Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
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Tarnpanzer
Member
Does anyone else thinks the image looks a bit washed out, i.e. the look could be more darker and rich in contrast? Both SDR and HDR.
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cormack12
Gold Member
i always try call my toons things like
ThePope
TheHulk
TheQueen
But I also went through my seasonal Nic Cage roster
NicolasMage (sorc)
NicolasRage (barb)
NicolasSage (druid)
NicolasGrave (necro)
Or JonBoneJovi for necro
LegendOfKage
Member
Pretty sure it does not matter, and you get skill gems throughout. Higher levels gems drop later on, and you unlock that level of the skill by putting the gem into your build. If you have a level 7 gem and you put it in a brand new skill, that skill starts at level 7. I haven't played yet, but I think that's how it's supposed to work.
No, because you can respec that massive skill tree at any time by using gold at a certain vendor.
They're saying 6 months at least. The final game will have 3 more acts and 6 more classes, but there's already a lot of post campaign content in the early access version.
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Luipadre
Member
Its perfect for me, no such problems at all
clarky
Gold Member
Looks great on my mini led laptop with HDR on.
Facism
Member
Rentahamster
Is there a gaf guild up and how does a guy join it?edit: Ah i read the last page just now. Character name is _Asena_
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clarky
Gold Member
invite sent.
edit: Ah i read the last page just now. Character name is _Asena_
cormack12
Gold Member
Left stick moves, right fires? For the life of me I can't understand why this isn't working for me. I'm using an 8bitdo Controller and the sticks work as I can move fine and the character faces where I want to go, just can't fire. I must be being extraordinarily stupid.
panda-zebra
Member
Enjoying this one a lot. Couldn't stay awake in hope of servers firing up last night, but had a good go at it this morning.
Picked sorceress and got to around mid-teens. Like the pace of things with this one, it's just how I liked to play Diablo 3.
Difficulty seems above D3 and well below D2 so far, but it's very early and if I could have chosen it myself this is where I'd have landed. Some retries vs bosses giving just the right amount of push back and feel good. If it gets alot harder I'm fine with that as long as I can spec into more survival and taking my time stuff.
I might get the 30th edge pad out of the box because I need those back buttons to assign the face buttons to in order to make this work well for me.
Only performance issues I've seen is going back to town when playing on a busy server, frame rate tanked a couple of times like those instances were just broken and needed shutting down. Not an in-game thing. Maybe there will be maintenance to deal with these if it continues and they don't have a means of purging them. It's got me playing on the Amsterdam servers rather than London which would be a bit closer.
Picked sorceress and got to around mid-teens. Like the pace of things with this one, it's just how I liked to play Diablo 3.
Difficulty seems above D3 and well below D2 so far, but it's very early and if I could have chosen it myself this is where I'd have landed. Some retries vs bosses giving just the right amount of push back and feel good. If it gets alot harder I'm fine with that as long as I can spec into more survival and taking my time stuff.
Left stick moves player, right stick points player in direction wanted, assigned buttons perform skill in that direction.
I might get the 30th edge pad out of the box because I need those back buttons to assign the face buttons to in order to make this work well for me.
It's slick. PSSR on, other settings up and it's offering a very tidy image while running in the 80s-90s when I've checked through the TV.
Only performance issues I've seen is going back to town when playing on a busy server, frame rate tanked a couple of times like those instances were just broken and needed shutting down. Not an in-game thing. Maybe there will be maintenance to deal with these if it continues and they don't have a means of purging them. It's got me playing on the Amsterdam servers rather than London which would be a bit closer.
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Ogbert
Member
My God, the game is amazing.
Mercenary class is pretty much the most enjoyable twin stick shooter I've ever played. Slower, more deliberate combat, but continuous access to ammo mods. So you rotate through grenades, frozen shotgun, rapid fire. Zero cooldown. Plus, dual handed weapons on top of that.
Genuinely going to have to consider whether or not to play this though, as I'm not sure my marriage can handle this type of game.
