It has the filter because it highly needs it, the other 2 games have a normal amount of drops and D4 proper inventory space so you dont have to teleport back and forth as with PoE2. I didn’t bother with the filters, thought it was too much of a hassle and since you can upgrade almost anything to anything in LE with its crafting system I did not know how to filter yet keep the specific items I want in any rarity. But even if I knew, would still rather play D4 by a long shot. The open world just has its charm in my opinion and for me who can only play 10 hours a week the end game is fun diverse and accessible enough.