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Feb 23 2026 11:47am
the "ramp up" part of the heralds is the biggest issue. Make all of them eligible to drop sunder charms. Higher tier heralds can have a better chance for items/runes/whatever

problem fixed
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Feb 23 2026 11:49am
the "ramp up" part of the heralds is the biggest issue. Make all of them eligible to drop sunder charms. Higher tier heralds can have a better chance for items/runes/whatever

problem fixed


T2 online are eligible.
From what I gathered of data even T1 are.
With lower odds than each lvl upwards tho.
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Feb 23 2026 11:54am
Casuals cannot be hardcore endgamers.
You made the choices in your life that you made. I'm not paying for it.


/e

Learn to trade, casual.

This post was edited by Omniend on Feb 23 2026 11:55am
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Feb 23 2026 11:56am
didn't read but i disagree
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Feb 23 2026 11:58am
Fuck off with this pathetic mentality. This bullshit is precisely what made d3 and d4 the SHIT SHOW they are now.

"Ohh Blizzard, I don't have time, give-me itens. OHHH Blizzard, I don't have time, give-me levels. Ohhhh Blizzard, I don't have time, give-me fucking everything."

Powerful things are hard to get. If you don't have the time or the pacience, don't do it. Play the fucking game as you always did during 20 fucking years, since sunders didn't even exist back then.

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Feb 23 2026 11:58am
I feel like it’s more casual.

I find a ton of shards. I play on console, fire up a game, terrorize some acts, and just kill stuff for 45 mins.
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Feb 23 2026 12:11pm
Interesting to see how split this is!

Some people are fine with long session ramp-up.
Some feel the session requirement is the real issue.

That was my only point…

Not about free items.
Not about lowering rarity.

Just about whether meaningful participation should require multi-hour continuous games.

Anyway, appreciate the discussion :banana: <3
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Feb 23 2026 12:13pm
It does feel a little punishing if you’re not on p8, which is pretty lame. Would be nice if it just reverted higher player counts to more xp higher drop rates

Playing solo I’ve never seen higher than a tier 3 herald even full clearing terrorized acts
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Feb 23 2026 12:20pm
Fuck off with this pathetic mentality. This bullshit is precisely what made d3 and d4 the SHIT SHOW they are now.

"Ohh Blizzard, I don't have time, give-me itens. OHHH Blizzard, I don't have time, give-me levels. Ohhhh Blizzard, I don't have time, give-me fucking everything."

Powerful things are hard to get. If you don't have the time or the pacience, don't do it. Play the fucking game as you always did during 20 fucking years, since sunders didn't even exist back then.


I am hardcoreXcasual sometimes gamer and I dont give into this shitty kind of thinking.
A casual with have over 1 month, lets say 1 hour a day, total 30h of gameplay.
If he cant have the same items as a 30h hardcore gamer makes in 2 days with straitght 15hx2 , what sense does this make ? None.
Think about it.
I wanna be able to have every minute count, not only X minute added to X minute, straight.
If I only have 15 mins to play, or 1h, I want to have the same odds as if I play 15 hours straight. That is how it has always been
My ETH Mangs Songs - rarest unique odds in the game, I found on the first unique mob of the session after 4 days not playing. And before that I had 40+ hours without any serious find.
That is the kind of thrill I want to get. Being able to find an item on the first mob I kill. Just odds playing their thing. Not adding up to some retarded mechanic like heralds are.
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Feb 23 2026 12:23pm
It does feel a little punishing if you’re not on p8, which is pretty lame. Would be nice if it just reverted higher player counts to more xp higher drop rates

Playing solo I’ve never seen higher than a tier 3 herald even full clearing terrorized acts



I find about 1-2 heralds per terrorized act in solo p8 games

Pretty consistently




This post was edited by Pharaohmon on Feb 23 2026 12:24pm
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