Why Path of Exile 2 Will Set New Standards

[@Barn80]

I’m coming from d4 so having an endgame is a new concept for me. Can’t wait

[@Ikari777]

😂. Same.

[@Jak0vas]

Hey it has one... but none of it is challenging and progression is largely pointless after a week or so, it's the junk food equivalent of an end game that you should not consume too much of or else you will find yourself sad and questioning your life choices :D

[@davidhardy3074]

As someone whos played diablo 1, and every diablo game since, and poe lol, yeah. This game is Diablo+. Its just a different story.

[@Synthwalk]

You can also sort of customize your endgame experience via hideout: - Setup your hideout appearance or download one you like from artists - Invite npcs to your hideout, position them however you like - Play the endgame more confortably from your own hideout

[@marcelbrosius841]

Same 😆

[@MrTimmyGT]

I was late to PoE and felt overwhelmed by all the different endgame mechanics/activities. I just don't have the time to go back and research everything. I hope that by starting out playing PoE2 from the start will feel better. The gameplay and structure looks amazing and I'm looking forward to diving in and having fun!

[@nailbomb420]

While it may seem overwhelming, almost all of the end game stuff you're talking about is not mandatory. You can choose to engage with whichever parts you enjoy really.

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

PoE 2 will be great for you to start fresh they made everything easier to learn and get into.

[@vino3741]

I'm with you Timmy. Not enough time to research everything by the time I came around to learn about POE a few years ago. Actually, Undecember was fantastic because it was a middle ground between diablo and POE. But, I'm hoping getting in there early for POE 2 will allow me to have enough time to learn and grow with whatever new comes out later rather than coming in late and having to learn EVERYTHING at once

[@rohnthom]

@@nailbomb420 Exactly! Even PoE2 will have a handful of those mechanics at end game still. Engage in one and test it out. Toy around for a bit to see how fun you find it and see what it can do to benefit you. Then try another. There are plenty of mechanics in PoE1 that I have never fully engaged in because I have already found what I find fun >glares at delve that has stolen so many hours of my life from me

[@boris2581]

The best way to approach it is to focus on only one mechanic for some time, or until you actually fully understood it, then move on to the next one. That will be way easier in PoE2 than in the first one as it is much easier to select what you want to run or not. Despite being a veteran on PoE1, this exactly what I'm planning on doing this time. Have fun

[@ThatZenDude]

cant wait to play this next friday after the servers burned for at least 3 days on the launch

[@rogerelzenga4465]

still going to sit in the queue though, you never know, you might get in! :D

[@Generalkillaman]

Ggg not ready lol

[@size15shoeswinkwink]

No one is ready for 1,000,000 players at launch

[@diclonius502]

@@size15shoeswinkwink more than 1m for sure! :)

[@Skilez]

@@size15shoeswinkwink in a recent interview ggg said they are prepared for 1kk simultaneous players, the backend did die at roughly 1,6kk players. so in short, they prepared for a lot and the servers will absolutely die :D

[@legi0n47x]

From what I have seen, this is the standard. People are sick of planned low effort, marketing for cash grabs, and paying full price and then all effort being put into mtx.

[@Lagencie]

you say this as if blizzards does put actual effort into their MTX ... they have trash MTX compared to the F2P version with pretty cheap and ultra nice MTX of PoE

[@ramschasar7654]

​@@LagenciePoE mtx are not cheap and a lot of them look bad too.

[@Lagencie]

@@ramschasar7654 not arguing with drunken internet warriors lol ... PoEs MTX are way cheaper than D4s AND the game is f2p not b2p

[@deafintheleft5741]

@@Lagenciehe may be drunk, but he’s not wrong.

[@BigB0ss00]

It might not be low effort from Blizzard. They're probably trying hard to make their game better and that's the best they can do

[@cybergun01]

I'm not a 'blaster', but i still like what i'm seeing from POE2.. the pace reminds me of D1, as it's much slower.. i prefer tougher fights vs common mobs, but also longer wars of attrition vs bosses. Unlike D4 which is just easy mode even on the most difficult setting. I just hope POE2 can maintain that pace throughout the game, while keeping a good balance of risk vs reward, adding atmosphere, immersion, etc.. I don't see how people can enjoy 'blasting' in god-mode, destroying rooms full of mobs in colorful explosions so fast you don't even need to have monster animations. Slower is more fun.

[@jimsimpson4021]

Now THIS is a game worthy of my time. And yours!

[@brandonm3621]

PoE2 looks promising but the hardcore fans and content creators are starting to go a bit overboard with the hype to levels that are more likely to cause disappointment. I’m looking forward to trying it out on Friday though

[@rocksvelte5760]

I've always appreciated your content even though I'm not a big D4 guy. It will be great to have you in the PoE community.

[@MawxDesigns]

Installed POE 3 weeks ago already 100 hours played. Acended witch, Hunter, and a melee. The game is so good……. PoE2 will be my forever game I think (I’m old). So looking forward to it. All the stuff they cooked from D2 is so great and so much better!

[@anthonylowe8819]

I think it’s so crazy that this is just the beginning there’s already so much stuff to digest. The smile I have just seeing everyone’s reaction is heartwarming. I can’t wait brother!

[@jonteguy]

PSA: Do not start hardcore even if you are a person (like me) who enjoys HC more than SC. Learn the game people, then move onto hardcore. PoE is different than D3/D4 and even LE.

[@FervorGaming]

if you die Hc you go to standard you can start hardcore it doesn't matter

[@evanwater3633]

Nah. you want streamers to do HC so you can watch them die. content

[@duke2772]

Not just that, but also theres a high chance of server issues due to the large amount of interest

[@holyshiet787]

@@duke2772 How many times I saw streamers die do to disconnect is absurd.

