History YMMV / TorchlightII

* DemonicSpiders: "Explosive Swampwings," which (true to name) [[SuicideAttack explode]] when they are killed. This explosion can do 1,500 damage, which is liable to be half or more of your health bar. Extra points for these DemonicSpiders also being, literally, GoddamnedBats.

** Trolls have a massive, slow attack that, however, may perform an OneHitKill on a character that may wipe the floor with every other enemy in the area effortlessly.

* {{Whoring}}: The game's stat system encourages this. No matter the question, Focus (magic) points are the answer; even for melee classes.

** Ezrohir Snatchers, as they will grab you with a hook shot with almost unerring accuracy, and reel you in from long distances, so their sword-toting buddies can beat you up. For melee characters, you probably wanted to do that anyway, but ranged characters have to be extremely careful.

* ThatOneBoss: One of the Phase Portal challenges puts you up against three Tar Slime bosses at once. Not only are they {{Mook Maker}}s, but they spawn tiny, tiny Tar Slimes which can be stomped on to kill (IE, just by walking over them) but are ''very'' hard to shoot. Additionally, stomping on them causes a movespeed reduction. ''Additionally'', because the game's targeting system isn't perfect, you'll often find yourself attacking something when you actually wanted to move. All this during a MultiMookMelee where you're rarely facing less than 20 enemies.

* SacredCow

* BrokenBase: There are currently two major points of contention between series veterans and people who migrated from other franchises like ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' and ''TitanQuest''. Newcomers are especially vocal about what they feel are shortcomings keeping the game from true greatness while series veterans tend to fiercely defend Runic's design decisions.

* GameBreakingBug: The sheer length of the changelogs for each patch really demonstrates both the difficulties that Runic face due to their determination to keep the team small and their utter dedication to making the game better but there are still some nasty issues to settle:
** Steam compatibility problems consistently throw wrenches into the community's multiplayer expectations. Desyncs, sudden unexplained deaths and the dreaded save game rollbacks continue to crop up every now and then despite the devs' best efforts.
** Sudden random deaths have also been occurring in the non-Steam version as well, which has caused no end of pain for several [[AllDeathsFinal Hardcore]] players.

* ThatOneBoss: one of the Phase Portal challenges puts you up against three Tar Slime bosses at once. Not only are they {{Mook Maker}}s, but they spawn tiny, tiny Tar Slimes which can be stomped on to kill (IE, just by walking over them) but are ''very'' hard to shoot. Additionally, stomping on them causes a movespeed reduction. ''Additionally'', because the game's targeting system isn't perfect, you'll often find yourself attacking something when you actually wanted to move. All this during a MultiMookMelee where you're rarely facing less than 20 enemies.

** The nature of multiplayer -- Out of the box the game doesn't really support competitive multiplayer which is not a major issue for TL1 veterans simply wanting a co-op version of the single player game but is a major turn-off for those arriving from the old [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} battle.net]] scene.

* BrokenBase: There are currently two major points of contention between series veterans and people who migrated from other franchises like ''{{Diablo}}'' and ''TitanQuest''. Newcomers are especially vocal about what they feel are shortcomings keeping the game from true greatness while series veterans tend to fiercely defend Runic's design decisions.
** The nature of multiplayer -- Out of the box the game doesn't really support competitive multiplayer which is not a major issue for TL1 veterans simply wanting a co-op version of the single player game but is a major turn-off for those arriving from the old [[{{Diablo}} battle.net]] scene.

* Whoring: The game's stat system encourages this. No matter the question, Focus (magic) points are the answer; even for melee classes.

* GoodBadBugs: On release, Torchligh II had a gambling exploit where you click and hold on a mystery item, mouse over to the buyback tab and let go of the mouse to access the buyback menu without dropping the item. The mystery item can be placed there, revealing the item and substantially marking the price down.

** Dwarven Battle Turrents, specifically the ones that use machine gun attacks. The rocket launching ones aren't too bad, but the gunners will chew through your health like paper, especially when encountered in groups. Tellingly, TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon is ''swarming'' with them.