The ping sound when you drop a divine in poe is one of the most satisfying gaming moments ever, the adrenaline rush is very nice, I wish they got something similar in LE too
I would LOVE to activate the loot filters on item lists like my inventory, stash, and even vendors. That way I can see the coloration rules, and even "hide" as search does. Also, it would be AWESOME to see which attributes match the filter
Raxx, you are legit THE best content creator for ARPGs out there. It's noticeable that you're indeed concerned with the quality of games not only from your perspective (as blaster) but genuinely from a gamer point of view. Loved this format, and it's great to see it!
Great video man. I wouldn't mind seeing these every cycle. If EHG sees these it just gives us as a community a way to give them our opinion in one video. Keep up the good work.
Market Searching request: 1. We need groups. For example, if I want an item with T5 INT + 2 more of (46 different affixes) then that should be possible to search for. 2. For idols, we absolutely need to be able to search by the absolute value / %. Health / Resistance idols vary wildy in price depending on the roll 3. For uniques, same thing. Some uniques we're specifically looking for a high roll in a certain statline only.
Raxx, you are the gospel when it comes to these breakdowns. Please keep making them. I try to watch them all, even for games I don’t play. Your analysis provides immense value to the developers and players.
I'll be honest, I generally don't watch any of your gameplay content, largely because we have different playstyle mentalities. However, I will watch EVERY SINGLE video of this format, for any and all games you decide to make them for. I don't want composing these lists to become a tiresome chore for you, so please only do them as you WANT to do them. Don't let viewers pressure you into taking on more work than you can handle. That said, you seem to enjoy making these videos and I certainly enjoy watching them. Keep up the great work ❤
As an Aussie gamer I don’t get to watch your stream as much as I would like because I am often sleeping while you are playing, but I love these videos and I hope you keep doing them. The devs seem to listen. All of these points are great, but I want to embellish one. Gold Pickup: for a game where gold matters, especially at the start, needing to backtrack a lot because the gold pickup range is so low is a bad feeling. The only good source is pickup, so reducing the frustration of that by just increasing the range by 25-50% would really help. Nemesis Boss interfering with Boss Loot: Either have the boss loot drop at the same time as the Nemesis Boss loot, or have the boss loot be auto pickup to a temp stash tab. The big moment that made me seriously consider quitting was around this. I am a visually impaired player, and struggle a lot to defeat some of the bosses. I am not blind, just have slow focus changes and it means that often things come to me out of nowhere. I finally killed Elder Gaspar at the end of the normal Echoes and because I had set up my Prophecies to give me bonus loot I had at least a dozen uniques drop. With the contrast and everything that was all I could see. I went to check the loot, and was just suddenly dead and only then noticed there was the Harbinger boss, which I thought was only in Empowered Echoes, and all that loot was lost. All of that favour from most of my play, all that loot I spent ages working for, all gone. That was such a feel bad moment that I almost wanted to delete the game. Giving players that sort of feel bad moment is never good, and should be avoided. If the loot dropped for both bosses after you kill both, making it all one event, that would have been fine, but knowing you can't take the time to loot your earned boss loot without risking death is just a terrible feeling.
One thing I would want to Add is that you can inspect peoples builds. Both in the world and on the ladder. Is cool to see people's builds since there's a TON possible in this game
this is a necessity, hope they'll add it, it'll add a ton of replayability, seeing and trying other ppl builds, "stealing" ideas and clever items combo interractions etc
One other big accessibility update I would love to see would be for them to allow us to customize the keybinds for menu/inventory actions. I.e., it defaults to right click to equip an item, and shift-right click to sell/drop/transfer an item. Maybe I'm just dumb, but I've already accidentally sold/shattered several of my equipment gear pieces because I accidentally right clicked a trash item in my inventory, which swapped the equipment, and then went back and shift-right clicked it to sell/shatter it without realizing 💀. If I could change the default keybinds, or if we could "lock" our equipment, that would be a huge quality of life change for me.
I really like your feedback videos, helps me also to really evaluate if it is worth to dive into a new season/cycle etc again. Keep it up, will always watch 🙂
Love this video. I think EHG will appreciate the passion and feedback. Two things I'd like to chime in on. *Cosmetics* - As an offline player not being able to see the cosmetics I got from Twitch drops prevented me from buying supporter packs, which I most likely would have done. I want this game to grow and succeed, I feel making cosmetics work offline should be a priority. *Affix Shards* - They only time they have "weight" is when they are sitting in your inventory before you hit the button that sends them to the void where you basically never see them again. I'm usually against vacuum or auto pickup, but seriously these need either be auto picked up, or at least when picked up automatically go to affix shard stash, or whatever it's called.
I've been saying this for a while with regards to Affix Shards - I personally think that only the incredibly important/rare/valuable shards/runes/glyphs etc should have "weight" (honestly, I hate this term and I think it's dumb and archaic, but the ARPG community seems to absolutely cling onto this as a concept) to them; everything else HAS to be auto pick up, because the current system is a chore to engage with. The important shards already have dedicated light beams and sound cues upon dropping, and *that* gives them that rare feeling and makes them feel valuable and fun to click, but the vast majority of them are largely fodder, and eventually it becomes frustrating to click on EVERY single shard you see (especially given the pick up range in this game is abysmal - I've also struggled to pick them up because enemy models get in the way etc). They won't change this though. This has been a consistently brought up topic, and EHG (and the community) are firmly against changing this. One of the *many* reasons this game is never going to be as good as people want it to be, unfortunately...
The fact that there are so few unique item looks is a downturner for me. You find a unique item and it has the same look as a blue item on the same slot and together with the really bad character looks, dont feel that my warlock is a badass destroyer of worlds but more a disabled (sorry but akolythe model looks and behave like somebody with severe issues) hobbo. I mean the game looks great until you go back to your character srceen and it looks like from a game 15 years ago. Diablo 3 has better character models.
@@marcpaulus6291 People put too much emphasis on how a game looks imo. If the game is fun and runs well, I could care less how it looks for the most part. Your complaint is a subjective one, I personally feel the game looks fine.
