I think this league is going to do a good job at exposing how barebones the gameplay loop is. I mean, to some degree, everyone knows how simplistic it is. But at long as you're blowing shit up and making progress, who cares?
The amount of times you're going to run into an unkillable rare, or a pack of mobs you can't keep off you, will show how few tools this game has for protracted battles. Boss fights are an exception to this because they're designed to be dodged and are not up in your shit whacking you for half health.
I've had to skip some Essence mobs in white maps. 2+ Screaming, for some reason, can result in a mob with a fuckton of HP. Skipping Blight, Metamorph, and Abyss. The few Expeditions I tried were a bit clenchy.
I want to power through this. This build can shit out dps, 15M on maybe 10 ex? On top of ridiculous Aegis Aurora and Melding of Flesh Inquisitor combo. But damn, having to run past rares and skip content(in white maps!) is so demoralizing.
Reddit is often bombastic, but I think they're kinda justified this time.