Get on the train! It leaves the track on Friday!

Let's do this!

I only played the first one a little bit, but excited to get in on this one from the beginning.

All aboard the HYPE TRAIN!

Didn't play the first one, but getting tired of D4

Literally came to the boards to see if there was a thread.

I started POE a couple times, but found the mechanics to be way too overwhelming. I am looking forward to starting from scratch with the new game.

Trying to decide whether to get the early access on PC or PS5...

Lathspell said:

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I started POE a couple times, but found the mechanics to be way too overwhelming. I am looking forward to starting from scratch with the new game.

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They claim to be making 2 more accessible than 1. I sure hope they deliver, I'm right there with you in that I gave it a serious go multiple times and just never stuck with it. And I was there from the beginning, I actually go to beta test 1 and gave it 3 or 4 more tries at different times.

But I'm still really looking forward to giving this a go on Friday. The more competition in the ARPG space the better, especially after both D4 and Last Epoch left me disappointed for different reasons.

I love POE over other popular arpgs because the complexity leads to so many different and unique builds. Want to summon a 100 things and let them do their dirty work? Sure! Want to fire an arrow in the air and have it rain down fire? Sure. Want to have no offensive skills and just run through reflecting **** to kill things? Sure. Want fire coming from your butt? Sure. There are just so many different interactions between talent points, armor and weapons.

I don't mind having to YouTube a "build" knowing that I'm never, ever going to understand the game well enough to create my own build. But finding a build let's me (a) focus on what I want to do in the game, (B) understand what my end game will look like and (C) know that I'll make it to the end game.

Excited for poe 2.

POE 2 beta has been ton of fun so far. I have played D3 and D4 quite a bit and it is very different in a good way. Don't go in thinking you can just blast your way through. You have to think through things.

I'm pretty pumped for early access to finally start. If only I could decide what I'm gonna play... Every class I've tried so far has been fun for a different reason

Rule Number 32 said:

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POE 2 beta has been ton of fun so far. I have played D3 and D4 quite a bit and it is very different in a good way. Don't go in thinking you can just blast your way through. You have to think through things.

I'm pretty pumped for early access to finally start. If only I could decide what I'm gonna play... Every class I've tried so far has been fun for a different reason

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Being unable to blast through things is what I'm hoping for. Having actual gear progression rather than all legendaries in a matter of hours.

I will start with the mercenary using WASD

AtlAg05 said:

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Rule Number 32 said:

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POE 2 beta has been ton of fun so far. I have played D3 and D4 quite a bit and it is very different in a good way. Don't go in thinking you can just blast your way through. You have to think through things.

I'm pretty pumped for early access to finally start. If only I could decide what I'm gonna play... Every class I've tried so far has been fun for a different reason

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Being unable to blast through things is what I'm hoping for. Having actual gear progression rather than all legendaries in a matter of hours.

I will start with the mercenary using WASD

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This is why I liked Grim Dawn

I'm actually looking forward to that. If I want an arcade style "Spam 1 button and delete the entire screen", I can play D4.

I love intense fights where I am both doing good damage but also having to play smart to survive. Then, I want to be rewarded for doing so. I also don't want that to simply be: Your damage is lowered, the enemy damage is increased. That is a shallow way to create difficulty.

This is why I love FromSoft games so much. They are punishing and require you to learn the mechanics, which leads to such a great feeling of reward when you kill a boss. I love that. Now, just add the ARPG mechanics of giving me epic lootz for doing it, and I'm going to be very happy.

"I R not a smart man..."

Based on everything i'm seeing, this will be much easier to get into than the current build of POE.

Definitely good to get in early when the mechanics are fewer.

I played POE 1 for about 3 hours and couldn't figure out what the hell was going on.

POE 2 is still plenty confusing but it was also a TON of fun. It's basically diablo meets dark souls (I hate that description but it's pretty accurate imo). Watch a couple of videos about how setting up your skills is different poe 1 to 2 and I think that goes a long way in being a lot more friendly to newcomers. I fully expect it to be a huge game for years to come.

Oh... I would play the hell out of a Diablo x Dark Souls.

Also, there' just something about the equipment artwork and tooltips that look much more "Diablo" like in POE and now POE2. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but it gives me much more of that feeling I used to get in Diablo and D2. Never really got that same feeling with D3 or D4.

As petty as I know it it is… the item artwork, inventory UI, and item tool tips type stuff in Diablo 3 and 4 were major turnoffs for me. Like probably way bigger reasons I didn't like 3 and 4 than they should have been. But I'm man enough to admit I'm a get off my lawn D2 snob.

Preload is live!

I'm preloaded.

We going to have a TexAgs guild going?

Lathspell said:

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I'm preloaded.

We going to have a TexAgs guild going?

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Is it cross platform? I can only play ARPGs on PC. Anything else is weird.

Lathspell said:

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I'm preloaded.

We going to have a TexAgs guild going?

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But of course!

Yes, cross platform is available.

What great timing - today is my last day of work for the year!

Pre-loading now. Wife works all weekend. Game on.

What are people going to play first? I'm going to go ranged like usual, but not sure if I'll play a ranger or a merc.

Monk. Love that kind of playstyle

Ah first day launches are fun lol.

I'm going sorc. I played monk in the first beta and merc in the second. Grenade Merc was FUN and felt really strong up through the mid 20s. Monk was fun once I hit about level 20 but until you get a solid way to create and keep charges it is painful. It was a lot of fun after that. I played it up to the end of chapter 3.

I almost always go sorc/wiz on my first character all the way back to EQ1 so why break tradition.

Hope everyone has fun once the game is actually live!

LOL. Servers dead already, to nobody's surprise.

I'm waiting to get into it until next weekends since I have to go out of town for a week on Sunday. Am a bit disappointed that GGG are making me pay $30 buck to play their free-to-play game.

dcaggie04 said:

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I'm waiting to get into it until next weekends since I have to go out of town for a week on Sunday. Am a bit disappointed that GGG are making me pay $30 buck to play their free-to-play game.

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Could just wait for release! But at least it also gives you credits for the shop, so you aren't just getting access to the game.

AtlAg05 said:

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dcaggie04 said:

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I'm waiting to get into it until next weekends since I have to go out of town for a week on Sunday. Am a bit disappointed that GGG are making me pay $30 buck to play their free-to-play game.

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Could just wait for release! But at least it also gives you credits for the shop, so you aren't just getting access to the game.

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I didn't say I wasn't going to pay for the early access. I'm just not a fan of a free to play game having paid early access.

Just played about 6 hours with a friend. Really enjoying the combat and difficulty level. Looking forward to doing some more blasting, tomorrow.

I played about 10 minutes earlier and had something to do. Logged out, and now my account is locked because it's saying I'm logging in from a new location. Supposed to send an email but apparently people have been waiting all day for the email and the email server isn't working and GGG isn't addressing it. Guess I'll try again tomorrow...

I had the locked account issue and got the email immediately in my Junk folder. Played a couple hours. Feels good so far.

Email finally came through about 3AM. Seems like they finally fixed the issue based on responses on the forums. Some people had been waiting all day.

Played a little this morning and my sorc is blowing things up way faster than my monk or Merc did. I got a pretty good weapon early and that made a big difference.

Whomever is managing the guild, can we get a list of names?