Hi,
I’m fairly new to LE, but I have played a lot of PoE (among other ARPGs). I like LE but the thing that really kills my motivation are monolith runs that don’t reward anything. Sure, as long as you are not max level, you always get some xp. But now that I have a basic item setup ready, crafting upgrades is heavy RNG. That’s fine, after all RNG is part of the ARPG formula. The real issue for me are blessings. My last 3 monolith runs didn’t give me anything, because I got unlucky with blessings and crafting.
That is a very frustrating experience. Don’t get me wrong, I like this game, but if I don’t get any lasting reward (not counting that the game itself is fun) for the time I put into a game, I get very demotivated. One of the things that PoE does great is that you always have some progress. Even if you don’t get the items that you farm for, you still get at least some currency that you can trade for the items that you want.
I know trade will be implement at some point in the future. I would also be fine if this game would not have any trade option, but if you have to farm everything yourself, every hour spent in the game should give some kind of progress, otherwise I lose interest.
One option that I read in other threads could be to give the blessing that you have active a small boost if you don’t pick a new one. That way you would get something out of a run, even if crafting RNG is not with you.