Alright, Resolve is not as bad...Update 2

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Walkiry wrote:

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SunL4D2 wrote:

Do you like Lab? Well, Sanctum is basically Lab.

I love lab. I also know I'm probably alone in this, which I understand, but I do. I like the theme, I like the idea of side areas with traps and hidden rooms and I don't mind the traps. I'm not even good at speedrunning it, I just run it.

I also know it's not particularly rewarding compared to other stuff. I still like it.

Sanctum sounds nothing like the Lab.

Nothing.

You know what it sounds like? Sounds like Blight. GGG went "hey, let's turn the game into tower defense!", and it was terrible (if you think it's ok or nice now, you should've seen it at release).

"Let's make a roguelike!" they're saying this time.

Better brace for impact.

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Turtledove wrote:

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Walkiry wrote:

I love lab. I also know I'm probably alone in this, which I understand, but I do. I like the theme, I like the idea of side areas with traps and hidden rooms and I don't mind the traps. I'm not even good at speedrunning it, I just run it.

You're definitely not alone. Many like lab. I hate it myself but wish I liked it because I have to run it for each PoE character I create.

I just hate all those platform video games. I admit I played the frog crossing the busy street a few times but don't like that game either. The trap gauntlets in lab are just not fun to me. Some traps sprinkled around when fighting monsters is okay because I'm focused on the ARPG gameplay, kill-monsters-get-loot. Which I consider great fun.

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RitualMurder wrote:

but really who are you kidding
you will no life this league like you do every other league and go 40/40 then complain after you brag about being 40/40 again

I just dont play when its not fun now

you need to expand your gaming son

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Niteglys wrote:

Archnemesis was the beta test for new rare monster mods.
Scourge was the beta test for beyond art.
Sanctum is the beta test for lab 2.0?

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SunL4D2 wrote:

No, resolve is just unnecessary layer of annoyance. Rogue-like never have anything like that. They are always about RNG, buffs, learning boss mechanics and surviving. Problem is death is meaningful part of gameplay in Rogue-likes, you are meant to die over and over again. Having to balance it for HC Leagues serves as huge detriment here.

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leto2626 wrote:

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SunL4D2 wrote:

No, resolve is just unnecessary layer of annoyance. Rogue-like never have anything like that. They are always about RNG, buffs, learning boss mechanics and surviving. Problem is death is meaningful part of gameplay in Rogue-likes, you are meant to die over and over again. Having to balance it for HC Leagues serves as huge detriment here.

Ever played Darkest Dungeon? Resolve is basically like the stress mechanic in that game. Pretty sure there are more games using something similar.

Anyways I just feel there is a breed of people like you complaining everywhere before they even had a chance to test something out. Honestly this is not doing yourself any good looking at things like that all the time. Not even mentioning how contagious that current age mentality is. I'm not the most optimistic person in the world either, but man try have fun, let things be what they are or do something else.
I do hate labyrinth since day one, and my initial reaction was also this looks like a new labyrinth, but not everything has to be the way exactly like I want in life. If I hate the mechanic that just means I go back to permanent SSF or go try ruthless, but it could well be a lot of fun and then I play the league. No need to take away my own fun just be looking through depressive glasses at future things that I have no clue about how it will feel.

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The_Impeacher wrote:

Thank goodness Ruthless exists.

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sea_serpent wrote:

I love lab!

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SerialF wrote:

it cant be like lab, unless 1 floor is as long as a full lab wich i highly doubt.