Cryptic in QA
@crypticjacknife
QA #GameDev Working with @midnighters.games. Worked w/Mimimi Games, THQNordic, 3D Realms, Mighty Kingdom, Daedalic and Dragonbear Studios | Speedrunner & Glitch Gremlin | Former Neon White World Champion
Hammer Time. If they didn't put more hitstun on this weapon then I think I've ever seen before it would be unusable; But they did. The result is a weapon that requires insane positional awareness and attack pattern reading, but pays off big time. I wonder what other game's combat is like that 🤔
Remember how I said the Uranium Bracelet was going to become meta? Turns out the developers thought so to. They done pulled a SotN. You get it for free if you perform well during the intro. This game is going to be so hard at the top level. Note: You don't need to no-hit, just win. #MinaTheHollower
Also, kind of extremely important. This game has Rando and Bingo starts already baked into it in the modifiers, all the way down to exact seed display. Absolutely insane Starting Modifiers. They want this game to last and, frankly, it's going to last.
So many things to collect... 24.5 hours for the first hundo, a solid few hours of which are me bumbling about clueless until I finally put together the last few pieces, even with the assistance tools the game gives you for completion. This game is basically everything I've wanted 2D Zelda to be.
Diablo forums being incredibly normal about balance discussions as per usual
So now that I understand Warlock's deal, how is the class? I ran through Hell Fracture, Dread Claw and then Apocalypse. Unlike Spiritborn and Paladin, this is NOT a simple class to build for or play, and that's great! Glad to see them adding classes that require adaptation to finer core mechanics.
Time for a Diablo IV thread 🧵 First Leaderboard Wipe of the Lord of Hatred Era. Top 40, completely SSF, for the debut ladder of the Warlock. Not bad at all. And that's against RMT-Botted Andys and vast majority using the double unique charm exploit (please Blizzard fast-track the full SSF mode)
I can't believe there is minimal discourse about the fact that 80% of the Starfox franchise is going to remain remakes of a single game because they decided to make Fox look like this for whatever reason
This is not something you say when the designs are going over well. Might be one of very few things that Zero just got completely right.
And that's Torment XII unlocked for the very first time in Diablo IV. Much grinding (on T10 most likely) to come but by god they really found a way to make this game feel satisfying to reach the pinnacle in again.
Day off just to sludge out and get absorbed into the new standards being set by Lord of Hatred. First 70 pop. LoH Campaign absolutely ruled. End-game previews are looking extremely promising and by god the itemisation feels so much better (shoutout to not just having a fully online build by Lv 20)
Of course New blood stuff applies (and yes, I own the shirt too)
One more bucket list moment before Lord of Hatred rolls around. P300. Account is fully ready for everything to change in four weeks and the inevitable slew of new theory-testing begins.
We gotta get these people who attempt to entrap newer developers to sign up for their vibe coded garbage pile of a "disruptive concept" (its just Spotify but only for very small indie games) out of the industry. It's inevitably someone like this every time man.
Starting up the week with something I'm shocked I hadn't done since Vessel came out. Hitting that 60 with all OGs in HC before this challenge inevitably gets squashed and turned into 70 when everything changes for D4 at the end of April :)
I can only come to the conclusion that Capcom still absolutely do not want people getting attached to Alex. Absolutely insane character assassination just dropped through throwaway lore. Never quite seen anything like this done to an established character in my entire life lmao holyyyy.
Like I know it might be a bit of a damper for that to be the only meaningful headline you carry in the middle of your "AI Week" but maybe you should consider who it is you're serving with your content.
Nothing like a good 2am Asia Server DClone Ladder summoning to make me feel like nothing has really changed since the mid 2000s. 20/18 not a bad first pull at all
Sometimes you just hit the flow state necessary to go straight through walls while doing E-Tele chains I guess
I was confused on wtf Glizzy was, then found out they're a child of some place called Matrix in SA that has basically no foot print anywhere in the actual industry. And: I can't say I'm shocked. It's these types every time.
