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The thing about minor inconveniences like this is that if they're really just a minor inconvenience instead of something that matters, then why have them in the game at all? That's more of a general game design peeve, though. A lot of games include petty nuisances like this that really do nothing more than to make a convenience feature harder to access, but not meaningfully harder to access, which makes them basically just be an annoyance that the game didn't need to have.
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Cardiovorax posted:The thing about minor inconveniences like this is that if they're really just a minor inconvenience instead of something that matters, then why have them in the game at all? Hardcore F:NV was kind of like this, with the food/water. But it was also the most difficult anyways with a thing layer of realism on top. But at the end of the day, it was just "bring food, water, and doctor's bags with you before you kill 100 raiders in their home". I think the issue of video games is that developers have difficulty figuring out what busywork/inconveniences are worth keeping and which ones aren't. Like, I bet they think "well respecs shouldn't just be free" and someone was like "why not" and they said "because other games don't".
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Well, I mean, if you play hardcore mode in NV then you're actively asking for it, because explicitly one of the only things it actually does, so I can't quite hold that against them. But yeah, it often seems like a lot of those nuisance features are just included because "that's just how it's done." It's kind of dumb and thoughtless.
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Still been playing this on and off, at the point of level 73 where xp has been super slow, expeditions clearing has slowed down, and trying to up the quality and then rarity of items is super expensive and just takes foreeeeeever. I think I'm gonna take a break as I dont even have the willpower to farm up all new gear to try a new build for pushing past expedition level 113.
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I logged in to play this morning but it was mysteriously uninstalled from my Steam library - did this happen to anyone else? I don't remember rage quitting as I was actually having fun as a pew pew wizard. I wonder if it's related to their new plans for a 'Second Dawn':The Devs on Steam posted:
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Re: the above, it was just Steam that stopped pointing to the installed game in the folder? I went to reinstall and the Steam client gave the wrong default folder for some reason.
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lol it took them a month to release that statement
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Internet Explorer posted:lol it took them a month to release that statement Development takes time.
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Quill posted:Development takes time. putting out a statement of "we are going to pause on content and focus on the game breaking bugs and multiplayer disaster" takes maybe 20 minutes, if you proofread it before hitting send
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Internet Explorer posted:putting out a statement of "we are going to pause on content and focus on the game breaking bugs and multiplayer disaster" takes maybe 20 minutes, if you proofread it before hitting send Exactly. These things need to be planned out carefully. Maybe after the next patch the characters and loot won't accidentally glitch through the level architecture.
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Internet Explorer posted:putting out a statement of "we are going to pause on content and focus on the game breaking bugs and multiplayer disaster" takes maybe 20 minutes, if you proofread it before hitting send Bold of you to assume that putting that statement out untested wouldn’t horribly break something in game somehow. “We’re changing our focus to fixing game breaking bugs— whoops gems now delete whatever item you out them in and permanently set your damage to 0. No we can’t fix this.”
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For the hell of it I picked up D3 with the new season after not playing for like 2 years. I immediately uninstalled wooden. I forgot what the feel of smooth combat, rewarding drops, and a good, smooth progression feels like. Seasons in wolcen might be neat, but with as anemic as the drops are and as grindy as the endgame is with stormfall, I just can't see doing it again.
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Honestly, this game got me into grimdawn. Which is great because I bounced off each time. Both this game and D3 does the thing where your weapon disappears / becomes something else during a special attack and for some reason that makes me MAD
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Grim Dawn is good and cool except when your coop partner is a coward and won't play again after he died during the last boss in Valday. We never even did the expansion content!
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The game looks amazing, visually, it's the kind of upgrade I was hoping for the genre. The voice acting seems great too. Would be great if they managed to fix it all over this coming year, but it doesn't seem too likely.
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They had a one person support team haha
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Wolcen taught me that I'm a Karen, and for that I am forever grateful. Thank you, Wolcen Studio.
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Is this good now?
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Vax posted:Is this good now? I looked at the game's news page and uhhhh
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Vax posted:Is this good now? Wolcen Steam ingame : 474 Grim Dawn: 4360 It’s slightly above dead
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Lmao at how fast and bright this burned when it came out, and then poof, nothing but smoke and ash.
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There's supposed to be some major "Second Dawn" patch in July that will actually improve features instead of mostly bugfixing, and I might give it another try then but no, not a ton has improved since release.
