Heya, I think this was discussed already and I just want to repost that reddit thread 10 months ago, because Iam at the same point now with my character. I was looking for something different than infected zone runs and here iam in the crucible - but as I found out, I won’t get anything untill I beat the boss (which I cant - I think I can make it to the 7th or 8th stage) what makes it kinda stupid to play crucible until you can beat them…
I just repost the reddit thread here:
*The new crucible is cool and all BUT unless you are blasting down the end boss every time then you get nothing for it , no gold , no exp , no gear and worst of all no feeling of progression or reward
i would play the crap out of this game mode if i was making some character progress each run , as it stands right now , if i cant reliably smash the boss down i leave with nothing but less gold , less food and nothing to show for my efforts
the only way to gear up is to go back and farm the same 2 zones i have been playing since day 1
loot desperately needs to be added in , either at the vendor for some of his new currency or a chest at the end of each floor , same for gold and exp , could even add in a way to increase these with the points system
it is incredibly frustrating to get all the way to the end boss , die , and leave with nothing , every other ARPG i would at least get something along the way and with no real other ways of getting gear reliably it just feels pointless to play*
this has changed a lot tho. we are now getting exp, we get seeds and can buy echoes etc. on lvl 5 we can unlock a merchant, buy stuff, open 2 chests, and on some floors we even have chests in the room.
The guaranteed 2x legendary drops for winning feel like a solid reward (even if they’re often duplicates). The real issue, though, is the loot between levels. I think adding a chest after each stage — with a high chance of dropping ambers — would create a much stronger incentive to replay and upgrade gear.
Receiving 3 chests at level 5/10 should still stay the same, it would just give an extra incentive to target farm particular loot.
Was cool while it lasted. I’m really looking forward to the start from scratch crucible run Thomas teased as an idea for an additional mode within crucible.
Would be a really cool way to level and alt in a realm, especially when the communication from Moon has been one realm should be enough.
I like to play a variety of builds even if it could slightly diminish the characters relationship to the realm.
Very high chance but not guaranteed. I get blues all the time and have gotten just the ichor as well if memory serves.
yeah, i think what we have now as crucible is likely some kind of “teaser” to see what people enjoy about it etc. there are like 5 or 6 other altars and statues in there which will (should i speculate) probably feature different crucible modes, bosses, etc.
would also love some sort of boss rush crucible, or puzzle rooms, secret floors etc. but i am sure they have enough ideas what to do with it once its all finished. i trust the process
I mean, the Crucible is Kinda “HADES”
And Hades is so much fun, and you get rewards in Hades even if you don’t finish it.
If you want Crucible be like Roguelites then you have to add more of the roguelite progression mechanics.
NRFTW wants all ARPG, SOULSLIKE, ROGUELIKE, and it could work, but you have to fine tune every bit so it matches all together. its a fine balance - but should work!
I trust the devs, they can do it!
you get 3 chests on level 5 and access to the seneschal there. he could be more useful though, now that exalting items has moved to the watcher, he and crucible is pretty much useless for current endgame.
maybe skipping a day with the seneschal could be a thing, that would enable being able to spread pestilence again, restock merchants and get new bounties. i’d put a high gloam seed price on that though, that you have to at least run the crucible a couple of times before you can go out again…