Originally Posted by
tcarlisle2012
I, and many others, have been saying for the longest time that anyone that plays this game for the loot is certain to be completely dissatisfied. I have also said since day one that RNG in a videogame is not -- and should not be implemented -- such that it is completely random.
The fact that it has never taken me more than about a week (playing 1-2 hrs per night) to farm for a complete build, to me that indicates they did RNG fairly well. In my experience, I have always found that at any point in time I am playing with a build that is made up almost completely from items that have been "rewarded" as opposed to "looted"
While the game might now vomit pieces you need for your dream build, if you happen to be working on making a build that leverages the latest new toys you should not have a problem. For example, hunters fury with memento. These pieces are puked in your face throughout the season event. It would be pretty much impossible to put serious time towards the season events and not be able to put together this build. I recently decided to put to pasture my build and playstyle and adopt the latest and greatest gear and a play style that I wouldn't pick in a million years, and I have been having a great time.
But if you are trying to put together something else, well, that means your chances are lowered -- because the season events are puking things you just don't need. So since the RNG is tilted way in favor of the newest sets, that makes the chance of getting anything else a lot less.
As gamers, most of us probably have an unhealthy need for instant gratification. If you could bang this game out in a week, and end up in the end game with what I call an "apex" build, that would be a problem. By apex, I mean a build that is so maximized it may never be able to be improved.
That really is the key problem -- we want the game to provide that kind if instant gratification, and then when we get to that apex build rapidly, now we are bummed because "there is no reason to play" because everything that drops is crap. Because the players hit the ceiling and get bored.
We just can't have it both ways. We can't expect to achieve an apex build in days or weeks, and also expect there to be no ceiling. That is just an impossible set of expectations. It has to take months and hundreds -- if not thousands -- of hours.
And when we hit the ceiling, we expect the game to raise that ceiling. We need new gear sets, new weapons, new exotics, etc. And as those are dumped into the game, your apex build of yesterday is no longer an apex build. Now you feel "nerfed", and frustrated because you gave to work all over again to get back to the top.
My advice to anyone is simple -- be patient. If you are not at an apex build point, don't despair and certainly don't rush it. Instead you should enjoy it. If one piece is all you need to make your build apex, when that piece drops you should have mixed feelings about it. Yeah, because it dropped! Followed by "what now?"
When you are at one apex build, then the "what now" is either play the game as long as you enjoy it, or try to put together another build. Play with the new toys. Expand your play style a bit. IF one has no interest in doing that, then one really shouldn't wish the apex build comes quickly, because when it does that is pretty much the end of the road.