I have over a thousand hours in this game, I have thoroughly enjoyed so many leagues of it, farmed endgame gear, spent hours looking up builds I would maybe enjoy, looking up guides on how to make currency and trade etc.
During Heist I had probably around a mirror worth of gear including a headhunter etc. This game was incredible fun. So much to do in the end game, so many different builds, so many cool interaction between skills and items. Back then I was running a build where you would poison yourself, resulting in me having 800% movementspeed due to some niche interactions. It was SO FUN. You would sprint from the start to the end of the map in a couple of seconds.
Was it balanced? No. Was it fun? ♥♥♥♥ YEAH.

But no, you cannot have fun. You cannot have loot. This is a hard game you know. The developers have this weird vision of what they want of the game that completely contradicts what the vast majority of its playerbase enjoy and want from it. A slow, grinding game, where every rare mob takes you multiple seconds up to minutes to kill, with really slow gear progression.

To keep it simple: They nerfed loot drops to around 5% of what you used to get and simultaniously nerfed one of the biggest and most important crafting systems into the ground. So you cannot craft anymore and you cannot really trade well anymore because you dont make any currency and you also cant get access to important uniques anymore because so few of them drop.

You remember last league and how much fun it was to drop all that loot? Well, this is a hard game you know, so take this trash yellow item AND ENJOY IT, ITS ALL YOU WILL GET FROM THIS MAP!

I have over a thousand hours in this game, I have thoroughly enjoyed so many leagues of it, farmed endgame gear, spent hours looking up builds I would maybe enjoy, looking up guides on how to make currency and trade etc. During Heist I had probably around a mirror worth of gear including a headhunter etc. This game was incredible fun. So much to do in the end game, so many different builds, so many cool interaction between skills and items. Back then I was running a build where you would poison yourself, resulting in me having 800% movementspeed due to some niche interactions. It was SO FUN. You would sprint from the start to the end of the map in a couple of seconds. Was it balanced? No. Was it fun? FUCK YEAH. But no, you cannot have fun. You cannot have loot. This is a hard game you know. The developers have this weird vision of what they want of the game that completely contradicts what the vast majority of its playerbase enjoy and want from it. A slow, grinding game, where every rare mob takes you multiple seconds up to minutes to kill, with really slow gear progression. To keep it simple: They nerfed loot drops to around 5% of what you used to get and simultaniously nerfed one of the biggest and most important crafting systems into the ground. So you cannot craft anymore and you cannot really trade well anymore because you dont make any currency and you also cant get access to important uniques anymore because so few of them drop. You remember last league and how much fun it was to drop all that loot? Well, this is a hard game you know, so take this trash yellow item AND ENJOY IT, ITS ALL YOU WILL GET FROM THIS MAP!