I played Path of Exile 2 - it's kinda Souls-Like

[@IronPineapple]

Thank you Path of Exile 2 for sponsoring! Check out the game here: bit.ly/POE2-IronPineapple Really cool to have an excuse to cover one of the biggest dodge roll games of the year. Hope everyone is enjoying/surviving the holidays.

[@saint_hijri7442]

You can also go back to act 2 to do the trial of sekimas with the honor and it's wayyyyy easier

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

You made a mistake, in the intro you say the game is 3 dollars and that you get 3 dollars of MTX lol 1:15

[@poopoo6186]

I love this game a lot. I was also paid to play it.

[@breakthecode4634]

It turns from souls like to screen wipe.

[@Lance_Lionroar]

Kinda burned cash sponsoring you considering that they already have about half a million daily active players (on steam alone)

[@jacksepticeye]

I rolled out of bed this morning. Am I a soulslike??

[@IronPineapple]

I'm afraid so

[@stendaalcartography3436]

Yes.

[@Jameing185]

Do you feel like a soul

[@alexandersheron9079]

Jack is a tarnish is seemeth..

[@shynonoyce3133]

I'm really sorry, but as a Souls like lover, i now have to beat you, and there is no point of rolling further away from me..

[@vinoirma8225]

Sushi is officialy a souls-like >Rolls >Made in japan

[@guillermogerrycabrera7625]

This joke is simple but very effective. Great.

[@spellcrashers]

😂, I actually laughed out loud.

[@SirQuantization]

@@guillermogerrycabrera7625 Hey thanks for clarifying that. At first I thought the joke was complicated and ineffective but now that I read your comment I know better.

[@paulkavo7238]

Don't forget it can also 1 shot you and plant brain bugs

[@EspyMelly]

I cannot argue with that logic

[@razbuten]

the real exile was the path we made along the way

[@ScyrousFX]

@@Notta-gx5xj God forbid a KZbinr makes a joke in the comment section.

[@QDRG64]

@@Notta-gx5xj You seem needy for attention. Just saying 🤷🏻‍♂

[@tonythatyga2782]

@@Notta-gx5xjyet here you are…

[@crimsoncenturian5625]

Wait. . . Wouldn't it be "the real 'path' is the 'exiles' we made along the way" ?

[@epicologyfr6177]

@@Notta-gx5xj Your comment comes off as being needy for attention bro, as penance, imma need you to oil up and send me the pics in my DMs.😊

[@PhileasLiebmann]

It's crazy that GGG put a roll into Path of Exile 2 just so they could justify a sponsored video from Pine.

[@joelzuniga3292]

This man truly moves mountains

[@florians.1326]

6:45 "I've figured it out, this game is CocoMelon for dudes in their thirties" I feel personally attacked, and the worst part is I can't even disagree. The screen-wide chain explosions are pure dopamine.

[@rylenstuffsv2]

It's mesmerising to look at, you're in complete trance the whole time you're dashing out your attacks. In essence he's entirely correct... it's Cocomelon for adults

[@madmanvarietyshow9605]

Yeah y'all are 100% correct 😂

[@rnbicalho]

and then jump to 44:19 lol

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

PoE1 flicker strike is actually just ultimate cocomelon for adults (too much) hold button, let your character decide where you will go, and watch (optionally) as your character blazes across the map, teleporting every 0.1 seconds to clear everything in the way you probably cannot do that in PoE2 (probably a good thing, it tickles my eyeballs a bit too hard), but even the normal skills are satisfying to look at

[@truth7down]

@@TheOneWhoHasABadNamehahahahahahaaaaaa

[@Sin-Sor]

You don’t get a skill tree in PoE2, you get Yggdraskill

[@MythicMachina]

I had to double that that, but i'm glad I did.

[@Phiro00]

underrated comment

[@maxpowers4436]

IDK why its called a skill tree there are no skills on it its 99% passives give 10% here, 25% there no skills just interactions and passive. A skill tree has skills right? It has passive, actives and a combination of everything.

[@soraneptune4178]

​@@maxpowers4436is called a "passive skill tree". Or passive tree. Even the extra points you get from side quests literally call it "passive skill points". Calling it a skill tree is just an abbreviation/common misnaming from players.

[@perryborn2777]

That's a great name for it lol

[@andrewli8900]

Credit to Yakko for always playing tank in these sponsored co-op playthroughs

[@MrTavrosNitram]

confirmed masochist

[@komodo_]

38:00 I love how this is a massive lore reveal for PoE1 players, and your reaction is "oh, you have wings".

