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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 11, 2023 8:45:51 GMT
I have 3 more dungeons to do in Scosglen and then I've done them all. I'm struggling to find side quests now and have 2 or 3 remaining in each area.
There are no more exclamation marks anywhere and I just have to randomly stumble across some item that triggers a quest which is annoying.
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Post by gamecat on Jul 11, 2023 9:36:10 GMT
The loot of 4 has me really wanting to play D2(R) again, 'when barrier is active 2% increased change to trigger an effect that has a 15% chance of doing something else, on Wednesdays, if you're in Stoke, and it isn't raining'.. why are these affixes so shit?
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 11, 2023 12:40:50 GMT
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Post by Danno on Jul 11, 2023 13:00:38 GMT
Sounds promising
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 11, 2023 13:16:28 GMT
There looks to be some grind involved with the hearts which I'm here for.
Also the number of aspects inferred from the video is 45 total, 7 going straight to eternal but 35 aspects seasonal only that I'm assuming will roll over on season end.
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Post by Phattso on Jul 11, 2023 14:20:55 GMT
They mentioned that the Malignant Slots *wouldn't* roll over, so there's a fair chance the aspects won't either.
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Post by quadfather on Jul 11, 2023 14:34:16 GMT
I got my nightmare dungeon sigil last night.
Not sure on the affixes though...it's all fucking lightning based.
Not lightning, please
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Post by bichii2 on Jul 11, 2023 16:44:56 GMT
Oh god it won't end. Went to what I assume in the final area for the campaign and you need to o be 45+. I'm 41. This requires me to go off and do the side stuff I have zero interest in. Zzzzzzzz.
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Post by Phattso on Jul 11, 2023 17:04:19 GMT
Some of the "side stuff" is better than the main missions. If that helps.  |
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Post by bichii2 on Jul 11, 2023 17:52:02 GMT
I did one long one where it ended in the tomb from the intro movie.
Talking of cutscenes why are there no good ones?? The opening one and the first hour or so had loads of good scenes and they almost vanish.
Diablo 3 had those epic cutscenes at the end of each act.
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Post by Danno on Jul 11, 2023 18:11:15 GMT
Oh god it won't end. Went to what I assume in the final area for the campaign and you need to o be 45+. I'm 41. This requires me to go off and do the side stuff I have zero interest in. Zzzzzzzz. If your build isn't completely gimped you can handle the last stretch at 40ish |
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Post by quadfather on Jul 11, 2023 19:04:55 GMT
Yeah, was gonna say, at 41, I'd give it a go. Just stay a bit cautious to begin with till you suss it
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Post by ekz on Jul 11, 2023 20:26:42 GMT
I did one long one where it ended in the tomb from the intro movie. Talking of cutscenes why are there no good ones?? The opening one and the first hour or so had loads of good scenes and they almost vanish. Diablo 3 had those epic cutscenes at the end of each act. There's a lengthy cutscene toward the end that I thought was pretty damn good, but you're right. They're very absent for 80% of the campaign sadly. |
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Post by bichii2 on Jul 12, 2023 8:51:41 GMT
We did start it but within five minutes I was bored just because each mob was taking ages to kill. We didn't die so it wasn't impossible or anything but enemies just took an age to die when 4 lvls above. I think I'll also totally change my abilities again to try and make it more interesting.
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Post by wunty on Jul 12, 2023 9:07:34 GMT
There's definitely a thing with this game where you constantly feel underpowered, even when you're not. Easy mobs take just a few more hits to go down than they should and it always feels a bit slow because of this. Like your most basic skills are useless. I don't recall them being useless before. All they are there for is to generate some energy and pass some time before you can use your better skills. I can stand there for 5 minutes stabbing a skeleton before he eventually fucking dies.
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Post by askew on Jul 12, 2023 9:43:55 GMT
Especially those twats – and it's usually ghosts or skeletons – with 'Enhanced Health'. Zzzz. You're a fucking skeleton, smash already.
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Post by ekz on Jul 12, 2023 10:01:21 GMT
Decided to have another stab at the curator tonight at L49. Took a couple of goes but just downed him, fuck yeah.
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Post by quadfather on Jul 12, 2023 11:33:55 GMT
Especially those twats – and it's usually ghosts or skeletons – with 'Enhanced Health'. Zzzz. You're a fucking skeleton, smash already. Yeah, I'm always looking up at rhe enemy affix when it's taking 6 years to drop a stubborn bastard and its always increased fucking health. Its a chore that one |
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Post by bichii2 on Jul 12, 2023 14:07:51 GMT
Talking of tanky enemies I'm definitely not a fan of how the game just levels with you. No matter what I do with gear etc the enemy just moves with me. Sure I can make my barbarian kill a little quicker or make him more tanky but the enemy just lvls with me..makes it pretty boring..I definitely can't face attempting the final area 4 under and it will takes hours. I'll just grind to 45 and get it done.
