Path of Exile 2

[Homerboy]

Melee is hard as hell to start off i'm finding

Melee has never been good in POE. at least not for a long time. They have tried and tried again, and while it has gotten better, it's hasn't been comparable to other meta builds.

 

[Homerboy]

This game looks and sounds like the bomb! It's not my typical genre, so how much of a leap would it be going from tycoon gaming?

It's free - install. Watch one of the countless guides/tutorials and learn as you go. POE1/2 can get REALLY complicated and convoluted. This is EA too, so there's lots of imbalance they are still trying to iron out.

 

[RPD]

So act1 boss was unbelievably difficult for my minion witch build, act2 boss was... a freaking cake walk?? I think I finally have enough defenses for them that it feels some what comfortable playing. My major gripe is a lot of maps have narrow passages, they get stuck A LOT and end up having to wait for them to revive. Which sucks when I'm jump by a pack and a rare and this happens, I'm very exposed.

 

[paperfist]

It's free - install. Watch one of the countless guides/tutorials and learn as you go. POE1/2 can get REALLY complicated and convoluted. This is EA too, so there's lots of imbalance they are still trying to iron out.

Thanks!
I thought it was only free if you owned the first or spent like $600 on previous content.

 

[quikah]

Thanks!
I thought it was only free if you owned the first or spend like $600 on previous content.

PoE 2 is not free yet. Cheapest is $30, though they give you ~$30 of in game currency with it. PoE 1 is free.

 

[paperfist]

PoE 2 is not free yet. Cheapest is $30, though they give you ~$30 of in game currency with it. PoE 1 is free.

Gotcha. I don't think I've ever seen a game that was paid for EA, but free after release. Interesting concept.

 

[Homerboy]

Thanks!
I thought it was only free if you owned the first or spent like $600 on previous content.

Sorry - I meant POE1 is free to play. POE2 is still $30 EA.

 

[akenbennu]

Been playing a monk, and yes, melee sucks. Just hit Act 3, starting to get a good damage flow with ice strike and bell.

 

[Homerboy]

Been playing a monk, and yes, melee sucks. Just hit Act 3, starting to get a good damage flow with ice strike and bell.

Still slogging along with my infernal minion build. It plays fine, but I'm not sure the gameplay is for me. Its just too slow, to "wondering" in large maps. There doesn't seem to be much of a "reward" for leveling up and I'm still using gear I found in Act 1. There doesn't seem to be that same feel of... progression? I'm not hating it. But I'm not loving it either.

 

[akenbennu]

Still slogging along with my infernal minion build. It plays fine, but I'm not sure the gameplay is for me. Its just too slow, to "wondering" in large maps. There doesn't seem to be much of a "reward" for leveling up and I'm still using gear I found in Act 1. There doesn't seem to be that same feel of... progression? I'm not hating it. But I'm not loving it either.

The checkpoint teleports in the latest patch help and I've hit the point where I just transmute/augment whatever white gear I find.

 

[Homerboy]

The checkpoint teleports in the latest patch help and I've hit the point where I just transmute/augment whatever white gear I find.

yeah they've helped somewhat for sure.
but having to transmute/augment to "craft" via RNG is just a horrible mechanic. And certainly isn't fun to do.

 

[Homerboy]

ta hell if I can beat the first ascendency trial

 

[Timorous]

ta hell if I can beat the first ascendency trial

What class are you? Getting some relics can help with honour defence.

 

[RPD]

So after hitting a dps wall in maps around T4-ish respec'd my chaos minion witch to fire and holy hell that was a massive upgrade. Just not enough chaos diversity or synergy in the game yet to really flesh out a minion build around it, tried a lot of different combos.

 

[WhiteNoise]

I don't like it. refunded. I'll try it again when its free. From what I played though, and being a big POE1 fan, I'm not feeling 2 at all.

 

[quikah]

This is pretty hilarious

Kripparian reacting to Quinn69 reacting to Elon Musk playing "Elon's" hardcore character.

 

[RPD]

So yea.. that arbiter of ash... is some bullsh.. The jump in difficulty from all the other end game stuff to him is like exponential at least for my first time fighting him. I can't stand 1 shot mechanics and he has them in spades.

 

[DaaQ]

So it's now April, I had to figure out using a different server would allow me to actually get into the game.
There are what 5 or 6 classes, but only 2 are playable?

I don't get all of the trolling against D4 for this

We will see tomorrow when the new supposed DLC should be available. ( It's a personal thing between my nephew and I) I saw the 450$ starter packs. I bought though the games store not steam although they do not have a launcher for it. Maybe I should see how POE 1 turned, I had to link up that account. That was also gotten during I would hazard a guess at pre-beta.

