LiveFreeOrDie626: GGG: "We want combat to be slower and require more planning and tactical thinking."

Players: "Tell that to the f*cking monsters!"

Doc_Cocked_Glock: The lack of any monster speed changes is a huge concern. I've been saying since Friday that out of all the things wrong with this patch, that is far and away the most pressing. GGG will never hit their intended goal of meaningful combat if monsters who appear just on the edge of your screen are surrounding you and swarming you in a fraction of a second.

kevingraham4736: "we have to be careful not to make this to easy and remove the reward for parry combos"...lol, lots of people arent doing it cuz it ISNT worth it, its tedious without any real payout. why parry and risk getting stuned? just dodge and keep pumping. the charge aint worth. out of touch.

TheFilipe158: Why can't they accept that areas are, in fact, too fucking large?

LoCoDen42: Them not even touching the topic of monster speed and damage relative to the player is very concerning.

AnnetteLyons-u3y8i: Since the monsters are playing PoE1 while we are playing PoE2, I would want to see a tweak made to the creatures' attack and mobility speeds.

situhate: GGG is speed running a how-to guide on how to get gamers to go outside or read a book for a change.

rickfowler273: Are they trolling? Serious question.

89TStefan: 0.1.1: You farm Monsters.

0.2.0: Monsters farm You.

ZicoZero1: Parrying should be a mechanic used only for bosses. Who the hell is gonna parry 1 of the 500 mobs in maps.

leethal59: why does ggg want to die on this hill that is monster speed?

waynewalkerorg: I'm beginning to think they can't just "Monster Action speed has been reduced by 30%", maybe its tied to animations and they'd need to redo all the monsters. Because this is the single thing that EVERYONE agrees is out of hand and they don't ever address it.

gentle_singularity: Zero mention of the loot lol

iroh3203: They need to hire QA man

AuthorNathanJohnson: It’s weird when game developers get hung up on making their players struggle as a sign of design success, when people just want to have fun playing games.

TheKmagz: 1. Loot 2. Monster Speed 3. Still monster health 4. Character speed (if no change to 2)

Big ones not mentioned.....

saynotololi: Before the patch I really didn’t see any minion builds in endgame to warrant the nerf they received. They just died and got swarmed before they could clear. After like T2 they fell off hard.

WiLDRAGE777: Huntress shouldn't need Parry/Frenzy to do damage. The damage should be baseline and the Parry/Frenzy should be a BONUS. Otherwise it's just builder/spender under a different guise.

DIMLNTRN: I would like to see a change to monster movement speed and attack speed we are playing poe2 and the monsters are playing poe1

adamcrux6829: They're trying to copy Fromsofts difficulty to reward system but they completely left out the reward part while cranking the difficulty up just enough to be unfun and annoying to play.

soilstress: Sounds like if you're not having a good time after 0.2b (this morning) they aren't changing much.

dawalrusable: GGG's vision is making auto-attack the best skill lol. The game isn't hard, just tedious to the point of falling asleep at the keyboard.

bobothebob4716: we hear you. We will buff player damage by 10% and ignore the fact that monsters move 500% faster than players. Also no changes to micro-cc, getting body bocked by monsters, or 3 second cc where you cannot play the game.

noahstambaugh5630: If PoE2 was a vehicle, this was GGG trying square wheels.

TheRealAngryOwl: GGG: we're going to buff the shit out of monster life, the player base is gonna love it!

GGG: we forgot we nerfed the shit out of every class we better scale monster life back.

JtotheDoubleL: The whole post was them saying absolutely nothing except "deal with it". I cant wait for the evasive maneuvers Jonathan and Mark will do when Ziz asks them about monsters playing poe 1 while the player plays poe 2.

Apr 09 2025

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