I don't hate the new system personally, but I did prefer the old one.

I'm level 27 and I've only beaten 16 maps, most at 2 stars. Only 1 map was used to get most of my xp.

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Originally posted by <EastKorea> Ben Moon:

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Before you get all excited, ascension mode = your XP gains are capped to previous high scores gained.

No high scores = no exp.

I'll give you a second to realize the implications of this change.

Cyriel have you played Dungeon Warfare 1? Thats how it worked. It was great. It pushed me to always improve my strategy. Now I can just play the same level the same way over and over again without changing anything and grind my way to max levels. Thats REALLY boring.

Also, I bet you this game was heavily inspired by Gemcraft: Chasing Shadows. It follows ascension mode philosophy as well. It works well.

Why bother? Playing progressively higher tier etherial maps is the easiest way to get mad exp gains.

*sigh*

Originally posted by <EastKorea> Ben Moon:

Now I can just play the same level the same way over and over again without changing anything and grind my way to max levels. Thats REALLY boring.

Then don't do that. That's a really stupid argument to make.

I actually like the change to the grid that came with DW2. Repeating the level in DW1 to get an extra few thousands of xp was nothing later on so why even bother, howmuch better can you do after a great 10 runes clear? not much

I wasn't aware of new system, to old one worked great for me and I asumed it's in DW2 without checking. Fighting for those extras by leveling up or changing approach felt like an acomplishement, I don't like the idea of being able to gen more xp without any improvement, or even with doing worse...

I very much hope for oold system to return, or at the very least, to have it as an option/mode to turn on or off - this way those for and against it shouuld be satisfied, I wouldn't care which option is the default.

The old system is pointless. There's genuinely no reason to have it.

You have unlimited randomly generated new maps that can give you exp. Even if the system works for those maps too, they disappear when you finish.Each map will give you 1 or more new ethereal maps that also give you exp.

Saying "I want the old system" is dumb. You have to change everything to make it work.

Each map gives you a new random/ethereal map? I wasn't aware, didn't seem like it, I felt like I'm getting an ethereal map now and than.

I typically receive well over 16 pages of loot at thew low end, and usually like 178 pages. I would guess there are about 40 ethereal maps included.

There is another solution, too, which is that basic campaign maps are the only way to get EXP and they give very few items, while ethereal maps give no EXP but give lots of items and runes. That could be an interesting dynamic.

Well, I rarely get more than 1 page of loot, but I am not getting xp in billions so far :p