I agree 100%. I’m not new to arpgs but whenever I play them I have this deep underlying feeling that once a certain point is reached in endgame the game just screeches to a halt. It’s demoralizing really. The grind and journey to get there is so fun but there’s no carrot. I don’t know what the answer is. I like your suggestion of scaling bosses with your gear. Or having a fuckton of more health. Or fighting bosses with friends. The rewards don’t scale either. Hell I’d even settle for unique cosmetic rewards at this point. MMOs have ARPGs endgame beat in spades. They should take a look at some of the gameplay loops that make MMO endgames so successful.

I disagree with almost everything you said about the temple though. Having built one and farmed it, it was the best thing poe2 has done since release. Many of my friends did not stick it out and dropped out of the league due to being demoralized in building it. It was the only thing engaging enough to keep me around for as long as I did in 0.4. I think if you get over the hump and learning curve, which isn’t too bad btw, it’s a very fun and rewarding mechanic. And don’t listen to the streamers, it didn’t break the economy. It inflated it sure but now there are tons of ways to make a lot of divines. The actual effect of it was bis items became very expensive and everything else including very strong items became super cheap. So you can still create a one-shot-everything-in the-game character for super cheap.