What's your first impression of Eureka?

[RiyahArp]

Judging from the fierce backlash on here, reddit and even gamefaqs...YOU might be the vocal minority..

I think this initial reaction is from people trying to zerg the level one beach, to be blunt. Content is barely 8 hours live yet, wait a bit till we get doom and gloom.

[Draxxion]

My concern, though I have not tried and going off others experiences, is what is going to happen after this initial zergfest? What I mean is later on even after grinding some people will be level 20+ in this. The new person jumping in at that point may not be able to find a group at their level so have to do this solo. Being an MMO the prefered is group content which is a given, but is it just as solo friendly as it is group friendly? Then on top of that there is the exp lost. That is punishing to players to die and lose progress. That is not a fun mechanic at all in any mmo or game.

Just concerns of someone looking in from the outside at this wondering why should any bother.

[Nhadaly]

The problem isnt the grind, but a combination of the combat system and activities within Eureka to achieve your goal.

The combat system in this game is very slow and not fun, most of the fun comes from doing the mechanics as well as your rotation at the same time, its not made for endless mob grind, in Black Desert Online the mob grind fits because the combat is fast and action-based, as well as the fact that you can pull multiple adds and kill them all at once, it makes you feel powerful, in this game the combat system is too slow and monotonous for endless mob grinding to be fun and none of them have any good mechanics to speak of, the activities in there arent fun either and all revolve around this combat system which isnt made for endless mob grinding in the first place.

Either add actual fun activities to do, or reduce the grind massively, because right now, its too boring and monotonous.

[Usho]

I think this initial reaction is from people trying to zerg the level one beach, to be blunt. Content is barely 8 hours live yet, wait a bit till we get doom and gloom.

There is no doom and gloom here ma'am. I don't think you have read any responses here or on the other forums'. The writing is on the wall.If people are getting bored by this mindless zergfest within the first couple hours than that's a problem. Don't live in the Sea of Clouds please.

[Awful]

I got...15 Crystals, 12 sparklers, and I saw a premade group of Lalas die to some fish on the beach as 1 tried to run into the water hoping to drown said fish, no dailies or anything either it's just whack a mole.

10/10 best gameplay

[Albieros]

Either add actual fun activities to do, or reduce the grind massively, because right now, its too boring and monotonous.

Is this your first relic?, the grind isnt the worst part, people that complain about the grind should shup up, it isnt even the worst we have seen for fuck sake, the only thing wrong is they didnt even gave the weapon a new model even tough we had new models by this time on HW and ARR.

[Fyce]

Just so people are aware, it's actually really easy to power level people in there. So the hard EXP grind is pretty much an early thing.
As long as people are willing to help their friend catch up, this step should be easy enough.

Regarding the Fates, here are the rewards I got when getting gold:

=== Lv.1 Fate - Sabotender Corrido (13,21) ===
Kill: Flowering Sabotender
- 2490 EXP
- 10 Tomestones
- 5 chests
- 3 Anemos crystals

=== Lv.2 Fate - The Lord of Anemos (29,27) ===
Kill: Sea Bishop
- 3312 EXP
- 11 tomestones
- 6 chests
- 6 Anemos crystals

=== Lv.3 Fate - Teles (25,27) ===
Kill: Enemos Harpeia
- 4351 exp
- 12 tomestones
- 7 chests
- 9 Anemos crystals

=== Lv.4 Fate - Emperor of Anemos (17,22) ===
Kill: Darner
- 5313 exp
- 13 tomestones
- 8 chests
- 12 Anemos crystals

=== Lv.5 Fate - Callisto (21,23) ===
Kill: Val Bear
- 6588 exp
- 14 tomestones
- 9 chests
- 15 Anemos crystals

=== Lv.6 Fate - Number (23,22) ===
Kill: Pneumaflayer
- 7225 EXP
- 15 tomestones
- 10 chests
- 18 Anemos crystals

So, it's way too early to say how long will the grind be. The next Fates should grant more and more rewards, which will drastically speed up the process of getting Protean crystals.

[Laerad3993]

Is this your first relic?, the grind isnt the worst part, people that complain about the grind should shup up, it isnt even the worst we have seen for fuck sake, the only thing wrong is they didnt even gave the weapon a new model even tough we had new models by this time on HW and ARR.

Anima was able to be calculated, and could feasibly be done in less than a month PER step. I finished every single one at launch, in less than 4 weeks. Grinding for RNG, like Atma(which I also did at launch) IS the worst part. It took me 108hrs to get all my Atma at launch. I guarantee you, it will take more than that for finishing this relic before 4.3.

[Nhadaly]

Is this your first relic?, the grind isnt the worst part, people that complain about the grind should shup up, it isnt even the worst we have seen for fuck sake, the only thing wrong is they didnt even gave the weapon a new model even tough we had new models by this time on HW and ARR.

Did you even read what i posted?

[Usho]

the grind isnt the worst part, people that complain about the grind should shup up, it isnt even the worst we have seen for fuck sake.

I don't think you know the meaning of the word "grind" then if you don't think this isn't the worst we've seen. Atma and Anima grinds we're minor scale compared to the mindless zergfest Eureka is. The grind for already outdated gear is just that, a grind...for meh reward. Least in the ARR/HW relics improved over time and the grind wasn't "fall asleep at my desk" worthy. Plus it could take less time than what Diadem 3.0 is doing.