Quote (Nykollah @ Aug 30 2022 08:39am)
I love the idea. The grind to 99 is much easier, and in reality, modern games don't typically take as long to reach max level as 98-99 does so it definitely needed some work. It also opened up a whole new scene of 87+ areas. Some of the zones are bad, while others are amazing. I feel like the ones complaining are the ones who can't justify charging someone top dollar to level someone to 99 like before, or wanted loot filters or something else game changing. I've been running areas for maybe 6 hours total and I'm maybe 3/4ths of one bar in? It's definitely still a grind, and you only gain real experience in these zones, and there's times where I would skip zones (maggot lair, lower kurast, tight areas low density) and farm keys. Sure if you do the math, it only takes about 70 hours, but who is going to actually sit there and grind for 70 hours that aren't streamers or botters? That's a month+ worth of work for me. It's still very monotonous.
I agree. It just feels like people want to gatekeep the original leveling experience for no reason. It's not like casual players are going to catch up to people who grind 8+ hours a day with or without the changes.