Path of Exile 2's RIDICULOUS State 1 MONTH IN!

[@kieranclarke4373]

IMO, the last bit of Act 3, where the time travel is involved, needs to be fixed in terms of merchant access. Taking a two-step journey just to sell junk is too much. Merchants should always be a single port to town away.

[@RetoonHD]

You spend 90% of gameplay in endgame. In your hideout you have your vendor 2 metres from your map device. You walk out, quick sell, go again. Basically no downtime.

[@metallicafan416]

Or just don't sell junk in that area 🙄

[@lolsalad52]

​@@metallicafan416ah the just don't vendor or stash for an entire act strategy👍

[@elimgarak1127]

@@RetoonHD Yet another retard jerking off bad game design. It's early access. Point out the stupid shit.

[@dagripper77]

​@@metallicafan416it still takes two load screens unless you specify use waypoints.

[@G0ldfingers]

If Elon broke GGG rules he should be treated the same as any other player who has done so.

[@Carrylikemariah]

It would set a powerful precedent

[@vincent78433]

if they ban him he'll disable GGG twitter account XD

[@jeffxie6334]

@@Carrylikemariahit will be the stupidest business decision to do. I rather give elon the benefit of the doubt so that our beloved GGG can continue giving us top tier content for years to come.

[@FuX0r]

@@vincent78433 i don't see any negative with that, they would just be forced to post their news on a trustworthy website, for example their own.

[@jibijay]

Let him carry on and we get to keep watching him as he embarrasses himself.

[@buriin87]

So glad I'm not the only one who addicted to PoE2, but 282k more ppl daily lol

[@TalkativeTri]

I'm on Standalone, I really wonder what that looks like #-wise!

[@sallee132]

282k on Steam only...

[@roballen2378]

Yea I play on the client as well. I'd say at least 100k on standalone

[@joshuaowens570]

Bro, I’ve tried so hard to play other games but I JUST CANT STOP PLAYING POE2 😂

[@Blacknight200]

Im included but please god do something about that endgame!!!!

[@dethdelr9574]

the single straight line not even big enough to create a slice on the pie chart that represents all of us titan players.

[@TalkativeTri]

SOON TITANS RISE

[@graog123]

Three times as many Titans as Chayula monks

[@seanj5249]

Yea at least you didn't go to level 90 as bad cat monk like me half the tree is a writeoff and the "good" half doesn't even work.

[@KyokujiFGC]

Imagine if the endgame was actually good. The player count would be even higher.

[@m.h.4907]

Endgame is worse than D4 and LE. The more time I spend in PoE2 the more I miss PoE. Hope they announce a new league soon

[@kliersheed]

@@m.h.4907 i also have 8,5k hours in poe 1 and lategame is super weak i agree, especially with how they ported "go fast" leagues into a "methodical gameplay vision" game. BUT they only had 6 months to do so. obviously its just a rough port with reskinn. i look at it as "would you rather had NO endgame?" and i think the way it is right now is still better than none. breaches were quite fun tbh. other than the endgame and some bugs / hacking / duping etc. i think the most glaring thing for me is the crafting. i loved crafting in POE1 and it gave me purpose to grind different leagues for different crafting currency and bases and utensils etc. but POE2 feels like "go in map, kill rares, get ex or div, buy better items SOMEONE ELSE DROPPED" because its often cheaper to buy others drops than to craft your own, even statistically (aka if you were to craft multiple and take the average crafting cost). very sad IMO. that, and they have to make towers interesting. a bossfight in the tower or just clearing an adjacent map activating it etc. smth needs to be done about that and it would become like 30% more fun instantly. EDIT: that said: let them cook. i have confidence, looking at the quality of the stuff they had more time for (first 3 acts campaign) i think if we let them do their thing, this will become what we want it to be. im hyped for the patchnotes, ..or more like all patchnotes to come for the next 3 patches (which is what i estimate they need to fix the most glaring things going on right now, its just to much and some bigger issues actually that need more time to fix than just a fast patch) and then we will see and judge. at the latest on full release, i will allow myself to have a more finite opinion. maybe even give the benefit of doubt and let them in 2-3 leagues worth of mechanics and skills.

[@justmachima5629]

​@@m.h.4907dude you farm bosses all over again in D4. Endgame in D4 is garbage

[@HehehexDD]

@@m.h.4907 brother, this is EARLY ACCESS LMAO. why are you playing early access if youre expecting a polished game? the entire point of it is to get player feedback. the devs already said the current endgame was scraped up in a month for early access.

[@jibbone-leelong1657]

The campaign experience is extremely good, but the end game really falls flat.

[@miguelnascimento2847]

and the game doesn't live off of it's campaign, after the first or second time completing it it's just a chore you need to complete to reach the end game. Problem is that there is no good endgame to begin with so why play at all

[@entitledcomplainer]

Have you fought any pinnacle bosses? I'll wait. It's a early access lol

[@breakthecode4634]

I like the endgame as a base but it needs vast improvement

[@terrymacdonald2151]

That's because it's nowhere near finished, which is well documented. no need to moan you should be fully aware

[@miguelnascimento2847]

@@terrymacdonald2151 sorry, I wasn't aware that if a game is not yet finished nobody's opinion on it should be expressed. My utmost sincere apologies

[@sk1p336]

Never heard of POE1.. had a friend of mine recommend POE2 to me a week ago and I’ve clocked over 100 hrs in the game already. This game took me by surprise, I didn’t expect to find a game that would pull my attention in so quickly. Hours fly by without me even noticing. The satisfaction of leveling your player up slowly and seeing the progress is very rewarding and keeps you wanting to grind harder and harder. I plan on putting in plenty more hours and can’t wait to get to my monk build exactly where I want him. Great video!

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

Fellow monker here. Early game was rough. Mid was kinda hard but late game its so satisfying. I’m so glad i never gave up on my monk when times was hard! Highly recommend it we get better and better!!! Welcome to poe fam!

[@kliersheed]

i have 8,5k hours in poe1. i spent 420$ on it over X years. i dont regret a single minute or cent. btw that was like 9 cent per hour of fun so a pretty cheap hoppy (i think i , just because, calculated it as if 4k hours had been afk trading or so, so thats already factored in (substracted from the total 8,5k hours playtime)).

