I play Sorcerer so this will be themed towards the class…Correct me ‘kindly’ if it doesn’t apply across the classes.
Rare/Magic node clusters: OH…I leveled up! But I won’t bother open up the paragon board because I don’t have 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…17 paragon points to get to a useful node that will add any kind of value to my build.
Unlocking a new board? The excitement turns into horror as you realize the nearest Magic node is 7 nodes away. For better perspective that is 1.75 character levels away, combined with the slow character leveling and nerfed dungeons… its not too difficult to find where all the ‘boredom’ is coming from.
How about scatter the magic nodes around the board( leave the rare ones where they are), such that 2-3 nodes (half a character level) is enough to hit a magic node. So that leveling feels more progressive.
Legendary Nodes: To sum this part up, most build guides straight up skip the legendary nodes…which is rather hilariously sad. Pathing to the legendary nodes should be the priority of EVERY board, but I find my self prioritizing the Rare/Magic nodes as they give more bonuses. Legendary nodes should be LEGENDARY…not mediocre.
One Legendary Node per Board: That’s just straight up dull… Paragon boards is the END game. I feel like Legendary Glyphs was supposed to rectify this, but due to ‘unforeseen’ constraints were not added to the game. If we are not getting legendary glyphs…please add more legendary nodes per board.
Legendary Glyphs: Speaks for itself…where are they? Did someone forget to merge a PR? I’m willing to take ‘delivery timeline constraints’ as an excuse for this one.
Glyph secondary bonus limitations: OK this can get rather lame…especially considering 90% of the glyphs are crappy. Is as though some of the boards were specifically designed to not support certain glyphs…not enough Dex/Willpower nodes? Bad luck… Oh look at this improves magic node stats??.. Yea only really viable at L15
Glyph variety: I am getting Lost Ark Engravings vibes on this one… (For those how aren’t familiar with Lost Ark, there’s 40+ engravings… only about 5 make any kind of sense) There’s 3 problems here.
- There is barely any ‘variety’ when it comes to useful glyphs
- Why do Magic Glyphs even exist? Does anyone use them?
- 3(4+ if you have no life) boards, 3 glyphs, no need for the rest of them… which leads to my next point.
One Glyph socket per Board: Why? Who on earth though this was a good idea? Why reduce the customize options? A fully optimized build will have about 4-5 boards, thus 4-5 glyphs. Realistically speaking 4…there’s just nothing to do with the excess paragon points. 2-3 glyphs per board will spice things up ALOT.
This is not all of it, obviously, but the key points that hurt the most.