Hi Raxx, related to Health etc. Give *"gear items"* slots at a certain Lvl range or general. 1h weapons 2 slots, 2H weapons 4 slots, Armor 4 slots, rest all 2 slots. • In this slots, we can place in *"soul shards"* which can be replaced with other ones, destroying the one in the choosen slot. They add, to a maximum range of stats according to its lvl range. • Endgame soul-shards add up tp *+45* each standart attributs like vit, str, int BUT also WISdom which is *"spell evasion chance"* so foes miss to hit skills on your char. *Stat Vit should be;* 1 Vit = 9 P.Def and 33 Max HP • Every *added* Hp by Vit reaching 100 total VitHp, grants *+2% ressistance vs all* smt this along. *+45 Vit* would add • *+408 Armor* vs Phys. Dmg • *+ 1485 VitHp* • *+ 28% Ressistance* vs all (per 100 VitHp +2%) > the current Vit does *not create any EHP* just a bit hp. State Str, having +4% Armor would now be working with the added raw p.def stat of Vit. ... Those soul-shards, at any range will be in different *tiers.* 3/4 different ones. The first 3 Lvl ranges will have only 2/3 Tiers. /// Imo the vit stat not adding hp + armor, to create *EHP* is one point this game needs to change. If Hp wants to compete with Ward, it only will work over creating *EHP,* which needs raw Hp & Armor stats to create a *EHP* number. My 5 cents. Cheers
Great video, yes please doing these videos are awesome. Season / Cycle feedback is crucial to every ARPG. Whether the developer listens and acts on that feedback is on them, but giving them the feedback in the first place is the player's part of the agreement in the player / developer relationship.
Great video! I really appreciated some of your breakdowns, especially about Ward vs other defenses. I'm still relatively new to the game and don't fully understand everything but I saw people the other night asking about what defenses are the best in the game right now (Ward vs everything else) and chat was all over the place so it was nice seeing you break it down and talk about it. Thanks again for the recap and I look forward to seeing the next one as it really helps me understand the intricacies of this game as I enjoy this game and play it when I can, I just don't have the time to make it my life.
Raxx - Here are a couple of ammedments: 1. I changed computers 2 months ago, and ONLY played Diablo 4 since I got it up and running. When I fired up LE to start my 1.1 journey, it brought over my 1.0 loot filters. So, they must be in the cloud. 2. They need to change how you enter a new zone. Some of them go in by just walking near it. That's hot garbage. I need to read what zone the door is. There are also ones you need to click...which is good, but here's the rub....if I am traversing let's say in a westward direction and click on the new zone portal...sometimes when your screen loads the new zone, you are now facing Eastward. So, if you are "blasting" and trying to burn through the campaign, I can't tell you how many times I have went in a zone, and while I'm clicking, I RE-ENTER the previous zone because of the map flip.
Adding on to the cash shop feedback, I was playing yesterday and decided to take a peek at the shop. Of all the games I play, I have only dipped into MTX probably 3 times. I thought the cosmetics in LE looked pretty cool, and they have packs to get multiple things. But the pricing doesnt make much sense to me. The necro pack or whatever its called gets you a cloak, portal and pet for $40. Other packs give you Armor sets, portal and pet for $20-$30, then theres the Abyssal pack that gives you 3 packs for the price of 2. No big deal, I honestly just want cosmetic armor pieces. So I start looking through individual pieces, they look sick! But when I look at the conversion of EpochDollars to real life money, its $10 for a single helmet. This is a gripe you can place on any game with an ingame cash shop, but LE puts out high quality cosmetics while having prices all over the place. I can spend $10 to get one of the supporter packs, but $10 also gets me a singular helmet? I'd buy their MTX in a heartbeat if I didnt feel like the values were so inconsistent.
@raxxanterax - To answer your final question, yes. Please continue to create these vids for cycles. The first streamer that I look for when new content drops is you. I am not the only one. The legwork, the tutorials, the live streaming, the helpful tips and hits (such as universal loot filter), etc are all very appreciated. Thank you and I hope that you continue to do so.
Please keep making these for the big ARPGs, it's nice as a player to keep up with where they all are so I can sort of pick and choose where I want to spend my time based on the state of things.
Yes please make it every cycle. Very helpful. And it can help people pinpoint and subsequently articulate what it is that they may be liking or disliking about the game. As a result, you get more people voicing their opinions and items impacting more players get affected earlier.
I really like your idea of templates for the stash tabs + affinity. I do think LE should give you ~5 tabs with the beginnings of a workable template (say Unique / Set / Exalted / keys / something else) just to save a bit of reorganizing / setup with each season. Maybe something like "adding a tab under a category binds that categories affinity" - so you can keep growing and auto-sorting your collection of items. Affinity could be something like item rarity (unique, set, exalted, etc.) + item type / combination of types (one handed / jewelry / req class / sword / etc.) As you develop your stash tabs, you can assign affinities to them. Maybe give people enough starter tabs with affinities already assigned, which they can modify as they add more. This would get rid of the need for Dump now organize later tabs.
Raxx, I LOVE these “state” videos. Please don’t stop making these. I primarily play D4 and might play LE cycle 1 too. And recently I’m just too busy with work to keep up with everything. These “state” videos are like godsend to me and people like me, which I know there’re a lot of them. Thank you Raxx, you’re the best.
As a compromise on sucking up materials, make it a button I can hotkey so it's still active. What I don't like is requiring three button presses. One to pick up, second to open inventory, third to transfer.
I don't want EHG to focus more on MTX like PoE, here's why: PoE is a free game, therefore their only source of revenue is MTX and supporter packs. Most of that money, GGG makes at league starts. The problem with that is GGG has an incentive to not only make players return every league, but also make them quit the league earlier, so they don't burn out of the game and return next league, and get them that MTX money. That is the biggest reason why leveling is such a drag in PoE, and why so many QoLs are withheld - GGG wants it that way so ppl stop leveling alts, quit, and return for many leagues to come. It's also a big reason why they are so reluctant to do end of league races, or make those races actually fun - it tanks their subsequent league numbers. LE currently doesn't have that incentive, and that's because $35 already pays for everything. If you return every cycle, that's nice. If you buy MTX, that's nice. If you buy supporter packs, that's nice. But it's not mandatory for EHG that you do, and therefore you get a lot of nice QoLs, leveling isn't living hell, and most importantly an offline mode. PoE cannot have an offline mode because they need to sell hats every league (understandably because it's a free game). The incentives and interests at LE right now are nicely aligned to benefit the playerbase, I'd prefer it stay that way.
I feel usually your views align with mine so your feedback for Last Epoch is more than welcome. I think the devs are also very customer-centric so I doubt that it will go to waste. Would love watching you blast the ladder each cycle too! Was a lot fun seeing you among top players.