[@NoConsequenc3]

Sin is such a cool concept. The idea of unconsensual divinity shaping him into something he desperately wants to avoid is to tragic

[@VarietyFox420]

"Time to reveal my secret identity!" "..." "..." "Oh you have wings"

[@puffy1700]

"Massive reveal" Now let's be honest, most people could figure that out from the trailer. lol

[@christerjakobsen8107]

@@puffy1700 tbh, considering the deeper voice compared to poe1, it could have also been Innocence, Sin's brother, who does have that deep voice in poe1.

[@nu1x]

@@christerjakobsen8107 Innocence is kind of an asshole, Sin is the good guy we all like as a friend.

[@superbond22]

What a gamer momemt to be like a kid again. "Oh man I got this skill!" "Cool bro, can we hit it too?" "Yes! AWESOME!" "I-I-I got this cool thing too, wanna see!?!?" "Wowa your character is so cool too"

[@outdoorsvoyage6993]

I also played with 2 friends and this was our experience. The moment my friend made a firewall and I sprayed my machine gun crossbow through it with shots catching fire was such a golden moment.

[@Yarsito]

Fun fact, another big Dark Souls content creator (Oroboro) is an OG Path of Exile 1 supporter, he even got a unique added into the game: Oro's Sacrifice.

[@farvatronreal]

i should thank him, then. his sword helps me get my flicker strike build going almost every league xD

[@aka-e2o]

@@farvatronreal Funnily enough, he said on his stream once that the sword working so well with Flicker Strike was an accident, he made it with Cyclone in mind.

[@Evanfify]

Is it real haha?

[@Yarsito]

@@Evanfify yes, it took me a few thousands of played hours to connect the dots xdd. In uniques' wiki pages it says who created them down at the bottom

[@Rhyas9]

Oro's Sacrifice + Flicker Strike is teh sex.

[@willy1872]

WHAT DOES ADAM SANDLER DO????

[@nathangavenski3090]

Im really curious about it now haha

[@bombyxtau]

WE NEED TO KNOW PINE

[@COLDCHEMICALpresents]

The deep Sandler lore is forbidden knowledge.

[@Zastrutzki]

Whatever it is, it ain't good.

[@DrnknMrcnry]

Get this to the top. We need an explanation!

[@MythicMachina]

The thing that sold me honestly is seeing that your allies can hit the bell, AND that it's actively disappears off your staff, then reappears when you use it. Also, the giant skill tree reminds me a bit of FF10's Sphere Grid. Idk how similar it is though.

[@AlienFromBeyond]

The Sphere Grid is actually a pretty accurate comparison.

[@Xenamos]

Its actually similar but it doesnt have anything blocking your progress outside of not having any more points like sphere grid did, both are huge though and great

[@carbon6111]

@@AlienFromBeyond It's not accurate whatsoever. In PoE you need to make choices on where to go as the tree lets you go in any direction and you have a limited number of points. FFX has you on a set path for most of the game unless you grind and want to max it all out. They look similar but work nothing alike.

[@iColinix]

Would not mind more of this at all

[@badger297]

New player here. Got maybe 100 hrs in d4 & never played poe1. Ive put in almost 100 hrs since launch. I fucking love this game

[@Pavidota]

Remember Exile, D4 bad

[@badger297]

@Pavidota while I do agree, I liked it a bit before this came out. I can see why someone might prefer it, just to face roll monsters casually. For me tho, this is everything I wanted d4 to be. I'm not saying its perfect, it definitely needs work, but the base is solid. I love the way all the skills interact with each other and how each class feels different to play. But yea, TLDR: D4 sucks & so does blizzard

[@RexZShadow]

@@badger297 Funny thing is too if you want to face roll monster poe 1 is actually better version of it because how much face roll varity and content there is to do. Granted D4 is better if you want to face roll while not remotely thinking about it and play only for like a week. Poe 1 does take a bit more to get into but the face rolling there is definitely on a higher level XD

[@badger297]

@RexZShadow that's not for me. I definitely prefer the more methodical, and thought out combat of poe2.

[@maxpowers4436]

@@badger297 Its really not thought out its just slower its literally the same shit, use your abilities move on to next pack its just slower. Bosses are good but boil down to dodge roll this dodge roll that. Methodical implies procedure or thought out its not, maybe up until level 10. Its even faster and endgame proper turbo zoom not as fast as POE 1 but its getting there. You cannot take end game slow you die you have to blitz it.

[@amit212543]

Man I swear that whenever Pineapple agrees to do a sponsorship it ends up being for something I wish he’d review.

[@biscuitboi9478]

I like his sponsored videos because they just feel like any of his other videos.