 

[Timorous]

So it's now April, I had to figure out using a different server would allow me to actually get into the game.
There are what 5 or 6 classes, but only 2 are playable?

I don't get all of the trolling against D4 for this

We will see tomorrow when the new supposed DLC should be available. ( It's a personal thing between my nephew and I) I saw the 450$ starter packs. I bought though the games store not steam although they do not have a launcher for it. Maybe I should see how POE 1 turned, I had to link up that account. That was also gotten during I would hazard a guess at pre-beta.

There are 6 classes, 7 after the 0.2 drops. There are 12 ascendencies, growing to 17 after 0.2. Ascendencies are class specialisations.

It is not DLC, the game is in early access and this is the next patch to add content before it releases.

The game does have its own launcher and you can tie your account to steam and use steam as a launcher instead but you have options there.

So in all honesty I don't really have a clue what you are talking about because it is vastly divorced from reality.

 

[DaaQ]

Try logging in on Washington DC server.
It wasn't until using California server I got into the game, and only 2 people on the hangman's rope were labeled as not "coming soon" I'll actually give you maybe an extra because some I just wouldn't play.


Highlighted in green.

Pretty Star Citizen like. Also Dev has said it may never come out of early access.

So above you can see I do have access to the launcher for POE but not POE2.

 

[Timorous]

Try logging in on Washington DC server.
It wasn't until using California server I got into the game, and only 2 people on the hangman's rope were labeled as not "coming soon" I'll actually give you maybe an extra because some I just wouldn't play.

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Pretty Star Citizen like. Also Dev has said it may never come out of early access.

So above you can see I do have access to the launcher for POE but not POE2.

You don't have to give me an extra, there are 7 playable classes and there will be 12 total eventually.

Current playable classes are Huntress, Warrior, Ranger, Mercenary, Witch, Sorceress and Monk.

The Devs have said there is a 65% chance it will fully release this year, the reality is though it will probably get delayed until next year as there are quite a lot of things to add still and then they will need further tuning before being in a 1.0 state.

As for the expensive packs, don't buy them if you don't want to, outside of extra stash tabs every mtx is purely cosmetic. As for stash tabs the $30 tier gets you enough coins to buy what you need for end game so if you have paid for early access the best advice is don't buy anything till you get to end game and then buy what you need.

May want to try the poe2 site to get the poe2 launcher. Here and that green text says you can play...

Like I don't know how someone can get literally everything so incorrect unless they are actively trying to. It is insane how flat out factually incorrect your statements are.

 

[KMFJD]

Try logging in on Washington DC server.
It wasn't until using California server I got into the game, and only 2 people on the hangman's rope were labeled as not "coming soon" I'll actually give you maybe an extra because some I just wouldn't play.

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Pretty Star Citizen like. Also Dev has said it may never come out of early access.

So above you can see I do have access to the launcher for POE but not POE2.

no issues logging into Washington D.C. server (or any other server) for me, those are all cosmetics and do not affect the game at all the only thing actually useful are the tabs as far as i'm concerned , what are you whinging about?

 

[DaaQ]

no issues logging into Washington D.C. server (or any other server) for me, those are all cosmetics and do not affect the game at all the only thing actually useful are the tabs as far as i'm concerned , what are you whinging about?

Well it seems to have sorted itself out, but the constant patches, and atrocious KnM key bindings are for real. Seems there are issues that are not being acknowledged in the wild.

Other than the mostly negative steam reviews, I would have saved my money if the "Dawn of the Hunt" initial patch was to be as it was hyped to be.

Game seems like D3 trying to reign in the horse manure in the beginning to be honest.

 

[Timorous]

Well it seems to have sorted itself out, but the constant patches, and atrocious KnM key bindings are for real. Seems there are issues that are not being acknowledged in the wild.

Other than the mostly negative steam reviews, I would have saved my money if the "Dawn of the Hunt" initial patch was to be as it was hyped to be.

Game seems like D3 trying to reign in the horse manure in the beginning to be honest.

Why are you complaining about constant patches in an early access game. That is kind of the whole point.

Seems you would be better off waiting for it to actually release because you seem intolerant of issues, missing features and balance problems but are also not happy with lots of patches to fix those things in what is fundamentally the open beta of the game.

 

[DaaQ]

NM, it is nothing like I've heard it described by multiple different forums, played poe1 and it was good enough in its early development. LE is much more enjoyable, even if I hate the double skill slot. I will see what S8 D4 has and put this one to the backburner.
Y'all keep saying I'm complaining, but the praises I have seen sung to this game are really whistles in the wind. what emergency patch is it on now, 0.2f? or h?

Don't reply anyway. seems I have mis judged the December EA release, and 4 months later seemed long enough for some stuff to be straightened out with a new class and all.
unfollowing this thread.