[@flaviovasconcellos6009]

Thank you Wudi! Refreshing to see a content creator that is honest about how difficult the game seems to be and that it won't be for everyone. When that I say that I'm not talking about gatekeeping or elitism, I most definitely agree that most people would enjoy PoE 2, but it will require some dedication and learning. In the end I expect that D4 will still have its audience, heck I will play it when I just want to play something that doesn't require a lot of focus. It's ok to play and enjoy both, one or neither!

[@steel5897]

I'm gonna tell you a secret so you can prepare for what's coming and maybe laugh a bit at it instead of being surprised. The part of the playerbase that will have the most trouble with PoE2's difficulty and "git gud" design is NOT the newbies coming over to play PoE for the first time, it will be from the veteran PoE1 playerbase who has mostly only played PoE1 and have no real experience with any action game. Newcomers will actually, on average, statistically have more experience with action games, and a higher tolerance for mechanical challenge, than your average RF player on the PoE subreddit. That part of the playerbase will be the most vocal BY FAR in crying about the difficulty. Keep in mind, Elden Ring sold 25 million copies, it's a massive success. The mainstream RPG audience has considerably more thirst for combat difficulty than a good chunk of the PoE1 playerbase, who is not used to action games and generally use build guides so that the game plays itself and enemies die before they even act, that won't work in PoE2. So yeah keep this in mind, it's gonna get really funny.

[@flaviovasconcellos6009]

@@steel5897 Lol, hadn't taught about that it makes sense tough, I've already seen some crying about one button builds not being very feasible anymore.

[@marsovac]

I stopped playing PoE because I got fed up from the campain after a few seasons. If PoE 2 has mandatory campain for every char the same will happen again. It seems they aren't learning anything regarding player retention. You can be the best game in the world, but if you annoy your players, they will leave eventually.

[@AverageTESEnjoyer5783]

So what is your solution? Skip the campaign entirely? It's not that they aren't learning. They want the added context and progression a campaign adds to the experience. That's called "having a vision for a game and sticking to it, even if we lose some player retention" If you want meaningless grind from level 1, D4 has got you covered.

[@dims4627]

I dunno, the only annoying part of it for me is I can't for the life of me remember optional quests, otherwise it's like a new leaguestart ritual for me, I'm so used to it that I wouldn't really want it be gone. You still need to lvl up, why not do it in a handheld way together with everyone else.

[@xlM3RCxl]

I have all of next week off so lets hope the server's hold up.

[@ramschasar7654]

I guess we just enjoy the fire in allchat when the servers start burning xD

[@xlM3RCxl]

@ramschasar7654 I am just happy to have a week off in general and I hope it goes relatively smooth!

[@BigB0ss00]

you wasted monday to saturday off

[@Babachaw]

Servers will 100% be shit :D but I wish you gl! I hope they can fix it. But it will be terrible for sure

[@xlM3RCxl]

@Babachaw yeah I would not be shocked if they are messed up all weekend. But it's nice to just have time off. I work in mental health and need a break 🙃

[@ChrizYT]

Hearing how content creators almost have to apologize and "prepare" their audience that they might swap between game A and B and maybe C.. this is insane. Some people are so incredibly stupid that they dont let other ppl enjoy more than one thing. even feeling betrayed if a streamer stops playing game A to play game B. Do these ppl also get mad and triggered when someone plays football instead of tennis? hope not..

[@LucienZeroOne]

They do... and its getting worse. Most people are so "brainwashed" its not even funny anymore.

[@roberthowarth5515]

I don't think there's been an action RPG that has launched this feature complete before. That's the attraction to me.

[@NickRigas-rd3zv]

And this isn’t even the real launch

[@cptboomfist8436]

as good as poe 2 looks like lets not spread bullshit about it. all of the end game activities are directly copied from poe 1 that have been adding stuff for what 10 years now and then the maps system is just reworked version of the old one alongside with parts of the ascendances all in all the new stuff of poe 2 dont number more than other arpg's that released lately like last epoch or torchlight infinite

[@NickRigas-rd3zv]

@@cptboomfist8436 considering they totally reworked the combat and bossing; no one cares at all :)

[@Brown614]

​@@cptboomfist8436it's still releasing feature complete with revised version of the best parts of many games. That alone is awesome enough.

[@beingbeyonddat]

@@cptboomfist8436 I mean... that's exactly why people are excited! This is a sequel from PoE 1 and we wanted a better version of the systems that are already there being enjoyed! If D4 would've improved what D2 and D3 had with a couple of new things, they would've gotten a gigantic release for D4 in terms of content and complexity. And because the competitors, like Last Epoch, are simply new IPs, they don't have this amount of content. So yes, this is the best release (not even a release) for an ARPG.

[@xXxXKusKusXxXx]

My favourite games are Dark Souls. Diablo is one of my top franchises. This is the perfect mix.

[@hitthedeck4115]

Also check out No Rest for the Wicked, it's basically a top down Dark Souls.

[@maugetar9340]

I enjoyed Diablo 4 - in particular this season. However, I was hoping for more Diablo 2-like game (which is much better than Diablo 3). The PoE2 blend with the souls-like genre in regards of difficulty, skill level and more complexity is exactly what I enjoy. I will probably never look back at D4.

[@xoxozorro]

Not gonna argue about your personal experience, as i'm happy u enjoyed. I play D4 since Beta 1800h and this season was the worst so far to me.

[@Jak0vas]

Diablo II had plenty of issues at launch and limitations, I think we look at that game through rose tinted specs, LOD fixed a lot but further patches and features really got it in a good state over a few years. We seem to forget it took time to polish even back then.