[@ThePotatokun]

corrupt blood, volatile dead and poison on hit, yup all the best choices right there

[@ryu_lidu]

Bleed poison on hit legit turns every attack into an one shot

[@ChelovegII]

You can always pick lightning rings, petrification statues and 40% less defenses

[@morningstarxiv342]

Had the biggest grin on my face when he made those choices.

[@practic4l349]

assuming it only happens once those were good choices, but ultimatum isn't about that lol

[@HawooAwoo]

And they got the tornado bird, perhaps the most cracked boss in the game right now.

[@Slipperyjim8]

I love all the little interactions. Those petrifying totems only turn you to stone if you're facing them.

[@warcheddar4163]

holy i find a slippery jim in the wild, love your vids man

[@Slipperyjim8]

@@warcheddar4163

[@xTazerTx]

My favorite Australian backyard reviewers

[@iColinix]

For the skill tree at the start it’s nice to think of it as looking at a map of an open world game, cool to look at but better to focus on where you are.

[@kingplunger1]

And you have a search function to highlight stuff and ignore most of the rest

[@marz7173]

this is such a great way of looking at it

[@BasketCase-rr7tx]

The best way to describe it is the sphere grid from Final Fantasy X. Because it works the exact same way.

[@arosbastion7052]

problem is if you do that, you can brick your character very quickly

[@maxpowers4436]

Skill tree with no skills more like passive tree.

[@Seb_Falkor]

Yup. I also am not really into arpgs, but I do really enjoy the game so far. I doubt I'm gonna go hard into the endgame and buildcrafting, but I'm having fun on the journey there which is what matters

[@eliaslaban]

Enjoy the Journey. As someone that is fully into the endgame rn, its full of frustrating and poorly thought out game mechanics and how it punishes hundreds of hours of farming towards pinnacle bosses if you die once or the game ends up crashing. Things will hopefully get better, but its good that you aint into the endgame like most players as it currently puts a sour taste in the mouth as of its current state!

[@G1nSan3]

@@eliaslaban most players are not even in endgame. most players are still playing the acts. my source are numerous voting pages on the internet and here on youtube. most players vote they are still playing campaign

[@charliem5604]

@@G1nSan3 Exactly, not everyone has all day to grind to endgame especially when its only 2 weeks old. Personally idc that much about endgame and don't see myself to push super far into it.

[@TheReal_FishFins]

It's why I enjoy playing Diablo 2 every couple seasons. Get to end game. Enjoy it for a bit, then quit. But the Journey is always great.

[@Nyc862]

The endgame will be much better by full release, and if you're game crashes you do not lose out on progress, you will log back in right where you were. The endgame was the least developed part of the game so far, they just wanted to make sure players had something to do at the end of campaign right at the start of early acess.

[@LordLicoriceDerp]

Time to be terrified of the enormous skill tree again

[@zayon0170]

nha, pretty intuitive, game is based on weapons and the points in the trees make weapons/elements so you kinda get it easy (and online guides are there for those who want 0 effort :)

[@SanityPotion776]

I was someone who was put off by the skill tree in PoE1 but PoE2’s skill tree while still massive, feels a lot more digestible and manageable

[@ItsRyanHello]

You mean TIME TO CONSULT THE STAR CHART OF SKILLS

[@666slateran666]

@@LordLicoriceDerp it's only daunting at first. The actual area that you use for your build is a small section

[@TheReal_FishFins]

It's why I enjoy playing Diablo 2 every couple seasons. Get to end game. Enjoy it for a bit, then quit. But the Journey is always great.

[@HawooAwoo]

57:57 There's actually a pretty cool and funny reason why he calls you "Demon of Atzoatl." In PoE1's endgame, there is an optional activity that involves you briefly entering the past to massacre a bunch of those guys before the time limit runs out. Apparently the constant random massacres were so traumatizing that they now have a special name for you.

[@sinh7765]

alva is the demon of atzoatl, not the player. player characters weren't involved at all with happenings of poe1, hence why they didnt recognize who sin is as an example.

[@christerjakobsen8107]

@@sinh7765 No, he specifically addresses the player character, not Alva. It's just that every time we went on an incursion, Alva was also there, so they started associating Alva with the Demon as well, like she was the "harbinger" of the Demon of Atzoatl.

[@sinh7765]

@@christerjakobsen8107 could be a doryani goof and he thinks poe2 characters are poe1, could be misinterpretation. but as far as we know, poe2 playable characters were not involved at all with anything that happened in poe1. alva tho, did have a hand in destruction of atzoatl. more signs pointing to her being the demon than doryani making a mistake and thinking poe2 characters destroyed atzoatl. and i wouldnt say he addressed the player character. he simply says how the demon of atzoatl has finally come. could very well refer to alva and her getting help(us) arriving in the room.

