New leagues info and discussion.

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JahIthBer89 wrote:

I'm a little unclear on how exactly the shrines even work. Like, do they have their own health bar so you could just kill some of the surrounding monsters to make it safe to run in and grab? Does it become unavailable to the player as soon as they engage the surrounding monsters? I don't really get it.... the whole thing seems kind of hokey.

By default shrines provide some sort of buff to nearby enemy monsters. If you run up and touch the shrine then you temporarily steal that buff for yourself. Shrines cannot be destroyed. It's like a mashup of shrines from D2 and enemy totems from Ancient Pyramid.

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Roguemik wrote:

Somebody put a spoiler on this shit.

if you had any kind of a brain, you'd understand there was spoilers here just by reading thread title, seriously gtfo

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tpapp157 wrote:

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JahIthBer89 wrote:

I'm a little unclear on how exactly the shrines even work. Like, do they have their own health bar so you could just kill some of the surrounding monsters to make it safe to run in and grab? Does it become unavailable to the player as soon as they engage the surrounding monsters? I don't really get it.... the whole thing seems kind of hokey.

By default shrines provide some sort of buff to nearby enemy monsters. If you run up and touch the shrine then you temporarily steal that buff for yourself. Shrines cannot be destroyed. It's like a mashup of shrines from D2 and enemy totems from Ancient Pyramid.

I understand what they do in terms of being a buff/debuff and risk/reward kind of deal. I'm just wondering what exactly is the deciding factor for the shrine being unavailable to the player. Chris said in the Gamespot interview that you had the choice to either kamikaze into the shrine for its bonus or hang back and kill the monsters. If you could just kill the monsters and still get the shrine afterward, it would be obvious to just do that since it lasts plenty long that you can just utilize the bonus for the next pack(s) you run into.

There has to be some kind of catch that actually makes it a risk/reward mechanic or it'll just be a braindead temporary buff.