[@Holztransistor]

Indeed. I remember when 1.08 came out (the initial LoD version). Things were not in a good state. Some items were ultra rare and OP (Arkaine's Valor for example, Vampire Gaze and so on). They revamped part of the itemization quickly while other things took some time.

[@vespixx]

Can't polish a turd

[@mutantemolina3708]

I disagree; the reason we look at D2 through rose tinted specs is because it deserves it for its time and historical legacy. While it was a revolutionary genre defining game, i would not play LoD from back then or even resurrected today, but i certainly still play Project D2 ladder resets, a mod that introduces qol and balance changes that are more in line with this day and age expectations, including endgame content and buffed item and rune drops; i cannot recommend it enough if you are a D2 enthusiast. D4 is just not up there in any way apart from looking good and smooth gameplay, specially after the expansion.

[@Jak0vas]

@mutantemolina3708 I remember stopping playing D2, some friends even when back to D1 and swore it was a better game. Nothing changes really, everyone has mixed feelings at the end of the day. I agree D2 was a step up in many ways, but it had some genuine design issues that got ironed out eventually, I remember iron maiden curse made me abandon my barb in higher difficulties as it simply one shot you as soon as it kicked in. They eventually removed the curse effect on players and replaced it with something else that actually scaled. Great game, deserves all the praise, but not perfect at launch or for a while after.

[@mutantemolina3708]

@@Jak0vas Fair enough, melee was like non consensual anal sex on the receiving end for sure. Hopefully the early access makes that ironing process a speedrun thanks to our feedback in PoE2. Thanks for taking the time to respond, i apreciate your writing clarity, gl hf.

[@relentlessnights4211]

Everyone’s excitement for poe2 is infectious, gameplay looks good, character builds look amazing, and somehow the endgame exist! It would be nice for blizzard to try and clean up Diablo however it may not matter soon. Thanks wudi beyond exited to see you compete and push the envelope in PoE, let’s go!!

[@tuclance]

This week gonna be brutal.... 😂😂😂 6th aaaah! I cant play anything else at all

[@flowqi212]

Personally, I've never managed to complete a D4 season with all challenges and all difficulty levels in one weekend, especially not with the first character of the season 🤔. I guess in S6 with the Spiritborn bugs, it would have been possible, but it took me 2 days to finish the campaign alone 😅. Not sure why every bad comment about D4 is currently amplified into ridiculousness ☹️

[@Malacite]

Just like Final Fantasy 14 has "WoW Refugees", PoE 2 will likely have a good deal of D4 Refugees. The people who think this will end D4, or even take a significant chunk of the playerbase away are deluding themselves however. Like it or not, the casual accessibility is a huge strength that ensures tonnes of people will keep coming back to D4 and the devs know this. I just hope it doesn't make them complacent, and that GGG does all that it can to give Blizzard some major competition to force them out of their complacency. Looking forward to enjoying both games myself, but I won't lie - I would love to see D4's numbers nosedive worse than S1/3 - MUCH worse, to the point where they feel scared and compelled to finally add the depth and complexity we've been starving for.

[@fightcub655]

Yeah you’re 100% correct. The main player base of D4 will hate souls like, death punished etc etc lol. I think POE2 will be successful but not so much with the D4 crowd.

[@lukebrady65]

He's completely delusional if he thinks this game will steal players from D4. This game mainly appeals to a specific group of people, mostly D2 players. Casual gamers will try it, see how complex and difficult it is, and run away screaming. He's just riding the hype train. Once Path of Exile dies down, he'll likely drop the game too since he primarily caters to casuals, which is most of his audience anyway.

[@ryanbak3358]

lol D4 will lose 40% of their base at the start, and im a huge Diablo fan. No end game and they made the game too easy. Everything done in a week after a new season. RIP d4

[@fightcub655]

@@ryanbak3358 you’re either a child or a troll. D4 base is super casual and they will quit POE2 within 30 mins if it’s as hard and complex as advertised. It will be another niche game just like POE1, and that’s fine. D4 will continue to beat it in numbers easily as the majority of gamers are causals.

[@Ascendsean35]

Maybe this is too optimistic for me. But i'm hoping i get close to a sense of feeling with being a new POE player when i play this, as I did being a new souls game player, and playing Elden Ring. Granted, I think Elden RIng is arguably one of the best games of all time. I am beyond hyped for this!

[@HarkinsX]

As someone who doesnt just copy paste a build all the time, i love that the poe campaign is a good way to gauge your characters progression. Really dont understand the hate. I thought i was gonna like the skip in d4 but its just more hours of doing dungeons, didnt really make the playthrough better at all.

[@Jak0vas]

I like the philosophy of campaign replay so that new players are on as even keel as possible start of each season.

[@Rogerfoulger]

Not sure if the game will be for me but do want to give a try at least and have no problem giving $30 to a developers who are upfront and transparent and are making a game they want not what the publisher wants so good luck to them and lets see what happens in the next few days once it's released

[@NickRigas-rd3zv]

@@Rogerfoulger if you do buy early access, take your 300 coins and buy a currency tab and a premium quad tab. Then you just need a div tab and you’re basically set for the entire endgame

[@Rogerfoulger]

@@NickRigas-rd3zvthe lingo will take a bit of getting used to as only played a few hours of POE1 but appreciate the advice

[@ramschasar7654]

​@@NickRigas-rd3zvWe dont know yet what stashtabs are in poe2 i believe. Going for stashtabs is 100% the right call but people should wait for ea release and look what makes sense.

