PerryTheFridge

What a pleasant surprise for those whom a Christmas release would have made things difficult-Thank you SE!

This of course foregoes any revenue you might earn from it but if the goal is just to get the helpful information/name out there then seems like a decent option

In the case of other platforms, if you aren't going to upload there anyway you might be able to find volunteers who will reupload your video with subtitles. I recently had someone from the CN community reach out to me asking for permission to translate and reupload a few of mine to Bilibili

Stellar Astronomer get! I think that should be first on Coeurl. I still love Cosmic Exploration!

My tribute to the Great Gold Whisker asking for good fortune in my Thief Maps group tonight

For the future, i hope they stick with the Challenge log and checkpoint structure but ramp up the danger levels. and more Quantum please but with less reward jank :)

I hope they keep it up with the mob creativity though-this one had some really great ones.

All in all, PT is a great gateway DD and a big step up from EO (especially with the Challenge log, i LOVE that please do more)

But, i think veteran DD players are still going to miss that incredible sense of danger that things like Flood Dragons give you in the old DDs.

BUT, as for Quantum itself, banger content, please SE more of this please I love 4 man hard content. Great fight.

I imagine with the items being so cheap there is probably an excess of people who want to donate and not enough people who just wanna show up. Then, eventually, it'll flip flop.

Maybe im wrong about that, but its a problem i could see occurring.

I can only assume that there was some sort of technical limitation here, which to me is incredibly disappointing. If there wasnt a technical limitation, thats ALSO incredibly disappointing lol, and i think they should have made a system where that was possible. I dont play pugs for this stuff, but-

One player getting more rewards than others with no other option feels bad. Yes they are the one who exchanged the items, but why was no group-donate idea conceived? Surely they could have just made a system inside the instance that everyone could interact with like the OC ciphers?

Again we see a disconnect by SE where it seems they dont understand what players find valuable in game. At least, not in the circles im in. I wish the plat sacks were more valuable.

On top of Hoards being weird, Quantum rewards are also weird.

Haha just kidding, the hairstyle ALSO drops more from the lower tier sacks than the highest. The middle tier sacks have the highest drop rate of it, from the data I've seen. The platinum sacks' draw seems to have been intended to be the primal weps and orchestrion rolls, and thats just...bad, idk

The lowest grade hoard sacks are the only ones that drop the mount-a deviation from previous DDs that im a bit confused by. I feel like i should be rewarded for getting sacks on the higher floors!

Ok ok, you want to incentivise running the lower floors.

At least the new hairstyle drops more from-

The easier late sets dont bother me too much as im not strictly a DD main, but I see why they feel that way. I think, especially with the 71 checkpoint, they could have let loose a bit.

However my largest issues with PT come from the rewards-i feel like im looking at OC again!

But its not all sunshine and rainbows-the eased difficulty curve definitely extends into the premier sets of the dungeon, with 71-80 feeling far and away like the hardest set to get through, and 81-100 feeling disappointing for many seasoned DDers, and poor preparation for the older equivalents

PT has become the perfect gateway into Deep Dungeoning for many and because of this alone i think it is a welcome addition to the set. The toned back difficulty of the early floors will help ease some of the initial frustrations many feel and the checkpoints allow for a smooth prog experience.

But the systems surrounding it such as Quantum, the checkpoints, the vendor items, hell even the potsherds feel like they've had new thoughts/life breathed into them. Its honestly great to see.

SE wanted to deliver on "A DD for everyone" and i definitely think they nailed a wider audience.

Alright, I've got 11-12 clears under my belt (mostly group, 1 solo) so ive got a pretty good feel for Pilgrims Traverse now.

So its TIME FOR OPINIONS

PT feels like the most "Modern" DD to me, which i guess isnt surprising since it is, but its an old archetype so it feels very fresh (1/?)

Pilgrim's Traverse Solo clear get! Not a bad score too, should have Rank 1 on Crystal when the leaderboards update. Its a fun dungeon!

Q40 Down, fight's got hands, very cool and tough challenge!

I have a lot of other (very positive) thoughts about Pilgrim's Traverse but Hoards getting another 10k is crazy stuff to me lol

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk /endrant

Plus, farming them in that way isn't fun gameplay. Its creative yes but Its not really the kind of thing I think should be pushed or encouraged.

These achievements, if you wanted to make a stretch, grindy goal, should have been to OPEN 1-2k hoard sacks from the specific Deep Dungeon.

So, Achievement Hunters adapt. We've developed a farming method just for this, however this method is abused by bots farming the achievements. (I'd wager at LEAST 80% of the people with The Accursed right now botted it, btw)

So, lets assume we are the best and also the luckiest and we take 20 mins to clear and get 5 Hoards per set.

That's 15 Hoards per hr, 30,000/15 = 2,000 hrs of gameplay.

and that's an underestimation! By a lot!

An average 10 floor run of any Deep Dungeon takes around 30 minutes i would say.

20 is pushing limits, but technically doable.

On average you get ~3 hoards per 10 floors. Max ive seen is 5.

OK Square Enix, let's talk-these achievements are bad.

You are either fully aware of what players do to get these, and are feeding into it

Or you're completely unaware of the kind of time commitment these would take through normal gameplay.

Lets do some math. (1/?)

Hardcore prog is over! We are right at the finish line for Q40 but PTO ran out and so we will pick it back up on Friday evening to hopefully wrap up. the fight is extremely fun and cool though, i hope SE sees it as the great success i think it is!

Twitch Twitch is the world

Stream Links:

twitch.tv/perrythefridge
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twitch.tv/holidaisy3
twitch.tv/templarjayce

Myself and a few others from my community will be participating in this! Ill post the stream links below-our team name is "Four Sustaining Potions in a Trenchcoat"

Good luck to everyone!