Sorry for the incoming walls of text. The tl;dr version is:
Is there a way to play this game at this point without leeching and/or long-term frustration?
I just started playing DAIMP having hesitated from an early purchase of DAI due to the many negative MP comments about it. I play on PC and did the last weekend challenge and while I see several others have said it was really good in relation to other challenges, I can see why this game/community might in effect encourage a new player to find something else to do with their time.
I began playing in Routine and found that other players had gear that would basically one-shot everything, making it difficult to contribute at all. With this challenge in order to get the credit you had apparently had to land the killing blow which for a new player, playing with others that have OSK gear, made it next to impossible.
I’m not sure why BW would structure it this way in a coop game and long-term players would prefer to dominate routine lobbies but perhaps there is no real benefit in having new players stay?
I found in order to get these kills I had to solo Routine which was also incredibly frustrating. Must have taken me five minutes to kill a single arcane horror with a crappy sword provided I could stay alive that long. I got the challenge done (took many hours) but overall the game was most unsatisfying. And the chest rewarded after all that work was underwhelming.
I know in ME3, one could start out with powers that alone allowed one to contribute like a long-term player. I enjoyed that MP game so much I purchase the game a second time to start a manifest anew. I really appreciated getting an excellent rare character and ultra-rare weapon in my first pack, which even at level 1 was enough to allow me to be contribute in a meaningful manner. ME3 had a good balance to immediately connect a new player to the game and provide the incentive to grind over the long-term while having fun doing so.
However, I see in another thread, BW stated that now the DAI RNG has been structured to prevent any new players from getting the ultra-rare level gear until they have “roughly 300/800 items respectively” so I guess the new players will be forced to suck for long periods when playing with players with the OSK gear in Routine. Since there is not that much gold awarded in the lower levels of play, it appears to be quite a grind to even get the chance to contribute in any meaningful way when playing with any long-term player.
As a comparison, I know I could not imagine wanting to play in Bronze or Silver once I was higher level in ME3 and at a level where I was soloing Gold and Platinum but that doesn’t appear to be the case here? On the other hand, before this weekend I had a few lobbies with new players and all of us never even made it to extraction. So the balance seems extreme. Either you leech and have very little contribution or have trouble even completing the basic level of play. Perhaps I missing something and have made a misinterpretation of what I have experienced so far?
When I checked my Friends list, which has a significant number of people, I see many others have also played this game but only to a single digit on the leaderboard. I barely started and I’m already nearing the top of my Friend’s list with my low double digit numbers so it seems others I have played with, many of whom were excellent players in ME3, had a similar experience with DAIMP. I had to LOL at several friends that were under 5. They must have played a couple of zones in a single game and called it quits.
I feel bad as it appears BW put much effort into this game but perhaps an early exit from MP is the smarter path to take. I’d like to give it chance but don’t want to spend time leeching off others and it seems there is not much alternative other than a very humbling grind to 300/800 items to even get a chance for gear many others playing routine already have.
Is there a way to play this game at this point without leeching and/or long-term frustration?
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