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Diablo IV
- Thread starter Wulfric Pinewood
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Florian Gheorghe
Cipher
it's not a proper expansion, it's just a lame overpriced DLC.
It adds a whole new region and a host of new enemies, bosses and a campaign. How is it not a proper expansion?
ArchAngel
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I started this new season of D4 with Barb going Whirlwind, got access to Wirlwind at lvl 6 (after about 15 minutes) and been using it for next 5+ hours while leveling. It is boring and weak and not fun.
Then I switched to Project D2, needed 5+ hours to reach lvl 30 and get Whirlwind and after that it is pure fun and I do not need waste time using resource generator skills so I can do 5s of Whirlwind. Sure I need to stop for 0.5s to use mana potions here and there but still better than what D4 has.
Sure D4 also has lvl 30 skills (or lvl 24), you can use them once every 30s or 60s LOL
Fuck modern Blizzard!
Then I switched to Project D2, needed 5+ hours to reach lvl 30 and get Whirlwind and after that it is pure fun and I do not need waste time using resource generator skills so I can do 5s of Whirlwind. Sure I need to stop for 0.5s to use mana potions here and there but still better than what D4 has.
Sure D4 also has lvl 30 skills (or lvl 24), you can use them once every 30s or 60s LOL
Fuck modern Blizzard!
I found the first obligatory wildly unbalanced boss fight of the expansion. Wtf were they thinking making the magic giant centaur fight so insufferably long? I've cakewalked through the whole dungeon on "Expert" difficulty, only to run into this progression wall.
Blizzard, maybe spend less time hiring pink-haired trannies to insert themselves into their woke narrative, and instead hire some more playtesters? That side-quest about finding the thing in a blue circle is still broken, btw. The thing doesn't spawn. It's a known issue, all over the internet. It's been days.
Anyone gonna fix it? Hello?
Blizzard, maybe spend less time hiring pink-haired trannies to insert themselves into their woke narrative, and instead hire some more playtesters? That side-quest about finding the thing in a blue circle is still broken, btw. The thing doesn't spawn. It's a known issue, all over the internet. It's been days.
Anyone gonna fix it? Hello?
Dr1f7
Scholar
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nah the breast milk incident was the final nail in the coffin and ended with complete takeover, there's no going back for blizz
Based.
Not based.
Semi-based.
Gold, shopping, Larzuk-socketing and deterministic rune-farming were broken and made all runs boring and the same. Having no shops is the superior traditional Roguelike design.
PD2 is power creep hell. Everything in the mod feels broken. From drop rates to affixes to uniques, Runewords, corrupting items, the Barbarian moving like a Harrier plane, every class with a Teleport skill (instead of just removing that piece of s...), unbalanced/broken skills, broken endgame with schizo boss fights...
I can only fathom the most crazed and mazed of PoE softcore trade players enjoying that mod, but kudos to the mod maker for finding that niche to milk.
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thats mainly for lod content its pretty easy, mapping is more balanced. they are still balancing lod content too with tuning skill level bonuses depending on skill level
drop rates are about same as in original p5 (5 players same time in game) when solo
if you think pd2 items are broken check out original ones (enigma, dracul's grasp or grief for example). no gear variety there are in 90%+ of cases only 1 real choice in lod
also uniques and rws are constantly balanced between seasons
this is a preference thing, personally I like it that you have not only item but specific corruption to chase + gambling is fun
name 1
bosses have 3 tiers you can choose from (tier 0, 1 and 2), even hardest ones are fine in hc if you are not complete retard and have decent gear. tier 0 then are doable for most of players with little bit planning
ArchAngel
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I am enjoying it. Finally a fun playthrough with a Barb in D2. I've never really enjoyed melee classes in vanilla D2 or in D2R
You mean the Harrier plane?
ArchAngel
Arcane
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Whirlwind Barb?!
I am still near the end of Nightmare so I am not that fast, I just do decent damage and do not miss as much as in base game.
Sorceress would clear enemies from other side of the screen while Barb would do shit after it got close. Now Barb also clears enemies in decent time after he gets close.
This game is giving me anxiety, and I don't think it did when I played it when it first came out. They definitely upped the enemy quantity/density, and the screen is an unreadable mess because of how much and how fast everything happens. I remember having enough control over the situation to where I could target individual enemies, focus on them, avoid their special attacks, now everything is a blur. The helltides are especially atrocious.
