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Steam News16 April 20206y ago

Randomly Dropped Loot

What The long asked for randomly dropped loot by defeated enemies has finally been added to the game.

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addedWhatThe long asked for randomly dropped loot by defeated enemies has finally been added to the game.
changedWhyThis makes for a balance between the known and unknown, the expected and unexpected, and increases the players experience and the games replayability.
addedChanges in GameplayDon't worry, that hidden epic weapon or that special item dropped by a specific enemy that was there in earlier versions will still be there in Addition to this new randomly dropped loot (which can also include good items), so your knowledge of the games world are still going to be of advantage to you when playing on higher difficulties, but this adds a certain welcome randomness to the mix.
changedChanges in GameplayThis still does not turn the game into a loot game, where you slaughter countless hordes of enemy and they drop tons of loot. (A good example of a loot game would be Diablo), as the randomly dropped loot is rather rare .
changedChanges in GameplayHowever, it does increase the games dimensions and is beneficial for gameplay.

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addedThe long asked for randomly dropped loot by defeated enemies has finally been added to the game.
changedThis makes for a balance between the known and unknown, the expected and unexpected, and increases the players experience and the games replayability.
addedDon't worry, that hidden epic weapon or that special item dropped by a specific enemy that was there in earlier versions will still be there in Addition to this new randomly dropped loot (which can also include good items), so your knowledge of the games world are still going to be of advantage to you when playing on higher difficulties, but this adds a certain welcome randomness to the mix.
changedThis still does not turn the game into a loot game, where you slaughter countless hordes of enemy and they drop tons of loot. (A good example of a loot game would be Diablo), as the randomly dropped loot is rather rare .
changedHowever, it does increase the games dimensions and is beneficial for gameplay.

What

The long asked for randomly dropped loot by defeated enemies has finally been added to the game.

Why

This makes for a balance between the known and unknown, the expected and unexpected, and increases the players experience and the games replayability.

Changes in Gameplay

Don't worry, that hidden epic weapon or that special item dropped by a specific enemy that was there in earlier versions will still be there in Addition to this new randomly dropped loot (which can also include good items), so your knowledge of the games world are still going to be of advantage to you when playing on higher difficulties, but this adds a certain welcome randomness to the mix.

This still does not turn the game into a loot game, where you slaughter countless hordes of enemy and they drop tons of loot. (A good example of a loot game would be Diablo), as the randomly dropped loot is rather rare.

However, it does increase the games dimensions and is beneficial for gameplay.

Source

Steam News / 16 April 2020

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