u/bobisz

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I just got into Exiles after years of having it on my wishlist and I'm absolutely addicted to it, although it took 3 restarts to get the hang of it.

First time -as usual for me- I just get the general jist of the game, and once I'm familiar with the basics I start a proper character.
After playing a good 10 hours on the second try I found progression way to fast. I was already lvl 30 and barely left the noob river, cleared the Spider cave (looted an insane legendary helmet and throwing daggers) then went straight into the Dregs.

At the end of the sewers my fighter thrall bagged an absolutely insane 2 handed legendary glowing sword, and that right there killed all the fun.
From then on I was just a tourist escorting my absolute one-shotting xp harvester, and my storage filled up with quality loot way too fast, so I stopped playing that char right there as it become incredibly boring.

For my third run I decided to take a look at mods. I found the loot balance one which prevents high tier component loot, and also restricts legendary and tier3/4 equipment drops to 10% chance.

I paired that with .5 progression XP gain, stopped timed based XP, quartered resource gathering xp, and I feel it's the right place to be.
A new level now actually feels earned, I have to work for getting shit done, and kitting out my thrall.

Now at Lvl 20, just completed the skittering cave, but this time I only got the helmet (maybe it's a guaranteed drop from the spider?), now it's on to the Dregs again.

I think I found my new obsession, what an incredible game!

After >!breaking Stone out of prison and taking him to the swamp camp !<he offers to choose one reward - one of them is upgrading my warden armor - but this seemingly does nothing?
No stat change, no model change (his dialog mentions a grinnig beast head so I thought I'm getting something like Thorus's plate), nothing.

Anyone encountered the same issue?