In Path of Exile 2, the season is coming to an end, and all eyes are on the big new patch. A YouTuber now explains how the new season can turn into a disaster. If you’re preparing for the changes ahead, now might be the perfect time to Buy POE2 Currency and get a head start on the upcoming meta.
Who is it about?
While many in Path of Exile 2 are eagerly awaiting the upcoming announcement livestream, YouTuber “P4wnyhof” is worried about the ARPG. The German-born content creator (via famousbirthdays.com) follows the latest gaming trends on his channel and has also dealt a lot with PoE2.
In a new video on YouTube, he explains how the new season could be a curse and a blessing at the same time. He is particularly worried about nerfs.
Nerfs could change everything
What do the nerfs mean?
In Path of Exile 2, the developers nerfed many skills and builds at the beginning of the game to ensure a good balance. However, players were not very enthusiastic about this, as some patches made entire characters unusable. As a result, they had to trade in their collected items to switch to another build.
Therefore, the developers of Path of Exile 2 decided to only weaken game-destroying builds and postpone the remaining balance patches to the new season. As “P4wnyhof” explains, this could become a problem.
The YouTuber is afraid that the nerfs will be so severe that the ARPG will become difficult again, just as it was originally intended by the developers. At the beginning, PoE2 was even compared to DarkSouls – an impression that has since disappeared due to the strong builds of the community.
[…]they don’t want you to absolutely destroy the Arbiter [Editor’s note: The Arbiter of Ash is considered the most difficult boss in PoE2] in a few seconds, they don’t want those +4 Arbiter 5-second kills. Actually, every boss fight is a two- to three-minute fight, where the aim is to dodge mechanics and go back and forth[…].P4wnyhof on YouTube
For the YouTuber, the question is: “How willing are they to destroy things to get to this point?” All builds could settle below the current meta and there would be a loss of power for the characters in the game.
With the new patch, the developers could tone down the characters in such a way that the game becomes harder again than players are used to with the current meta builds.
Is there also hope?
Yes! P4wnyhof believes that the new season could deliver not one, but two new classes. As a second class, he brings the Druid into the game, who has already been shown on various occasions.
The druid can transform into a bear and also attack in this form. In this form, he has his own abilities that generate or reduce anger to deal damage. The content creator also thinks an expansion of the main campaign with Act 4 is possible.
Criticism of nerfs is not an exclusive problem of Path of Exile 2. In Helldivers 2, exactly what the YouTuber warns about happened.
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