[@themagescorner]

Heh I had only 8 hours in POE1 but already over 300 in PoE2. There are so many QoL features and polish in design that they are truly making something special here.

[@lokhaxz803]

Leveling up is like 5% of player power growth. at least for Warrior :(

[@lokhaxz803]

@@themagescorner Plenty of QoL has been added to poe1 over the years tbf. To the point that some of it is missing in 2, which is strange. the crafting bench doesn't really have a real replacement yet.

[@sharkbaitoohhahha]

You know, maybe it's just me and I'm old fashioned - but I use gear I earn. I don't buy stuff, I don't trade for stuff, I just play, earn what I earn, and do the best to move on. May take me 1 try, may take me 10.

[@Michael-go4ix]

that is the most fun way

[@NZZN666]

This is me too. It worked great like that until end game, now I find getting just one upgrade rough. I don't want trade to be the only reason I can progress, so they do need some tuning with solo gear drops.

[@higherlearning9386]

Not just you, they literally have a whole game mode called SSF just for people like you

[@mpdmpd8118]

same here enjoy the journey progression..we only trade among friends or share item. whatever other ppl do nothing affecting the game..most ppl are just jelly

[@MichaelM2K23]

@@sharkbaitoohhahha my only issue with SSF is that we have basically ZERO agency in terms of crafting gear. So if a certain build I want to play requires specific items to even begin to play it, it’s nearly impossible. And that doesn’t even take into account the need to cap resistances.

[@Knokos]

The poe1 all time peak players doesnt account of people using poe1 launcher which was most people back in the day.......

[@rgjs4537]

He clearly doesn't know what he is talking about.

[@nathanielapgar4284]

@@rgjs4537 So he made a mistake. It was a great video besides that one detail. Let's not take it in bad faith.

[@ivaniivanovi4408]

@@nathanielapgar4284 nah, in 1st 3 minutes he made like 5 false statements.

[@ivaniivanovi4408]

90% of players are chineese players, and they are using steam launcher, so extra 10% from launcher means nothing

[@TalkativeTri]

I believe GGG recently said they hit their all time peak with Settlers of Kalguur and Steam made up most of that.

[@FlameMage2]

That was not a burning ground meme. That was a walkable terrain vs unwalkable terrain being indistinguishable meme.

[@TalkativeTri]

my meme understanding failed me holy

[@AnonYmous-ob7py]

Meme was so accurate I didnt even notice the fire until Tri mentioned it lol

[@fvzi4861]

I'm pretty sure the next peak will be the launch, the EA hype was just insane.

[@1010nm1]

Huntress and Druid were set to be in at launch originally, EA is marketed as 6-12 months. If they can’t get them out before march it is fine… but I would revise EA to be at least 2 years. 3+ months for content that was ‘almost finished’ would not be a good indicator of finishing other content in a reasonable time frame.

[@lolsalad52]

They have said before that classes/skills are the most work out of the game, adding leagues, campaign stuff that kinda stuff is actually quicker and easier. So even if it takes a while for them to finalise classes it doesn't mean it will take the same amount of time for other content

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

@@lolsalad52facts almost forgot 😅 im excited to see what crashes with druid and huntress

[@1010nm1]

@@lolsalad52 again, that is totally fine… but they have 4 other classes that, to my knowledge, have not really gotten past the concept phase. Those aren’t getting done in 3-9 months if a class that was playable 7 months ago is still not finished.

[@lolsalad52]

@@1010nm1 druid was nearly finished i cant remember what they said exactly about not including it in the EA but iirc it was more a matter of it wasn't quite ready AND they felt it might be better kept as a kinda "surprise" later, marauder and duelist probably require less work due to POE 1 existing so i would say those classes are either finished or getting close to finished, the huntress is the only one in the, we'll see category IMO. ALSO classes are 100% being worked on by different teams to environmental artists/level designers/story etc. they are 100% in the last stretch of this game. i won't say they are guaranteed to launch within 12 months, it might have a couple month extra delay who knows for certain. i still believe they are much closer than you think though. no way is a full year delay for 1.0 coming

[@lolsalad52]

forgot shadow and templar in there too lol. but yeh the 4 missing poe 1 classes almost defs do not have the same level of work required compared to the new ones.

[@StandardsFtw]

I've had PoE1 on my steam account since 2014 and have played only 350 hours. I love the game, and I respect it, but it has always been a bit of a daunting task to get my feet into content beyond doing red maps. PoE2 I've already clocked in 400 hours and have beaten my PoE1 playtime. As Gav said recently.. main game energy.

[@BlijfEric]

Lol, thats what me, my twinbro and a friend of us said to each other, main game energy Played like 80 hours in a bit less than 2 weeks

[@1113pablo]

POE1 wos nice to play from around 3.0 (2017 atlas expansion) in 2014 end game wos even worse than we have now in POE2, but for now POE1 is like 3x biger game and actualy balanced with existing crafting, much beter end game than POE2, but its lacks tutorial for new players. Its actualy beter for new players to start from POE2, than go POE1 when new league comes, and see diffrence. POE1 is now beter in almost everything than POE2.

[@PersistentDissenter]

​@@1113pabloIt's almost like POE1 has been developed for over 10 years and POE2 is in beta. If the state of POE2 is this, it will surpass POE1 on release in quality and fun.

[@rgjs4537]

​​​​​​@@1113pabloexactly. I just started Poe 1 like 2 weeks ago and doing red maps already and I can tell it's way better than Poe 2. Game is much more polished and way more fun, evolved, etc There is hundred of stuff u can do that poe2 don't have.

[@winns35]

Now just imagine what the numbers would be if the game was actually fun to play after level 70. Hopefully addressed tomorrow so I can play again.

[@terrymacdonald2151]

It is fun to play, just because its difficult for you there's no need to quit. Be brave, you can do it.

[@winns35]

@terrymacdonald2151 nothing fun about running 3 tier 14 maps and not getting one map above tier 9 out of it. That happened the last time I tried playing again and just shut it back off. It's the disrespect for the time playing the game in it's current state. You die once you get 3 punishments. You don't play with rarity and the game is unplayable above level 70. That's not a fun game and if it doesn't change there will be a massive shift in the amount of players. The people still playing daily are just doing it hoping they make changes. If the changes don't come the player base will begin to drop.

