Stepping back and leaving the emotion at the front door, here is my assessment after day 1.
Good stuff:
- Story and quests
- New location is well executed
- New demons to fight
- Season boss (should be a perma Uber). Best boss in the game alongside Astaroth IMO.
Average stuff:
- Seasonal companion
- Open World Tremors (maybe they better in WT4?)
Not so good stuff:
- Vault chest loot mechanic is annoying
Outside of that it’s D4 so all the things that fall outside the seasonal model that just need to be fixed or overhauled. Trying to keep that stuff to one side.
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Generally agree. I have issue with the pet scaling, as it takes way too much effort to keep it relevant. They need to improve drop rates or give other ways to level up pet.
Fair assessment.
Although, there really arent new monsters, they are just reskinned.
The layout of the new “town” is a bit spread out for my taste but it isnt terrible.
The seasonal quest boss kicked my butt numerous times, the fight was actually decent with a decent challenge. I dont see it being much of an issue when people max out their resists though….
I will add the seasonal outer world mobs feel like buffed a bit. Again, i dont have my resists up too much at lvl30, but the density is pretty good. Gives a decent challenge without being impossible. I like how they are all spread out all over the place rather than in a constructide……but a tide for constructs would be tidier and less messy.
The vault mechanic is just annoying. I did a couple last night and i was fine until the last room. It is VERY difficult to make it through without getting hit, but it is still early and everyone is still getting a feel for the vaults. On a side note, i feel like pet builds would be more successful in vaults ad you could just stand out of the way and let your minions/pets kill everything without you yourself getting hit.
I will add that leveling the construct and the “nodes” it has are a bit stupid. It is still early though. Seems like it will take forever to get everything ip and running smoothly……but again, it has only been 24hrs.
Your assessment seems to right on point.
They do seem to like you to have to move around quite a bit to get to various merchants.
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