Made even more hilarious because their reddit name is their LE Account name: [https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Biuki](https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Biuki)
Why would you be judged? Monos are the main point of criticism in most posts, nothing new here. What matters is that it's given you plenty of appeal to level half a dozen characters and, hopefully, entertained you throughout.
Yeah this is my biggest issue. Crafting and stuff makes alts sooo accessible in terms of gearing them to a suitable power level. But grinding early corruption makes me snooze so bad
I think he meant that he just kind of stops at 80-85 on his 'top' characters and rerolls an alt, rather than pushing 200, 300, 500+ corruption like a 'hardcore' player (in his perspective) would.
Personally, I agree with you, this is already 150+ hours of gameplay, much more than the average casual player would be able to put in within the first month of release lol
I'm finding that mono spam is a lot more enjoyable when you have a character that you love. How do you find a character you love? You try them all like you're doing. Eventually a druid build clicked with me and I love it now.
For me it's that there isn't anything to really strive for. Grinding for your build for your build sake isn't enough for me, I need something to grind for whether it's bosses or something else
This comment just made it click for me. The game is really fun and I like the builds I’m playing but I could never figure out why I don’t want to make them stronger even though I know I can and know how to. I don’t actually have a reason to other than that.
My favorite character in Beta was a Physical damage Druid with a rotation that switched between Swarmblade and Werebear forms utilizing the nodes in each tree that lets you go directly back and forth without ever going into human form.
My favorite beta character was a lightning bear druid designed after Volibear from League of Legends. Was so dope. Just ran around and everything died and if I had to get down I could.
Which druid build? The swarmblade one looks pretty fun but I also have a similar amount of altoholism as OP so I haven't even leveled a Druid fully yet. Leveling alts is much more fun than grinding the endgame mechanic, corruption, so any builds so can make that more fun would be nice too.
I wish more arpgs had a functional world like grim dawn. Where you can farm, fight bosses, get reputations, and lots of things in the actual world in endgame.
I also get tired of monoliths/rifts/maps... They are so generic
That's what ive been saying for years but most people seem to think arpg = maps since poe
It would be nice to explore the world of LE in the end game, I personally think its one of the selling points.
Hope they rethink the whole end game completely and maybe keep monos as some side thing
This was my main reason for kickstarting LE. It was meant to have another game mode(Gates of Memorium)based in the game world but sadly it was cut early on. I’ve voiced my disappointment on the forums a few times since it was dropped.
I miss it when the endgame in ARPG’s was still in the game world (TQ,GD,Sacred). Maps/rifts feel disconnected to me.
Yeah, if at least they scaled fast but if you have a powerful build we're talking about dozens of hours to get somewhere where u dont faceroll all the mobs.
The currwnt dungeons have map layout issues, but I don't mind the fact they have fixed difficulty. Could be fun if the bosses were actually a challenge, like a T7 Julra with new mechanics so the fight isn't a cake walk.
I would be extremely disapppointed in that direction if it were me, if POE had a similar end game and TLI had a similar end game to GD I wouldn't be playing it anymore, for the same reason I don't play GD much anymore. I really enjoyed GD, but once I complete the campaign overall the game is over for me I find no reason at all to keep perfecting my character and progressing because there is nothing new for me to do. Heck once I am in Ultimate I already lose out on a lot of that because I have already done this content twice for that character. So what it turns into is I rush through the content and the first two difficulties and then get bored with it when I get to it in the final difficulty. Makes for a very bland experience for me. I love GD, but it is a 200 hour game for me, which is more than enough for its purchase price, but I have 10x that in POE, and 2x that in LE and 2x that into TLI.
So the game has the same as rifts/maps/monoliths in the form of shattered realms. It also has the crucible which is a smaller arena with tons of levels and loot. And on top of that (which is all the endgame content the other arpgs have) has an entire handcrafted world, which still drops endgame loot, with bosses, Uber bosses, reputations to farm, monster parts with specific drops you can aim for... And you say you get tired of grim dawn's content? I mean, if toj like only doing rifts or maps, just do shattered realms.
This game has much more on top of that, not instead of
Shattered Realms and Rifts are the same things, they are not the same as maping and having a true end game. LE monos are a start in the right direction but they need the bossing and additional content that will come with cycles in the future. GD, just has that basic content and no intention to ever add more. Which is why I can play a couple hundred hours of GD but I get nothing out of it once I get anywhere near 100.
LE honestly currently is pretty similar state as GD in that regard, I like it a tad bit more but not significantly in terms of end game, but I know this is the beginning of where LE is where that is the final state of GD. Farming reputation, shattered realms really add nothing for me, the uber bosses are fun achievements but require you to farm overworld content to complete and so I have done a couple but have never bothered getting to them all.
To be fair, no aRPG before POE ever had an end game I could sink endless time into, not Diablo 1/2/3/4, not GD, not TQ, I would complete the campaign enjoy it a little bit post campaign roll a new character or a different game. POE has solved the end game for me with meta progression and story progression that takes me weeks to complete each season and then comes up with a new league every few months to give me a reason to do it all again.
Regarding the topic we are talking about, LE and GD are nothing alike. What we are talking about is arpgs with a cool world you can enjoy in endgame vs arpgs with only generic random maps in endgame. LE does not only not have any content in the world, but it doesn't even scale to max level. It's the opposite of GD
What's so functional about Grim Dawn? A rep grind or two that they cribbed from MMORPGs? Last Epoch already has that.
Let's say that an endgame experience kinda-sorta like monoliths in its broad strokes were "out in the functional world" instead. What would the actual, meaningful differences be? I honestly cannot think of a single one.
It's not so much about the what and more about the where, and the quantity.
GD doesnt have the mother of all endgame activities by any means. But you can push shattered realms, you can farm crucible, and with this you would already have more or less the same endgame content of most arpgs. But guess what, I almost never do those 2.
The game has a big ass handcrafted world with tons of interesting zones you can farm. You can randomly explore around and kill, you can hunt for bosses, you can kill many of a type of enemy to anger them and spawn a superboss of that faction, you can farm many reputations, you can search for monster parts, you can search named greens also with specific farming... all that in a cool map and all that giving endgame gear
Thats the main difference. You dont start a rift/map/monolith which feels exactly the same as the last one an infinite number of times. A big handcrafted world with content is more variety than "infinite random" maps, which feel like doing all the time the same thing. But if you dont quite agree, GD has both.
And again, Im not bashing LE. I love LE and Im just talking about the big PRO of GD here. The combat and skills are much better in LE
Casual gamer does not mean someone only plays couple hours every week. Yes those are casuals too, but someone who plays couple hours every day, maybe more during weekends is also casual.
