I think i had picked the wrong difficulty, Torchlight 2 is too easy.

Love the game so far. It is amazing.

Sadly i have got any strange peculiar item yet.

i think it is an easy enough game to be played for any non gamers. Just click on monsters till they become a patch of red paint or flat on the floor.

At least for my engineer with hammer, things tend to turn to a red patch.

My engineer also have mostly passives, mainly because i want to increase my armor and my 2 handed attack speed.

Yea only once. Went to a tar monster land and was quite difficult. Good loot though.

Its not that expensive for the amount of content and features.

I rather have it like Torchlight's silent gameplay than hearing D3 NPC talking. Some of the characters are so annoying.

I was wondering the same thing, whats wrong with the game as it is giving me so many common items? I think we need to make a complain in Runic forums because of lackluster drops in Act 3. Act 1 and 2 are fine, with a nice mix of different rarity. Act 3 should be dropping at least equal amount of items.

I think the enemies in Act 3 are much more fun to fight though, but no doubt that Act 2 has the best enemies.

Is story in an ARPG that important? I rather have a silent game than having idiotic characters spitting nonsense everything i play Diablo 3. Or those poorly made, cringe worthy cutscenes in Diablo 3. Waste of time and money to produce these garbage content.

It was quite fun for the first few times, but after that,it gets obnoxious. Diablo 1 didnt really shove the storyline at you, while Diablo 2 didnt do it as much as Diablo 3. Even Titan Quest didnt really do it too, but i had my fun playing those games.

Even other games like Skyrim, Sins of Solar Empire and Demon Souls, these games have very much paper thin storyline to begin with, without those terrible cutscenes forced upon the gamers. At the same time, there are lore sneaked inside the game if you really want to go deeper into the lore.

Torchlight 2 has some decent amount of story, but i think the lore parts are kinda lacking. Still, i rather have more randomised challenges/phase portals/quests. The maps do randomise a lot, to be honest.

If i want a story based RPG, i would rather play Planetscape Torment, Witcher series or Mass Effect. These games really do story in RPGs right.

There are certainly some story elements in the game, not that the game has nothing at all.

The original Torchlight is even less on story, as it is pretty much about going down to the bottom of torchlight to see whats what happened. I dont know what kind of story are you after, as Torchlight 2 does have a little bit of story to explain what is going on.

Still, what benefits do we get if RPG games with paper thing storyline, such as Skyrim or Torchlight 2 has better story? That wont make me play the game more, even if it has an Oscar winning writing backing it. And i believe this applies to a lot of people other there.

At the same time, most of the games that i replay frequently all have paper thin storyline. For instance, Sins of Solar Empire, Supreme Commander or Need for Speed World have either none to little storyline.

In addition, if Runic decides to add a storyline, that would cost them more money to hire better writers and maybe even more voice actors where in the end, you might get only half the content this game has. Not to forget there are tonnes of people out there who play games like Mass Effect to skip all the amazing story and voice acting EA put in. So, whats the point of having a good storyline, instead of solid gameplay and more content.

There is a reason why some indie games do not want to have a storyline, because it will cost them a lot more money to do it right. They rather put the money into polishing up the game or add more content. I think that is better in the long run.

In short, i rather have solid gameplay than a storyline that is more than just a background story. If you overdone it, it will be like Diablo 3's cringe worthy storyline.

I might start NG+ soon. Normal is too easy for me.

Level 56 now.

How do you change the difficulty of you game in NG+?

Even Normal NG+ is much harder than Normal.

I am potting a lot more often and some champions can take about 70% of my HP in one go. Thats scary, cause im an engineer with lots of Vit.

Strange, after 35 hours, i havent got even one legendary item. Are legendary items that rare in the game?

When i get one, it better be a 2 handed weapon with Very Fast Attack Speed and very high damage.

I am doing some map dungeons now, but i am trying not to overdone them so that i dont out level the NG+ content.

I think map dungeons are actually damn fun, IMO, as i find it much more difficult than NG+ content and it yield better loot.

OT a bit, can someone tell me how useful is the Gunbot?

I tried it and it feels quite useless to me. The cooldown is just too long.

If its like that, i rather invest in Sledgebot. It is much much stronger, in tanking for bosses or killing mobs.

Gunbot seems really worthless. Summon time is too short, while cooldown is too long.

Not sure why Runic implement summon times for summoned creature, it feels kinda dumb and tedious.

After 40 hours of Torchlight 2, i can say that Runic does get the Diablo 2 formula right. Torchlight 2 is much much more fun to play than the other game.

Smoother movements even in online play. Crazy imbalanced builds, like my Very Fast Attack speed Engineer. Consistent and increasingly better loot drop. Manual attribute points input. Randomised maps and Map Works. Permanent skill system. Story characters that dont get in the way of the game.

Man, this is definitely the best 15USD i have spent on a game.

Yea, i find it very useful, especially after fights when you have 3/4 of your HP left, then, the heal bot will heal you to full health while walking to the next mob, boss or champions. Thats why now i got so many pots to the point i have to combine them to save inventory.

Just that i dont really know what to do with Gun Bot.

Sledgebot is really good too, especially after Tier 1 upgrade, as it tanks well since it is invulnerable and the sweeping attack helps a lot during boss and champion fights. The Sledge bot might tank for me or crowd control the mobs. Just that sometimes the pathing is a bit off.

I can join you for your new character.