[@NickRigas-rd3zv]

@ I don’t believe there is a confirmed list but all that’s purchased in PoE one that are applicable will transfer. I know for sure currency will be important, quad is just for general storage or trading, and then div and fragments are still in the game. Those are safe I promise :)

[@ramschasar7654]

@@NickRigas-rd3zv yeah just wanted to make sure people wait until end of week. It makes no sense to spend the points now. Unique tab is also great but expensive. It holds a big amount of items and also sorts them.

[@Richardx75]

Poe2 honestly has me excited for what d4 will do in season 8 I know s7 is set in stone and they won't add anything crazy because the poe2 hype will be there but I hope in s8 they will add stuff to keep up with poe 2. This competition is gonna be good.

[@styled322]

i wouldnt hold my breath

[@Richardx75]

@styled322 it goes in only 2 directions either poe2 is that good and takes over everything and other games die or d4 gets forced to step up and change.

[@SoloSenS]

Funny thing people said the samething about d3 and poe 1 look at both game poe with every leagues become better d3 only had reaper of souls expansion and necromancer primals items. One more thing end game was only rift and greater rift nothing change over decades

[@evanwater3633]

Not trying t o be that man. As a person who played D2 for many years and never got bored. D4 just isn't it. Couldn't even pay for the expansion for obvious reasons.D4 became a meme long ago. But people enjoy what they enjoy. All is well

[@SawErKulbain]

Big fan wudi, keep it up. Really enjoyed your poe 1 serie albeit it was short

[@anders630]

Theres casual and there is CASUAL, I see a lot of D3 players who post that they DID the season when they finished the season journey. I very much doubt those type of players will enjoy poe2.

[@lolololalala8225]

Heard it before, so lets wait and see. I do hope so. Since it is really looking good.

[@Truthseeker-iz3dj]

Content creators hype it up before launch, love it for 2 weeks , then make negative reviews. That's how the view cycles work. At least wudijo doesn't do that but most do.

[@TheKarato]

Wudi: I want to compete for rank ones. /Ben enters the chat/

[@foxh0und]

Ben doesn't have competition honestly. The level of that dude is ...quite impressive.

[@chriskefalas844]

It won't beat everything just because it's not for everyone. The hype is big at the moment , see how many will quit the game after 10hours of gameplay. I presume hard boss fights would be that criteria and the fact that's not for casuals.

[@TheKhrux]

Perfectly balanced take. Every genre needs a range and PoE2 doesnt need to be for everyone, but it serves an audience and so will the other games in the genre. Seasonal games have the great advantage of having downtime so you can play more games and not be a one game tribalist Andy.

[@chitin122]

Can't wait for new players to get to endgame and get filtered.

[@yvanchamoin3066]

Can't wait for new players to get to the first passive point and get filtered.

[@BushesDid911]

These PoE2 videos are like a crack drip for me. Friday, hurry up

[@Skilez]

im so happy for the new community shaping up around PoE2, all the great ARPG minds and enjoyers finally finding together in this one game. zizaran, wudi, raxx, steel mage, robb all competing to dethrone ben will be a sight to behold :) i absolutely cannot wait to see whats happening with PoE2 and the ARPG community!

[@elevatedstatus4419]

Took PTO on Saturday like a smart Exile.... got Friday off too but I'm expecting minimal playtime Friday going into Saturday.

[@australienski6687]

I haven't been this excited for a game in over a decade.

[@sachiel123]

Competition is great for us, the players, the interview where GGG and Jonathan said "we are seeing what d4 is doing wrong with the expansion (focusing more on x), are we doing the same?". And they acknowledge they were doing the same! So basically just because d4 is what it is and what is doing it already made poe2 early access better, because they realized they needed to focus on endgame and now look at all this hype! I really hope poe2 EA makes d4 start doing things better, they are doing good stuff, but I'm sure they can do better.

[@Holztransistor]

"So basically just because d4 is what it is and what is doing it already made poe2 early access better" How would it make PoE2 better? The D4 Expansion was released just 2 months ago. In terms of game development that's nothing and surely not enough time to make big decisions in regard to implementing big changes to the endgame until launch. I think what we see now already was in PoE2 months ago. They already made it better (well, I hope so and we will see when a majority is actually playing).

[@LucienZeroOne]

​@@Holztransistor right, they need their time for tomblord 2.0

[@fang_xianfu]

The early access launch they were planning had more classes, more campaign, and less endgame. It's weird how much of a damp squib that would have been!

[@sachiel123]

@@Holztransistor It was on one of the interviews. Already happened, they already made the change. It was not on the release of the game, they were referring to the release trailer of the spirit borne class.

[@z1v4]

If you go full on Poe2, I think you could double your subscribers in 2025.

[@smokeyfantastico]

The campaign, ircc, they plan to remix the campaign per league and also Jonathan made a great point, resets level the playing field and let's new players learn

[@Generalkillaman]

Meh

[@hamakakun]

Agreed with your point. I wont be missing D4 anytime soon as I have gotten all of the things I want from the game. I will play POE2 on launch and will still switch to other games as new content releases. With competition, more win for the consumer and things will only move forward from here.

[@KodyCQYep]

I've been following Early Access games since the program started, and I don't think I've ever seen more hype for something entering Early Access. The excitement is palpable.

[@lil----lil]

Finally, a game where GOLD is not tradable so effectively putting all the gold farmers & *SECRET authorized 3rd party gold sellers to rest. First thing when I log on D4 and BOOM! Guaranteed spammers on the trade channel. 100%. But that was about a month ago....when I still...had the game...😮😮

[@Matheus-wz6cp]

This game was made for Wudi, looking forward to your vids and lives!

