A sad dissapointment, but here's your feedback.

ok. So I just finished a playthrough of the game 80% solo, last 20% had to have groups to have a prayer of completing because no matter how much I played, or crafted, or rolled gear, I never got anything good. Nothing but whites/blues dropped from every single boss I did up until Cruelty difficulty. The maps were painfully large, to a degree that numbs the brain in a very unrewarding way. I honestly must say I have never had a more unrewarding experience in a game. I am a veteran of all Diablo games, and Lost Ark. This was the worst feeling ive had after a basic clear of the game. I feel like my time was wasted, and most likely will never be back, nor spend any of my money in this game. Gear drops are absolutely horrible. Gear crafting RNG, and the mats themselves dropping are horrible. My character is still wearing mostly gear I acquired in Act1-2, because nothing dropped for me, and my RNG was horrible on gear for my very common Infernal witch build. I made it to Cruely difficulty, and logged out in shame, when I should have felt good and accomplished at what I had just completed. I feel nothing, because my character itself is now a weakling, because it is not equipped at all for this difficulty, when I feel like it should be. I killed every single side-boss, everything. Thousands of elite packs, and nothing. I have never felt so robbed of my time. I will not be giving this company any more money, and will be giving appropriate reviews on all platforms I can. This was horrible, to say the very least. I understand some of you got excellent RNG and so you're the only ones happy with this game, telling everyone to "Git gud", which is another element that will kill this game that I observed...is the community is absolutely Call of Duty levels of cringe toxic. Good luck to you all, but for me, I am done with this tragedy of a gaming experience.

Am new to this series and I agree with everything you said. It's not a matter of the bosses being too hard or annoying due to their mechanics but being severely under leveled for them all due to the shitty gear system. Not fun or rewarding at all, especially when you spend the time to explore the oversized zones just to come out with the same gear you were wearing before.

Agreed with everything you stated. And with the complaints regarding the toxic community. I've seen far too often when legitimate feedback is provided, people responding with "you must just suck" or "you're an idiot" type statements. It's Early Access. It's obviously deeply flawed, right now. That's why the devs need our feedback and our critiques. But the community's most vocal members seem hell-bent on harassing everyone who doesn't 100% love every single aspect of the game to the point of driving them away. Not good.

Loot rates need to be massively increased.
Maps need to have actual designs behind them. We're exploring a world--it should feel like it; it shouldn't feel like we're in overlarge mazes designed purely for the sake of slowing progress and frustrating the players.
Quests should feel more rewarding.
Skill tree nodes should feel more rewarding and build-altering/empowering.

I posted a far more detailed list of my own concerns in their main feedback thread, but yeah. I definitely agree with your complaints. And I'm a veteran of D2, D3, and PoE.

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Have the same opinion there are some silver linings in the game. But man I felt empty after... long boss fights no rewards random one shots. Best gear in the game came from the vendors.