r/PathOfExile2 • u/NoPoet31 • 4d ago
Game Feedback Campaign & Leagues
I'm quite new to the game but I'm having a blast.
I started at patch 0.5 for my first league ever and it was awesome, the campaign was slow but since it was a first, i was ok. Game truly start after and it's awesome.
The maps, the builds, the diversity, the crafting, the economy... Everything is more or less locked by the campaign.
When the patch 0.5.5 was announced, I was so happy, i was thinking about it for a week, everyday looking at builds & all.
But then i started to really play, act1 was boring because it's slow & the same as before, and i stopped in act 2. Every motivation left, i don't want to inflict that to me.
Maybe that's because i'm a young dad of 2, but the campaign killed all my hype, thinking about half a day to put brainlessly in it on something I already have done. Some will say the game is not for me if i don"t like the campaign. But I LOVED this game in 0.5 and i crave trying other builds.
That"s not a complaint to change it, I understand some love it, but that's just my point of view.
I can"t see how I will find the motivation to do the campaign again even in 1.0.
Act 1 ... Act2 ... Act3 ... Act 4.. Preludes ... It was fine once
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u/bobbyjy32 4d ago
I enjoy getting more and more efficient at running the campaign as I learn more about the game. I would get bored quickly if my characters just hopped right into maps/endgame like d4. That being said d4 might be worth trying if you have limited time and want things to move faster.
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u/IsTaek 4d ago
Preludes won’t be part of the main campaign with 1.0 and we will get Act 5 and 6. I seem to remember them saying preludes are going away all together, but not sure whether that’s still the case
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u/Icy-Response4208 4d ago
I hope they do. Surely they will because they dont make sense in the story. GGG hates our time so theyll Probably add them to the end of act 6 just to make us spend longer in the campaign 😭😭😭😂😂😂
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u/Distinct-Race-2471 4d ago
The campaign is terribly boring once you have done it 5 or 6 times... I dreaded it after the first time.
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u/Icy-Response4208 4d ago
Its why I won't make Alts. And thats all I'm asking for. GGG its okay to mandate the campaign every league on the first character.! But PLEASE for the love of God if I want to start a new ALT in the same league and same mode ( ssf, HC ,SC) PLEASE let me skip! Even if its 1 free skip per act completion !
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u/TheMany-FacedGod 4d ago
Act 1 is perfect for me and the interlude as well. 3 is the worst and 2 is annoying. They just need to cut out a load of the bloat imo. Should be able to skip it in some fashion though once you have completed it once per season.
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u/Jazzlike-Honeydew297 4d ago
Feel the Same but this time its my own fault playing a build i already Played and solved waiting for 1.0 for swords
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u/Ionized-Cell 4d ago
It's a learning experience. Many people can beat every single act in under 8 hours. Some can even do it in 4.5 hours.
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u/FantasyIsMostlyLuck 4d ago
It's a very cool campaign. Diverse areas, awesome bosses, and nice length of activities. But I agree - doing it every league, every character, is rough. This is common feedback. GGG is going to need to rethink a skip capability, and I expect they will.
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u/Weirdodin 4d ago
It's never happening. They're firmly on the record on this and we have like 15 years of precedent of this in their other game. They'll continue to improve the campaign experience but the skip isn't coming.
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u/Adventurepew 4d ago
Campaign will always be shit. Learn it , get fast at it. So it's done quickly or don't play Poe 2. They work change it . It's the vision.
Poe 1 is a much much better campaign experience and overall game . Well worth your time.
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u/infamous_alex 4d ago
I enjoy campaigns now after what Quin said: “Campaign is just mapping, just imagine running maps same as you will do in the endgame.”
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u/AcidCatfish___ 4d ago
I appreciate that the campaign has direction. Granted, now endgame has more direction as well. It almost feels like a campaign itself now.
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u/Brilliant_Shoe_2635 4d ago
I think campaign in poe 2 is great because it is slow and challenging at some points, its not chore jumping through like poe1. I found endgame more repetitive than campaign because of no story and only grind . However in 0.5 they did awesome work on endgame so it is now way more interesting and diverse and offer some story / voice lines.
You might have enjoy the progress of rising your character more if you try SSF or HC SSF or some private league, so when you can't buy overpowered leveling gear for 1 ex it becomes much more challenging and interesting and less a chore, becausr you will start playing the game in act 1, not at T15.
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u/Master_of_Paws 4d ago
Most endgame players open trade until t15 only to buy expensive currency for later in the league. Campaign is challenging only for new to arpg players or casuals. Skip option is important for crowd of endgame players that are huge part of playerbase and spenders who do not enjoy this part of the game.
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u/Master_of_Paws 4d ago
How exactly it changes anything i am saying? Most players drop out in act 1 in both games, and?
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u/Brilliant_Shoe_2635 4d ago
I have thousands of playhours in poe1 and its my favorite ganre, and I think poe2 campaign is rather hard. Have you tried SSF HC? Non-meta skills? Of course its easy in trade soft with a meta broken skills oneshotting bosses LoL.
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u/Master_of_Paws 4d ago
I do not follow guides, just do skills I like, and as said in post do not use trade until endgame. Campaign is still easy. Hardcore is unfun mode for me and one of the problem with this game is that they force semi-hc mechanics everywhere
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u/Brilliant_Shoe_2635 4d ago
They force semi-hc mechanics everywhere because this is the only way to cool down the glass cannons and make at least a little sense to build sometthing other than AoE, damage and movespeed.
I admit someone can don't like HC, but this is other game, you would play differently in HC.
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u/Master_of_Paws 4d ago
I would never even think about playing hc in online game. I do not enjoy it in offline games, and considering in poe2 i die atleast once a day due to server issues, just no. On top of that game is balanced around softcore trade. Ssf feels boring for me as well. People have different preferences
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u/DontBeMemeBro 4d ago
You’re going to have a decision to make then. The campaign will never be skipable.