I absolutely love this game.
One area I think that is detracting from the game is the loot.
The loot needs to feel more exciting, more rewarding uniques/legendary should “Truly” be as such.
Think about a rare unique in POE, it can actually give you a new form for the Druid, a Demon. This game is amazing, but what keeps people coming back and playing over and over is the LOOT.
The items in the game are not exciting; you should get really cool new abilities, enhancements, things that feel like that WOW moment.
An example would be pegasus cloak. You no longer fall to your death, but rather fall slowly, think of the feather fall spell from D&D. (Just an example of a crazy rare item everyone would want)
The ice shard spell, I forget the exact name, that you throw at range:
What if you had items that added or adjusted that?
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Now, when you hit an enemy with an ice shard, there is a 20% chance to splinter and ricochet another ice shard at the nearest enemy.
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Or Ice shard now, when hitting an enemy 15% chance, creates frozen ground around the target, slowing all enemies and reducing their cold resistance.
-Or if you hit with Ice Shard on 5 successful attacks without taking damage, you encase yourself in an ice barrier that fully absorbs the next attack, breaking on impact and inflicting AOE dmg on all enemies.
If you want this game to live on for a decade or more, you need to have the loot be more impactful and exciting.