[@billthecanuck]

so when it comes to the endgame passive trees, ie Breach... can you max all of them out on one character or is there a limit to the amount of points you can earn to put into those trees?

[@PlantsAndInsects]

I am so excited to see your PoE2 content :)

[@tuvicious1156]

Hey Wudijo, how does hardcore work and will you be going HC first? I've heard rumors but no evidence that it moves you to softcore when you die

[@terhoranki6680]

It does so in PoE 1 and most likely does the same thing in PoE 2. I don't see why they would change that

[@locdshee18]

Also thank you for saying this game is not going to be easy!!!!!

[@TheButcherGorr]

Looking forward to your guides and advice, man. You’re the best of the best

[@UltracoreUltraUranium]

Super thanks. I was thinking Ninja 😮😮😮😮😮 TAKE MY MONEY. Got an idea to make Blade 😎 with my absolute power fantasy of the Merc.

[@Chiz_1]

Really looking forward to testin PoE for the first time. Started with Diablo 1, absolutely loved D2 and came back to that game when they remastered it. I have thoroughly been enjoying D4, but mostly making alts and reaching a certain goal with severel classes. I am a bit worried that PoE2 will need such a high time investment that I will get the feeling I’m way too behind. That would take away from the experience and make me enjoy the time I get to play less when it’s too focused on catching up. But it remains to be seen if it can co-exist with a generally busy dad life.

[@tripleraze321]

While everything he said is probably very accurate, keep in mind that poe2 is designed to give a lot of progression and power for your time. In theory, you can make a character and build that eventually becomes so strong the game no longer feels like a dark souls at all.

[@ianfitchett2768]

I mean hey, I'm always excited for a new ARPG. I think I've played pretty much every non f2p p2w ARPG there's ever been. The big dream for me is an ARPG with really interesting end game AND good gameplay. It always pains me that I can only have one or the other. D4 has fun combat but the theory crafting is really mid. PoE has the best theory crafting and end game, but it's combat is dog shit. Last Epoch is like decent at both but great at neither. If PoE 2 has the end game of the first game with truly good combat, that's the dream for me. The gameplay they've shown with WASD movement, dynamic movement during attacks and a dodge roll, enemies that actually have interactive attacks, and combo skills, I'm really excited that they made the combat a lot better.

[@danrunny865]

These types of videos you do definitely make your audience sound like they need so much hand holding. It’s like you’re trying to reassure them that everything is going to be ok, stop the panic attacks from setting in lmao. And honestly you’re huffing copium if you think power creep won’t eventually set in and the game stay slow.

[@foxh0und]

The moment the power creep is changed and ggg does something crazy he'll go back to D4 with the tail between his legs saying: bruuuuuhhhhhh wtf ggg u took fun from this game, going back to d4 bois to be fastest world premier no 1 speeder bullshit etc. 😂

[@nktaylo1]

It's not the complexity that scares me, but to an extent the difficulty of early game content. Boss fights not resetting (is probably a good thing) will likely be a fairly large challenge. Hearing "souls-like" isn't exactly something that draws me in. Either way, I'll be there!

[@mcarr416ix]

When are we expecting the additional classes to launch? Is it not until the full launch? Or do we expect them to trickle in sometime between early access and full launch? I really liked the looks of the Druid in PoE2.

[@sthele6096]

Thanks for being honest Wudi. PoE2 probably wont be for me but I hope it does well so D4 can improve.

[@Richardx75]

It will I prefer d4 as well so I probably won't play poe2 as much as I'll just watch it but a good majority of the d4 player base will play it and blizzard loves money and numbers so I really don't believe they'll sit back and let poe2 take the players my guess is s8-9 will be some big improvements.

[@NickRigas-rd3zv]

Try it when it’s free

[@Richardx75]

@NickRigas-rd3zv yeah by the time full release is here d4 future will be decided lol

[@BigB0ss00]

you just gotta have a minimum of 69 brain cells to understand the game. what you just said is havinga bank account of $1 trillion isn't for you when you have $2000 in the bank. doesn't make any cents

[@LucienZeroOne]

​​​@@BigB0ss00most people cant handle a bankaccount with "just" 1m+, after a lottery win... How could they handle 1t+ ? BUT there are some people selfreflected and humble to aknowledge this fact and even say it openly. Btw such people dont have to call themself bigboss. They dont have a selfesteemdisbalance and need to troll others in order to be better than someone else. They just liv in "peace".

[@bengalbrown2834]

My advice for new players is to use the mechanics like crafting early and just figure out what they do and get used to using them. It’s not as complicated as it looks on the surface and crafting is a very good way at getting decent gear. There doesn’t seem to be a ton of defensive nodes (life & resistances) in the passive tree so make sure you’re getting these options on your gear! Get close to cap 75% resistances on your gear and just take life on gear when you can until you get a feel for where you can get your big power spikes (example weapon). Once you figure out what your main damage skills are going to be goto the massive passive tree and search things that boost that attack and rush to those nodes. That’s not to say you shouldn’t take defense from the passive tree but I’d make sure you get the damage first then get defenses from gear first. As a baseline I think this philosophy will do good for you and it will be easy enough to adjust when needed. Goodluck everyone!

