I wanna start by saying i am a long-time Arpg lover, and gaming is really important to me because I had a rough childhood and rough life currently so gaming was always that ESCAPE from reality you could say for me, helps me keep my mental health tremendously.
I played D2 for more than 12 years and still played it recently with some mods, AND been playing Path of Exile (POE) since closed beta so 7-8 years not even sure.
POE was always my getaway and played it unhealthy amounts you could say.
But slowly played less and less and in this league, I literally forced myself to play it for few weeks.
Wonāt talk about many design decisions and problems that it has, but will say what made me take the decision I need a new main game and take a long pause till POE2 or forever.
For me what makes Arpg a special gender is progression and LOOT.
Loot is unexisting for me in POE atm ,the endgame is farm currency and buy/craft your items.
I realized that playing POE for past years for me was a second JOB , getting money(currency) and buying stuff you need (items).
Thats why IM ASKING how good looting feels in LE as from the streams I watched crafting is a HUGE part of endgame.
I understand that you cannot craft high tier mods but still , does it have that feeling Iām missing since D2 when you drop an insane item .
I wanna farm items not currency so the question I guess it is is how different looting feels compared to POE because Iām not in a good situation financially atm (we have a newborn baby) and being from a 3rd world country 30$ is a lot , like A LOT when we have such a small budget (rent/food/baby stuff etc ) even 5 $ feels a lot.
So I donāt wanna spend money I canāt afford if this isnāt much different from POE .
Sorry for the long topic.
Any genuine help is highly appreciated.
Thank you for your time .
Looting in LE currently feels better than POE. And may I say I think the current system is tilted way in favour of SSF. But bear in mind LE is still in beta and doesnāt even have a trading system yet so things can change down the road.
Sadly no , I think its a EU steam thing.
I did check many times if it was on steam offer, seems never was never be till after release.
And not having a trading system yet.Donāt think trade will change much the core gameplay/feel of a good loot system.
Keep in mind I wouldnāt dislike so much buying upgrades if it comes from me selling loot i found.
More on point is the saying " Best items should DROP not being crafted "
is what Iām looking for.
Crafting should always be a side thing making some decent drops āworkā but never liked crafting being the only way to get best upgrades.
When that happens what is the point in picking up items .
Yeah I understand that part but was watching some stream and some people said
that an item to have all mods tier 6-7 is impossible (due to super low chances )
At that point a crafted item even if its 80-90% of a perfect item is still MOST used.
I think POE had this problem even before influence/double influence items (this totally killed items in POE as they cannot drop double influence)
People were multimoding items even if it costed a lot and mods range lower than natural drop AKA LE system because the chances to get a better item is close to 0.
Than again depends on the weightings of the mods that I have no clue about or people are exaggerating about the chances to get a 4 tier 7 item .
Iām 800h into the game and I live in a third world country so for me I have zero problems recommending the game at $30. In fact, I am enjoying it so much I feel a little guilty at not paying the devs moreā¦
Two things that are somewhat related that I would have to mention tho:
The game is Beta so there is LOTS changing and being added and tested and removedā¦ If you dont like playing a game that can change and mess up a build or require you to rework your character then I wouldnt recommend buying LE right now. I would wait to launchā¦ If you have no problem with beta and change, then great.
What kind of hardware are you using? What is your system spec? LE is in beta so its not very well optimised yet so it can have performance issues & performance related instabilityā¦ Check the system requirements on the support website - if your system is around the recommended spec or faster then you will be fineā¦ Minimim spec is no funā¦
They are decent I would say bought it new like 2 years ago when life was great .
And yeah 30$ didnāt used to be a lot for me as well but things changed a lot for me when my wife was pregnant and the firm she was working for didnāt renew her contract just so they donāt have to pay her when she takes that 1 year off for baby .
Will never understand how we evolved to be this hearthless, we humans are just a plague to this once beautiful planet .
Anyway from what Iāve seen and heard is only positives for Last Epoch just wasnāt sure about loot system.
Will see how I can manage my budget and decide if I can really purchase it atm if not then in the future.
Posted this because Iām in that weird Gameless state if you know what I mean.
Will try feeding my thoughts reading some forum posts if I will not be able to purcase it.
If you want to really find out about the game here are arguably the best places to go - they obviously have not yet been updated with the huge 0.8.2 content patch that dropped yesterday but they are wonderful resources to understand the game.
UPDATE : Just purchased the game and installing .
Might give it a first try later when baby will fall asleep.
I have huge hopes for this game ,will try to post a first impression after i play a bit end game , with my 1-2 h daily free time atm might take a while .
Pls do so as I would be interested in an opinion from a long time arpg Veteran. What do you think is better compared to other arpgs what do you think could be improved.
Before I forget, welcome to the community.
Hi @Kshu , thank you for your support and welcome to the community. The team and I will continue to provide you content for a long time to come and I hope you get enough entertainment that itās worth the price. See you in game!
Welcome buddy! Happy to hear youāve decided to buy the game. Please post back with your initial impressions when you get a chance. I did a lot of research before buying but still wasnāt quite sure how it would āfeelā to play but am honestly having the most fun Iāve had in a game in many years. Take care and be well.
Wasnt my intention by any means to say that LE isnāt worth 30$ or buying in general.
It was in my future plans to purchase it/try it eventually but i had an uncertainty IF
I should purchase it NOW as my family budget is super tight.
Self-thought english so expressing exactly my thoughts always felt a bit hard ,
happened many times to be misinterpreted just wanted to make myself clear now
why I made this post in the first place.
Reading a bit I realized maybe was a bit too personal but its done now so I donāt regret it.
Maybe i was a bit to emotional when I wrote it , I usually tend to be .
Welcome aboard friend!! i dont think you have to worry about that, you are not the only one that is not native, i am not either, i hope you enjoy the game
Well, feeling the same as you, game for me was quite expensive, but i do not regret it. The game has more style like D2 where the mobs are little harder but the maps has less density. Trying to compare, in LE you kill 50mobs, while in POE you kill 200. But the rewards from LE are more certain. While Poe has 300000000 base itens, where 95% are crap. LE even the crappy item has some uses for disenchant.
I play POE every league for 1-2month just to get all content done and around 30 challenges, after thsy i come in to LE. This game is going to be awesome, the creators are working with the community.
So if you can, save little money everyday and buy the game, you can save until the game releases.
Should you buy the game : Yes, of you enjoy a good ARPG
Look if you have the cash and are a gamer support this one. It is very solid. Will it meet all your demands, probably not. I have issues with it but those are minor ones I dont even discuss.
I have wasted money on Star Citizen and dont regret it. I pulled out years ago when to many promises were broken. Sucks but that is the rub. I also have put alot into PoE and dont regret it even if it is on the downward trend for me personally.
If you dont have the spare cash dont spend it. Family first. Bills. Etc.
Is the game worth it. So far yes. And from what I have seen it isnt the same ballpark as Star Citizen still is (imho). And the community is solid.