[@Philtho]

The game is absolutely fun to play past 70. The problem is the only class that is fun is the Monk. They somehow need to make all the other classes as amazing as the Monk going forward, and that is a big ask. Warrior they still need spin to win which is always fun, for minions they need more variety like POE1 with the golems doing auras, and no longer need spirit to summon and still stay summoned indefinitely. Dunno about the other classes...

[@HiddenStr3ngth]

@@winns35 There are issues, but waystones? That's a you problem. The are fairly easy to sustain. Even me, with my crap build, on SSF, can sustain high tier maps. Haven't even been crafting them for high waystone drop % lately. Unless you are not crafting them, not using tablets, avoiding all bosses, not taking any nodes on tree for them.

[@winns35]

@HiddenStr3ngth No all my waystones had minimum 190% increase and maps were somewhat juiced but no no e of them were bosses because there wasn't a boss one I could get to in them 3 maps. I have about 60% rarity on my gear as well. I know that isn't a whole lot but I'm not going to go getting as much as possible because that's one of the biggest issues I have with he game. I'm not going to be forced into building more rarity. I choose to rathe not play the game until hats fixed. Of course there's other issues but I can still have some fun even with them issues. But when it takes me 15 minutes to run them 3 maps minimum and didn't get anything over 9 waystones I have other games I can play.

[@I_am_nobody999]

I think you need to be careful speaking about end game since you've only played a couple dozen hours of it. It starts fast but it goes through weird shifts where it gets difficult af again and then easy again. I don't think much actually needs to be done to it, sometimes bosses are still very difficult for the average player when they have unlocked the extra difficulty levels. I just had my first attempt at the arbiter and I got him to 20% before he one shot me. I don't think it needs to be much more difficult, it's not exactly easy.

[@PandaCheeks]

Git gud 😂

[@justmachima5629]

Not everyone plays stormweaver ​@@PandaCheeks

[@TalkativeTri]

I don’t think it’s easy, it is just a very different pace compared to the campaign. I know I haven’t fought the Arbiter but I have around 30 hours at t15+ waystones.

[@GE_Photon_Lord]

30 hours is nothing...

[@justmachima5629]

@@GE_Photon_Lord 30 hours on T15 is enough to talk about the game.

[@paulm1237]

RMT isn't illegal, it's just against ToS.

[@kliersheed]

taxes stuff maybe? if the sum is high enough?

[@Tpike777]

Usually if I get into a game past the 70-80 hour mark it could be any moment that ill just drop it and never really return. I felt like that was gonna happen and thought it a couple times now about PoE2, but I find myself still logging in and enjoying 90% of my play sessions still. So honestly I may get another 100+ hours out of the game yet, or who knows, perhaps this will FINALLY be the arpg that stops me from always going back to D2 every couple of years just the scratch the itch. Its quite possible considering there's gonna be SIX more classes..and weapons..and like 20+ new ascendancies, 3 more acts.. Its mind blowing what this Indie studio has crafted, and while its not there yet and definitely has a ways to go, I feel everyone playing just knows they're experiencing something special. This is likely to become the next gold standard for Arpgs, and I'm so glad to see it putting AAA developers to shame with their pro consumer monetization. The honestly and integrity this development company has shown its customers speaks to the entire gaming industry. This is a W all around, congrats GGG you guys and gals deserve this success.

[@Dane_law-t]

Poe is the only arpg that has (for me) matched and surpassed D2..if I haven't put more time in yet I know for a fact that's how it will end up being lol

[@Tpike777]

@@Dane_law-t Ive found myself, a couple times now, alt tabbing out to google a specific item or mechanic, and in the search bar ill type "D2 what is temporalis" or something like that y"know? like I catch myself searching up things about poe2 and accidentally adding D2 to the search by mistake lol. So I agree, it feels far more like the 20 year evolution of that game then anything blizzard themselves have managed to come up with.

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

The stash tab sales 🥵 They got it right i never felt ripped of or regretted buying different stash tabs. I love how its EA so all my time spent i can do is learn and get better at the game. I want to learn crafting even though its not there yet but there are certain things that will be good when game releases that we know people will forget about.

[@terrymacdonald2151]

People who refuse to use Warrior are afraid.... Afraid that they will fail and it also shows they can only playbthe game if a broken build carries them...i always say a proving point is to take the worst class to endgame if you csnnot then youre hiding behind the game.

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

Did you beat endgame with Warrior?

[@Michael-o6d3y]

​@WutherWave-qc3udno not beat but I do have a warrior in end game with no problem. I have every class in endgame except merc.. and I'm not having any problems. Some builds better then others like sorc and ranger but they all good

[@jacoblancaster5044]

Bro I'm trash. And i mean trash at making my own builds and took my own version of sunder warrior to t15s only starting to trade in tier 8 maps. Its not a big flex. You either need to be carried by a build guide or you dont.

[@evanarnold3663]

Did you keep that energy and take ur warrior into endgame? Because I did. Damn near level 80. Can confirm. It FUCKING sucks. No one is scared of it. It. Just. Sucks. Same as chronomancer. Dog. Shit.

[@GE_Photon_Lord]

@@evanarnold3663 Cold chrono is insane, can do maps and is a bosskiller. You just can't level with it until t1 it feels terrible.

[@rob060]

But Elon Musk was able to get to level 80 before everyone, while being CEO of multiple companies. How can it be taking this long for the average casual Andy to get through campaign??? 😆

[@GE_Photon_Lord]

Boosted account.

[@thisisMRJAMES]

Cant wait for the interview today. You doing so good tri, thanks for keeping me sane

[@prime2803]

To find more citadels travel from one corrupted tower to other (if u clear it and nothing near -> look up closest corrupted tower and travel straight to it). Not doing any side missions. Corrupt towers have usually some event near it. Tainted paradise/ merchant / citadel. My guess is - citadels by lore are corruption pinnacle sources, looking at citadel bosses fight. By traveling like that in one day found 4-5 citadels / untainted paradise and merchant and was just scouting territory to setup tablet's. Edit: Like someone mentioned this is my personal opinion born from playing game , so if u want to try it, do it at your own risk (time waste). If u try it at least u will have some maybe nice corrupted areas to setup good farm up area with tablet's.

