I ignored this system for two years, then actually tried it and liked it x) How many legendary leads ive lost over time, dont wanna think

Yes as a welcome diversion from other activities and having chilled out I feel refreshed and go back to kill more monsters with renewed gusto. The gold and other rewards are also sweet.

Scrying is the true endgame for me.

#Scry4Lyfe

I'm waiting for a new mount to be scryable!

I'm a Digger who digs digging, ya dig.

I like it, but I do think it's a bit too easy. Especially the scrying part. Reducing the potential dig sites to 1 doesn't pose much of a challenge. Not necessarily suggesting that should be made harder, but it would be nice to receive some reward for being efficient beyond achieving this.

If it weren't for mythic item leads it would have been a hard pass but the multi lead scavenger hunts take it to the next level.

I even targeted the 17 piece dwarven steampunk wolf mount a couple of months ago and just finished it recently. That was a special kind of grind but worth it in the end.

A bit slow if grinding out, a pleasant break when here and there.

I like the rewards, but once you get to high levels, it feels more like a chore and less of a minigame. You're no longer planning and strategizing when scrying, you just do the snowflake spell thingy, but the excavations themselves feel longer than need be at highest level. I think the difficulty curve is flipped.
Scrying becomes easier and almost instant the higher your scry level, but excavations become longer, harder and more tedious the higher your excavation level.
I think chain reactions are so satisfying tho.

But between excavations and fishing, I'd take excavations all day lol. At least they're engaging.

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Curious to see if this system is popular.

The system is clearly popular as many of us have mythic gear. The system is the entire antiquities system. That does not mean every aspect of the system is thrilling as it is a means to an end.

I wouldn't say so much that I like it. It's more that I don't dislike it. Scrying is mind-numbingly easy once you have the powerups. You basically can't lose and there is zero strategy to it.

Excavation is at least slightly interactive. I make it a point to go for the bonus loot as there is some actual setup required to trigger a big combo. That part feels moderately engaging. If I'm just digging up the actual item, it feels like busy work you can't really lose at.

The bad part is the sometimes outrageously horrible RNG on leads, but overall I like antiquities.

Scrying can be fun without the passives, but the whole system overall--especially if you have to farm leads for a mythic--is extremely tedious for my liking.

Somehow; Scrying and Excavation is how I became aware that I roleplay more than I think I do.

I love this system. I have 2 level 10 and 3 level 9 and I am working on my next level 9. Clearly, I am not just doing it for "chest sparklies".

I avoided it for two years and then I bought a house I loved and spent months working on it (and excavating for it).

Now its a big part of my character identities (as are their homes...though two of my characters are still homeless....but there is a shared work shop for them to use).

I even kneejerk reacted to the upcoming change of making the items purchase-able once the codex is complete. I mean, I didn't knee-jerk on the forums or anything. But in my mind, my initial reaction was ... NOOOOOOOOOOO.....

The reality??? I can still excavate them if I want to as part of that immersion (and if not, that's fine too).........and now maybe I have characters who go to a bazaar to buy the excavated things from other excavators.

Bottomline is, I do find it fun (except the early levels 1-4/5...I kinda wish there was more questing involved with it, I think.). It also increases the flavor of the game for me. It isn't the meat and potatoes.....but its a really love sauce...and I love sauces. Some people don't; and that is ok.