Greetings Everyone. Welcome to another preview for the 0.7 content update. In this preview I will be going over the basics for the new endgame system: Agony Missions.
Agony Missions:
Agony Missions can be unlocked after you have made some progression through the Bounty system and are intended to be run alongside the Bounty system initially, before vastly out scaling the Bounty system in terms of both Difficulty and Rewards as you reach the later Agony Levels.
Map Modifiers:
In order to run an Agony Mission you will first need to apply a Map Modifier to it, once you have done so you may run the Agony Mission as many times as you like. As you progress through the Agony system you will gain access to more Map Modifiers allowing you to greatly increase the difficulty and rewards granted by each Mission.
Agony Levels:
Each Map Modifier you apply to a Mission will increase its Agony Level by 1 up to a maximum level of 10. As the Agony Level increases so too does the effect of each Map Modifier further increasing the difficulty.
Each Agony Level will also increase the chance that a regular Monster spawn is replaced by an Agony Monster. Agony Monsters are more challenging than regular Monsters but provide more powerful Equipment Drops. At the later Agony Levels you will also encounter Agony Bosses that provide very powerful rewards but pose an even greater challenge.
Mission Library:
As you progress through Agony Missions you will be able to store different Modifier Loadouts in the Mission Library allowing you to quickly access your save Missions without the need to reselect their Modifiers.
Rewards:
Agony Missions provide a number of different rewards including greater access to Nemesis and Paragon Items as well as many rewards unique to Agony Missions.
Item Rewards:
Each Map Modifier has several associated Item drops that are added to the Reward Chest drop pool when active on a Mission. Theses items typically provide bonus attributes related to the Modifier effect. For example applying the Bleed Modifier will grant some items that boost your Bleed Damage and Bleed Avoidance. There are currently over 40 new Items that can be obtained this way.
Soul Tools:
Soul Tools are a new Tier of Tool that can be obtained rarely from Agony Mission Reward Chests. Soul Tools provide double the normal Attribute bonuses to gathering allowing you to generate a much higher quantity of Materials from Professions. In addition Soul Tools provide access to the new Soul Materials.
Upgrade Kits & Item Reinforcement:
Upgrade Kits are also obtained from the Agony Mission Reward Chests and offer a new form of Item Upgrade; Reinforcement. Reinforcement allows you to improve the default stats of your Weapons, Offhands and Armour. These stats include the Weapon Damage and Armour values provided by each item allowing you to gain a significant power boost through Reinforcement.
Mission Infusion:
By spending Gold to Infuse your Agony Missions you can obtain an additional Reward Chest for each Boss kill and therefore greatly increase the amount of loot you get from each Mission. However, this Infusion process is quite expensive so it’s unlikely you will be able to Infuse every Mission you run.
Wrap Up:
That’s all for this preview, thank you for reading this far. I hope to have some news regarding a 0.7 Beta release within the next week or two.
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