That game is one of my favorites. I have over a thousand hours in it. Good choice!
Sciaphobia
joined 1 year ago
Nah, it wasn't very clear in retrospect. That kind of snide comment doesn't really translate to text very well. My bad!
Well, gaslighting would be trying to get you to question reality in some way. I don't think that fits here. I was more implying he was being a dickhead. Because he was.
What's outrageous about what I said that I read in an article?
Fairly confident he's calling you a liar and suggesting the things you claim to have seen in an article you never really saw, and are instead offering a claim of your own under the guise of it having been in an article.
Pretty cool way to interact with another human being, if you think about it.
I feel you, I don't have a lot of time either - more than that, but not a huge amount. That's why I prefer having more viable builds. I could play Path of Exile, for example, but I don't want to spend hours trying to learn how to even play the game this particular season so that I can make a character that won't be a giant ball of crap. If there's more build diversity, you're more likely to do okay just doing whatever you want to do, without needing to research builds ahead of time.
D3 has builds that are far superior to everything else, but I don't think D4 is any better - nerfs mid-cycle or not. Using a bad build is punished less in D4, but you're still going to be on struggle street if you pick a shitty build. With D3 and D4 if what you want to do doesn't just happen to be one of the good builds your character is gonna suck. It matters less in those games though, since gear is absurdly easy to get in D3, and respeccing is fairly accessible in both games.
In fairness to your point though, back when D3 was new and its hardest difficulty was borderline impossible, I found a mage build that could do it, and when I had finally gotten the gear I needed (NOT easy back then) it got nerfed the same day I was able to use it. That was super frustrating. I would argue they did that to help push the real money auction house though, not promote build diversity - don't need to buy gear if there's a class that doesn't need you to. That's the cynic in me I suppose.
Honestly, yes. I used to be in the "just buff other things" camp, and while Diablo 3 is fun enough, it already shows what happens when you do that.
Build diversity > screen go boom.
What's that from? The Simpsons?
Alternatively, maybe a better work culture that could be advocated for by the union would result in better working conditions, more realistic deadlines, happier developers, and by virtue of these things a reduction in the kind of error you are referencing.
But also people make mistakes sometimes. Unions don't cause that, and I'm skeptical of claims that they seriously aid or promote mistakes either.
It's alright solo, but it really shines with coop, and the community is mostly very friendly and welcoming. Occasionally you might get called an elf in a fit of pique, but I've personally encountered very few toxic DRG players.
Same same. Some copium being smoked.
I was told it is also less likely to succeed the longer you've had it. Relying on reversals is a less than ideal plan.
It's like you're not even trying.