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Path of Exile
Eh path of exile is in the best state it's been for a while. Game is really fun at the moment.
It's certainly had other times when it was really good and a lot of times when it was less good, but now is great.
Haven't kept up with the game changes for like the league after Sentinel but they really introduced some anti-fun changes, made the game grindier and killed off proper crafting so its "play this slot machine to unlock another slot machine, if you fuck up start all over" all over again.
Best state of the game was Ritual league anyway, after that the game slowly got enshittificated tbh. Shame about the 5k+ hours I put into it and not even being able to play the game in it's best state but oh well.
Was getting bored of playing Seismic trap for the 100th time in a row because they don't give a fuck about PoE1 anymore anyway so good riddance
fwiw I'm a new player who started in Sanctum league with some friends who are veterans, and I'm enjoying the current league a lot (the mechanic is arguably mid but some of the items are fire). I did come to the "slot machine" realization at one point tho, and the rationalization I landed on was "well at least they just want my time, and not all of my money too". Which, like, I'm really impressed by the restraint they've held with monetization of the game, the only real "gameplay advantage" mtx come from the stash tabs, and by the time a new player would need them, they've probably put enough time into the game to justify some 1 time purchases.
I was hella struggling last league because my group got me set up on Lightning arrow, but this go around on an RF inquis (I know, I know) I've completed all the atlas bonuses and unlocked all but one of the favored map slots. Currently trying to get melding set up but I'm probably not going to have the free time for that going forwards for irl reasons. Unfortunate, but probably for the best honestly. It was kind of becoming a free time black hole lol