Okay, after fixing a few WordPress issues, I’m immediately back to try again.
On the recommendation of a wise friend, I’ve switched to ranger. The ranger does not have the weird, stunted ammo firing issue. They feel much more natural for me to play.
After even just a few moments playing, the Ranger feels much more powerful. The wolves aren’t getting anywhere near close to me before they die. With the Merc, I was running around between every shot. Of course, I’m right at the begining of the game so balance probably isn’t much of a concern, but it’s odd how much more powerful the Ranger feels.
I’m definitely suffering from some network issues. Sometimes I’m sure I’ve clicked a skill at the right time, and the game doesn’t register it. Early Access jitters, maybe? I know the servers are quite busy at the moment.
It seems that flasks don’t refill on kill any more. That seems like a huge change to the game. Many more trips back to town to go to the well? The tooltip says it recharges by killing monster, but I’m not seeing that happening.
There’s no “put all currency into stash” button. I have to drag each item individually into the correct slot. That’s wild. What’s the point of the Affinities? I’m assuming I’m doing something wrong here. Update: It’s control+click.
A game I’ve been playing an awful lot of recently is V Rising. In that game, you often have to keep throwing yourself against a bad guy until you’ve nailed down their attack sequences and the correct way to dodge.
It feels like PoE II might be the same thing. I’m very under powered right now, but I’m getting close enough to killing the icy-hag-that-ressurects-wolves that I feel like I just need to be a bit better before I can actually do it. That’s a fun feeling.
I’m off to bed now, but will certainly be back to play this soon.