Performance has always been a little bit of an issue in Path Of Exile 2, particularly as you progress further into the endgame and start grinding higher-tier maps. As you get towards tier 15 maps, the problem really compounds, and even on high-end PCs, frames can suffer. In a game where sometimes minute mistakes can get you killed, a few frame skips is enough to force you to close the game in frustration.
You won't be able to reload the file once you're in the endgame.
As revealed in the developer presentation for the upcoming 0.4 patch, The Last Of The Druids, Path Of Exile 2 has received some significant endgame performance upgrades - potentially increasing frame rates by up to 25 percent.
As part of the fresh developer presentation for The Last Of The Druids, Game Director of PoE2 Jonathan Rogers went into some detail about what players can expect from the endgame performance boosts. There are two major factors to consider here: they've improved how your PC utilizes CPU cores to boost performance, while also reducing the number of enemies that spawn on high-tier maps.
"The primary issue is CPU load, and to address...
