The 0.2.0 update for Path of Exile 2 has not been well-received, to put it lightly. A heavy hand on the nerf hammer has driven away a significant chunk of those players who like action RPGs for the monster-blasting action, revealing a core tension at the heart of Path of Exile 2's design, as Russell Adderson put it...
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Path of Exile 2 backlash gives Last Epoch a 150,000-player boost as the competing action RPG launches a major update
Source: PC Gamer (opens in a new tab)