I must have fallen out with gaming after over 30 years of it as I'm bored of this and although I enjoy the new Zelda I'm finding it hard to turn on the switch to play it. Both games I should be addicted to and be thinking about all the time. I was totally hooked with diablo 3 and breath of the wild.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 12, 2023 14:22:36 GMT
So stop playing and have a break! If you're not enjoying a hobby, you're not going to turn it around by forcing yourself to do it.
Maybe you'll come back to gaming in the future. If my experience is any indication, these things happen in cycles.
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Post by Phattso on Jul 12, 2023 14:25:55 GMT
Yeah, if you're having a shit time what's so special about getting "it done"? Fuck it off the pile and move on.
I'm not the greatest fan of the levelling - mainly because of the scars of Oblivion - but now I'm in the end game section it's really nice to be able to go *anywhere* and still make progress. Areas that would've just been ignored at high levels still have relevance. I'm not sure where I'll ultimately land on that decision, but right now I'm cool with it.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 12, 2023 14:31:33 GMT
I think the main benefit of the enemy scaling, is that it makes the whole multiplayer "things scale to individual party members" business possible. I can join up with friends who are higher or lower level than me, and we can all have a good time without it being too easy or difficult. So while the scaling does kind of annoy me, I think the trade-off is worth it.
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Post by quadfather on Jul 12, 2023 14:44:05 GMT
Talking of tanky enemies I'm definitely not a fan of how the game just levels with you. No matter what I do with gear etc the enemy just moves with me. Sure I can make my barbarian kill a little quicker or make him more tanky but the enemy just lvls with me..makes it pretty boring..I definitely can't face attempting the final area 4 under and it will takes hours. I'll just grind to 45 and get it done. I must have fallen out with gaming after over 30 years of it as I'm bored of this and although I enjoy the new Zelda I'm finding it hard to turn on the switch to play it. Both games I should be addicted to and be thinking about all the time. I was totally hooked with diablo 3 and breath of the wild. I don't think that is video game related. Sounds more like life related. |
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Post by Matt A on Jul 12, 2023 16:10:31 GMT
Presumably with late game gear you can leverage your damage output over the enemies. Their level scaling with you is just automating how you would change the Torment difficulty in 3 as your gear improved.
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Post by zagibu on Jul 12, 2023 17:16:43 GMT
So while the scaling does kind of annoy me, I think the trade-off is worth it. Not if you're singleplayer only, though. Autoleveling enemies suck, because if you are unlucky with gear drops, you are basically fucked. You''ll have to grind for gear, but this will give you exp and make you level up and thus the enemies, too, which brings you even further behind the curve if nothing good drops. So it's in theory possible to fall so far behind the gear curve that you can't even grind for better gear anymore. |
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Post by Matt A on Jul 12, 2023 17:25:33 GMT
Didn't think of that
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Post by zagibu on Jul 12, 2023 18:32:46 GMT
I think it would be best if you could have both. Basically select on instance creation whether you want autoleveling or the area's normal level.
Of course, this doesn't work when the area has no normal level, or when you don't even have instances.
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Post by f00b_inc on Jul 12, 2023 18:58:16 GMT
Act 1 complete! I think I accidentally went halfway through the act 2 quest line before realising this isn't structured like old Diablo. Basically spent the week trying to get my kid and the missus away to bed as soon as possible so I can get some time in on this!
Another newbie question that I'm sure has already been answered 10 times but do I need to do anything with aspects at this point or is it more of an end-game/reroll consideration? I've done a few of the side dungeons but not been making a point of them so far. I'm sure I should probably look up some proper druid build at some point but enjoying messing about for now.
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Post by askew on Jul 12, 2023 19:26:51 GMT
Supposedly they can be useful through levelling if you stick them on your amulet/rings. Trying to get the one from Feral's Den, but the Moordaine Lodge stronghold boss was a right prick.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 12, 2023 19:52:53 GMT
Don't be afraid to whack aspects on whenever you like. Ones from dungeons that go into codex can be applied as many times as you like.
Ones extracted from gear that have ranges will roll higher on end game gear. Fixed ones will always be fixed.
In short, go nuts
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