Why are there so many devotion shrines when the max is 55 points?

[Lycon]

Like theres way to many shrines for the amount of points you can spend right?

[BrziKorak]

Yes, there are enough shrines to complete 55/55 by Elite. That being said, shrines drop some nice loot and more importantly forge recipes. You can restore as many as you want over the maximum, they're just an optional source of loot and faction rep.

[Valentine (Lunaticus)]

There actually used to be way less shrines at one point, with higher difficulties having less, but it was still more than the max amount I think. It was a long time ago so this is purely from my memory.

It's probably so you can actually max your devotion without too much trouble. It's still worth it to do at least the corrupted ones since it's not like they cost you anything, they're kinda like extra 1 time Monster Totems.

[powbam]

The reason why more were added was due to the introduction of difficulty merits to the game. You can find the details about that here..

https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/merit-tokens-and-how-they-work/103485

..the short story, however, is that there needs to be enough shrines (in Ultimate particularly) to compensate for players who make use of said merits to skip to and play just Ultimate. This way they won't be "required" to necessarily need to go down to lower difficulties for the sole purpose of hunting down shrines.

[The Pollie]

So you aren't arbitrarily punished for not straying off the beaten path and missing a few of them along the way.

I know there's one in Act 2 literally on the side of the road, on screen as you pass it, on a mandatory path, and I missed it SIX times before finally realizing it was there. Even today, hundreds of hours later, I have to remind myself its there so I don't miss it again.

[CitizenX3639]

i would assume if a player does not want to explore every inch of the map, this offers the player an opp. to find enough?

[powbam]

Originally posted by CitizenX3639:

i would assume if a player does not want to explore every inch of the map, this offers the player an opp. to find enough?

Sure. With the caveat this particular feature requires the user to own both expansions.

[CitizenX3639]

Originally posted by powbam:

Originally posted by CitizenX3639:

i would assume if a player does not want to explore every inch of the map, this offers the player an opp. to find enough?

Sure. With the caveat this particular feature requires the user to own both expansions.

Is that a negative or positive, not sure?

[powbam]

Originally posted by CitizenX3639:

Originally posted by powbam:

Sure. With the caveat this particular feature requires the user to own both expansions.

Is that a negative or positive, not sure?

In my book it is a clear positive as I have always felt that the expacs are more than worth their price as they come with tons of new content and features, as expansions should.

[CitizenX3639]

Originally posted by powbam:

Originally posted by CitizenX3639:

Is that a negative or positive, not sure?

In my book it is a clear positive as I have always felt that the expacs are more than worth their price as they come with tons of new content and features, as expansions should.

I agree, player choice on how they want to play is up to one person, the player. Can you max on the base game, yes. Is it easier with xpansions, yes. Thats a win in every way IMO.

[Blinkybubs]

Originally posted by powbam:

The reason why more were added was due to the introduction of difficulty merits to the game. You can find the details about that here..

https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/merit-tokens-and-how-they-work/103485

..the short story, however, is that there needs to be enough shrines (in Ultimate particularly) to compensate for players who make use of said merits to skip to and play just Ultimate. This way they won't be "required" to necessarily need to go down to lower difficulties for the sole purpose of hunting down shrines.

Can't argue with that assessment.

[Blinkybubs]

BTW, assuming some people may not know this...The GT checklist will tell you what you have and what you need. Not only to do with Shrines but also a number of other things. :)

https://www.grimtools.com/checklist/shrines/normal