I finally was able to get in and play some today, and I'm really liking it! Of course I'm only level 4 lolol so I have zero clue about much of anything, but the visual and audio is really good, the animations are excellent and feel weighty (my biggest complaint about last epoch), and the voice acting is REALLY good! I'm a bit confused about the skill gems system but I'll figure it out over time.

I've tried the wizard class and the crossbow class and I like the wizard a lot more. Crossbow class felt strange with having to swap ammo types, but maybe that's just because I've never played a class like that before. Could be fun to try and master it. I don't like melee whatsoever, so I'll skip the monk/warrier. I'll give the ranger a go after a while too to see how that is.

So many good games releasing, omg........

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one thing that I REALLY miss (and hoping they'll add it through EA) is a death log. I've been killed a few times and like every single arpg ever made, it's often hard to tell what did it. Physical, elemental, dot, etc etc etc. The few arpgs that have this (I think grim dawn and last epoch do? Can't remember) help so much to build defenses. Which at the end of the day is really all that matters in these games. Glass cannons suck so much. Having a lot of fun though!