Path of Exile 2 is SAVED, So I Tried A New Character..

[@CheekySpurs]

“Have FINALLY responded to feedback!” Are you kidding me? Four days from release to the first patch is insane work

[@vforpeaceful]

Also, two of those days were a weekend.

[@koenvanderrijt5244]

been saying this for days.. "early access" people need to calm their tits. pretty good response time with actual changes

[@joshwent]

@@koenvanderrijt5244 All of the rage quit on day 2 people were NEVER going to like this game in the first place. Feels like a lot of dummies who have held a 5 year grudge that they're not just making a PoE 1 clone with better graphics.

[@CharlieKellyEsq]

These guys are rock stars. No devs hired based on innate characteristics, just devs that are amazing at what they do. Imagine that in 2024

[@bjarnis]

Patches for other games normally take several months. Shows that they know what they are doing and listening to us.

[@Kortak123]

Remember when we had to wait like 3 months for them to fix resistances in D4? KEKW

[@soarbenni4232]

it´s still crap

[@dankduelzperuvian]

Pretty sure Blizzard hasn't fixed anything in "Diablo" 3 or 4.

[@Tovek]

It’s still a bad game lol.

[@MrGodPowered]

lmao

[@BrothaMan831]

​@@Tovek it's not, Diablo 4 is a mediocre game, my guess is you haven't played it when they released season 4

[@buddymac1]

In another timeline: "we cannot implement changes as your system must load all other player's stashes."

[@DoubleGreatRock]

I just shuttered reading that

[@thefactory7221]

hehe, the dibble four game made by those other guys

[@djrx22]

Make a T-shirt of this ill take 2

[@Khaleel85]

@@thefactory7221 what happened?

[@pires11d]

Yeeeep, I remember that exact moment and I was like what in the fuck

[@thepongopete]

Im so glad my girlfriend dumped me just in time for this early access release

[@BigJemu]

sorry bro. but hey at least you can take 1 ex and actually get something in poe2

[@ChristianJackson-j6r]

Based!

[@thepongopete]

@@BigJemu don't be dude I'm having the time of my life 😂

[@wiseferret4745]

She might be your ex. But you are the one in exile. ⚔️

[@xxUniiVeRSaL]

Actually, for me my girlfriend dumped me for not getting off of PoE2

[@predictorbibulous3327]

Blizzard, sit down, pay attention. This is how it's done.

[@hamanu666]

They aren’t listening. Too busy stealing baby milk.

[@MilanUnknown]

Why are people even mentioning that pathetic excuse for a company ... why do you people care ? Why do you people spend $ on things you dislike ? You speak with your wallet , its simple

[@ElderGamerX]

Plenty of people like D4. It's like ARPG training wheels. Someone has to make a game for people who don't have the time or drive to get better at things.

[@Nemissis4265]

Lmfao what? They havent implemented ANY of the chneges yet and they all wont coms at the same time

[@petkofuchalski9809]

​@@Nemissis4265they did.

[@okitsalex]

"finally responded to feedback" brother in christ they responded within like 2 days and during the weekend.

[@ayomonty6806]

was gonna say this too. ppl getting to endgame in a day/2 days after release, then complaining as much as they did like the games been/gonna be like this forever was a headache. bless these devs

[@tubeorip]

As we say in Denmark. "utak er verdens løn" - "Ungratefulness is the worlds salary" People suck.

[@gerhardadler3418]

@@tubeorip Nice, in germany we have the same saying: "Undank ist der Welten Lohn."

[@DELTA9XTC]

@@gerhardadler3418 dieses Sprichwort hab ich noch nie gehört lmao komme aber auch aus AT, nicht DE.

[@NoNoNoNopeNopeNopeNo]

>Doesn't know what engagement farming is

[@FifthNight]

I love how fast the devs can make so many changes when it takes Blizzard 1 year to change 1 feature in D4.

[@gu244]

Yeah that has always baffled me, blizzard is just so full of bureaucracy that it slows them down massively.

[@MuDkipzCHancelLOr]

@gu244 California hiring pool doesn’t help. The average state iq was 95 in 2014 and it certainly hasn’t been going up since with how they behave.

[@libervitaexaltis4551]

@gu244 not bureaucracy, but management. The capitalist cousin of bureaucracy

[@KarmaKahn]

Tbf Blizzard made tons of changes every season based on player feedback.

[@lowensohn467]

@@KarmaKahn they did nothing brother

[@tsurokusenshiru3671]

This Exilelike ARPG is great

[@saladdressing2781]

Truely the greatest Bornelike of all time

[@HouseTre007]

Pathlike

[@wickian9571]

Watching him use the cold damage runes was such a waste, shotgun doesn't cause freezing, it's hardlocked out of causing the effect.

[@WOWNICE1DUDE]

@@wickian9571 Can you read this info somewhere in game or is it something you just have to figure out? Never played it

[@thelaboratory3882]

OfLike

[@IxOrI]

They should let you mark your skilltree path. That would be awesome.

[@johnmosley9376]

The three names I saw and thought were the best were "Luigionary" "Zachtuah" and "Mercules". Well done, you guys are awesome!

[@MinscS2]

Asmongold spending 10 minutes trying to name a character because everything is taken is soo relatable...

[@euphoricbliss6699]

Haha yeah me too. Why in this day and age can't we have the same names as other people. You know, like real life? Lol. We simply don't have the tech? BS

[@kylevos8551]

Call of duty lets you buy just adds hidden numbers behind said name 🤷‍♂️

[@chrisenglish3476]

I had to start up all six classes just to name them and have them sit for when I’m ready to use them…..😂

[@lowfade556]

@@kylevos8551 like discord tags back then

[@GabrielTLR]

Same here 😂​@@chrisenglish3476

[@markd9318]

Take more of my money. I'm gonna buy something from the store just because they responded to feedback so fast. Thats how its done, Blizzard.