Don’t usually comment, and I’m unlikely to play this cycle, but I do really enjoy watching these catchup state of the game videos when you put them out. It’s a similar case to Diablo 4. I may not play, but it’s still nice to feel up to date and in the loop with how things are going.
Great video, always enjoy this sort of conversational videos from content creators, especially when they involve their community feedback instead of just the creator as a single person.
i just recently found out about you, and i have to say, you are so chill and nice to listen to, while also being informational and fair, just keep this up brother, you are amazing
Just jumped back into D4 for the first time since S1 and LOVING IT. I planned on LE being my next ARPG, as I loved it at launch, but I’m going to let it bake another year or so. I’ll definitely be following your thoughts on its development, so thanks a ton for the work you put into these types of videos.
I like the video. Having seen now 2 of your things, adding you to my list of content creators to follow. These kinds of evaluation lists are something I look forward to every time a POE league drops. I don't have time to read the patch notes with the depth someone like you puts into it, nor do I want to wade into the conversations being had by the community (been burnt out by too many trolls and time playing LOL). This kind of video means I don't need to, and can just listen to the information from a few trusted sources to form the opinions. I would ask you to keep it up, if you have the right return. As I am trying merchant guild this cycle I would add: Offline bazaar search or significantly improved search filters. All of the issues you have with loot filter? It is 100 times worse on the bazaar. In addition to gold cost, there is a favor cost, and you cannot sort or filter by favor cost. I know the development of it would not be easy but the closer they can get to POE trade, the better.
I would love a season journey with some rewards, like in D3. Also, I totally agree - team needs to make this work long term, so either bring more focus to cosmetics (perhaps make them cycle specific) or even offer a battle pass. I am new to the game but love it and want it to stay feasible for them to keep working on.
I just want QoL for everything. make it easy to play. I dont want to run right over gold to get it. Good video. Lots of good points. This is a game that should last a long time and stuff like this makes it better for the player. Thank you raxx
Constructive, well structured, informed (and consulted), well explained feedback all around. I appreciate the effort you put into this Raxx and continue to support your call outs. Please keep on keeping on and being awesome as you are.
12:40 For the Search, i am reminded of Minecraft and especially the JEI Searchbar. There you can prefix your search with a specific character like @, to search for Items of a specific Mod, or the $-Character to search for Terms in the Tags of Items. This might be done the same, where you prefix the term with an @ to search for implicits, an $ to search for only explicits or even combined with a #-Character to search for speicifc values. So something like "$health #45" might result in highlighting all items with explicit health modifiers of value 45 and above. If the go beyond all that, the might include Regex all the way, wich might be overkill for the majority of players. I think that might be a great addition to the search function, to further enhance this feature.
Definitely need to be able to add sounds to drops via the filter system. This cycle - now that i'm playing a caster - far more stuff is dying off screen and I've almost missed some really good stuff (like LP3 leveling items, double Greater Affix purples, etc). And yea, the performance on my mid-range computer is still a bit choppy now and then (and it does crash occasionally when switching zones) - but has definitely improved since 1.0. I could also just build a behemoth and stop being a jabroni, too I haven't played hardcore yet, but I like that people are actually dyin to pinnacle bosses and what not. Maybe one more cycle and I'll be comfortable enough to hardcore it up :) Great vid as always
For Merchants Guild it is impossible to search for multiple affixes with different levels. I.E. I want tier 7 +Chthonic Fissure Level and any tier of Critical Mitigation. Instead, I either have to look for any tier of both or tier 7 of both. I also can't do OR searches. So, lets say I would take an amulet with Necrotic OR Poison resistance. Currently, I have to run two separate searches instead of a single search for both. Finally, it's not possible to look for rolls within an affix tier. This is less important for exalts but is *huge* when looking for uniques. The value of the affixes on a unique are totally unchangeable and thus are core to value of the item. Not being able to filter for them is a major pain point.
Love the vid, I made the Wraithlord and the Trapper last season because of you, and obviously the most amazing thing, the loot filter, State of Last Epoch is pretty informative as well and I respect that.
You are a legend for doing these kinds of videos for every arpg honestly. Yeah, 95% of the points are "duh, obviously" - material, but having an easy-to-read list of all of these, is a huge help for a developer. Along with a video with further explanations for most topics. That is the kind of stuff a guy in charge can take to a board meeting and put up on the wall and start discussions. As a former PAID tester for over 20 years, I can tell you: THIS is precisely the kind of stuff companies did pay me for. And they did pay well. You should be paid for it also ;-)
Loved the video! As per usual, your detailed, super organized, and intelligent analysis is appreciated by myself and likely most of the community. Hope the devs pay attention to your feedback and make improvements accordingly. Having these “State of the Game” videos for all the ARPGs is awesome and helps the community also decide which games to invest in (time and money). Keep it up Raxx!
Have the autopickup of affix shards provide some sort of feedback - sound, visual, ui element, etc. The feedback doesn't need to be be manual clicks. The lootfilter could play a part here too.
I'm not sure I will come back to LE anytime soon, just for lack of time, not because of game quality. Videos like this let me at least stay up to date with what's going on with the game and I have trust in your judgement for most content there.
The nemesis is such a fantastic system. The ability to find ok gear and then make it decent is great and really helpful early on. Also the ability to swap in a unique and pray to the gods you get an ok or useful roll while you wait for an item with LP is great, i have like 4 unique swords for my build and i just keep using them on nemesis untill i get a godly purple to put into my 2 lp item. it really does smooth out the gearing process.
A "simple" search for the tabs would be the possibility to apply the filter also on them. Maybe the same filter (but different instances) ir a different filter. This is especially good for alts. You saved some items in a char but it is useful for an alt. Applying the alt filter on the stash would point. you to those useful items.
I loved season 1.0. So much so, I purposely have not started 1.1. work and life are pretty busy right now and I don't want to get sucked in. Love getting to keep up with the game through these videos.
D4 also pauses monster fights when you interact with an NPS (Soudeh at the mouth of a dungeon). So yes, please Epoch pause monsters when reading or interacting with a reading.
