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Pretty much why I roll my eyes at all these consolidate/axe/merge content requests. They should absolutely leave that all in, and just focus on enabling players to choose what they engage in. Scarabs, atlas passives, masters are good, but they could emphasize it even more. When they added...

I wouldn't even call anything in this game "end game". Difficulty, challenge and progression are almost a flat line compared to actual progression-based games. Sure you can technically grind artifacts forever, but there is no reason to when all the content can be cleared with average artifacts...

I've already fought that particular windmill on reddit, but I'll never get how people consider this game grindy. It is time-gated to hell and back. The resin cap, even for paying users, the weekly bosses for the highest materials, the daily missions... all that comes down to a useful play time...

While I do want more awesome 40k games, I'm pretty sure I do not want a Total War: WH40K. I have certain expectations for TW franchise titles that just would not work well with 40K. Of course they could compromise here and there, change some mechanics about how TW plays and what fits into the...

Laid to rest on Dathomir, huh? Yep, she comin' back. Just a question of how convoluted it will be.

Remind me, is "dead af" more or less certain than "thrown down a reactor shaft of the exploding space station" or "being cut in half"?

That really depends on how you approach the game. As it was, self-crafting was not the optimal choice - a third party trade community was. Last league, you either got involved in trade discord, invested a LOT more time on your own for a similar result to being active on discord, or simply missed...

That whole drama wasn't about Genshin, but some older game from that company.

That was probably on twitter or reddit, since their own website always goes offline with the game (lol on that, too). So I just take it as speaking the language of that audience.

PoE 2 will drastically change builds and viability - what you play and how it performs, what is viable. The 19 new ascendancies would do that on their own, the socketing rework would do that by itself, both together will really shake things up. But it'll do shit all about all the general...

I kinda wish they could turn away from exploding entire screens in general, not just with ae on death effects. The PoE 2 clip did look great, but aside from the required bosses, that's all shit you'd run past in a normal map because nobody bothers with killing 2-3 mobs. Reducing the amount of...

I'm actually all for more involved action combat. I tried WoW during the free weeks before the expansion, and GW2 towards the end of the year. Both didn't do it for me anymore compared to more active combat and environment interaction. Climbing, actually hitting what your animated weapon swings...

I dunno, sounds like Everquest to me.

Isn't the current stance "we're not even trying anymore"? Print OP and untested shit, sell big, then ban it if players notice is an official policy afaik. I might be salty, since I've finally fallen out of MTG during the last 6 months. Issues were mounting before that, but the rapid succession...

Purely on the topic of those challenges - Yes, that play time is probably cutting it close. The challenges as designed are pretty grindy, and that has little to do with your gear or whether you craft or trade, once you have a certain level of gear on your character. Is your problem getting...

This is basically me. I don't hate Harvest, but the current implementation is such a pace killer. And that won't change, either. You get fewer crafts but it happens more often - that's still bad or maybe even worse, we'll see. I would legit prefer the original league version over what we have...

Well, yes of course. But do enough people play vanilla D2 that this project has legs? No. However, letting another studio do a visual touch-up to get it to 2015 quality and then selling a lot of copies based on nostalgia and hopium is exactly what Nu-Blizzard is all about.

Not sure if that's what they are doing with this specific feature, but in general they might use D3 seasons to test ideas for D4.

Well I can certainly say that as far as I'm concerned, crpg and arpg are not something I would ever consider grouped together. And I have played some of the "recent" crpgs like D:OS2, PoE1/2 (as in Pillars of Eternity) and am looking at maybe getting the Pathfinders and BG3. But those scratch...

Casually adding another subgenre of RPG to the discussion doesn't really matter much for arpg enthusiasts. Turn-based? What does that have to do with this thread? Are any arpgs of note coming up in 2021?

This will be a divisive release no matter what they do. Even a few days after the announcement you already see wildly different expectations from people, and worst of all those expectations oppose each other. So I expect a mediocre fumble at best, a wc3 tier cratering at worst. I won't be...

