"decent band-aid" is generous, but i'll take it over another system where the game tells me to come back later for permission to play my alt. the 80 level change on those loot chests is the other sneaky good one.
The Quillgrave hub is the part that worries me a bit. If the loop is too centered on returning there for every tale, it could feel like a fancy daily machine instead of an actual mode.
The hidden story is G'eras getting upgraded again. Blizzard really said 'here, take your badges and go shopping' instead of pretending the old vendor pacing was sacred.
I think the bigger test is whether they avoid the MMO habit of making every reward feel like a small chore. The renown and crafting bits sound promising because D&D already has a cleaner loop for that. My fear is that they'll still bury the cool stuff behind a thousand little unlocks.
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