Mercenary class is pretty much the most enjoyable twin stick shooter I've ever played. Slower, more deliberate combat, but continuous access to ammo mods. So you rotate through grenades, frozen shotgun, rapid fire. Zero cooldown. Plus, dual handed weapons on top of that.
Genuinely going to have to consider whether or not to play this though, as I'm not sure my marriage can handle this type of game.
Damageinc103
Member
Blocking feels awesome….didnt think i would stick with warrior class but i am.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Ended up going to sleep at 5AM and only because I was too baked to keep playing.
Wake up and the first thing that comes to mind is "play POE2 right now". Haven't been this hooked to a game since Elden Ring.
Wake up and the first thing that comes to mind is "play POE2 right now". Haven't been this hooked to a game since Elden Ring.
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clarky
Gold Member
I think its busted rn. But im not 100% on that.
clarky
Gold Member
What do you mean? The ascendancy classes? If so they don't become available until part way into act 2
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
It's worth depriving yourself of sleep for. It's that good.
clarky
Gold Member
Went well past bed time last night as i had to be up for work early doors. Still manged to get up 2 hours earlier than that to fit in a bit of game time.It's worth depriving yourself of sleep for. It's that good.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Gonna start playing more myself. Love the native controller support and what I look for in games is atmosphere and this game has it plenty. Gonna explore the previous zones before heading into the Hunting Grounds.
What I like about the methodical combat is that from enemies to bosses they all have their own attacks and patterns that require you to learn and adapt. But it also is done in a engaging way. It reminds me of boss design elements in FFXIV, Monster Hunter among others where some bosses either have audio cues, short or big windups, ground AoEs and what have you to encourage mobility instead of just going in and watching things die. Some attacks are obvious where other ones are much more subtle and actively require you pay attention or get wrecked.
It isn't one note like a Souls game might be with it's usual stab it in the back and battle of attrition encounter design.
Bosses from the Worm, Druid, Cemetery Bosses, the optional Ice Banshee all have been varied and interesting to fight. And especially on a show don't tell mentality where it's more about learning the boss instead of being told what to do. And your character only chips in if it's a big attack at least on the Worm's Tail. Nothing else.
And some bosses favor you be in melee or ranged but never seem to favor one or the other heavily. I really like the aspect that the choice of character class has good and bad matchups like in a fighting game. Fighting game muscle memory is gonna be really beneficial in this game I think.
I've got my Witch set up where they have Essence Drain as their main ability, a Curse to debuff, DoT skill, Bone Spikes for generating bone minions, Wall of Flame for choke points and I like using the Mana Wand for Mana Drain when I need to refill on Mana.
This game is pretty much Diablo but it's actually good.
What I like about the methodical combat is that from enemies to bosses they all have their own attacks and patterns that require you to learn and adapt. But it also is done in a engaging way. It reminds me of boss design elements in FFXIV, Monster Hunter among others where some bosses either have audio cues, short or big windups, ground AoEs and what have you to encourage mobility instead of just going in and watching things die. Some attacks are obvious where other ones are much more subtle and actively require you pay attention or get wrecked.
It isn't one note like a Souls game might be with it's usual stab it in the back and battle of attrition encounter design.
Bosses from the Worm, Druid, Cemetery Bosses, the optional Ice Banshee all have been varied and interesting to fight. And especially on a show don't tell mentality where it's more about learning the boss instead of being told what to do. And your character only chips in if it's a big attack at least on the Worm's Tail. Nothing else.
And some bosses favor you be in melee or ranged but never seem to favor one or the other heavily. I really like the aspect that the choice of character class has good and bad matchups like in a fighting game. Fighting game muscle memory is gonna be really beneficial in this game I think.
I've got my Witch set up where they have Essence Drain as their main ability, a Curse to debuff, DoT skill, Bone Spikes for generating bone minions, Wall of Flame for choke points and I like using the Mana Wand for Mana Drain when I need to refill on Mana.
