* FEEDBACK *
So far, my toon just got to clvl 115 last night. There was a paradigm shift in gameplay for me. A large portion of that was due to gear check. I had been living off the land and hadn't done much upgrades before my initial feedbacks and I thought I had MO'd mana on strike on my melee weapon, but hadn't. Anyway, I made some adjustments, and my toon fucking rocks! So what this feedback is about is correcting my past (incorrect) feedback...
I gave feedback saying Glacial Torrent was a broken skill due to mana constraints at lower level, but this was incorrect due to my lack of foresight. This was only true for me at the time because I hadn't MO'd mana on strike but after doing so, I do not have more mana problems at all! This hybrid using Moonstrike and GT as my main attack is actually very powerful and I will write a guide for it once I get most of the charms; I already have all Very Easy charms, and since I just got to 115 before bed, only had time to get two more Easy charms.
I also gave feedback saying mercs were broken and died continually. They do... if you do not gear them properly! Now in 2.0, you actually have to treat your merc like your own toon and if you do, they are extremely good at surviving and rarely die but if you don't, you will have a constant corpse to revive.
I still think runes should be unsocketable from white or grey items *if* they are not runewords.
Regarding endgame, wow, you guys (devs) really fucking outdid yourselves! This is probably the best version of MXL I have ever ever played... ever! The enemy diversity is amazing and well thought out; their damage, health... everything is perfect, and it is a great pleasure seeing D1 monsters again as well as new enemies and their abilities! The uber content is fucking on-point, scaling perfectly with the level my toon is at, the mob density perfect and exciting... fuck man, everything is so perfect once you get to hell difficulty ubers!
The skill trees (for cold sorc) were so well thought out and planned... kudos on the design front! You guys really put in a lot of hard effort and it paid off amazingly well! The skills are just right and not overpowered for the toons level, and max out endgame which requires you to invest into your gear later on instead of just skills. Lol, it really is such a good solution to encourage farming and perfecting your toon, such good fucking design!!
I am greatly enjoying the new runeword system... once I figured it out, and I highly respect the new design elements there as well in regards to their power! The rune and gem containers are a godsend!!!!!!
I don't know what else to say. Once I corrected my (user) errors, the mod is so good, I just had to share my experience so far. From this point forward, if I struggle, I know it's a gear check issue. Take care, and thank you for such a wonderful mod team! I appreciate all of your hard-work and dedication and not that it matters, but you can count on me for my continued donations! Peace