EPTHarbingers are very low stakes compared to that.
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Pwere
Canada1557 Posts
Harbingers are very low stakes compared to that. | ||
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r.Evo
Germany14080 Posts
On August 20 2017 01:37 Duka08 wrote: As a new player, what makes a league really engaging? Or what were some of the best in the past? The Harbingers are pretty dull I agree, but I figured they kept it pretty basic so that people could focus on experiencing 3.0 or something. I'm sure a lot of the gameplay features that are new to me were actually league ideas in the past that got rolled into the full game. I'd say most people fall into two categories, those who enjoy 'free loot' (Perandus, Legacy) and those who like invasive mechanics (Invasion, Beyond). Breach was special in that it nailed both of these pretty well. Essence was cool because of the crafting mostly. Harbinger feels a bit like Talisman to me which so far was the worst league in my opinion - the content is not really engaging, it's best value to skip it and it's not scary/dangerous at all. The good news is that there were almost 2 years of all in all decent leagues inbetween these two so it's not really something that happens all the time. I'm mostly bummed out that not even the challenge rewards look good. Hell, even the supporter packs feel more lame than usual with the exception of the Tiger. ;; | ||
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bo1b
Australia12814 Posts
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Lachrymose
Australia1928 Posts
Also, the Harbinger itself is worth on average ~0.5c and the monsters it spawns can drop items as normal - including maps. There's no way skipping them is correct unless you kill the packs so slowly you can't force the Harbinger to chain cast the summon. Their main problem isn't that stuff. It's that they're not fun. | ||
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
If you ask me Harbinger is a mid quality league in comparison to what we have seen before. Which is fine to me considering what 3.0 added, GGG had its hands full with other stuff which they didn't manage to fully complete either. Next league will hopefully be more exciting again for Endgame, and as far as I remember they said it's when they wanna mix up the Atlas so I'm sure it will be better. | ||
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
That was the most rippy league we´ve ever had. | ||
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bo1b
Australia12814 Posts
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Rococo
United States331 Posts
On August 20 2017 16:17 HolydaKing wrote: Torment was super dull if you weren't abusing with reverse knockback Cycloner. I thought people didn't start doing that until later with Torment as a map mod. Anyway with ghosts having been an evergreen mechanic for so long and also the drops getting nerfed pretty hard, Torment seems duller than it was. But it was and is a strong mechanic (hence being evergreened). Shepherding a ghost into a boss is always the highlight of my play session when it happens. I love mechanics that can interact with each other in unpredictable ways. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
also, is it me or are breaches like stupid rare? im at level 80 and have seen two total. | ||
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Glacierz
United States1245 Posts
I've been saving up for a Kaom's, only to see the price go up by 10c every other day... | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
90c isn't nothing to me unfortunately Also I constantly run into breaches. Easily at least 10. I think I've died instantly to every single one but 2,and one of those someone else was tanking for me. | ||
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Glacierz
United States1245 Posts
As a complete noob to this game, I found the quickest way to make chaos is by doing the un-identified chaos recipe that yields 2 per set. With this method I can reliably farm up about 30c a night speed running yellow maps. I've been wasting chance orbs on glorious plate before looking up the odds, it is a huge waste of time/resources lol | ||
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Glacierz
United States1245 Posts
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
not saying i want reversion to that, but i do miss them for some things I'm of the opinion that GGG have a good grasp on what would happen to their game if they implemented a frictionless auction house and that the ease of gear acquisition from an auction house would have undesirable consequences. | ||
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Glacierz
United States1245 Posts
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
Turning it into a fully functional auction house requires acceptance of what that does to the market and game in general, which GGG will not do. They already believe that the gap between trading and non-trading players is too large in terms of character power level and are more likely to attempt ways to weaken trading than easing it. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On August 22 2017 02:39 WaveofShadow wrote: 'cheap' 90c isn't nothing to me unfortunately Also I constantly run into breaches. Easily at least 10. I think I've died instantly to every single one but 2,and one of those someone else was tanking for me. Both of my builds had no problems with breaches up go t10 (highest maps that I got to run so far). Now I am leveling my 3rd one, sunder character with VP.. I doubt that one will have any problems as well :D | ||
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EchelonTee
United States5260 Posts
![[image loading]](https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/868486767907313587/C8447346A6EFAFCCCFE75DCEC99AA28ADC1DEC29/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:576&composite-to%3D%2A%2C%2A%7C1024%3A576&background-color=black) my first ever ! took longer than it should've because card supply was so low - I bought every one that went for sale the past week btw I agree with holydaking. it's not an amazing league but fighting the harbs is mildly fun. the endgame map is fun too (but they nerfed the drops... why..?) I also really, really like annulment orbs, harb orbs, and horizon orbs. You have to include them as part of the expansion and I think they add a lot | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
This game is really, really not beginner friendly for someone who usually plays racing games "competitively", and the rest just more or less casually. But, i managed decent so far (i think), lvl 37 or something, just finished my first Labyrinth (only took me like 2.5 hours oO), enjoying the game. Also, gonna buy essence/quad/currency tab. Especially currency in a normal bank tab drives me mad, so much shit everywhere (since i collect everything, no idea what's coming in handy at what point, if ever). Also made my first "big" mistake already, chose the wrong bandit and now have to somehow farm 20 orbs of rugrats, that'll be fun. ^^ Just now trying to set up a decent loot filter (Greengroove/leveling, any good?). Pretty chill actually, the game. Liking it now, trying to slowly edge into it. | ||
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