[@TheNuclearGamerr]

What’s a corrupted tower? Are those different from lost towers?

[@prime2803]

@@TheNuclearGamerr same watch towers but they have corruption on them. In fog u can see small corrupt thorn on side of it (or smth like that) so you can tell that tower will have corruption on it -> meaning some corruption nodes/source will be around it and as far as i expirienced personally you travel through them and find some citadels and stuff + u have future areas where you can setup tablet's instantly because you have towers done. So for me personally best strat -> do u have tablets to setup area to farm -> do it. If not -> travel via corrupt watch towers to find areas + some citadels and so. Edit: Tainted paradises u can find near water source usually/ found merchant near water too. (node close to water or by the water). Have couple but can't do some because bugged out atlas - no route connect's.

[@TheNuclearGamerr]

@ just curious how many traders have you found via this method?

[@prime2803]

@@TheNuclearGamerr traders not much 1 or 2 overall. I didn't done it a lot too but found quite a decent amount of citadels. Mainly now playing 1-2h per day because gearing/crafting is hard. Like some Omens doesn't even make sense: example: regal will add prefix??? -> so what at the end of day it same slam just on prefix and for suffix i will have to slam anyways because here is no crafting bench yet and you can't control some kind of outcome (or make it at least have better chance like 1 in 4 - block something). Overall it's just personal experience for me. If i would hunt citadels i would do so because it worked quite well for me. You could try, maybe it is truth maybe not. Overall just advice. Edit: If u want more traders you would need to test out atlas opening. For example tainted paradise i m pretty sure is always near water source (node, atleast i found all of them close to water sources). So for them you go open up atlas by water to have better chance or do watch towers by water.

[@TheNuclearGamerr]

@ I’ll definitely Strat trying this tomorrow. It’ll give me something new to do on my warbringer.

[@Hellonion]

While I do enjoy the campaign, I hate the endgame. I don’t feel like playing anymore and just waiting for a new league for PoE1.

[@TalkativeTri]

What are your thoughts on the state of Path of Exile 2 1 month and 1 week into early access? Also, GO LIONS!!!

[@SteelKreel]

Lions vs Bills is my SB prediction with the Bills taking the dub. Sorry 😅

[@abrakadabra7530]

Cant say much about it GGG still not care about the PC Freezes and other Crashes. I have played 2 hours nothing more because of this and iam really pissed. I payed 480€ and i want to Play so bad.

[@Frozty]

@@abrakadabra7530 Everyone else is playing it just fine, so it's pretty clearly not on GGG's end. Your rig is fucked in some way, that's on you to fix, not them.

[@wolfskymoons]

i wish cruel difficulty was as challenging as normal difficulty. by the time you hit cruel, your build is starting to come together and content starts getting easy once you get your combo going. increase cruel difficulty.

[@Chris_86B]

Needs a bit more end-game activities, I went super hard, close to 300 hours, and have two 92's and I have done every boss a couple of times (except the ritual one), the boss mats need to be easier to get, impossible to get boss materials and the maps get old after a long time. More end-game would be great, the base game is good and it will have a good future. Not worried about build diversity because it will get INSANE when they add more classes and the class skill gems.

[@k.h.raider9329]

I really wann play more PoE2 but seeing all the hacks and people having their stuff stolen just completely removes any desire for me. I have no idea if these issues have been looked into, though I haven't heard anything so if anyone has please let me know!

[@Uber_GoobTube]

good bones. cant wait to see where it all goes

[@TalkativeTri]

100%! It's going to be a great several years :)

[@HiddenStr3ngth]

It will become vastly better or at least more interesting and fun. Though I am still skeptical that some important core things will be fixed/changed.

[@SCM113]

As a Destiny player coming over to PoE2 would love to see you talk to some of the D2 creators that have been coming over as well. Lots of great topics of comparisons between the two games

[@PhrazeMuzik]

One portals maps are encouraging the exact builds GGG didn't want.

[@ANDELE3025]

Incorrect. All characters that cant exploit badly designed exponential scaling routes are actually building a good chunk of defense (evasion with 6k raw hp from life and es a vector of 20% damage reduction, typically enfeeble, or no evasion but es at 9~11k then grim feasted to double pure ES; both with a decent at least 30% block source).

[@GE_Photon_Lord]

@@ANDELE3025 That doesnt mean anything. Infernalist with 700 stacks is complete paper. Oher builds with defence hit with wet noodles. Grim feast is getting nerfed too. Like idk what ur saying, he is corect. They encourage you to play only busted builds that steamroll content.

[@lokhaxz803]

@@ANDELE3025 Wow they're abusing overtuned ES that is gonna get nerfed just like it did in PoE1? Say it isn't so

[@HannibalGraham]

If I do glitch zoom, I found 4 stone and 3 iron citadels in 2 screens. Unffortunately I cant fully confirm that because the map wont load, but im like 90% sure thats the distance. I got 4 stone in a line.

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

Bruh thats insane

[@HappyHungrySleepy23]

I just want to see how the templar is going to play lol

[@TalkativeTri]

DRUID FOR ME LOGIN

[@oxithius]

Yeah, i'm also really really curious about the remaining assendacies, i hope GGG has some cool ones up their sleeves

[@ianrumbaoa2596]

Waiting for the flail action!

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

@@oxithius 😮 Anyone else wonder how much things are gonna change when all ascendencies get their final 3?

[@kraigpearlman3283]

@29:02, Is that a burning ground meme? To me, I think its more about not having the ability to easily see where you can walk and where you can't walk because some rocks/bushes are solid and you can't walk over them, and others are transparent and you can walk over them. Look at the minimap in the corner. The circles are unwalkable areas, but in the actual playable area they appear walkable. Also, the trees covering your view is a negative aspect.

[@jconnor609]

been playing frost mages since start, love them minions are sick in poe 2, didnt realize everyone was playing stormweaver spark, i made a spark conduit build over the past few days and now its def getting nerfed lol

[@leovrf]

Do you have or follow a frost mages minion guide? Done the first playthrough with Arsonists but am bored of the same skills, wanted to try Cruel with frost mages minions. All tutorials assume you're already in the late game.

[@yanivsiv30]

GGG are doing great job perfecting the game with AE. Not being gready like other companies releasing not baked game as full release showes GGG is a Pro company which has a real desire of the quality of there game.

