at the beginning points and go with them. Just make something like the trailer video where they simply show this nodes are bigger and more rewarding, that's what they should do in game, teach them to aim for those.

[@martins2246]

The poe 2 tree is less than the poe 1 tree...besides just accepting there will be a scion...the heatmap good skills on the outer ring defeats the wild possibilities of the poe tree; the caster warrior, the melee witch.

[@RinMagnetic]

Willow type map is just annoying with all those trees in the way. There's also a lot of places where you can't see sh*t because of trees, walls, ceilings etc. I really hate clearing Towers because most of the arenas where mobs are is basically a wall with a tiny doorway and you can't see what's in there until you get close enough.

[@annojance]

For the maps issue, they should just automatically mark the next rare enemy after you kill one. That way you can be in the dark as soon as you enter, but once you find the first one, you've got a clear path to the next objective. Maybe they don't need to mark it exactly, but give a general area.

[@imbarossa1720]

Remember the sphere grid in FFX? After you beat Nemesis (huge grind to get to that point :D ) in Calm Lands your reward was to be able manipulate the grid, the actual nodes. I imagine GGG where influenced by this system (FFX released in 2001). Who ever in Square decided to put that system in there deserves so damn much credit. Okay, so, you're playing Sonic 1, imagine having +70% chance to evade and spec into a node called "...and Protect me From Harm."? You could clear most games in most genres at that point, no?(pls do not nerf). So Poe2 needs to be tougher. I got my 7th and 8th ascendancy point the other day, the game is really hard. Hey so is Ninja Gaiden. No actually Ninja Gaiden is harder. I can't play those games. That is a different kind of mental stamina. I know im all over the place with this comment... I'm fragmented soul. With GGG's journey from Poe1 they're probably aware of every bit of this game, they are testing the most austere version of the game, and likely getting valuable feedback from players and content creators. Never loose sight that you bought into Early Access. Looking forward to full release!

[@zrobgood]

Omg that idea of having a quest or reward being a crafting bench where you start with a white item and have to end with a 6 stat item using currency is absolutely amazing. You should get some kick back if they implement that.

[@TheTrueMilery]

As a new player, I love that it is much simpler, I never wanted to play PoE1 because people kept saying you need to follow a guide or you'll regret it. But being able to go in and just pick what I want, its been going great so far. The skill tree looks daunting, but you're only really paying attention to a sixth of it, and you just ignore the areas that don't add to your build. Loving the game so far, and I actually wasn't expecting to

[@Scallers813]

What they should do is make the currency item upgrades give you a CHOICE of 2 stat rolls. Like, you roll 1 stat on a rare maybe you roll Max life AND Lightning res, and you can pick

[@symmetrie_bruch]

also some bosses are just trash, like the aztec woman with the worriors around her. first of all the attacks are too random. she never does anything to me but then i sometimes get absolutely desrtroyed by the guys around, and sometimes they can´t hit me for shit just standing in the corner. it´s is just terrible design. alrifght you want to have the fight be in a confined space i get that, but you can make it fun too. first of all, maybe let her take damage from those guys too, it would just feel better even if inconsequential in actual damage then, most importantly of all, make them not invincible, it makes no sense at all. you should be able to carve out a temporary space where you´re save, that then get´s filled in by new guys coming in after a while, you have the invisible wall there anyway. you could cover the inivisible wall with the dead body of the guy you killed that then get´s kicked away by the new guy coming in, would be an nice touch. that way the guys you kill would be a small consolation price in xp for almost killing her and then getting wiped out by random attacks from the dudes around, which is just terribly cheap, if you want to do cheap stuff like this it should at least not feel like a complete waste of time.

[@despair6]

Some misunderstanding here, one while they have removed alts, and what he suggests about getting bases to craft on is fairly correct, the idea is to also use the reforger on either 3 magic or 3 rare bases of the same base for another chance. With maps, the skull mechanic for rares is based on monsters left, I believe 200 monsters left.

[@Theheartslove]

I paid for 6 portals, I want to use 6 portals. That's how I see it when it comes to PoE map clearing and completion.

[@raizzen582]

I had bigger expectations going into poe2 just cause how brilliant of a game the prequel is, but so far, if we leave graphics aside, which are gorgeous to look at, the game feels shallow, there are barely any exciting systems that bring depth and complexity that would allow us to sink hours and hours into crafting ideas and such, the gameplay is frankly way too slow, there are no movement skills and the character is moving in slow motion, and to make it worse, the campaign is way longer and u gotta backtrack almost every map a few times for all objectives... Imagine doing this campaign a 10th time 10 leagues from now, I'd rather kms.

[@jeffthekiller8523]

I noticed that some players are still confused about attack speed and projectile speed. Let me dumb it down like this: imagine you are blowing bubbles, the rate at which you blow x amount of bubbles at a certain time is the attack speed, the raye at which the bubbles leave your mouth to a certain distance at certain time is the projectile speed; attack speed doesn't affect projectile speed and vice versa

[@Micromation]

