OK I played POE2 early access campaign, a couple thoughts

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I played the POE2 early access campaign with an AOE mage here are a couple of thoughts. I’d be curious to hear from others who have tried it.

pros:

  • graphics are nice
  • story was epic
  • it seemed well balanced, kind of hard but I could get through with persistence

cons:

  • way too many types of little currency token type things. I personally find it annoying to have to study that kind of minutiae
  • there is a brutal XP penalty that kicks in after you finish the campaign and start doing maps. You basically stop leveling because you die enough to kill all of your accumulated XP.

All in all, I think Last Epoch is the better game for a casual player. I complained about Aberroth in my last post before I went to try POE2 but I’m ready to give it another try now haha.

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Yes, apt description.

If you’re looking at content you’ll have 2 distinct positions… Aberroth is easier then content in PoE 1/2 for the most part, at least top-end content. Hence roughly as it should be.

If you look towards Uberroth though… that is completely messed up comparably. Nothing even comes remotely close in effort needed to invest to tackle a boss in any other ARPG on the market.

As for the XP penalty: Yeah, it’s really harsh and stops progression in terms of levels entirely. Very very few people reach level 100 in either of those games while in LE it ‘just happens’.
You can see it as good or as bad, a hurdle to overcome and providing a challenge or a major annoyance. It’s very split in reception, always has been.

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