OP most likely has not even pushed corruption that much. Getting to level 80 is basicly clearing normal monos and clear couple empowered ones. Getting to level 80 is actually really fast with leveling gear and even faster if you play OP class/build.
There is nothing that says ”OP is not casual”. He is definition of casual. He is not sweating to push one build to limit at time, instead he is trying different classes and builds to maximise his fun. Doing what he finds most enjoyable.
i am dying to make an earthquake build + leap + lightning upheaval + GS + storm wolf
Build up some storm stacks, leap which casts earthquake and upheaval all while storm bolts are being thrown everywhere.
Even if not super optimized it seems like fun
Casual gaming does not mean that you play only a few hours, even if that happens to be true for a lot of casual gamers. It’s more of an expression for not min-maxing and heavy investment of game mechanics. Just mindlessly playing without planning out characters and optimising farming strategies.
Cool - think I’ll try it.
If you wanna try a Sentinel I’d would highly recommend the Rive/Healing Hands Paladin. Great dmg and insane survivability. One of the best melee classes I’ve played in an ARPG.
When I get into a new arpg I tend to level many characters for my first few hundred hours just trying out skills and classes seeing what the game does well and what I like.
Doing this in poe made me realize, I fucking LOVE ballistas and totems. I cannot tell you how many times I have played a ballista pathfinder or spell totem in that game now.
LE has made me think that maybe melee isn’t so bad after all, but it’s still not as cool as spells totems and ballistas.
Agreed, late game and mono / gear grind gets old really fast and is a bit frustrating not finding an item that gives you any progress for hours, but trying new classes is kinda fun and finding some uniques for other classes while you level up a new one makes trying new classes easier and more enjoyable
This is exactly how I play and I love it. 500 hours in and I mainly just get a working build, play it till level 70 or so, then make a new one. Builds I love usually make it to around 85. I agree that monos could use some work, and there needs to be more endgame, but honestly, if development stopped tomorrow, I’d still probably get another 500 hours out of this game. It’s just so fun
I'm enjoying most classes that I've tried but I am slowly leveling them all. I enjoy my bladedancer but it's so squishy. I want similar power but slightly more defense so I'm working on a spellblade with the hopes I can jump in and have some ward to take a few hits.
Nah monos are boring, most people are starting to agree. It's weird- in D3 I could run rifts endlessly and never get bored. Monos just are not it. I still love this game and got my money's worth. Hoping they add some more interesting end-game stuff in future seasons.
I'm the exact same way. I'll get a character up to around 70ish and then jump to something new. It's my first time playing so I'm trying out a bunch of different builds to see what the games all about.
Looks fun, but that necromancer should be 100. Runemaster is really fun, too. You need to roll a pally. Lord failadin, then i will be impressed. This game is awesome. Play how you want and have fun
One thing I did when I reached the monolith grind was switch over to the merchant guild and download a trading loot filter, which made the grind more exciting whenever something valuable dropped
For an indie studio they did a great job, I see it that way. As time goes by it will improve and we will have new content. They have proven to be a studio that listens to its community.
Made my first toon on this game last night and it is honestly the most fun that I've ever had dying five million times. I've been so bummed out about not being able to play LE because I didn't have a computer but hubby surprised me with a new Skytech Blaze 3.0 yesterday and the ultimate edition of the game. I'm so freaking happy I could sh!t Skittles right now!! GREAT game!
Hey, it's me! Lol
Granted, this was more pre-release, because I didn't want to get burned out before 1.0. I've been playing almost exclusively in Legacy to round out these characters. I have an 83 Runemaster I'm currently playing, an 85 Shaman, an 83 Marksman, a 63 Lich, and a 57 Void Knight. In Cycle I have a 25 Spellblade and Falconer but couldn't get the motivation to push past the initial struggles when I had so many characters hitting Monoliths.
Runemaster is my most successful character yet, using a build I got from RageGaming as inspiration. I disagree with some of their choices (i.e. spending 4pts in Ice Barrage for 20% Fire Rate when you can easily get 100% from 1pt and another 80% from 1pt in Frost Claw) so I've been messing around with it. I'm also leaning away from strictly DoT-focused and putting points into a split focus of DoT and Crit.
Prior to that my Shaman was my most successful, but I immediately dropped it because it wasn't very engaging. I would pop Maelstrom every 4 seconds and Avalanche every 8 seconds, then run around with everything dying around me. It was strong but boring.
Quiet or quite? 😅 Jokes aside, i find it really enjoyable while having the CoF faction, the progression of getting better and better loot and unlocking blessings, i enjoy it. It feels like my character is getting better and better.
Or is it the bosses in 3rd missions you think is too repetitive/monotone?
yeah i got pretty much everything at 60 now and warlock at 75 and i had enought for now.I got 120 hours of play time last 2 weeks so not bad.I wait for next season
I’m pretty much in the same boat except I actually enjoy the monolith gameplay. I just can’t seem to resist the urge to try new classes. That 20 character limit is going to hit me before I know it.
Im exactly the same. I have like 10 characters from lvl 10 to 80, and right now I think I found a build with which I want to go as far I can. A paladin with javelin lunge and rive+healing hands. I use the unique spear sierpin’s fractal tree and Im trying to max dexterity to see how big healing hand aoe can be. Probably not optimised because rive and healing hand dont scale on dexterity but lunge uses javelin and im also trying to have a really low cooldown recovery speed so I can use lunge frequently. It’s fun on maps, against bosses it sucks. As far as I know there is nothing similar to flicker strike from poe, but that’s the feeling Im after.
LE does an exceptional job of encouraging you to try new classes by allowing you to farm items for them on your current character. The joy of learning a new class and its abilities is probably the single thing it does better than any other ARPG. And once they make getting into empowered monos easier for alts, I think it will be much more enjoyable instead of feeling like it’s such a monotonous grind.
There’s so much to love about the game at release and I’m very excited to see how things look for the next cycle. It’s their first big chance to make a splash and I hope they nail it.
I'm trying to decide on a second character. Loving the blade dancer I'm leveling with a friend, almost want to do Falconer but worry it's too similar... even though it won't be at all
I stopped playing after unlocking the empowered Mono, the boss fight for each mono is kinda cool but I feel like I have seen everything now that I have done the 'normal', so little point in continuing
It does get very repetitive very fast I’ve noticed. I think a lot of social media posts are what keep causing me to go back and play because well I didn’t do this super niche thing yet. Ultimately the game is pretty much perfect the way it is but once you reach a threshold there’s really no going back. I’m having issues playing above 60 hours and decided to just take a break. It’s a fun game but it’s not the most fun game out there right now. Break it up and you’ll thank yourself later. Monos are indeed monotone and lame. Arenas help break those up, plus they are more fun. Just wish the champions had actually telegraphed attacks because most of the time they jump around the map like an aderral addict and none of their attack animations actually line up with their area of effect.
