Is this a good time for a newcomer?
I'm thinking of purchasing POE2 and running it on GeForce NOW. However I've noticed that player count has severely dropped, Twitch viewership is very low, and Steam reviews are not as triumphant as they were when the game first launched. I remember people's hype was through the roof the first couple of months of game's release, but I've gotten a feeling that the game is underwhelming in some aspects. I haven't ever played a similar game, the closest being Lost Ark. Would you recommend a newcomer to buy the game, or perhaps wait until the free version is out (that's still a thing, right?).