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Torchlight |OT| The Definitive Loot game of 2009
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No45 said:
Cracked, Dull, Discolored, Base, Cut, Polished, Star, Flawless, Perfect, Unique Name
TEN!
Unique Names:
The Infinite Pure-Ember Shard
The Pirate Skull
The Eternal Flow-Ember Shard
The Fire Queen Ember Shard
Etlich's Eyeball
The Grand Depths Ember Shard
The Sea King's Core-Ember Shard
The Earthstar Cold-Ember Shard
Not sure if this has been posted, but gameinformer put a review for Torchlight up.
http://gameinformer.com/games/torchlight/b/pc/archive/2009/10/29/torchlight-review.aspx
http://gameinformer.com/games/torchlight/b/pc/archive/2009/10/29/torchlight-review.aspx
I definitely care. Balance in singleplayer games is very important for me. If there's no challenge, it's usually no fun either.jim-jam bongs said:
I don't like having to balance the game myself. I like to improvise and find ways to become better at the game... but it's no fun if I accidentally stumble on something which practically breaks the entire game and makes it ridiculously easy.
Note that I haven't found anything in Torchlight which has done that so far (although I haven't touched enchanting at all yet).
MickeyKnox
Member
Just wait till you have a bad-ass weapon that looses ALL it's enchantmentspilonv1 said:
Danne-Danger
Member
I find them pretty often in "maps" bought in stores, actually.magus said:
Like, more often than not.
By the way, when you lose your enchantments, do you lose all the enchantments? The item becomes a regular item, no bonuses left at all? Or do you just lose the ones you added through enchanting?
MickeyKnox
Member
ALL of them.Danne-Danger said:
Lostconfused
Member
The only thing I found was the vanquisher XP exploit but thats about it.Sectus said:
Chris Remo
Member
I had the exact same problem literally an hour ago. I just started shooting them normally. I figured they had some kind of extreme resistance. I was still doing a tiny amount of damage, but it was much more effective to just shoot normally.Aptos said:
Masta_Killah
Member
Finally finished the quest story. Last fight was pretty epic. Now off to the shadow vaults.
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Deleted member 30609
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I completely missed the Blizzard boat. I'm slowly catching up. I recently played Starcraft (I bought that Battle Chest) and fell in love. I'm expecting Torchlight to be a good lead in to Diablo.jim-jam bongs said:WHAT?!? And you have the best die-hard PC gamer tag on this board... you really should go and get the Battlechest.
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finskninja
Unconfirmed Member
I'm so getting this one
DJ_Lae
Member
I too can blame (thank) the Idle Thumbs podcast for pushing me over the tipping point. It was nothing but Torchlight walking to the grocery store, walking around the grocery store, and then back home again. Before I even had a chance to put perishables into the fridge I opened up Steam and purchased Torchlight to download immediately.
Glad I did. It's a hell of a lot of fun and probably the best Diablo-like game since, well, Diablo. I'm surprised none of the previous imitators managed to do as good a job as this does, given the relative simplicity of the game mechanics.
Glad I did. It's a hell of a lot of fun and probably the best Diablo-like game since, well, Diablo. I'm surprised none of the previous imitators managed to do as good a job as this does, given the relative simplicity of the game mechanics.
Chris Remo
Member
Glad to have helped! And I think the reason for what you describe is that, since these games rely so enormously on their mechanics, striking the perfect feel and tone and response is critical. It helps to have pleasing art design like this game does, but if you miss the mark at all mechanically, it just doesn't have the right pull.DJ_Lae said:
Chris Remo
Member
Oh my god. I've gotten a few up to Star, but christ that's going to take ages. That means the highest level gem is the equivalent of 1,024 cracked gems. God.magus said:
Masta_Killah
Member
Instro said:
Check Runic's forum. It's a combination of items that must be transmuted, but I don't remember what they were.
So I'm working on my second toon (alch) and I was pleasantly surprise to see that the Shadow Vault was available. This makes multiple playthroughs less tedious.
ElectricThunder
Member
Instro said:
IIRC, some if not all of the components can come from Fishing...as you CAN get things other than just fish sometimes with it. Probably makes a big difference if you've got some eq with the +fishing luck mod to it.
