I'm around 20 hours into Path of Exile 2 and all my gear sucks. I'm wearing clothes even a zombie would refuse to wear with bonuses I'm not even sure I can tell are doing anything. There are so many different stats in this game and most of them don't seem to be that important when you're still below level 30. I'm not exactly suffering when it comes to clearing dungeons and PoE 2 might be one of the best action RPGs I've played, but the loot situation is kind of a drag this far in.
Diablo 4's loot is way more satisfying to pick up even before you've hit max level. When Blizzard cut most of the miscellaneous stats out of the game, the value of items shot up. Instead of trying to figure out if "damage to injured targets" matters, you can glean how powerful an item is within seconds. Almost everything has maximum life and some kind of damage increase on it. And, even though they're more rare than they were just before the release of the expansion, legendary items still give you a jolt of dopamine when they drop.