[@Dexykai]

Holy moly tri that is insane happy for ya , gz on 50k+

[@H4xooR]

The barely visible/invisible on death effects what oneshot me out of nowhere from full hp/es what killing my motivation to play. I barely see the ground from the loot and mob effects,i use a build what relatively screenclutter free,but i don't have the resource to watch the ground after every kill,and don't get me started with the burning grounds bug,which deals %hp dmg,like a degen chaos damage,ignoring all resistance,instead of accounting fire res,and do fire damage. Also,my first citadel boss was a win,i killed him,dinged on the kill,so full hp (~2.3k) and while he was doing the death animation,i died from something where no effect were present (or was invisible to me) i lost 4 divines on that dead (2 invitations). Fine,it's early access,i let is slide,i farmed 300 splinters,let's checkout the breach boss. I slaughtered my way towards the boss,still had 15 seconds and went upwards still,and suddenly i got ported back to the start and locked out from the boss fight. Thanks,guess i'll farm out the 300 splinters again. It will be a good game,but right now,with these bugs,i cannot enjoy it. Sorry for the wall of text,but it felt good to vent out my frustration.

[@ka1ock]

Elon musk interview when?

[@eggy_35]

Thank you for sharing the sauce on everything. I'm the one who made that reddit post about Class Distribution.

[@bemooooo]

I cannot stop playing. It’s the most fun I’ve had since Elden Ring

[@PuppetMasterdaath144]

i can stop, i did stop

[@lokhaxz803]

is a dodge roll is all it takes to please such players? lol

[@bemooooo]

@@lokhaxz803 What are you talking about😂 Has nothing to do with a dodge roll. Exploring the maps with great graphics, fighting bosses, and upgrading my gear and seeing how i can scale it? Oh my bad I guess the only similarity is that they have a dodge roll.

[@DiogoVKersting]

Well, I guess it depends on expectations. People that know GGG and expect endgame will definitely agree this feels like early access. However, someone from outside, that is just playing the single-player game, could mistakenly think this is already a full-game, especially compared to the state other American gaming companies release their games. Yes, the campaign feels a little "padded-out" at points, but the "challenging" nature of the campaign makes up for it, and the game stands out in the market. Personally, because I follow the game closely, it really feels like EA to me. And I think it's definitely a good idea for GGG to be conservative with managing player expectations. If the product is great, and GGG is on the good side of the players, they can always expand the playerbase with an official launch and marketing. But if they frustrate and anger the playerbase by performing considerably below expectations, it's much hard to make a "turn-around". It's better to "under-promise" at first, but then go all-out once you're confident you have a great product.

[@blazedehart2748]

20:09 bro is STILL going on about the sandbagging thing. Your channel is doing great man. No need to grind viewership with junk like this.

[@TalkativeTri]

First time I addressed it in a scripted vid…pods/lives aren’t watched by everyone. Had to give it a fair report.

[@blazedehart2748]

@ yeah that’s fair. You’re content is just so incredibly positive like on some Mr Roger’s or Bob Ross vibe and it’s great! I just know that the siren song of the controversy algorithm can be enticing for content creators!

[@psydankthepsyduck4890]

Enjoy the news roundup vids like this! Maybe make one going over the most popular builds?

[@TalkativeTri]

I might, but that is one part of the game I really don't feel 100% comfortable talking about.

[@Cryttanz]

Happy for the success of PoE 2, but it's sad how underrated PoE 1 is. It's currently by far the better game. The so called "melee fix" in PoE 2 that took 5 years is worse than the latest melee fix they did in poe 1.

[@PersistentDissenter]

It's almost like one has been developed for over ten years and the other not. 😏

[@m.h.4907]

​@@PersistentDissentersome people learn from experience, some people do the same mistakes again and again. Player retention will show when a new PoE league launches

[@GE_Photon_Lord]

Actually true lol

[@GE_Photon_Lord]

@@PersistentDissenter That doesnt mean anything. it's irrelevant if the other started double those years late. A melee fix is not hard to do, in poe1 they literally just buffed numbers lmao.

[@PersistentDissenter]

@@m.h.4907 I don't care about player retention. I love the game. And I don't care about your opinion. Ok sweety?

[@PhenrisWulf]

@29:00 - It's also Willow, an endgame map coated with bushes that look like a pile of leaves you can walk over, but which your character will slam into and bonce off of like a looney tunes character.

[@Osoronnophris]

"sandbagging" refers to the way people tied bags of sand to hot air balloons to keep them weighed down to the ground... As soon as you want to take off, you just drop the sandbags... It means "weighed down" or "held back"

[@bart_fox_hero2863]

It’s also a term from drag racing, when drivers load sandbags into their car to hide their actual power until the final race

[@gabrob3449]

@@bart_fox_hero2863 in both sentences , it's the same concept "holding back" ;)

[@TalkativeTri]

I understand - I don't think the term "early access" is holding them back. It's the right move from them and its correct: 6/12 classes, 12/36 ascendancies, 3/6 acts, etc.

[@lathamtk]

Thanks, I was about to go to Urban Dictionary and probably get some unholy results...

[@jeffxie6334]

@@TalkativeTriits definitely holding them back in terms of profit.

[@theknave69]

Elon doesn't understand the POE community is pretty hard core, even in soft core, and takes pride in a deep understanding of the mechanics. It's okay to be ignorant of them when you start (I'm only level 67 and play Standard league but self impose SSF, but have been playing RPGs since Diablo - the original experience) but seriously, a level 97 HC player should know the systems really well.

[@preslim84]

think i maybe have 100 hours in poe1, just never could grip me despite a few attempts. I'm almost at 500 hours in poe2 already

[@JourneyofOne971]

as a console player, I'm done until they make some improvements and add filters. It's just not worth the grind with no QoL fixes.