[@Pocket420]

I think something to keep in mind with poe2 is that if you are stuck on a particular boss, you can always go back and explore a zone to get more exp or find rare chest with better gear. Lesser experienced or less skilled players will be rewarded for doing casual slow crawl full level play throughs with tools that should increase there power/ make bosses easier to tackle. If you get stuck there are ways to grow and increase your power

[@robertgemes9296]

exactly, the zones don't level up with you, you can always overcome the challenge with getting more experience and gear

[@danielholz3433]

Wow best tip of the year

[@the1deadman543]

I tried so hard to het into poe1 I put around 100 hours , and only got through a piece of the tutorial. Lol But i couldnt have fun , because of the melee. Poe2 looks like it will be the best arpg game i have ever played besides Diablo 2. I cant not wait for this game 🔥

[@the1deadman543]

P.s .rod furgeson is probably having a heart attack over this game 😆

[@Mike-om4tv]

Last semester of grad school ends one day before POE releases. I cannot wait to no life this shit

[@leandervr]

The first thing that got my hyped about this game is when you said the combat is more souls-like. Because the thing that kills modern arpg's like D4 for me is that every enemy is just the same. They're just damage sponges you plow through. I'm excited about having to approach fights with actual tactics.

[@Dru419]

Hi everyone! 👋🏽

[@johnfinch621]

I'm just so excited for the synergistic quality of abilities. The druid video they released for example showed alot of synergy between abilities and my thought was "finally an arpg where the goal isn't to push one button the whole time"

[@LazyboyZZZyobyzaL]

omfg... this last few days feels so long

[@chrisd8006]

good things are worth waiting for...anything that is quick and comes easy is trash

[@bradencluster4739]

I do think difficulty makes build diversity worse. If the game is really hard, you have to play the best build. D4 is easy enough that you can basically play anything you want.

[@Scr3amPuff]

That’s actually incorrect. In diablo, the disparity between classes is STAGGERING. It’s basically “which class has a bug this season”. In path of Exile, You can make a build around ANY of your favorite skills that is viable for endgame. If you refuse to invest time into learning how to play or understand how to craft or your passive tree, of COURSE you’re gonna be limited to having to find and use someone else’s build guide to access endgame content. Learn how these systems work with each other or copy someone’s build online. Simple as that

[@bradencluster4739]

@Scr3amPuff You're assuming PoE2 won't have bugged and over powered builds.

[@Scr3amPuff]

@@bradencluster4739 You can make a build around ANY of your favorite skills that is viable for endgame. If you refuse to invest time into learning how to play or understand how to craft or your passive tree, of COURSE you’re gonna be limited to having to find and use someone else’s build guide to access endgame content. Learn how these systems work with each other or copy someone’s build online. Simple as that

[@SeriousClownLOL]

I played through Poe without a guide but I've been playing it since 2012 Early beta so I seen the game grow from its early steps

[@Scr3amPuff]

@@bradencluster4739 In path of Exile, You can make a build around ANY of your favorite skills that is viable for endgame. If you refuse to invest time into learning how to play or understand how to craft or your passive tree, of COURSE you’re gonna be limited to having to find and use someone else’s build guide to access endgame content. Learn how these systems work with each other or copy someone’s build online. Simple as that

[@fang_xianfu]

Campaign skip in PoE is supposed to make as much sense as campaign skip in Dark Souls, if Dark Souls had a big endgame. It just wouldn't make sense, the answer would be "git gud".

[@bowlock9901]

I just hope Dominus is back. They absolutely nailed the vibe with him... 'Have you ever seen the true face of god exile? The light of Divinity!'

[@locdshee18]

I really think people are leading the mass community on, the gem/socket/link system is changed and will be easier to understand. That is the only thing I’ve seen that will be easier than PoE1. People need to expect this not think it’s gonna be easy. Trials of ascendency is going to be hard af. Mapping will be hard. If you haven’t played PoE1 don’t expect it to be very easy

[@Scr3amPuff]

I completely agree with you but something else they’ve done differently that I’ve seen TONS of new people complain about, is not being able to respec (which they’ve also reworked to be easier)

[@locdshee18]

@@Scr3amPuff they reworked that last league in one, i think as a trial for 2. respec with gold is nice, but soooo expensive. but as far as right now i saw something that you cant respec ascndencies

[@Scr3amPuff]

@@locdshee18 that doesn’t bother me at all honestly. I’ve never felt the need to do that. It sounds about right seeing as the ascendancies are basically just specialized classes like a necromancer, or elementalist.

[@locdshee18]

@@Scr3amPuff i agree, i build a deadeye l.s. build that i was gonna warden swap and still havent but from waht im seeing, a lot of people are not happy about it

[@TheeGreatX]

I mean...Blizzard knows what this has done to the ARPG community as far as the hype. Such a juggernaut company...SURELY there will be an adequate response. Competition is what they need to get their heads out of their asses, and that competition is FINALLY what they have gotten!

[@MrMark28]

Wudijo, love ya lots bro. I can’t wait for your guides and videos once the game is released. That said, I hard disagree with the campaign start. Deff not a respect of players time and it’s repetitive for no reason. They deff need to get rid of that, or atleast give an option to skip it. Also, I did not realize how toxic the POE community is, it’s quite dumb. It haven’t been a warm welcome to say… even including the content creators. I don’t understand the gate keeping like mentality, elitism, and shit talking when even mentioning liking D4. I deff think d4 lost the ball but bro, to be toxic to someone who likes both??? Deff not happy with any of the current content creators in POE. I been traversing slowly. I’m optimistic and exited. I can’t wait to see what it is that you bring and show us!! ^^ Just like in d4 I’m up for the challenge and to make my own build that will crush content. Just a few days away!! 😊😊😊

[@KujieSama]

Couldn't agree more to all this!

[@staskozak8118]

Well, look, you don't understand anything about the game, and you already think that it should be changed to your taste. Of course, the attitude towards such a newcomer will be negative. You don't go to someone else's monastery with your own charter. The campaign has its own goal, which it fulfills. But, in my opinion, it could be made to skip it for the second and further characters in the league. I play according to the principle of 1 character per 1 league and I don't feel uncomfortable, but for those who do several, the campaign can interfere more.

