What We're Working On

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING DOING???

Man played this game since CB. What a disappointment. Sadly the last time I had fun was Harvest. When I could actually make a build and a guide with success for the first time. But it was a fun Ice Crash build with Axes so GGG nerfed it the next league with all of melee. Which hasnt been fun since. Honestly not sure where the fun went. Dumping money into other games now.

This is awesome, really appreciate the prompt response and context showing that you were actually listening to your player base.

I really love the changes with the loot and archnemesis this league : i never had that much blue flask in a random tab and i also saved 60$.

A little bit more has to be done but its a first step.

If less more relevant items is the goal why not compensate with base item quality for the loss of base item quantity. People were using quantity for extra tries in the quality lottery anyways.

What we have now is unfortunately less items without adequate compensation.
You said it yourself. "Partially compensates for less Rare monsters."

I'm having fun so far but I already anticipate problems down the line.

1. Less drops is a big problem as long as it means less meaningful drops.

2. Minion survivability doesn't seem to be in a good spot. (see Ghazzy)

3. I still hope that Exalted Orbs won't be 10-20c in the end. If people slamming isn't a big enough sink maybe consider adding a new Ex-Sink.

4. Maybe rethink some of the removed harvest "filler" crafts too.

You guys should really consider not implementing such experimental changes with a new league start. Maybe in form of a 2 weeks event at the end of the league. People could opt in testing new stuff. A larger sample size really makes the difference and could help prevent situations like this.

This thread really blew up. It makes me happy. l2p, GGG, and stop watching streamers whose job is to play this ...

P.S. If you were doing similar level of work in design/testing in comparison to moderating this thread you wouldn't have to moderate it.

I only got a orb of chance from Kalandra currency box and I thought I was unlucky.
And what a posiive feedback we get after defeating those fk tanky havest monsters and get 0 lifeforce! I really regret buying the support pack this league now.

Quote: Is this an out of season april fool's joke?

But seriously now. Is it? Cause it much feels like it.

How boring and small

I never thought I might see the day, but this might actually be it. After 4000 hours in the game I might be done. I fully understand your wish to change certain aspects of loot drops. Having thousands of drops and only 1% of them is in any way relevant can not be the way. I don't think anybody argued against this. But you have to see, that these changes drove away some of your most loyal players.
There have been divisive decisions in the past, no question about it. But most of them were somewhat reasonable and did not impact the game in too much of a negative way. There have also been a ton of positive improvements over the years. Especially in recent leagues the quality of life upgrades were very much appreciated.

Now I am really not the person to run to the forums, reddit, twitter, grab a pitchfork and join the mob over every single problem. In fact, I don't think I have ever officially complained about anything in any of these channels at all. Surely this tells something about the quality of product you have been producing. The fact that I have been playing for 8 years should tell you as much. But these quantitiy changes could actually destroy what you have built. They are driving away many dedicated players such as myself and even forced the hand of some pillars of the community in content creation. I can not stand to see this game I love become "that game I played in the past". But for me there is simply no more reason to play. The fact that this change was not even reflected in the patch notes adds insult to injury.

I genuinely hope that people can keep enjoying this beautiful game and you keep working on one of the greates games on the market. But at least for now, I can not enjoy this anymore. I wish you the best of luck!