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Deleted member 30609
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I'm playing on Normal, and at the moment everything is pretty easy (almost insultingly so, I barely got touched during the Overseer fight). I'm worried that if I ratchet up the difficulty to hard, I'll be forced to actually learn some of the game's subsystems that I've been mostly ignoring for the time being.
Any general tips or advice?
Any general tips or advice?
archnemesis
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I played on normal for a few hours then restarted on very hard. It didn't really get challenging until floor 25 or so. Now it's actually annoyingly difficult, so I made a third character on hard. This way I should at least be able to share the rare loot between all character classes.
Lostconfused
Member
Isn't there an npc that destroys the item but gives you back the gem? Or is there a chance to lose the gem or it goes down in quality?No45 said:
Danne-Danger
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Harsh.MickeyKnox said:
Guess I'll start being more careful.
Hard isn't really hard, Very Hard is barely hard. There's aren't really any subsystems to be worried with. You need to avoid being hit, that's about it.Rez said:
I recommend a higher difficulty so that you'll appreciate good loot more.
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Deleted member 30609
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cheers guys! I'll continue forward on Normal and up the difficulty to hard when the patch is released (if I haven't finished my first run through by then).
So yeah, I finally caved and grabbed this last night. I was a huge fan of Fate, though I didn't get an especially long time with it, a limited-use version of it just happened to come with my new laptop. Still, had a great time with what I played and the same has continued here.
Managed to plug my way down to level 9 or so of the dungeon with my shiny Alchemist. Toyed around with a few things, the Enchant merchant is definitely quite the potent force. I tend to only use him a few times per equipment piece, though, mostly due to a lack of funds for financing the enchants. Sort've surprised they removed the negative enchant possibility that was in Fate, that was the primary balancing force there for doing enchants. I suspect at some point the enchant-removal chance will be modded out and the negative enchant chance will be modded in, IMO the better option.
Also, Ember Lance = Shining Laser. Oh so much fun to be had there.
Managed to plug my way down to level 9 or so of the dungeon with my shiny Alchemist. Toyed around with a few things, the Enchant merchant is definitely quite the potent force. I tend to only use him a few times per equipment piece, though, mostly due to a lack of funds for financing the enchants. Sort've surprised they removed the negative enchant possibility that was in Fate, that was the primary balancing force there for doing enchants. I suspect at some point the enchant-removal chance will be modded out and the negative enchant chance will be modded in, IMO the better option.
Also, Ember Lance = Shining Laser. Oh so much fun to be had there.
Plz gawd plz!magus said:
tadcalabash
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Got to the end of the demo with all 3 classes... I couldn't NOT purchase it right away. Love the instant unlock as well.
I have to agree with whoever said earlier that Ember Lance is way too overpowered. That spell is FAR more powerful and effective than anything you have at that point in the game, and that's with the spell at level 1. They could have fixed that by making it drain a lot more mana than it does, because it barely does. I've had to force myself not to use it since it's basically an auto-win button. I've also not upgraded it at all and probably won't. It already takes out bosses quickly and easily, frequently before they can even get near you.
For a game that's otherwise surprisingly balanced considering it was made in less than a year, the Ember Lance stands out a lot.
For a game that's otherwise surprisingly balanced considering it was made in less than a year, the Ember Lance stands out a lot.
Having a blast with my Vanq. Currently mowing down anything on hard at level 22 by basically throwing Flechette Traps ahead of me, laying down zombies as meat shields and then picking off everything with a crit boosted bow. Anything getting close I blast with wind of justice which knocksback and stuns. I feel like a wrecking crew :lol
RoodyPooUS
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I am on the final boss of very hard. Got kind of frustrated because when I zoned back to floor 34 and back to 35 one time, boss bugged out and reset (it was at 1/3 health).
I think I will wait for the mod to change the difficulty on the fly because I don't want to play for almost an hour again just to beat the boss.
I think I will wait for the mod to change the difficulty on the fly because I don't want to play for almost an hour again just to beat the boss.