@NightmareFoxxyy summons, magic, overgearing/leveling, status effect stacking, the open world means there's never been more tools available to make the fights uh, more approachable, in diplomatic terms
@mikeyshinesTV I believe that's the point. Gives you a free space for something you would ordinarily consider to have too high of an opportunity cost, without creeping general inventory space. Makes the reagent bags relevant in a way they usually arent.
@TrophyPop_ Definitely not too late, and you will have a LOT of story to go through which is mostly solo so you have a lot of time to get to know people before you get to the endgame stuff. And there's plenty of beginner friendly groups for that too :)
@atag3434@SavixIrL Interesting idea on paper, but it would be really taxing to enforce - not to mention one of the biggest time sinks and power gains here is legacy talents (+5 talent points) which won't be reflected on the character you are playing if you don't want it to be.
@TunaTornadoTV It's fine to minimax. "Just have fun" doesn't invalidate the way you already have fun! But also hey that on use crit is looking pretty juicy, especially if encounters will be short on average ;)
@bigmanskeeter Sure why not, there's a very important part of learning to do art called master studies, and it's not all that different. Tag or dm that artist and let then know they inspired you. They'll probably be flattered!