[@KujieSama]

@@staskozak8118 I have 5k hours in the game and I still hate it with a passion and I happen to know many more who do too. The last few leagues, it has killed my passion in playing or making a second build. As for its goal, to teach the new players certain things, we got it by the 3rd time. Now it's just a chore and nothing more. What you say about the second character, is what we have been asking for years but no, it's against their vision.

[@MrMark28]

@@staskozak8118 what are you talking about? Everyone is going to be new in POE 2. Quit the attitude of " I know better than thou" like damn, yeah you might have played POE 1 and some things will be the same but it is a new game. And from a perspective oof fresh eyes... YES it IS a new game. Its not the same. I think those that have that mentality are in for a rude awakening. Also, thats why its early access, for peo-ple to give opinions and feed back. Get out of here with your "youre new so dont give your opinion BS" get oput, I HATE that kind of attitude. Fk man...

[@xbon1]

can you upgrade chests with things like stones now? i noticed yellow/blue chests

[@Mampff91]

I am really excited for POE 2. POE 1 was most of the time to complex for me. i only played every other league and the amount of content was sometimes overwhelming. making own builds or killing uber bosses was impossible for me. so i mostly followed guides and often really did not understand the funamentals. and i played like 1k hours of POE 1. That being said, what i really try to do in POE 2 is more playing and less reading guides or watching videos. actually playing the game more and getting good at it, understanding the fundamentals. POE 2 has a lot of content, but i think its a lot more manageable at release, than it has been in POE 1 for a long time.

[@c-tothefourth4879]

You ain’t making a POE2 build either

[@Scr3amPuff]

@@c-tothefourth4879😂

[@Scr3amPuff]

I’ll let you know that the complexity of PoE1 isn’t going ANYWHERE! Poe2 WILL be JUST as complex as PoE1, they’ve just given newer players more opportunities to manage mistakes. That’s pretty much the only difference

[@staskozak8118]

@@Scr3amPuff, For some reason, people hope that knowledge and understanding will come to them without effort.

[@Scr3amPuff]

@@staskozak8118 Exactly. PoE2 will be just as challenging for them. If you want to do well and get far in the second game, you're gonna have to do just as much work and invest just as much time in understanding the mechanics/system. PoE is an investment that rewards you for your time and effort

[@d4mephisto]

we'll see. ppl always say they want X, and then when they get it, they say "this isn't what I wanted" and original D4 release proves that. D4 on launch was a slow, grindy game with very powerful loot that was extremely rare to find. you'd play for hours and hours and not find a single unique. that's what people said they wanted -- a game similar to D2, where you just farm the same mobs / areas / bosses over and over, looking for extremely rare loot and hoping you get lucky 1 out of hundreds of times. and the game was received poorly. people HATED IT. and now, after 15+ months of iteration, we have the D4 of today, which is much faster and MUCH less challenging. nothing is difficult in the game anymore, not even the "raid" the Dark Citadel. it's all stupidly easy. but it wasn't always like this. on launch, D4 enemies had insane amount of CC that needed to be avoided, and you couldn't just play Spiritborn with 100% uptime on unstoppable. you had to dodge every enemy CC, go slowly, kill one pack at a time, and pay close attention during combat. and 15+ months later, the game is nothing like that anymore, because people didn't like it and wanted the game changed. Remember Raxx's video ranting about HOW MUCH he hates CC in Diablo 4? and how he begged Blizzard for MONTHS in his videos to nerf enemy CC? which Blizz eventually did my point is, ppl say they want a complex, slow, difficult game with poe2, but once they get what they SAY they want, will it turn out to be what they ACTUALLY want, or will they clamor for big changes, like speeding up the game, increasing loot drops, reducing enemy CC, etc? only time will tell

[@nidclxvi]

Exactly, I have said this often, " the player base ASKED for what d4 is now" I do wish it was more challenging, having to gimp your own toon to challenge yourself is my main thing to do. I just wish torment 5 was made and it was like "inferno" difficulty.

[@Vasi-fi9il]

Raxx is just a crybaby and mostly clueless. His past guides proved that and most of the time he would just copy others or play anything meta. Can never take this guy seriously but apparently bliz does and so do the noobs. Thank god for wudi always having serious knowledge and actually giving good feedback for the game. If only Bliz heard him more.

[@Truthseeker-iz3dj]

Can someone explain what competitive stuff PoE2 is releasing with thst Wudi mentioned at the end of his video. I do miss the d3 pushihg greater rift days.

[@gb8924]

When can we start downloading the early access??

[@kobarsos82]

The item descriptions on the items, seem in fact like they are using the exact same fonts, as in diablo 2. Is this on purpose to nod to the best previous arpg ever made and the main inspiration that brought poe games in existence? Or is it just random. :D Doesn't feel like a coincidence !!

[@joshnovak480]

I'm on the fence of goin with warrior or monk what yiu guys think

[@kostistsiutras4373]

will POE2 gonna have eternal server? Can u keep playin with 0% resets and keep all your drops and min maxin more your builds?

[@grippinglipsfishing5671]

I want to play this but its going to be hard to not get my focus interrupted. To much mayhem happening around me at all time at my house. Hopefully I will still enjoy it.

[@antontrubadur299]

playing d2 and d2r in majorty i like that you have to play through the campaign

[@cashlindontv7293]

From a Wanderer to a Exile...I've played POE 1 and put hours into it but I couldn't get deep into it. POE 2 look way better.

