[kalimus]

I've been playing on PC. I'm level 23 and have been taking my time, more or less. I like the game enough, but it's certainly a grind while leveling up. There are lots of random things for completionists, and the story is moderately interesting so far. The "hard" difficulty on the mission line is great, and quite challenging. It makes you treat the game like a cover based shooter, instead of quasi run-and-gun.

I've had to do some reading online to figure a few things out, like what the food and special ammo buffs do. There are also a mess of bonuses on the gear. Basically, I read that you design your gear stats around the perks your gun will give you (Firearms, Health, and Electronics). But in addition do that, the bonuses of your gear impact your skills, which makes that messy because those bonuses are effectively RNG.

Thus, here comes the main problem. Although you can swap your skills on the fly, which is great, you will need a different gear setup for each combination of skills you like to use to perform optimally. All of those different gear sets will need to have enough of the primary stat to support your weapon. Of course, that may not even matter since you might have a different weapon for each setup, but I'm not far enough to really know yet.

I don't think this all matters too much in the current state of the game, but if they add a raid-type thing, it may matter more.

I'm definitely looking forward to some content that will make the game a little less repetitive, although the challenges and etc at max level will probably help with that.

I would like a few things to be added. Linking items in whispers to friends would be great. I'd like to be able to create some preset outfit combinations (I change my clothes a lot). I'd like to be able to disable the ability from friends to join my group without inviting. I'd REALLY like to be able to filter the map when you're in a group, so that only mission that nobody in the party have complete show, instead of only seeing the leader's missions and having to sort through them to see if they say "replay".

For the most part, it's a solid game and a relatively smooth launch. Still some bugs to work out, but nothing absolutely game breaking that I've seen. I'm seriously considering the season pass if it keeps on going.