Loot

"Less, but more meaningful loot"

That's what they said, and I think a lot of players went "spot on".

They nailed one of the two: The "less" part. Now, I've only just reached act 3 and I'm still enjoying the gameplay. My character slowly feels better and more powerful, and one of the things I loved about PoE 1, was that you started as a weak nobody and could really feel the progression as your character got stronger.

That said... I don't know how GGG defines "meaningful", but reaching act 3, I haven't found a single rare item I wanted to equip. Not a single one. And during act 2, I think I found enough rare items to make ONE regal orb.

Loot needs to be somewhat improved. And no, I do not want PoE 1 levels of loot where you need a lootfilter just to stop your computer from having a seizure. But bosses (and even act bosses) not dropping a single rare (or in some cases, not a single magic) item, is a little bit outside of what I call "meaningful".

The difficulty is fine. The pace is fine. The bosses are (mostly) fine. But I don't feel we have the tools to gear our character. While crafting is probably a good thing, I think drops should be your main source of gear progression - at least during the campaign.

Oh boy, just wait until you get to high level end game. Nothing of real use or value to be found