[@zackerydodder7287]

I did the same shit. "OH yall gonna listen to us huh, *spends $20*

[@moldgrim1]

Yep. I upgraded my supporter pack. The game still has issues/bugs/disconnects etc, but for an early access/beta: I've had so much fun. GG, GGG.

[@TravisHi_YT]

Yeah lmao, I got lucky and got gifted an EA Key. I felt like a thief for being able to play a game this fun, so I got the $20 blood pack. I foresee buying a lot more in the future because I want to see a company like GGG thrive so they can keep making great stuff.

[@zackerydodder7287]

@@TravisHi_YT exactly, we as consumers should support the right companies. (when we can of course) Support can even be just spreading the word more about how awesome the game is.

[@cptmittelstrahl]

@@TravisHi_YT if only tencent wasn't involved. besides that GGG is an amazing studio and very lucky they have creative control. hope that doesn't change

[@Zulkatt]

GGG is doing an amazing job of acting swiftly on their changes. They are not caving into the "its too hard" hype and making well thought out changes which needed to be done.

[@AscendantStoic]

Indeed 👍

[@primary2630]

In a way they did by increasing drops

[@AscendantStoic]

@@primary2630 Got nothing to do with the difficulty of the gameplay.

[@guuumby_1468]

Couldn’t agree more. This is incredible leadership they’ve got spread throughout their project.

[@guuumby_1468]

@@AscendantStoicand was necessary

[@Schwaka]

I think part of the Act 1 complaints could be related to starting skills/build that the game seems to push you towards. Monk pushes you toward a playstyle of executing mobs to empower falling thunder, but it doesn't work all that well against bosses. I watched a video where someone else said they just spammed normal attack and didn't have issues, but I had been ignoring the normal attack because it usually sucks and is replaced asap. I switched to using normal attack with the faster attacks support gem and the bell, and bosses became a breeze, which got me through to lvl 14 and T5 skills, and Ice Strike absolutely decimates everything. In trying to use the skills and playstyle the game seemed to be pushing me toward early, I actively made the game worse for myself.

[@aetherblackbolt1301]

Same for Merc. Basic crossbow with poison and plague gems is much more reliable boss dps whilst dodging attacks compared to any special crossbow or grenade or shotgun.

[@Sob3k-gmng]

I would love to see your hotbar buttons change with your weapon swap. It is kinda frustrating have to work around something that has been in games for 10+ years. (Looking at you GW2, well done) -As to your comment at --8:15-- about stagger damage, I agree but also think they could just add a buff that prevents chain staggering, like a 30second buff that would make the boss take 90% less stagger damage maybe?- After watching your kill of Count G, I rescend my statement 😅

[@dbix11]

Blizzard would take a month to respond and two more months to implement change

[@SLWRX617]

A month for a blue post response, 2 more additional months for a hot fix.

[@aleksandroff.b]

Not only blizzard, but most companies.

[@Calphurnious]

A bit optimistic with the timings I see.

[@csasd7162]

....to implement change that does not fix the issue but brings two more bugs on board.

[@pandemonicincantation8913]

they take years, not month years!

[@PortaPunch]

Just be aware. Some of these, like the checkpoint teleports, arent in yet. Notice where it says "in a future patch" on part of the announcement.

[@PlebeianKilo]

It’s going online now

[@nevswain478]

@@PlebeianKilo its not live now. i still cant do it since the announcement to today.

[@billiondollardan]

I was looking for them last night and I was wtf? Thanks for the clarification. I didn't read the patch notes :)

[@alpacalips3452]

I mean if you think about it something like that not only has to be implemented tested checked for bugs then patched that stuff does take time

[@TurninTrackOut]

The quality of their response to feedback is very impressive. Clearly listening to specific points suggested from streamers/fans.

[@player1479]

Ty for the content u make, as a new player ,who learns everything from scratch this is goat content, seeing how things interact and work together is invaluable. I love Ur videos and learn so much. Thanks 👍

[@Volkaer]

Here is a PERFECT example of a developer who genuinely cares about their game and their playerbase. Notice how all the changes are direct gameplay impacting improvements, based on direct player feedback. NOT changes because some 'games "journalist"' said something, or some community manager created drama, no mention of random irrelevant "first ever thing, no mention of random censorship - just a developer working on the actual game and improving it. Honestly I don't care if it's China or North Korea that is the developer at that point - if they are giving you this level of customer-focused product, instead of ideology-driven slop like every other AAA developer.

[@taterbeard]

Finding a name that isn't already taken is the real challenge of this game.

