This game is so fun.

I came to PoE2 as an underwhelmed lifelong Diablo fan. Diablo 4 just didn’t do it for me, for many reasons, primarily the lack of (fun) endgame.

At first, PoE2 was a bit of a slog. I jumped in head first, without any research so as you’d expect there were a lot of mechanics I didn’t understand at all. I actually put the game down for a bit in act 2 normal, because my witch was getting her ass kicked and everything was a struggle.

I did a little bit of research to figure out what passives and supports were instrumental for my chaos witch, which made things a little better until I unlocked hexblast which was a total game changer.

Eventually I learned what equipment stats I need to bring my build online, and started to really work the trade website. One thing led to another and I just cleared my first T12 map and I’m having sooo much fun getting stronger and taking on heftier challenges, hopefully next will be my third ascendancy. Heard that’s pretty tuff tho.

Tldr; this game is fucking awesome, if you get discouraged as a newcomer I promise it will all come together for you sooner than later.