“In POE2, you do actually have to restart the boss fight and start it again.
That’s pretty important, because it means that the balance is quite different.
We expect people to die a lot more.”

Indeed, he says players will probably have to try bosses multiple times before taking them down.
“It’s going to be quite a lot more of a challenge,” he teases.
The bosses were pretty anemic in the POE1 campaign compared to end-game."

“Hardcore will be harder, I suspect, and the difficulty curve is definitely changing.