Hello, my personal experience.

I Started playing the moment it came on steam, i have 60 hours on me and i have got to level 53 with 10 ascendend or so.

And i honestly believe that whoever says, "repair costs are too high!!", "cant gain enough soulssss!!!", have played a different game.

It is true that theres a lot of breaking at low levels, but theres also a lot of loot viable to use at low levels. I went trough the campaign always earning enough to repair my favourite weapon and my spells, you just need to be carefull with your expences, and always make sure you repair your weapon before spending in something else.

After a while growing with the levels i had no issue at all, loads of cash. And after the campaign, the ring of bones thing granted me exp and souls to keep ascending with new gear and better spells.

But as one wise person said, if there is an optimal way to play, it becomes the only way to play, and gaining over 2k- 5k in under two minutes its good but, aint fun.

But the game has a very good core and i enjoy the combat, it feels meaty and the hit have impact, spells add a good amount of variety to the mix, and the crusade adds a deeper scope to the game.

Im gonna throw a suggestion to the dev team though, its fine to listen to feedback, but dont let such feedback ruin your vision for the game, there will ALWAYS be someone complaining, doesnt matter if its the best game on earth, you will hear someone btiching about something, and in fact, here i am ♥♥♥♥♥ing about peoples ♥♥♥♥♥ing, karma i guess.

I mean, its ok, you got to be careful with repairs, but forge at 3600%? jeez.

What would make this game better?

A deeper PvE, with more mobs and boss types ( i heard theres an expansions coming in the future so it might be that).

A PvP arena for duels (1v1 suits this game best in my opinion), and some way to directely influence the Crusade.

And more ways to earn souls whitout falling back to the ring of bones, sometimes it fells like im exploiting a glitch or something.

That said, my compliments to the devs, and keep up the good work.