[Thoughts And Suggestions 0.4]

I played Druid wolf form and reached mid to late game, so here are my thoughts about 0.4 based on the time I put into the game.

The Druid wolf is fun and feels smooth to play. One thing I really didn’t like is Lunar Blessing. Sometimes the wolf just stops attacking unless I use other gem attacks. If I enter Sprint or similar states, it just stops, and at first I thought the moon was doing the light blasts, not the wolf. It’s mostly fine, but activating Lunar Blessing is risky. If it’s not timed right, you can easily die during that moment.

Another issue is when Breach and Delirium are active together on a map. The damage from wolf + Lunar Blessing isn’t enough to clear everything in time, even with high-end gear. Clearing felt really hard in these situations, especially if the map has more monster life or resistances.

Loot drops this season are way better than previous leagues. The best thing for me is the simplified Atlas. I don’t have to waste time using Delirium items on maps just to boost loot. The simplicity feels really good, and I think this is the right direction for the game.

Boss difficulty is also much better than before. Right now, bosses feel challenging but doable, and most importantly, fun. I focus a lot on fun when I judge a game, because that’s what matters the most to me.

My biggest issue isn’t solo gameplay, it’s party gameplay. Boss difficulty in parties feels the same as it was back in 0.1, with no real improvement. There’s not enough motivation to play in a party. Loot is better overall, but for party play, it still feels bad. Boss health becomes insane in a party, and you can’t really apply ailments anymore. For example, if I’m cold, one friend is fire, and another is lightning, it takes forever to trigger an ailment on the boss. This makes boss fights drag on way too long. Only stun feels okay because most skills can scale stun at some point.

I really want better reasons to party up. Things like extra loot, personal loot for each player so people don’t argue, and shared progress. If I play in a party, everyone should progress. This season I played early with a friend, and when he was gone for a few days, I was stuck redoing my Atlas from the start. That honestly sucked.

I also want to be able to price items in-game without relying on third-party tools. You already did a great job with the market, so please fix the rest of the third-party dependency issues too.

Another thing that needs improvement is map size in Act 3 and Act 4. These acts are way too big and take too much time compared to Act 1 and Act 2. They really need some changes.

I still dislike the trials. To be honest, I did the first trial alone, and the second one only for the first 4 ascendancy points. After that, I pushed my character to around level 70 and then asked for a service on TFT Discord to help me get the last 4 points. I think it’s really stupid to spend that much time preparing and doing trials just for the remaining points, especially when I’m not interested in farming or repeating trials at all. They are definitely boring and feel like a waste of time. I don’t find them rewarding unless you’re extremely lucky.

Please find a way to make trials simpler and allow us to get all ascendancy points naturally during the campaign from Act 1 to Act 6, without forcing content like Trial of Sekhemas all the way to the final floor boss. Simplify trials the same way you simplified maps and boss difficulty.

I can’t talk about balance overall because I only played Druid wolf this league, so I won’t comment on that.

One more thing: after reaching mid game, I started feeling bored. I haven’t done a single Citadel yet. I don’t even know if they unlock after all missions or not, but I’ve been running Tier 15 maps all over the Atlas and haven’t seen one. I fought the new Atziri boss once, and sadly I died on my first attempt. What really felt bad is that I didn’t get another chance to fight her. No retry, nothing. That was really depressing. I wish it scaled like other mechanic bosses so I could learn the fight and understand her abilities.

Do I feel like continuing the league? Maybe. I might put in a few more hours over the next few days, but I’m not fully sure yet.