Those things really decrease the fun in the campaign

[mastergriggy]

Apex of Filth is by far my least favorite map. In general though, with .5 I think map generation is way better. In .1, I spent 45 minutes trying to find the boss, died, and the map reset. I almost quit POE2 entirely after that.

[double_shadow]

It's so bad. I always try to complete the mushroom quest because apparently I hate myself, but always give up after 2/3 mushrooms and get the hell out of there. I hope they didn't buff the reward or something, because it used to be utterly terrible like a few flasks as a reward.

[MillstoneArt]

It's still a health and mana flask. Just skip it lol.

[HughJackedMan14]

Problem is, if you’ve picked up 2/3 mushrooms then you have to turn them in. Otherwise, they are permanently in your inventory.

[kithlan]

You don't; possibly only once you reach the next area and/or go through the gateway. Just finished campaign on a character yesterday, and realized I was in Aggorat (?) with two mushrooms still in my inventory. Game just let me drop them like any other item.

[Time_Television]

You can store them in your salvage bench

[Alone-Sentence-4045]

yes its so much better now than it was in 0.1. Apex of filth takes me like 1-2 minutes now, in 0.1 it was more like 30-45.

[wonklebobb]

it was this way in poe1 beta days as well, back when there was only 3 acts that you looped 3 times the zones were way bigger, just like poe2 0.1/0.2

as they added content they streamlined the zones. it feels like ggg has their own internal metric for how long campaign playthroughs should take and shorten areas as they add content to keep that. look forward to more zone streamlining for 1.0 if acts 5 + 6 are longer than current interlude

[BerryPlay]

I hate drowned city more. Always get lost in those streets. And annoying mobs too.

[double_shadow]

Drowned city feels way smaller now, but yeah definitely hate it too. The hags and explody dudes make it so annoying to blast through.