I'm genuinely surprised at the level of vanilla these seasons are. Nothing risky. Nothing exciting. Here's some basic powers. Here's a slight modification of a mechanic that doesn't really do anything innovative

They refuse to take chances and swing big on new systems and mechanics

They have ten plus years of poe leagues to steal from

They could do a season like blight. Or delve. Or harvest. Or betrayal. Or heist. Or legion. Etc etc etc

They could lift all of these ideas and repackage them or God forbid improve on them

Instead they choose to do the least amount as possible. It's infuriating. At this point it has to be a project lead issue and possible a team talent issue.

D4 has completely fallen behind even last epoch who was on life support until they released an extremely bold and innovative league to bring that game back from the brink.

At this point between poe1 and 2 and last epoch. I don't see where d4 fits in. It's the same game with zero innovation.