[@kyleschulze4557]

Players that buy RMT are almost never banned. I have a friend that quite literally every league drops about $200 for multiple mirrors and has never been banned. Which he then also pays absurd prices for things like paying someone to run him through the acts. paying someone to run all of his maps till he has all atlas points, paying for 5 way EXP to get to lvl 100 quick. IDK what GGG needs to do to ban players like this or if its possible. But every single person that RMT's shouldnt get any leniency and should result in an automatic ban. My friend always says it doesn't matter, since it doesn't hurt anyone. Which i find kinda ridiculous, since if its a norm to do that then it will be expected and games that allow for these things directly in game players would call pay 2 win. The way they do these trades with RMT is by having the person list a random rare item for an absurd price like a mirror or 100s of divines. Then they do the direct whisper, via the trade site and buy the crappy rare item for the amount they paid for. In GGG's eyes, they just see that someone bought an item for a price, and GGG doesn't dictate if its RMT based on the amount or value of the item vs the worth. Otherwise other players might be effected when they are trading items of high value.

[@HiddenStr3ngth]

Lmao your "friend" has serious problems. He's not even playing the game. And of course it hurts "someone". It hurts the game and the economy for everyone.

[@kyleschulze4557]

@@HiddenStr3ngth 100% agree. His logic was that he only wants to play the end game and doesnt care about anything else.

[@higherlearning9386]

Nah I look at it different, I have a friend that spends like $50 every league on RMT, he sucks and would just quit if he didn’t get the big gear jump. I don’t think it affects anybody at all (maybe some inflation/gear price) I kinda like that poor people in bad areas can earn a few bucks from idiots like our friend. What Elon did paying to get a character in the top 10 on hardcore is definitely not fair

[@gamingstoneham]

Why did he buy the game if he was just going to pay someone else to play it.

[@kyleschulze4557]

@@higherlearning9386 He should stop playing then. its an inherent disadvantage for almost everyone to play the game, when you can just RMT and earn way more. IDK about you but I at most earn like a couple of divine an hour in game. However, by the logic most people say that they would rather just spend money so they could stay on track with others is BS. I could probably buy like 40-50 divines an hour if I just spent the money I earned working for an hour instead of playing. The issue with that is 1) its not fair to those that play legitimately 2) it makes the economy shoot way up in price, making it impossible to gear for newer players 3) it creates an atmosphere for the game that the best thing you can do in the game is to not play the game. In essence RMT is basically just P2W. P2W kills a games player base. Sure its not "allowed", but people still do it and they dont get punished.

[@marc-andreblais5818]

i hope they dont abandon poe1 just yet cause poe2 feels not finished in endgame. ill still be playing poe1 for now and come back to poe2 when stuff is better in maps.

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

Neithers being abandoned

[@charlesnavarro4003]

i heard they do alternating seasons in each

[@Zzues]

Man I had such high hopes for POE2, but they were shattered when I hit mapping at the Endgame. Ill come back at full release and hope its better then. I am just not that hardcore in my old age anymore.

[@m.h.4907]

Go play PoE. It rewards your time and effort much more. And you can play more than 3 builds in endgame. It is far superior to PoE2 and it baffles me how the Devs could screw up so much after they had all the tools

[@lokhaxz803]

@@m.h.4907 It's The Vision™

[@m.h.4907]

@@lokhaxz803 Should see a doctor when they have "visions"

[@Mabbio01]

Great video! I subbed but I was just wondering have you considered using a greenscreen to cover the background? It might give the vids a more professional look.

[@christopherway2546]

Hey buddy, sandbagging doesn’t mean lying or misleading. Sandbagging means that you’re intentionally playing below your skill level. In the context of how Elon used it he was basically saying that PoE2 as it stands now could’ve been branded as the full release. That’s how good it is, and that’s true. D4 is decent now but it was hot garbage on launch and still in its current state PoE2 is 10x the game that D4 is today.

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

Yet people still complain about its endgame 😭 can never have anything good

[@deadcaptainjames6045]

nah the endgame sucks. way too close to poe1 endgame. i hated poe1 endgame and that why i quit olaying poe1 acfter completing the campaign. PoE2 campaign is amzing but the endgame feels like a completely diferent team and game and i dont like it​@WutherWave-qc3ud

[@69o_o69]

Why are content creators still mad at magic find? its been proven by so many testers that it caps at 100% and going above gives little to no additional benefit.

[@lokhaxz803]

because the 100% boost is still too much and limits gear decisions even more than resist capping

[@mikeb1596]

The fact that streamers won't mention the PC hard crashes and other game breaking bugs just makes me think they are getting kickbacks from ggg

[@aetherblackbolt1301]

Ruetoo the only real G with his PC busting builds 😂

[@AshFaya]

I disabled the multithreading in game option, not a single hard crash since. But yeah, not a small bug. Only happen with ryzen and Windows 11 version 24H2.

[@lokhaxz803]

@@AshFaya sadly i lose 4/5 of my frames with multi-threading off

[@fireblade7180]

What about the thousand ppl that got hacked? Any news from them?

[@dpactual]

Ive never had buyers remorse for any game as bad as PoE2. From magic finding being meta to the dark soul like gameplay turning into just another arpg... doesn't seem at all what was promised when they dropped that last major showcase. I really wanted darksouls pacing to stick... not be gone before you even leave act 3.

[@RMartian76]

I'm enjoying the game but I'm with you. The "Souls-like" combat quickly vanishing was disappointing.

[@newax_productions2069]

Magic find is literally completely fine, why do all of you whine so hard about it? Like be honest why cry? More loot!😊 Also if you want souls pacing go play souls, you cant have ab ARPG end game be slower than a mofo, you will never keep players. People like you are not the majority in APRGs not even close. You are probably below 10% of the playerbase.

[@nuarBlack]

Was incredibly hype destroying. I was ready to crown POE2 best ARPG ever in act 1. It nose dived off a cliff after though. It quickly becomes the same generic arpg slop with poor clarity and weighless combat every other arpg is. Advances like shooting and casting while moving and the smoother melee don't even matter in endgame because you are not strafing bosses and packs to set up combos. You are just a one button hero again with all challenge being whether you spotted the ground effect or on death effect

[@newax_productions2069]

@@nuarBlack it already is the best ARPG on the market so yeah...

[@nuarBlack]

@newax_productions2069 incredibly low bar that is. Leaving the door open for someone to actually make a revolutionary arpg. No Rest for the Wicked is already close. They just have to nail items and character progress cause their combat is infinitely better than POE2's endgame combat.

[@IckyGreenThimble]

Just entered end game and I'm mixed on my feelings. Love the campaign and can't wait for the rest of that, but end game is too different. It's fun but just wish it had more of a flow and direction the campaign has.

