How grindy is this game?

[shinjikc]

Hi, I’ve seen comments on the grind on this game, a big part seems to be the amount of times you need to use each skill to level them up.

Just wondering if this has changed in the most recent update, or if the devs have created a way to let us swap number of times on one skills to another?

One person I talked to used rubber band on his mouse on a monster generating boss and then went to sleep to get his skills up while he sleeps… this seems a little extreme.

Having said that, he’s trying a second build and doesn’t want to spend hours to grind skill levels when his first build was already complete…

Please help. I really want to get into it but as a solo dad with 2 kids and a full time job, I have to find a fine balance between a second job and having fun.

[shinjikc]

I want to say that I love the art, and I hear the music is amazing, I’m just a little concerned that I don’t have the time to play the game as intended..

[Ashmore[The Slormancer]]

It really comes down to what you want the game to be.

You could very well play it for 15-20 hours and have a good grasp of your class without unlocking absolutely every upgrade there is to find.

If you want to unlock and max out everything, then yes it gets grindy.

Even though I've worked on this game for years, I still find it fun grinding and unlocking my upgrades. It's part of the experience we want to offer after all.

That being said, it got faster since our Early Access release.

[Peredur]

Originally posted by AshmoreThe Slormancer:

That being said, it got faster since our Early Access release.

But you also added more things asking the players to grind.
Some that can be overlooked (like improving pure stats in the tower, that is only for the more dedicated players) and some that can't (like improving affinity in the forge, a new grinding needed to reduce the old grinding - but when grinding it, you're also grinding some of the old grind).

One thing that would really help with grinding would be reducing the need for gold by reducing the prevalence of the blacksmith in a build.

[shinjikc]

Thanks guys!