Feedback Request: Tempest League

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Chris wrote:

I worked closely on the Tempest League (with our designer Dan) and have been looking for feedback!

Are the Tempests impactful?
Are they scary?
Do the ones that affect items feel rewarding?
Are they better at higher or lower levels?
Do people share information about what Tempests are running right now?
Did you play Tempest because you thought it was more interesting than Warbands?
Did you play Warbands when you normally would have played Tempest?

Tempests just seem annoying, managed to ignore them up until maps then got 1shot by an echoing tempest because of my own mistake.

They don't seem rewarding or fun, played up to level 67 then died and now I have no motivation to play Tempests again, might consider Warbands in a few days, but will see.

Played Tempest because I always play HC temp.

The main problem for me it seems is that either Tempests are unnoticeable or they create annoyances.

Pretty disappointed in the league.

Are the Tempests impactful?
They can be; Mostly during progression. It doesn't feel impactful in a good way though..

Are they scary?
Again, pretty much only during progression. Most of the mods are more annoying than scary or rewarding.
( Vaal skellies during maps is just about one of the most annoying things I've ever experienced )

Do the ones that affect items feel rewarding?
Personally havn't encountered this one yet, so I couldn't say.

Are they better at higher or lower levels?
They feel a lot more impactful during early game, late game they're just tedious.

Do people share information about what Tempests are running right now?
Not to my experience.

Did you play Tempest because you thought it was more interesting than Warbands?
No, I find the idea of Warbands a lot more interesting. Softcore just doesn't appeal to me, unfortunately.

Did you play Warbands when you normally would have played Tempest?
No, but I was strongly considering it when league information was released.

So my experience for playing tempese is I FEEL PUNISHED FOR PLAYING YOUR GAME. One of the most infuriating tempests are the ones that freeze you because they stack on you and proceed to chain freeze you. Others are poison on hit damage is stupid big, and summoning minions...

Are the Tempests impactful?

the chaos damage is too high, especially when combined with added damage
Are they scary?
i not afraid, but i don't do the areas cause their is no point
Do the ones that affect items feel rewarding?
nope
Are they better at higher or lower levels?
meh
Do people share information about what Tempests are running right now?
maybe
Did you play Tempest because you thought it was more interesting than Warbands?
nope
Did you play Warbands when you normally would have played Tempest?
no

Are they scary?
Only scary thing is that it can spawn near entrances and waypoints, yesterday i had "???"tempest on map which spawned flame totems and flame golems... this might be lethal for players with slower PC (when 30sec immortal state expires)

i think its the best designed league u made so far :)

Are the Tempests impactful?
- The mods are situationally impactful.

Are they scary?
- DPS boosting mods are very scary. Survivability mods are a breeze.

Do the ones that affect items feel rewarding?
- No, they don't. Auto-reanimated Weapons are very annoying and the currency mod is the opposite of rewarding, because you don't get rare items anymore.

Are they better at higher or lower levels?
- Higher levels, because they are happening more often. Sometimes too often.

Do people share information about what Tempests are running right now?
- Not on the global chat. They are starting to share information about map tempests.

Did you play Tempest because you thought it was more interesting than Warbands?
- I like the concept of Warbands more. But I don't have fun on softcore and started with HC right away.

Did you play Warbands when you normally would have played Tempest?
- No.

Are the Tempests impactful?
- I ignore them most of the time. Some of them do make me go "ah, gotta be careful with this one I guess". If anything, they're just annoying. So many things going on, so much stuff you have to dodge now. There's a point when it becomes too much, and this is definitely too much.

Are they scary?
- No. Only a few that I've encountered scare me a little, but mostly they are just annoying.

Do the ones that affect items feel rewarding?
- No.

Are they better at higher or lower levels?
- I like them more at higher levels because they seem to have more of an impact. But, even then, I still mostly ignore them.

Do people share information about what Tempests are running right now?
- Not that I've noticed. I would forget anyway if people did tell me, unless I am about to join that specific zone at that exact moment.

Did you play Tempest because you thought it was more interesting than Warbands?
- No, I play it because it's the HC league.

Did you play Warbands when you normally would have played Tempest?
- No, but warbands sounds so much cooler than Tempest. Warbands would be awesome on HC.

Are the Tempests impactful?
Most of the time no, they are just in the background and i just pretty much avoid them, and other times, if your dealing with a very large pack, it can be near impossible to stop running and cast anything cause they all have the buff.
Are they scary?
with the above case yes, otherwise they are just annoying.
Do the ones that affect items feel rewarding?
have only encountered the one that makes them drop the vendor cost
and that was just annoying
Are they better at higher or lower levels?
have not got past a1 yet =[

Did you play Tempest because you thought it was more interesting than Warbands?
no i thought warbands was more interesting but i really do not like the std league
Did you play Warbands when you normally would have played Tempest?
i do with my friends but solo i play tempest

Are the Tempests impactful? No. Early game they feel like they don't change anything and the duration is too low.
Are they scary? No.
Do the ones that affect items feel rewarding? Yes but they should appear more often but there could be more risk involved.
Are they better at higher or lower levels? Higher. Lower levels feel like standard league.
Do people share information about what Tempests are running right now? Not often.
Did you play Tempest because you thought it was more interesting than Warbands? Yes but i switched back to Warbands because i don't like hardcore and Warbands felt more interesting because of difficult enemies and new unique items.
Did you play Warbands when you normally would have played Tempest? I planned on playing Warbands from start.

Are the Tempests impactful?
Yes! In the sense that you're mostly trying to avoid them and switch to other areas. Sometimes they inhibit act-progression too.

Are they scary?
Sometimes. DPS Mods + Ice Tempest are scary as hell. Defensive ones? No problem at all.

Do the ones that affect items feel rewarding?
Have only encountered the Transmogrifying Tempest (please change the name!!). I like the idea, however the mechanic is utterly frustrating. Avoid at all cost!

Are they better at higher or lower levels?
If by better you men less frustrating... it's the lower levels. Because you can mostly ignore them and skip through zones rather quick.

Do people share information about what Tempests are running right now?
No. Not to my knowledge.

Did you play Tempest because you thought it was more interesting than Warbands?
I play Tempest because I love the HC-environment. If I had the choice to play Warbands in a HC-setting i would immediatly switch!

Here is what I think could help Tempest:

1. make it easier to understand what a tempest actually does (some kind of tooltip?)

2. give each Tempest a STRONG positive and a STRONG negative effect (300% increased ratity at the cost of high-damage lightning striking everywhere)

3. make tempest-circles spawn less often but give their buff effect a way longer duration (30 to 60 seconds? make it worthwhile getting the buff, even if it gets you in dangerous positions. make players play strategically to keep monsters away from those buffs!)