PoE 2, lets goo

I just saw the title and the image wasn’t loading. I thought this was about Power over Ethernet.

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Pillars of Eternity 2 has been out for years

/s

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It's a good time period for action rpgs. This and monster hunter wilds are looking like a ton of fun.

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Grim Dawn has a new expansion coming next year too.

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- I honestly thought the dev team had gone to an end on Grim Dawn, but they've kept it going with patches and content.
  
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Oh wait is it actually releasing this decade?

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It's in closed beta right now

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- Oh damn cool. Feels like ages since they announced it. Looking forward to trying it.
  
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any person that have no idea of what PoE 2 is

what?

Jokes aside, I am very happy we finally have an early access date

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Here I was thinking a new revision of Power over Ethernet was announced and I was thoroughly confused

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I have no idea what any of y'all are talking about.

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- Yeah, OP wasn't very inclusive. PoE is Path of Exile, an ARPG. The second title which has been in development for a few years now just got an early access date (November 15th).
  
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As a casual user who refuses to get on the daily F2P "treadmill' or the trading economy (I just want to play it like Diablo) is it still worth playing?

... Also is Last Epoch good now?

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You can easily get through PoE1's main campaign without paying a dime

Someone also posted a video of them essentially getting through the "midgame" of path of exile in 24 hours without paying as well https://youtu.be/JeIDCxQhZM4

However, during that midgame he shows that he really starts having trouble with the lack of stash tabs for trading. It's doable, but that's kind of where you start hitting your limits

All in all, if you play for the main campaign it's essentially just a free game, and if you play without trading the game is still designed to be somewhat doable. Really the only thing you miss out on is trading

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- But Solo Self Found is quite popular and surely that's entirely without trading?
  
  Or are you also talking about Vendor trading/crafting like the Chaos recipe?
  
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- and if you play without trading the game is still designed to be somewhat doable. Really the only thing you miss out on is trading
  
  I don't agree with this at all. Even if you don't want to trade (which only really requires a single premium stash tab anyway) you'll struggle in the endgame if you don't have at least a currency, fragment and map tab. I actually think you need even more tabs in SSF (solo self-found) than in trade league. Because you can't just buy something if you need it you'll probably want to keep way more items. And with the four default tabs you pretty quickly run out of space (in the endgame).
  
  But yes, for the campaign it's not really an issue and I would definitely consider that as perfectly playable for free. And by the time you're done with it you'll probably know whether you want to buy some tabs and keep playing or not.
  
  Tip for people who do want to buy stash tabs: there's a sale every three weeks where all tabs are around 20-25% off.
  
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PoE2 early access is still months away, so I assume you're talking about PoE1.

In my opinion it's definitely worth playing if you're into that type of game. The monetisation is still very fair in my opinion. It's perfectly playable for free until you reach the endgame, where you'll probably want to spend around 30-40€ on stash tabs. But you've probably played for at least 20 hours before you even get to that point. And it's a one time purchase which costs about as much as Last Epoch. And less than Diablo 4.

Personally I'm not a huge fan of SSF (solo self-found), it does make the game somewhat harder since parts of the game are not designed around this mode. It's supposed to be a limitation. If that's how you want to play and you're a more casual player then Last Epoch might be the better choice, they have a mode that caters specifically to people who want to play like that (Circle of Fortune). But lots of people play SSF so it's not like it's not a viable way to play the game or anything. Playing trade league but only trading for a few things you need (like build defining uniques) is also an option. And in the current league they also introduced an automated currency exchange market which makes trading certain items a lot easier.

I've only played the most recent Cycle in Last Epoch so I can't tell you how the game "now" compares to previous states, but I've enjoyed it. The story is a bit convoluted and there's certainly room for improvement, but I enjoyed the gameplay. Both building your character and the crafting system are way more approachable than in Path of Exile, but still interesting.

Overall I'd probably recommend Last Epoch to a casual player unless you're drawn to PoE's more complicated systems or abundance of content, especially in the endgame.

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I haven't been following PoE2 very closely, but I hope it plays well on Steam Deck. If it plays well, then I'm going to play the hell out of this...

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I am getting excited for it! They’ve been making some great QoL improvements for PoE lately, I’m looking forward to seeing what everything they’ve done with 2.

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My first though was "Hell yea, another Pillars of Eternity game" then I remembered that Deadfire has been out for a long time and Avowed was announced a while ago.

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Pile of Empanadas 🤤

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