Mercenary League feedback

Heyo,

i am really enjoying the league and wanted to give my feedback on the different easpects i encounter and interact with:

memory strand memories:
- petal skills are a gamble to get one that gives you certain advantages/rewards and you can play around
- the chain rewards after defeating a boss are super cool and can set up some really rewarding situations that you can build around
- "area is cursed": As im not a great player, being able to keep the chain by just replaying the map again while mostly getting the central loot (really cool for the last map) is really cool. Because of that i dont have to play it safe, i can just try and experiment and are not too punished for failing the gamble (just loosing the loot of the map)

mercenaries:
- Interacting with the mercenaries isnt thaaat great, it feels cumbersome to check all the equip and try to check for the challenge ones. When you are not seeking a specific thing/challenge, its much better
- Having a mercenary that fits and enhances your build feels really good, as it gives you an additional vector to progress in/build up strength and think about your build (theorycraft)
- maybe having a way to filter mercenary gear might be very helpful if this goes core

t16.5 Maps:
- the maps feel very rewarding and are great for players like me that are not strong enough to reliably grind t17


Memory strand gear:
- The concept is really cool and i guess it creates a "one-shot" situation like with poe 2 crafting where specific item-drops can be very valuable.
- it feels a bit cluttery and i dont feel like i can focus too much on a specific item/strand etc. but maybe im just bad at it

Settlement(kingsmarch):
- i really like the current implementation, because it is much less of the FOMO it was than when it was a league. Now you get Gold and can either use it for convenience (currency exchange) or use it to slowly build ressources you can invest to make big gambles to get good stuff. This way you have an additional way you get rewarded just for playing. The gold farming sometimes requires very specific stratgies, but i feel its much less specific (feels much better) than when it was a league. back then you couldnt play some mechanics bc. they didnt give any gold and seeing your gold stash run dry was really painful.

I really enjoy the feel of the game and the general state of it.

I would love getting an auction house, but i can understand if that would be detrimental to some aspects of trading. But currency exchange already reduced so much trading friction without it becoming an investment gamble/flipping currency etc. bc. you still have to invest gold that you could get stuff for otherwise.

keep it up! Im looking forward to the coming leagues.

Edit: Forgot one of the best features for me with the current league:
Being able to pause the game.
This is so great, this enables me to jump off the pc and handle something urgent, or play a bit and if something more important comes up just do it, instead of having to be glued to the screen while playing or having to waste a tp because something came up. Also great if you are forgetful, so its a much more stressfree experience for me.