I don't get why it is bad if a interesting fight against a blue mob takes a few seconds longer. The problem with tough enemies in poe 1 is that there is nearly no gameplay involved. Bullet sponges that either one shot you or deal no damage at all. So it becomes a kite/spam fest. Having actually cool rares and magic monsters with a unique moveset and interesting combat sounds very cool!

Soo... Ed Contagion build guide when?

You were talking about the low levels like it was very slow or something... having played tons of minion builds in PoE1 (not as many as some out there, though). And, walking around with 3 zombies who are constantly dying and needing resummoned for a long time, then 4 for a long while, and eventually get more and more... Seeing this, with several skeletons, we can choose the types, they resummon themselves, and so on? And that is at level 2-4? That is just AMAZING!

10:40 JR did say in a recent interview with DM and Ghazzy that the first time you kill a boss you get much better loot, I guess that wasn't the first time he killed it while making the video.

Really looking forward to the bosses in this game.

8:01 I'm pretty sure Faridun Impaler is an elite that can spawn at any rarity, and its by default(white) strong.

Oh boy, ed contagion sounds fun, they should think about adding that to regular poe as well

I like the idea that Auras and Minions share the same resource Spirit pool. It balances the game so your character isn't just an Aura bot with minions.

Since the two games will be separate I'm just seeing PoE2 as a completely different ARPG inspired by the first game, so I'm more open to the pacing changes. I'll see which game I end up preferring.

Alot of action games manage to have fights with "non-unique mobs" that are insanely fun and engaging and those maybe don't even give ANY loot. And people still actively seek them out and fight them. Because it's "just" cool and you wanna test your class/build against this type. In POE1 there soooo much to discover and do that "time spent" vs "loot/power gained" becomes more important but right now POE2 can do those little mini-events where you fight a mob from later acts and it can kick your ass.

Having actually cool and powerful mobs in maps will fix my biggest gripe in poe. Finally it'll feel girthy to explore maps.

"Too much busy work" ziz brain permanently damaged by poe speed meta.

yesterday jonathan said they might not have all the classes ready for the beta

7:49 drop that POE 1 mindset Ziz.

to your point on enemies taking along time to die, keep in mind the passive tree isn't done yet, every skill gem was a 1-link and the showcase build gear is always bad (he only had 1 ring equipped)

omg thank god they reworked specters. This way of storing the specter in a gem is much better than PoE1's specters.

I can't wait for POE 2. am super excited for it. I don't really care for summoning classes, but this did look great.

Not all classes, but most of them will be on early access and some more will be released as they have them ready.

it kinda shows how some of the legacy PoE 1 players have a hard time wrapping their head around fights actually taking some time and monsters fighting back while content creators from other skill-based arpg's are drooling over PoE 2 showcases. I think GGG has actually managed to make their vision reality and it's a good thing that PoE 1 continues to exist for the people who are more into isometric racing games.

Auto summon feels super comfy for the couch

10:00 resummon the whole group of minions :D

id really like to see gear that reduces spirit requirements for summons and have them lean into people being able to have many of one type of minion. One thing that really bothered me in PoE1 is having to have a mix of everything instead of a mono-army of just zombies or skeletons

Its so nice that you dont have to care about respawning minnions all the time

All of the teasers and interviews have got me so excited!

he doesn't seem all that interested LOL... he wants his one button mash gameplay

I love the spirit based on what monster is summoned. Sounds like it will allow for so much more diversity when playing specters. We obviously haven't seen how much a cheap/expensive specter is, but with the emphasis they are putting on having all sorts of dmg types in your build, having all specters of the same type doesn't seem like it would be as efficient as it was in the past. Also makes me wonder if their could be any interaction with changing specter types, like how he summoned the poison scorpions, although that probably wont happen. Spirit will also make balancing much easier since you can adjust the cost of any summon without affecting the others. Just another lever to pull so that the class doesn't get nerfed because of any overperforming outlier.

Looks really fun. Can't wait for this game to launch.

*_"ARISE"_* ~Said Witch calmly.

0:20 game will not be full at beta. it will have most classes, and at least one ascendancy per class, but it will unlikely have everything

I have never played a minion build in PoE as I am not bothered to learn where to find what Spectres and so forth. This system feels way more approachable and actually exciting even to a non minion player.

