Impossible to progress fast due to gems fragments

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hi , i try to upgrade to torment 4 but i need 45 k gems fragments 5000 gems of each types taked me 4 hours to farm at torment 3 for my 3 starter runes so i need 7 gems types , 5000 gems in 4 hours multiplied by 9 = 45000 * 7 types of gems = 252 hours of game ? is this serious ? for my 2 torment 4 builds ? , i have all other items my build is complete i have all 800 items but i am ressources gated by fragments , can developpers upgrade the drop rates of this component because i feel that my effort in the game are not rewarded and i struggle going higher ty .

at these low rates the game is simply impossible in Self Drop mode …

i always play hack n slashj in self drop but this time this is simply imposible to go in with these rules .

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There is a new option to transform one type of gems into another type. It’s not perfect because you can’t choose freely, but it could help you.

You should also try to do other types of activities… Mainly “Hordes”, and opening the resource chest.

I’m going to do one in torment 3 just to see how many gems I get and I’ll let you know in 20 minutes.

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ok thank you but i try to develop a build i created and this system is way too high in ressources needed to play in self drop like i said . they should change how we increase glyphs and let only fragments for creating gems , because at this point there is no point to have this in the game this is counterproductive in the fact that i allready have all my items and can’t progress hardgated due to that , the gamle is simply not well designed in this point in my opinion .

as well my gems that i actually have socketed into my equipement are low becauise i need the fragments to upgrade glyph that at this point give me more dmg than gems that at this point i should allready have them maxed if the game was well designed enough .

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Get used to it. Blizzard isn’t here to create quality, engaging gameplay anymore. You’re just a little number in a series of metrics. They’re wracking their brains to figure out new ways to trick you into spending more and more time doing chores.

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I think it’s your style of play that’s failing. I don’t even have a full build and I can already play on Torment 3. Maybe it’s because I play with Rogue, I don’t know. Maybe it’s broken this season or something, but I feel like getting gems is balanced.

Horde “lvl 6” in progress.

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i can farm in torment 3 but the progress to actually got in torment 4 take me so long due to only fragments and i can’t try new things , new builds easily .

i have same issue with compass i am 47 hours of game and no compass yet

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Gem fragments are a bit annoying this season, but at least they’re not as meaningless as they were in s6.

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Ok, very bad horde run. Only 227 “points”.

Minimum fragments obtained: 0.6k
Highest amount obtained: 3.3k

1.8K average.
(Average of all fragments. About 12.4K in total)

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I use 6-wave compasses to farm the GA chest, because it’s easy to hit 200+ in those. I use 8-10 wave compasses for materials because the extra waves make the best boons more valuable, yielding more aether for the time spent.