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Feedback for V0.167:
CONS:
Playing DoS alpha is a frustrating experience so far.


Playing DoS alpha is a waste of time because:
Bugs keep coming: make more realeases, more often, so people can help you identify what is wrong. Right now, you release big chunks of stuff, and it is more difficult to isolate bugs, as you create e lot of new ones.

Character development is flawed because:
- Talents only have a range of 5. So you make each point count. So you cannot spare free points as rewards, or whatever. Only points you could spare are from global XP, which you don't (because they are only big chunks of XPs from quests and killing monsters (and "exploration". I don't have the pleasure to improve my character on "many" things each level, just an ability point and a talent point (which I can't use yet on level 1 talents).
- You can buy new skills in shops.
- Character improvment is totally disconnected from your actions or your intentions. I can never craft a thing, and reach level 5 in crafting for example.
- 5 physical attributes, one mental attribute. Obvious imbalance. And a modding issue, as I won't be able to expand the world/systems with such unbalanced stats.



World interactions are mostly dumb because:
- there are many inconsistencies that break immersion: picking up crates/barrels, but not sacks, for example. Barrels or crates could at least weight a lot more.
- Most of the gathering is from crates...
- Crafting/gathering is utterly flawed. There is no amelioration of skills by doing, just from leveling. Such, there is no point in picking up any stuff. Just reach level 5 in crafting, and start crafting uber objects (or I imagine so...). We are in 2014 Larian, it seems you are discovering this. Even Diablo 3 does it better, and it doesn't tag itself with being "open world". Unless DoS in only a fighting/conversation game.

Story writing is dumb because:
- It is full of inconsistencies that make some things hardly understandable:
We are not great source hunters. We are noobs source hunters sent on their first suicide missions.
- Inquiry in Cyseal is the most boring job ever. My real life is probably more exciting than this fantasy one. Sneak in houses, talk to people, try to give a shit about there stupid concerns. And when you are bored to death, which happens pretty fast, you attack/murder random people like all normal source hunters do when they are inquiring.

PROS:
- Music.
- Finding secrets.

This is alpha. Can't wait for next patch to check if I feel hooked to play and keep playing the game.