[@Tubestof]

i am belgian, names in flemish are pretty much always available :p

[@Tubestof]

taterbeard = patattenbaard :D

[@Mark-sd4hv]

I typed the most random thing I forgot exactly what it was like "MrUnicornscattershotelementaryschoolbusthesixteenthsquare" Name taken FUUUUUUUUUUU

[@MickeyD.Luffy28]

I had no issues with my names😁 RoronoaZoro for Merc and ReacherJr for warrior(which I haven't played yet still busy with merc just saving name)

[@NenekTerbang1]

Paijo, Painem, Agus, Budi, Susi, Susanti, Anies, Bambang, Bogel, Sumanto, Johari, Kadrun, Doel, Wowo, Risky, Ramdan, Lela, Mandra, Toriq, Jeje, Farhat, Abas, Kusnanto, Wirawan, Syaiful, Oki, Jesfer, Heru, Fauzi, Eka, Raffi, Tarno, Beni, Tantri, Zaki, Zulfikar, Dina, Nesa, Yahya, Marcel, Upik, Farah, Ilham, Sutiyem, Agung, Wawan, Cika, Anjasmara, Robi, Bagong, Raydric, Desta, Once, Dhani, Bimbim, Gugun, Jaka, Aris, Danis, Rudi, Herlambang, Iwan, Deni, Kiki, Panji, Sulastri, Jaenab, Rina, Jerinx, Ganjar, Ridwan, Megawati, Miftah, Tyo, Toriq, Andre, Eric, Heru, Ahok, Taufiq, Endang, Eko, Mahendra, Heri, Vina, Zahra, Kurniawan, Maliq, Rena, Andik, Bimo, etc

[@Phaevryn]

Sounds like we're not going to Mars after all. Musk is now addicted.

[@greggeiger7532]

Mars is hostile to life anyways. You’d have to live inside domes. The minute something goes wrong you’re probably all dead because earth is so far away to get any help. Personally, I don’t even think we could make the trip. Too far. Too many things could go wrong.

[@robforskinstein]

@@greggeiger7532the first trip to mars would be scouting and setting up a basic ‘base’ but also be 100% you will not return and surely die. You’d go down in history as a great explorer though.

[@SonnyMatrix]

@@robforskinsteinMark Watney didn’t die he came home

[@adamh4594]

​@@SonnyMatrix Good ol' hollywood.

[@dennisthemenace7304]

Actually we are and PoE is coming with us

[@kanosho1189]

Not an ARPG guy but iv been grinding this game and i think I’m addicted. Glad GGG listens to their community. Off to a great start.

[@Stormz.1337]

so, maybe you are an ARPG guy. You just didn't know yet ;)

[@coryparsons8117]

Yup this game will get you I saw the trailer for this last year started Poe 1 after then I put 2000 hrs in hahah

[@whylikethismyfriend]

I always stick to the League_Codename_class lol

[@Godric5024]

That qualifies you as an ARPG guy. Sorry not sorry. Welcome to the club lol.

[@libervitaexaltis4551]

Playing PoE makes you an ARPG guy, but I get what you mean. There are so few good ARPGs that the only 'good' ones are the hardcore ones lol. No casual, good ARPGs.

[@grayavatar9766]

Some frustrated guy will type "pleaseletthisonework" and then will break his keyboard

[@heshermunson]

13:38 - you should ask them to add a search bar to the stash so that it highlights items based on the description if you type something such as minions in this case.

[@tm5123]

It's almost unreal having devs be this responsive and comprehending of how to change things correclty.

[@eliaartyom6074]

I thought things like this required 2 years to implement... apparently they only need one patch 😂 Blizzard take notes 🤓

[@Venomx-nb1jr]

@@eliaartyom6074 it depends on the flexibility of your coding and your engines backend. Is it easy to update or not? And most devs at larger studios do not have update friendly code. In smaller studios it’s probably a lot less segmented so it’s easier to get shit done.

[@TheRagingAura]

​@Venomx-nb1jr I mean, I can make an argument thats a management issue, because you are supposed to update things to remove the tech debt you built up just adding to the game. Every once in a while, you take stock of how everything is supposed to work, go back through and rewrite things to accurately express that. It has the added bonus of reducing spaghetti code, lowers the chance of having code sections that noone knows the function of. But management hates doing that because its a lot of labor for no obvious revenue increase.

[@Swarm509]

@@Venomx-nb1jr I would be willing to bet they designed PoE2 to have a more flexible back end anyways, just so they can tweak things and add things later as they develop the game and future leagues. With the same guys who designed PoE1 in charge it is a hell of a lot easier to develop this kind of mentality in the team and company.

[@Swarm509]

@@TheRagingAura Good call here too. If a company decides "just make it work and get it out the door" and then just move everyone onto the next game this work will never be done. Seems like GGG has a team dedicated to PoE2 and they will be on it long term. They can then take the time to go back and fix things as needed and improve everything for themselves.

[@Eethigma]

The main menu music is amazing

[@lukkkasz323]

Act 3 town is my favorite so far

[@slumpedmage]

The whole soundtrack is great so far IMO

[@ThorTheTitan]

I love the changes they've made. They are looking at the feedback, looking at sensible fixes and solutions and implementing them. I really rate GGG.

[@wickian9571]

I'm wondering if they're going to make minions more fragile during boss fights. It seems like they're destroying bosses way too easy, but nerfing the damage is a poor solution. I think bosses should deal bonus damage to minions that increases with every minion that's in it's presence.

[@luankrzyzaniak4970]

​@@wickian9571really? my experience is the opposite. Any area boss attack wipes all minions. I really struggled in the Darius(?) fight, where the ghost girl kept creating those huge exploding circles.

[@laughingvampire7555]

55:08 it has reloading, it takes 0.2 seconds to reload and in the icon of the skill you can see how many shots to reload.

[@Olimarioo]

The difference between this video and old Diablo 4 patch notes videos as they were coming is so funny

[@devam8192]

You know the team is dedicated when they fix errors within 4-days of the games release. That too in it's pre-order phase.

[@KlaytenJensen]

True but its also in their best interest to make fixes quickly before people quit the game

[@mryellow6918]

That's kinda the point. Do you think that while in dev time they just sit afk?

