I thought for a long time how, where and in what way one can express criticism?!
First of all, Last Epoch is a great game BUT, some things make zero sense to me?
Apart from the fact that the release was an absolute disgrace. The longer I play, the more questions I ask?
-why are the drop rates so abysmal
-why are complete builds being torn apart in the middle of the season
Eliminating bugs is right and important but in the middle of the season and after release? Bad timing?!
I think Last Epoch is in a self-discovery phase, where does this game want to go, Free2Play nonsense or an ActionRPG that deserves the name.
Do you want to mess around with 7,000 players or do you want to create a game for the masses?
Due to the poor loot and the lack of satisfaction from minmaxing your character, THIS Last Epoch isnât really a competitor to the âbig onesâ in the industry.
I donât think the release was an absolute disgrace. They are a small indie company and with the product they provided, they did a lot more than my expectations.
The launch was a shit show and full of bugs as with many other launches but they were transparent with and finding the problem. It went from unplayable to playable now and iâm sure they are still working rapidly for the memory leak that slows down your game after long periods of time, aware of the party causes unlimited load loops and other crucial problems.
I do strongly agree with the drop being abysmal. It just doesnât give you that exciting factor even when you find something very rare aka 4 LP item. Most of the uniques and sets are near completely useless, no matter how you try to use it. (Iâm sure they are working on something on improving useless uniques and sets).
Overall itemization system isnât as effective as it can be. Everything is revolved around exhalted and LP which isnt the whole problem but with the way drops are flooded (filters help with that), other items outside of the low LP and under exhalt range should have more use. I suggest through this by havent more ways to get your upgrades but not in a way where it is too easy. (Example - you should be able to find perfect magic items, rare items that are as strong and usable as higher tier items or able to get to that same level of power but no matter how good a rare you find, any 1-2 lp item with mediocre exhalt will easily be better).
I dont think you mean what you said about eliminating bugs post season which I highly disagree but instead, mean that balances and nerfs should not be done mid season which I totally agree. Nerfing a build because itâs OP mid season is absurd. Fixing ward bug because itâs working not as intended definitely needs fix asap.
I also agree on the last epoch comment on where the game wants to go, are they trying to keep it as free2play single play route with coop type style or are they trying to make an massive online ActionRPG that needs a stable economy? I would think the 2nd one would be the ideal goal but they need to tell us because the first route is the < 10k players while the 2nd route aims for > 10k.
On top of that, I want to know why creation runes are not locked. It is suppose to be a super rare item while CoF can get it easily and it is not locked. Makes no sense.
Pretty well said and straightforward besides the bug handling mid season imo, I totally am on the same page!
Base unique drop rate is fairly decent for most, some are specifically rare.
If youâre talking about the LP system thatâs a bonus-system on top of the existing unique system and to be seen as such, 100% aspirational and the expected end-game of 300 corruption to be reached without a single one of those items.
Because thatâs what should be done if itâs because of bugs and the community even agreed as well.
It would rather be baffling if it wasnât the case.
Because expecting to be running around with 3LP Twisted Heart is unrealistic. I just use that item as an example as it is a chase unique that has very low LP chance. The average player should never even see a 3LP Twisted Heart and never be able to afford one either.
I simply cannot express how strongly I disagree with this. And for the record Iâve played Last Epoch (and many other ARPGs, in fact all the big ones except D4 which was a terrible game) for thousands of hours.
As far as min-maxing your chars go, this game does it better than every other out there.