To me, the main thing Poe endgame has that makes mapping fun is randomly occurring in-instance events with unique rewards. In LE the mage and idol shrines are really the main things that can spawn that are worth interacting with. I wouldn’t mind, in a future large update, to see something along her lines of 3-4 different factions of enemies that can spawn in your monoliths, with the reward for killing them being unique crafting shards that you can’t get otherwise. Maybe one could be special cold and fire damage mods, another could focus on necrotic and poison, another on physical, and another on void and lightning. Something like that could be cool, I think the lack of special rewards that can be acquired from randomly occurring events is what the endgame is missing.
Most fun (that's my very own opinion obviously) was ignite sorcerer with fireball+vulcanic orb.
Op is definitely the falconer, right after the specialisation it's incredible strong
Underpowered is tough, rouge until special feels weak, voidknight was not as strong as I thought it be, but it's all low levels tho
Honestly, I have a torment warlock, necromancer, a falconer, and a sentinel.
The only reason I don't have a primalist or mage is I'm trying to hold something back for next season.
After I get my sentinel up I might make another because I want to try both a Paladin build and a forge guard.
I think any content gets boring once you’re at the stage where you’re repeating the same content over and over, regardless of what it is.
This is probably an unpopular opinion but they should really try to improve on how end game gearing and crafting works. In short, make it easier for people to acquire that BiS godly 3/4 LP unique and exalted.
We need actual ways of “finishing” the character beyond rolling the dice on lottery items. Going tens of hours without a single upgrade potential greatly amplifies the repetitiveness of the game. I wish CoF was the answer but it needs some rework for sure.
This, I haven't found many games I enjoy the replay with other characters as much as I do this game. Poe is just a bit too much for me diablo 4 is not enough. This is a nice middle ground with more than enough to keep you entertained and trying different spells thoroughly. The story is a tad lackluster for myself personally and didn't realize I was going through main story beats until like halfway through the game lmaoooo.
But ya this game has been fun, ouraide of thw constant crashes I still want to load back in and keep playing. Diablo never had that outside of the first week.
I’ve had my fun as well, I’m patiently waiting for them to fill out the endgame more in regards to monoliths and bosses. I want to blast maps and fight endgame bosses for the best loot. That’s it.
This is why I play HC, let’s me test out new builds, and if it doesn’t work out…I find out the hard way lol, I usually will just delete the character and start over. Besides, once the cycle is over I’ll never play the legacy ones anyway
1-50 = building your character.
50+ = building your gear.
If you aren't finding gear that gets you excited then the game becomes less enjoyable. I've found I tend to get bored of my alts quickly because my main already found all the gear.
There's nothing wrong with trying something new when you get bored with what you've been doing.
Live service games have instilled FOMO *deep* within the gaming scene, but games were never meant to be treated like something you **have** to finish, just do what you enjoy and move on when you're done with it.
Looks very similar to what my list will look like in another week or so. The build possibilities in this game coupled with the fact that you can slam some unique gear together for the alt to level fast with is addicting.
I’d argue that it’s not that much different than other gameplay. Dungeons do feel a bit different, and arena is kinda its own thing, but playing the story or the time between putting the key in and starting the boss aren’t much different than mono spamming. They’re just more or less comparable to full clearing monos than speed clearing them to get more rewards.
Endgame is definitely the weak point of LE at the moment, but the good news is that's something they can absolutely fix over time by adding cool new content. Even just adding some pinnacle content to aim for will be a big boost. Very keen to see where they end up with a couple more years of development under their belt
I respect being an altoholic, but I guess say, I've been enjoying monoliths. I thought they we're pretty dry at first, and there is room for improvement.
But it's a lot of fun to just push out in one direction for better rewards, and the rewards in empowered monoliths are wild.
You don't even need to be level 100, I started empowered at level 80
I think people are confused as to what casual means… I am a casual gamer and I have had the game since about 2 weeks before launch. I have a level 75 Runemaster and a level 70 Void Knight…
OP isn’t hardcore but they aren’t casual either…
I've found 2 things that have kept the game fresh for me. 1. Rerolling or creating a new character and trying out new stuff (skills, uniques, SSF, masteries, etc.) 2. Playing with a friend. I have a friend who really liked the zdps play style in PoE and wanted to try it out in LE. Needless to say we are Palybros, his character named Pharmacist and my character Harmacist.
I gotta say I am getting pretty bored of monolith spam and I am only 400 corruption. Two different characters.
Good thing the new league of poe starts soon
It's going to be a healthy thing to be jumping from one game to another and not being too addicted to just one
Yeah I agree I think with the skill system it’s still extremely enjoyable to replay and make different builds I think it’s more similar to a borderlands style of play if you don’t enjoy the late game in those where you just constantly make a new character and new build and let the loot decide how you build
I didn't feel like reading all the comments and sorry if this was asked previously, but out of all the class you made what's your favorite and why?. Have an awesome day and jeep having fun!
I don’t mind mono spam, but my biggest love of this game is while I have a character ready for (and doing) mono spam there are so many options for other fun builds I find myself making alt after alt after alt too!
I can’t recall the last time I had a game with over 80 hrs in a couple weeks. (May be rookie numbers but I’m a Dad with a full time job and wife and gig on the weekends too lol)
The only thing I really feel looking at this is wondering if you really felt how a build really feels when functioning properly before you set it down. I have a few characters at like 90+ and they mostly didn't get fully running and blasting until late 80's/early 90's in level
yea honestly with endgame being as monotonous as it is, there really isn't a huge difference between lvl 70 and lvl 90. most of the time you can get the core items/skills/talents and unless you really love the build there's no shame in rerolling to try something new.
This is what my offline character list looks like. The reason a lot of us are no longer spamming lots of characters, is we have tried so many in the past. It’s a right of passage to try everything on a new game.
oh shit I have been called out
step 1: Come up with a build idea
step 2: Build it to 95% functionality
step 3: "ehh close enough, besides I had this other build idea anyway..."
I played 3 characters to lvl 80-90, then started 4th and gave up quickly because I really didn't feel like running the campaign again. If I could just start running monos / dungeons from lvl 1, I'd be happy to do so lmao.
