If the map bosses are not nerfed for next season, there will be a HUGE drop in player count.

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With just 2 of the difficulty nodes his damage shoots up to around 10k. With 4 nodes it's even higher. These will one shot most builds.

You see, with my ES minon build, I have over 11k ES....I just cannot die to most bosses nowadays. I was lucky that I went for minion blind because I just like the playstyle.... my wife, who plays a mortar-based fire build that has over 89% damage reduction with armor and 2.4k hp still dies to bosses nowadays....two shot if not one shot....

Some builds are just great and some builds feel horrible to play...she has recently quit the game because of the crushes and random deaths....

You can always try Diablo 4. There, bosses die in 0.3 seconds compared to the "hard" POE2 bosses that die in 0.5. Might be easier for people who can't handle the challenge.

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DreamAgain#4820 a écrit :

You can always try Diablo 4. There, bosses die in 0.3 seconds compared to the "hard" POE2 bosses that die in 0.5. Might be easier for people who can't handle the challenge.

So you're saying it almost takes double the time for them to die in POE2, that's YUGE.

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tiberius1116#7027 a écrit :

my wife, who plays a mortar-based fire build that has over 89% damage reduction with armor and 2.4k hp still dies to bosses nowadays....two shot if not one shot....Some builds are just great and some builds feel horrible to play...she has recently quit the game because of the crushes and random deaths....

I mean, is she dodging boss abilities? I don't know why people list defenses when talking about getting 1-shot by bosses because that almost certainly means you're getting hit by abilities you're supposed to be dodging.

I have 1.5k Life and nothing remotely close to 89% damage reduction and I haven't died to a boss in probably a month.

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tiberius1116#7027 a écrit :

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With just 2 of the difficulty nodes his damage shoots up to around 10k. With 4 nodes it's even higher. These will one shot most builds.

You see, with my ES minon build, I have over 11k ES....I just cannot die to most bosses nowadays. I was lucky that I went for minion blind because I just like the playstyle.... my wife, who plays a mortar-based fire build that has over 89% damage reduction with armor and 2.4k hp still dies to bosses nowadays....two shot if not one shot....

Some builds are just great and some builds feel horrible to play...she has recently quit the game because of the crushes and random deaths....

Your wife should unspec the boss nodes. Seems like everyone in this thread either don't read or know that you can make bosses easy, or just want to complain.

lol, game is too ez

The bosses violate the code..

1)Notify -A loud unique vocalization or sound to announce danger.
2)Petrify -The source of the danger will freeze or fully commit.
3)Identify -The danger area will be highlighted or easily identified.
4)Act -The attack is performed.


That is a Souls like experience.

What we have now.

1)Notify - While in mid action.
2)Lock on to the player and hold target while attacking.

It results in an instant tracking attack, where only moving perpendicular to the mob at the instant the attack lands,may avoid a one shot.

In a meaningful combat game, there are rules.

Having oneshot lightning bolts fall from the sky is not ok , unless they were announced , they were indicated to the player and then they arrived... which doesn't happen.

Which is why it is cheap.
And why it is not really worth the risk to engage with any content that breaks those rules .... which is all of it ...

I want you to think of Radahn on the hillside.... firing his bow.

I can close my eyes, use only my ears and evade every shot using only sound , and that includes finding him ... that is meaningful combat. If you fight him you know what i mean ... when you hear the whistle blowing, the train is coming... and you know exactly what attack is arriving, even at close range.

You see the glowing halo of balls appear over his head ..
you have time to ponder your death...
you even say it ... ohhhh shit .... im in the open ... as death flys at you on horseback ... there was nothing cheap, everything was announced , everything was visible , nothing is a surprise really ... except that Margit dagger swipe ..but that's different bullshit.

Look at the expressions on the faces of streamers dying in a Souls like.
They look like they just walked in on a cheating girlfriend..

In PoE2 they look like they sat down on the toilet but forgot to take out the plunger..

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Overall this game is really easy. Deadeye can 2 shot uber arbitrer and 1 shot any pinnacle. Now thats op, not your build. I don't play deadeye because the game becomes a pure joke if you do.

I see. I just pick what looks interesting, and es/con is pretty chill playstyle wise. Next time I will go meta just to see what it's like 🤣

buys hard game
game to hard
quits


i doubt it tbh, the struggle in games is a breath of fresh air honestly

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You can always try Diablo 4. There, bosses die in 0.3 seconds compared to the "hard" POE2 bosses that die in 0.5. Might be easier for people who can't handle the challenge.

You see....the reality is, some of the builds is killing the bosses under 1 sec .....while some other builds cannot.

This post is to discuss the lack of options when it comes to gameplay, and the current design forces players into a specific playstyle.

I am sure you are NOT one of those people who purposefully plays a Challenging build.