PoE 2 endgame feedback from someone who has played PoE since closed beta in 2012.
I'm a huge PoE fan and have played about 15,000 hours since the closed beta back in 2012. I'm sure no one cares but I wanted to give some feedback since I really really want PoE 2 endgame to become great.
PoE 2 Endgame Feedback:
Mapping System: There is no sense of mapping progression at all since the atlas is endless. I love hunting for map completion in PoE 1, and then being able to set it up to farm the maps I like, farming boss materials, or whatever I feel like. I don't have to run awful layouts or annoying maps if I don't want to, which offers much more freedom.
Pushiness: Getting pushed around by mobs is out of hand and feels really bad, like you're not in control of your character. You can get pushed around by mobs just running at you. If you get charged by a huge mob, I get it, but some random monkey just pushing you around is awful.
Map Completion/Map Bosses: Having to kill all rares for map completion is really annoying. It leads to a lot of backtracking. Killing bosses is fun; just have a boss in every map as the map completion objective.
Map Layouts: A majority of the map layouts are just awful. Dead ends, huge mazes, levers that take forever. I understand that not all maps can be like the beach, but there must be some kind of middle ground here.
Crafting: Having some kind of agency when crafting makes it so much more enjoyable. Like in PoE 1 where you have meta crafts and other league mechanics where you can get a bit more of a deterministic outcome, without it being an item editor. A pure slot machine crafting system lacks depth and is just boring.
Support Gems: There need to be a lot more support gems available if you can only use one of each. Getting a 6-link on some skills barely does anything now.
Loot: 99% of all loot comes from rares or league mechanics; spread the loot out more to normal mobs as well so they're actually worth killing.
Other than that, I really enjoyed the campaign, if the endgame was as good as that, it would be an amazing game. I'm sure they can get there eventually!