Grim Dawn Grim Misadventures #37

In the 37th installment to Zantai’s Grim Misadventures feature on the official Grim Dawn forums, the designer reveals that Act 2 has officially entered a playtesting phase, that they’re already implementing feedback provided by players, and that this implementation may take long enough for them to also sneak crafting into the action RPG. Word is:

Now moving on to what we still have in store for you. Area B, commonly called (Act 2), has entered the playtesting phase. We are now in the process of fixing any bugs and issues that arise from the playtesters’ sessions. This includes everything from fixing pathing issues to problems with content or layout. One key reason for this phase is to make sure we do not break existing characters with an overlooked quest bug. We are currently trying to address one such case.

We’ve also realized, from tester feedback, that the current content and the way it is presented results in a somewhat anti-climactic ending. The problem is that we didn’t plan for this area to be a full act and, even though we call it (act 2), it is still more of a large region filled with sidequests that you pass through on your way to Homestead. The major story quest in this area is completed about midway through it, which leaves a significant portion of the area at the end without any major quest line beyond just trying to find your way to Homestead and, of course, not being able to actually get there since it isn’t finished yet. Since it seems like this doesn’t meet people’s expectations and, we can understand why after hearing the feedback, we’re looking at what we can do to rework things a bit to make the story in this particular area more involved and extend to a more climactic end to this particular chunk of content. We’re not sure yet whether that will push out the delivery date much or not. It depends how much we need to do to reach a satisfactory result.

The upside is that it might also give us time to work in crafting, at least in some initial form for you to play with, which is what we would like to talk about today!