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i'm only at level 37 and still doing story stuff. when can i get mad at the game?
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the optimal times to get mad about it are 0 hours played or 200
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Jun 21, 2023 03:30
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The Gameplay settings menu says something about being able to Toggle repeated and channeling skills but I can't get it to work. I've like my Shouts to just cast whenever they're available and/or to start Whirlwinding when I have enough fury for it, but I can't figure these menu settings out and all the various Youtube clips that talk about settings don't get into it. Any know how to use it?
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Jun 21, 2023 03:35
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Zero VGS posted:The Gameplay settings menu says something about being able to Toggle repeated and channeling skills but I can't get it to work. I've like my Shouts to just cast whenever they're available and/or to start Whirlwinding when I have enough fury for it, but I can't figure these menu settings out and all the various Youtube clips that talk about settings don't get into it. Any know how to use it? I may be confused with the wording but youre looking for a setting to activate your abilities automatically when off cooldown?
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Jun 21, 2023 03:40
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Everybody is rightly mocking that guy for the “200 hours played in 3 weeks but you’re all idiots for liking the game thing”, but I personally want to address the “you only like the game because it’s by Blizzard and called Diablo” argument. I wasn’t particularly into d2 (respect for starting the genre, and I did play lots of hours of medianXL, I must admit) and d3 couldn’t hold my attention for more than 20-30 hours. I have no good feelings about blizzard or any of its games. I was planning on avoiding this game because it’s developed by a company with a horrible, toxic reputation that makes games I’m lukewarm on, then changed my mind when I saw early reviews. Now it’s possibly beating out Last Epoch as my favorite arpg. The game has issues, but is legitimately a good game even if it’s not providing the things you specifically want.
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Jun 21, 2023 03:51
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Yep, it's pretty good. Would play 200+ hours.
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Jun 21, 2023 03:55
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Anyone want to kill demons or run around for awhile exploring? Please add my tag: zegreiart#1672 What are my fellow druids running? Bearsliding is cool. Bearsmashing got pretty stale quick. I'm super interested in being a werewolf (I have a greatstaff of the crone), but doesn't seem like I have as many pieces to make something work like Bearsliding.
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Jun 21, 2023 03:57
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I spent $90 to get 500 hours from the game, not 200.
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Jun 21, 2023 04:00
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Play the other 4 classes. Even if you "only" put 50 into each of them that's another 200 hours
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Jun 21, 2023 04:03
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I'm learning so much from this thread, clearly the person best able to judge how good a game is has played it the least. Where my gamer dads at with 7 minutes in game since buying it for $100 for early access, give me your most accurate reviews.
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Jun 21, 2023 04:04
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Turds in magma posted:When a girl buys a vibrator, its seen as a bit of naughty fun Yeah but that's the one the streamer recommended so he saved all sorts of time not having to figure it out for itself.
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Jun 21, 2023 04:04
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M. Night Skymall posted:I'm learning so much from this thread, clearly the person best able to judge how good a game is has played it the least. Where my gamer dads at with 7 minutes in game since buying it for $100 for early access, give me your most accurate reviews. Dad gamer here. I get like an hour, maybe two, at night after my toddlers are in bed and I can beat my teenagers to the good TV at night. I might be able to get an hour between toddler daycare drop off and my first meeting of the morning since I WFH now. Level 46 lightning Druid. Game is real good and pretty chill. Great game to play with your online dadbros and have a couple beers. I play the Act quests, but venture around to discover dungeons and do side quests. Not at all concerned with MAXIMUM XP FARMING or anything. Just having a chill time and enjoying the game. Reading this thread is hilarious and I shouldn’t be surprised to see Mr 200 Hours in 3 weeks because goons. I can’t fathom spending that much on literally anything in life without becoming obscenely bored.