[@christerjakobsen8107]

@@sinh7765 DORYANI thinks the entity that slaughtered it's way through the Temple of Atzoatl in poe1 is the same as the player character of poe2. After all, we did ALSO SLAUGHTER OUR WAY THROUGH UTZAAL. He's working on incomplete information. Which is why I believe he's addressing us, and not Alva.

[@HawooAwoo]

In the timestamp I provided he is *explicitly* calling the player character the "Demon of Atzoatl"

[@thechrisgrice]

@45:35 Bleeding does not affect healing at all. It simply deals physical damage over time, but more if you're moving.

[@eSpyre]

I'd assume it was doing enough damage (probably while moving) that the healing flask could only heal enough to counter the damage being done

[@sujimayne]

And even more if you're wrong

[@RexZShadow]

What's worse was it wasn't bleed but corrupted blood which does WAY more damage than bleed and even worse while you're moving XD Why one of the first thing you get in poe one is health potion with remove bleed/corrupted blood coz that shit will kill you.

[@practic4l349]

@@eSpyre that's how it worked in poe1 so I'd assume that's how it is.

[@practic4l349]

@@RexZShadow Corrupted blood doesn't do more damage when you're moving, bleed does.

[@enzozanin5104]

21:30 "I was not watching my health bar" he says after getting one shot

[@DrDoctor70]

Not sure when this playthrough happened vs the update rollouts, but the community gave a ton of feedback and in the first few days some massive changes to how rolls and some on death effects worked and I think that was the source of a lot of the difficulty early on. On release you were unable to roll past mobs nearly at all and your character could get pushed around by mobs MUCH easier, which made the getting swarmed/backed into a corner issue much worse

[@HawooAwoo]

I notice I no longer have random enemies clip into my hitbox during a charge and drag me across the entire length of the map

[@RedEarth20XDX]

43:05 I love games that refill your health when you level up. Sometimes, it comes in clutch, and it's so satisfying.

[@Hoscue]

Watching you play a cold/lightning monk makes me so proud 🤝

[@jayiyengar9136]

I'm so happy because I'm playing a cold/lightning monk too, those combo hits are so satisfying oml

[@KurosakiYukigo]

"I think I've figured it out, this is Cocomelon for dudes in their 30s" I could not stop laughing for a solid minute.

[@caiofrogs]

the fact that only 3 acts in early access have more content variety than the entirety of diablo 4 AND it's gonna be free to play is absolutely insane and i love it

[@acev3521]

D4 bad

[@AlmightyUniden]

I would prefer a paid option tho. Full price give me everything and faster rewards, less grind kind of thing.

[@cataclysmal5315]

​@@AlmightyUniden wrong game, please look elsewhere

[@FerramusNL]

@@AlmightyUniden Not for this game. Every league is it's own ladder basically, and this would make it mandatory for people to buy into faster rewards making the game pay to win.

[@AlmightyUniden]

@@FerramusNL I'm not talking about anything competitive,ladder related or late game. I most likely don't understand how this game operates because I haven't played the first one but I thought most people didn't like grinding for 20 hours to unlock basic abilities. I just want to play the campaign, have fun and try new builds without having to make it my full time job. Which is what free to play games usually are.

[@LaymensLament]

man sponsoring you is another reason i like ggg. i dont like loot games at all. the more method pace stops around act 3 to be fair but somehow this game got me hooked into grinding the endgame pressing 2 buttons for hours. it really is something.

[@AscensionStudiosCA]

ty so much. love the reactions. it is refreshing to see people who want more challenge rather than some of the people who want bosses to die quickly. i love when it's more challenging

[@Fordicus]

I've put 128 hours into POE2 already, this game is crack

[@badger297]

I usually cant make it through your entire videos (as doom scrolling has ruined my attention span) but this was entertaining all the way through. Your homies were cool as well, about to throw them a sub. Would love to see ya'll play more of this

[@hewas9738]

Helps that there is a new cool boss fight every other minute lol

[@Soapy_Papoose]

The number one tip for PoE2: Make sure your flasks gain passive charges so you can get flask refills during boss fights.

[@t0mbst0neyt]

You also conserve health by not getting hit lmao

[@Xenamos]

@@t0mbst0neyt lame ass comment

[@badger297]

Seeing you guys mess around with your skills put a genuine smile on my face

[@aboveaveragecat44]

There’s something I love about the way Iron Pineapple says “…Skyrim.” At 14:20

[@XDak0_0]

Life is kinda like a Souls-like if you think about it. Its hard

[@tomfoolery3847]

Except you don't always get better by playing it, only older.