[@omensoffate]

The game isn’t out yet this is early access

[@Blackmaverick-v2b]

Mean while blizzard devs……

[@libervitaexaltis4551]

They're probably hoping this will encourage people to play a lot while the hype if big so they can iron out any problems and move closer to full release

[@grippinglipsfishing5671]

I wish the game developers for ESO had the same work ethic and skill as GGG. They are doing an amazing job, and i have loved Poe 2 so far.

[@Wizard_Pikachu]

Everyone wishes they had that work ethic.

[@Gulatzo]

There is nothing more infuriating than the phrase "it had a lot of potential" and ESO is the difinition for this

[@ljp400]

ykno having played since late 2014 then on and off toward the start of 2024 this couldnt be more true lol

[@TheMADGOD91]

ESO was good, but the devs found it too much work to keep the game enjoyable. They killed the game when they removed monster's strengths and weaknesses and made everything standardised. So lazy. I've never played this or poe 1. Should I give this a go?

[@grippinglipsfishing5671]

@ljp400 I played eso pvp exclusively for like 6+ years. Loved it but damn the development team sucked and the lag was a joke.

[@LokirofRoriksted]

Asmon starting a merc made my day. It feels so good playing that class. Sound and explosions are crunchy and wiping an entire screen in 0.1 seconds feels really good. Much more entertaining than covering the screen with minions and afk

[@aaronschmitz241]

I agree, I’ve never been the type to make minion builds because I don’t find it to be enjoyable or engaging. Plus I hate screen clutter. But the great thing about this game, is the sheer possibilities of build customization. I play a Witch but went “burn the world” Infernalist build. I have the doggo minion and ragging spirits and just being a fire caster. Only in act 3 but so far but it’s so much fun and I don’t have any survival issues. 😃

[@theunderdog9353]

THIS is how you respond to your community! This sounds crazy good man. Actually makes me wanna hop on immediately. Only thing I can think of off the top of my head now, is respeccing. Respeccing needs to be free until you reach Maps

[@supnic06]

43:35 Luigi when he got his healthcare insurance denied lol

[@redpanda416]

Listen to the players, not to hate them.

[@bloocifer]

Too late. The whole poe 2 is ultra woke. Wait for this to unfold in the next month when everyone non-woke is banned 😂

[@andrewhelms6249]

Yes, but not all players should be listened to. Not all feedback is good. Like imo i strongly disagree with Asmon on body blocking. Asmon has said he wants it fully gone, imo i love it because it makes you attention and engaged... I'm happy with the slight change they added to blocking.

[@bloocifer]

@andrewhelms6249 so what you're saying is people like you shouldn't be listened to 😂

[@buzzdx]

@@andrewhelms6249 yeah the body blocking should stay, really makes this game feel so grounded and realistic and you do have to keep an eye on where monsters spawn and to not navigate yourself into a deathtrap.

[@andrewhelms6249]

@bloocifer You mean someone who doesn't want to take all the challenge out of the game? The ones saying to fully remove body blocking are just bad players. It's meant to punish the player for bad positioning. If a player is constantly getting body blocked and dying... that's not a bad game mechanic/design, that's a bad player.

[@xxGenuine]

GGG is actually the ideal that all developing companies should aspire to and a great example of "we can make money ,listen to feedback and also deliver a high quality product which is f2p" By far my favorite company. ❤

[@Addicted2wowlulz]

They got you now 😂

[@xtreamerpt7775]

But don't ever allow it to become cult like. We always need to push them in the right direction or else it morphs into blizzard like.

[@notcoolbro7656]

it's not free to play yet though, you need to pay to play right now, later sure, but right now not f2p.

[@fatezero8662]

​@@notcoolbro7656yeah but it's just like purchasing a mandatory mtx currency before you can play which is fair imo

[@jcgl-ue5jr]

@@notcoolbro7656 Well technically 🤓☝, the 30$ bucks you pay for early access gets transfered into in-game currency to spend in cosmetics, so they in a way returned to you the same 30$ you just spent. it's still -30 but it's an amazing way to do it.

[@YourDadsYoutube]

Him starting with that crossbow made for a totally different experience than I had starting. Shit was weak as hell for a long time. Fun still.

[@lakesong7566]

ikr, the difference is night and day, my merc stopped sweating bullets during swarm only when i got the galvanic rounds, before that it's kite and dodge or you're dead

[@sundragonbro2080]

wdym? he had a basic crossbow

[@phlopsi3586]

@@sundragonbro2080 Did you watch the same video? He switched to a unique crossbow the moment he had access to his stash.

[@justin9744]

I had the rampart raptor drop for my level 60 ranger and I read it and immediately rolled a merc. Currently leveling with a permafrost bolt build and it’s crazy good. I love this unique.

[@ChristianJackson-j6r]

you had more of a challenge and probably made more skill moves than just overpower everything with a uber weapon. you won in the long run mate.

[@akmotomoto]

You are making this look like it feels fun. I also noticed you never once appeared body blocked by minions, and never really needed to ROLL/DODGE. I like this gameplay.

[@ericdavis4941]

Rotation with merc voltaic shot full burst then oil grenade then explosion grenade rinse repeat for mobbs. Solo targets 60+round rapid fire grenade combo every 20 shots. Add a shield secondary for quick defense and life leech for rapid fire infinite health

[@ericdavis4941]

Merc turns game into Contra

[@Infamous_SSJR]

Asmond @4:45 "Brilliant" "Perfect" looked straight up like Mr. Burns 😂😂

[@gabrielreisbrancalhao9950]

The path is a direct response to the points that most people complained about as imbalances in progression. Awasome , top-notch work from the studio.

[@radicalindividual7774]

They had YEARS to play through the game ONCE and see these issues. Try again.

