I've played this game since Mist Energy was a thing, and until now it has always been a wonderful experience. The art style, the game play, the flash, the weapons, the community, the co-operation, all of it seemed to just flow together so seamlessly to make something unique and beautiful. And I loved it.
That was a long time ago. Now, between the monotony of the end-game grind and developers that I am convinced don't care about the players (at least, not anymore), playing the game is almost depressing. It's hardly even a game anymore, now I'm not fighting for friends, or the thrill. I'm fighting to get out, I want something else, everything I do is for the purpose of acquiring enough Energy to buy a different Steam game, because it feels like that's the only thing left worth fighting for.
Even if I forgot about the money, if I played purely for fun, I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere. I can grind for days, weeks, months, and the monsters will never die faster, there will be no progress, it's always frustratingly slow and it's never getting better.
Vanaduke, missions, the Clockworks, compounds, arenas, monsters, events, orbs, heat, crowns, energy, the auction house, NPC, players, merchants...every single thing down to the last 0 and 1 is just an obstacle in my mind.
All I'm asking for is advice from someone who has felt a similar sentiment. Is this it for me? Is this the part where I would retire, drop the game, and come back months later to relive the nostalgia, feel bad about everyone I left behind, maybe finally put together that dream costume? Is there nothing left?
just dont play it and avoid get salty because the game dont have something new, come back when the game have new stuff so you can have that spark back. its practically the thing why i just stopped to play, people only like to play Lameduke because its the only place that drops lots of silver and radiants and its the only thing they play on elite, its like when i used to do my elite groups to arcada and nobody joined and when they do they quickly leave the party because its on Elite or because they though was Lameduke, so pretty much no reason to play.
So instead getting salty because devs dont put back prize boxes + energy bundle and trying to play arcade with a party or getting radiants i prefer to quit temporaly and wait for some update even if it just a small single level but hey i just want to see how they keep going with the game.