I disagree and although its based on RNG, you eventually win and it does not take ‘hundreds of hours’ to get a T20 item or even a very very good item you have a chance very often actually, as good gear drops frequently and Chaos glyphs have no other use at all. For example my loot filter for chest armor:
‘Rare only’
‘Has 2 minimum of affix’
‘Only shows base type with Int/Vitality/Health/Health%’
So a chest only drops rare (decent FP), has 2 rolls already I want. typically you will find something like ‘Int/Vitality/Lightning resist/Void res or Endurance’ then you just hit the resistances with Chaos glyphs and hope for Health/Health% and thats it…
If you Chaos the Lightning, it cannot roll Lightning or Void, so you eliminated those affixes, its roughly 15-20% chance to hit Health or Health%, once you hit one you cannot hit it again, you have locked it in, ive hit T5 health on a Chaos from T4 quite a few times
Everytime a Chaos glyph drops and a decent piece of gear also drops, the game is begging you to try your luck which is actually all the time, if you arent taking advantage of one of the most commonly dropped items in the game thats sole use is to gamble on gear and you havent done this then dont know what else to say other than actually try it
You would probably cringe at some of the gear I just threw on the floor after a failed Chaos as it didnt hit T5 Int/Vit/Health/Health%
It certainly does. I described earlier a little bit as to why. There’s simply too many things that have to happen with how Exalted items drop before you can even justify crafting them, and crafting the item to completion is maybe a 10%, possibly 20% chance of success, depending on how many upgrades are needed and how much forging potential you started with.
I’ve played 680 hours and I’ve only gotten close a couple of times. I don’t think any of my mostly completed Exalted items are even close to optimized, if you were to check things like stat value per tier, implicit ranges, what tier Glyph of Despair was applied to, etc. And I certainly wasn’t targeting any of them while grinding levels.
Lol. Same. I shatter crafts that are T20+ often - purely because I got unlucky on a single Chaos and missed the one affix I needed. After playing for so long, I too have my “preferred” affixes on specific bases with certain implicits and if it doesnt “hit” then I just junk it and move on. Willing to bet other players would cry seeing what I shatter after a few minutes of crafting. Only exception to this is saving things for legendaries.
I think its all because I know I will have another chance to try again later so I dont really care if a craft fails - I’ll have more drops soon, and I have sussed out what I think is my optimal way to craft. I will/must admit tho, having played for so long does play into this perception a huge amount. A new player is likely to get frustrated trying to force the issue when the RNGods are playing chess with their souls…
Monolith of Fate In-And-Out: Disagree, the rewards are worthwhile. I’ve never even considered going in-and-out of mono echoes to be a nuisance… Seems fine to me, quick and easy. I like it.
Not Exalted Enough: Disagree, exalteds are plentiful… I get tons and tons, far more than I could ever need… Not sure what issue you’re having with your loot filters, but I have no problem getting exalted. Sounds like a filter issue.
Underpowered Crafting: whites and blues do matter, at low levels… You can craft blues into any yellow you want, essentially … Crafting is super useful and effective on any item rarity.
Lack of Shard Auto-Gather Option: shards are items not currency, therefore no auto-pickup… You’re complaining about QOL in the ARPG with the MOST QOL features of any game in the genre LOL
Resistance Breakpoints: Not really sure what the issue is… Resistances are capped at 75 so that you have to balance the pros and cons of stats, items, and crafting… It’s a constant balance trying to get to 75 resistance (when necessary), while maximizing your other stats too, and not overdoing it on resistances… It makes sense to me, it’s like a minigame for min-maxers, you always want the perfect resistance rolls and mixes, and if you over do it there’s diminishing returns… It’s fun to try and get your stats perfect
The impression I get is it is for a tiny bunch of slot machine addicted masochistic try-hards - perhaps streamers who can justify 10000 hours to make a build vaguely work.
