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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 2, 2023 11:20:21 GMT
They're just big loot pinatas designed so the 'dress up dolly' enjoyers can show of their mtx while you wait or the 'no lifers' can show off their ability to burn the boss down because they've put a 1000hrs into the season already.
I might be annoyed that I haven't been able to play much recently.
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Post by oldskooldeano on Aug 3, 2023 20:46:34 GMT
So in the Slayer tier of the battle pass there is a challenge to kill a player in pvp. Could two clan mates go out there, ungroup and kill each other? If it’s possible anyone want to do it some time?
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Post by dfunked on Aug 3, 2023 21:14:15 GMT
Yeah, I read that it works for the Xbox cheevo (which I still need to do)
I can jump on and do it over the weekend if you haven't sorted it already.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 4, 2023 1:17:09 GMT
i decided to try the capstone at 62 and walked right through him. WT4 though, man thats a tough sell at the moment. I did get a new ancestral sword with some decent rolls and spent a bunch to upgrade it the a muuuuuch better one dropped. I've just gone from 4,083 dmg to 5,764! I'm still a bit squishy but damn can I hit 'ARD!!!
Biggest problem a the moment right now is Veiled Crystal. I'm literally starved of the stuff and I'm hardly upgrading anything. I'm burning everything to get more but I'm getting hardly any
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Post by Danno on Aug 4, 2023 1:40:31 GMT
i decided to try the capstone at 62 and walked right through him. WT4 though, man thats a tough sell at the moment. I did get a new ancestral sword with some decent rolls and spent a bunch to upgrade it the a muuuuuch better one dropped. I've just gone from 4,083 dmg to 5,764! I'm still a bit squishy but damn can I hit 'ARD!!! Biggest problem a the moment right now is Veiled Crystal. I'm literally starved of the stuff and I'm hardly upgrading anything. I'm burning everything to get more but I'm getting hardly any WT4 is pure glass cannon bullshit. I don't like it. I can murder anything but it murders me back 3x, there's no strategy other than thinning them out without eating dirt in .03 seconds And yeah, wtf is up with salavaging
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Post by ekz on Aug 4, 2023 2:19:33 GMT
Yeah I noticed I was always lacking upgrade materials on my seasonal too, but never once had an issue on my barbarian. Almost every drop I got was salvaged on both. Definitely seems to have been tweaked.
Finding I don't have the motivation to log back in to D4, not sure why.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Aug 4, 2023 3:34:43 GMT
Because, as of right now, the game just isn't that good?
It took me a while to realise it. But the reason I've barely logged on in the last few weeks, is because I'm just not having much fun with it. The level scaling, the crappy loot, the feeling that nothing in here actually matters.
It's also possible that my tastes have just changed, maybe now that I'm older I'm more sensitive to games wasting my time. Either way I'm not super enthusiastic about returning right now, I'll come back in a few months and see how things are.
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Post by ekz on Aug 4, 2023 4:17:54 GMT
I can definitely see your POV here, but I'm hesitant to say I don't consider it to be a good game. Both times I levelled I was glued to it for a couple of days. But once I rip the needle out of my arm, I have no impulse to go and shoot it back up. It may just be that the post-50 content is... Not yet there, really. Or at least the rewards for bothering to play passed 50 aren't worth it. I don't know. I never really played the previous Diablo games so there's no nostalgia baiting here, either.
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Post by Danno on Aug 4, 2023 4:28:49 GMT
It's good, but it's very very flat. Finding upgrades takes forever and it's always a tiny increment rather than anything build-defining/changing. I'vefound the heatts mechanic to be much the same and it adds a bit of an irritation in needing the right sockets on jewellery to boot. I'm probably on hiatus until it all gets a bit of a kicking.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Aug 4, 2023 4:56:56 GMT
I can definitely see your POV here, but I'm hesitant to say I don't consider it to be a good game. Both times I levelled I was glued to it for a couple of days. But once I rip the needle out of my arm, I have no impulse to go and shoot it back up. It may just be that the post-50 content is... Not yet there, really. Or at least the rewards for bothering to play passed 50 aren't worth it. I don't know. I never really played the previous Diablo games so there's no nostalgia baiting here, either. Yeah, like I said, "as of right now". Diablo 3 started off pretty badly too, but eventually they made it good. So I'm (cautiously) hopeful that they can turn this into something I want to put dozens of hours into, I just don't see it at the moment.
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Post by loto on Aug 4, 2023 7:41:59 GMT
I’m still really enjoying it although I can see the cracks too. Just enjoying wandering around the map and unfogging it whilst picking up Altars. I haven’t done the Act 1 main quests yet but I’m Lvl 45. Loot is tailing off but there’s just enough going on for ‘five more minutes’. It’s why I stay away from gambling websites
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Post by oldskooldeano on Aug 4, 2023 8:24:36 GMT
Yeah, I read that it works for the Xbox cheevo (which I still need to do) I can jump on and do it over the weekend if you haven't sorted it already. yeah let’s do that
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Post by zagibu on Aug 4, 2023 8:35:55 GMT
I'm not sure it can be saved with the current systems, though. A lot of the reason to stop playing has to do with how they set up leveling and loot, and it would need quite a big overhaul to change that. They went all in with the forced multiplayer and MMO-like elements, and it will be hard to balance that with a regular ARPG progression system.