[@kevinkent5095]

This is still early in early access. The game is still in development. It's amazing so far. People have to start being patient when they buy a product that is stated as being unfinished.

[@jakenbake8855]

No matter how many times you tell those types of people, they still won't understand. You can't help them.

[@PulseOfMe]

Now they need to get rid of the store in an unfinished game 🙏

[@kevinkent5095]

@@PulseOfMe Don't buy unless you want to. I have maybe 15 hours in the game and haven't opened the microtransaction store at all.

[@enyraries]

​@PulseOfMe why? It's there for people who want to support them. You can finish the entire game and never look at the store, and it's never pushed on you. Perfectly designed store.

[@ZOMBIEo07]

​@@enyrariesThe store is the last thing a game should finish, he is not wrong.

[@Saint-Kid]

Here’s my build: glacial bolt + fragmentation round. -knock back - freeze targets - extra damage on immobile targets - shoot ice wall for fragments - Herald of ashes

[@definitelyadarkangel9225]

Im loving this game so far. Still in act 1 but everytime i beat a difficulty spike it feels great. If anything aside from hunting grounds act 1 is a little on the easy side. Hunting grounds just forces you to not pull everything on the map.

[@TaintedStaff]

Thank god we have Path of Exile 2!

[@Redclone789]

Ya, finally i actually have something to play. Poe1 was intimidating to me with how complex the crafting was and i just couldn't get into it. This is perfect.

[@0x0404]

Speaking of spirit I think the resource needs a bit of a rework since it's so limited and demanding. Maybe a rune that adds 10 spirit or so would be enough

[@gurchinanu]

You can get armor and accessory pieces with spirit. My amulet alone gives 40.

[@password6025]

​@@gurchinanuI'd kill for a bit of spirit gear but have yet to get a single item aside from one or two scepters with extra spirit. A spirit rune would be awesome.

[@gurchinanu]

@password6025 just buy them from others using the trade site. For 0.5-1 ex you can get basically any solid scaled rare level piece with all the modifiers you want on it. The market is saturated rn. I bought most of my gear everytime

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

@@password6025Just keep playing. Youre likely too low to be seeing them. Im in Act 3 as a Monk and found an amulet that gave like 50 or so spirit

[@jackvancekirkland]

Spirit does seem just a little weird but I'm chalking it up to low level (32 witch) so far. I'm not even doing a minion build, I want the persistent buffs, auras and meta skills and they add up to a pretty high spirit reservation. All the scepters seem to have affixes for minion builds... not what I want.

[@DillonMeyer]

I got a unique bow the other day that grants 239% increased bonuses to the equipped quiver. This means a quiver with +3 to projectile skills is actually an item granting +10 projectile skills.

[@davidgagnon2924]

I hope you dont have mana issues lol

[@Edd1148.]

No wonder the poe2wiki or poedb had gem levels going up to 40 🤯

[@blazewagon5677]

That’s because hard cap of skill level is 40

[@Michael-ex8lk]

I got that one on the first act. Unfortunately I am playing warrior first.

[@Uphold-your-Rights]

I also have the WILLOWHAIL bow. I noticed that bonus last night. Mine has 244% increase, almost max. Add a rune socket to it with some base physical damage.

[@Sirburus]

Don't know if POE people check youtube comments but if they do. Just an idea to make warrior feel better. Is being able to move where you land when you use a commitment attack like that double slam ability. As in hitting the ground in front of you, and then being able to decide which direction the second slam lands.

[@clark1066]

8:00 It is insane people are complaining in act 1. Maybe I just got lucky picking a strong character but I died one time in Act 1 with a ranger. It's the first time I've ever played an ARPG

[@stuff4812]

Ranger is definitely one of the safest classes out there

[@DyingStarsGaming]

they should also redo the character naming convention based on account names instead on character names. ive had trouble selecting names since all the ones i usually use are gone.

[@KindOldRaven]

Same. My names are now either nonsense or weird words from my native language because they're, sometimes, not taken

[@RippDrive]

Just make up a new name. Why is this a big deal?

[@jamesrustles8670]

maybe you should be more of an individual?

[@cameronroberts4296]

@@jamesrustles8670 BUT SASUKE WAS TAKEN!?!? SO I TRIED SASUKKE BUT THAT WAS TAKEN TOO!

[@cameronroberts4296]

i have 4-5 hilarious names i've been using for like 10+ years that are never taken and are just basic words with no weird spellings...sounds like you are trying to use generic stuff.

[@GA-uv4hy]

When I saw these updates on Facebook, I immediately thought of Asmongold. Well, that's the GGG team for you-if they come up with an idea, they don’t send trolls starting with "crybaby" comments. Instead, they elevate this AMAZING, MAGICAL, almost spiritual experience of the game to a higher level. (Just think about the login music, which we’re all listening to in the background here, folks...) 🎵

[@artistinstruments342]

Same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dev_rnd]

"crybaby" comments ===> Yea' I'm crybaby cause I use my eyes... I remember.....

[@iguanacgi7448]

OMG. YESYESYES!!!!!!!!!!! D4 leader is just...arrogant... and h4tes users.

[@artisticaudio9118]

I just uninstalled Diablo 4 VOH, D4, D3, D2,D1... byby Blizz.... Sorry.

[@TothTimea32]

"When I saw these updates on Facebook, I immediately thought of Asmongold. Well, that's the GGG team for you-if they come up with an idea, they don’t send trolls starting with "crybaby" comments. Instead, they elevate this AMAZING, MAGICAL, almost spiritual experience of the game to a higher level. (Just think about the login music, which we’re all listening to in the background here, folks...) 🎵" Best comment of my life!

