The Campaign vs the End game

So I love the story, it's well written.

However, I really want to stress this. You can build a great campaign and endgame, but if the campaign is 30 hours, and it takes 30 hours per character per season, there's very little to motivate you to go through it more than once.

If characters aren't supposed to be good at everything, and it's a 'multi' character situation, then there needs to be an alternate leveling medium between beginning and endgame. I have no issues with the idea of playing through it once per season.

Maps should fix this gap to be honest. They are a 'resource' that could be used towards leveling, and gives lower end maps a purpose beyond just being converted up. Make them scale according to level once the campaign is clear, and able to be played by lower level characters. This means lower level maps maintain value EVEN after you've moved and progressed past them.

Additionally, there should could be a gallery for side quest rewards you've collected on your initial character that season to make it so you can focus on progressing campaign with side characters. Gate these rewards based on current character progression, and this would give you a place to store lore exposition besides stuff found in levels in game, things sometimes ignored, but enjoyed by those whom like lore for the games they play. Currently, it's a 'punishment' to anyone that's achieved endgame through many of the difficult bosses currently in game.

Alternatively, a different game mode would be a good way to progress characters after their current campaign play-through. There are PvE options for this, and numerous mechanics that could play into it.
A boss rush, the orchard from PoE1, a puzzle game that requires elements of different types in different sequences, a boss fight mini battler where >Fire>Ice>lightning and you throw bosses at one another.


Either way, if you can't play Endgame with more than one character, is it Endgame? it's Campaign is a massive slog, and I love it. But I don't love the idea of doing it twice with 'slightly' better gear and more resources. Because I still need resources for my current character.
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