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Dallan Invictus posted:There's supposed to be some major "Second Dawn" patch in July that will actually improve features instead of mostly bugfixing, and I might give it another try then but no, not a ton has improved since release. More like "Second Launch." Can't say I'm holding my breath for the kind of sweeping changes that would be able to bring the audience back.
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Mr.PayDay posted:Wolcen Steam ingame : 474 I mean it still sold millions of copies at launch so in that sense it kinda doesn't matter how many people are playing it right now. If the team really has managed to pull together and save the game then great, if not they've already made their money and I ultimately enjoyed the 1.5 playthroughs I've done, sizable warts and all.
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can’t wait to shell out for early access to wolcen 2.0: lords of destruction
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Mordja posted:I mean it still sold millions of copies at launch so in that sense it kinda doesn't matter how many people are playing it right now. If the team really has managed to pull together and save the game then great, if not they've already made their money and I ultimately enjoyed the 1.5 playthroughs I've done, sizable warts and all. 400+ players make coop/MP games hard to approach. If I want to play solo, Grim Dawn is better suited right now with content, builds and replay incentives. I was an original backer off the „first wave“ of Wolcen funders and I’ll be the first to reinstall this again if they manage to redeem themselves after the launch fiasco. Hello Games needed 2-3 years with NMS and it’s a great space exploration game now. Let’s hope the Wolcen devs keep on repairing what they damaged and there might be return of 4000 players immediately, if not more, because not everyone likes PoE and Diablo 4 might release not within the next 12-18 months.
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Looks like the big patch is out? Part 1 - Bugs https://steamcommunity.com/games/424370/announcements/detail/4350991989463631499 Part 2 - Balancing & Skills https://steamcommunity.com/games/424370/announcements/detail/4350991989463633715 known issues https://steamcommunity.com/app/424370/discussions/3/3737376621735406989/ Diephoon fucked around with this message at 12:11 on Jul 29, 2020 |
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from the "known issues" page: * Impossible to "Alt + Tab" to switch to other windows when playing the game with the "Windowed Fullscreen" setting. i was going to ask if this patch makes the game worth getting and playing but lol
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Fired up Wolcen and this initial skill rebalance has definitely made a big difference, I'll say that much. Still a lot of jank when it comes to cutscene transitions tho.
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The first real content update just came out today. Did it fix the game? I dunno lol E: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCE47nTUdVw Mordja fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Dec 3, 2020 |
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Trailer doesn't really show me anything other than "look at our cool skill/spell effects!" which I already knew were good. Update site https://wolcengame.com/bloodtrail/ patch notes 1 (content/balance) https://steamcommunity.com/games/424370/announcements/detail/2907599623119886016 patch notes 2 (bugs) https://steamcommunity.com/games/424370/announcements/detail/2907599623127616521 I guess I'll give it a reinstall and see if playing the new seasonal stuff is fun, maybe try to make an infinity blades build work. I think the skill is fundamentally not good for clearing but we'll see. My takeaway from a glance at the changes are large nerfs to 2H weapons and buffs to 1Hs. quote:Base damage of two-handed melee weapons reduced by 30% Also all spells are now based on weapon damage to help with scaling. e: twitch drop bullshit if you want a free pet https://wolcengame.com/forum/announcements/official-news/twitch-drop-faq/ Diephoon fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Dec 3, 2020 |
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I'd be interested to hear what you think.
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Buy Last Epoch instead
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Play Path of Diablo or Project Diablo 2 instead
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I mean I already own Wolcen so the damage is done. I have that D2 in Grim Dawn mod also. Variety is nice, though.
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kloa posted:Buy Last Epoch instead I did and I returned it because the animations and art were not satisfying.
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Diephoon posted:I did and I returned it because the animations and art were not satisfying. Not sure how long ago that was but they got a new lead animator and things have improved a lot the last few months. Zones are also being redone
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I've beaten up to the chapter 2 boss, so here's my trip report: it's basically the same, and predictably, broken in new ways. I've only gotten about 5 hunts in that time; I don't know why they're so stingy with the things, since they're not that rewarding. Speaking of, if you're playing and get the option to make the hunt boss drop a legendary, don't bother. I've gotten that twice and neither time got a legendary. Just pump rarity as much as possible and hope; you'll probably still just get three yellow items that your build doesn't use, but it's better than nothing. Edit: Also, there was a sequence of options that had a +50% magic find rate on the hunt boss and ended with "The hunt boss drops a large amount of gold." It dropped nothing but gold. Noper Q fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Dec 4, 2020 |
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I started a new character in the hunt mode or whatever and then I quit the game when I couldn't just skip to the post-game adventure mode.
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