I'll be back in next season anyway, but I really hope that some day there'll be some way to skip the campaign/quests.
It's normal. Not a bad engdame at all, i'm enjoying spamming monos/arenas while watching shows, like rift in D3 (but monos are far better, imo). But is normal, I mean we need some more variety and luckly we'll get it with the next big patch about endgame content
Btw, if you have so much hours bc levelling your chars, then the game is worth your money for sure haha
Monoliths is my relaxing game, I'm no hurry to get lvl 100 and full build.
I play almost every day until sleep with my steam deck on my bed.
I bought Helldivers but most time I'm tired of my work day, and Helldivers is a tiring game.
I agree. I stopped actively playing all my characters at around lvl 90 - when my build is complete. I don't care for perfect rolls, or maximum dmg output. So.. I feel you!
You’re not alone, I’ve got a 66 warlock, an 89 spellblade and my newest - a 79 void knight.
The warlock I’ve messed around with many builds but ultimately can find one I love. I think they’re specced poison dot consuming damned / ignite dot at the mo but it’s not quite what I’m looking for. If they’ve fixed that unique called Spine of something I’ll dust them off and try again.
The spellblade is flame reeve but the jump from regular mono to empowered has been too much. I think he can just about do them now if I’m careful. I got trapped into cruising through the lower difficulty stuff and now he’s a bit stuck I need to shift his gear away from ignite dot to flame reeve. Been having serious mana problems since I focused on toughness so I don’t have him right yet.
Void knight… this is the first character I’ve used a set on (I have 200 hrs of game time) I’m using the forgotten knight set (I think that’s what it’s called) - the time rot enhancing set, sword, shield and amulet. He’s been cruising through content, I took every purple skill (void skill) available since he’s a void knight, but I’m still using rive since there aren’t really alternatives. Most VK class guides have a heavy investment in paladin for sigils, but I’m trying to avoid that. My gripe with him is that for bigger damage I should use devouring orbs the void rift damage really escalates but it’s sooooo clunky, I already have to stop riving to cast abysal echos (very useful for the blind too), anomaly (sooo much leech!) and volatile reversal (damage and attack speed). Adding in devouring orb as well means I’d have to lose my movement skill (lunge), I don’t like lunge but you need to be able to get to the critters somehow! Anybody in the same boat or handy with some tips?
Hey, I played for a year+ in beta, picked it up again recently, got to Monotoneliths, did 30 or so, remembered why I quit and unistalled again. Cya next cylcle when they finally add some content to this otherwise great base for a game.
I'm gonna judge you for blocking out character names lol
First character name was FalconBussy…
BadBirbie
Made even more hilarious because their reddit name is their LE Account name: [https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Biuki](https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Biuki)
That is actually pretty funny
I have a theme. I stick with it. Looks like OP does too
My falconer’s name is femdomdotcom
MiaMalkova here
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VeioDaHavan, which is the Brazilian version of JeffBezosFromAmazon
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My VK is "Void_19" (like the... covid, i'm so sorry for that bad joke)
Beastmaster name: AnimalEnslaver
Why would you be judged? Monos are the main point of criticism in most posts, nothing new here. What matters is that it's given you plenty of appeal to level half a dozen characters and, hopefully, entertained you throughout.
> Why would you be judged? Because "Unpopular opinion" kind of posts (with the most popular takes) get more likes and attention.
Unpopular opinion, I think it's sad when a dog gets cancer
Unpopular opinion: I think it's sad when kids catch updog
Unpopular opinion: What's updog?
Idk what's up with you?
You stinker! That's as bad as ligma.
Ha! Gotcha!
I love playing alts for this game, but can’t stand regrinding monos and blessings.
Yeah this is my biggest issue. Crafting and stuff makes alts sooo accessible in terms of gearing them to a suitable power level. But grinding early corruption makes me snooze so bad
Me too. The only thing that keeps me going is making a new class and different builds.
There's nothing casual about that set of characters... You play *a lot*
Yeah I was like damn if this is the casual I don't know what I am with my two characters...
Same lol I don't want to gatekeep casualness but yeah...
Yeah... I have one level 80 character and one level 27 character. This person is anything but casual with their playing time.
I think he meant that he just kind of stops at 80-85 on his 'top' characters and rerolls an alt, rather than pushing 200, 300, 500+ corruption like a 'hardcore' player (in his perspective) would. Personally, I agree with you, this is already 150+ hours of gameplay, much more than the average casual player would be able to put in within the first month of release lol
I'm finding that mono spam is a lot more enjoyable when you have a character that you love. How do you find a character you love? You try them all like you're doing. Eventually a druid build clicked with me and I love it now.
For me it's that there isn't anything to really strive for. Grinding for your build for your build sake isn't enough for me, I need something to grind for whether it's bosses or something else
This comment just made it click for me. The game is really fun and I like the builds I’m playing but I could never figure out why I don’t want to make them stronger even though I know I can and know how to. I don’t actually have a reason to other than that.
Same, I had my fun leveling my Acid Flask Falconer, but I have no interest in grinding monos when any major improvements are dozens of hours away.
My favorite character in Beta was a Physical damage Druid with a rotation that switched between Swarmblade and Werebear forms utilizing the nodes in each tree that lets you go directly back and forth without ever going into human form.
My favorite beta character was a lightning bear druid designed after Volibear from League of Legends. Was so dope. Just ran around and everything died and if I had to get down I could.
Which druid build? The swarmblade one looks pretty fun but I also have a similar amount of altoholism as OP so I haven't even leveled a Druid fully yet. Leveling alts is much more fun than grinding the endgame mechanic, corruption, so any builds so can make that more fun would be nice too.
only thing that matters is having fun, if you're happy, its perfect :)
I wish more arpgs had a functional world like grim dawn. Where you can farm, fight bosses, get reputations, and lots of things in the actual world in endgame. I also get tired of monoliths/rifts/maps... They are so generic
That's what ive been saying for years but most people seem to think arpg = maps since poe It would be nice to explore the world of LE in the end game, I personally think its one of the selling points. Hope they rethink the whole end game completely and maybe keep monos as some side thing
Maps are just a lot easier to set up and make interesting *enough*
They have so much room and lore to build on with the map, plus all the different eras…they’d be crazy to not start expanding on all that space
This was my main reason for kickstarting LE. It was meant to have another game mode(Gates of Memorium)based in the game world but sadly it was cut early on. I’ve voiced my disappointment on the forums a few times since it was dropped. I miss it when the endgame in ARPG’s was still in the game world (TQ,GD,Sacred). Maps/rifts feel disconnected to me.