[@like_everyone_else]

I have never played PoE1 but isn't PoE1 late endgame kinda like Godmode? As in, you can kill everything in sight by just looking at them? Or am I wrong?

[@m.h.4907]

Depends what you play and how much currency you pump into your build. I doubt GGG will let it escalate to that player power again in PoE2

[@c-tothefourth4879]

You can but you have to earn it

[@NickRigas-rd3zv]

@@like_everyone_else if you put enough time into your characters the power level is almost infinite. But to get to the point where nothing can kill you, you have to be very very good. I have almost 2k hours and I’ve pulled it off fully one time. And my damage still could’ve been way better.

[@BigB0ss00]

you're right however you gotta put in a lot of work to get their, build up currency by farming then you can reach that power level. it's not easy. nothing wrong with being OP if you earned it after dozens or hundreds of hours of gameplay within a season/league. a lot of players will have hard time with the hardest content in poe 1

[@Scr3amPuff]

PoE requires TONS of time-investment/strategizing/skill to complete endgame activities. It’s challenging and that’s what makes it so great. You’ll ALWAYS have a goal to reach, you just need to figure out how much you’re willing to put in

[@MarcoBirds]

In Diablo when you had to repeat the campaign, or take altars or re do zones for the ability and paragon points ppl.started to.cry and beg for a skip. That was character progression too no? Now in poe 2 the fact that you have to do the campaign over and over Is a plus? Ridicolous how the community have alteady decided that poe2 Will be a gem i Remember how d4 was "all' what d3 had to be" after the 25 lvl demo.just because It was darker than d3, or how good LE had to be Just cos d4 was bad, and noone play LE now.. the job of content creators Is to build hype to attract viewvers , some of them are also paid from the devs to do that

[@GavrynGaming]

Couldn't be more excited to be a part of a game launch and get in on the ground floor. We're witnessing the evolution of the ARPG genre on Friday 🍻

[@MrLove-666]

I played Poe for thousands of hours, yet I don't have a Doctorate in PoE so when I reached the maps, I did a few and I was done for that League. I missed the true endgame, but I never cared. If DEVs can make it simplistic, they'll have more casual dads.. that would gladly leave D4.

[@Generalkillaman]

Wud, don’t spare the devs. Break it. 9:58 we shall see

[@davidlocontes3564]

Sounds like PoE2 is a job, not a game, perfect for streamers and other no-lifers.

[@dims4627]

Last time I was so exited about a game I was 10 and it was GTA San Andreas, I'm a grown ass man now and I'm taking a fucking vacation because I can

[@liquiddude9855]

I doubt we will be playing this in the weekend. Bizzard fanboys will DDOS the shit out of the servers.

[@donaldwoody7910]

"Better to buff under performing builds." - Jonathan Rogers

[@enthusiasticgamer88]

PoE2 seems very grindy so for now I'll stick with Diablo. On the other hand I'm happy there is more healthy competition. Competition is always beneficial for the end consumer and will likely result in more investment into Diablo development so sounds like a win-win to me.

[@LukeTheDuke1234-d1t]

LOL try min maxing a character in D4. I have a single Character in D4 and have over 300 hours in this season and my gear is still not fully upgraded. It all comes down to what you want to do. you want a interesting end game or same old Boring Content. Choice is yours.

[@NickRigas-rd3zv]

@@LukeTheDuke1234-d1tis Poe the same old boring content and Diablo the interesting endgame?

[@nickh4354]

Very grindy? Brother the game is more diverse and interesting in every way compared to d4. You are doing vastly different things from campaign, to early endgame, to mid, to late endgame. D4 is the same shit ALL game. Helltides. Pit. NM dungeons

[@PharCryy]

Very positive take; however Blizzard is just a company that doubles down on practices that are Anti-Consumer to such a degree that I do not believe they will handle the "further investment" phase they are about to enter, correctly. Great for Ultra Casual audiences though.

[@digital2701361]

D4 is trash and Blizzard is a joke.

[@Schwammgurke-tv1jr]

which class are you going for?

[@NickRigas-rd3zv]

@@Schwammgurke-tv1jr I think he said he is leaning towards mercenary, witch hunter ascendancy

[@beingbeyonddat]

I've been saying it: Diablo 4 is a game that completely limits a player and content creator like you. You actually cook builds and you have to nerf yourself to be able to keep the D4 content going. The only content creators that aren't excited for this game are the ones that don't actually cook or the ones trying to impress Blizzard by not reacting at all to PoE 2, as if Blizzard would reward them for it.

[@maartenpsion9036]

Like who?

[@insomniaddictesp]

I do think Wudi will find more success in the POE2 community.

[@Vasi-fi9il]

@@insomniaddictesp maybe he will maybe he won't. He will certainly have fun though.

[@dbrown23]

I’ve tried to get “into” POE since its launch… it’s never grabbed me. There was something about its movement and/or feeling in the controls that felt foreign to my brain. I really hope this will be an enjoyable experience (I’ve pre-ordered) but my expectations are I’ll hate it which is fine 😂

[@scorchdnutz]

Music to my ears. I love slow, challenging solo gameplay, d4 was initially like this, but they went down a zoomy group path. Sounds like I could play this for years.

[@steel5897]

Unless the PoE subreddit has their way, then PoE2 will devolve back to zoom zoom blasting too.

[@shadowhunter0]

I will not be switching over I'll be playing and enjoying both I'm looking forward to trying my druid that I created for the ptr see how well it works but after the ptr I'll probably be playing poe2 majority of the time until season 7 in d4 then I'll probably playing it majority of the time or might split my time equally who knows

[@kongkim]

Never really liked PoE so hope you still do some D4 :)