Region Locked Gear and Items

[SoulRipper1990]

This "Feature" is only annoying. When i have good Gear in one Region and go to another the Weapons etc are just sh** .
This is for me a gamebreaker which take the fun out of the game because the "grinding" starts again.
What do you all think about this "Feature" ?

[TailBit]

I handle it by keeping any good + items I come over, hopefully a blue weapon or better to equip before heading into any surrounding region.

So I would recommend heading back to nearby regions and see if the shops have any avalible + items you would desire to start off with

[Grubfist]

I think it's a bit wonky but an interesting concept. Many games get to a point where you become so powerful you start obliterating everything with no effort, causing people to start a new playthrough to keep things interesting. This game design seems to be inspired by this concept I think, and while it's not something I'm too used to, I've been enjoying it so far. I hang out in my starting region to get some nice cathartic ass-kicking in, or I venture to the nearby regions to try and find crafting mats or whatever, and it's almost like making an alt.
I will say that I wish the gear would auto-swap to whatever gear you had equipped last time you were there, but the auto-inventory sorting is still good and clicking all your stuff on is a mild annoyance at worst.

[Cannibal]

The whole reason was apparently to encourage exploration but so far for me, all this has done is make me want to just stick to my first area... I don't want to full complete an area before I can unlock Equipment with "+" that only last for 1-2 zones outside before they degrade.... I loved the Alpha because I could travel far with my good gear and explore to my hearts content... This just feels like an utter grind and it has taken all fun out the game past the first few hours.

[hellwatcher1990]

Nothing big to mention about it. Start could be a little easier after that you just went from one quest to another and find gear until you get gold (that isn't difficult), if you want it harder you can start do higher gear level mobs (you can practicly avoid most attacks). So if you start grinding you're overall faster and it isn't like there is an end before you die in real life. Also the switching of gear through zones could be more automatic.

[Jubenei]

i wouldn`t mind that, if at least the grind in the zones wouldn`t be so horrible. At my current play i am like stuck because all quests i can do are blue and purple and the bosses are laser mages which i don`t know how to beat this happens everywhere. All i can do is like walk arround and grind blue monsters and hope they drop some blue armor because mine is white but weapons are purple.

I had this in several zone now that you can progress a bit and then all of a sudden this difficulty rised dramaticly and then i was stuck.

[hellwatcher1990]

Originally posted by Jubenei:

i wouldn`t mind that, if at least the grind in the zones wouldn`t be so horrible. At my current play i am like stuck because all quests i can do are blue and purple and the bosses are laser mages which i don`t know how to beat this happens everywhere. All i can do is like walk arround and grind blue monsters and hope they drop some blue armor because mine is white but weapons are purple.

I had this in several zone now that you can progress a bit and then all of a sudden this difficulty rised dramaticly and then i was stuck.

If you look at the map you can find a lot of quests just by zooming in the structures often doesn't match the surroundings. You doesn't need to talk to NPCs.

[Jubenei]

i have already done this, guess what the missing things where yellow. if i would at least know where the green merchant is kept, this woud help i guess.

[Jubenei]

and this is so silly, i manged to pull of the blue crafting quest, now i can craft pruple gear, because it was destroying mole holes they didn`t even attack me when i was doing that, but how do i find 40 iron for the armor i need, and its only one piece then...

[TailBit]

Originally posted by Cannibal:

I don't want to full complete an area before I can unlock Equipment with "+" that only last for 1-2 zones outside before they degrade.

Hm, pretty sure I've seen "+" items before I have completed the region.

I still need to test how many regions it works in, but as long as you go back to the region you got the good "+" item and choose another of its neighbour regions, then I don't see why it wouldn't work for all of them.

[Lemons]

It add longevity to the game for me. As an alpha player, i got bored of the alpha system after playing a single day, so the region lock is something I've been enjoying. And gearing up again isn't really that difficult once you know what you are doing.