The "expert" difficulty became rather easy after I beat a boss and got a weapon that did 100+ more damage that my previous one (wtf?). Thinking of moving up one level. The new mechanics are mostly boring and lackluster. The timed dungeons are especially retarded, why would I want to have 90 seconds to get to the boss, wtf.
Overall, the game has definitely gotten worse since I last played it a year ago, and it's not so much the expansion itself, as all the mechanics that got tweaked in my absence. Whoever this is being catered towards, it ain't me.
The "expert" difficulty became rather easy after I beat a boss and got a weapon that did 100+ more damage that my previous one (wtf?). Thinking of moving up one level. The new mechanics are mostly boring and lackluster. The timed dungeons are especially retarded, why would I want to have 90 seconds to get to the boss, wtf.
Overall, the game has definitely gotten worse since I last played it a year ago, and it's not so much the expansion itself, as all the mechanics that got tweaked in my absence. Whoever this is being catered towards, it ain't me.
ArchAngel
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People cried it is not fast enough so they turned it more into Path of Exile. Helltides are perfect example. But game is still boring, just now you die randomly to shit you could not notice in time.
Hellion
Arcane
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Content-wise the game is a yuge improvement compared to launch. At least now you actually have stuff to do at the endgame, and can choose between 1-2 different activities in order to hunt the same items/resources. It's not perfect, but it's a start at least.
The same goes for overall progression. Before the expansion, the jump between Torment levels felt like a disproportionately big gap and a build that shredded everything in T1 couldn't even kill normal enemies in T2. It feels much more smooth now, and after spending some time in a Torment level and leveling up Paragon you should be able to more easily progress through to T2 without spending 100 hours grinding for gear and mats.
There's also minor improvements, like the fact that Dungeons (and killing elites in them) reward Obducite (which is now the sole Masterworking material, thank god) so you actually have a reason to clear them instead of just rushing to the end.
The same goes for overall progression. Before the expansion, the jump between Torment levels felt like a disproportionately big gap and a build that shredded everything in T1 couldn't even kill normal enemies in T2. It feels much more smooth now, and after spending some time in a Torment level and leveling up Paragon you should be able to more easily progress through to T2 without spending 100 hours grinding for gear and mats.
There's also minor improvements, like the fact that Dungeons (and killing elites in them) reward Obducite (which is now the sole Masterworking material, thank god) so you actually have a reason to clear them instead of just rushing to the end.
I find it hilarious that they changed the demon who respawns other demons from "shaman" to "disseminator" or something like that.
Probably some gay guy on reddit was like "ugh, excuthe me, I'm 1/64th wampawaka indian and a registered ahuehueasca shaman, and I find this offensive", and the pink-haired wiccan landwhales at Blizzturd went "diablo mio! we wouldn't want to offend ANY religion or nation by associating them with fictional demons! change the name from "shaman" to "Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, please bless America" immediately! add more evil Cathedral of Light knights, and keep reminding that the angel INRIus was evil and insane and bigot and defeated by badass brat energy girlboss Lilith."
Probably some gay guy on reddit was like "ugh, excuthe me, I'm 1/64th wampawaka indian and a registered ahuehueasca shaman, and I find this offensive", and the pink-haired wiccan landwhales at Blizzturd went "diablo mio! we wouldn't want to offend ANY religion or nation by associating them with fictional demons! change the name from "shaman" to "Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, please bless America" immediately! add more evil Cathedral of Light knights, and keep reminding that the angel INRIus was evil and insane and bigot and defeated by badass brat energy girlboss Lilith."
Oh. That's it? You don't even fight Mephisto at the end, just a "sliver" of him. They're really milking this for all it's worth. What a stupid game.
3/10
3/10
Diablo IV is so good that it has surpassed its own basic game play loop.
D4 expansion has you fighting reams of smegma so you can eventually meet Aslan who really is just the spirit animal of Jesus, and then they make a tarbaby out of him too.
Other than that, it's a real achievement: they made Diablo boring and bland instead of exciting with interesting imagery, moods, and themes.
Other than that, it's a real achievement: they made Diablo boring and bland instead of exciting with interesting imagery, moods, and themes.
Inec0rn
Educated
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jokes on you, you paid and played it.
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