Bestiary as a Core Game Mechanic

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A variety of reasons fuelled this decision:

W̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶f̶a̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶M̶e̶n̶a̶g̶e̶r̶i̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶w̶a̶r̶d̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶r̶e̶q̶u̶i̶r̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶s̶t̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶a̶t̶t̶e̶n̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶n̶e̶w̶ ̶f̶e̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶.̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶B̶e̶s̶t̶i̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶,̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶m̶e̶a̶n̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶k̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶u̶t̶o̶r̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶e̶l̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶.̶ ̶W̶e̶ ̶l̶o̶o̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶w̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶e̶r̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶r̶i̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶,̶ ̶p̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶g̶u̶e̶ ̶e̶l̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶g̶u̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶r̶u̶n̶n̶i̶n̶g̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶ ̶B̶e̶s̶t̶i̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶m̶a̶n̶e̶n̶t̶l̶y̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶i̶x̶.̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶f̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶u̶l̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶p̶u̶t̶s̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶s̶t̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶b̶a̶l̶a̶n̶c̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶i̶t̶e̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶m̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶v̶a̶n̶t̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶v̶e̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶t̶e̶m̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶f̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶l̶r̶e̶a̶d̶y̶ ̶h̶a̶n̶d̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶p̶l̶e̶r̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶f̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶e̶t̶h̶o̶d̶s̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶x̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶-̶v̶a̶l̶u̶e̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶f̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶e̶r̶s̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶s̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶ ̶s̶p̶a̶c̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶s̶e̶r̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶m̶e̶c̶h̶a̶n̶i̶c̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶u̶t̶u̶r̶e̶.̶

Whiners;
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poeFan2 wrote:

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we have decided not to retain any element of the league in the core game for now.

Damn it GGG. Bestiary was fun, stop giving in to the whiners, they are just vocal minority.

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鬼殺し wrote:

Oh well. There was a lesson to be learned and it has apparently been learned. Painfully, no doubt, as most good lessons are.

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lurker14ownz wrote:

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poeFan2 wrote:

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we have decided not to retain any element of the league in the core game for now.

Damn it GGG. Bestiary was fun, stop giving in to the whiners, they are just vocal minority.

It was not a vocal minority and I guarantee GGG could see it in the statistics. GGG looks at gameplay numbers more than forums as they really do record everything in game.