Recent thoughts on DD2 new update and game overall

[Brandon]

After playing DD2 for 381 hours in total this is what I have to come to say about this game and basing the thoughts towards the game being a free to play game. My knowledge from play a free to play game is base the community expectation and difficulty you need to surround your balances and games around your casual players not the hardcore grinders like myself. It however does when you continuously "Buff minions and lower dmg of pets, etc" what use to be a casual player using a tank squire you no longer see because that 2k physical defense and 22k hp on that squire gets 3 shot by a horde kobold running at your with provoke defense buff and serenity defense buff with the squire medium sphere for 25% block as well; before you could tank maybe 9-14 of them in a huge group depending.

No one ever uses the monk they just are not useful and when I'm saying all these thoughts it is based on NM4 runs since thew new patch on Tuesday and things I have noticed from prepatch. Back to the monks no one uses them at all yeah they knockback sometimes but what use is that when sometimes they knock the minions on the walls accidentally over that wall, apprentice dps is not as good anymore in those levels because of the superconductor nerf because the only dps they really provided was from their missiles, as I said before squires cant do anything for the group but "Try" to tank a wave but just get blown up even with 2k defense build and 20k+ hp, but we all know everyone uses huntress dps but sometimes that isn't even enough. Unless you have what is called the Dragolich pet which mine is at lvl 48 and reduces enemies defenses by 75% which nulls resistances if they have the buff of 75% or if the lane has no resistances i do 75% more dmg.

Which brings me to another point why base a game around having some specific debuff pets when I clearly remembering the developers of DD2 state this game is going to be f2p and we want it to be based on tower defense and not relying on heros to do the dmg. So why make make NM4 more difficult; why have it take me 10 hours+ of grinding to get my pet from lvl 0-45 I would rather pay 1mil which isn't easy to get in the first place, I could grind 2 heros to 50 before i get my pet even close to 45; why base a game that is free to play when you want to appease the casual crowd around a pay 2 play game which is for more hardcore grinding people and even those people don't like playing over and over and barely getting any return; why is the huntress dps the only viable dps in nm4 because the others dont even put out close to 60k+ dps and plus they don't get 2 shot even if they are tank with the 3-4 buffs they can be provided with to tank and a heal; lastly the training dummy thing looks cool but it still doesn't fit into any build, it's the same old squire walls, with 3 frosties stacked on a single lane and traps, with MAYBE a guiser because 10 extra du or a blaze ballon.

If I were to play this from a casual free to play players perspective this game wouldn't hold my time and money long to be honest because of these simple facts, I would like to see a tower defense game actually be tower defense and not reliant on dps but only for when bosses arise. I've only done harbringer after and before the nerf about 50+ times and I can say you only made it probably 3-5 minutes longer for a group of 2 but that's only because I have super strong cannonballs, what I'm trying to say is you make this to hard looking from a casual perspective for any gamemode past hard and revolve the builds around that one single build we always see, and it's probably because the good stuff like speed was nerfed and grounded so combos that were once good are not anymore.

You can only nerf so much before you start to think is this game based around the grindy players in nm4 or the casual player base of a free 2 play game. OH and I almost forgot your new dd2 group weapons they can give over 700+ ipower I just thought I would like to point that out since theoretically speaking that would be the best gear in the game then wouldn't it and it was only based on luck if you got that so not everyone would have that and people might start to complain. Sorry this may seem long and like a rant but something had to be brought up. I am enjoying the game and did spend money to see you this game develop further as a f2p game and continue to bring new players to join me.

Thanks for your time and possible consideration!

[DoubleU]

tldr?

[YourBoiTobycon]

I disagree. I use the monk.

[One Lung]

This could use some serious editing. That wall of text is ridiculous.

[ZirzoR]

Could you atleast make some spaces in between the text? i would read it if there was.

But now there isnt so i wont read it.

[AsterixChaos]

I tried to read this. It did not go well. Probably some good points to be made, but much like UPS, the delivery is crap.

[Nervyion]

I try to break it up:
Squire just dies in Combat
Monk just dies in Combat
Huntress only DPS
Dragolich OP and useful
Petlvl Grind is too long
Always the same linebuild for winning
It needs to be more for tower defense
He likes to kill the Harbringer
Its too hard for casuals in later stages
He wants more grinding
And at least the Galatic Weapons could be the most OP weapons and can get by everyone

[Malifence]

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THIS THREAD IS ♥♥♥♥

[ReaperSquad]

...meh

[SeraNoxa]

I liked the read, dont mind the trolls. im not so far yet. still getting my 2nd char up. but i can already feel some of the things he is saying. so hope that TE will listen. and make some changes