[@yumpiee]

Imagine if blizzard actually took community feedback like this

[@hamanu666]

That’s crazy talk!

[@jdavidblais]

You heretic…

[@Ahntera-n4u]

I like the difficulty of the game. I just played through act 1 and it was mostly fine to me. I didn't know you can teleport between the checkpoints. Whenever I got some new item upgrade it had quite some impact. Like first getting quite some damage but invest into some items with better armor etc. and then it was all fine.

[@ninjucca4585]

You should try adding the supprt gems to give a "60% chance to poison on hit" and "80% of poison shreds enemy armor" to the shotgun blast

[@Agretonneevosaiden]

Grenades are OP once you have them set up right. They melt everything.

[@mikelee_616]

Love that they even explain the reason they are changing the value from 1 to 0. This is top notch game dev right here and I am excited to actually be apart of it. You might not like PoE2 but devs responding in a day is insane.

[@PulseOfMe]

They didn't explain why there's a storefront in an unfinished game tho

[@thelordofallthatisgolden7590]

@@PulseOfMe its normal, its early access, many games do that

[@g76agi]

to support the development?​@@PulseOfMe

[@c0d0r12]

Cry more Kevin ​@@PulseOfMe

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

@@PulseOfMeBecause PoE2 isnt a separate game in the same sense mose sequels are. The MTX is directly connected between both games. Getti g a supporter pack for one league in either game would grant cosmetics for both. The only difference is that not everything is enabled in PoE2 yet, but its basically the same store.

[@Kovac_]

People still don't know that attributes don't outright increase your damage? Reading is a difficult skill.

[@XerosigmaZ]

I had to look at my character stat page to see if it makes a difference as I changed gear and yeah it doesn’t. It doesn’t seem to make any difference except for the gear requirements to equip.

[@allmight8127]

Should all characters invest in strength for the hp up new player here, monk. Or evasion and shield Mt main survivability

[@LorberryDux]

@@XerosigmaZ Strength inherently gives 2HP per point, Dex some Accuracy, Int some Mana. And then gear and gem requirements as you mentioned. Other than that, stats do nothing directly unless you gain an effect that references them - there's at least three scattered about the skill tree that I know of off the top of my head, and there's almost certainly more on unique items or a skill/support I'm not thinking of.

[@XerosigmaZ]

@ thank you for the clarification!

[@Mike-hy8cs]

They kind of increase your damage indirectly though cause you need certain attribute caps to wear certain gear and to use certain skills as they level up.

[@DELTA9XTC]

54:34 yes its so good bc you have this freaking unique crossbow in basically the first area of Act 1 already. Try it out as a real first time playthrough, without that unique or other stuff like rings and amulet, you will do way less, WAY LESS, damage

[@amd3636]

I love the sound track within the Manor. What a great vibe they made with that level.

[@brandonvanharen2552]

Grinding Gear Games has become that legendary drop we've been chasing for years.

[@Voicesinme]

8:14 IMHO only melee should stagger and stun. If we're going to play a harder build then it should atleast be mechanically unique.

[@charlesxchaves]

Idk man. A shotgun blast definitely doesnt feel or sound like a gust of wind

[@Dedalus94]

​@@charlesxchavesmaybe "weapon" attacks. Not sure the nomenclature but like non-spell attacks

[@CheweyRocco]

Welp what’s true is warrior needs to be buffed

[@alexmeier1]

POE2 changed my life.

[@Omnivolv]

How

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

You must be in charge of making this channel's video titles

[@void-bear455]

I love that items are a bit more important to building characters

[@subdemon.]

While Asmon was trying to get a name, I got "MariosBrother"

[@quinngordon1329]

i love how asmon always lords it over his nay sayers when he is right, its consistent and a breath of fresh air

[@TheeYeti1]

k.? 😅

[@hansolo631]

I don't think he was right here. Every game release, players are like - "I'm looking forward to a challenging game". Queue the immediate begging for easyness. Everytime. Every fucking time. You all think you want hard games. But you just want to play The Last of Us. Never listen to what people say. Watch what they do. I was lvl 47 or something last night. Still 1 shotting everything I see. Finding 3-4 uniques a night. This was not a hard game. Asmongold is a bad PVE wow player cosplaying as an 'elite gamer'. I like him, but that's what he is. The second he faces even the slightest difficulty, he immediately loses it and quits or cheats.

[@grimnar6725]

He wasn't right. He could have solved the problems he had with the game mechanics by playing the game better.

[@sp-ce]

Cringe​@@TheeYeti1

[@grimnar6725]

​@@hansolo631bang on. Every word.

[@CodeShortsExclusive]

Best devs , i feel so good about dedicating to this game

[@rylsdark]

These changes were all W. Insane how good GGG are as devs.

[@jodyshortland9875]

I agree with the stun-locking mechanic, Been running with a group and we apart from maybe one Big boss we manage to stun-lock every boss and never had any issues doing it.

[@Brewticus]

PERMAFROST, double barrel. two fast shots that freeze nearly everything. then use frag rounds to explode them. Galvanic shards clears rooms with the use of GAS, GRENADE, and VOLTAIC GRENDADE

[@aoihitori]

Nerfing a boss for few people is always cringe. As everybody knows, if you made new character and gave it decent or proper gear, every boss are just mobs and you can't even see their game mechanics cuz they're dead.

[@Lumerlume11]

Game was already way too easy once you got a build rolling and now they made it even easier just to please a few whinebags on reddit. RIP. Those first couple of days were legendary at least. I'm afraid that will be peak POE2 for me.

