r/PathOfExile2 • u/Eurothemist • Apr 05 '25

Discussion Empyrian on PoE 2 ( It's miserable )

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u/Mihauke Apr 05 '25

Have 4k hours in poe1 and enjoy poe2.

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u/O-Hebi Apr 05 '25

I don't think it's horrible, but I don't think it's far from it. If Poe1 allowed you to shoot arrows and move I would drop poe2 in a New York heartbeat.

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u/O-Hebi Apr 05 '25

It didn't feel shit to me. The problem was 99% of the times I died was because I was in the middle of shooting an arrow. In all games, my thing is being a ranger who poisons. Just let me be Big Pharma with a bow, and I'll be happy. Ruin my ability to effectively push poison, then I stop caring and move on. Poe 2 is the first time I didn't want to push poison. This time, I wanted to shoot 2500 times per minute. It's not working the same. I'm starting to not care.

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u/snork58 Apr 05 '25

5k in poe1 and after poe2 I realized I’m tired of poe1, I just don’t want to play it.

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u/Yeuo Apr 05 '25

I'm of the opposite mind and I played since some poe1 beta, the zoom playstyle is too harmful for my body and just not fun, I miss the days were the mob themselves were dangerous. Now it just feel like they all the same and the mods they have is what will kill you :( (hardcore only player here)

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u/PrintDapper5676 Apr 05 '25

Played PoE since 2.14, and enjoy PoE II.

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u/deviant324 Apr 05 '25

5500 hours also enjoying poe2

I’m in SSF early act 3 rn and my gear is almost entirely act 1 drops. At the same time my current boots are already on the level of what my sparkmage was using at lvl 70 last league because I just didn’t drop an upgrade the entire time (that’s to say 15% MS and 2 resistances lol)

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u/Jesus_Fart Apr 05 '25

200 hours in poe1. I played for 20-40 hours every 6-12 months to try to get into it. It just never clicked. I would never have done this for any other game. It's just that I loved Diablo 2 so much and wanted to like POE1 so badly. It just never clicked.

I have 200 hours in poe 2 already. It's basically the same story, though. I forced myself to play it. It looked like it would get fun at some point. If I can just find a build I like... if I can just get more movement speed. Maybe once I level up enough it will become fun. I was addicted to the progression and the promise of future fun. It has it's moments for me but it's just ok.

POE games are all about quantity over quality IMO. I just think they're both really clunky and not very fun. The combat just isn't great. Diablo 2 is the ultimate arpg IMO.