Replying to @⁨zachimusprime44@lemmy.world⁩

For a while, before the latest update, I just hated the PvP¹ part of Oaken Tower so much I ended up completely ditching the game and even hiding it on steam. Still the only hidden game on my steam library. Almost any time I try to get a build going the game decides to put me up against way too many giga-builds to punish me for even wanting to play the game, I swear. Gets me rather heated at times.

Decided to give the latest uodate a try, and now I dislike the new vampire pack because everyone else and their grandpa can get a good vampire item build going, but I get raw, unadulterated anal fuckage if i even attempt a good build with it. It’s reminding me why I hate half of the core mechanics of the game.

¹ not live PvP but instead facing a random players build from a pool of their builds

Replying to @⁨Evotech@lemmy.world⁩

I think I was lucky enough to get around maybe very low gold when I did ranked matches.

I’m being very hyperbolic here, but it felt like any time I would get an actual build, the game would just toss out only insta-kill builds or super shield anti-debuff builds. Just wasn’t fun to constantly try to get a build going, only to be matched with people who basically had their whole build perfected on the early days.