[@TsunamiWombat]

also, you can roll into pots and they might break

[@Pawn2e4]

Less waifus : (

[@Hostefar]

no i-frames

[@LaymensLament]

when i see my boss, i roll

[@AzziSenpai]

"Who are you?" "oh you're a guy with wings" 😂 that killed me.

[@lemonautical]

"[Path of Exile 2] is like coco melon for 30 year old dudes" -- Iron "John Dark Souls" Pineapple, 2024

[@meinnase]

they could put that quote on the box...if there still were boxes to put it on

[@juma8126]

That quote aged like fine wine after the Elon Musk thing

[@Pattoe]

27:00 The developers have since changed the honour system, giving extra resistance to honour damage up to 35% depending on how close you are to the enemies. It's also fixed some bugs with Damage over Time effects which were doing more damage to honour than intended (up to 3x the damage!), and since melee was affected by these effects more than ranged, both these changes make the trials easier for melee.

[@cocobutter8389]

I'm a massive POE 1 player and I adore the Fromsoftware games and im so impressed of how GGG made POE2 and I love the game so much im glad you guys seemed to have enjoyed it

[@biggerz.237k]

I was gonna start my academic comeback tonight, but it can wait one more day

[@AndrewWilson-Anotherrose]

I like to think the canonical reason why there can be multiple players is that after one hanging where one got away they just keep doing rounds where another one gets away and they never stop failing XD

[@FuchsiaRiv]

9:14 "I'll turn it back on, I got a life to live" lol this is so good

[@DanielTheExiled]

Great to see you play PoE 2 and enjoying it a lot. Fun to see many content creators outside the PoE sphere jumping into the game that I have been waiting for 5 years myself 😅 Godspeed in the endgame, Exile.

[@YoshihitoBLM]

The skill tree looks way more complicated than it actually is. Every class uses the same tree and depending on the path you'll get different skills based on those classes standard builds. So the path you start on as the Monk will have things that benefit your standard builds and if you just focus on that direction you'll be good. The more specialized builds will make use of things farther away depending on how they build.

[@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards]

no build is going to look at more than a quarter of the full circle unless you're a poe PhD, and besides most people are going to roughly follow a build guide

[@Doflaminguard]

It looks complicated because it has no distinction. You can get into the tree of other characters.

[@Groove_Gamer]

I've gotten 5 characters through the campaign and warrior by far the slowest and worst, I suggest if anyone levels a warrior build around shockwave totems, getting all the extra totems and just respec after campaign into what you really want or keep going totems. Also I've seen people level with monk abilities and a unique that gets around the dex requirements and it's so much better.

[@ItsJustTeddington]

Warrior is jacked, but relies on skill combinations the most. A typical player would expect to just go unga bunga with a weapon, but a good non-totem warrior needs a decent amount of skill and attack speed, plus a combination of using stuns, warcries and your main damage skill. Then you see a lightning monk just hold down left click(drop bell occasionally) and clear maps with their brain turned off, or a watch just casually floating along. spamming sparks while everything dies around her. I still enjoy playing the warrior(both totem and slam playstyles) the most, since he's the most PoE 2 class of the bunch.

[@sharkh20]

I just stacked +melee skill level shockwave totems. They are good all the way up to jacked up end game sponge bosses. You just run out of damage scaling and the totems cost 700 mana per cast.

[@taro7870]

"I want this boss to be hard" "Let's take off our armor" What did he mean by this

[@Fearless665]

iron pineapple really picked a personality when dark souls 1 came out and refuses to move on

[@chronodis]

And I wouldn't want it any other way

[@the_seer_0421]

Well because dark souls 1 is the GOAT

[@Rosehawka]

haha, i mentioned IronPineapple in world chat the other day, stating "well it's got a dodge mechanic, IronPinapple would say it's a soulslike" glad you enjoyed your first PoE experience! gee, multiplayer looks like a lot more fun than solo grinding.

[@Anonymousvideowatcher]

Majority of the playerbase prefers solo play. But multiplayer every now and then can be fun.

[@XypherFTW]

11:00 Some people have been diving into the math more as well lately and apparently armor is straight up worthless against bosses because of how much you would need to mitigate a reasonable amount of damage from their hits, so thats not helping the Warrior's case either. And im sure theres a lot of people who default to Unga Bunga Class every time they get into an ARPG

[@youcantbeatk7006]

What you describe is part of why I hate Terraria's master mode and generally dislike the Calamity mod. They just completely throw away the balance to override the melee/tank playstyle (which is my favorite). It's bad enough that most melee weapons stop being melee weapons at all in the late game already.

