Felix Lighter
Member
Yeah, I know. I'm just wondering if they've changed since the beta, so I know what to expect. I'm sure Blizzard puts a ton of resources into making controls pixel perfect and super responsive. SC2 is the same way.
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Torchlight II |OT| Good things come to those who wait
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Yeah, I know. I'm just wondering if they've changed since the beta, so I know what to expect. I'm sure Blizzard puts a ton of resources into making controls pixel perfect and super responsive. SC2 is the same way.
turnbuckle
Member
Played for a little bit last night. One question I have: Is there a way to see how a piece of gear or weapon will change your stats compared to what you already have equipped? I like the comparison window in D3. Of course some of the stuff is simple enough to just eyeball it, but when you start throwing in %damage and crit damage and attack speed it can be difficult to tell what you're better off equipping.
Yeah, nothings changed in that regard.
I just pop up the screen that you allocate points on as that will tell you your damage and armor and what not
;someone does need to mod in stuff that says how your stats will change though like D3 has.
UncleSporky
Member
Definitely an engineer thing, where they have one tree for 2H weapons, one for sword and board, and one for ranged. It's the most varied class. The others definitely have some synergies within one tree, but they still have valuable abilities for anyone in each tree. Especially passives.
Two. One was really hard and one was pretty easy.
Hard
There was a vat of poison in the middle that one could click on to get 1 x poison vial. These were needed to close the 6-7 spider nests that were constantly spawning a very large number of mobs. Thus, it was necesary to grab poison --> evade swarm of spiders --> close nest --> get new poison --> rinse and repeat. This was pretty challenging due to how many spiders there are (slight problems retrieving poison from the container), plus problems with getting swarmed
Easy~ish
4 braziers that one needed to light in the correct order (while monsters spawn). Only 4 so it was pretty easy. Also a lot less mobs spawned than during the spider phase event.
Diprosalic
Banned
after playing it for a while i would recommenda $5-ish steam sale pick up. game is alright, blizzard bullshit aside diablo 3 is, while playing on a whole different level. combat in D3 felt 100x better than this it just lacks the certain something that made it fun.
UncleSporky
Member
Mine was just straight up kill everything as fast as possible, three waves.
I kinda agree, the game controls definitely don't feel as solid as D2/3 or TQ and the combat is much more akin to a traditional ARPG like Sacred and TQ. However, the slightly faster pace (at least with the dual pistols) makes it more enjoyable to me than D3. Whereas Diablo 3's fights seem to drag on for too long (thrash mobs, not bosses) TL2's faster progress appeals to me much more. Especially at lower levels/difficutly D3 simply bored me because of the slow pace and crappy itemisation TL2 just hits me right from the start even if the combat mechanics aren't as "good" as D3. Still though, I really need to put a lot more hours into TL2 before making any deeper review of the game, but so far I think TL2 is a superior game regardless of the price difference.
turnbuckle
Member
I just pop up the screen that you allocate points on as that will tell you your damage and armor and what not
someone does need to mod in stuff that says how your stats will change though like D3 has.
I took that approach but it wasn't very satisfying. I saw there was an advanced/"arcane" stat menu that shows a lot more detail, but comparing gear that way is really cumbersome. I'll give it a pass since it's day 1 and there's plenty of time for it to be fixed officially or through mods. Loved the speed of the game, still have to get used to it after playing D3 so much. Hopped on D3 for a minute afterwards and my +24% movement speed barb felt kinda slow. Combat isn't nearly as satisfying as D3 yet, but I'm basing that off of an hour and a half of beginning level play compared to 250 hours or so of D3.
I'm gonna have to agree with you man. The pacing is much much better here than in D3. You're agonizingly trying to reach your destination in D3 whereas here you're happily blasting or meleeing away and it feels so natural to move forward.
Get to Frosted Hills, manage to die even once without the Portal unlocked, and you will agonizingly try to reach ANYTHING for minutes. The speed might be great, but the distances compensate for that more. (And the loading times. And the less waypoints. And the more empty space).
So, I updated my Nvidia drivers last night, on the very small chance my fps problem is driver related, no change. Checking the Runic forums this morning, I'm seeing a few threads with the same problem I'm having, so I know it's not my computer at least.
This is one of the things that bugged me in beta, apparently it was never fixed. The fade in/out line is closer than it really should be. It should extend beyond the cameras max zoom range. Example Below, sitting npc fading out/back in.
Top left sitting npc faded in
Top left sitting npc faded out
This is one of the things that bugged me in beta, apparently it was never fixed. The fade in/out line is closer than it really should be. It should extend beyond the cameras max zoom range. Example Below, sitting npc fading out/back in.
Top left sitting npc faded in
Top left sitting npc faded out
Well I haven't been there yet so I have no idea.
Booter
Member
how could they not have noticed this? it really destroys the game immersion for me
probably my biggest issue with the game right now.how could they not have noticed this? it really destroys the game immersion for me
A play a little more zoomed in than most, I think I've never had this issue because of it.
UncleSporky
Member
how could they not have noticed this? it really destroys the game immersion for me
oh god
UncleSporky
Member
All saves should be in My Documents/My Games/Runic Games/Torchlight 2/Save, something along those lines. For me it backed them up to Steam as well and was accessible on multiple computers.
