Main reason i lose interest in leagues

I want to share what I’ve noticed is the main reason I lose interest in each PoE 2 league.

It’s not because I get tired of the endgame. There are always more bosses to fight and better loot to chase.

The issue is that as my character grows stronger, I slowly realize that I don’t feel like I have meaningful choices when it comes to scaling defense versus offense. Every league, I end up making every possible decision to be as tanky as I can, because survivability becomes the only real bottleneck for progression.

Damage is never the problem. No matter the build, I eventually reach a point where monsters’ increased HP is no longer noticeable, and further damage scaling feels redundant. I don’t feel like I can meaningfully trade damage for effective HP, because damage already far exceeds what the content requires.

The game has improved a lot in many ways, and I really like that monsters have more health this league. However, without meaningful defensive trade-offs, the end result is still the same: the only wall players hit is how much punishment they can survive.

I would enjoy the game far more and for much longer if sacrificing damage for survivability were a real and impactful choice. As it stands, I’ve never seen an endgame player hit a wall because they lacked damage, only because they couldn’t survive long enough.

Very true!

I also don't feel like there's a reason to progress when power is so high, so easily, that you really don't have to grow any further. Why would I be interested to keep growing when I can already wipe the floor with everything in a very boring and unengaging way. Get more and better loot for what exactly? There's simply no goal to it.