Despite a great early access launch in December of last year, Path of Exile 2‘s new Dawn of the Hunt update is proving to be quite controversial among fans on multiple fronts – be it the approach to player power level, changes to design philosophy, or how these affect the ARPG. Path of Exile 2‘s Dawn of the Hunt patch notes worried many longtime fans due to the overabundance of nerfs to most builds, items, and skills in the game – not just the outliers like Spark Archmage and stat-stacking. The result is that the new patch feels much worse to play even after some changes GGG has already made, and the current plan may be addressing the wrong things.