So Abyss looks rather boring ... what to do...

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Elua wrote:

Thanks gods no new fragments. My wrist is still broken.

Jokes on you, Abyss jewels will require 78 fragments that will need to be assembled in a quad tab ala jigsaw puzzle.

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innervation wrote:

I think you should base your 3 month decision on a 5 second video, yeah.

So much this. However I was going to say initially that this entitled generation I can’t wait for it to go.

[/edit deleted most of my post because entitled people always have reasons, that have no basis in logic]

What concerns me most is this thread being made before even playing the content.

I actually think it looks pretty good and I am definitely hyped for this league and expansion. Guess it's just a matter of personal taste.

What? We are just ending Garbinger league and the next one is not a major patch so the challenge league should be better than Harbinger which shouldn't be hard for GGG to do. I guess GGG can't win for losing. Let's wait until we play before denouncing the Abyss challenge league. Last year Breach was bad for me and I skipped it because it killed my frame rate (breaches still do today) every single time I opened one. Damn, I even put up a feedback post with full screen shots documenting in detail showing when the Breach symbol was not displayed on the mini-map I had 60 fps and when it was in the mini-map the frame rate plummeted to 7 fps. Just the god damn symbol did that so something was seriously wrong in the server simulation (server latency skyrocketed so of course fps crashed) and as expected GGG was mute (all I heard was crickets chirping) about performance problems (most likely because they know this and have no solution to fix it... can't convert to a commercial game engine at this late date... would cost too much and take too long) then and now. If Abyss turns out to be the same as Breach then I'll be skipping it also. But at least I will give it a try before writing it off.

I give it a try, then if you dont like it take a break

taking a break from a game ant then coming back can make you appreciate it more

How does it look worse than breach it looks just like breach.

with a new shaper, 4 new guardians, the whole shaper v elder mechanics in the maps, over 30 new maps, an entire shuffle of the map tiers, a whole new element of items to grind for that open up more diversity within builds in terms of skill use than we have seen since open beta launch... Ive not even talked about abyss, thats all on top of abyss.

The thing with the game, when you boil down the beyonds, the bloodlines, the breaches, the fatman, ultimately the core is we are playing maps, farming bosses, finding items. When those mechanics change it makes so much more difference than having tormented spirits or lockboxes etc.

I feel like this has the new stuff to do that atlas had with the new ways to play it that ascendancy had, and then we get the abyss goblins on top. Whats not to like? Im hyped, in fact this might be the first league I play properly since ambush or before. I might even make a proper character, push deep endgame, stick around till the last day, the full shebang, not just a 1 month shopping trip which is my normal league involvement.

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

with a new shaper, 4 new guardians, the whole shaper v elder mechanics in the maps, over 30 new maps, an entire shuffle of the map tiers, a whole new element of items to grind for that open up more diversity within builds in terms of skill use than we have seen since open beta launch... Ive not even talked about abyss, thats all on top of abyss.

The thing with the game, when you boil down the beyonds, the bloodlines, the breaches, the fatman, ultimately the core is we are playing maps, farming bosses, finding items. When those mechanics change it makes so much more difference than having tormented spirits or lockboxes etc.

I feel like this has the new stuff to do that atlas had with the new ways to play it that ascendancy had, and then we get the abyss goblins on top. Whats not to like? Im hyped, in fact this might be the first league I play properly since ambush or before. I might even make a proper character, push deep endgame, stick around till the last day, the full shebang, not just a 1 month shopping trip which is my normal league involvement.

The addition of new maps and changes to the atlas doesn't solve the core problem with the atlas though, people will still cycle massive spider forest or like ones specifically do to how linear they are and the divination cards..

Why are people giving this thread their attention? Some random thinks it's going to be boring. So? Let him. Move on.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Why are people giving this thread their attention? Some random thinks it's going to be boring. So? Let him. Move on.

Well, I think it's going to be boring too. Harbinger was boring, and this is the same concept, only mobs raising from the ground instead of entering from another realm. Same mechanic from what's advertised.

But it's still a challenge league, so I'll still most likely play it.

Still, I agree that withholding judgement until we actually play it is probably the better course of action.