New player curiosity: I don't understand the hype of this game, early experience is awful so far
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WTF is this early game "experience?" Where are the tutorials going in depth on each class of character and playstyles? Where are the tutorials on item sets and effects? Where are the missions based around getting you to try out new character types or playstyles and rewarding you with basic XP, in-game currency, and even starter characters? So far the only rewards I've received while playing are granted on level up, in which I've gotten my only source of in-game currency plus two characters for free that I just chose at random out of a line-up of three, like who the fuck is
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? There was no "test this character out" option, I was just forced into a screen I cant close where I have no choice but to pick one of three characters listed, where the only information I'm given is their "difficulty level." FFS I've gotten through 8 levels over the course of two days of testing and figuring out what the fuck any of these people do, even resorting to fucking going to outside WIKIs and youtube tutorials on the characters because the actual game doesn't give me any god damn information or direction on what I'm supposed to do next once I get them. 8 whole levels of just switching between Co-op AI matches and this blind pick mode and the only thing that has been inside my "Mission log" that entire fucking time is this 300 blue essence mission that wants me to OPEN UP MY BROWSER AND WATCH OTHER PEOPLE PLAYING THE GAME 3 TIMES. -
WTF is up with this progression system if you can even call it that? Why do you have to grind to unlock basic loadout options? Literally any other game out there will give you some kind of starting set that will let you at least function and understand what it is you're doing through the beginning of the game until you reach higher levels and pick up better versions of that same thing, but in this game you have no choice but to GRIND FOR YOUR BASIC LOADOUT SETS BY DEFAULT and that grind for whatever fucking reason is slowed by cutting down how much XP you get from games when you lose to players that are higher level than you and have access to the full loadout... WTF is that horseshit?
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WTF is this game's PvP? So far my experience is that of a lottery where you're either SOMEHOW stuck with straight up AIs on your side that just run right into the middle of two enemies and die over and over, or people that didn't even pay a single bit of attention to the tutorials and do the exact same thing while not buying a single item, and don't even get me started on these RIDICULOUS fucking level arrangements in matchmaking. Like wtf is this five level 1-5 against five level 10 or higher bullshit? How is it that there aren't enough people the same level as me in a game that claims to have millions of players on their servers? I'm looking through loading screens all the time seeing that these guys have much better Spells and Runes than me or my teammates do and it makes the games completely sided in the favor of the higher level players with more options.
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WTF is with these party match-up games? Who's horrible idea was it to allow an entire team of people to queue up together and go up against entire solo player teams? How the hell is that in anyway fair? Other games will at least limit this kind of unfair garbage to two players, or have another game-mode where if you group up with players the game will at least have the decency to put you up against an equally sized team with similar stats.
You shouldn't ever be forced to grind just to unlock basic shit you NEED in order to play the game how it's supposed to be played, that's just a horrible system that seems like it's focused more on keeping existing from making new accounts and just starting over fresh rather than making a healthy environment for legit new players.