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This might be something they can address post launch. I agree with you about expert mode, it just makes the game so much less fun to play, so an extra bonus hard difficulty could be quite cool!

In the backer beta there was not many (if any) graphics options but im sure that in the full game you will be able to drastically lower the settings. In the beta the water physics/looks are incredible however that will definitely wreck your performance on low end machines, so im sure they will have plenty of options to optimize.

Personally i like it a lot more than the Vancian system (with limited resources) and overall i think it is better than Baldurs gates infinite rest Vancian system. This discourages infinite resting without actually punishing you for doing it. (ie. if you want to rest after very fight, you can with hardtack/water, or you can rest less often and keep much better buffs) I prefer the per encounter spells/abilities because now i can go into every fight using the awesome fun spells i want to use, rather then rationing them out because im at the start of a dungeon and i want to save my good spells for later if there is a hard fight and i only have 1 campfire on me and i dont want to leave the dungeon and go back to town ect. ect. So overall i think this is probably the best system we have seen in a RPG like this probably ever, but i guess we will see what the full consensus is when the game is out. But this for sure is leagues better than Poe1's system.

Not gonna lie i had fears for this game not being as good as poe1 because things like *cough* Fallout 4 *cough* have taught me that great things will turn to **** for a cash grab. But hell, playing the backer beta and reading everything about the game has cured any of my fears, I can confidently say i think poe2 will surpass poe1 in every way, the game is just plain epic, the multiclassing was a great addition to an already amazing game thats just going to add so much fun replay value, the way combat feels now is so good, just everything, its so awesome and i am so hype for the game!

I want to do a Monk + druid (Helwalker + Shifter) so badly, but im a caster at heart so im going to do pure druid (im leaning on fury, but i might go pure animist, we'll see) and just make it a glass cannon nuke machine, As that is my style. Im going to play through the game so many times though and i cannot wait to do some of the combos i have in mind. This game is going to be so amazing, i cant wait!

Aarik has had me imprisoned in the depths of this code mine, toiling away for the last several months! Once I find the 55th code I finally gain my freedom!! Seriously though. If anyone happens to see @Aarik D around, feel free to tell him he's a totally rad guy and an awesome community manager. Perhaps even, the best community manager. Definitely the best Community manager around