Thank you for bringing up the cursor issue. It is worse on linux because cursor does not scale with system settings. I have brought this on LE forum months ago, but EHG is not fixing it
Just dipped a toe into 1.1 but your vid is super useful to understand what the overall feel of the changes I'll see - thanks man, ur just the best when it comes to useful vids on my fav ARPGS. I will eventually get into 1.1, think i just overloaded on all the ARPGS of late so a break is good and I'll come back when the urge takes me again - right now I've found Total War Warhammer 3 and loving that right now :D
As for the loot filter I would like to see us be able to search by specific uniques and also allow us to customize and add beacons/mini map icons to drop so we can see them a bit off screen.
Hell yes, keep following and making these state of the game videos. Critical feedback like this is needed to ensure the longevity of ARPGs like LE. Especially for the little guys like EHG.
I love your stuff brother, the state of videos help a lot with keeping up on what has even changed. I'd say if it's not too much trouble keep doing them :D
I love the lootfilter. Didn't know that new cycle is up so I will definitely try it. What I miss in the lootfilter is filtering by the price, because in the start I tend to pickup worthy vendor items.
Idol tiers is something I really want to see, it would be a fair bit of work to break up the existing sets they have now into new tiers and integrate it into the loot filter but man it would be so good.
yes please make these each cycle as a player i feel its hard to get my feedback to devs but with someone like you putting out these videos maybe there is a higher possibility of them seeing them and i would like for this game to grow and get bigger with time
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Concerning the cosmetics. There could be an NPC in the End of Time that is wearing a random supporter pack cosmetic every time you go into the EoT. That way if you go and speak with him/her it could bring up the storefront. That way it's not invasive, but it's there for you to see in game. Everytime I pass by the dude that's telling Minimus to go away I kind of hope there's a sub-quest that allows me to adopt him as a pet 😅 Also, yes, please continue doing these videos. They're great.
So many amazing ideas Raxx....hope they add some ideas slowly so we can adjust to them and adjust as needed. Keep up your awesome videos!!!!! Fist-bump from Germany!
Love these videos, keep it up. LE coverage overall has been lacking in comparison to D4. I still couldn't find myself going back to D4 S4 after playing LE. I tried it but it just didn't hit. Been waiting for you guys to pump out the LE content.
My first thoughts when you talked about solutions for the Nemesis system were about Metamorph and Ritual in PoE. In both cases, you get a button on screen that lets you interact with their respective windows anywhere in the map. Obviously with ritual you have to actually do the rituals so Metamorph is probably a better analogue, but I don’t see any reason why EHG couldn’t just let us spawn the Nemesis enemy wherever we wanted.
More than any other part of your season analysis, I appreciate your talking about the games finances and what avenues we have to spend further on this game. I recently quit First Descendant (partially) because I WANTED to spend up to $70 on the game, because I got an entertainment and hours played value out of it worth at least that much. But no part of their cash shop was remotely reasonable or of interest.
In the case of Last Epoch, I’m still sitting on some currency from purchasing during EA because I don’t love any of the cosmetics on offer. But I’d be ok with them expanding their paid offerings so I can give them more money
I think, on the topic of affix shards in the inventory, if they're really married to the idea of them going to the inventory and having you click transfer, a good middle ground might be that Affix Shards still go to your inventory, but when your inventory is full and you pick up affix shards, they go directly to your crafting storage. That way you still get the "weight" of picking up and stashing shards, but you'll never get the full inventory popup when trying to pick up shards. You'll still have to transfer them to pick up gear, so they keep at least *some* of the weight, but you'll never have to stop and transfer for shards
Loved the video, its a great summary of your streams and feedback that you can provide. I believe its also nice for devs to wait for constructive feedback in this video rather than going through different streamers hoping for some input.
Not sure if this has been mentioned but I’d be nice if you can look up multiple items at different tiers for merchants guild. Ex: being able to filter a T7 health on a helm and also be able to look up a T4 phys damage for that same health and etc. Helps with looking up how much something’s worth in the auction house as well.
Great summary! I have been playing LE for several years and it is one of my favorites. I agree that they did a great job with 1.1. Love your list of potential improvements. Even the ones that don't mean much for me are good to see listed. Please keep this up for future updates.
Really great video. Please keep the reviews comming rax. I appreciate a different voice and hiw people see things. Some great points over all. I bough le when in beta but didnt really enjoy it and dropped it before getting to lvl 20. Tried it again with the new patch qnd been really enjoying it. I like that its been the go between D4 and what can be over complicated with poe.
Or do what D4 finally got around to doing, have a pet to pick up gold and runes. just have to give one free pet and everyone has same option. you either have pet out or not, no setting needed but have option for both sets of folks
The ping sound when you drop a divine in poe is one of the most satisfying gaming moments ever, the adrenaline rush is very nice, I wish they got something similar in LE too
Yeah, that sound can wake you from a sleepy state at night
@@Majesthion has done just this plenty of times lol
isnt that the custom filter sound? afaik the base game doesnt tell you shit about drops
@@AdskyDimon need to clean the ears if that's the case.
@@sasuke21153 meaningless random agression on the internet. How fresh
I would LOVE to activate the loot filters on item lists like my inventory, stash, and even vendors. That way I can see the coloration rules, and even "hide" as search does. Also, it would be AWESOME to see which attributes match the filter
It needs a regex system
Loot filter should be AI and automatic. Or the game shouldn't have 98% garbage unusable drops.
Thanks for this cycle recap! Would love to see these for every LE cycle
Raxx, you are legit THE best content creator for ARPGs out there. It's noticeable that you're indeed concerned with the quality of games not only from your perspective (as blaster) but genuinely from a gamer point of view.
Loved this format, and it's great to see it!
Agreed. The absolute goat for arpgs
Great video man. I wouldn't mind seeing these every cycle. If EHG sees these it just gives us as a community a way to give them our opinion in one video. Keep up the good work.
the actual good thing is that EHG is super receptive about feedback. Stuff like this makes everyone happy.
Agreed, great informative video
Yeah, what that guy said 👍
More of these videos for any/all of the ARPGs you play, Raxx, would be great. They’re informed and informative, both for players and the companies.
Market Searching request:
1. We need groups. For example, if I want an item with T5 INT + 2 more of (46 different affixes) then that should be possible to search for.
2. For idols, we absolutely need to be able to search by the absolute value / %. Health / Resistance idols vary wildy in price depending on the roll
3. For uniques, same thing. Some uniques we're specifically looking for a high roll in a certain statline only.
I'm hopeful that the devs will take your feedback seriously. Thanks for trying to make the game better for everyone.
