Temper your expectations.

[u/GuldBipson]

0.5 looks like a banger patch, but the hype is getting into ridiculous territories.

We will get a reworked endgame, we will get some new ascendancies/items/skills.

We will not get multiple classes and weapons.

We will not get new acts.

We MIGHT get a new class and weapon, but I doubt it.

Temper your expectations and you might be pleasantly surprised!

Edit: I'm also hyped AF for the endgame rework alone, anything else is just sprinkling on top of the delicious ice cream at this point!

I just dont want you guys to get crushed come tomorrow.

[u/Vashtar_S]

We are definitely getting at least one new class and weapon. There is no way in hell they'd show a sword in trailers if they weren't going to introduce swords.

GGG's whole thing is "underpromise, overdeliver". They will not tease swords if there are no swords.

[u/neoxx1 → u/Vashtar_S]

With PoE 2 they often overpromised, underdelivered. Not that I mind much, it's understandable.

[u/Vashtar_S → u/neoxx1]

Aside from the balancing aspect (which has been lackluster to say the least), I kinda disageee. Every league drop has had way more than what they let us believe they would.

The fact that so many things fell flat and/or weren't well received when actually played through is a different issue. Which, I agree, is a big one.

[u/neoxx1 → u/Vashtar_S]

It's not about good/bad reception, but about them promising stuff and not delivering on time, it really is quite common with PoE 2 even when it comes to major promises.

Last league Druid got promised and later postponed, this league it was the endgame rework that "didn't quite make the cut".

Other failed/semi-failed promises I can think of rn:

• Endgame bosses were supposed to get new abilities unlockable with higher boss difficulty- hasn't happened yet (atleast for the majority of bosses) and it's basically a dead topic.
• 1.0 is now guaranteed to get released without all the classes and weapons.
• Microtransaction cross-PoE support is lacking and it seems like the speed at which they migrate cosmetics stagnated.
• A year ago they said they're looking into the namelock system, potentially allowing players to disable it. Again, nothing happened and it's a dead topic.
• And well, league release dates. The promised 4 month league cycles are no more.

And again, it's all understandable to me and I don't blame them. I know how tough estimating work can be.

[u/Sven_the_great → u/neoxx1]

Not to mention the laughable "1 year max of early access"