Its seems like there is almost no intention to fix certain things, balance the game and smooth out grinding for endgame builds for new people who started playing the game since witch queen came out, i understand it is supposed to be hard work but certain things are impossible. I would love to hear peoples opinions, and also speculations, how many hours of gameplay would it take to build a brand new player into someone who could one phase rhulk? 1000hrs? 3000? im curious. theres a whole lot of gatekeeping when it comes to mods and class builds, new players are locked out of certain builds/wellmaking mods because ada-1 has an awful shop roll, and stasis builds are semi off limits because beyond light is broken.. i will grind for 24 hours/a week straight for something no complaints, gunsmith is a little slow.. but sitting here checking ada-1 every single day seems.. less fun.. painful even. and all the veterans players just rip into you for suggesting ada-1 bad, but bro you HAVE the mod lmao. i just don't see waiting as a viable game mechanic it just seems really heartbreaking, i know people put hundreds/thousands of hours in before they can legitimately raid and feel strong, but is that my only solution to just wait a weeks/months/years till i can get the things i am being gatekeep'd from doing? as i think i have made it close to as far as any solo new player can enjoyably get without being able to solo the harder things to get the gear to successfully solo those even harder things.. i know i know use LFG as they say, i need to find a good clan but can't disband my D1 one due to emotional nostalgia lmao, and lfg.. i don't actually want to be sherpa'd through things believe it or not, people are either too helpful or not at all haha! i've been playing since witch queen dropped and i am now light lvl 1554, constant grinding and i only have 1-2 master worked items that i can use, i like that grind, for prisms, not bad i really love my build. but every improvement i can make in terms of build/abilities is now behind a skill/build/time wall i am not aloud to break, not expecting a change or anything i just wonder if i'm not alone here? am i just impatient or does someone who actually has experience with the current state of the "new" game and starting in it understand what i'm saying? going to ada-1 everyday and just seeing the same 4 mods i can't buy and 1 that is useless over and over is depressing me... RNG is one of the elements in this game i like, when its reasonable and this doesn't feel that way, i am waiting for ONE specific mod but i am just waiting, not grinding or earning something to get it.. just waiting while anyone who played last season could just go and get it from a vendor.. maybe i am just being a spoiled brat like someone suggested for having this opinion, back in the day i put over a thousand hours into d1, but i started day one and thoroughly enjoyed playing the raids when they were a new epic thing and i just want to enjoy that feeling again in d2 with other new/returning players because it is an amazing game, there wasn't toxicity to new players back then either so, i'm curious about peoples personal experiences and opinion as new players and on new players when it come to playing endgame stuff and raids on a semi-hardcore level and if you are a new player and have any specific complaints relating to being a new player that is currently on the edge of endgame content but struggling due to time constraints or limitations of the game don't hesitate to speak up here if you came here to say "its fine stop complaing' or "get gud" or anything negative and you are a veteran player.. just don't lmao, you'll be okay and retain your masculinity if you dont <3 legit opinions and formlated reasons against what i said are fine tho