I think there should be some bosses/dungeons/tasks that provide access to a specific loot table that can only be accessed by completing that boss/dungeon/task.
I like the idea of farming a specific boss/location for an item I need to complete a specific build. It gives meaning to fighting certain bosses/dungeons that wouldn’t be there otherwise.
If all items are generally available based on your character’s level, the meta will be to farm the dungeon with the highest density of elites, then reset and repeat. Everyone would farm the same few dungeons that are most tuned for their character/build to clear.
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I can agree with this. MMO’s in general have certain gear only obtainable in certain raids, and only certain bosses within said raids can drop specific items. If D4 is following in MMO’s footsteps, then they need to make allowances for players in order to actually let us win from time to time… Even Vegas allows us to win, even though the casinos usually win more.
If the goal is to make ALL drops random, but keep increasing the loot pool, number of strange item stats, etc. , then the chances of finding anything of value continue to plummet. If the current momentum is allowed to play out, in the end it will only be a Zero sum game. Players will only chase the carrot for so long before giving up and looking for another carrot.
“Keeping players happy is the key to keeping players playing.” -C0RLoCK
If they did it like the division 2 does for Mission replays it might work, i like those since you can target farm the gear but not how good it is…but that is more with sets, so it helps to complete a set in a game with many…
I think they mainly just need a rework of enchantment—make it more similar to apects and we can extract affixs from sacred and above gear…maybe once and maybe one stat rolled once, idk but something that gives us a little more control in a desired outcome.
so we still need to hunt for items but dont need to rely on blind rolls to improve one stat on gear or get rid of dead stats…
Unique can stay rng drop fixed i guess and maybe add something like primals perfect stats items to find idk…
I wouldn’t go into raid locked target farming high end loot at all.