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Torchlight |OT| The Definitive Loot game of 2009
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jim-jam bongs
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Fallout-NL said:
Chris Remo
Member
God, it's preposterous how much better an artist Gabe has become over the years.
Also I was talking to someone the other day about the possibility of a "drug addict dog" mod that introduces a random chance he will spend all your loot money on his habit after being sent back to town.
Also I was talking to someone the other day about the possibility of a "drug addict dog" mod that introduces a random chance he will spend all your loot money on his habit after being sent back to town.
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
Blaaaah. Apparently the UI is one of the few things that isn't moddable. I really want summon indicators, dammit. 
Even Fate had them!
Even Fate had them!Dammit, my cat sold all of the big fishes I'd caught, I should've tried it with worthless crap first
holyaidan said:Remo, someone over on the Torchlight forums decided to start Heirlooming gems.
Just more reason for you to hoard those gems. But seriously, the ability to abuse the system in this game is outrageous.
Johnlenham
Member
rohlfinator said:
You can take it over ot the goblin folk and they will either:
Smash up the item and get the gem back.
Or
Smash the gem giving you an empty slot for your armour.
I was about to play CoD4 but maybe ill fire this up for half hour or so.....:lol
rohlfinator
Member
Ah, thanks. I was wondering what those dudes were for. The voice clip for the one on the left always reminds me of a Shawn Elliott character. :lolJohnlenham said:
Kos Luftar
Member
So, I had this gold Mace with 400+ dps and a lot of extras and for some stupid reason I went to town and wanted to "ENCHANT" it...guess what happened...the weapon lost all the extra modification and it only does 100dps . Bullshit, I'm never going to the Enchanter again.
*cries*
. Bullshit, I'm never going to the Enchanter again. *cries*
D
Deleted member 47027
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Just picked this up for a nice lunch break game to have at work, and yeah, this is gonna work out really well.
Very much enjoying it. Very pure.
Very much enjoying it. Very pure.
So I've just managed to sell (Via my trusty hound I think) a quest item (One of the "Kill X and get X from him" items in the Shadow Vault) - anyone know if there's a way to recover it?
I'd love to know what plans they have for DLC if any. I'd like a bigger variety of tilesets (What's there is great, just would like more) and a full level map would make knowing where I've been much easier. Also... is there a way to recover sold quest items?modeps said:
modeps said:
Ask them if they are going to flesh out weapons/armor (sets, uniques, etc) for levels 33 and above. Or if they intended for enchanting/heirlooms to be the primary method of increasing your stats later in the game.
Also ask them how they would feel if someone created a co-op mod for the game. Would they be upset about it?
Chris Remo
Member
Hahaha, holy shit. That's amazing.aidan said:
I don't really mind, though. I mean the amount of effort you need to go to to work up to the unique gem, then use your only-once-per-playthrough heirloom ability just to level it up one more time, makes me think that person deserves a game-breaking item for bothering. It's not like you can just bust out a top-tier gem for a few thousand gold like you can with a regular enchant.
Chris Remo
Member
I think I did this with the very first shadow dungeon kill quest, the "Gar" one. I've still never fixed it. I can't get level 1 to repopulate. So I'm on level 11 or something now and I'm just doing the quests for the wizard and that fish girl or whatever she is.No45 said:
jim-jam bongs
Member
modeps said:
ToxicAdam said:
This one for me too. I was thinking the other day that each time you retire the same character in sequence you should get an extra skill point again. So the 2nd time they're retired you start the game with 2 skill points up to a maximum of say 10. Gives repeated plays much more meaning if you improve each time.
Des0lar said:
Not definitive but Runic have already said that they don't want to compete with their own game.
jim-jam bongs
Member
No45 said:
It is so evil that the "Gar?" quest items are regular items except for the text that says "quest item". Although it's nice that sometimes you'll look at the item and realise you're better off equipping it than turning it in.
Been playing the demo and I'm a little...eh.
I don't really know what to think.
I liked the art style a lot, reminded me a lot of WoW.
The thing I didn't like about Diablo was that it felt like "Click Left Mouse to win" and this game feels a lot like that. There isn't any real strategy and in the larger battles all you're really doing is clicking randomly.
The thing I like about RPGs is the variety of skills and the numerous options and strategies this gives you. Like the Persona series for example, while there is no specific strategy for winning battles all of the different elements along with the numerous buffs and debuffs the game so heavily relies on gives the player plenty of combinations to fool with to see which provides the best outcome. You have to pick which persona and skill to best tackle a situation you're given.
But with Torchlight it seems like any attack will kill an enemy in 1 or 2 hits, with almost no damage being done to me, taking away the challenge.
So unless this game gets more strategic past what was in the demo, or the game gets a price drop, I think I'm gonna pass on this one.
I really want to like this game, convince me otherwise GAF!
I don't really know what to think.
I liked the art style a lot, reminded me a lot of WoW.
