Diablo IV

[motherfucker]

Endgame consists of 1(one) dungeon and upgrade system that isn't required for anything except for that dungeon. Uber unique farming(pre-S4 endgame) can hardly qualify as such now that you're showered with summon mats.

 

[abija]

They have 7 bosses, nightmare dungeons, pit, the gimmick ladder thingie and whatever seasonal shit is going on in the open world (or helltides). As I said the content is there. The fact that you end up only farming pit is the absolute failure of the designers.

 

[ArchAngel]

They have 7 bosses, nightmare dungeons, pit, the gimmick ladder thingie and whatever seasonal shit is going on in the open world (or helltides). As I said the content is there. The fact that you end up only farming pit is the absolute failure of the designers.

7 bosses that need some component that never dropped and I brought two characters to lvl 100.. apparently it only drops from pit lvl 30+ or something which means there is only pit farming as endgame and that got boring after doing 5 pits. I brought two characters to 100 and quit.

 

[Reever]

Honestly, the writing is worse than D3. D3 is just a generic silly cartoon fantasy. D4 tries to pretend be look dark and edgy, but it's actually filled with bunch of stupid and illogical plot twists.

While the writing in D4 is pretty bad especially for a few of the characters (lorath and the girl who's name I forgot) I still find it much better than D3. Not a high bar to reach but at least D4 was somewhat interesting and had *some* interesting plot hooks that I remember positively like the guy being absorbed into the tree in act 2 (?), the tree of whispers and the whole sequence in the swamp, Inarius being a genuine asshole, Mephisto (even though that "plot twist" was so visible). I also think Lilith's character was somewhat interesting though I've seen this is a pretty hot take.
D3 on the other hand, the only "memorable" moments are because of how horrible the writing was. Deckard Cain and Leah are the obvious ones alongside whatever the fuck Belial was (Lord of lies my ass). I could write a fucking essay on how bad and uninteresting the whole nephalem plotline was.
The one thing that I remember from d3 positively is the cutscene with tyrael vs imperius. If the game tried to be less serious in the story department (and no, unicorn island doesn't count) and had more action shlock like that I would've liked the game better.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Honestly, the writing is worse than D3. D3 is just a generic silly cartoon fantasy. D4 tries to pretend be look dark and edgy, but it's actually filled with bunch of stupid and illogical plot twists.

While the writing in D4 is pretty bad especially for a few of the characters (lorath and the girl who's name I forgot) I still find it much better than D3. Not a high bar to reach but at least D4 was somewhat interesting and had *some* interesting plot hooks that I remember positively like the guy being absorbed into the tree in act 2 (?), the tree of whispers and the whole sequence in the swamp, Inarius being a genuine asshole, Mephisto (even though that "plot twist" was so visible). I also think Lilith's character was somewhat interesting though I've seen this is a pretty hot take.
D3 on the other hand, the only "memorable" moments are because of how horrible the writing was. Deckard Cain and Leah are the obvious ones alongside whatever the fuck Belial was (Lord of lies my ass). I could write a fucking essay on how bad and uninteresting the whole nephalem plotline was.
The one thing that I remember from d3 positively is the cutscene with tyrael vs imperius. If the game tried to be less serious in the story department (and no, unicorn island doesn't count) and had more action shlock like that I would've liked the game better.

I don't even know how I feel about this. It's like trying to decide whether you'd prefer the diarrhea slurry you're sucking back to be smooth or to have some chunks.

 

[Reever]

I don't even know how I feel about this. It's like trying to decide whether you'd prefer the diarrhea slurry you're sucking back to be smooth or to have some chunks.

I hear you on that one (though I wish you were less descriptive). I do however think that the story is at least passable, especially for an ARPG.

 

[abija]

7 bosses that need some component that never dropped and I brought two characters to lvl 100.. apparently it only drops from pit lvl 30+ or something which means there is only pit farming as endgame and that got boring after doing 5 pits. I brought two characters to 100 and quit.

You are on crack. As the guy above my post said you get plenty of mats without even farming them the intended way. The material you probably refer to is for torment variants which drops from pit and world bosses and wolves rep this season and season journey.

And you're still missing the point completely that the content is there, designers fail in making use of it.

 

[ArchAngel]

7 bosses that need some component that never dropped and I brought two characters to lvl 100.. apparently it only drops from pit lvl 30+ or something which means there is only pit farming as endgame and that got boring after doing 5 pits. I brought two characters to 100 and quit.

You are on crack. As the guy above my post said you get plenty of mats without even farming them the intended way. The material you probably refer to is for torment variants which drops from pit and world bosses and wolves rep this season and season journey.

And you're still missing the point completely that the content is there, designers fail in making use of it.

Yes I am talking about torment versions, the normal versions died in 10s (some in 5s) to my Druid Summoner.. hard to consider those fights bosses..

Then I tried them with my 100 lvl Sorc and they lived up to 30s and I got to see some of their mechanics and they are all super plain and boring compared to even older PoE bosses.

Then I tried only torment version I could without that super rare component which was Uber Lilith and she managed to rape my super DPS and very tanky Druid fast and I have better things to do than do 500 pits so I can mastercraft Druid's gear for slight boring stat boosts just so I can try Uber Lilith again.

 

[motherfucker]

Yeah stygian stones are incredibly scarce, people farm T100 for hundreds of runs without ever seeing any

 

[Modron]

Yeah stygian stones are incredibly scarce, people farm T100 for hundreds of runs without ever seeing any

Why would people do this to themselves?

 

[motherfucker]

Yeah stygian stones are incredibly scarce, people farm T100 for hundreds of runs without ever seeing any

Why would people do this to themselves?

They probably enjoy the game so they don't mind playing it. Also it's not stygians they're farming

 

[ADL]

 

[ADL]

This is the most boring livestream of all time.

 

[Hobknobling]

This is the most boring livestream of all time.

The writing and direction of nu-Blizzard trailers is so far from the groundbreaking stuff they used to do back in the day that it just makes me sad.

 

[Tyranicon]

Oh shit, they added Aang from Avatar.

Why?

 

[ArchAngel]

This is the most boring livestream of all time.

On the other hand new PoE1 league seems to be the most crazy and best yet!

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

This is the most boring livestream of all time.

I'm not watching the whole thing. What does the female Spiritborn look like? Is she like the Rogue or like the Druid?

 

[Arbiter]

Disappointing, I would rather see a return of the paladin.

 

[Florian Gheorghe]

This is the most boring livestream of all time.

I'm not watching the whole thing. What does the female Spiritborn look like? Is she like the Rogue or like the Druid?

It's a monk but with Gorilla.

 

[Cyberarmy]

It's a monk but with Gorilla.

So it is gorilla warfare then?

 

[Wulfric Pinewood]

Well after all these years since starting this thread, i must admitt that Diablo IV is crap.

 

[ArchAngel]

I got bored playing D4 pretty fast. Still better than Last Epoch.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

This is the most boring livestream of all time.

I almost feel like that thumbnail is an ad for Monster Energy drink. Are those any good? I never had one.

 

[Cohesion]

This is the most boring livestream of all time.

I almost feel like that thumbnail is an ad for Monster Energy drink. Are those any good? I never had one.

You have Adderall/desoxyn/crystal meth in USA. Much better than caffeine+sugar.
Imagine meth fueled dual wielding ratslayer on a rampage.

This trailer is bad, I wonder how many people still play d4 compared to first 3 months.

Edit: this but slaying rats instead of fences.

 

[luj1]

This is the most boring livestream of all time.

wow the cringe is off the charts