My experience thus far has been as follows.
I log into game and immediately head to the dead mounds to test my current build to see if it needs adjustments for the new systems. My current build is Vit, Grit, and Agil at max 0 in any other stats no corruption. My gear is full set of Cimmerian heavy armor with weight reduction mods and Daggers of Dagon with grandmaster weapon fitting. I cleared the entire mound in 2 min and 30 secs. I then ran north and killed 2 sabers with 2 light attacks, 3 mammoths with 3 light attacks each, and 4 wolves that I had’t realized were under the mammoth.
My conclusions.
1.Thralls and pets have become pointless and a waste of time to procure as they are just in the way and die too easily against players.
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PvE combat is way too easy and extremely boring, PvP is heavily focus on skilled PvP. Meaning new players and casual players that don’t have the time and interest to memorize the entire move sets of each weapon type have no chance of defending against those who do.
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The new durability system would be good for replayability, however the current state of RNG and the low drop rate of affected items makes it more of a job than being game play.
4.Treasure room is cool, treasure hunt is more work than it is worth.
- The bazaar pricing is still too high. The QUALITY of the products are FAR below the pricing. I’m not spending $15 for 3 cosmetic items that don’t actually function as described. For that price I could open a private server for a month or buy dinner for my whole family. I know you guys need to make money but the price of Crom Coins far exceed their worth.
In short great concept but half hearted execution. I’m loving the 3 month update cycles I just IMO think your trying to focus on more content than you can handle in that time frame. Rather than adding 4 new mechanics in ch1 then adding on in the following chapters, focus on one or two and implement completed and fleshed out mechanics with each chapter instead. Or instead increase the chapter lengths to 5 months rather than 3. Don’t get me wrong love what you guys do just seems the quality of what we are getting in game feels incomplete and unbecoming of the talent we all know you guys possess.
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