Incline Path of Exile 2 - now available on Early Access

[Kane]

Do we already have an ETA for when they will put fun into the game?

 

[Kruyurk]

Do we already have an ETA for when they will put fun into the game?

Play as the monk, don't try to gain loot or power, don't pursue the fleeting pleasure of fun, instead observe, be mindful of the present moment, then you will attain inner peace.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

Is the game good?

 

[frajaq]

Is the game good?

yes but a lot of work needs to be put into it

I dunno how GGG is gonna solve the Item Rarity drama

 

[TedNugent]

Is the game good?

yes but a lot of work needs to be put into it

I dunno how GGG is gonna solve the Item Rarity drama

Probably by making a crafting system that isn't based on using rare orbs to roll RNG slot machine for affixes line by line

But being realistic they'll probably do something lazy like increase the drop rates.

 

[abija]

Is the game good?

If they didn't own the company they'd be fired for pushing elements the players hate and wasting too much time on irrelevant shit (like active block). It looks like it would take 1-2yrs to even be feature complete on this basic version of the game, nevermind balance and improvements.

Apart from graphics and AAA feel of the campaign, bosses are the only good thing it has over poe1 atm.

 

[ArchAngel]

Do we already have an ETA for when they will put fun into the game?

It is already fun. At least first 3 Acts are super cool. All 6 would be if game became harder after 3 Acts (or of similar hardness) instead of easier. Then endgame is ruined by some builds doing 100x more damage then other builds and many builds doing 50x more damage and lots doing 10x more..
I've just seen a pathfinder poison concoction build kill ultimate endgame boss in few seconds.

 

[ArchAngel]

Is the game good?

If they didn't own the company they'd be fired for pushing elements the players hate and wasting too much time on irrelevant shit (like active block). It looks like it would take 1-2yrs to even be feature complete on this basic version of the game, nevermind balance and improvements.

Apart from graphics and AAA feel of the campaign, bosses are the only good thing it has over poe1 atm.

It will take 1 year or more, that is for sure. Feels like PoE1 beta again but more unbalanced as they put in endgame without any real testing or balancing and decided to use all the players for that.
I still cannot go back to PoE1 even after this beta, even in this state it fees like a better game. Also lots of new skills and classes to test.

 

[ArchAngel]

As for my Essence Drain attempt, did Trial of Sekhema yesterday to get my 3rd Ascendancy and died again at boss at end of lvl 2 due to being too slow and doing too little damage.
Then I decided to finally try out trade to upgrade my shit and spent 2 hours looking for and messaging people just to buy decent 25% move speed boots and over 700 evasion chest.. this is exactly the reason why I avoid trading with this shitty system... but game balance is so bad atm that after doing campaign and running 40 maps or so I have not seen move speed boots with more than 15% movespeed and usable other stats. I have also not seen a hybrid ES/EV chest with more than 300 evasion.. buying is truly the only option you have. And boots cost me like 1ex and chest 3ex.. I already hated this shit in PoE1 where unless you are a mastercrafter you always wanted to buy your stuff but at least we had that crafting bench and I could gear up for white and yellow maps and do those and when I would reach red maps I could choose to enter trading or quit playing.

Anyways, after that I switched from quasi MOM to full EV/ES for defenses with Grim Reaper and Ghost Dance... now I am basically unkillable on lower level maps I am in but my damage still sucks big time and there is no real way to fix Essence Drain. Even with 6l it will never do anything awesome as there are no good ways to scale its damage unlike what other builds can do. I am now doing tier 6 and 7 maps and if there are magic enemies in the fight I am 4 button warrior to kill them in reasonable time (around 5s), that is how bad this skill is. But just recently I found out best way to apply Wither is not with a Wither totem but by using Eye of Winter with Unleash and Wither support. People are also using that trick to apply max stack Critical Weakness in one cast.

I am also now really looking to change skill but I want to stay in theme of Necro so I would switch to BoneStorm for bossing and Detonate Dead for clearing. Both are doing physical damage and are good with critical hits.