Highlight of my PoE2 experience is killing electrical construct boss in the temple in Act3 with negative lightning resists on 1st try, just being able to watch attack patterns and utikise dodge button. The negative highlight of my PoE2 experience is general itemisation - it's literally worthless to use "crafting (lol)" currency and by the end of act 3 I've had to just go back to beginning, to the pre-town location and farm guaranteed rares and unique enemies for Exalts because it was utterly impossible to progress in last section of Act3 with Act1 crossbow with no upgrades cropping up at any point from any source whatsoever. I've lucked out on a crossbow for lvl33 with 215physical dps and extra grenade implicit for 6ex after trying to grab one on trade site for 2 days straight. Even if I did hypothetically grabbed tons more currency, using it wouldn't be feasible either because desirable bases just do not drop. I've had grant total of 7 bombard crossbows dropping until the middle of act4, between raw drops, magic items that didn't come with literal garbage mods AND vendors after each lvl up. There are no scouring (please don't, they would be unnecessarily rare for no reason whatsoever too) and there is no way to wipe item clean and start anew, as there are no alts either. It's completely incomprehensible the layering of bottlenecks that work against everything that they've claimed in reveals. It's the worst kind of gamba, worse than Korean MMO grinders. Gear dropping is just garbage vendor fodder. And for the record I do identify ALL blue and yellow items. Regals are too rare, the options range is too wide - it's PoE1 2012 experience, literally the worst iteration of PoE crafting thorough the entirety of the franchise. You get few Exalted orbs and Regals thorough the entirety of the campaign unless you just grind location with rare/unique enemy close to waypoint/entrance for quick resets and even them, to craft a crossbow that I've bought on trade would take me anywhere between 1 and 10 000 (!!!!) attempts. TL;DR: giving currency to gamba addicts is better than using currency yourself. No good drops that would enable progression. Dodge doing HEAVY lifting so at least you can bypass most gear checks by timing your dodges right, no solutions to zero dps other than playing broken skills, that they will nerf in 2 to 5 business days 🙃

[@olstar18]

There is one thing they need to put into the game though that would reduce difficulty. Giving us our teleport/dash skills back. I kept getting one shot because my sorceress was trapped by adds blocking her in leaving me unable to dodge the slam the boss is winding up. I do not have the mobility to dodge them and then you have that strange glitch, or is it intended as a pounce attack, where enemies push me faster than my character can move normally with no way to knock them back or create space once they close in because even slowed they move in faster than the animation from my frost nova while slowed from it.

[@CaptainMisery86]

New player here. The passive skill tree is easy to understand, but it's hard to know what you should go for and somewhere in your teens you get to a point where you have to take 3+ attribute point skills before you know which attributes you should lvl

[@Hephaestus_God]

How do you get to that currency menu at 15:54?

[@NikoLeondis]

You buy it from the seasonal stuff. You get enough free currency when you buy the game to get it and like 2 other stash options

[@poffpoff1]

Asmon doesn't seem to like "punishment on death". However I think it's really important. The reason people play Hardcore is so that there will be some weight on what you do; more weight = more investment and succeeding feels way better. If there is a punishment for failing, the reward for winning feels better.

[@krymz1]

I gre up on nes and super-nes, games like mega man and mortal xombat, you always fail and get fked by bosses and need to figure out their moves and stuff.

[@Grim_Exile]

Regarding your comment about punishment vs rewards and why investment is bad, the way I like to think about it is "Rewards should be gated, access to the reward should not be". This was my biggest problem with PoE 1. For example, Sirus had some great drops and was a challenging fight. However, very few players got to experience him blind because access to Sirus required gathering 4 keys which could take up to an hour for a newer player to gather. If I need to spend an hour to just gain entry to the fight, I'm not going into it without watching a video beforehand. Gate the reward by all means, but allow the players to access the content so that failure isn't punishing. If the counterpoint is that, well, then there's no investment to access the Sirus fight, my response to that would be that the time investment is the investment that an unskilled player makes vs a skilled player. If a skilled player can do the fight on his first try in 5 minutes vs an unskilled player taking 30 minutes to complete the fight after a few tries, that right there is the investment; and it's a sufficient investment without having to punish the player further. As it stands, every failed attempt feels so punishing that the pressure of success and the fear of failure overtakes the excitement of trying it out yourself.

[@Wywern291]

Lack of alteration orbs makes trying to get even 2 stats you want from an item very hard. In PoE1 I was crafting gear with 3-4 stats I wanted before the end of the campaign.

[@OfficalLawDawe]

yooo that warcraft 3 reference and the last peon is like hidden in the corner of the map is such a throw back! good reference.. 34:30 very good solution, map objective finished skulls appear

[@CKatanik93]

I am slowly learning how the passive tree works. At first it looked VERY COMPLEX. It sounds like instead of looking farther along the branches to see whats at the ends, stay only 1 or 2 points ahead and things will in a way work themselves out.

[@stonefolk2778]

I think something no one has covered that is needed is being able to see what killed you when you die. Often there is so much going on and a lot of different enemies then your character just goes to zero hp in a second. Something that told you what it was that caused that would be useful so you can understand the game better. Also for the map losing its boss or delirium or breach etc when you die, that’s dreadful mechanic. To avoid abuse, if/when it is completed and rewards received then it goes away if you die. But if you die and don’t claim the rewards you shouldn’t be punished.

[@surething901]

They should provide a feature to disenchant and dismantle an item in your inventory from merchant store that way you don't have to teleport back and forth to the town or settlement. I think players will buy this for convenience.

[@mycommentpwnz]

I just wish you could add two modifiers with orbs of augmentation. That way, crafting blues would be FUN. (A blue item with 3 useful stats is enough to make useful improvements.) But, crafting blues, knowing you're going to have to spend EXPENSIVE/RARE ORBS TO TURN THEM YELLOW is NOT FUN. I have thousands of orbs of transmute & augment. And like 20 regal orbs and 10 exalted.