{"id":1095290,"date":"2026-01-25T17:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=507885"},"modified":"2026-01-25T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:38:17","slug":"path-of-exile-2-devs-agree-difficulty-is-a-bit-too-severe-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/path-of-exile-2-devs-agree-difficulty-is-a-bit-too-severe-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Path of Exile 2 devs agree difficulty \u2018is a bit too severe\u2019 right now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even though Path of Exile 2<\/a><\/em> will be a little more forgiving in a patch coming later this week, the developers at Grinding Gear Games aren\u2019t sure how easy to make its post-campaign dungeons.<\/p>\n

The most common complaints are being addressed in patch 0.1.1<\/a> this week: Monsters will leave behind fewer deadly explosions and endgame bosses can be attempted more than once. Item quality will also be improved, which should help players survive the campaign and create more powerful character builds as they reach the game\u2019s most difficult dungeons.<\/p>\n

But the punishment for dying in an endgame dungeon, or map, isn\u2019t changing yet. Maps will still kick you out after one death, forfeiting all the time and materials you invested into them as well as some of your experience toward the next level up. Hours of progress can disappear in a flash, and anyone not interested in that will have to wait a big longer for a solution.<\/p>\n

Grinding Gear Games\u2019 Jonathan Rogers and Mark Roberts were asked in a follow-up interview on Sunday<\/a> by streamers Darth Microtransaction and GhazzyTV if players will ever get to retry a map after dying. \u201cTo me, I feel like to be a game you have to have some level of failure [that\u2019s] possible,\u201d Rogers said. The experience penalty, he explained, is to communicate to players that they may not be ready to tackle harder maps. \u201cBut I mean maybe that\u2019s the wrong way to look at it, I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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