They ruined the thrill of the chest.

[The Hand]

I can't think of a game with more disappointing loot from a chest than this game. Lantern oil? Food? why? So often so many potions that I don't bother with because I'd rather just sleep it off or make them myself. They don't even sell well.

Or if it is something I used to care about like gear it's the most worthless gear possible. Even more so when you realize the best way to get good gear is to find the strongest town (Check point for early I think, and volcanic for mid) Why even bother?

Is it just me?

[Galenmereth]

Not just you. Chests were so full of ♥♥♥♥ I eventually stopped looting them. Because neither was the loot interesting nor did I need any loot; by level 30 everything was too easy except for some cheesy boss fights.

Not to mention curatives are mostly worthless as long as you have a mage, since they can't cure the loss gauge. Sure I could make life hard for myself by not having a mage, but the first game's restoratives served that additional function. And debuffs were more pronounced so that also mattered more.

The game is just poorly designed sadly.

[Rubyeyed]

You are right, there is so many chests and 99% of loot from those is just gear you see at the shop or mats/curatives. It really kills the enthusiasm of opening them. Still, i open every single one I see but I don't expect anything to wow me. From all the chests I have opened I think my best finds were 1 armor that I haven't seen yet and burning twin spear. That would be 2 chests out of like a million.

[Shift]

Not gonna lie, it's frustrating to find a way to that hidden chest a top a huge ledge just to get yet another potion. But then, this game suffers from having a pretty low items count, so it's understandable that there's not much content they can cycle over all the bazillion different chests scattered throughout the world.

IMO, they should've scaled down the number of chests massively, starting by removing those inside NPCs houses or place where NPCs walks around the most and confine them inside dungeons in very small numbers, with worthwhile equipment rewards in it.

[AH-1 Cobra]

No, it's not just you. I stopped grabbing chests after awhile. I looked up guides on where to snipe specific weapons that're good early on for certain vocations, and I'd rather use guides to save time not wasted looting useless stuff with the hopes of finding something better.