His Melee vs Caster and Ward trumping all defences was on point. Hopefully Season 3 sees some changes to buffing melee and buffing raw life setups.
Raxx, you are the gospel when it comes to these breakdowns. Please keep making them. I try to watch them all, even for games I don’t play. Your analysis provides immense value to the developers and players.
couldn't have said it better myself
Same, i just watch any video of any breakdown, even if i never play the game
I'll be honest, I generally don't watch any of your gameplay content, largely because we have different playstyle mentalities.
However, I will watch EVERY SINGLE video of this format, for any and all games you decide to make them for.
I don't want composing these lists to become a tiresome chore for you, so please only do them as you WANT to do them. Don't let viewers pressure you into taking on more work than you can handle.
That said, you seem to enjoy making these videos and I certainly enjoy watching them.
Keep up the great work ❤
As an Aussie gamer I don’t get to watch your stream as much as I would like because I am often sleeping while you are playing, but I love these videos and I hope you keep doing them. The devs seem to listen.
All of these points are great, but I want to embellish one.
Gold Pickup: for a game where gold matters, especially at the start, needing to backtrack a lot because the gold pickup range is so low is a bad feeling. The only good source is pickup, so reducing the frustration of that by just increasing the range by 25-50% would really help.
Nemesis Boss interfering with Boss Loot: Either have the boss loot drop at the same time as the Nemesis Boss loot, or have the boss loot be auto pickup to a temp stash tab.
The big moment that made me seriously consider quitting was around this.
I am a visually impaired player, and struggle a lot to defeat some of the bosses. I am not blind, just have slow focus changes and it means that often things come to me out of nowhere.
I finally killed Elder Gaspar at the end of the normal Echoes and because I had set up my Prophecies to give me bonus loot I had at least a dozen uniques drop. With the contrast and everything that was all I could see. I went to check the loot, and was just suddenly dead and only then noticed there was the Harbinger boss, which I thought was only in Empowered Echoes, and all that loot was lost. All of that favour from most of my play, all that loot I spent ages working for, all gone.
That was such a feel bad moment that I almost wanted to delete the game. Giving players that sort of feel bad moment is never good, and should be avoided. If the loot dropped for both bosses after you kill both, making it all one event, that would have been fine, but knowing you can't take the time to loot your earned boss loot without risking death is just a terrible feeling.
One thing I would want to Add is that you can inspect peoples builds. Both in the world and on the ladder. Is cool to see people's builds since there's a TON possible in this game
this is a necessity, hope they'll add it, it'll add a ton of replayability, seeing and trying other ppl builds, "stealing" ideas and clever items combo interractions etc
One other big accessibility update I would love to see would be for them to allow us to customize the keybinds for menu/inventory actions. I.e., it defaults to right click to equip an item, and shift-right click to sell/drop/transfer an item. Maybe I'm just dumb, but I've already accidentally sold/shattered several of my equipment gear pieces because I accidentally right clicked a trash item in my inventory, which swapped the equipment, and then went back and shift-right clicked it to sell/shatter it without realizing 💀. If I could change the default keybinds, or if we could "lock" our equipment, that would be a huge quality of life change for me.
Good suggestion for sure
I really like your feedback videos, helps me also to really evaluate if it is worth to dive into a new season/cycle etc again. Keep it up, will always watch 🙂
Love this video. I think EHG will appreciate the passion and feedback. Two things I'd like to chime in on.
*Cosmetics* - As an offline player not being able to see the cosmetics I got from Twitch drops prevented me from buying supporter packs, which I most likely would have done. I want this game to grow and succeed, I feel making cosmetics work offline should be a priority.
*Affix Shards* - They only time they have "weight" is when they are sitting in your inventory before you hit the button that sends them to the void where you basically never see them again. I'm usually against vacuum or auto pickup, but seriously these need either be auto picked up, or at least when picked up automatically go to affix shard stash, or whatever it's called.
I've been saying this for a while with regards to Affix Shards - I personally think that only the incredibly important/rare/valuable shards/runes/glyphs etc should have "weight" (honestly, I hate this term and I think it's dumb and archaic, but the ARPG community seems to absolutely cling onto this as a concept) to them; everything else HAS to be auto pick up, because the current system is a chore to engage with. The important shards already have dedicated light beams and sound cues upon dropping, and *that* gives them that rare feeling and makes them feel valuable and fun to click, but the vast majority of them are largely fodder, and eventually it becomes frustrating to click on EVERY single shard you see (especially given the pick up range in this game is abysmal - I've also struggled to pick them up because enemy models get in the way etc).
They won't change this though. This has been a consistently brought up topic, and EHG (and the community) are firmly against changing this. One of the *many* reasons this game is never going to be as good as people want it to be, unfortunately...
The fact that there are so few unique item looks is a downturner for me. You find a unique item and it has the same look as a blue item on the same slot and together with the really bad character looks, dont feel that my warlock is a badass destroyer of worlds but more a disabled (sorry but akolythe model looks and behave like somebody with severe issues) hobbo. I mean the game looks great until you go back to your character srceen and it looks like from a game 15 years ago. Diablo 3 has better character models.
@@marcpaulus6291 People put too much emphasis on how a game looks imo. If the game is fun and runs well, I could care less how it looks for the most part. Your complaint is a subjective one, I personally feel the game looks fine.
The only bad thing about this video is that it ends. Always nice to hear your opinions on games.
Hi Raxx, related to Health etc. Give *"gear items"* slots at a certain Lvl range or general.
1h weapons 2 slots, 2H weapons 4 slots, Armor 4 slots, rest all 2 slots.
• In this slots, we can place in *"soul shards"* which can be replaced with other ones, destroying the one in the choosen slot.
They add, to a maximum range of stats according to its lvl range.
• Endgame soul-shards add up tp *+45* each standart attributs like vit, str, int BUT also WISdom which is *"spell evasion chance"* so foes miss to hit skills on your char.
*Stat Vit should be;*
1 Vit = 9 P.Def and 33 Max HP
• Every *added* Hp by Vit reaching 100 total VitHp, grants *+2% ressistance vs all* smt this along.
*+45 Vit* would add
• *+408 Armor* vs Phys. Dmg
• *+ 1485 VitHp*
• *+ 28% Ressistance* vs all (per 100 VitHp +2%)
> the current Vit does *not create any EHP* just a bit hp.
State Str, having +4% Armor would now be working with the added raw p.def stat of Vit.