[@aoihitori]

@Lumerlume11 yeah this became more casual than Gacha games gameplay.

[@adam-qu6dh]

@@Lumerlume11the problem those are not redditors but these streamers. They just keep complaining because they cannot speedrun characters for their content because now the game has an actual depth to it. Honestly, I am really disappointed in GGG now.

[@NSynchrony1]

For me the game hasnt been super easy im using monk aslong as u dont watch yt builds and just play the game (atleast with poe2 being my first) bosses sometimes still take a toll on me the last boss for act 2 took me like 10-15 tries

[@Beezkneez187]

@@adam-qu6dh Modern streamers just play sweats games with cheats. Now they have been kicked off the sweats games because their accounts have been banned from COD and other game recently they are gravitating towards all new games and giving their "opinions" on them. Their opinions are useless they cheat, and they are paid by big development companies through marketing departments. They are paid to have a favorable or unfavorable opinion witch ever their bosses want. All streamers are paid promotions from companies most of the streamers with negative things to say about POE2 have accepted money from Blizzard, Activision and every other big company. GGG hasn't paid anybody

[@yellovvcake]

Said to myself not buying it before evaluating the first Patch/es, now for me that's like 3 quality patches in one... guess no chrismas for me this year..

[@raphael5259]

Hey Zack. It’s actually really simple. If you use French, Italian, German, Spanish as your character name, and made of more than 2 words. It’s 99% not taken.

[@lilbaz8073]

Asmon el baldio?

[@raphael5259]

@lilbaz8073 definitely work!

[@BojanglesTheMiner]

For pack clearing you open up with a permafrost bolt. Freeze a guy, pull the frag shotty out and blast em. The shrapnel wrecks the surrounding mobs

[@joemama114]

Smart call with the dodge rolling, having larger monsters able to pen you in feels mechanically correct. Big enemies are imposing and should be able to throw their weight around. Little monsters that are less than 1/4 your size being able to pen you in is bad design, they are small and usually move faster than you because of their reduced size.

[@martinstevenson5796]

Did Asmon finish that puzzle box yet?

[@Mrignorantperson]

he just ignored that and we did as well lol

[@ZOMBIEo07]

The puzzle box finished him.

[@bobbah676]

Just remember Asmon found the game to hard- He had to quit his warrior, and turned to the most easy mode toon. He talked the talk, but did not walk the walk

[@tatakillers4944]

and more the community don't forget alone is nobody the community is like a powerful trap :D

[@exhermit]

As is always the case. Laughs at reviewers struggling because “they don’t actually play”, but here we are.

[@allmight8127]

Monk easy or hard?

[@ziek3012]

​@@allmight8127depends on the build. Bell will only get you so far. If you rely on the whole game you will be stuck on act 2 for 15 hours.

[@fierroboy1]

Is the warrior the hardest class?

[@hamburgerpolice]

Trust me fixing the dodge roll won’t affect your warrior gameplay

[@CheweyRocco]

Still sucks as usual

[@nicknevco215]

The small bug pushing is great though

[@hamburgerpolice]

@@nicknevco215 it was needed tho

[@ChaseVonnegut]

Magic items should be able to have 3 affixes. I have stacks of orbs to add affix to magic, not used, and not enough regal/exalted to gear up a rare.

[@kwonderland89]

Love the devs. No cap. What an awesome team. Havent had the feel of "joy" when playing a new game in a long while now.

[@James-u1y]

Bro Poe 2 was saved regardless of this update because we already knew they'd fix it, and the player counts have been consistent since launch before the downturn as time passes. This is almost Larian level quickness. Whoever thought it was over because of Early Access issues is a dumbass even if its Asmom saying it then he's a dumbass no questions. They already talked about the issues only a couple days after launch and got a patch out a couple days later, impatience is ignorance.

[@Lumerlume11]

There wasn't anything to save. Game was great and im not sure these changes improved anything. I like that they are immediately nerfing obviously broken builds though. D4 let a class be 10000% stronger than every other one for an entire season lmao

[@stovetopicus]

Dude, I was raging about the Dreadnaught not having a checkpoint last night. It took me two hours to get through that.

[@spencers1485]

Yeah it's the hardest zone in the acts by far. I was getting annoyed with it then I thought. Well it is literally the enemies moving base mad max style it should be a slog. Glad they are adding a checkpoint though

[@Jake-sk5wm]

@@spencers1485what build and class are you guys going? I got cheesed on the dreadnaught for 1 death, and I do remember having to run a mile back. I’m running an acolyte of chayula lightning build and I didn’t have any trouble other than that 1 death

[@davidnone8951]

Just go monk and spam bell. Enemies go burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@ziek3012]

It was rough for me as well. And the boss is really hard too. I finally came to the conclusion that I am probably under leveled and undergeard for that area so now it's time for me to farm the previous map

[@spencers1485]

@Jake-sk5wm I'm witch. I didn't have much trouble, it's just a slog and a tight corridor and I think there is a enemy that does some type of explosionm corpse or bombs or something. One of the few places I got one shot in act 5 and I have pretty decent defenses.

[@Rywin00]

They should implement an in-game poll, because just because 20% of players scream loudly doesn't mean the other 80% want it. I'll add that these changes aren't bad. But if casuals suddenly start crying about how hard the game is for them, it will become too easy and boring for poe fans.

