Why have you stopped playing?

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estu87 wrote:

getting bored and the loot is worse than d3.

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Denezen wrote:

I currently am still playing on and off, but I'm going to stop soon. Here are my reasons.

- Game gets boring after continuously running through same content with different characters. Levels 1-30 get painful after creating numerous toons.

- Too life dependent if you wish to get far, causing many builds to be similar.

- Too gear dependent if you wish to get far, causing many builds to utilize same gear / stats on gear.

- Desync desync desync. Would love to play HC league but can't be bothered to knowing at some point at some level, I will wind up in the middle of a mob out of nowhere getting killed with no chance to rescue myself. And I will NOT Alt-F4 like a bitch just because its a "viable strategy".. I'm not a child, I will take my death like a man.. just not when its because of poor netcode.

- Low Drop rate of orbs = making crafting unviable unless you RMT or happen to find a .000001% amazing drop which you can turn around and trade. It also serves to make orbs the "currency" that this game is supposed to not use, remember?

- Even IF you were to gain crafting materials, the RNG will fuck you constantly, making crafting a frustrating endeavor more times than not. Even just getting the right colors on a 4l can sometimes take a full stack of chromes.. this is not even unfair, its just plain stupid.

- Most drops in the game are only vendor-worthy.. takes an immense amount of time and luck to find anything of significant value, and even then the chances are very high that it will not be viable to use with the build you are currently working on.

- End game map system, though interesting as far as concept, is a broken system. Players cannot sustain map pools and are forced to grind the same content as they have for days/weeks to even get to maps and find initial maps. Also, maps do not have any buff to item drops keeping drop rates poor even WITH quantity/quality.. I've read enough and seen enough to know that even with high MF, you can still get absolutely nothing AND after spending tons of orbs/chisels..

- Low end items can still drop in very high level areas. Thanks for the ilvl 75 club with 10-22 physical damage.

- Some mechanics in game are beyond annoying such as lightning thorns and reflect

- many skills in the game are useless. Many uniques in this game are useless. Many mods that can be rolled on gear are useless.

- Skills and builds constantly getting nerfed at random points in time yet content stays the same = balance is a moving target and always seems off

- probability of finding direct upgrades for your gear thoughout the life of a character is way way too low = not rewarding to find your own items.

- trade is pushed far too much leading to crazy prices set by users on gear, making much of the gain unattainable or "gated" from large percentage of player-base.

- GGG seems to put more onus on creating new content and nerfing existing content as opposed to fixing core mechanics within the game (Trade, Desync, Difficulty Scaling)

- Scaling between Act 3 and Act 3.5 is totally out of whack - you go run Piety easily only to head to scepter of god and almost get three-shot.. what in the fuck..

- have to deal with many people to trade, many of whom are greedy as could be and generally unfriendly.. although some are helpful, reading bitching and elitism on the forums is pathetic and not inviting, especially to new players

- in order to achieve anything a player is required to donate way too much of their time and GGG doesn't appear to be interested to create separate leagues to accommodate more casual players, which the vast majority are..



I could go on, but I think I made my point. This is not to say that I haven't had fun with this game.. I think GGG have done a great job with many fascets of the game, and the fact that its free is great.. but that is not enough IMO to save it from its shortcomings.

Many players who love the game and support it will stand by it no matter what.. that is their prerogative.. but to turn a blind eye to all of the problems and challenges this game has is unfair to the playerbase and also to GGG.

People will come and go, but I doubt this game will ever reach its true potential after its extended Closed and Open Beta phase already passed, and large number of players who have already played themselves out of this game.
Other games are coming along now that will match and surpass what this game has to offer, and it will be a steady decline to where only hardcore streamers and traders and botters will bother with this game. This to me is the greatest shame of what has had the makings to be a top tier game.

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Charan wrote:

I usually take a 1-2 day playing** break if a beloved character hits a wall.

No, not if. When.

Then I look at the Skilldrasil and find something else I want to try.

Rinse and repeat.

The important thing is I always enjoy the bits before the wall, even though I know it's waiting for my head sooner or later.

Hypothetically, there is one thing GGG could do, or rather not do, that would have me quit entirely. I won't say what it is or when I want it done by because that'd be blackmail, and I'm not into that. I've pushed it with them repeatedly, so we'll see. I have my own internal deadline for when it should be addressed, after which point I will quit until it is addressed. I hope this is also When, not If.




** I sort of run a fairly large guild, so I've been known to just sit in guild chat some days.

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Denezen wrote:

- Skills and builds constantly getting nerfed at random points in time yet content stays the same = balance is a moving target and always seems off

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Denezen wrote:

- Skills and builds constantly getting nerfed at random points in time yet content stays the same = balance is a moving target and always seems off