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Those soul-shards, at any range will be in different *tiers.*
3/4 different ones.
The first 3 Lvl ranges will have only 2/3 Tiers.
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Imo the vit stat not adding hp + armor, to create *EHP* is one point this game needs to change.
If Hp wants to compete with Ward, it only will work over creating *EHP,* which needs raw Hp & Armor stats to create a *EHP* number.
My 5 cents.
Cheers
Great video, yes please doing these videos are awesome. Season / Cycle feedback is crucial to every ARPG.
Whether the developer listens and acts on that feedback is on them, but giving them the feedback in the first place is the player's part of the agreement in the player / developer relationship.
Yes, every cycle and season and whatever other names. We need this stuff out there for all the games to improve.
I would love for you to make more videos like this on a cycle to cycle basis
Great video! I really appreciated some of your breakdowns, especially about Ward vs other defenses. I'm still relatively new to the game and don't fully understand everything but I saw people the other night asking about what defenses are the best in the game right now (Ward vs everything else) and chat was all over the place so it was nice seeing you break it down and talk about it. Thanks again for the recap and I look forward to seeing the next one as it really helps me understand the intricacies of this game as I enjoy this game and play it when I can, I just don't have the time to make it my life.
Raxx - Here are a couple of ammedments:
1. I changed computers 2 months ago, and ONLY played Diablo 4 since I got it up and running. When I fired up LE to start my 1.1 journey, it brought over my 1.0 loot filters. So, they must be in the cloud.
2. They need to change how you enter a new zone. Some of them go in by just walking near it. That's hot garbage. I need to read what zone the door is. There are also ones you need to click...which is good, but here's the rub....if I am traversing let's say in a westward direction and click on the new zone portal...sometimes when your screen loads the new zone, you are now facing Eastward. So, if you are "blasting" and trying to burn through the campaign, I can't tell you how many times I have went in a zone, and while I'm clicking, I RE-ENTER the previous zone because of the map flip.
Adding on to the cash shop feedback, I was playing yesterday and decided to take a peek at the shop. Of all the games I play, I have only dipped into MTX probably 3 times. I thought the cosmetics in LE looked pretty cool, and they have packs to get multiple things. But the pricing doesnt make much sense to me. The necro pack or whatever its called gets you a cloak, portal and pet for $40. Other packs give you Armor sets, portal and pet for $20-$30, then theres the Abyssal pack that gives you 3 packs for the price of 2.
No big deal, I honestly just want cosmetic armor pieces. So I start looking through individual pieces, they look sick! But when I look at the conversion of EpochDollars to real life money, its $10 for a single helmet. This is a gripe you can place on any game with an ingame cash shop, but LE puts out high quality cosmetics while having prices all over the place. I can spend $10 to get one of the supporter packs, but $10 also gets me a singular helmet? I'd buy their MTX in a heartbeat if I didnt feel like the values were so inconsistent.
Considering how easy it is for MG to get unique items, the rune of ascendancy should just always have the chance to not be consumed.
i agree, and its not like it matters u can just wait till u get smth cof tagged its just annoying
@raxxanterax - To answer your final question, yes. Please continue to create these vids for cycles. The first streamer that I look for when new content drops is you. I am not the only one. The legwork, the tutorials, the live streaming, the helpful tips and hits (such as universal loot filter), etc are all very appreciated. Thank you and I hope that you continue to do so.
Please keep making these for the big ARPGs, it's nice as a player to keep up with where they all are so I can sort of pick and choose where I want to spend my time based on the state of things.
Yes please make it every cycle. Very helpful. And it can help people pinpoint and subsequently articulate what it is that they may be liking or disliking about the game. As a result, you get more people voicing their opinions and items impacting more players get affected earlier.
I really like your idea of templates for the stash tabs + affinity. I do think LE should give you ~5 tabs with the beginnings of a workable template (say Unique / Set / Exalted / keys / something else) just to save a bit of reorganizing / setup with each season. Maybe something like "adding a tab under a category binds that categories affinity" - so you can keep growing and auto-sorting your collection of items.
Affinity could be something like item rarity (unique, set, exalted, etc.) + item type / combination of types (one handed / jewelry / req class / sword / etc.) As you develop your stash tabs, you can assign affinities to them. Maybe give people enough starter tabs with affinities already assigned, which they can modify as they add more.
This would get rid of the need for Dump now organize later tabs.
Love the video. Keep making them every season/cycle/league for D4, LE, and PoE 1 and 2.
Raxx, I LOVE these “state” videos. Please don’t stop making these. I primarily play D4 and might play LE cycle 1 too. And recently I’m just too busy with work to keep up with everything.
These “state” videos are like godsend to me and people like me, which I know there’re a lot of them. Thank you Raxx, you’re the best.
As a compromise on sucking up materials, make it a button I can hotkey so it's still active. What I don't like is requiring three button presses. One to pick up, second to open inventory, third to transfer.
Great feedback. Thanks for making such a video for LE as well
I don't want EHG to focus more on MTX like PoE, here's why:
PoE is a free game, therefore their only source of revenue is MTX and supporter packs. Most of that money, GGG makes at league starts. The problem with that is GGG has an incentive to not only make players return every league, but also make them quit the league earlier, so they don't burn out of the game and return next league, and get them that MTX money. That is the biggest reason why leveling is such a drag in PoE, and why so many QoLs are withheld - GGG wants it that way so ppl stop leveling alts, quit, and return for many leagues to come. It's also a big reason why they are so reluctant to do end of league races, or make those races actually fun - it tanks their subsequent league numbers.
LE currently doesn't have that incentive, and that's because $35 already pays for everything. If you return every cycle, that's nice. If you buy MTX, that's nice. If you buy supporter packs, that's nice. But it's not mandatory for EHG that you do, and therefore you get a lot of nice QoLs, leveling isn't living hell, and most importantly an offline mode. PoE cannot have an offline mode because they need to sell hats every league (understandably because it's a free game).
The incentives and interests at LE right now are nicely aligned to benefit the playerbase, I'd prefer it stay that way.
I feel usually your views align with mine so your feedback for Last Epoch is more than welcome. I think the devs are also very customer-centric so I doubt that it will go to waste. Would love watching you blast the ladder each cycle too! Was a lot fun seeing you among top players.
Don’t usually comment, and I’m unlikely to play this cycle, but I do really enjoy watching these catchup state of the game videos when you put them out. It’s a similar case to Diablo 4. I may not play, but it’s still nice to feel up to date and in the loop with how things are going.
