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Cannonaire 24 Jun, 2024 @ 3:26am
Ever run out of steam for Torchlight 2?
I came back to Torchlight 2 a couple months ago and in that time I've been working on let's say my "ultimate build" of each class (for myself). I made spreadsheets, farmed items and gold, and did so much enchanting. At this point my Embermage and Engineer are 100% done to my liking, which is honestly further than I expected to get!

However, my Berserker is done except for enchanting, and while my Outlander build is finalized, it isn't completely leveled and I'm still in the process of farming Limoany skulls (1 out of 11 so far), gold, and Whorlbarb skulls. My Outlander and my level 100 farming Berserker build are both in the appropriate Phase Beast challenges for the skulls I need, but starting tonight, I have lost all steam for farming and I just don't feel like playing the meta-game anymore. Maybe I'll take a break and come back to it in a year or two like before.

Has this happened to you [all] before? :NAYU_SUZU:
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TOG | Phanjam 24 Jun, 2024 @ 4:45am 
I have 1,300 hrs in the game since 2013 and in that time I've lost steam maybe 3 or 4 times. But in my case those don't last long, like maybe 3 months at most.
Maybe it's also bcos I'm not a min-maxer; I just build whatever seems fun (I use mods a LOT) and if its not working I just start a new char :steammocking: this is the main reason that, even after 1K+ hours, I have never finished the game!
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Corley 24 Jun, 2024 @ 9:55am 
agree, mods can really add alot of spice to the game!
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steffire3 24 Jun, 2024 @ 12:57pm 
Originally posted by Cannonaire:
Ever run out of steam for Torchlight 2?
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My Outlander and my level 100 farming Berserker build are both in the appropriate Phase Beast challenges for the skulls I need, but starting tonight, I have lost all steam for farming and I just don't feel like playing the meta-game anymore. Maybe I'll take a break and come back to it in a year or two like before.

Has this happened to you [all] before?
Happened to me on my first year playing TL2 currently 10 years ago.
Had 3 Engineers, an Embermage, and a Berserker.
Mods and getting involved with Mod Feedback is what kept me faithful to TL2 all these years later.
I also agree that farming is extremely boring after awhile. Best to play mods that make it much easier to acquire those necessary affixes to make builds viable.
Also to expand the end-game challenges -
- TL2 Vanilla needs much of that to boost the Replay-Value.

Perfectly normal what you're experiencing. It's the desire to make the features enjoyable to keep replaying and mods tend to help with that.
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Cannonaire 24 Jun, 2024 @ 5:27pm 
I'm a weird one. I play Torchlight 2 because it is familiar, and I have extreme difficulty playing anything new or unknown to me now. I don't have any problems with the content of vanilla TL2, and in fact I still find myself thinking about it all the time. I'm just tired from farming and enchanting. Perhaps I should level a new character or do a NG+ with an already-made character...

Concerning mods, I love that mods exist and make the game thrive, but for some reason I have a strong aversion to using them myself. I feel like any progress made using mods "doesn't count" or "never happened" so to speak. It's more of a feeling, but it's not one I can shake. And like I said earlier, adding mods would remove the familiarity which is the reason I play at all right now. :moxes:
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HiFive 25 Jun, 2024 @ 10:23am 
Originally posted by Cannonaire:
Concerning mods, I love that mods exist and make the game thrive, but for some reason I have a strong aversion to using them myself. I feel like any progress made using mods "doesn't count" or "never happened" so to speak. It's more of a feeling, but it's not one I can shake. And like I said earlier, adding mods would remove the familiarity which is the reason I play at all right now. :moxes:
Would you feel the same way if you just used mods that give you additional classes? Everything else would still be vanilla, but you'd have an entirely new class to try.
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HiFive 25 Jun, 2024 @ 10:36am 
14,400 hours on the game since its release. I was totally glued to the game for the first years, but now, yes, I alternate between a small batch of favorite games and the occasional foray into a new game that I've never played.

