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Let's be real, GGG doesn't read this and the comments are full of new players.

I disagree. Make the campaign longer. In fact, they should keep expanding it through leagues and expansions.

Players that wish to be efficient can always fast-track the campaign by skipping content.

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I don't know if I think of quite the same thing with "fluff". Somehow, to me, "fluff" always sounds like all the extra story stuff, extra atmosphere stuff, etc, and that's just generally nice to have.

I personally do play through pretty much all the content on all playthroughs, but I play HC so the extra XP and extra loot is kinda useful.

That being said - what I do think is a bit frustrating at times is the sheer length of the campaign in regards of the mandatory parts. Even when you are running at full speed, it's already as long as PoE1. If Act 5 and 6 are about the same length as Act 3, the length is going to almost double still, since Act 1 and Act 2 are relatively much shorter than Act 3.

I'd perhaps more like if they made the core areas a bit smaller. Red Vale could be 15% smaller. The Waterways 20% smaller. I really don't think Jinquani's needs to be two areas (nor the Lost City honestly).

Like if the campaign is going to get 80%, 100% longer than it is now.. Idk - will start to feel like a major slog after a few leagues.

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Immoteph#2974 a écrit :

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rifraf-_-#9478 a écrit :

I disagree. Make the campaign longer. In fact, they should keep expanding it through leagues and expansions.

Players that wish to be efficient can always fast-track the campaign by skipping content.

You clearly didn't read the title, as you're disagreeing with a strawman.
And there's no fast-tracking movement unless you're on subsequent characters. The speed runners aren't doing anything special aside from fast-tracking bosses (which is stupid because bosses are fun) and skipping monsters.

The more people are gonna catch on to these strategies, the more zones don't matter and you're just hunting for league content. The next obvious step is to cut zone size, like I mentioned, OR:
End up with just a repeat of the PoE1 campaign which faces the EXACT same problems on a larger scale (adding various content to the campaign has made trash mobs completely irrelevant).

In the end, I'm probably just gonna fuck off for the EXACT same reason that I (mostly) ditched PoE1, which is sad because it can be avoided.

Not everyone is playing to speedrun. In fact, speed running is a niche within a niche.

Again, I seriously hope GGG will expand the campaign moving forward. The Interludes were a fantastic addition to the game and I want to see more in the future.

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rifraf-_-#9478 a écrit :

I disagree. Make the campaign longer. In fact, they should keep expanding it through leagues and expansions.

Players that wish to be efficient can always fast-track the campaign by skipping content.

Campaign is the most enjoyable part of PoE2 for me as well. I really hope they make it longer and expand the story much further.

still better than reddit.
Hard to be worse tho.

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rifraf-_-#9478 a écrit :

I disagree. Make the campaign longer.

No, please. Make it skippable. I want to play at least 10 self-made builds in each league. Stop trying to force developers to make poorly designed games for a certain type of person please.

I don't want to play the same game with a guy who is sweating all day on a computer screen and trying to find some secret quests or whatever in a digital game. GGG can do better than that.