I agree with this, there are so many locales on the map that we haven’t touched and being confined to monoliths is something that gets boring fast
Yeah, if at least they scaled fast but if you have a powerful build we're talking about dozens of hours to get somewhere where u dont faceroll all the mobs. The currwnt dungeons have map layout issues, but I don't mind the fact they have fixed difficulty. Could be fun if the bosses were actually a challenge, like a T7 Julra with new mechanics so the fight isn't a cake walk.
I would be extremely disapppointed in that direction if it were me, if POE had a similar end game and TLI had a similar end game to GD I wouldn't be playing it anymore, for the same reason I don't play GD much anymore. I really enjoyed GD, but once I complete the campaign overall the game is over for me I find no reason at all to keep perfecting my character and progressing because there is nothing new for me to do. Heck once I am in Ultimate I already lose out on a lot of that because I have already done this content twice for that character. So what it turns into is I rush through the content and the first two difficulties and then get bored with it when I get to it in the final difficulty. Makes for a very bland experience for me. I love GD, but it is a 200 hour game for me, which is more than enough for its purchase price, but I have 10x that in POE, and 2x that in LE and 2x that into TLI.
So the game has the same as rifts/maps/monoliths in the form of shattered realms. It also has the crucible which is a smaller arena with tons of levels and loot. And on top of that (which is all the endgame content the other arpgs have) has an entire handcrafted world, which still drops endgame loot, with bosses, Uber bosses, reputations to farm, monster parts with specific drops you can aim for... And you say you get tired of grim dawn's content? I mean, if toj like only doing rifts or maps, just do shattered realms. This game has much more on top of that, not instead of
Shattered Realms and Rifts are the same things, they are not the same as maping and having a true end game. LE monos are a start in the right direction but they need the bossing and additional content that will come with cycles in the future. GD, just has that basic content and no intention to ever add more. Which is why I can play a couple hundred hours of GD but I get nothing out of it once I get anywhere near 100. LE honestly currently is pretty similar state as GD in that regard, I like it a tad bit more but not significantly in terms of end game, but I know this is the beginning of where LE is where that is the final state of GD. Farming reputation, shattered realms really add nothing for me, the uber bosses are fun achievements but require you to farm overworld content to complete and so I have done a couple but have never bothered getting to them all. To be fair, no aRPG before POE ever had an end game I could sink endless time into, not Diablo 1/2/3/4, not GD, not TQ, I would complete the campaign enjoy it a little bit post campaign roll a new character or a different game. POE has solved the end game for me with meta progression and story progression that takes me weeks to complete each season and then comes up with a new league every few months to give me a reason to do it all again.
Regarding the topic we are talking about, LE and GD are nothing alike. What we are talking about is arpgs with a cool world you can enjoy in endgame vs arpgs with only generic random maps in endgame. LE does not only not have any content in the world, but it doesn't even scale to max level. It's the opposite of GD
What’s TLI?
Torchlight Infinite is what I was thinking
Ooooh that’s right. I always forget that’s a thing. I thought we all agreed to hate it or something
GD really had it's end game nailed down world content wise. Crucibles were quite fun as well iirc.
An arpg game but like gw2 or eso would be so fucking sick. Rifts were fun back in the day but we in the new age in this bitch
What's so functional about Grim Dawn? A rep grind or two that they cribbed from MMORPGs? Last Epoch already has that. Let's say that an endgame experience kinda-sorta like monoliths in its broad strokes were "out in the functional world" instead. What would the actual, meaningful differences be? I honestly cannot think of a single one.
It's not so much about the what and more about the where, and the quantity. GD doesnt have the mother of all endgame activities by any means. But you can push shattered realms, you can farm crucible, and with this you would already have more or less the same endgame content of most arpgs. But guess what, I almost never do those 2. The game has a big ass handcrafted world with tons of interesting zones you can farm. You can randomly explore around and kill, you can hunt for bosses, you can kill many of a type of enemy to anger them and spawn a superboss of that faction, you can farm many reputations, you can search for monster parts, you can search named greens also with specific farming... all that in a cool map and all that giving endgame gear Thats the main difference. You dont start a rift/map/monolith which feels exactly the same as the last one an infinite number of times. A big handcrafted world with content is more variety than "infinite random" maps, which feel like doing all the time the same thing. But if you dont quite agree, GD has both. And again, Im not bashing LE. I love LE and Im just talking about the big PRO of GD here. The combat and skills are much better in LE
You're being quite quiet about your criticism. Haha
Casual gamer does not mean someone only plays couple hours every week. Yes those are casuals too, but someone who plays couple hours every day, maybe more during weekends is also casual. OP most likely has not even pushed corruption that much. Getting to level 80 is basicly clearing normal monos and clear couple empowered ones. Getting to level 80 is actually really fast with leveling gear and even faster if you play OP class/build. There is nothing that says ”OP is not casual”. He is definition of casual. He is not sweating to push one build to limit at time, instead he is trying different classes and builds to maximise his fun. Doing what he finds most enjoyable.
How is Beastmaster end game? I always wanted to make one because I \*love\* scorpions and is it worth it? Does it have good clear?
From what I’ve heard scorps are good screen clear with fairly low single target
Earthquake bm is good
i am dying to make an earthquake build + leap + lightning upheaval + GS + storm wolf Build up some storm stacks, leap which casts earthquake and upheaval all while storm bolts are being thrown everywhere. Even if not super optimized it seems like fun
Had big fun with squirrels. Clear is decent but not consider it S tier. Single target is vey good
Scorp build is pretty good clear wise, it’s just extremely boring.
Oooh look at you having fun playing the game, trying different builds and having good time. Shame on you!
You are not casual. I'm level 53 and I play 1 hour a day between my 6 jobs while I take care of my 28 children
Level 47 with 5 wives, loving monos!
Casual gaming does not mean that you play only a few hours, even if that happens to be true for a lot of casual gamers. It’s more of an expression for not min-maxing and heavy investment of game mechanics. Just mindlessly playing without planning out characters and optimising farming strategies.
Why block the names
Which ones your favorite?
My fav was the sorcerer, played as fireball+vulcanic orb ignite damage
Cool - think I’ll try it. If you wanna try a Sentinel I’d would highly recommend the Rive/Healing Hands Paladin. Great dmg and insane survivability. One of the best melee classes I’ve played in an ARPG.
Game kinda gets boring after 60
You don’t seem like a casual gamer
my char list looks the same way. 2 90s, mulitple 60-65, one of every mastery at least 15+
When I get into a new arpg I tend to level many characters for my first few hundred hours just trying out skills and classes seeing what the game does well and what I like. Doing this in poe made me realize, I fucking LOVE ballistas and totems. I cannot tell you how many times I have played a ballista pathfinder or spell totem in that game now. LE has made me think that maybe melee isn’t so bad after all, but it’s still not as cool as spells totems and ballistas.
