MonTy,
Can we get this original post stickied? I'm starting out (I played a bit a couple of years ago but didn't go far) and this is valuable, thanks.
My early impressions of the game are the same as they were two years ago -- melee is extremely frustrating. Enemies run away out of range and are hard to chase down, and at least at early levels you have no abilities to deal with it. Desync is common, and particularly annoying when you are trying to hit something with a stick.
With ranged, the game feels completely different. You kill more quickly and far more safely.
Does this impression last as you play longer? It's a real putoff when I can't even play through the first couple of levels trying to melee without giving up and grabbing a bow. Then once I find out that my normal attack with a bow is far more effective than my several melee skill gems I'm trying, I start to think why would I bother with this Marauder in the first place?
Can we get this original post stickied? I'm starting out (I played a bit a couple of years ago but didn't go far) and this is valuable, thanks.
My early impressions of the game are the same as they were two years ago -- melee is extremely frustrating. Enemies run away out of range and are hard to chase down, and at least at early levels you have no abilities to deal with it. Desync is common, and particularly annoying when you are trying to hit something with a stick.
With ranged, the game feels completely different. You kill more quickly and far more safely.
Does this impression last as you play longer? It's a real putoff when I can't even play through the first couple of levels trying to melee without giving up and grabbing a bow. Then once I find out that my normal attack with a bow is far more effective than my several melee skill gems I'm trying, I start to think why would I bother with this Marauder in the first place?