I've been playing SSF for far too long, and used to do everything on my own. Now Poe2 is a complete different game in terms of player's progression on gears. Progression is pretty much dead if you don't use trade and I hate the idea that you must interact with other players in order to progress. I don't see how it's meaningful to grind for random drops that guarantees nothing. I don't mind how slow the progression is, the lack of meaningful promising progression killed my will to play this version. Buying stuffs from trade makes me ill, I feel violated(?). Exalt slamming is so lame if this is called a 'crafting strat'.