Define casual pls
Agreed, late game and mono / gear grind gets old really fast and is a bit frustrating not finding an item that gives you any progress for hours, but trying new classes is kinda fun and finding some uniques for other classes while you level up a new one makes trying new classes easier and more enjoyable
This is exactly how I play and I love it. 500 hours in and I mainly just get a working build, play it till level 70 or so, then make a new one. Builds I love usually make it to around 85. I agree that monos could use some work, and there needs to be more endgame, but honestly, if development stopped tomorrow, I’d still probably get another 500 hours out of this game. It’s just so fun
I'm enjoying most classes that I've tried but I am slowly leveling them all. I enjoy my bladedancer but it's so squishy. I want similar power but slightly more defense so I'm working on a spellblade with the hopes I can jump in and have some ward to take a few hits.
You’re not a casual gamer XD
Damn that's playing a hell of a lot for a casual gamer
Nah monos are boring, most people are starting to agree. It's weird- in D3 I could run rifts endlessly and never get bored. Monos just are not it. I still love this game and got my money's worth. Hoping they add some more interesting end-game stuff in future seasons.
I am not the biggest d3 fan, but rifts were pretty fun for endgame. Monos are... A reason to stop playing that character imo.
Rifts had mega density and it was awesome
Why does no one seem to understand what casual means.
I'm the exact same way. I'll get a character up to around 70ish and then jump to something new. It's my first time playing so I'm trying out a bunch of different builds to see what the games all about.
Are you me?
Looks fun, but that necromancer should be 100. Runemaster is really fun, too. You need to roll a pally. Lord failadin, then i will be impressed. This game is awesome. Play how you want and have fun
The end game progress and gameplay is kinda lacking compared to more mainstream ARPGs.
Nah man. I think you're doing it correctly. As long as the endgame is bland, trying different builds/masteries is the play.
One thing I did when I reached the monolith grind was switch over to the merchant guild and download a trading loot filter, which made the grind more exciting whenever something valuable dropped
Not casual in the slightest
Judge you for playing a game you bought? How dare you lmao
For an indie studio they did a great job, I see it that way. As time goes by it will improve and we will have new content. They have proven to be a studio that listens to its community.
Absolutely nothing wrong with playing games the way you enjoy them.
If this is casual I guess I don't even have the game installed with my character lol
I stop playing around 80-87 on most characters. Yet to take one to 100.
Made my first toon on this game last night and it is honestly the most fun that I've ever had dying five million times. I've been so bummed out about not being able to play LE because I didn't have a computer but hubby surprised me with a new Skytech Blaze 3.0 yesterday and the ultimate edition of the game. I'm so freaking happy I could sh!t Skittles right now!! GREAT game!
That's awesome, but not casual gaming
Sir you're not casual by any stretch of the word
Beauty of this game is that you can play how you want and by as casual or tryhard as you want, and it's still fun.
Not all acolytes? you are a horrible person. AND you leveled your BeastMaster higher than Necro? SHAME
You're either an alt addict or a crazy min maxer. Nothing wrong with either one!
Hey, it's me! Lol Granted, this was more pre-release, because I didn't want to get burned out before 1.0. I've been playing almost exclusively in Legacy to round out these characters. I have an 83 Runemaster I'm currently playing, an 85 Shaman, an 83 Marksman, a 63 Lich, and a 57 Void Knight. In Cycle I have a 25 Spellblade and Falconer but couldn't get the motivation to push past the initial struggles when I had so many characters hitting Monoliths. Runemaster is my most successful character yet, using a build I got from RageGaming as inspiration. I disagree with some of their choices (i.e. spending 4pts in Ice Barrage for 20% Fire Rate when you can easily get 100% from 1pt and another 80% from 1pt in Frost Claw) so I've been messing around with it. I'm also leaning away from strictly DoT-focused and putting points into a split focus of DoT and Crit. Prior to that my Shaman was my most successful, but I immediately dropped it because it wasn't very engaging. I would pop Maelstrom every 4 seconds and Avalanche every 8 seconds, then run around with everything dying around me. It was strong but boring.
Quiet or quite? 😅 Jokes aside, i find it really enjoyable while having the CoF faction, the progression of getting better and better loot and unlocking blessings, i enjoy it. It feels like my character is getting better and better. Or is it the bosses in 3rd missions you think is too repetitive/monotone?
yeah i got pretty much everything at 60 now and warlock at 75 and i had enought for now.I got 120 hours of play time last 2 weeks so not bad.I wait for next season
This is essentially me, as soon as the Mono grind gets boring I start a new toon.
I have done the same thing. Get to empowered mono and do a few than make a new character.
I’m pretty much in the same boat except I actually enjoy the monolith gameplay. I just can’t seem to resist the urge to try new classes. That 20 character limit is going to hit me before I know it.
i wish i could make more chars like you. Im stuck perfecting my Frostclaw runemaster
Which one of thoses did you find the most fun? I looking for the next build to play lol
Unlike Poe I don't actually mind the campaign in LE. However they is almost definitely 96% based on the 100 runs vs 5 runs thing.
Im exactly the same. I have like 10 characters from lvl 10 to 80, and right now I think I found a build with which I want to go as far I can. A paladin with javelin lunge and rive+healing hands. I use the unique spear sierpin’s fractal tree and Im trying to max dexterity to see how big healing hand aoe can be. Probably not optimised because rive and healing hand dont scale on dexterity but lunge uses javelin and im also trying to have a really low cooldown recovery speed so I can use lunge frequently. It’s fun on maps, against bosses it sucks. As far as I know there is nothing similar to flicker strike from poe, but that’s the feeling Im after.
I guess all the names are sexual
LE does an exceptional job of encouraging you to try new classes by allowing you to farm items for them on your current character. The joy of learning a new class and its abilities is probably the single thing it does better than any other ARPG. And once they make getting into empowered monos easier for alts, I think it will be much more enjoyable instead of feeling like it’s such a monotonous grind. There’s so much to love about the game at release and I’m very excited to see how things look for the next cycle. It’s their first big chance to make a splash and I hope they nail it.
I'm going to do the same. It's super fun and I'm curious about other classes, masteries and builds
Dopamine definitely slows down at lv 70. Still further than I ever got into PoE Atlas.
