I never liked PvP and so this is truly my worst nightmare. The spammy one shot kills etc is just an awful way for PvP in any game to work.
PoE is so lame and repetitive, not fun at all.
New gear is underwhelming.
Keys are stupid.
Most new weapon exotics are locked behind 2 walls of RNG (gotta get the bounty first!)
Etc etc etc.
Quality of life for the game has been amazing, but the content added is craaaaap
To be honest I'm not sure what we'll be doing in the game a month from now.
I mean I'll keep running PoE for weapon and armor cores until I get the full armor sets but that should only be another two weeks unless they get helmet stingy. Very little incentive to run it after that since, unlike Raids, PoE doesn't have an Exotic roll. And even then, I already have all the pre HoW Exotic weapons so stat rolls are meaningless to me, I don't need them.
I used to run Nightfall for XP boost and a chance at Exotics. None of the new weapons can drop since they're bounty based, and odds of getting the two HoW Exotic armor pieces I'm missing is so low that I won't bother with NF either. With how easy it now is to upgrade stuff and having all our factions leveled, the XP boost isn't a big incentive.
I'll always be down for VoG or even CE (far less bullshitty now that we don't have level penalty) but it's getting progressively harder to grind groups for that.
I don't think anyone runs Strike Playlists anymore unless you're grinding for Marks, and after 9 months doing the same static Strikes it feels like a chore.
I don't even do that many bounties cause I have so little stuff to level up.
If you like PvP, that's always fresh regardless of events. Now that there's a weekly tournament and almost monthly IB, Crucible-focused players should be content for months.
I only play Crucible when there's a GAF train. Not necessarily for carries, I just don't like it without the banter and joking around of a group. Outside that...I really see myself playing far less until Comet just because there isn't that much left to do.
Re: keys, they're total and absolute bullshit. I'd recommend everyone to just hoard 4 keys: PoE 35 emblem/shader/ship and each of the three Exotic bounties. Then never the fuck again. Grinding Patrol for hours so we can pick up a Queen's Auto Rifle or a No Land Beyond? Yeah no thanks.
