Please not another monster spawning mid-map league

I am as many as you are very excited for a new league especially since I have skipped ultimatum and I am hoping that this league would introduce something new rather than yet another mechanic mid-map.

I am hoping to see a new league more like Delve (and dare I say Synthesis) than Ultimatum and Ritual. Ultimatum did one thing very well, which it introduced an awesome new unique that I am hoping TO try next league but knowing GGG, they will probably nerf it to the ground rather than introduce new powerful chase items.

At any rate cannot wait for the announcement!.

What are some mechanics that we haven't seen yet, which would make an interesting league?

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Grimreapin wrote:

What are some mechanics that we haven't seen yet, which would make an interesting league?

Historically, GGG has taken inspiration from other game genres. We could get some sort of board game/puzzle mechanic, or city builder, or vehicle driving/racing, or card game (syndicate hardly counts), or beast raising/fighting, or rhythm game. Anything, really, as long as it involves killing monsters somehow.

I liked synthesis in theory, although my characters were bad that league. Just needed a teensie bit of simplification.

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Grimreapin wrote:

What are some mechanics that we haven't seen yet, which would make an interesting league?

Tbh we don't really need to reinvent the wheel.

All we need is a thematic league that has its own type of maps, areas, bosses and monsters that are not just lazy asset-reuse.

sprinkle in a bit of new art, music, boss fights and unique items that enable some novel builds and there we have it, a successfull league.

Warband+invasion would be nice

Like I think some expedition league would be superb. Like you drop some expedition item and then use it - the series of maps will be then available to go through as part of the expedition with some end boss. :-)

I would love for not another league like ritual, ultimatum, breach and so on. But lets face it, is much easier to make you run in circles than really think of new mechanics, and GGG is known to be lazy, so they will go with the lazy boring route again over and over.

This, for the sake of folks on a hardware budget that doesn't put NASA to shame.

It would be nice if they could make the grinding through the ACTS a bit more interesting rather than the same ole same ole. No wonder everyone ignores the lore ... it is old and boring and we've memorized it to death.

They got so much freaking content it blows your mind ... and some of it you have to wait until maps. Why can't they just spend the time to integrate this shit and make it more interesting to go through the story with a spotting of really cool side quests.

Granted we like to kill monster mobs ... but why not upgrade some of the story, some of the rewards, some of the gems. Does ANYONE even use the gems given at the very beginning? Why do they choose what we start on the beach with anyway.

Maybe add a couple of new character types ...

Something other than the same old thing they been doing for the past 2 years.

Something fresh will be real nice, after this disaster...., but we already got warned it will be another game balance league, so expect another nerfesto.

Maps are really nice now, if you look past the killing of Harvest and Delirium. The passives is a really nice touch, but probably too deterministic, so will probably also get killed.

We had two identical leagues now, that required clearing mobs in specific area, so next league will likely be a zoom-zoom mechanic, where you have to clear something within time limit, like Delirium and Incursion.

The theme would be hard to guess...there haven't been much trending over the last couple months.... Maybe a Viral containment theme ? Virus spread in area, and you have to stop the spread before time runs out... ?