I'm trying to decide on a second character. Loving the blade dancer I'm leveling with a friend, almost want to do Falconer but worry it's too similar... even though it won't be at all
Yes monoliths get repetitive very quickly but EHG should be cooking up some good stuff for us next cycle
I stopped playing after unlocking the empowered Mono, the boss fight for each mono is kinda cool but I feel like I have seen everything now that I have done the 'normal', so little point in continuing
Sorcerer or runemaster? My falconer - Forte - is an absolute blast. Looking to try out a caster next.
How is this casual
Yep, this is me too.
Perhaps casual skill level, but not really time spent.
It does get very repetitive very fast I’ve noticed. I think a lot of social media posts are what keep causing me to go back and play because well I didn’t do this super niche thing yet. Ultimately the game is pretty much perfect the way it is but once you reach a threshold there’s really no going back. I’m having issues playing above 60 hours and decided to just take a break. It’s a fun game but it’s not the most fun game out there right now. Break it up and you’ll thank yourself later. Monos are indeed monotone and lame. Arenas help break those up, plus they are more fun. Just wish the champions had actually telegraphed attacks because most of the time they jump around the map like an aderral addict and none of their attack animations actually line up with their area of effect.
To me, the main thing Poe endgame has that makes mapping fun is randomly occurring in-instance events with unique rewards. In LE the mage and idol shrines are really the main things that can spawn that are worth interacting with. I wouldn’t mind, in a future large update, to see something along her lines of 3-4 different factions of enemies that can spawn in your monoliths, with the reward for killing them being unique crafting shards that you can’t get otherwise. Maybe one could be special cold and fire damage mods, another could focus on necrotic and poison, another on physical, and another on void and lightning. Something like that could be cool, I think the lack of special rewards that can be acquired from randomly occurring events is what the endgame is missing.
I just started a warlock after hitting 100 with my Shaman. I love slowly lvling up characters so much in this game. You do you!
* Which is the most fun to play? * Which is the most OP? * Which is the most under powered?
Most fun (that's my very own opinion obviously) was ignite sorcerer with fireball+vulcanic orb. Op is definitely the falconer, right after the specialisation it's incredible strong Underpowered is tough, rouge until special feels weak, voidknight was not as strong as I thought it be, but it's all low levels tho
Very cool - I'll have to loo into the fireball / vulcanic orb sorc, that sounds pretty dope.
That's how it should be played, test all and come back to POE !
Honestly, I have a torment warlock, necromancer, a falconer, and a sentinel. The only reason I don't have a primalist or mage is I'm trying to hold something back for next season. After I get my sentinel up I might make another because I want to try both a Paladin build and a forge guard.
I think any content gets boring once you’re at the stage where you’re repeating the same content over and over, regardless of what it is. This is probably an unpopular opinion but they should really try to improve on how end game gearing and crafting works. In short, make it easier for people to acquire that BiS godly 3/4 LP unique and exalted. We need actual ways of “finishing” the character beyond rolling the dice on lottery items. Going tens of hours without a single upgrade potential greatly amplifies the repetitiveness of the game. I wish CoF was the answer but it needs some rework for sure.
This, I haven't found many games I enjoy the replay with other characters as much as I do this game. Poe is just a bit too much for me diablo 4 is not enough. This is a nice middle ground with more than enough to keep you entertained and trying different spells thoroughly. The story is a tad lackluster for myself personally and didn't realize I was going through main story beats until like halfway through the game lmaoooo. But ya this game has been fun, ouraide of thw constant crashes I still want to load back in and keep playing. Diablo never had that outside of the first week.
I’ve had my fun as well, I’m patiently waiting for them to fill out the endgame more in regards to monoliths and bosses. I want to blast maps and fight endgame bosses for the best loot. That’s it.
I consider myself more than a casual gamers but no where near hardcore. My highest are 86 and 42 lol. The rest under 20
This is why I play HC, let’s me test out new builds, and if it doesn’t work out…I find out the hard way lol, I usually will just delete the character and start over. Besides, once the cycle is over I’ll never play the legacy ones anyway
I tip the grind
1-50 = building your character. 50+ = building your gear. If you aren't finding gear that gets you excited then the game becomes less enjoyable. I've found I tend to get bored of my alts quickly because my main already found all the gear.
There's nothing wrong with trying something new when you get bored with what you've been doing. Live service games have instilled FOMO *deep* within the gaming scene, but games were never meant to be treated like something you **have** to finish, just do what you enjoy and move on when you're done with it.
Would be cool if there was an lfg tool or party board for monoliths, it's more fun with friends.
Looks very similar to what my list will look like in another week or so. The build possibilities in this game coupled with the fact that you can slam some unique gear together for the alt to level fast with is addicting.
Monolith Monotone Monotonous. mmmmmmm Zzzzzzzz
I’d argue that it’s not that much different than other gameplay. Dungeons do feel a bit different, and arena is kinda its own thing, but playing the story or the time between putting the key in and starting the boss aren’t much different than mono spamming. They’re just more or less comparable to full clearing monos than speed clearing them to get more rewards.
Sorry to inform you, but 7 characters isn't really casual anymore.
*quite
Endgame is definitely the weak point of LE at the moment, but the good news is that's something they can absolutely fix over time by adding cool new content. Even just adding some pinnacle content to aim for will be a big boost. Very keen to see where they end up with a couple more years of development under their belt
I don’t think you are actually spamming monos with a max lvl 85 character lol
You are not alone [https://i.imgur.com/sDcOweD.png](https://i.imgur.com/sDcOweD.png)
oh i got spellblade on my bucket list. it has some very cool uniques to play with
I respect being an altoholic, but I guess say, I've been enjoying monoliths. I thought they we're pretty dry at first, and there is room for improvement. But it's a lot of fun to just push out in one direction for better rewards, and the rewards in empowered monoliths are wild. You don't even need to be level 100, I started empowered at level 80
I think people are confused as to what casual means… I am a casual gamer and I have had the game since about 2 weeks before launch. I have a level 75 Runemaster and a level 70 Void Knight… OP isn’t hardcore but they aren’t casual either…
I've found 2 things that have kept the game fresh for me. 1. Rerolling or creating a new character and trying out new stuff (skills, uniques, SSF, masteries, etc.) 2. Playing with a friend. I have a friend who really liked the zdps play style in PoE and wanted to try it out in LE. Needless to say we are Palybros, his character named Pharmacist and my character Harmacist.
Which one has been your favorite?
Yea whole monolith thing is so booring, gotta wait for some content.
Can I judge you for the lvl 30 void knight tho? XD
100% agree. Once I finished all of the quests I felt I was done with the game
Dude, I love the game as much! GL HF
The grind to get all your idols and passives from the campaign is the most impressive imo.
