Btw, is there ever a point where you can buy low level ores like iron and steel ore? You need a shit ton of iron ore to upgrade a bunch of items to make one of the better accessories in the game. I can't imagine having to farm low level areas for days for those. They could have at least made it so the tournies give a guaranteed amount of low level ore or something. The rng shit absolutely everywhere can get old with how shit drop rates and default steal chance is.
The devs really didn't think through the whole "Can't upgrade or dissemble store bought gear, but also can't buy any ores" deal in the long term. I'd mind the item grind a lot less if I could at least do it on interesting/dangerous enemies. Having to go back to low level areas to get iron ore is shit.
I have a million dollars because money is fucking useless in this world, but I can't find a basic material anywhere for sale that even low level fucks should be able to farm? Business for breaking materials down and crafting new gear is obviously booming with blacksmiths that can do that in every fucking town, but there's no ore to buy? How did the blacksmiths make the gear the shops sell in the first place? Game would have been 100% better if they said "There's a shortage of ore right now, so although it's available to buy, it's incredibly expensive and/or in limited quantity".
I actually love grind in rpgs when it's used properly, but it's pretty shit here and not well thought out or playtested. The tournies are a great example, have one or two items in the drop pool you actually want, and then RNG the reward so you have to run them 30 times to get the items. That doesn't add anything interesting to the game. It's a clear "We didn't want to have to make enough content to make this reward worth obtaining, so here's shit RNG", absolutely everywhere. With enemy drops it's kind of expected, but rewards given to you by the queen who relies on you as well? Like damn bitch, just give me some iron ore.
Also, fuck is it annoying for each blacksmith to have their own specific upgrade preferences. I figured the home blacksmith would upgrade her options eventually, but she doesn't seem to be doing that. Have to run around the whole world checking for which place upgrades what gear. So obnoxious.
The devs really didn't think through the whole "Can't upgrade or dissemble store bought gear, but also can't buy any ores" deal in the long term. I'd mind the item grind a lot less if I could at least do it on interesting/dangerous enemies. Having to go back to low level areas to get iron ore is shit.
I have a million dollars because money is fucking useless in this world, but I can't find a basic material anywhere for sale that even low level fucks should be able to farm? Business for breaking materials down and crafting new gear is obviously booming with blacksmiths that can do that in every fucking town, but there's no ore to buy? How did the blacksmiths make the gear the shops sell in the first place? Game would have been 100% better if they said "There's a shortage of ore right now, so although it's available to buy, it's incredibly expensive and/or in limited quantity".
I actually love grind in rpgs when it's used properly, but it's pretty shit here and not well thought out or playtested. The tournies are a great example, have one or two items in the drop pool you actually want, and then RNG the reward so you have to run them 30 times to get the items. That doesn't add anything interesting to the game. It's a clear "We didn't want to have to make enough content to make this reward worth obtaining, so here's shit RNG", absolutely everywhere. With enemy drops it's kind of expected, but rewards given to you by the queen who relies on you as well? Like damn bitch, just give me some iron ore.
Also, fuck is it annoying for each blacksmith to have their own specific upgrade preferences. I figured the home blacksmith would upgrade her options eventually, but she doesn't seem to be doing that. Have to run around the whole world checking for which place upgrades what gear. So obnoxious.
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