As a necro supremacist, I gotta say... the bosses looked amazing too. I'm so hyped

Did ziz not go to the couch coop event? I've not got like twitter or anything so I'm not up to date with what he does.

in the ghazzy/dmt interview jonathan said you won't be able to spawn corpses. limits player power on bosses.

the real loot was the bosses we fought along the way

Im glad the loot will matter more early game.

now THIS looks like the true spiritual successor to d2

Kinda reminds me of how V Rising is playing, and that is amazing!

What other classes are coming? All have looked amazing so far.

They actually stated that all the classes WONT be available during early access at the start.

is that aatrox' voice actor at 8:41 ? if so that is sick!

10:21 and that only makes it so much more valuable, it's gonna be so nice to see who comes out on top, the stakes are high, but i'd imagine that the whoever get's on top, must feel a lot better. 10:40 we want less loot, this is good, it's early game. We want to be happy when we find a "RARE" item, that yellow items in poe1 is called rare is a joke. Remember that gold drops too, and they've added new vendors that can sell you "hopefully" good items too :) I'm not sure you can tell, but i'm stoked and ready, aboard the hype traaain. Remember you're a minority who want's to zoom, there's a lot of us out here that want's it slow paced!

My biggest complaint with PoE1 is that enemies are only ever at 2 extremes - either they are 1-shot instantly, or they are absolute sponges that take forever to die. Honestly having some more mid-duration combat where some thought is involved is what makes games interesting. If you're just zooming around pressing 1 button/spamming as fast as possible, what is the point?

omg poe 2 summoner looks so cool!!!!! i'll definitely be playing that at launch.

Can't wait to binge tf out of this game...

that boss is heavily inspired by kitava lol.every single attack it did was similar

I can’t wait to get my hands on this game, it’s looking amazing

i need this injected into every single one of my veins right now, and i'm afraid of needles.

That game already looks way too cool. I'm saving up for new graphics hardware because I know I'll need it.

Jonathan didn't give off the impression that everything would be ready by early access. It was the contrary. Most likely we won't have all ascendancies and playable characters until launch next year.

i wonder if you can make a character based on those bone spells without the minions, because those looks very interesting

You can play poe2 HC blind exactly as easily as poe1. Wich is to say dozens of deaths before making it to maps. Have you seen the characters people end up on playing blind?

Path of exile is one of those games that your average gamer can understand or have fun with. You have to be one of those people who eats sleeps and breathes this type of games to do well in it. You know you have to be one of those really really into world of Warcraft what type of people. Just looking at the tree would make most average gamers have a headache.

Ok hear me out, imagine an army of sniper minions that can basically use Toxic Rain.

This game looks absolutely insane

Yea, it looks good. Can’t wait.

Jonathan said im an interview with DM and Ghazzy yesterday that he definitely does not recommend playing hardcore on your first playthrough

Caustic Arrow Summoner incoming xD

To much hype! I am dying!

Man im so excited but unsure if my pc can handle it :/

Definitely excited to try out poe2! :D

7:54 It's a specific named mob, it's prob not that common. If we take the necropolis league in mind, it's prob a pack with low pack density. so prob 2-5 packs. and maybe it's a pack leader, so maybe some packs say 35-50% chance to be accompanied by packleader and so on.. It won't be a full blue pack of those, atleast that's what i'm thinking. Remember you're a minority who want's to zoom, there's a lot of us out here that want's it slow paced!

Adapt or die. Only time will tell, but hopefully, PoE2 prevails.

Always crying about how you can’t zoom through this game. Zizaran do everyone a favor and stick with Poe

Minion player. Was hoping they would make someone else have a hand at minions. However, that won't stop me from making builds around other ascendancies and classes using minions. Only played the necromancer once comapred to other classes and ascendancies when using minions. So the info provided on new minions is great.

This 100% makes me wanna play a witch !

automatically storing spectra in gem, fuck ye

Fuck I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!

I don't care how long it takes to fight the blue monster. Just give me a good fight.

I heard the early access will not have all the classes and acts

holy moly the graphics are AMAZING! i cannot wait for poe2

those spikes were on the diablo immortal necromancer. "sort of" except diablo it was a straight line thing. this is better.

The witch is always correct.

Every time I watch a clip for one of these POE veterans I hope the devs ignore their feedback. This guy is complaining about the game being too slow at level 3? The zoom zoom players are not good for the game if the devs actually want the game to be more accessible.

