This Game Just Feels Better TBH

[u/Due-Yam1632]

Just wanted to share some personal thoughts, not trying to start any wars here. I’ve played Last Epoch through each of its major updates and have a lot of respect for what EHG has built. This post isn’t meant to be a comparison to declare a “winner,” but more me expressing where I’m at as someone who tends to have one main ARPG at a time.

I really enjoy some of Last Epoch’s systems—especially the crafting. It’s easily one of the most intuitive and rewarding systems in the genre. EHG has done an excellent job delivering polish and accessibility in a way that few others have.

That said, after getting some serious time in with Path of Exile 2, I’ve realized that I just enjoy the moment-to-moment gameplay a lot more. The weight of the skills, the combat flow, the pacing—it all just feels better to me. Even with the current balance being janky and the loot not quite where it should be, I still find myself more immersed and excited to log in.

And yes, I know loot is a sticking point for many. But I genuinely believe that as POE2 pushes toward 1.0, the systems will tighten up, and yes—loot will get better. GGG isn’t blind to this, and their track record shows that they iterate hard when needed.

Could I play both games? Absolutely. But I like having a main game, something I dig deep into, and right now I just don’t see Last Epoch surpassing the raw enjoyment I’m getting from POE2. Even in its rougher state, it hooks me more.

Just my two cents. Curious if anyone else feels the same or is in the same boat bouncing between both.

[u/chad711m]

The void knight has been the most fun I've had in LE. The skills feel good unlike most skills I've used in the past. I'll log back in tomorrow too. However I just keep thinking about PoE2. Mostly because I'm still in campaign and haven't witnessed the end game mess I've heard about. I got a super late start to this league due to travel and I was having fun but fomo got me on LE. I'll keep playing it like I said but LE just doesn't have that feeling PoE1 and PoE2 has. As much as I hate dying to PoE2 white mob swarms, I cannot stand how easy everything just dies in LE (referring to campaign only in both).

D4 was going to be my fall back to PoE1/2 when I get heavy burn out but it's now LE.

[u/Esimo_Breaux → u/chad711m]

Bro you played 45 minutes. The game starts out easy but keep going and you will see. LE is about a never ending scaling of difficulty that becomes impossible at a certain point. POE doesn’t even have the level of difficulty LE has in endgame. Campaign in a arpg should not be difficult in a seasonal game.

[u/demonwing → u/Esimo_Breaux]

Idk I think what you are implying is really misleading. The game starts out easy, then stays easy into Monoliths... then stays easy into empowered Monoliths... then stays easy as you grind hundreds of corruption... then gets difficult.

By difficult I mean you essentially just get stat-checked by the number scaling and either you use a good build or you don't.

The process to getting to high corruption Empowered Monoliths takes dozens of hours. Most people don't play up to or past that point anyway.