The thing I didn't like about Diablo was that it felt like "Click Left Mouse to win" and this game feels a lot like that. There isn't any real strategy and in the larger battles all you're really doing is clicking randomly.
The thing I like about RPGs is the variety of skills and the numerous options and strategies this gives you. Like the Persona series for example, while there is no specific strategy for winning battles all of the different elements along with the numerous buffs and debuffs the game so heavily relies on gives the player plenty of combinations to fool with to see which provides the best outcome. You have to pick which persona and skill to best tackle a situation you're given.
But with Torchlight it seems like any attack will kill an enemy in 1 or 2 hits, with almost no damage being done to me, taking away the challenge.
So unless this game gets more strategic past what was in the demo, or the game gets a price drop, I think I'm gonna pass on this one.
I really want to like this game, convince me otherwise GAF!
Chris Remo
Member
Jinaar said:
Ah! Good to know. Thanks.
The demo sold me personally - it gives you a good idea of what to expect.kai3345 said:
Only thing I can suggest is to try it on a hard difficulty, maybe even with Hardcore mode enabled. You won't be able to run into a group of mobs and expect to come out alive, you'll have to manage your pulls and aggro.
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
I got a permanent transformation fish. My dog is now permanently a Burrower, which is awesome because he has way more health and does way more damage.
My dog is now permanently a Burrower, which is awesome because he has way more health and does way more damage.tadcalabash
Neo Member
Chris Remo said:
He does seem to take progressively longer and longer to get back to you... who knows what he's getting up to in those Torchlight back alleys!
neoism
Member
Well, I started Diablo 2 for the first time, because of this game, I love Diablo 2, but I like the way this game looks better, my current PC sucks, but I'm getting a new one next week, and I've got a ?
What is the deal with difficultly, is Very hard ( easy for you to die) or does it up the EXP it takes to level! I would like it to take a looonng time!
Can't wait for this!, I should have my PC by next Wednesday!
What is the deal with difficultly, is Very hard ( easy for you to die) or does it up the EXP it takes to level! I would like it to take a looonng time!
Can't wait for this!, I should have my PC by next Wednesday!
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
You know what, Ember Lance isn't overpowered. The entire Alchemist class is straight up overpowered. I respeced because I felt Ember Lance was too cheap, and now I'm still dominating everything. I have an army of summons that demolish everything in sight. 6 of those blue demon things, an alchemic golem, a beam golem, an orb that floats around me shooting lasers, my pet and his skeletons. I don't even need to do anything. I just sit back and throw some fireballs to get a little DoT action going (mostly to pretend like I am contributing to the fight).
Once I'm done with this guy I'm going all the way. Destroyer, Very Hard, Hardcore.
Once I'm done with this guy I'm going all the way. Destroyer, Very Hard, Hardcore.
jim-jam bongs
Member
tadcalabash said:
Yeah "transmuting". Sure. I know a meth lab when I see one.
neoism said:
It's the first one. I'm pretty sure that the difficulty scales mostly through the hitpoints and density of monsters in dungeons.
I'm about to say something shocking as a huge Blizzard fanboy... but put Diablo 2 aside for now to enjoy the magnificence of Torchlight! Besides anything else the final content patch for D2 will be coming eventually and they might finally support higher resolutions, which is worth hanging out for.
Yay, I got one too, a Giant Bat Fish (permanent Varkolyn transformation)BobFromPikeCreek said:I got a permanent transformation fish.
Oh, and the Burrower doesn't do more damages than the base pet (from a cat anyway, but I doubt the dog stats are any different). It has the same damage and armor, waaaay more HPs (as in more than 4 times the base) and a mass lightning attack which is pretty damn cool.
Varkolyn has more attack, and a bit more HP, but half the armor.
If you want to make the game harder, just run around the melee with your alchemist: you have no armor and no HP, so in some fights you'll die fast if you're not careful.BobFromPikeCreek said:
carbonbased
Member
don't play on normal. i went through the demo on hard as a ranged Alchemist and there was plenty of kiting, juking, and generally frantic gameplay. you know, the kind seen in Diablo II. from the sound of it, though, you likely didn't play anything harder than normal in that game either.kai3345 said:
Yesterday I had a weird bug going on while playing my alchemist.
It is only level 13, but while level 12 I had my nether minions go up to 6 instead of the 4 max the skill allowed me at rank 6.
As soon as I leveled to 13 I could no longer summon 6 but only the normal 4.
I wonder how it happened.
It is only level 13, but while level 12 I had my nether minions go up to 6 instead of the 4 max the skill allowed me at rank 6.
As soon as I leveled to 13 I could no longer summon 6 but only the normal 4.
I wonder how it happened.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Lain said:
Did you change any gear? You might have had an item that increased your skill then removed it.
danielijohnson
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Might be the first game I buy from Steam and first time I boot into Windows on my mac in a looong time.
Looks great!
Looks great!
