Leveling Ideas

Gem Leveling -
I don't understand why Skilled Gems are RNG based to level. This really benefits speed runners because it is set up for them to find the leveled gems in the next zone. For beginners, this makes it much more difficult for them to power level and feel safe as they are more likely to over level in each zone.

Unique Drops
I don't understand why there are so many low level unique when they never drop. What is the point dropping them in endgame when most of the players don't make it very far into the endgame? Also players whom find them in endgame don't even pick them up because they are useless at that point. I completed the campaign with just finding 3 uniques and none of them I could use for my character, which is not a big deal. However, it would be a lot more fun to have a 50% chance for a unique to drop on bosses during the campaign. The more uniques I find, the more I want to use them to level another character. I feel like GGG designed this game to keep you playing 1 character vs trying out theory crafting on many.

Stronger Monsters
I think if GGG wants to keep the monsters strong, just give us better ways to arm our characters. In D2 we can farm countess for runes and act bosses for better items, and we could farm them for HOURS!!! I think at the end of the day, players play to find items and kill things.

Drops
I think at lower levels, there should be more items dropping, and as you progress throughout the acts, have less drop because items are better is suppose to make them more rare. This currently feels backwards right now because we have loot bombs at the endgame and don't pick anything up and nothing during leveling.

POE1
I played when it was first around and it was a great idea but rather boring game. I came back to the game after 5 years, and was like wow! this game is incredible! I feel like they are trying to bring back the early version of POE1 and believe it is a complete mistake. When I play this game, I just think you can do anything, and build any kind of player you want. As of right now, you could get there, but you have to build a character you don't want to necessary play to get there.

Just my two cents.

Thanks GGG for building this beautiful game. I hope you sit back and think about why players love this game so much vs what you think is fun.