Thanks man, yeah, there is a reason this is my favorite video game, and that reason is the sandbox style ARPG experience Crate delivered to us offers so many different gameplay experiences.
@MikeHeydon is the one who really opened that door for me, in his Personal lore and NPC inspired thread. His approach to playing the game kicked my own experiences into overdrive, and while id already been building Might Guy before I started to participate in the experiences he introduced, he absolutely inspired me to keep going with it.
I have read people bash multiplayer in this game time and time again, but its clear to me their opinions are founded from a place that has no intention to, and experiences no joy from, developing team-dependent builds and group tactics which require all 4 players to work together in order to survive, where no one player can do everything themself. I really enjoy building around this idea and approach. This IS a thing, and it doesnt get the credit it deserves in this game.
Some of the most fun multiplayer experiences ive had have been roleplay related group crucible runs, and rogue dungeon runs, where you have your rogue style guy, your tank style guy, your mage style guy, and your priest style guy all working as a cohesive unit to overcome odds, which, if playing multiplayer using regular style builds that can crush SR and Crucible solo, would be “too easy”.
If the game is too easy, make it more challenging, impose some “self-rules”, and it will add so much extra flavor to the game. Youll wind up using items that would otherwise be considered trash… and in the process unveil the true genius of this title, and the awesome development team.
Gear and skill balancing is so deep, you can spend hours fine tuning your builds to create a more challenging experience, say, using no epics or legendaries, or even no rare items! Or maybe playing HC classless! Or taking it to the extreme depths and in group play limiting each player to specific class, skill, devotion, and item types only, based on their roles. There is so much room for creative freedom god its a nerds dream come true i love it, man!