When is there a challenge??

[killswitch527]

I am a level 24 Druid, and have not done many side quests. Still, I am able to get through about 95% of the game's main content by just holding right click if I wanted to. I have only had to use a potion twice so far this entire time. That's not a flex. There are others who have had a similar experience. I'm not a very experienced ARPG player, and I am playing Last Epoch for the first time essentially blind. That's how you know something is wrong. Every enemy doesn't need to be able to one-shot you, but I am hoping for at least a little difficulty.

I entered the Monolith, but saw that it starts at level 58. If it takes that long to see just a little challenge, I may drop this game. That would be a shame, since Last Epoch seems like the best of both worlds between PoE and Diablo. The crafting and character progression systems are amazing, but when it comes down to it, gameplay is the most important factor of any game. Is there any earlier content that has increased difficulty, or is it perhaps something that may be addressed with the 1.0 release?

[Tictactucrac]

I'm not a very experienced ARPG player

Yeah we can tell.
Leveling is the tutorial, especially that low of a level, 24 like bro you've been playing this game for basically 2 hours calm down, challenge comes at level 100 my dude, and when I mean challenge I mean some bosses because even at level 100 you will destroy everything in your path unless you're really bad at the game. In the meantime you might find one or two leveling bosses challenging but that's it.

Also, the point of arpg is to stomp on everything once you're geared up. If you're good at picking up nice gear during leveling, you will stomp everything as intended.

Gearing is the arpg challenge, not gameplay. This isn't a skill intensive genre, you will only ever need to adapt your gear and playstyle against some bosses that can one shot you if you don't have the correct resistance.

Seems to me like you're just not the target audience, go play Monster Hunter or something, that's the kind of game where skill matters more than gear, arpg is the opposite.

[Bludbonez]

hehe, challenge?? @24 even Very funny!! Let us know when you at least reach level 50. Logon is your friend! And that is just the start of your worries!

[FhqwhTODD]

As usual in ARPGs there is no challenge during leveling. At all.

[neosun]

Last Epoch is very forgiving for the first hours. So you can learn all mechanics. Mobs are getting harder while leveling, very linear. Once you reach maps and dungeons things gonna change. Later, you can make it as hard as you can stand it, but not in the campaign.

[Delaborga]

congratulations, you have played 35 minutes and your allready calling the game easy. o.O wow.. people now adays

[☁]

yes there is no difficulty but i think by design its that way so people can turn the brain off and hold one button.

idk why people are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on you its a valid criticism although arpgs are generally easy during the campaign it should at least offer some challenge ESPECIALLY to those new to the game or arpgs, this one is completely trivial and i cleared all the content in HC blind without really ever worrying that i could die. im taking a break from LE just because of this issue. the end game difficulty is basically pushing corruption levels to test how far a build can go.

path of exile is the best arpg for difficulty if u dont follow guides, i died probably a 100 times before finishing the campaign playing blindly. Grim dawn is a little harder too if u choose higher difficulties

i reccommend those games if u want more challenge.

[TyresTyco]

So.. are we really acting like we didn't all die at least one time in the second area with these angel guys and archers everywhere?

[Operation40]

you'll hit a point where your lack of resistances will slap you in the face..

unless you're already capped? in which case, you're a better player than me :)

[This_is_Citrus]

Even PoE takes like 30 hours before anything becomes difficult.

[Tedious Maximus]

It get more challenging later don't worry,
though I think the attitude of "the beginning is suppose to be boring untill x lvl" is a bad take - in my opinion the beginning should be fun too not just a grind till the real game starts

[Tictactucrac]

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

So.. are we really acting like we didn't all die at least one time in the second area with these angel guys and archers everywhere?

Well I won't act like I did, what's so special about this area ?
Maybe it's hard for melee classes I dunno, for me as necromancer it was easy

[TyresTyco]

Originally posted by Tictactucrac:

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

So.. are we really acting like we didn't all die at least one time in the second area with these angel guys and archers everywhere?

Well I won't act like I did, what's so special about this area ?
Maybe it's hard for melee classes I dunno, for me as necromancer it was easy

Not particulary hard or special. Just a tad bit to easy to pull to many guys at once that could kill you pretty fast if you dont move away asap.

Just meaning that the game has a couple of areas that aren't just pull, kill and forget with rightclick.

[< This is Dota, pitch! >]

Congratulations, you've just learned the whole essence of the plot in an ARPG! xDDDDDDDDDDD

[Kmany]

Lagon is the first stress test.. and the last stretch of the campaign after that can also be a bit harder, depending on your build.
But the challenge comes once you reach monoliths and take on its bosses.. and then later on as mentioned, you can make it as hard for yourself as you want..

[Kinja]

How do you know that you're able to get through 95% of the game's content just by holding down right click if you're only level 24? That's like what? A couple hours at most? The first act is little more than a tutorial anyway.