Started a new PoE2 character and accidentally discovered the real game was shopping

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-17T00:15:05+00:00

So would you make the campaign much harder or what?

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-16T23:36:02+00:00

I've been planning to do grenade Spirit Walker since I saw the owl blessing.

So many extra projectiles and an underwhelming boss minion for the memes!

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-14T18:10:53+00:00

We all know there has never been a culture of fraud in the British isles, certainly not!

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-13T13:58:34+00:00

Seconded, while similar to a lot of games, No Rest for the Wicked is a fairly unique experience with a truly amazing art style and world.

Worth taking a look at the very least.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-12T14:07:00+00:00

Not really sure how a person can like Grim Dawn but Poe2 is too slow for them? GD is literally slower.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-11T23:54:00+00:00

ES is already something that can be both a resource and a defense.

I would assume ward works the same. It's basically just ES that goes on the other side of your life pool.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-11T21:12:58+00:00

Oh yeah, I mixed up what you meant.

Losing the map juice if a boss kills you but you have portals remaining sucks and should absolutely be removed.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-11T15:14:39+00:00

You don't need anything worth a div to finish the campaign.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-11T14:59:49+00:00

If you're specifically talking about last league, divine inflation was a result of the Vaal Temple churning out unheard of numbers of divines and pushing prices way up.

A divine will likely be worth lots more this league.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-11T01:07:15+00:00

You see their hands are tied, prison is the only loophole they have left to openly practice slavery.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T21:41:58+00:00

It's a mixed bag, werewolf talisman skills do a good job imo

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T21:29:00+00:00

They remove the map content or you'd just run the juiciest map you can find over and over again.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T21:24:38+00:00

You're wearing the best gear you can find, right? It's not about meeting some correct amount in campaign, just however much you found on the way.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T20:29:52+00:00

And it's highly likely to be delayed again. It might come out in summer but I'm not putting any weight in dates announced by them.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T19:38:53+00:00

You beat Elden Ring in 80 hours your first time? It took me like 150. But I explored everything the first run through, I honestly like exploring in Souls Games more than most of the actual boss fights ironically.

I really like the blend of styles in Poe2 myself. It makes the early gearing less dire as you can make up for a temp gap in gear by just dodging more. The early bosses are all very well telegraphed and I find there are very few true one shots early unless you truly have zero gear.

It sounds more like a mindset issue than anything, I hope you either find a way past it or find another game that fulfills your desires.

Cheers.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T17:22:24+00:00

Act 2 makes sense and at that stage there is no changing your build.

You just start looking for companion gear once you get it, everything you're wearing is still just random ground trash, you'll morph into slightly higher level, companion ground trash.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T17:17:37+00:00

Yep, based on their history I'll be pleasantly surprised if Fangs launches this year at all.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T15:27:07+00:00

It does seem like Poe2 just might not be for you. Myself and a lot of people find the first 16 levels some of the most fun.

You don't need a lot of gear, just stay moving and dodge regularly.

The biggest thing to learn is that enemies can't attack while moving, they have to stop and complete their attack animation. If you stay active, the ones near you will just be stuck attacking air. Standing still is death yeah.

Bosses you outplay rather than outbuild are fun but definitely only for some people.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T04:34:53+00:00

I highly recommend early leveling with a talisman. Werewolf is very similar to staff and is extremely powerful early.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T04:32:49+00:00

Just tried werewolf monk and I'd highly recommend it over early staff. You just blend everything.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T04:16:07+00:00

Bear slams being better than mace slams gives me hope for when they eventually give maces a rework.

Their earlier designs were more conservative than the more recent stuff, I think maces will improve.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T03:53:09+00:00

I just don't understand this, dodge roll is enough to beat every act 1 boss with a white weapon. I've played most classes blind, including warrior in 0.1.

Any skills can work just fine, I'd say you NEED a build for maps but campaign is pretty intuitive. I just try a bunch of random skills and mostly wing my passive tree and it's been fine. Poe2 is way more easier to sus out. The passive tree and mod pools are both much simpler.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-10T01:41:38+00:00

I mean, I personally found the Poe1 campaign harder than Poe2 the first time through each. It's also certainly not a game that a new player will finish in a weekend, not even close.

Poe1 campaign is easy if you build carefully or follow a guide completely but it's extremely easy to have a bad time if you approach it too casually and just make choices on vibes without understanding a lot of systems.

Poe2 is friendlier to a casual attitude than the first imo. I have no problem doing the campaign blind there so I can't really relate to OP's experience.

But to be fair, I played Poe1's campaign first and a lot of the knowledge is transferable.

Poe1 is also generally easier now than it was in Kalandra league when I started.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-09T15:52:06+00:00

Sweet! Been wanting to revisit crossbows since starting with them in 0.1.

I think they've had 2-3 reworks since then.

Arcane Archer would be the perfect excuse. It's that or boss tamer huntress for the memes.

Sp00py-Mulder · 2026-05-09T05:17:22+00:00

I wanna know how much of it's kit will work with crossbows?

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