[@Zickzii]

This isn't poe it's poe2 there's a TON of NEW players and the game may be tweaked to retain all the new players

[@Nemissis4265]

Lmfao in reality its 89% that want the changes and the 5 % sht buckets are angry

[@qxdeath13]

THE QUALITY BOOST IS GREAT FOR ME I'VE BEEN STACKING UP RARE MOD GEAR THE WHOLE TIME FOR EVERY NEW RUN

[@brandonmiller6001]

good to see GGG listens and showed use how fast it can be done love it

[@phant0mdummy]

I have not found this game hard. I beat executioner in 4 tries and act 1 boss in 1 try. Any time I was outmatched, I engaged in the games crafting systems to add slots, bump a magic to a rare, etc. And it made the difference.

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

This exactly. The only areas I struggle on bosses is either due to A) Not fully understanding the boss mechanic or attack patterns and B) several pieces of gear are under leveled or has horrible stats

[@Dante041]

This is literally one game and gaming company I wholly say "Shut up and take my money!" I know my money will be well spent, and the fact that they get patches out in such a quick and effective manner is amazing! There is a reason I took an entire weekend off just to play this game, they're great, the look at the feed back, make sure to respond to most of it and then fix it. Perfection, utter goddamn perfection especially in this day and age when you're some kind of evil villain for existing in these other games companies.

[@derrian6969]

Thats the difference between devs being gamers and devs being suits. Suits say they listen to feedback 20 times while gamers act on the feedback immediately. What a time to be a gamer.

[@chrisbellville6957]

Honestly the fact you can get trapped is good it forces awareness and discourages frantic running around... the way this game plays feels alot more engaging because of it

[@slykeren8371]

I think it has a place but getting stuck on 5 little bugs that insta kill you is annoying

[@ZOMBIEo07]

​@@slykeren8371How about you just open your eyes and press the buttons your character has. My fear is that POE 2 becomes braindead easy as the first one.

[@lokhaxz803]

what are you supposed to do when they spawn 8 tanky blues on you in a narrow corridor?

[@MJR_heyfunny]

I fully expect another post about either buffing certain things about character power or nerfing some of the overlying reasons that just about everything one shots you in anything but the first or second tier maps in endgame before long

[@enduser_gaming]

That actually works amazingly especially with gas grenades combo, and you can get a grenade detenator move.

[@aj_fry3339]

It hurt my soul watching bro put cold damage in his bow when fragmentation does physical dmg

[@ChristianJackson-j6r]

i know right

[@JeopardsRune]

The stun is true at level 50 I'm steam rolling bosses because as Chronomancer Crit freeze build I can keep the boss either frozen or encased in ice (it is super wicked tho!)

[@kylevos8551]

Same here on my sorc it’s amazing or I can block a path as long as I want with frozen wall 😂

[@benyang9179]

Build link pls.

[@slykeren8371]

I play storm weaver ice and it's insane with comet. I just run through the map and everything dies

[@Hazzo88]

@@benyang9179 lvl 78 here, see freeze buildup on tree, get freeze build up on tree, frost bolt winter orb, and ice wall is your main dps

[@The1rust]

Folks like wow I can't believe a developer is making quick and reasonable changes in early access. A reflection of the state of gaming and what used to be good practice is now like catching a unicorn. Thanks to GGG, we keep catching the unicorn.

[@robertpowell1743]

Can confirm nothing has changed for srs it actually pushed me to explore more and i found combining fire and ice was better having cast on ignite set to fire storm and comet with spell echo as a 3link has been so much fun and satisfying. just manually cast fire wall now and the build feels even better than the auto cast.

[@teipkep]

1:14:28 That's what she said

[@Mark101dg]

Watching the mercenary makes me feel bad about my minion witch. Seems like the Mercenary got a lot more identity, satisfying feedback, cool skill interactions and interesting mechanics.

[@justin9744]

A lot of what makes it look great here is the unique weapon. Merc is far weaker early without it.

[@PejorativeDaedal]

I still think the worst part for crafting in poe2 is the removal of alt orbs.

[@gu244]

I don't think the removal of alts is an issue, it is easy to get bases, either from the ground or vendors, and add mods to them.

[@PejorativeDaedal]

@@gu244 Not an issue but its just the worst part of it so far out of everything done right. You cant deny that getting a good base then transmuting it, then spamming alt orbs is far better than checking every vendor and finding a new base everytime you fail a transmute right?

[@gu244]

@@PejorativeDaedal I think they are both valid ways of crafting, I haven't had issues getting upgrades by picking up items off the ground/vendors and then crafting them. If you remove the crafting bench from Poe 1 then crafting is worse while leveling in Poe 1. Edit: chaos orbs can be used to remove/add mods to a base if you are dead set on using the same base, and you can get several of them at the currency exchange in exchange for an exalted.

[@CrimsonFIame]

Last time I was in a POE2 related video on this channel majority of the comments were against any and all changes made ingame and it wasn't just towards people complaining about difficulty. Now everyone's praising it lol

[@ZulkSOD]

True

[@blindeyedblightmain3565]

Some of the changes are unneeded imo, like adding a checkpoint on Dreadnaught. It was a difficult and memorable set-piece that you had to do in one go and it was cool. Adding more regals and exalts was important tho, even if they might've overdone it a little. The 200 mob rares on the maps is a blessing too.

[@stuff4812]

@@blindeyedblightmain3565no checkpoint on dreadnaught has no actual good reason to be like that. If someone like you controlled the decisions in the game, it would be tedious and get boring fast

[@shadstewart9253]

Why not add animations for, or a .3-second stun as if rolling over the mob or rolling under it?

[@abelsvkstanko2687]

what im missin the most is more zoom out, im just started so i didnt find much problems as was mentioned in new patch note, but zoom out more atleast 2 times more would be amazing