dgray19811

The story is enjoyable, and the base for a good game is there but right now it just isn't fun. I'm level 50 now and everything is still painfully slow, all of my real damage is on a 15 to 20 second cool down. tornado can be cast twice with full spirit and does minimal dmg, my 20 second cool down vines ability cant even completely kill trash anymore, this is with a necklace with +1 companion skills, up to date rares, and about 4 legendaries equipped. My luck with legendaries has been abysmal, with many found but not enough matching up together to make an effective earth, storm, shape-change, or pet build. passive pet dmg is worthlessly low, only pet cooldowns noticeably change enemy health. Its like blizzard took the worst aspects of an MMO and an arpg and melded them together while discarding all the good parts. I understand my luck may be a key factor, but at this point my desire to see the story through is outweighed by my dislike like of the incredibly lengthy encounters. Control is also an issue. large packs of enemies meld together and individual enemies (large) hit boxes overlap - meaning that you frequently blow a 15 second CD on peons standing next to elites, rather than the intended target - the actual elite. Overall the gameplay is just bad. I know that if you invest enough time in it the gameplay does eventually pick up, but the leveling process needs to be rebalanced.