Finally got some time to properly test PoE now. It's pretty obvious that DE has no experience with open world design. Bigger companies made mistakes, then fixed them after extensive playtesting. DE either didn't learn from them, or were simple simply thinking "lol, they just don't do this because they are not as manly as we are lol". Either way it's baaaad.
A few examples:
Bombard mortars: pinpoint accuracy missile and mortar shells for extra ragdoll fun. I was playing a lvl10-30 bounty with Mesa and lost 4 lives during the defense mission. Even tho I was running around like mad, I got simply stunlocked by all those explosives fired at me from far away.
Visibility range: enemies can see you from too far away. Other devs limit their range for a reason. Having some camp on the horizon charge at you while trying to fish is mildly annoying.
High grass: again, other devs don't use it, because the AI cannot comprehend. Either she is on par with the playerand doesn't see anything, making them a sitting duck. Or she see right through it, making it only a hassle for players, since they can't hide inside it. If devs use it, you can set it on fire to get enemies out. Wouldn't even work in Warframe.
No escape: running away to regenrate doesn't really work. Since there is some secret alert triggered, enemies and gunships will spawn right beside you all the time. RAEG.
Gunships: a little too powerful for my liking. I got killed in 4 seconds while typing from a strafing run. On the other hand they have an ungodly amount of hps to go through while being fired at. You can take cover from stationary turrets, from gunships? Not really.
Choice of frames: because of all this, the choice of frames is pretty much limited to high def frames, like Rhino/Utlus/Catframe/Stickboi. While Mesa helps against high grass, DE didn't bother to code target points for peacemaker on anything that flies. Plus her shield helps zero against bombards.
I have no idea how 1-hit-kill frames like Nova/Bashee/Embae are suppopsed to do this. Ability range doesn't scale with that ridiculous enemy range...
Looks like they tested it with fully pimped operator/focus using asswing, but not for lowly footsloggers. Or maybe they want to herd us into group play? Don't want.
Says a lot aboot your game when people prefer fishing over bounties for standing after all...