Campaign is far better

I made a big post about how my kid cannot get on wtih the game and hasnt made it past act 2 boss because 0.1 an d0.2 were really hard.

This time he got past the boss with his necro build and me on ranger.

In parties the bosses have so much more health!

But he got to act 4 this time - and was having a lot of fun.
Act 2 feels v long and the boss is obnoxiously hard - i ended up having to trade for a bow to get through.

Also ascendencies are super hard with 2 people - it was the ascendency and not being able to do it that nearly made him quit this time. Spike and flame traps are very annoying ways to die. The red balls from the snakes seem really punishing for the second person

I really enjoyed the format of the 3 throw away expansions.
Id love to see little forays into lore like that.

Is there something in endgame that coudl work for that? Maybe league mechanics can have back story to progress or something?

Abyss is ace - bringing more stuff to do with item mods in game would be really good.

It would be ace if the acts could be a bit like ... some core 2-3 acts of story but then the rest varies league by league.

also a4 was amazing

People complain about levelling because its looong - having new stuff that wasn't really hard was nice.

I was lightning arror ranger and with 3-4 skills that all multiply it was pretty broken but then others aer getting to that point also.

Mapping is fun - enjoyed getting the first couple of points in the side trees.

i dont think the main tree feels impactful enough.

in poe 1 i really enjoy picking a mechanic for early maps to try to profit. Here most of my currency come sform flipping on auction house - which i actually like. When i dont have enough for an upgrade or a crafting sess being able to dump it all into investments there is really nice.

in poe2 league mechanics feel like more stuff and less a decision. I feel like waystones have replaced a map by map decision

I don't know why - but i still haven't used crafting to make myself decent stuff - i have bought it all. have attempted to raft a few things but honestly what ive sold has never justified the cost as im so late to the party.

I really dont like going on craft of exile - its amazing. but i just want to play. the ingame auction house is great (esp since pseudo mods ... wildcard would be nice.

Somethign to swap ele resistances / attack mods would be excellent. Its so annoying to finally isolate 2 good mods, essence somethign else then exalt and get the wrong resist.

the abyss essence is great.

So far this league i have dropped 10 div and made 40 from exchange