Roadblocks that randomly appear each session. Do we need them?

[eisprinzessin]

maybe limit how many can spawn in certain areas?

Not sure where the sweet spot is - maybe they could remove 1 or 2 barriers - but there need to be a minimum of them to retain a maze.

What about people how enjoy doing the same path? Or going the path they want?

I don’t like to be “forced” (the way I feel) to take a path.

Sure, Crate could make a static maze (with one persistent set of barriers), but would that be less forced?

They need to cater to multiple sub-audiences. When there is a conflict of interests between them they need to weigh up the pros and cons - here to the disadvantage of people like you who prefer efficiency over variation.

Do 100 runs to farm this item and then tell us what’s the role of roadblocks.

I’d say the issue is probably that you need to repeat the same place over and over. Crate has another solution for that in the works.

Grim Misadventure #169 - Frequently Infrequent

In v1.1.7.0, all Monster Infrequents will drop with two affixes. In addition, we are increasing the chance of them rolling with at least one Rare affix, and significantly increasing the chance of dropping with two, making it a coveted TRIPLE rare. After all, you’re not just trying to get an ultra-rare drop. You’re also trying to get it with ideal affixes, and that’s perhaps a bit too much prayer to RNGesus.