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Only if you dont play MyFaction. If you do play MyFaction, be prepped to *grind* or open that wallet.

Some of the MyFaction live events are outrageously difficult, the current Rhea Happy Birthday event is actually impossible to win as intended.

7 hours into it and I can say I am thoroughly enjoying the game. Most of the reviewers, as of right now, seem to have gotten the game for free as a review copy or some ♥♥♥♥.

The game is far from perfect but it is still head and shoulders above any of the other real time combat D&D style games out right now and isnt riddled with P2W (looking at you Neverwinter). I can honestly give this game a 6.5/10 without having even put time into Drizzt.

The Good

When combat works, it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ works.
-Cattie can feel a little clunky if you want to strictly play a ranger/arcane archer, but she is a fighter who focuses on both melee and "ranged" attacks. Hitting a long combo that ends with you having ~5 buffs and the enemy poisoned and bleeding is incredibly satisfying. Play up close even when shooting the bow for max damage!
-Wolf's charged attacks and ultimate are both incredibly satisfying to use- Try sending something flying with a sprinting charged attack. Wolfy boy here is VERY good at interrupting/stunning/knocking down monsters of all sizes. Hitting a boss from the back with a charged dash attack has a massive chance to knock down.
-Edgy Gimli is a cc machine once he comes online. I've been splitting his feats and such to be sure i have both of his "G" skills. Using his offensive knockup stomp has allowed me to get 2 revives off before enemies hit the ground and being able to block+G to heal your allies and refresh their destroyed stamina is massive.

I actually straight up FORGOT TO PLAY Drizzt as of writing this, but just from watching him played he seems decently fluid and real flashy. Also his blink ability can be used to get 2+ revives completely free if youre the last one alive.

Evasion feels spot on about 90% of the time, the other 10% will be addressed in the next section


The Bad but actually just less good

Targeting can get real janky when not using target lock on and the KBM default change locked target binding is god awful... arrow keys? really?

Some of the directional tap moves (eg: tap forward + light attack) can feel a bit sluggish or unresponsive at times but I feel this is 70% user error on my part. Combo inputs need to be slowish as to not accidentally spam yourself out of stamina or animation lock yourself inside a big swing.

Evading a rubberbanding/desynced mob is incredibly difficult but still doable. This mostly seems to effect large mobs that spawn in during a 2nd wave and still not every time. Can be dealt with as the mob in question will visibly be wonky, like a laggy player, for a moment. Just back off and let it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ itself.


The Ugly

While the UI is visually pleasing, its laid out pretty poorly. Moves have to be changed out by equipping them and that is done under the equipment/character sheet but is labeled as abilities??? The "Upgrade Usable" tab should say something along the lines of Upgrade Consumables. Im 7hrs in and still second guess myself every time I look at it. We could also use a compare items option during the loot unboxing portion

Matchmaking felt off. Granted I was playing immediately at launch but when I first swapped over to Gimli from Wolfy, I got thrown into a much higher quest than my lvl 1 dwarf boi could handle. We slogged through and he leveled quite a bit but even then. On the opposite side of the spectrum, getting tossed into a game as a level 11 with 3 level 1s trying to do a midgame mission is equally trash. The worst though, is getting into a game with an AFK leader unable to do anything except leave and hope not to requeue into it.

Solid

Mildly P2W but overall can be successful as F2P if you put the time and effort into it :)

Get past the bugs and its a solid game. Hopefully their "partners" will let them up the tempo of patches and hotfixes and we can get this polished up

One of the VERY few moba's ive ever really enjoyed. The 3rd person view and WASD controls are perfect for me. Love it