My Honest Thoughts on Act 9
I’d like to start off by saying that this is my personal opinion and is meant to be taken with a grain of salt. I’m hoping to stimulate discussion and hear ideas from other people in the community!
I think that every new act sucks in the first chapter. 7.1 sucks because you don’t get the ability to pick bosses. 8.1 sucks because it’s long and weapon nodes weren’t fully realized. 9.1 sucks because scourge is unbalanced and the health pools are absolutely massive.
I really think 9.1 is going to be the worst of act 9, and 9.2 should be more fun, with a tougher boss. I think Kabam are highly likely to follow a formula going forward with act content.
Scytalis was easy to fight, but easy to mess up
Bahamet was annoying and difficult
Cerastes is in my opinion the easiest boss in the game
Glykhan was a finale with skill and RPG asks
Orochi really feels like Scytalis to me. I’m expecting 9.2 to be less of a slog, but with a tougher boss requiring more skilled gameplay. 9.3 will likely be flood gates opening for easy gameplay, and 9.4 will be the finale of Scourge, with equally fun and challenging concepts.
Now the real question is: When is the next progression title coming?
Historically, aside from Paragon, new titles come around every 18 months, or after three story chapters are released.
Uncollected in 5.2
Cavalier in 6.1
Thronebreaker in 6.4
Paragon in 7.4 (outlier)
Valiant in 8.3
9.2 will be the third chapter after Valiant’s release, which means we might be nearing the end of the Valiant cycle. What will the rank up requirements be for that? Will it be a r4 champion? Maybe we’ll see 7* ascension soon!
Would love to see other’s thoughts and possible theories on how we see Act 9 play out!
Jinx