[@Prayywastaken]

another thing to note, the 30€ you pay for the ea key you get back in form of their ingame shop currency, so its 30€ worth of points+ea+whatever pack you bought if you want the pets or transmog(higher packet=every item from the packets before and the equivalent in shop points) you will want atleast a small amount of points to buy the stash tabs and in general poes monetization is probably the best in the business

[@ronaldzhemelon3882]

i knew this video would exist at some point the moment i saw both the dodge roll and the stance bar ._.

[@Bigpighunter123]

The three of ya'll are at the top of my favorite gaming channels, and this is one of my favorite new games of the year. what a fantastic combo for a vid.

[@minerg1]

Playing with buddy look so much fun, I wish I can erase my memory and play it again with my friends

[@ClassiicMe]

I loveeee the pacing and the fact that your not bombarded with unique and rares means you really need to look at every piece that drops to see if it’s an upgrade (or can be crafted to an upgrade)

[@SadCatSad]

Oh boi do i love exile like games

[@Jklopoppcorn]

Dude really doesn’t have to justify a game being soulslike to cover it, just cover what you feel like man

[@MadeThisStuff]

Early christmas present from Pine!

[@AuraYoRHa]

Can we get a full series on this PLEASE, I'll roll around the floor and be a souls like for you

[@sputnik1847]

Hey Iron, this game Shady Knight that you played on one of the Souls Likes videos fully released recently. Would be cool to see you play it in the next video!

[@drtaco_9051]

@40:54 😂 Great vid. I enjoyed watching someone elses reaction to some of my favorite moments throughout the campaign

[@redaffix7320]

A lot of the bosses will 1 shot you, which makes me think some sort of health-gate could be useful for some newer people PoE1/2. Still, in spite of the jank, GGG are tuning the hell out of it, and it still feels awesome as hell. Edit: Warning for anyone interested in the Early Access, they haven't added all the base classes, every class will have 3 ascendencies, and there's entire weapon types and skills missing from the Early Access. There's like half the game still waiting to be added, not including the other 3 acts of the game. Waiting isn't a bad idea, but joining the early access might be easier to get into with a smaller (but still huge) pool of content making it less overwhelming.

[@luca4k484]

also, buying early access now is like buying 30€ worth of ingame currency at the same time. if you love the game youre gonna be buying a stash upgrade in the endgame anyways

[@szkeleton3]

Exactly, there is only 20% of the game available right now.

[@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin]

That's the sort of thing you would find on a Unique rarity item in PoE (there's a helm that gives you a 50% chance to survive hits that would kill you for instance). They tend to keep mechanics like that very much opt-in, and getting one shot is a good as any way to teach players DON'T NEGLECT DEFENSES! Glass canon may be technically softcore viable, but you'll be pretty frustrated by all the lost time reviving at checkpoints and losing progress in the endgame.

[@redaffix7320]

@@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin I was thinking more of an ascendancy class skill that stops all damage that deals more than 90% of your life/es pool once every 30 seconds, only enabling again after regaining 100% life, and doubles regen for 4 seconds, or something similar. I do agree that defenses are extremely important early on, but that's also when it's hardest to shore them up effectively.

[@TrueNargin]

So for those curious about monetization I don't know exactly how it's in PoE 2 but I do know how it is in PoE 1 and I don't think there's any outrageous change or else I'd have heard about it: - PoE 1 has mostly cosmetic microtransactions but there are stash tabs that you can buy to get more space in your personal storage. - They also make organising stuff easier cause there's separate stash tabs for specific things (like a tab specifically for currency, a tab for divination cards, a tab for essences etc.). These are also sold separately. - You technically don't have to buy them but realistically if you want to play a bunch you probably want at least a couple. - Most of them are not super expensive (mostly $4 per tab with some being more expensive) and personally I think it's a fair price for what PoE can offer but if you want to be completely f2p you're not gonna have a lot of space for stuff. - I also heard stuff you bought in PoE 1 transfers over to PoE 2.

[@drilltimezz3092]

A really big part of how easy or hard this game is is your rng in getting drops, if you get bad drops is so much harder

[@zyrajoy4409]

honestly this has been the only poe 2 party content i’ve found and it’s so fun to see. thank you

[@Fry3211]

I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA PLAY IT WOOOO

[@thydevour]

Awesome vid, and grats on the sponsor. the combat and bossfights in this game are insane.

