Not getting good drops from bosses?

[meghiddo]

I just beat the chp 3 boss (Emperor's Remains), and it dropped only blues and whites. Not even a relic. I don't recall getting anything good from most bosses either.

Is this normal in the campaign, or am I just unlucky? So far the loot has been extremely underwhelming, and the game way too easy. I love Grim Dawn, Titan Quest, Diablo 1-3, but I am starting to think this one isn't for me

Should I expect things to improve, or have I pretty much seen what the game has to offer by this point?

[lon]

you dont farm gear from campaign, you go up to lagon in campaign then go do monoliths for gear and levels then come back to finish lagon and the rest of the campaign to get your idol slots unlocked and passives and then you just farm monoliths pretty much forever or some dungeon runs.

[meghiddo]

What level should I start going to monoliths? I saw the area marked as level 58 on my map when I got the monolith quest, so I assumed it comes way later. Is that right?

[Tiasmoon]

Diablo 3 almost never dropped unique/legendaries before high level, and iirc the low level uniques werent very good. In this game many of them are pretty low level. For example I still use a lvl 23 chestpiece in my build at level 80. So if you can manage to get through the D3 campaign with the barebones of loot you got there, you should be alright here.

That said if you want a (much) higher frequency of good drops, you do need to run monoliths or dungeons for that. Dungeons start at lvl 20 but require keys. (you can get these mainly from arena or rarely from powerful enemies) Monoliths are lvl 40/50+ all the way to max level and are also basically the endgame. (once you complete the 3 lvl 90 monoliths an empowered aka lvl 100 version of each of them becomes available)

Monoliths around lvl 50 orso. You can start doing these before finishing the campaign, but I really advice getting the desert city in -12BE first, so you can join factions. There's 2 of them and one has to be leveled by killing enemies.

Same as with D3, once you do monoliths and dungeons you will see uniques, exalted, etc dropping all the time.

[meghiddo]

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

Diablo 3 almost never dropped unique/legendaries before high level, and iirc the low level uniques werent very good. In this game many of them are pretty low level. For example I still use a lvl 23 chestpiece in my build at level 80. So if you can manage to get through the D3 campaign with the barebones of loot you got there, you should be alright here.

That said if you want a (much) higher frequency of good drops, you do need to run monoliths or dungeons for that. Dungeons start at lvl 20 but require keys. (you can get these mainly from arena or rarely from powerful enemies) Monoliths are lvl 40/50+ all the way to max level and are also basically the endgame. (once you complete the 3 lvl 90 monoliths an empowered aka lvl 100 version of each of them becomes available)

Monoliths around lvl 50 orso. You can start doing these before finishing the campaign, but I really advice getting the desert city in -12BE first, so you can join factions. There's 2 of them and one has to be leveled by killing enemies.

Same as with D3, once you do monoliths and dungeons you will see uniques, exalted, etc dropping all the time.

Yeah I mean, I can get by with the drops I get, but the whole point of these games is the loot. I only really play these for the campaign, not really interested in grinding end game usually, so lack of loot in the campaign is a bit of an issue for the way I personally play. Can't say I remember it being like this in D3 either, but maybe I have just forgotten.

Anyway, today in my session I got 2 uniques and a reliquary so... I guess it is always down to RNG. I am also finding the build I ended up with pretty fun to play, so I am sure that can get me through the campaign and a chance to try some monoliths

[Sythalin]

Originally posted by meghiddo:

the whole point of these games is the loot

also

Originally posted by meghiddo:

I only really play these for the campaign, not really interested in grinding end game

So you acknowledge that the primary game loop is getting loot drops, to which all the best are obtained by grinding end game. Seems like that you're looking more of a "one and done" type game with linear gear progression, which is not how Diablo, PoE, GD, LE, etc. are designed.

Sounds like you're playing the wrong genre entirely. Maybe try a RPG game?

[AirSniffer]

The game starts at about level 70, everything before that is a tutorial if anything. If you want to play a game for its story don't play arpgs.

[Knavenformed]

Originally posted by Xaro:

The game starts at about level 70, everything before that is a tutorial if anything. If you want to play a game for its story don't play arpgs.

First sentence I could back you up on, but ♥♥♥♥ that noise about not wanting a game to be better on all fronts
I very much enjoy the context to the monolith system the campaign gives, even though it could be miles better with a small change to the order of acts.

[meghiddo]

Originally posted by Sythalin:

Originally posted by meghiddo:

the whole point of these games is the loot

also

Originally posted by meghiddo:

I only really play these for the campaign, not really interested in grinding end game

So you acknowledge that the primary game loop is getting loot drops, to which all the best are obtained by grinding end game. Seems like that you're looking more of a "one and done" type game with linear gear progression, which is not how Diablo, PoE, GD, LE, etc. are designed.

Sounds like you're playing the wrong genre entirely. Maybe try a RPG game?

Well, yeah, why do you think I posted this, I am trying to decide if this game is worth sticking with or moving on. I never said I expected the best loot to come from the campaign, but it at least needs to be enough to make you want to continue.

Why is your reply worded like some lawyer trying to prove a case? You might substituting the games you like for your personality if you took offense at an honest question

[meghiddo]

Originally posted by Xaro:

The game starts at about level 70, everything before that is a tutorial if anything. If you want to play a game for its story don't play arpgs.

The campaign is not interchangeable with the story, you are either mis interpreting or mis leading