Am I to assume trade servers being down to be the state of things for the rest of the year when talking about game design? Because assuming that trade functions like it has the last few years, my comment still stands. If I assume they shut down the trade website then yeah, they might have to...

I feel like I already addressed all that. People not replying - I want a vendor mode, for both that and bullshit price fixers. The rest seems to boil down to game and website performance, not actual design. The game or website shitting itself is a separate topic from how they design the game...

I don't mean that one example with fusings, I mean all of it. Each of those suggestions reduces time played for something you naturally obtain by playing. String enough of those time savers together, and you indeed get a game that holds your attention for less time. I kinda hate dragging out the...

It's a mobile game, what did you guys expect here? Everything they've done since launch is exactly how every other mobile gacha develops. A string of smaller, sometimes larger weekly events with a significant patch or update every 2-4 months, and regular character releases that you don't really...

All those "why" questions can be boiled down to "why can't I finish a league in a week". As long as your problems can be solved by playing more, they're not problems - they're just you asking for the game to cater to your lower commitment. At the end of that road you'll find Diablo 3. The only...

I'm looking forward to higher difficulties, maps and tower types unlocking. I'd probably play this more than domain grinds if they made it permanent.

Awesome news, I was not expecting a 2021 release for this. Bear cavalry is go. I hope to shovel them money for DLCs for years to come. This game is one of my all time favorites. In no small way due to tabletop nostalgia, but the reason doesn't matter. Sure I can nitpick some lore shit, or some...

I'm skipping this, I don't like going after a character without being pretty sure I get them. Got Ganyu after a Keqing dupe a few weeks ago, so for now I will just build a gem stash for either Ayaka or Klee, or yet unannounced characters that interest me. The gotta catch'em all approach is not...

It's been a long time since D2, but I assume they are talking about running specific bosses at certain levels/difficulties because their level affected their loot table, making some items drop a bit more often, or even very often in some cases. If it's just that, I would never calling it...

What's your hang-up? Not into the TW style of games, or no time?

Of course getting artifacts earlier helps, but I don't think the game is difficult enough to need it. I haven't used any fragile resin yet at AR52/WL7, so most of my artifacts are below average. I farmed domains with regular resin regen for Keqing and now Ganyu, but still use a lot of gladiator...

Character level does not mean that much, every 10 levels only mean a few percent more damage taken and less dealt. Just keep your main dps character up, the rest can slack until you have resources to catch them up.

It is not the last league before PoE2, never was. Whatever they had in mind for a launch date when they held exilecon is probably off the table too. Right now, I would assume they hold and refine to torpedo D4, as they originally planned.

Heist was a mess for much longer than usual, so the Dec league would get less time. On top of that that they also have the already-announced Harvest rework on their plate. Cyberpunk or not, they needed that month. It probably weighed heavily into the decision, even if they decided to not...

I got to pity on the standard wish with the update, turned out to be a wolf's gravestone. Pretty good I suppose, though I was hoping for a Jean since I don't care for the other anemo characters. I wonder if they will ever put those characters on a focus banner.

That change is good though, it means they'll actually be at work and able to address problems right at launch, instead of everyone but a skeleton crew being on holiday break for two weeks. I hope it sticks for the future.

The GENSHINGIFT was old, I already had that. But eATDgIXLD56 is a third new one. Anyone that wants to claim the livestream codes better do it today, the last time they expired shortly after the stream.

Xinyan is pretty fun so far, probably putting her on the main team instead of Xiangling once I unlock enough talents/levels. That's with Keqing as lead. I'm not liking any of the cryo characters so far, at least from those I have (no Qiqi), so I'm hoping Ayaka turns out great.

Just watched his analysis, and he kept pointing out that it's mostly an issue for the high difficulties, so one can dodge that bullet by going down a difficulty level at least. He did say they are more fun to play, so at least that's a win. Punting amber into a side mechanic instead of revolving...