PTR feedback as fresh leveling experience

PTR Feedback
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Finishing my time in the PTR which honestly im cutting short just because I do not have any motivation to continue on.

Here is some feedback that I want to give back after doing a fresh start into torment 2.

  1. I dont understand the slowing the pace of the game specifically in the early game, to me the problem of how quick people can fly thru the game is the progression between torment 1 to torment 4. Not the leveling experience to 60. Respectfully, no one cares about the speed of getting to 60 if anything, I would like it to see it be faster. Lets make the progression from lets say torment 1 to torment 4 be slower but more meaningful and slower since this is the core of the game
    1. The change to item drops feels really weird and less problematic and more frustrating then anything. I had 1 singular piece with an aspect for the build I played and that was specifically just because its the only one from a dungeon going into torment 1. That is WILD to me. Why are we limiting the drops of legendaries so much?
  2. The CAPSTONE DUNGEONS
    1. Ok to me welcome change back. HOWEVER, potentially the absolutely worst implementation of any dungeon in my time playing ARPG’s. First off, they take incredibly way to long, especially the first two. Cut them in half.
    2. With cutting down the legendaries/rares for builds you indirectly make these for some leveling builds MISERABLE. If you only have in my case 1 aspect it makes these dungeons just a sponge to damage that not only feels bad, but just unrewarding.
    3. The mechanics are un-enjoyable.
      1. Specifically mentioning the one with having to run back and forth between the ice towers or else you get the tick damage. I personally do not have any ideas on how to fix this but they are not fun, they are not challenging, they add even more of a miserable experience on top of the absolute drag of content to progress.
  3. The change to skill points/ paragon points is weird to me personally and I do not like it. I think it has more with how its implemented more than anything, for example the skill points. I should be able to have all of them by the time I hit lvl 60 if not shortly after. Besides having one of the points bug and could not claim it, I was in torment 2 still waiting to get my last two points at 100 + paragon. It should not be this hard to get something as simple as skill points that I normally would be spawning in with. Im sure I would have some annoyances with paragon ones as well. But the skill point one in specific is where I have a main problem with.

Overall the begining changes make we want to play less and can not find myself progressing as the start of the game feels more like a drag then something fun.

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The change was not intended for leveling only, it was intended for the entire game (T1-T4 included)

They changed AI and elites, they didn’t slow down anything

In fact I have a reason to believe that the PTR XP gain is doubled (get a whisper cache go up 2 levels, go in HT for a round and get 8, defeat Azmo immediately gain 7 e.t.c.). This also affects number of drops you’ll get (progress twice as fast = almost twice less loot found)

The goal is not to “pigeonhole” the entire game into endgame farm, the goal is to make the entire gameplay experience better

Also funny how you said “especially first 2” cause from what I saw the 3rd Capstone is enormous in comparison to the 2 prior :slight_smile:

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