[@unity3169]

My problem with the first was that I thought it was too easy so people saying this is too hard yet pine saying it’s easy seems like a decent middle ground

[@ListedF]

I don't know why this was recommended to me because I'm not usually watching this channel but man... I loved this video and also the boss fights seem insane in this game, I'll give it a try 100%

[@badger297]

I love that the skills on this game dont work on a cooldown system like d4. In d4 it felt like i was just constantly waiting on a cooldown to end. This system feels much better.

[@Theos.]

eh...some skills do have cooldowns. poe1 is where the no cooldown is at.

[@Doflaminguard]

There are cooldowns in the game but they are usually debuffs or higher damage skills.

[@chronodis]

Colldowns are very rare. Tho there are support gems that add a cooldown in exchange for damage

[@Alexisonscope]

I love how clearly you all starting enjoying it more once it was patched. I was definitely a bit disappointed by how easy/underwhelming you’d all found it at the start. Good video, love to see it, sponsors done right.

[@stravvman]

Said he likes slower pace of the game. Immediately began to increase the attack speed

[@chronodis]

Slow pace doesn't mean slow attacks

[@stravvman]

@@chronodis It doesn't, but still makes the situation ironic

[@ChinesePanda777]

I loved Path of Exile 1, and I was intentionally staying away from Path of Exile 2 content, but I can't resist the IronPineapple. Very encouraging to hear how many fights ended with y'all saying "That was great"!

[@czarsquid855]

This video really highlights why people enjoy it. There is a lot of old PoE1 fans being hypercritical of the game like it's going to die. But what they say and what is shown here does not match. They forget their game is over a decade of development and when PoE2 gets the same treatment it could easily become one of the best games around.

[@killbabies0341]

Poe1 players just miss looking up a guide and the game playing itself. Personally loving Poe2 so far as some one who could never get into the first game.

[@studentt6064]

There's a lot of people in poe1 that basically want the game to be a 1 button everything dies click fest and nothing else lol. I remember when ascendencies were added in poe1 years back they added some tile sets with traps and I think even years after some people were still complaining that it "did not fit the game" lol.

[@Vartazian360]

Playing with a group makes this game exponentially easier because the agro is not always on you. The game is awesome. Never played ARPG in my life. On Act 2 Cruel and loving it (stormweaver sorc) but there are DEFINITELY balance issues and loot problems that need to be fixed. I have faith that the devs will address them over the next few months though. The game itself is great, it just needs to be tweaked to reach its full potential. Loot drops are so unbelievably random that you can play 15 hours and not find something that gives you an advantage at all. IE High spell damage staff + Skill level boost, or not getting items with stats that are just completely useless for your build. And they dont have the campaign enemies dropping enough exalted orbs to allow you to improve the rares you do find..And everyone just ends up stalking up on them and trading with them rather than actually using them for their intended purpose. In addition to this, some bosses / mechanics are EXTREMELY overtuned to the point of frustration: Trials of Chaos The seer boss I am looking at you. Warrior is very under powered at first (but ends up being able to do ridiculous 1 shots on bosses in endgame). That being said, what they have created here is amazing as a base, and most of the issues with the game can be addressed in balance patches.

[@csquared4538]

19:19 can't believe they ripped off wolf bosses from Dark Souls. Shameless plagiarism.

[@mewo7904]

Cant wait for the full game this looks really fun

[@KhangAJ]

razbuten is literally just playing Remnant.

[@acev3521]

Remnant but the game actually runs good and hitboxes work lmao.

[@MJR_heyfunny]

Oh my God one of My favorite channels that has one of the most fantastic series ever Because I'm a massive souls-like fanatic is actually doing a video on my favorite game franchise of all freaking time. Omg I can die happy. My dude I've watched like every single video you've ever put out and I have personally put in over 40,000 hours into Path of Exile and I absolutely love the second one so far. I know I'm going to absolutely adore this video.

[@WhatIsANameAndAreNamesNamey]

is there a catch? free 6 acts souls like with a huge skill tree and the ability to co-op, this game honestly sounds too good to be true for when it releases.

[@Spotifist]

The catch is you only get 4(?) ”tabs” to hold your loot by default. To trade/play the game efficiently with other players you want more tabs, roughly 30$ worth. You get that by paying to play the EA. It’s perfectly playable without extra tabs though.

[@Xenamos]

@@Spotifist It would be completely horrible to be in endgame without any other tabs, but its a worthwhile investment if you want to play still or are planning too

[@Sk8erMorris]

​@@Xenamoswhy do you need tabs? Why not just drop useless shit? New here

[@jerkoardalic]

Dude you don't have to lie, we all love the grind.

