The game is fun and I like the upgrade options available. Unfortunately the only thing that seems to matter though is the level of your gladiator. And the rate that he levels just slows to an extremely slow crawl once you hit lvl 700.
It doesn't really matter what you do the path level you can get to will never be more than about 30 levels above your gladiator level
Loot needs to be increased for higher ascension levels. I have more combination charges than I can use because no matter how much I run hell's gate I can't get any whips to keep my weapon damage high enough.
It seems pretty pointless to try and craft a weapon when you can't actually get the base weapons you need to build up your main weapons. You just have to rely on the elder eyes at this point and hope for a good weapon drop. Defeats the whole point of the nice item crafting system.
I'll add more crafting options soon! For starters the next update will include the new Power Shards that hopefully will make the item improvement easier!
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I'm 400+ levels above my gladiator. Builds, DBs, Gear, etc.. all matter a lot for how fast and far you can go.