[@ShivaX51]

I'm on Team Campaign. Also a member of Team Remove Rarity and Increase SSF Drops. I've been taking a break and have barely played in the last couple of weeks and still have 130 hours pretty much all of which is Campaign and messing around with different characters.

[@ShivaX51]

Edit: Also a founding member of Fire Trials for Ascendancies Directly Into the Sun.

[@TheDeadlockArchives]

in all honesty rarity is a myth. ive ran over 600% and ive gone back to just using 150 and focus more on juicing my atlas properly with overlapping quant tablets. without quant rarity is utterly useless. people who are still waffling about how broken rarity is really need to step out the echo chamber and do some testing for themselves

[@hpmc7426]

You can't imagine how crazy it is in Asia here. I am from Hong Kong and every weekend, I am being pushed left and right automatically into other servers. Sometimes Japan, sometimes Singapore, etc. There is just not enough room for people.

[@InsPoE]

The more I play it, the more I like it. But my SSF atlas is bricked in every direction, and I need to do a bunch of empty maps to dig myself out of that hole. The punitive and tedious state of endgame has me rerolling to play through the campaign or logging off for the day.

[@Cynry]

Come play hardcore, you're a baller if you even see the atlas :D

[@InsPoE]

@@Cynry Haha, maybe I'll give it a try after the next round of balance changes! My DIY builds probably couldn't make it past Act 1 without dying 😅

[@miguelnascimento2847]

The more I play, the less I like it. The campaign gets boring after a while (it's a great one but after the first time it is just a chore) and the endgame is super tedious just running around hunting for the rares in the map. My enjoyment with the game went from 110% to 5% after reaching T15's

[@warfrenzygaming7246]

Great take I can't wait for more to come into this game. I love the end game and the acts deff for early acccess. I actually already have 450hrs into the game and got 6 characters one of each class into the end game mapping. I still want to make even more characters to do the other ascend choices on them. I'm more then addicted and loving the game :) Keep up the great content like always

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

Bruh i wana make a chronomancer

[@warfrenzygaming7246]

@WutherWave-qc3ud I have not done that one yet, so far I've done the infernalist, stormweaver, deadeye, warbringer, gemling, and ivoker.

[@wakkosick6525]

so you asked a bunch of people. they explained what it meant. then you chose to ignore them and now you want us to respect you for making a dumb decision. you should have listened to the people who knew instead of deciding it meant exactly what you wanted it to mean.

[@tadefreggers2331]

even account sharing itself is against the ToS or am i wrong?

[@IslayToMuch]

Played it for 5 hours, got bored, hated the skill system, exp is cool but this rng find the right level gem system is stupid.

[@SteelKreel]

First I’m hearing someone complain about the skill system

[@Erik-i2f4d]

Found all that out in 5 hours huh? Back to Blizzard boy.

[@nickparrett78]

Cool bro

[@habsfan8768]

@@SteelKreelPoe 1 gem system was better, he’s not wrong…

[@SteelKreel]

@@Erik-i2f4d can we pls stop with these stupid ass “Diablo 4 fanboy” type comments. Y’all look like ur in a cult when u say stuff like that

[@kosherun]

Bro, you and Raxx are the best PoE2 streamers! And you are absolutely correct. I'm a new player and I'm planning on bringing every class to end game. I have 3 right now, all to t4-t5s and then I start a new class and go through the campaign... On a side note - best defensive layer in the game is evasion + acrobatics. Deadeye rules in survivability/dps ratio...

[@johnmagus6341]

Congrats man. The vids have been great.

[@isaiahkaz999]

i think there also needs to be a bigger push for group play in the end game. right now clearing maps with friends actually takes longer due to how the hp scales and always having to stay close to one another to get xp when clearing.

[@JustinSeizure]

So great to see someone with a measured and positive approach to the game! Someone who isn't a dopamine junkie and calls out douchebag businessmen for what they are. So happy I was recommended your channel.

[@NeinDao]

29:00 i dont think its exclusively a burning ground meme, that map tileset just in general is super unclear where you can walk and not

[@charlesdci7120]

Made it to ED with a Ranger, and almost there with a Monk. I'm not going to touch ED until I hear their changes and improvements for it.

[@nmhancock]

11:40 I heard snoos take before I played much endgame. So after running maybe 10 maps near the starting area I beelined off and within the next 20-30 straight line nodes found 6-7 citadels, well before I was dropping T15s to even do them. Also way more nodes with multiple pieces of content on them (boss+deli+corruption, etc). I think we can put this thing to bed. It’s just delve.

[@Dws974]

Ngl GGG already won... and the game is not finished and we follow them through POE1 since a lot of years and we know that it will get even better... i think its just insane

[@TalkativeTri]

Completely agree dude. I cannot imagine what the game looks like in 1-year!

[@young_herc]

@@TalkativeTri it seems like the only people who think this is a lacking experience are those who have never been through the PoE experience. For them, this is half baked. For us... this early access is a small appetizer for a full 10 Course Meal! Trying my best not to fill up on breadsticks.

[@Dws974]

@@young_herc people just think that an early access game is a complete product with a full experience and thats silly (the gaming industry doesnt help and play on that nonsense tho) ofc the game has issue either because its early access or by its genre and design, i have a friend that has a kid prefer casual game not trying to get a college degree in build making to enjoy a game and i can understant that ... 100% taste, but some critics are kinda unfair, most of my friend i told them dont buy the game unless you played POE1... wait till the release when its free test the game and dont hesitate to ask me for help... but if you buy the game now you will be disapointed its early there is balance issue, there are bugs, there are content thats not there yet... people must be responsible at some point.

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

Bring delve back 😂 i hated buying fossils now i miss it XD

[@ryanba3]

I’m having fun leveling new characters. I have 4 to 90. I dabble with end game stuff but for now really enjoying to 1-90 experience. Every build is like a puzzle that evolves. Really satisfying. Don’t get me wrong. My 4th trials bugged out, game frozen on my first 10 breach map, and a load of other totally frustrating bugs. But the core experience is great and I’m loving it.

[@BalticBlades]

I think "POE2 MEME REVIEW" needs to be a new segment.

[@20padre20]

Well acolyte of chayula here :D fix Consuming Questions so i can finaly face tank everything !

