This might be an unpopular opinion, but I absolutely hate essence embers and think they’re unhealthy for the game as they are currently. The issue for me is that you can basically cut and paste lines and make any gear viable using them. It’s no longer about finding something exciting and working on…

I kind of have to agree… but I can’t come up with a way to balance it, in a way that would make it fun for everyone. I think the issue atm, is that it’s way too easy to get perfect gear and the current content gets absolutely steamrolled, as soon as your gear is at 50% of perfect. On top of that, I…

I agree wholeheartedly. Once I learned how essences worked, the entire loot system became unexciting. I understand grinding for loot like in Diablo is not everyone’s cup of tea, especially since this game seems to combine genres of ARPG and souls-like which often have very different approaches to …

Yeah, you make a really good point. I also found that as soon as I had about 3 pieces of perfect gear I was steam rolling content. So, I don’t really get the push for everyone to be able to deterministically craft fully perfect gear. The game isn’t balanced around that level of power, and it’s not e…

I agree but not because you can steamroll perfect gear. I hate them because they are inconsistent. I know this is an ARPG and loot RNG is baked into the DNA of the game, but I really wish there was more consistent ways of farming specific gear with specific trait’s; like archer’s gear for and archer…

I disagree. Farming essence embers is also time-consuming, and reaching BiS on every item is far from trivial. For casual players, it is still largely unreachable. I would prefer a system that helps me work toward my goal instead of relying solely on pure RNG. If it feels too easy with them, you ca…

I don’t really agree that limiting a piece of gear to 1-2 essence embers isn’t a system that helps you work toward your goal. It still does, it just doesn’t trivialize the process. And yeah, the “just don’t use it” argument is probably what I’ll end up doing, but that misses the point. I could also…

Yeah, it makes me sad to think about the future direction and how gear will be completely trivialized if it stays. I was thinking it’d be really fun to share cool gear finds with the community and/or friends, but that won’t be an aspect of the game with this system because anything cool anyone has f…

Then why not adopt a style like Elden Ring where every Item has a drop location or specific enemies to loot from? That way grinding would at least be productive towards your goal. This RNG with embers as an additive is frustrating.

If the difficulty exists, I’m gonna play it as if it were the intended experience. I find that my interest in the game has wavered greatly after they introduced realm tiers. Very frustrating and annoying. One of the reason soul’s games are good is because they are what they are. Now if I want to pla…

totally agree here. imo the new ember system is just not rly thought out. now you constantly just look through your whole inventory and either compare with the list - or after a bit you obv know what ur looking for - but it def takes the fun out of getting excited for a drop. im clearing an area a…

I hate essence embers

Wicked Feedback

SiQ February 4, 2026, 11:21am 13

There are also posts where people have the opposite problem. That’s a sign that the system is balanced somewhere in the middle. We can't play endgame anymore with this drop of embers - #26 by Raul_Jurado

Topic		Replies	Views
We can't play endgame anymore with this drop of embers Wicked Feedback	36	1845	February 8, 2026
New Ember Type: Desecrating Ember Wicked Feedback suggestion , embers	12	180	February 8, 2026
Parry, enchantments, crucible.. feedback/ideas after endgame (co-op during 25 hours) Wicked Experimental Branch suggestion , experimental	3	169	December 26, 2025
Too much fat on the crafting system Wicked Feedback suggestion , weapons	11	240	February 16, 2026
Fallen Embers is killing the fun Wicked Feedback	24	1267	June 3, 2025

I hate essence embers

Related topics