EDIT: Steam doesn't know about the 7,000 hours I played the game before I joined Steam.

I'm definitely not a min/max person. I enjoy trying out all sorts of different ways to play, trying all the different difficulty levels, all the different characters, giving myself arbitrary challenges that I make up, and exploring every nook and cranny of every map. I don't like to grind at all on any game because it's boring to do that. Adding mods to TL2 was a big game-changer. So much new stuff to explore! The Workshop for this game has tons of mods and I especially enjoy finding good new classes to try out.
Last edited by HiFive; 30 Jun, 2024 @ 7:25am
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Cannonaire 26 Jun, 2024 @ 2:47am 
Originally posted by HiFive:
Would you feel the same way if you just used mods that give you additional classes? Everything else would still be vanilla, but you'd have an entirely new class to try.
I probably would still feel that way, although keeping the mechanics and world the same would be a lot easier for me.

The way I play Torchlight 2 isn't even how I play most games. I just really like min/maxing in it because the mechanics and stats really work for me. The only problem is the farming and enchanting. Thankfully, I took some time off from the chores and just played and I'm feeling better for now. :NAYU_SUZU:
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pantheon0918 1 Jul, 2024 @ 7:21pm 
Originally posted by Cannonaire:
Originally posted by HiFive:
Would you feel the same way if you just used mods that give you additional classes? Everything else would still be vanilla, but you'd have an entirely new class to try.
I probably would still feel that way, although keeping the mechanics and world the same would be a lot easier for me.

The way I play Torchlight 2 isn't even how I play most games. I just really like min/maxing in it because the mechanics and stats really work for me. The only problem is the farming and enchanting. Thankfully, I took some time off from the chores and just played and I'm feeling better for now. :NAYU_SUZU:
i wish i have a sharp and focused mind like to be able to do what you do lol

i literally suck at ARPG and just putting points into what i like about the skill description / name / clueless about how gear / skills combine works best

i think you would be crazy good at playing games like DOTA 2
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Cannonaire 1 Jul, 2024 @ 7:51pm 
Oof. I appreciate the compliments, but I am terrible at MOBAs. Torchlight 2 clicks for me since I have been playing it on and off for over 10 years. :NAYU_SUZU:
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pantheon0918 1 Jul, 2024 @ 8:59pm 
Originally posted by Cannonaire:
Oof. I appreciate the compliments, but I am terrible at MOBAs. Torchlight 2 clicks for me since I have been playing it on and off for over 10 years. :NAYU_SUZU:

are you interested in having another go at the game to carry me clear the game on hardcore elite achievement ?
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Cannonaire 1 Jul, 2024 @ 9:39pm 
I wouldn't be able to do that. Sorry.
I don't play on Hardcore anymore.
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pantheon0918 1 Jul, 2024 @ 10:50pm 
Originally posted by Cannonaire:
I wouldn't be able to do that. Sorry.
I don't play on Hardcore anymore.

So sad …. For someone played thousands of hours it should be easy for you to clear the game on hardcore for me
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Cannonaire 1 Jul, 2024 @ 11:01pm 
Yup. I am truly pathetic.
On a brighter note, I just got another Skull of Limoany, so now I'm at 9 out of the 11 I need for my Outlander. It's only taken a little over a week so far. :moxes:
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Cannonaire 2 Jul, 2024 @ 8:27pm 
Got the last of the Limoany skulls today! Glad to be done with farming. :NAYU_SUZU:
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pantheon0918 2 Jul, 2024 @ 10:24pm 
Originally posted by Cannonaire:
Yup. I am truly pathetic.
On a brighter note, I just got another Skull of Limoany, so now I'm at 9 out of the 11 I need for my Outlander. It's only taken a little over a week so far. :moxes:

It’s not pathetic

The last game I have the willpower to be dedicated to the same game like you was EverQuest 1 from 20 years ago

I think the next would be monsters and memories
https://monstersandmemories.com/screenshots
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