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Jun 21, 2023 04:13
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M. Night Skymall posted:I'm learning so much from this thread, clearly the person best able to judge how good a game is has played it the least. Where my gamer dads at with 7 minutes in game since buying it for $100 for early access, give me your most accurate reviews. I hit 50 this weekend, completed the story, got owned by the curator, then went to kill the bad demons for loot. I foresee many more sessions of demon slaying.
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Jun 21, 2023 04:29
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GHeithinn Grasida posted:Everybody is rightly mocking that guy for the “200 hours played in 3 weeks but you’re all idiots for liking the game thing”, but I personally want to address the “you only like the game because it’s by Blizzard and called Diablo” argument. I wasn’t particularly into d2 (respect for starting the genre, and I did play lots of hours of medianXL, I must admit) and d3 couldn’t hold my attention for more than 20-30 hours. I have no good feelings about blizzard or any of its games. I was planning on avoiding this game because it’s developed by a company with a horrible, toxic reputation that makes games I’m lukewarm on, then changed my mind when I saw early reviews. Now it’s possibly beating out Last Epoch as my favorite arpg. The game has issues, but is legitimately a good game even if it’s not providing the things you specifically want. I'm basically you except I remained cautiously optimistic. I'm learning that people are real weird about Blizzard for both understandable and dumb reasons. But I'm happy that my optimism worked out and I'm glad everyone is enjoying the game. It'll probably be another decade before someone makes another arpg with this kinda budget and that's pretty much all she wrote. No matter what good qualities the competitors have, not a drat single one of them feels good on a controller and not a single one of them manages to make skills feel good to use. So for me personally, I'm especially glad because the also ran games make concessions for certain types of arpg player that, imho, makes the alternatives a chore to play. M. Night Skymall posted:I'm learning so much from this thread, clearly the person best able to judge how good a game is has played it the least. Where my gamer dads at with 7 minutes in game since buying it for $100 for early access, give me your most accurate reviews. Not a dad but I'm definitely time starved and this may be better than D3 was for me because the more sedate pace allows for a shallower power curve. That is killer to me because if I play for an hour or two I actually make meaningful progress. And since I'm not laser focused on whether this is a pinnacle experience or not, I'm able to enjoy it at a measured pace. If I gotta complain, I do agree that the way respec is implemented blows and makes me not want to change up my setup because just the chore of it alone puts me off. But otherwise, balancing and whatnot aside, it's pretty much exactly the game I was hoping it would be and I think it's a safe bet that it'll only get better. Henrik Zetterberg posted:Dad gamer here. I get like an hour, maybe two, at night after my toddlers are in bed and I can beat my teenagers to the good TV at night. I might be able to get an hour between toddler daycare drop off and my first meeting of the morning since I WFH now. Level 46 lightning Druid. Game is real good and pretty chill. Great game to play with your online dadbros and have a couple beers. I play the Act quests, but venture around to discover dungeons and do side quests. Not at all concerned with MAXIMUM XP FARMING or anything. Just having a chill time and enjoying the game. I'm doing lightning druid too. I think it's the dad class lol. Glad you're enjoying it. To your comment about running around doing whatever, no loving doubt. I Was a little skeptical as to whether open world was the right call but it turns out that almost no restrictions on on where you go, plus a good range of different vectors for gaining power makes the whole thing feel like a pleasant breeze to chip away at. Omg y'all mad Bastards changed my name you rock!
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Jun 21, 2023 04:33
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Went from getting destroyed in WT4 to bring able to hold my own once I set up my aspects correctly. That one that adds armor on attack really helped. I'm 66 now and can go back to T21 nightmare dungeons if I'm careful. Ranged guys that run away suck though. Still considering swapping over to penetrating poo poo but all my gear and paragon stuff is flurry and it seems like a pain so I'm going to keep on keeping on.
