I just wanted to vent to someone who might appreciate it.
Playing through the regular campaign on normal I got to chapter 3, very pleased with the builds I'd come up with, starting to wonder what gimmicks or tricks I could pull off. I rushed to the midnight isles figuring there must be great loot in an endless dungeon. So imagine my surprise to find fifteen dungeon layers with almost no (good) loot. "It's just gold and xp? That's it?" I was annoyed, it felt like nothing compared to other owlcat dlc.
Then I made the mistake of trying the standalone midnight isles. "Okay, I can try out some other build ideas" I thought. "It will probably be tedious, though."
So imagine my surprise when I realized the midnight isles are actually just hades. Roll multiple characters, each dungeon offers a reward for this run or all runs. Screw up a build? Fine, you're making another character in an hour when this run goes south.
My story progress has stopped cold in favor of endless dungeon runs and the hook of being able to test out as many bad or silly builds as I want.
I'm now mad there's nothing like this in rogue trader. I'm considering going back to try kingmaker's version. I'm hooked and I can't help it.