There's always a boss that drops it. Not in dungeons or anything, on the main map. You must have missed him. One of mine was a tiny bat that would've been easy to miss.
nope you certainly missed a mob, a sort of red/gold big fly.
EDIt : or maybe it's different in every zone xD (see post before mine)
Thanks, I see the save in said directory, but when she launches the game she only has "New Game", what's up with that D:
Since the game is fresh, I can't find anything on the matter on google, but it's weirding me out
I noticed this very quickly and assumed it was fog of war. ..which makes no sense in an ARPG.
Come on guys, keep that D3 comparison BS out of here. I don't see anyone trumpeting how much better TL2 is in the D3 thread. Let's talk about the game when everyone is still trying to figure out the game mechanics. If you want to shit things up, go to that kotaku thread, especially the Blizzard warriors.
Thanks, just found it. It was a bat/bird creature in the middle of the map.
I've run into a couple of bugs (some may be as intended):
- Running Window Fullscreen mode sometimes fucks up and you can't alt tab back to whatever you have open in the background. This is maybe the biggest peeve i have. It's infuriating.
- Weapon swap sometimes doesn't register.
- Having a secondary bind button sometimes doesn't work (i.e "weapon swap on scroll" and "weapon swap on W"). Weapon swap on scroll works, "W" does not.
- Holding in LMB sometimes stops registering (i.e, you have to let go and hold again).
- When holding LMB i can literally move my mouse to any corner and it will still fire at the first point where i started holding in LMB. I think this is what fucks the combat up for me.
- Hit box on mobs seems far to large. I can have my pointer far away from mobs but it will still register like i want to attack that mob. This also fucks up the combat for me.
- That shitty "cloud" filter as i mentioned before. I have no idea what it is, but it looks like the game has a transparent white filter on top of everything else.
I think that's it. Might be forgetting something.
Oh!
This isn't much of a bug as it just seem stupid. The difficulty curve between Elite and Veteran seems fubared. I own everything in Veteran but it takes forever killing mobs in Elite. I think there should be another difficulty maybe that act as a middle ground.
- Running Window Fullscreen mode sometimes fucks up and you can't alt tab back to whatever you have open in the background. This is maybe the biggest peeve i have. It's infuriating.
- Weapon swap sometimes doesn't register.
- Having a secondary bind button sometimes doesn't work (i.e "weapon swap on scroll" and "weapon swap on W"). Weapon swap on scroll works, "W" does not.
- Holding in LMB sometimes stops registering (i.e, you have to let go and hold again).
- When holding LMB i can literally move my mouse to any corner and it will still fire at the first point where i started holding in LMB. I think this is what fucks the combat up for me.
- Hit box on mobs seems far to large. I can have my pointer far away from mobs but it will still register like i want to attack that mob. This also fucks up the combat for me.
- That shitty "cloud" filter as i mentioned before. I have no idea what it is, but it looks like the game has a transparent white filter on top of everything else.
I think that's it. Might be forgetting something.
Oh!
This isn't much of a bug as it just seem stupid. The difficulty curve between Elite and Veteran seems fubared. I own everything in Veteran but it takes forever killing mobs in Elite. I think there should be another difficulty maybe that act as a middle ground.
It used to be worse, believe it or not. I decided to give it a go again and am glad to see my Engy can at least stand toe to toe against mobs for a bit now.
Overall I'm pleased. The game certainly has shortcomings, but it's still a good time. I like that they have class that's designed from the ground up for 2 handers. (and S&B for one tree).
Agree with those saying that combat isn't as fluid and responsive as in D3. The feedback isn't always there and I'm not a fan of the enemies popping up as you get closers. The hit/action targets are also too small at times, I find myself missing quite a bit.
As for positives, finally no more fucking cut.scenes.interrupting.my.game. So refreshing just being able to stroll around and engage in fights. Oh and am I missing something, or is D3 pretty much completely flat (outside of stairs and what not)? Hadn't realized until I played TL2 that Diablo pretty much is one flat level.
As for positives, finally no more fucking cut.scenes.interrupting.my.game. So refreshing just being able to stroll around and engage in fights. Oh and am I missing something, or is D3 pretty much completely flat (outside of stairs and what not)? Hadn't realized until I played TL2 that Diablo pretty much is one flat level.
Last Baron
Member
Crossing my fingers for a sound mod to flesh out the combat. It's fun to play but it sounds so weak. I have a big huge axe for god's sake! I want to smash things harder.
Just wanted to address that there actually is a small cooldown on potions : 8 sec
paperboywriter
Member
Are they planning to use steam workshop in the future?
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Just a heads up, there's isn't a secondary bind button, there's a modifier button. That means you have to press 2 buttons.
100.
Yes - I'm assuming as soon as the sdk gets released you'll see mods appearing on steam workshop. People have already been digging into the pak files so you'll see small mods before that.
Well, uh, whatever man! ;p
Thanks for the heads up. I just assumed it was a secondary bind button and not a modifier.
wartime1020
Member
Anyone else still having problems linking their steam account?