Path of Exile 2 — Two-factor keeps logging me out

Posting from the other side of a very long troubleshooting session. The community consensus seems to have shifted twice since I last played.

Hopefully this saves someone else the afternoon it cost me.

Adding to the above: it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Short version: the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

This is the bit people miss — temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

Slightly different take — it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

For what it is worth, keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Adding to the above: the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Had the exact same issue. verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Depends on your setup, but broadly the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

The usual fix here is it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Not the answer you want, but the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.

Adding to the above: the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.

Slightly different take — keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.