Legion timer is WAY too short

Anyone else feel like the timer for when you start a legion encounter is impossibly short? I feel like I'm just scattering around half the time hoping I actually find an icon... I think another +10 seconds at the least to the timer would be much better. Speaking of, wtf is with GGG and these timers anyways? Shit's so annoying. Can I just play the fking game lmao?

It is too short if you're playing solo without certain "mass killing" skills, that's for sure.
Legion is a league where party playing makes sense because with at least 2 people you have a much better chance to find and break out the most rewarding items/bosses. Three would probably be best (one starts the monolith, the others wait further away in opposite directions).

And honestly, a minion based character like you have is probably one of the worst choices for this league. I wanted to do a summoner myself but then switched to ED/Cont trickster because of how the Legion mechanics work.

Maybe next league...

Get better/get better gear.

Timer is okay. Legion wasn't intended to guarantee unlocking all of the monsters using slow builds.

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DivineChampion wrote:

Timer is okay. Legion wasn't intended to guarantee unlocking all of the monsters using slow builds.

Something like that, if they promised a melee rework and didn't deliver it's a bit unrealistic to expect a league that doesn't screw up slow builds, which there was no mention of.

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Johny_Snow wrote:

Get better/get better gear.

Brain dead comment #1. What does gear have to do with moving fast LOL!? I have insanely fast movement speed with whirling blades.

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DivineChampion wrote:

Timer is okay. Legion wasn't intended to guarantee unlocking all of the monsters using slow builds.

Yeah so half the maps having terrible places for the icon mobs to spawn is GOOD CONTENT. Yeah ok guy.

You actually made me check your build. You are a summoner, there is no way for a summoner to cover ground as quickly as the rest, maybe with spectres?

Am I crazy, or does the timer for Monoliths actually get shorter as you reach higher level areas? Might just be a perception thing though...

Unfortunately, the development team fully supports their "faster builds are better" philosophy.
While this game potentially has a ginormous amount of build diversity, GGG is okay with players being pretty much locked out of content for not creating faster characters.

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IllustrativeCapital wrote:

Am I crazy, or does the timer for Monoliths actually get shorter as you reach higher level areas? Might just be a perception thing though...

Unfortunately, the development team fully supports their "faster builds are better" philosophy.
While this game potentially has a ginormous amount of build diversity, GGG is okay with players being pretty much locked out of content for not creating faster characters.

It definitely at least feels shorter, though it's hard to tell as it could be just the stuttering caused by clearing more

At least with the build I'm using (cyclone based), I find it best to not worry about the icons. Just plow though with the goal of just activating the maximum. The only minor exception is perhaps spending an extra fraction of a second on a valuable target if it didn't become unlocked.