Quote (eLmasten @ Aug 11 2023 05:41am)
Do act 1-10 + first many maps blind... dont follow anything, just try stuff out.
Then you can decide what kind of endgame you want... PoE has many different kind of endgames and different builds can deal with them.
I would just go through the campaign and see many of the different league mechanics and if something stands out and is very fun for you, you can focus on doing that mainly later on.
This, you only have roughly a year or more until the second comes out which is said to help new players so if you can't figure things out, you can learn in time.
A lot of people feel overwhelmed I notice but just play what you enjoy and switch when you get bored or start to dislike it
I personally like fast maps so things I have to stop and take a lot of time I avoid but that's before I finish all end-game maps.
Also make sure you pick a build (if you do some research on it first) that a certain build doesn't need an item to do very well. Good luck and welcome to sinking many hours into a game. Lol.