[@biggben2uce81]

Started heading straight Westbound, and in 2 days I've found 6 citadels. After around 50 hours into mapping beforehand.

[@zanido9073]

7:15 why do ppl keep saying this? The ppl in Korea whaling out don't care that it's early access, these RMTers are making literal millions.

[@blixkrogg]

The campaign was great but endgame is in pre-alpha. They said they worked on endgame so EA players had something to do that was lasting, but it's very clear they took parts of the endgame in POE1 and undercooked it with POE2 gameplay. The enemies zooming around like they're on crack while your character is being bounced around due to collision detection, making you horribly helpless in some situations is a combination of POE1 speed with POE2 mechanics. They need to make map enemies more like campaign POE2 enemies. They also made a big mistake with very narrow corridors and maps. Minion characters sometimes need to force the game to unsummon their minions (by leaving them behind and jumping into and sometimes past groups of enemies around corners or across a narrow walkway) so their minions respawn after 5 seconds. The collision detection also means your minions get away from you during high-density mob events. You literally become a non-minion minion character until they respawn, which they do right before a new set of crack aficionados push your character away from your minions. Hopefully we see some changes with this new patch to POE2 mechanics other than mathematical changes. We definitely need a bit more cooking in endgame.

[@MrDarkneah]

2:40 i guess its because there is a lot people like me who had a big POE time during few league then we stopped and we all came back for poe 2 im quite sure the number of different people who played poe 1 is really insane

[@TH-dg2mm]

I put in like 150 hours and it was fun but the game is unfinished and would rather wait for full release to go ham. It's crazy to see people put in like 500+ hours already, glad ya'll having fun though.

[@Skullpatroler]

I have a couple characters that can do maps but I’m not focused on that right now as it is early access. I’m just rolling as many characters as I can so I know what I want to main with when it launches. Hopefully I get to try the other 6 classes before launch so I know.

[@heyyoo8435]

gotta remember this only shows steam based poe2 players, alot of people (including myself) still uses the OG game launcher to play the game.

[@TomHardysUglierYoungerBrother]

Maaaan I swear every night since I’ve gotten to maps I’ve been like, eh I’ll just hop in and do a map and go to sleep after. 4 hours later I’m cheering cause i found a Divine Orb. Only had one drop so far, but that rush is nice. Haha and I promise I’m doing all this on my own, no pilots. 😂😂😂😂

[@alonbinyamin]

Me and a friend are still working through the campaign :)

[@zdubz5185]

remember this when you complain constantly about every thing and realize maybe you're the problem with why you can't enjoy games.

[@thieve4782]

Honestly I love Poe 1 but it’s going to be difficult to go back after playing Poe 2. The crisp campaign, the variety and feeling I get can’t compare to just running through 10 acts to get to maps. Hope February holds something special for Poe1.

[@newax_productions2069]

@@thieve4782 itll be easy for me to go back, end game is too punishing and too slow. Now you have a ton of whiners wanting to slow it down even more.

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

February is my monster hunter

[@rgjs4537]

Nah. Poe 1 still a way better game than Poe 2 for me. I easily drop Poe 2 and went straight back to Poe 1. Way better and more fun mechanics.

[@lokhaxz803]

Maybe when it's finished and they actually deliver on the design promises

[@NickyByloo]

I have a full time job with a family so yes, I only get to play now and again. I am only 86 hours in and half way through Act 3. Still having fun.

[@hkrause6565]

I'm 40 years old and been gaming for 35 years. I've never binged a game like this, played every day since launch it's that good. Bravo GGG!

[@madbone91]

I was 4 months off for the 50k sub prediction, damn! Absolutely wild tho, congratulations! Poe2? 9/10 for me, my only problem is disconnected map nodes, everything else is fine (tho I'd like it to be more like the campaign then poe1)

[@Bleeksan0]

1:42 “lets begin shall weeeee” IYKYK 😂😂

[@MrAidenBlaine]

Sandbag(verb): to act in a manor that implies you are less skilled at/or knowledgeable about something. Example: A professional UFC fighter pretends like he has never been in a fight in order to mislead his opponent into thinking he is less skilled than he actually is.

[@Melix0ff]

After playing for around 200 hours in the endgame - no matter how far away you are from the spawn, citadels are fully random ATM. Have been moving on one direction for the last 80 hours or so, found 3 citadels so far, and 2 of them are at the start of these 80 hours. Absolutely hate this system

[@cameron15911]

Im really enjoying this game and am excited about the changes over this next year. I've created the infernalist witch, ice strike monk, and now the stormweaver mage, all around lvl 85. It's been a ton of fun

[@justcallmebot903]

Lions fan? Based

[@Thund3rcloudz]

I subscribed, I'm here for the long ride

[@tubaguyjon]

Me and a couple buddies were farming ultimatum and one of them dropped a unique incomplete trap weapon from the trial reward and my hype went through the roof even though I know shadow’s a ways away. Poe2 has been a blast

[@ChisakoYume]

I'm very much on the same page as Tri. Even with all the flaws it has, PoE2 perfectly matches the hype I had for it and even 280 hours in by now, I don't see myself getting tired of it yet. I continue to believe that GGG will do a good job completing this game as intended. It would be nice to finally get a new PoE1 season as a side dish though. I hope the stream will say something about that as well.

[@FierroSev]

The games has so many issues, i could spend hours discussing it. With that said, i cant stop playing it lol

[@GavrynGaming]

32:33 Main game energy baby, let's gooooo!

[@IAmTheRealBill]

On the sandbagging saga, your defense actually supports the notion of sandbagging. GGG didn't set the standard that EA games are barely playable as a rule. Them correctly saying it is EA, but also far better than the vast majority of them, even to near-release level play, would qualify for sandbagging, especially when you add in all of their 9correct) warnings that it is EA. Intended or not, that sets the expectation lower, which is easily and arguably sandbagging. It isn't about making money or being deceitful.

[@ElderGamerX]

I agree with your take on the end game. I think it would be better if they slowed down the end game so it was more in line with the campaign. If people want the turbo blaster gameplay, they'll always have PoE 1. There isn't an ARPG that feels like early PoE 2, and I think it would be better to hit that market, rather than having 2 concurrent, very similar games.