Dear GGG: Why I will never run more than one char in POE2
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In POE1 I routinely play several chars. I guess I am a little ADD about that. I will never do it in POE2 because of one reason.
I have 18h 35m into this league and I am not even out of act 4 yet. (Cue the three flamers saying "skill issue" but who cares?) Each act is as long as all the acts before it. I got out of act 1 in about 1.25h then act 2 in 2.5 to 3 then act 3 in about 6h. Its just way long. There is no way I am going to do that for more than one char. In fact in the last 2 leagues I didnt even get to maps. I would guess if you did a DB query and found how many dropped out before maps you would get an idea of what i am talking about. I am not sure I will make it to maps this time. The campaign isnt engaging, its just tedious. Pack after pack after pack of whites. on one island i think I killed 1000 mobs tediously. The maps are designed to be labyrinths so you never know where to go so you basically end up full clearing every zone. Tedious. Boring. Look at the stats and you will see. แก้ไขล่าสุดโดย Kraythax#2592 เมื่อ 2 ม.ค. 2026 01:22:06 ขุดครั้งสุดท้าย เมื่อ 4 ม.ค. 2026 23:10:02
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" Each time you do it it should shorten as you rememeber the maps and locations of everything. My first run through was like 45 hours or something cause I took my sweet time but my last run was 13 hours. Which is really not that bad for someone who maybe gets 1-2 hours a day. Act 3 and the interludes are amazing broski...I don't know what your smoking but I also could have swore you said you quit the game seeing as the last 4 months you've been complaining about how bad the game is...and yet you're still playing. Strange. Must not be as bad as you say it is. |
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Specially Act 3 drags on a bit too much with the time travelling. The campaign is long indeed, but the PoE1 campaign is even longer in my experience. But in PoE1 we have early movement skills and the game is solved. We're not there yet in PoE2. Given enough time and power/movement creep we'll be able to blast through this campaign as well.
In my opinion the campaign in PoE2 is the best part of the game still, I enjoy it and usually I take two characters to endgame per league. |
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Plus the unethical rare mobs we encounter such as the river hag with slow aura among others.
And the weird collision that makes playing melee extremely awful. Every time I log in to the game, I can't wait to finish one area so that i can save my progress and go back doing other stuff in real life. They've added too much pain and suffering into the game with very little reward. แก้ไขล่าสุดโดย Correctitude#7532 เมื่อ 2 ม.ค. 2026 02:51:57
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Maybe I asked you this in the past but why are you still playing this game if it is so much pain for you?
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if its pain - why playing?
I think that if you've already played through the campaign with one character in the season, it should be easier and faster for the NEXT character. |
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" The forum is called "Early Access Feedback" perhaps google translate will help if you don't understand? |
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With a little practice, the PoE 2 campaign is not significantly longer than the PoE 1 campaign; it only feels that way the first time because you still have a lot to search for and don't yet have all the bonus bosses memorized.
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" K (lol) แก้ไขล่าสุดโดย Sakanabi#6664 เมื่อ 2 ม.ค. 2026 05:06:30
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" Yes it is. Because of RNG. You almost never know where you are supposed to go to get the numerous bonus passive increases and even main objectives. |
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