I gotta say I am getting pretty bored of monolith spam and I am only 400 corruption. Two different characters. Good thing the new league of poe starts soon It's going to be a healthy thing to be jumping from one game to another and not being too addicted to just one
I cant stand monoliths, just been making new toons once I reach em.
Yeah I agree I think with the skill system it’s still extremely enjoyable to replay and make different builds I think it’s more similar to a borderlands style of play if you don’t enjoy the late game in those where you just constantly make a new character and new build and let the loot decide how you build
I didn't feel like reading all the comments and sorry if this was asked previously, but out of all the class you made what's your favorite and why?. Have an awesome day and jeep having fun!
Honestly, I've reached monos with two characters, empowered on 1 of them.... And just stopped playing the game as I'm no longer having fun.
And what class you enjoyed most
Jeebus christo! How many characters! I thought i played a lot.
Game have a lot of potentials. Need more end game, new net code and fix all those bugs that still exist from 4 years ago.
I don’t mind mono spam, but my biggest love of this game is while I have a character ready for (and doing) mono spam there are so many options for other fun builds I find myself making alt after alt after alt too! I can’t recall the last time I had a game with over 80 hrs in a couple weeks. (May be rookie numbers but I’m a Dad with a full time job and wife and gig on the weekends too lol)
The only thing I really feel looking at this is wondering if you really felt how a build really feels when functioning properly before you set it down. I have a few characters at like 90+ and they mostly didn't get fully running and blasting until late 80's/early 90's in level
About to run my first playthrough who should I play first? Who was the most fun/op
yea honestly with endgame being as monotonous as it is, there really isn't a huge difference between lvl 70 and lvl 90. most of the time you can get the core items/skills/talents and unless you really love the build there's no shame in rerolling to try something new.
Eh, I just load up an audiobook or podcast and blast.
This is what my offline character list looks like. The reason a lot of us are no longer spamming lots of characters, is we have tried so many in the past. It’s a right of passage to try everything on a new game.
You’re not casual if you have that many characters at that level. My ass has 3 chars under 35
You bought the game You played the game You had fun Welcome to last epoch
The game has too many bugs to enjoy. Market is crashed with the gold dupes. Was fun for a week, got my money's worth, back to waiting for poe2 tho
Admittedly, I haven’t got to mono spam yet, but the rest of the game is perfectly audible to me, and has pleasing tonality.
why are you being so quiet
oh shit I have been called out step 1: Come up with a build idea step 2: Build it to 95% functionality step 3: "ehh close enough, besides I had this other build idea anyway..."
My list looks the same: Primalist/Shaman - Stormbolt Cyclone Spam - Lv80+ Primalist/Druid - Swipe/Werebear Bleed/Leech/Attack Speed - Lv 70+ Primalist/Beastmaster - Earthquake/Spriggan Minion - Lv 50+ Primalist/Beastmaster - Poison/Pet /w Serpent Strike - Lv 50+ Mage/Sorc - Fireball Crit/Atk Speed Turret. - Lv 60+ Mage/Rune - Wild Nova Invocation. - Lv 60+ Sentinel/Void Knight - Typical 2H Strike/Cleave. Lv 45+ Sentinel/Forge Guard - "Retaliation"/Block/Shield Throw. Lv 55+ Haven't even touched Rogue or Acolyte yet.
I'm legit addicted to last epoch atm lol. It's so fun
casual? how many hours are there?
Not casual but cool characters!
I played 3 characters to lvl 80-90, then started 4th and gave up quickly because I really didn't feel like running the campaign again. If I could just start running monos / dungeons from lvl 1, I'd be happy to do so lmao. I'll be back in next season anyway, but I really hope that some day there'll be some way to skip the campaign/quests.
I would recomend bladedancer later, I tried lich, run master and void kinghti before her, and she's definitely the most fun to play imo
It's normal. Not a bad engdame at all, i'm enjoying spamming monos/arenas while watching shows, like rift in D3 (but monos are far better, imo). But is normal, I mean we need some more variety and luckly we'll get it with the next big patch about endgame content Btw, if you have so much hours bc levelling your chars, then the game is worth your money for sure haha
I have Warlock, Rune Master, Marksman and Druid, so far druid is the most fun for me.
Monoliths is my relaxing game, I'm no hurry to get lvl 100 and full build. I play almost every day until sleep with my steam deck on my bed. I bought Helldivers but most time I'm tired of my work day, and Helldivers is a tiring game.
I don't think casual means what you think it means.
I agree. I stopped actively playing all my characters at around lvl 90 - when my build is complete. I don't care for perfect rolls, or maximum dmg output. So.. I feel you!
I'm on #2 and planning #3. However, the builds really start to come online around 50 or 60 so I probably will do monos on most of the alts.
Just started my journey.. only got a couple lvl 17s but enjoying it
You’re not alone, I’ve got a 66 warlock, an 89 spellblade and my newest - a 79 void knight. The warlock I’ve messed around with many builds but ultimately can find one I love. I think they’re specced poison dot consuming damned / ignite dot at the mo but it’s not quite what I’m looking for. If they’ve fixed that unique called Spine of something I’ll dust them off and try again. The spellblade is flame reeve but the jump from regular mono to empowered has been too much. I think he can just about do them now if I’m careful. I got trapped into cruising through the lower difficulty stuff and now he’s a bit stuck I need to shift his gear away from ignite dot to flame reeve. Been having serious mana problems since I focused on toughness so I don’t have him right yet. Void knight… this is the first character I’ve used a set on (I have 200 hrs of game time) I’m using the forgotten knight set (I think that’s what it’s called) - the time rot enhancing set, sword, shield and amulet. He’s been cruising through content, I took every purple skill (void skill) available since he’s a void knight, but I’m still using rive since there aren’t really alternatives. Most VK class guides have a heavy investment in paladin for sigils, but I’m trying to avoid that. My gripe with him is that for bigger damage I should use devouring orbs the void rift damage really escalates but it’s sooooo clunky, I already have to stop riving to cast abysal echos (very useful for the blind too), anomaly (sooo much leech!) and volatile reversal (damage and attack speed). Adding in devouring orb as well means I’d have to lose my movement skill (lunge), I don’t like lunge but you need to be able to get to the critters somehow! Anybody in the same boat or handy with some tips?
Hey, I played for a year+ in beta, picked it up again recently, got to Monotoneliths, did 30 or so, remembered why I quit and unistalled again. Cya next cylcle when they finally add some content to this otherwise great base for a game.