[@zxjurassic0220]

38:51 ME ME ME

[@MrFanservice]

POE: The game franchise where you sink in 1000hrs, and find out you still only know 20% of the game

[@Malao558]

I put more hours into PoE the first in a year and a half than I've put into some games over a decade, and I'm loving PoE2. It takes a bit of adjustment even when you're used to the way the first game worked, but it's still got that sense of continuous character improvement and blasting through entire screens of enemies feels better than ever. There's some aspects that cause me some friction, especially in the postgame, but it's still leaps and bounds above the quality of any other ARPG I've played, and they only actually released _half_ of it!!!

[@stevebergman34]

It's nice to see all the new players coming into the genre. It seems that the sentiment from the players who previously haven't been a fan of the genre are genuinely enjoying the game. It's really cool to see.

[@killbabies0341]

Well the genre for a while has been chasing D3 one shot every thing on the screen big numbers gameplay. The success of elden ring shows gamers want more deliberate and challenging gameplay.

[@k1awdttt]

The state of the game balance rn is not great, especially for melee class. And yet GGG is already nerfing a lot of builds while respecing is expensive. Also not a fan of the "one hit kill" mechanic for the tougher bosses, mainly for single player. I mean yeah once we've seen it once then it's fine, but it means for cheap deaths. The best example is the Rudja boss- when she can one hit you despite you are a melee class and having more health then casters, then you'd see why so many players complain. I'm still playing it tho, but the game needs more balancing.

[@chronodis]

That's what early access is for. Also one hit kill just means you need more health or you need to dodge

[@dalegribble1178]

@@chronodis How much is GGG paying you to defend the game? I've scrolled through the comments and you've replied to almost every comment that's critical of the game...

[@cr6458]

@@dalegribble1178 it's easy to feel compelled to reply to numbskulls who are saying dumb shit in comment sections

[@dalegribble1178]

@@cr6458 I know right? I just couldn't resist calling out Chronodis

[@TheDailyRuck]

Really cool seeing some new players from other genres giving this game a whirl and this was a really enjoyable video to watch. I hope you guys will do some more together in the next 3 acts, end game or new characters.

[@Mugthraka]

WHat i like is that a LOT of the skills as synergies with other skills, with is great for when you do an Hybride build BUT its also phenomenal when you do group play, since your mates skills wilkl interact with those skills.

[@jacquibilbruck4569]

Im so happy they had you playing POE!!! Made my day to see you playing!!! The game is beautiful and they made it challenging compared to the 1st one and i LOVE it!! The skill tree isnt as intimidating as it seems. Once you know what you want to build use the search to find the nodes you need and map a path that will strengthen your build.

[@unl3453d]

as a longterm poe1 (and now alos 2) player, i totally did not expect this collab

[@Vollce]

Seriously man the graphics are bonkers! Shout out to the voice acting as well!

[@Wapaz]

I always thought Diablo should go into the Soulslike direction. While Diablo 4 also has more "interactive" boss fights with wind up attacks and environmental dangers, PoE2 just looks so much better. The art style is gritty and dark, and the slower tempo of the combat just makes everything look more epic and allows for bigger bosses with more telegraphed attacks.

[@wiseferret4745]

I've noticed some Berserk references too. The first act boss, Count Geonor, literally turns into the Beast Of Darkness, and Una summons a bunch of fairy spirits to clear away some branches, which is a lot like Schierke's sylph sword and cloak.

[@virtualageviking9496]

Was fun seeing the stuff you gravitated to with Monk because my playing has been SUPER different, I went super hard on lightning and critical, and have way more INT than DEX because I'm dipping quite a bit into Elemental abilities like lightning warp to quickly mass shock enemies and siphon them for my power charges, and gave the big lightning cone AOE a 10 second cooldown for +40% damage. It's a very set them up and knock them down build with a ton of burst and I've really enjoyed it, and it feels very much like I came up with it as I went which feels really cool

[@Kaiji...]

It’s a great breath of fresh air for me, I can’t wait for more content, top quality game already.

[@Dodo_CR]

I see iron pineapple, i click iron pineapple

[@mackenziedesire7515]

This makes two years in a row of Pine dropping a video on my birthday (that I then failed to watch until Christmas day). Is this... a tradition? eta: that skill tree is _insane._

[@luca4k484]

respect for finishing it with 3 man (i assume) because hp scaling is brutal in poe2, think they might change that sometime (each player increases unique hp by 200% which means your boss had 6 times more xp than going solo)

[@greatscott3708]

One of the best creators in this platform i love how you give actual reviews and also let it be known if there is any bias. I love your content keep the hilarious and great content.