It's a bit similar to Destiny in this way, but Destiny at least has the more interesting shooter gameplay and multiplayer PVP modes that are not really possible to transfer to an ARPG.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 4, 2023 8:37:03 GMT
I'm agreeing with both ekz and DannoThe interest tapers off fast as there is nothing to do at the end. They had the campaign for the original 1-50 and then all this other 'stuff' was the endgame but the game currently doesn't work just using the 'stuff' for the 1-50 grind as well it's monotonous. I pushed on with the sorc in eternal because it was still new but there is little impetus in seasonal. The hearts, while initially fun and added interesting changes to play are actually a PiTA when you want to swap your shit around. I know I want to use these 3 specific hearts so you finally get a good fucking roll on jewellery you can absolutely guarantee it's the wrong fucking socket meaning youve got to swap minimum 2 pieces + hearts to get it working again. I'll keep dipping in but I think I'll drift off and play something zombie related for a bit
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Post by wunty on Aug 4, 2023 8:37:15 GMT
I actually still seem to be really enjoying it. Moreso than any other Diablo. Granted, I'm only grabbing maybe half an hour each day but it works so well for that. Jump on, do a side-quest or dungeon, then log off, quite satisfied. It's if I try to have a prolonged session I get bored, but I can say the same with any game these days.
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Post by oldskooldeano on Aug 4, 2023 8:40:38 GMT
On the whole topic of ‘is this game good’, I have to say I do enjoy it. The balance is off, the nerfs have been excessive and hard to understand the reasoning why, and they’re a lot of bugs with skills and what not. Blizzard I hold in high regard with respect to code quality and design, but art aside, this feels a bit rushed.
I have been frustrated with the loot and end game but remain drawn in and enjoying it. The classes and builds do feel very different from each other. I enjoy the skill tree and making a build although the paragon board is a confusing mechanic for me. Way too complicated and difficult to respec.
Oh yeah and the fixed heart slots on jewellery in seasonal is so annoying. Let me change the slot at the workbench for the love of god!
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Post by zagibu on Aug 4, 2023 8:48:26 GMT
If you could change the slot at a workbench, there would be even less incentive for the nolifers to sink time into this game. For the casuals, it would be a nice thing, yes.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 4, 2023 9:48:20 GMT
If you could change the slot at a workbench, there would be even less incentive for the nolifers to sink time into this game. For the casuals, it would be a nice thing, yes. this would be perfect. Ive got loads of the ichor stuff because I don't change the hearts so apart from stocking the best ones to use later when I actually get the right socket colour the rest have been burned for mats. I not gonna gamble for more as I have all I need.
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Post by ekz on Aug 4, 2023 11:16:17 GMT
Yeah, the different flavours of slot is pretty obviously to increase the grind, but like you said it just resulted in a slot (neck in my case) being stuck because I couldn't get rolls that were better and had an orange socket.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 4, 2023 11:24:11 GMT
I use the bottom right corner of my stash to put things in hoping to use soon. I've cycled rings and other gears pieces a few times from this temporary location.
Ive swapped the 'next' helm I'll use about 4 times now because I don't have the aspect to put on it (skelly warriors+2) and it's taken so long I've cleared sacred and now getting ancestral drops.
The rings are a similar deal but because I haven't got another wrathful heart of type I want them the other pieces are landlocked.
Still haven't seen the minion aspect I need and now level 65. I've gamba'd fucking loads of purple oobydoobies with the street urchin and got fuck all for it.
Uber uniques. Don't make me laugh 😭
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Post by quadfather on Aug 4, 2023 11:27:26 GMT
Mu stash I'd full of rings that I have no idea what to do with. It's another mechanic that's slowed me down again
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Post by wunty on Aug 4, 2023 11:44:07 GMT
The rings and amulets are completely insipid in this compared to the earlier games.
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Post by quadfather on Aug 4, 2023 11:54:57 GMT
Obsidian ring of the zodiac
Ahh that's better
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 4, 2023 11:58:48 GMT
CoE Shirley?!
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Post by quadfather on Aug 4, 2023 12:45:21 GMT
Anything tbh. Anything that is good as opposed to 1% chance to increase vulnerable damage on Thursdays
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Post by gamecat on Aug 4, 2023 12:55:18 GMT
CoE was annoying if you wanted to min max, wait for the right element, pop cooldowns, repeat.
Focus and Restraint was my jam
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Post by quadfather on Aug 4, 2023 12:58:03 GMT
I'm talking d1 here. None of that new fangled rubbish.
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Post by loto on Aug 5, 2023 11:25:02 GMT
Level 46 and I finally unlock the Golem on my build. It’s been unlocked for ages, but I didn’t know you had to add the command to the key bar thing.
I thought it was only certain dead enemies that you could raise as a Golem, so fuck my life. 😬😂
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 6, 2023 10:36:02 GMT
I've played this for 6 hours in total over the past 3 nights and the only thing I have to show for it is a better roll on a couple of aspects but I don't see the point in using them because I'm in the awkward sacred/ancestral swap point. I've been farming NDs just to level my glyphs but this seems really slow going as well.
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Post by zagibu on Aug 6, 2023 10:49:55 GMT
But the combat is so crunchy, right?
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