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Jun 21, 2023 04:36
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One of my dad friends is level 59, and before tonight had never looked at any of his gear stats outside of the green/red number, hasn't upgraded at the blacksmith/jeweler, and didn't know enchanting existed. Also he's been using common (white) gloves. He loves it
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Jun 21, 2023 04:38
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I was kind of surprised that upon creating an alt I had a bunch of transmogs unlocked that were equivalent to what I had unlocked on my Necro. On one hand playing dress up from level 1 is nice, but I do feel like I miss out on the pleasure of unlocking things as I go and the drip feed of cool new items. Pretty funny having blinged out armour transmogs but my barbarian has basic poo poo for weapons because I've only unlocked scythes and swords so far.
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Jun 21, 2023 04:47
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Zero VGS posted:The Gameplay settings menu says something about being able to Toggle repeated and channeling skills but I can't get it to work. I've like my Shouts to just cast whenever they're available and/or to start Whirlwinding when I have enough fury for it, but I can't figure these menu settings out and all the various Youtube clips that talk about settings don't get into it. Any know how to use it?
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Jun 21, 2023 04:59
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went from wt1 to wt3 , did a whisper dungeon to see what it was like and found that hard but doable; then got absolutely loving murdered by goatmen in the open world repeatedly. probably need some actual defense for the first time
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KongGeorgeVII posted:
The drip feed for me is the legendary stuff. The early front loaded dress-up is the inspiration to go and get the levels. Then, I look cool and will eventually have fun powers to figure out how to use.
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Jun 21, 2023 05:02
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tossing up between exploring the post 50 stuff more in depth vs starting a sorcerer or barb and just getting as many classes to 50 as i can to find out what i like before season 1
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Jun 21, 2023 05:06
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Just hit lvl 50 on my Druid. Started with a summoner build until I realized that sucked rear end and followed a guide to build a landslide/trample druid. Enjoying the game so far but something that really sucks is I can't refund individual skills. It's all or nothing. Would have been nice to test out different ultimates or whatever. I'm sure everyone is nostalgic for how Diablo 2 did it but I think free swapping of skills was one of the things D3 did right.
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Jun 21, 2023 05:11
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I’m a dad and I’m just about 67 with a home brew minion blood hybrid build necro in WT4, so I’ve played quite a bit, but I’m also a teacher and off for the summer. Just started a HC rogue to get all the statues, because once seasons start I’ll never do softcore ever again.
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Away all Goats posted:Just hit lvl 50 on my Druid. Started with a summoner build until I realized that sucked rear end and followed a guide to build a landslide/trample druid. You can refund individual skills as long as it doesnt break later nodes I assume your on controller, you actually have to hold down the button to refund individual skills whereas just pressing the button refunds all the skills That may sound insane but thats how it be
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Stupid question but is there a way to just start a public party for nightmare dungeons that others can hop in to? At the hours I play in my goon clan there seems to be like 0 or 1 other people in WT4 and they might not be up for it.MMAgCh posted:You are looking for Skill Toggle Behaviour on the Gameplay tab. Judging from the five minutes I spent messing around with it, though, this option neither seems to affect shouts nor make it so Whirlwind is always on, only so (in the latter case) you can hit the skill's key once and it keeps going until you run out of fury. Yeah I guess it's not what I was hoping for and is really janky. It will toggle on Whirlwind until it runs out of fury, then it makes you autorun towards the mouse cursor. Instant skills like shouts don't interrupt it, but the barb Ultimate and Weapon Mastery skills will stop the Whirlwind and it won't start back up when they finish. Easier to hold the drat button I guess.
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Jun 21, 2023 05:27
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Zotix posted:Mmm hmm. As I said, I tested a game. The systems aren't there. Your point? He’s simultaneously the Diablo Gamer Dad with a great life just Having Fun and the diseased one eyed wretch who played this game like an absolute aids encrusted meth freak until his floppy, loose and well-worn dopamine receptors finally croaked. Make him the thread ik.
