But really this entire poor item hunt design philosophy that creates these absurd extremes just has to go.
Why is this game only:
A. win the item lottery (once in a lifetime)
or the more likely
B. accept that the disappointment rollercoaster gives out statwise-nickel-and-dimed items and be content unless you want to spend 50000 hours per build…
Rolling both primary and secondary perfect stats has been one of the biggest disappointments in this game for ages. Instead it should’ve been one of its biggest draws. People should’ve been able to perfect builds faster and be encouraged to perfect others in a reasonable time frame.
As it stands right now, you farm a season, get one or two good primals for that build and completely forget about it and dump it after the season ends because the grind is just too soul-crushing for it to be worth it to go any further, especially if you’re a solo player like me.
And aside from content creators who basically make it their job to grind thousands of hours per season, most of the rest of us are stuck in the dust. There is not enough motivation because of the rollercoaster of disappointment that is the loot system.
This recipe could’ve been one way for you to fix this, devs. Instead it’s all of the negatives about this game rolled into one:
- Can only equip one… because God forbid you can actually grind to craft a full perfect build, instead you should just go and have another ride on the RNG pain train.
- Upgrading a legendary through this recipe is another crapshoot since it rerolls the initial item’s stats to something that will most likely be trash even after changing one of its stats to something good.
- As per previous season’s examples, neither this recipe nor what it produces will probably be transferring over to non-season so what’s the point…
For the love of God, Blizz, do something about it. Even if you just let us roll primaries and secondaries independently of each other, that would be freakin amazing.
I’m not asking for instant BiS, I will still farm for them for a few hundred hours, all I’m saying is it shouldn’t take me until I’m 80 and have grandchildren to get three or four perfect item builds.
Is it really that much to ask for? What are we afraid of here exactly? That people won’t buy this game because it’s too easy? That streamers will quit all of a sudden?
Please just, for once, stop being the masters at killing your own hype.