Im just here picking up notes so whenever I wanna create my own godly arpg game I know what to focus on kekw.
Absolutley great feedback about LE btw!
Great video, always enjoy this sort of conversational videos from content creators, especially when they involve their community feedback instead of just the creator as a single person.
i just recently found out about you, and i have to say, you are so chill and nice to listen to, while also being informational and fair, just keep this up brother, you are amazing
Agree on the announcement part, I found out from a mate about it when talking about d4, literally a week late to the cycle.
Just jumped back into D4 for the first time since S1 and LOVING IT. I planned on LE being my next ARPG, as I loved it at launch, but I’m going to let it bake another year or so. I’ll definitely be following your thoughts on its development, so thanks a ton for the work you put into these types of videos.
Yes, I want a video every cycle. Thank you :)
I like the video. Having seen now 2 of your things, adding you to my list of content creators to follow. These kinds of evaluation lists are something I look forward to every time a POE league drops. I don't have time to read the patch notes with the depth someone like you puts into it, nor do I want to wade into the conversations being had by the community (been burnt out by too many trolls and time playing LOL). This kind of video means I don't need to, and can just listen to the information from a few trusted sources to form the opinions. I would ask you to keep it up, if you have the right return.
As I am trying merchant guild this cycle I would add: Offline bazaar search or significantly improved search filters. All of the issues you have with loot filter? It is 100 times worse on the bazaar. In addition to gold cost, there is a favor cost, and you cannot sort or filter by favor cost. I know the development of it would not be easy but the closer they can get to POE trade, the better.
Love seeing this! Thanks so much for the feedback Raxx, I know for a fact EHG will take this to heart man
I would love a season journey with some rewards, like in D3. Also, I totally agree - team needs to make this work long term, so either bring more focus to cosmetics (perhaps make them cycle specific) or even offer a battle pass. I am new to the game but love it and want it to stay feasible for them to keep working on.
I just want QoL for everything. make it easy to play. I dont want to run right over gold to get it.
Good video. Lots of good points. This is a game that should last a long time and stuff like this makes it better for the player. Thank you raxx
Constructive, well structured, informed (and consulted), well explained feedback all around. I appreciate the effort you put into this Raxx and continue to support your call outs. Please keep on keeping on and being awesome as you are.
Came from d4. I’m loving the loot filter and the skills in last epoch !
12:40 For the Search, i am reminded of Minecraft and especially the JEI Searchbar. There you can prefix your search with a specific character like @, to search for Items of a specific Mod, or the $-Character to search for Terms in the Tags of Items.
This might be done the same, where you prefix the term with an @ to search for implicits, an $ to search for only explicits or even combined with a #-Character to search for speicifc values.
So something like "$health #45" might result in highlighting all items with explicit health modifiers of value 45 and above.
If the go beyond all that, the might include Regex all the way, wich might be overkill for the majority of players.
I think that might be a great addition to the search function, to further enhance this feature.
Yes, please do this video every cycle!
Definitely need to be able to add sounds to drops via the filter system. This cycle - now that i'm playing a caster - far more stuff is dying off screen and I've almost missed some really good stuff (like LP3 leveling items, double Greater Affix purples, etc). And yea, the performance on my mid-range computer is still a bit choppy now and then (and it does crash occasionally when switching zones) - but has definitely improved since 1.0. I could also just build a behemoth and stop being a jabroni, too
I haven't played hardcore yet, but I like that people are actually dyin to pinnacle bosses and what not. Maybe one more cycle and I'll be comfortable enough to hardcore it up :) Great vid as always
Was waiting for this. Hope EHG is taking notes so next cycle will be even better.
For Merchants Guild it is impossible to search for multiple affixes with different levels. I.E. I want tier 7 +Chthonic Fissure Level and any tier of Critical Mitigation. Instead, I either have to look for any tier of both or tier 7 of both.
I also can't do OR searches. So, lets say I would take an amulet with Necrotic OR Poison resistance. Currently, I have to run two separate searches instead of a single search for both.
Finally, it's not possible to look for rolls within an affix tier. This is less important for exalts but is *huge* when looking for uniques. The value of the affixes on a unique are totally unchangeable and thus are core to value of the item. Not being able to filter for them is a major pain point.
Love the vid, I made the Wraithlord and the Trapper last season because of you, and obviously the most amazing thing, the loot filter, State of Last Epoch is pretty informative as well and I respect that.
You are a legend for doing these kinds of videos for every arpg honestly. Yeah, 95% of the points are "duh, obviously" - material, but having an easy-to-read list of all of these, is a huge help for a developer. Along with a video with further explanations for most topics. That is the kind of stuff a guy in charge can take to a board meeting and put up on the wall and start discussions.
As a former PAID tester for over 20 years, I can tell you: THIS is precisely the kind of stuff companies did pay me for. And they did pay well. You should be paid for it also ;-)
Great vid Raxx really enjoyed it, would love to see it each cycle.
Loved the video! As per usual, your detailed, super organized, and intelligent analysis is appreciated by myself and likely most of the community. Hope the devs pay attention to your feedback and make improvements accordingly. Having these “State of the Game” videos for all the ARPGs is awesome and helps the community also decide which games to invest in (time and money). Keep it up Raxx!
Yep Raxx on point with everything I hope they can improve those things.
Still a very fun game tho definitely would recommend!
Amazing. You alone with other 5 streamers are helping the entire genre a lot. Go on dude
Have the autopickup of affix shards provide some sort of feedback - sound, visual, ui element, etc. The feedback doesn't need to be be manual clicks. The lootfilter could play a part here too.
I'm not sure I will come back to LE anytime soon, just for lack of time, not because of game quality. Videos like this let me at least stay up to date with what's going on with the game and I have trust in your judgement for most content there.
Thank you very much for your constructive analysis of this LE cycle, sir!
Keep blastin', Raxx!
The nemesis is such a fantastic system. The ability to find ok gear and then make it decent is great and really helpful early on. Also the ability to swap in a unique and pray to the gods you get an ok or useful roll while you wait for an item with LP is great, i have like 4 unique swords for my build and i just keep using them on nemesis untill i get a godly purple to put into my 2 lp item. it really does smooth out the gearing process.