This game is pretty much Diablo but it's actually good.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Herbspiceguy
Member
My fellow warriors, against bosses I've found great success by holding block and attacking at the same time, and only dodging the big attacks. I'm not 100% sure, but it seems like there's no window of being hit vs. normal attacks when you're holding block and attacking, as long as your block 'treshold' is up so you don't stagger. This way you're blocking more effectively while doing damage consistently.
Holding block and moving is also a great way to deal with the (normal) projectiles when you're at a distance and they're going into their ranged/spell attack sequence.
It's a world of a difference compared to trying to occasionally block, dodge roll, and trying to get hits in by slam rolling and such (try-hard Souls playstyle). Shifting to blocking more is how I beat bosses that whooped my ass. Basically tank and spank more.
Holding block and moving is also a great way to deal with the (normal) projectiles when you're at a distance and they're going into their ranged/spell attack sequence.
It's a world of a difference compared to trying to occasionally block, dodge roll, and trying to get hits in by slam rolling and such (try-hard Souls playstyle). Shifting to blocking more is how I beat bosses that whooped my ass. Basically tank and spank more.
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Duellist
Member
I mean when you choose a class at the very beginning then it gives you three choices to pick from. Says choose a variant. Like for example ranger you can choose long range,agility or crowd control. They are called class variant.
j0hnnix
Member
Ah poop, servers went out to get coffee. Was going to start leveling up some more finally got Ice strike that's just freezing up enemies. Might be good for geonor mist phase.
What name we give out to join the guild? J0hnnix keeping stuff the same.. one guy had boobygrabber as a name, my gf was loling.
What name we give out to join the guild? J0hnnix keeping stuff the same.. one guy had boobygrabber as a name, my gf was loling.
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TheStam
Member
Haven't followed it that much and never played the first, but it feels really good. Old school Diablo on drugs I mean even early with the skill trees, skill gems and all the systems.. The build variety must be insane. First I even got choice paralysis selecting class. I've tried Sorcerer and Mercenary and still can't really decide.
There is definitely a learning curve. I tend to get surrounded and die often. It's more Dark Souls than D4 in many ways. Can see myself spending a lot of time with this game.
There is definitely a learning curve. I tend to get surrounded and die often. It's more Dark Souls than D4 in many ways. Can see myself spending a lot of time with this game.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I think those 3 "options" aren't options, just an explanation of what the class can do.
I played a 2H warrior and dabbled with a shield warrior. This game is so so fun. The dodge mechanic mixed with stuns and slows is like a tank dream. Regular enemies are nothing but some aoe circle bosses are a freaking problem.
The only bad thing I saw is the warrior abilities so far are ugly af compared to the ranged classes. Need more flash!
The only bad thing I saw is the warrior abilities so far are ugly af compared to the ranged classes. Need more flash!
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PicoLordens
Member
I'd also like an invite.
Name : Lunareth_Nightshade
Duellist
Member
See that’s what I thought at first. When it says choose a class variant, that’s what threw me off.
clarky
Gold Member
Totally missed that in all the excitement last night. Guess i picked the first option.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Same no hassle for no..
Only thing i dislike about this game is that it’s f2p
Mummies credit card payers will always have cooler looking gear.. defeating the point of fucking playing a loot based game.
Such a shame
But holy shit d4 is such a fucking dumb game
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Duellist
Member
Ya and that’s why I’m asking if it locks you in or if it matters lol.
Herbspiceguy
Member
Something I'm running into: having equipped 2 different weapon types require 2 different main attack skills, yet it doesn't automatically switch to a different main attack when you switch weapons (x). I don't want to dedicate a keybind to just another main attack skill. It'd make sense if my main attack skill bind would just switch to the main attack skill that fits that weapon.
Is there a way to solve this?
Is there a way to solve this?
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PicoLordens
Member
Anyone got their coins yet? Still not showing for me.