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poo poo, somehow I missed that I love the implication that if you can’t play 14 hours of Diablo a day, you’re a pitiful specimen of the unwashed masses who’s bad at life. The art of the arpg far transcends the meager understanding of the working classes.
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Also D4's story continues the current trend of Gaming Dads writing their heart out. That "Donan Says spin the wheel" part as he deals with grief had us in stitches because of the constant AoE timed triggers our Sorc and Druid had on. edit: You guys really love posting about each other huh
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Jun 21, 2023 06:22
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Vic posted:edit: You guys really love posting about each other huh The thread is so terrible it’s impossible not to.
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Jun 21, 2023 06:26
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What's the single player campaign for this like? I know it's probably not great but is it at least better than whatever d3's was? I don't want to get into mp but it might be fun to run through the story.
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Jun 21, 2023 06:43
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Funky See Funky Do posted:What's the single player campaign for this like? I know it's probably not great but is it at least better than whatever d3's was? I don't want to get into mp but it might be fun to run through the story. It's fine. A big step up from the Diablo 3 campaign, your character even acts and says little stuff in cutscenes, but it's the same for all characters. It's definitely padded with lots of talking, waiting, walking-talking and pointless busywork but also some really good moments, so it evens out. And after you finish the story, new characters can skip it as an option, so you're not forced redo everything thankfully. Vic fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Jun 21, 2023 |
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Jun 21, 2023 07:01
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Funky See Funky Do posted:What's the single player campaign for this like? I know it's probably not great but is it at least better than whatever d3's was? I don't want to get into mp but it might be fun to run through the story. They pad the gently caress out of the last act but overall its a LOT of leaps above D3. If D3's campaign was embarrassing at best, this is fine at worst. It works, no major holes and overly goofy stuff. Ppl have problems with a few things but as far as Diablo goes this is probably the best it's been while also still being sorta complex juggling legacy characters/types ppl expect (it's not just D1 or D2 demons doing foul poo poo go kill them simple) The voice acting is really good. Tokubetsu fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Jun 21, 2023 |
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Funky See Funky Do posted:What's the single player campaign for this like? I know it's probably not great but is it at least better than whatever d3's was? I don't want to get into mp but it might be fun to run through the story. The plot feels like it was written by an AI, the voice acting is inconsistent, and the boss battles are insultingly easy... but it's still fun to mash through hoards and the music is solid. Then again, for $70, you'd be better served with the campaigns of: - Elden Ring - Sekiro - Zelda - Vampire Survivors - Path of Exile - D2 Remastered Final Fantasy 14 also stood out to me as an MMO with a campaign that was better than a lot of the single player games in the series. If you've beaten every one of those campaigns then maybe?
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Yeah buying D4 exclusively for the campaign is a bad idea at full price. But there's a lot of side content if you like Diablo gameplay.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:What's the single player campaign for this like? I know it's probably not great but is it at least better than whatever d3's was? I don't want to get into mp but it might be fun to run through the story. There's way too much walking from one spot to another, clicking on a character to listen to them talk, before being made to walk elsewhere for another conversation/cutscene, all without clicking on any monsters. Story and characters are actually decent but the above started to drag after halfway through. Also, do the campaign at world tier 1, tier 2 is a trap and has no reason to exist.
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Tier 1 is for solo play, Tier 2 I guess is for groups that melt everything too easy.
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Tier 2 is so that the story is harder and more exciting to play.
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Lister posted:Diablo 1 is also on gog for $8 right now. That there is a great game Ask me about getting MP to work on Hellfire and enjoy quality time with friends on line
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Tier 2 is so that the story is harder and more exciting to play. By doubling the HP of that 3 mob white pack in between cutscenes mob density needs to be tripled during campaign to make it exciting to play, the story was flawed but fine and the cutscenes were banging, but holy poo poo was the combat boring as poo poo
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Tier 2 is so that the story is harder and more exciting to play. Tier 2 was a breeze, I can't fathom how boring T1 would be.
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