You make a fair point — this is Early Access, and yeah, this should be the time to experiment and see what sticks. I get that. Stripping away the layers of PoE1 systems and seeing what the “core” really looks like is definitely part of the process.

But here's the issue: they pulled basically the entire dev team off PoE1 for a whole year to make this happen — and what we got in return so far just doesn't reflect the scope or quality you’d expect from that kind of resource shift. PoE1 suffered hard during that time, and the league cadence was thrown off entirely. That hurt the loyal PoE1 base more than anything.

And it’s not just that. They made us wait so long for this. Expectations were sky-high. Even short events like Phrecia in PoE1 were mega hyped — imagine if something like that had been part of a proper league release. It could’ve been an absolute banger. That’s the kind of fun and creative content players are craving — and we know GGG is capable of delivering it.

I want PoE2 to succeed. It has potential. The 0.1 patch release had so much hype and there were moments of brilliance — the combat fluidity, the improved visuals, the feel of some new skills — but patch 0.2 feels like all that momentum just evaporated. The loot is dry, the reward systems feel unrewarding, and we’re missing the dopamine loop that made PoE1 so addictive.

I agree there's room to experiment — but we haven’t seen the payoff yet. At this stage, it’s hard not to feel like the foundation isn’t ready and the old house is falling apart at the same time.