Post by samopop on Mar 13, 2015 11:56:51 GMT -5
My experience may be different from others, but I have found that monsters repopulating areas I have already cleared are usually a nuisance (i.e., not fun). My (perhaps unreasonable) request is to remove this feature. There might be some special cases where it makes sense, but in general I find it detracts from the game.
Let me give an example. I am currently in Ep. 3 and have explored some of the City of Dead. I decided I wanted to do the Fang subquest, which starts in Granthorn. However, I entered the CoD from Braeyshalum, so I needed to retread around the whole map to get to Granthorn. I find that when I go through "Waning Moon Pass" or "Brellim Peaks" or "Brellim Pass" that I have to stop every 5 steps and fight another boring battle. The battles are boring for 2 primary reasons. First, the level of the enemies is too low. I have level 30 characters (on nightmare) and the enemies are level 26 or even level 23. The only thing the fights do are take up time. There is no danger or strategy needed. Second, the whole map is already explored. I can fully see where all the enemies are already and there is none of the normal pleasure/satisfaction/excitement in exploring a new map.
Again, other people may feel differently about this, but I feel like monster repopulation results in boring grinding (although it does give experience).
Let me give an example. I am currently in Ep. 3 and have explored some of the City of Dead. I decided I wanted to do the Fang subquest, which starts in Granthorn. However, I entered the CoD from Braeyshalum, so I needed to retread around the whole map to get to Granthorn. I find that when I go through "Waning Moon Pass" or "Brellim Peaks" or "Brellim Pass" that I have to stop every 5 steps and fight another boring battle. The battles are boring for 2 primary reasons. First, the level of the enemies is too low. I have level 30 characters (on nightmare) and the enemies are level 26 or even level 23. The only thing the fights do are take up time. There is no danger or strategy needed. Second, the whole map is already explored. I can fully see where all the enemies are already and there is none of the normal pleasure/satisfaction/excitement in exploring a new map.
Again, other people may feel differently about this, but I feel like monster repopulation results in boring grinding (although it does give experience).