A "simple" search for the tabs would be the possibility to apply the filter also on them. Maybe the same filter (but different instances) ir a different filter. This is especially good for alts. You saved some items in a char but it is useful for an alt. Applying the alt filter on the stash would point. you to those useful items.
This is best type of content on your channel. Please continue doing this kind of summaries!
The thing about them not advertising is spot on. If I didn’t follow raxx I wouldn’t have even known a new cycle was coming out
I loved season 1.0. So much so, I purposely have not started 1.1. work and life are pretty busy right now and I don't want to get sucked in. Love getting to keep up with the game through these videos.
D4 also pauses monster fights when you interact with an NPS (Soudeh at the mouth of a dungeon). So yes, please Epoch pause monsters when reading or interacting with a reading.
Liked it and yes, make it for every cycle please, these are always fun to watch.
Thank you for bringing up the cursor issue. It is worse on linux because cursor does not scale with system settings. I have brought this on LE forum months ago, but EHG is not fixing it
Just dipped a toe into 1.1 but your vid is super useful to understand what the overall feel of the changes I'll see - thanks man, ur just the best when it comes to useful vids on my fav ARPGS.
I will eventually get into 1.1, think i just overloaded on all the ARPGS of late so a break is good and I'll come back when the urge takes me again - right now I've found Total War Warhammer 3 and loving that right now :D
As for the loot filter I would like to see us be able to search by specific uniques and also allow us to customize and add beacons/mini map icons to drop so we can see them a bit off screen.
Please keep them up, I enjoy D4 and LE. On current timings the switching seems perfect
Yes, do more of these - love watching you play and discuss last epoch!
By far my favorite arpg content creator! Give us your totem shaman build guide
Hell yes, keep following and making these state of the game videos. Critical feedback like this is needed to ensure the longevity of ARPGs like LE. Especially for the little guys like EHG.
Would love seeing videos like these every cycle. Great video.
I love your stuff brother, the state of videos help a lot with keeping up on what has even changed. I'd say if it's not too much trouble keep doing them :D
Not being able to recolour the cursor is an absolutely huge one for me, personally.
I love the lootfilter. Didn't know that new cycle is up so I will definitely try it. What I miss in the lootfilter is filtering by the price, because in the start I tend to pickup worthy vendor items.
love the state of videos you make,keep doing them.
Idol tiers is something I really want to see, it would be a fair bit of work to break up the existing sets they have now into new tiers and integrate it into the loot filter but man it would be so good.
I like you doing this! i like people doing reviews and being critical about games and also praising them! Thanks for helping to make gaming better!
the "Saesonal Announcement" part is so true. It's more than a week into the cycle and i just reaslized it's already going..
Amazing video, nothing else to add, u are a dedicated ARPG player, no one else doing this like you do sir.
yes please make these each cycle as a player i feel its hard to get my feedback to devs but with someone like you putting out these videos maybe there is a higher possibility of them seeing them and i would like for this game to grow and get bigger with time
Concerning the cosmetics. There could be an NPC in the End of Time that is wearing a random supporter pack cosmetic every time you go into the EoT. That way if you go and speak with him/her it could bring up the storefront. That way it's not invasive, but it's there for you to see in game.
Everytime I pass by the dude that's telling Minimus to go away I kind of hope there's a sub-quest that allows me to adopt him as a pet 😅
Also, yes, please continue doing these videos. They're great.
So many amazing ideas Raxx....hope they add some ideas slowly so we can adjust to them and adjust as needed. Keep up your awesome videos!!!!! Fist-bump from Germany!
Love these videos, keep it up.
LE coverage overall has been lacking in comparison to D4. I still couldn't find myself going back to D4 S4 after playing LE. I tried it but it just didn't hit. Been waiting for you guys to pump out the LE content.
My first thoughts when you talked about solutions for the Nemesis system were about Metamorph and Ritual in PoE. In both cases, you get a button on screen that lets you interact with their respective windows anywhere in the map. Obviously with ritual you have to actually do the rituals so Metamorph is probably a better analogue, but I don’t see any reason why EHG couldn’t just let us spawn the Nemesis enemy wherever we wanted.
More than any other part of your season analysis, I appreciate your talking about the games finances and what avenues we have to spend further on this game. I recently quit First Descendant (partially) because I WANTED to spend up to $70 on the game, because I got an entertainment and hours played value out of it worth at least that much. But no part of their cash shop was remotely reasonable or of interest.
In the case of Last Epoch, I’m still sitting on some currency from purchasing during EA because I don’t love any of the cosmetics on offer. But I’d be ok with them expanding their paid offerings so I can give them more money
Good idea, thx Raxx! I'd like future videos about that state of LE.
I think, on the topic of affix shards in the inventory, if they're really married to the idea of them going to the inventory and having you click transfer, a good middle ground might be that Affix Shards still go to your inventory, but when your inventory is full and you pick up affix shards, they go directly to your crafting storage. That way you still get the "weight" of picking up and stashing shards, but you'll never get the full inventory popup when trying to pick up shards. You'll still have to transfer them to pick up gear, so they keep at least *some* of the weight, but you'll never have to stop and transfer for shards
Loved the video, its a great summary of your streams and feedback that you can provide. I believe its also nice for devs to wait for constructive feedback in this video rather than going through different streamers hoping for some input.
Definitely liked, would watch this every cycle. Thanks, Raxx!
Not sure if this has been mentioned but I’d be nice if you can look up multiple items at different tiers for merchants guild. Ex: being able to filter a T7 health on a helm and also be able to look up a T4 phys damage for that same health and etc. Helps with looking up how much something’s worth in the auction house as well.
Great summary! I have been playing LE for several years and it is one of my favorites. I agree that they did a great job with 1.1. Love your list of potential improvements. Even the ones that don't mean much for me are good to see listed. Please keep this up for future updates.
Really great video. Please keep the reviews comming rax. I appreciate a different voice and hiw people see things. Some great points over all. I bough le when in beta but didnt really enjoy it and dropped it before getting to lvl 20. Tried it again with the new patch qnd been really enjoying it. I like that its been the go between D4 and what can be over complicated with poe.
Or do what D4 finally got around to doing, have a pet to pick up gold and runes. just have to give one free pet and everyone has same option. you either have pet out or not, no setting needed but have option for both sets of folks
Keep making your feedback, guides etc the way that you do. They are great both for the community and the developers.
Definitely appreciate the deep dive into the current Cycle. Great suggestions and yes please keep this series going.