Feedback from 13 years exp in poe 1 and Souls like player

The methodical approach works on some classes.

I played warrior and monk and I found them very methodical, but not rewarding enough.

I played mages, there is no way to play methodical. Is too slow and not rewarding. The most enjoyable way for me to play the mage was spamming spark, but got bored.
By the time I collect the infuses to play methodical, the swarm kills me.

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Ceahlau#3428 เขียน:

The methodical approach works on some classes.

I played warrior and monk and I found them very methodical, but not rewarding enough.

I played mages, there is no way to play methodical. Is too slow and not rewarding. The most enjoyable way for me to play the mage was spamming spark, but got bored.
By the time I collect the infuses to play methodical, the swarm kills me.

it "work" only if you don't know about the game and how to use the skills. iT'S not effective. Im only melee enjoyer player and build maker and warrior just one-shotting campain bosses on blue gear while builded properly for leveling.
Later you just hold sunder or leap slam and stun/one shot/explode entire screen with one hit. You don't even need to care about surrounding like on mages - it's even more "lazy" gameplay than spark.

and doing "synergy" builds is like reducing your progress by 300-700% comparable to one button builds.

entire early and mid end game should be toned down- slowed and monsters should get around 20-40% more hp to make it more meaningful and made synergies work again.

For me the end game is zoom zoom because of the era we are living in.

I'd say 80% of people do NOT want to make their own builds and actually play this game. They look for pros, paid to find out what are the 2 or 3 combinations that break the game. And then just copy. What a sad time we are living in really.

But also if the game was actually (very) well designed none of these combinations would be stupidly overpowered. I hope at the end of POE 2 development that there will be more control over the power that emanates from some builds.

If people would make their own builds and characters, like I do,  the end game would not be as OP because we are not all pro players. Most of us don't hold a calculator in hand with full time spent looking for what I call 'bug exploits' that crush the game.

And I think everybody would have more fun.