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BG 1 topped you at a certain amount of xp, a characters actual max level varied according to their class choice(s).

The problem is that they'll have a lot of lifers on board who don't care about the quality of the season. D3 seasons were shit until recently, but still sparking interest for each season (maybe not from you or me, but in general). They just were not monetizing that burst of interest every three...

Probably a few more years because this is a live service game, they can easily milk that. I'd even cast minor doubt on there ever being an actual sequel. WoW basically killed the Warcraft RTS series. Without it, we would have at least one more Warcraft RTS game now.

I don't think it delivers. Kind of shallow is putting it lightly. I've played until like 1.5 weeks ago, and I did enjoy the campaign, but it turns into a one-dimensional slog after that. The game is too raw and lacking in too many areas to accept it as "finished". This is fucking Diablo 4 and I...

This whole game is a mvp that'll live or die by people buying their overpriced skins to slowly, very slowly, get at least some systems into a launch-worthy state (and we're talking 2024 at the earliest). The only light at the end of the tunnel is that people will do just that. Edit: I'm kinda...

Not in your face story with the player at the center of everything, like D3, D4, or Saturday morning cartoons. Most of it is more like D2 or Elden Ring, where you uncover and follow recent events and their repercussions. The 3.0 expansion was more in your face and involving the player in a...

It's been a while, but didn't they stay silent in D1, D2 and D3 aside from Tyrael, until She-ablo kicked in the door to Heaven? Tyrael was cast out for wanting to lift a finger, no?

Is Diablo 4?

I've only played through the story once, so maybe I've not seen it yet, but from what I can tell there is no procedural area generation in this game.

This world boss reminded me why I drifted away from MMOs and usually play arpgs now. I want to do my own shit on my own time, not their schedule, and solo or a few friends, not a horde of facerollers. I didn't bother researching it and it doesn't matter for this beta, but I hope they have solid...

How much freedom does the game give you compared to Fallen Order? I don't need full open world, but Fallen Order felt too closed off. Did they improve in that regard?

Not the part I replied to, but yeah, the only surprise is how deep they can dig.

Are you saying that you doubted that?

The game moves towards the MMO side, so it makes sense to compare them. They are gutting procedural area generation, which I always found helpful in keeping it interesting. All arpgs have some key areas that are generally same-ish, but that's far from most areas. D4 moves towards more fixed...

There is a pretty good chance this game is not for me. I strongly dislike the MMO-ification of arpgs. Just talking on terms of dungeons, lockouts and raids already puts me on alert. I do expect to get my money's worth out of the base game, figuring a 100 hours to play through the campaign with...

If dungeon gameplay is as weak as it was during the beta they better be as useless as GW2 dungeons were, because I'm not drudging through that experience repeatedly.

Obviously you are arguing from a goodwill position and believe Blizzard. You brush off other positions as not compelling and not having evidence. For me, "They will do what they said long before the game came out" is not compelling either. I have no incentive to believe them, even less...

Are you kidding? Nevermind adding monetization to it, they could do that at end of a dungeon. But not even letting me run them as I like is disgusting.

From their pov, obviously.

The type of company modern Blizzard is never learns the lesson you want them to learn. they approach this product from an entirely different angle. Diablo 3 was created as a box sale with expansion sales, and steady revenue through legal RMT. Yeah, that failed hard. But the lessons they...

I've never encountered that concept in the way Destiny handled it, and wasn't it because of the complete overhaul they did early on? I'm honestly not concerned over them cutting notable chunks out of the game every quarter. On the other hand I am sure there will be seasonal stuff that comes and...

Unless we can enforce it, our definition is meaningless. You emphasize that Blizzard claims to not sell power as the core of your position. Unless you also provide Blizzard's definition of power, there is no discussion to be had. It's not something you or I decide after all, and even if our...

You describe exactly the content that's fine for me. Just doing some exploration, reading some stories, leaving shit undone if I don't feel like it. It's a casual time waster. Being mobile is a good perk for that too, although tbh I mostly play it on pc since I don't enjoy controller/mobile...

Still playing it when the mood strikes, it's a great fuck around game. I don't think it offers enough content for a goal oriented player though.

What does OW2 do? Good, bad, ugly?

I honestly didn't pay attention, but does D4 have "gender" as a selection? I thought modern products switched to some unoffensive description instead of such harmful trigger words.

It's 2023, Kangs are measured on a different scale. Disney will just

I was all over waiting for larger discounts back when I didn't have most of the DLC. It kinda made sense given the large backlog I had. But now that I have them all I just get the latest release right when it comes out. Fuck waiting half a year to save a few bucks when DLC only comes like twice...

That's my main concern with this whole "MMO-ish" gimmick. I don't actually want to play MMOs anymore, and while I liked Lost Ark the amount of daily/weekly checkmarks led to me not sticking with that game. D4 seems to take a lot from them at first glance. That won't keep me playing. I will buy...

This is the one thing I like. Seems good enough to buy for playthrough. I'm still concerned if they can make it interesting in the log run, I see a lot of red flags in the shape of WoW, D:I and Lost Ark features being ported in.

Guessing? Just check steam.

Spamming pause is a key element of BG, which Pillars emulates. That's really all there is to it I think, I doubt the actually pondered the choice beyond "BG 1 did it".

That "trade manifesto" they got there seems like a convoluted way to curry favor with two essentially opposing forces. That'll end well!

I don't see trade as a benefit at this point, so this puts the game back on my radar.

Well, "suddenly" was like a decade ago, too. I do think they've pivoted the product too far from what it was in the 90/00s and that's been going on for some years. The slow death of organized play started when, 2014ish? I guess Covid and trying to compete with digital were merely the final...

And that means they did not design it for tournament play, right? The game structure itself was designed in the year(s) leading up to the release in summer 1993. Then, after it blew up into a huge success, the tournaments gradually sprung up, and certainly influenced individual card design as...

What kind of fan fiction is that? This game was not designed for tournaments. If anything, EDH is closer to what the good people at WotC envisioned back in 92/93.

Emulator subforum is a thing.

My first campaign was(is) Morathi, and it's been fun so far. I didn't get the early mobbing from Ulthuan that I'm used to from ME, maybe N'Kari keeps them busy, so I actually went frog hunting first.

I'm not gonna claim PoE is easy on people that skim past guidance, or even those who seek it, but your example there is retarded. Capturing something is part of Einhar's intro quest, and he then asks you to visit the menagerie where the quest explains what to do with those beasts. Each master...