I'm more and more excited for POE 2

It looks fk amazing!!!

No anime guardian? Yay!

the most hype thing for me about poe2 is slowing the game down to make it feel more impactful. i like poe1, it feels satisfying to pop entire screens, but it also destroys so many aspects of gamedesign. they're forced to add the most annoying bs mechanics to try and kill you or slow you down etc. it makes hardcore less and less fun each season that passes by. i think a slowed down poe2, while maybe the extreme dopamine combat of screenpopping is reduced, still results in a far greater product at the end.

I’m so excited

"In poe 1 you can start playing hardcore blind and it seems pretty doable". Man I started on hardcore years ago because most streamers were playing hardcore and I never watched build guides or anything. I played for years and made little to no progress and never even reached maps for the longest time. After I started watching guides I improved and now I can reach maps easily but I still haven't done any endgame bosses lol. So no, playing hardcore blind isn't really a thing (also with everything changing every league it's way harder blind if you don't commit to play a full league to learn everything, like I would be tired of dying mid league and come back the next one but then you have to learn more stuff etc). For a streamer it's possible yeah if you have a chat that guides you and answers your questions but then it's not really "blind".

Sure i read the beta was 9 out of the 12 classes

I like this slow gameplay. makes me sad the game picks up speed later and turns into poe1 i guess ((

Don't forget the rarity tiers Those blue items at high enough tier could be better than the rares you have at that point

It's weird how content creators seem way more critical of the game than normal players. It seemed super obvious to me from minute 1 that how slow it looked was just them maybe choosing to present it that way to be more digestible to non-poe1 players. It's also crazy how much the console optimisation has clearly made the whole game way way better. I can't wait to play melee and not wanna toaster-bath myself, it's the one thing Diablo 3 and 4 steaight up did better and I bet a tonne of the community pretty much never play melee because of it.

I really, really, really wish even at the end game, it is not a zoom zoom like POE1. POE1 already exist and has its own zoom zoom mode even during the campaign. Let POE2 be bit more slower, still actiony but slower paced and not overdo it with screen clutter with gazillion of things happening. We do not need two games like that. In POE2 there is actual gameplay so to say and I do hope that no matter what, in the end game you still have to sort of use combination of skills rather just having 4-5 passive stuff and 1-skill run the entire end game. Lets leave that to POE1, cheers. Deff most anticipated game for me out of everything that has been announced so far this year.

Hopefully Poe 2 stays a lot slower. Current Poe is way to fast paced

your associating "blue" with bad lol, remember this isnt poe1 its poe2.

Zoomers can have poe 1 leave poe 2 for us the majority who prefers strategic gamplay instead of mindless zooming 🙏🏻

COVID Build!!!!!

4:26 @Zizaran, some of us want poe2 to be slower than poe! Please, it doens't have to be a zoomer game like it's predecessor.. Plzplzplz.. It needs to be pleasant and smooth to play, which the slowed down combat helps a lot to emphasize. That people consistently full clear maps in less than a minute in the prequel, is tbh disgusting.. My personal opinion ofc, but i hate hearing people talking about how poe2 is slower, frick it has to be slower! :O The visual fidelity is lost and broken in poe... Remember you're a minority who want's to zoom, there's a lot of us out here that want's it slow paced!

The audio levels of the video and Ziz were kind of far of and it made it not very comfortable to watch.

Nice

Hope PoE 2 is a slower type of gameplay instead of PoE 1s adhd crack infused pressed 10 buttons at once while keeping track of your hp and mana while using all your potions and congrats you now can play the piano as a fast speed and become an accomplished musician

You can't play Poe 1 blind. Dafaq. The games got so many mechanics even following a guide is impossible. I get Poe is easy but playing with 0 knowledge is impossible to not die.

Misinformation in the first 30 seconds. They beta will not be starting with all the classes or ascendencies.

I'm glad a lot of the POE streamers' zoom zoom mentality is not influencing the development of this game.

Diablo 4 bis

What do you want? Blue and rare monsters to be one shot? What's the point of them then. Might as well get rid of the distinction and turn all mobs into trash tier. Poe1 brain.

meh.. another d4 but diffrent name :) bck to PoE 1 :D

I hate it, because I must wait....

Slow and lootless ARPG is a choice.