Fangs of Asterkarn
>>744227678I'm having fun being a retardwolf
Is there a werewolf version of this?
>>744227678I beat forgotten gods and can finally play FoA tomorrow.I hope the maps aren't this linear and boring as FG.
Isn't there a "trade random legendary for another legendary of the same equip slot" vendor somewhere?
just spend 6 minutes fighting avatar of mogdregon on under geared bird. i am sure 100% melee chuds wont be able to kill him at all.
Dawn status?
>>744227678Can you character look like her? no ofc not your female character looks like a dude completely covered up
>>744227678yjk
>>744228285Glorious.
>>744228357of course youre completely covered up. do you wanna die out here?
"Marked" chests aren't marked at all and I need to turn every stone to summon those ambushes, right? Also Dread seems underwhelming. Hardly did any damage (both me and him) until I got stuck on terrain right as he was charging sunder. He doesn't have multiple phases, does he?
Can I play as a werewolf or were creature? If yes I will buy this game this minute.
>>744228804the latest expansion (came out last week) has a new class which allows you to transform into a werewolf OR a wereraven
>>744228804Yes! Werewolf or Were-raven, both from the new expansion.
>>744228357you're just trying to bait a pic of that booba armor aren't you?
>>744228880>>744228917Sold, thank you kindly.
I should’ve started a commando a long time ago, throwing dynamite and Molotovs as a martial art is surprisingly fun.
>finally get to Ikon on Ultimate on new 'main' of the month>want to hop into Fangs but still in a leveling chest with two rings and bootsI'd get raped worse than I get raped when I DO get raped.
>>744228804
>>744229348https://steamcommunity.com/app/219990/discussions/0/583929850218220376/
>>744227678Kind of hope they add a bird helmet later down the line. I wanna in human form with my spear stabbing shit. But I also wanna look like a bird for degenerate reasons.
>>744229412I'm honestly fine with it. Maybe if I had a reason to spam abilities I wouldn't be, but we only left click and sometimes right click in this house.
What outside of dynamite and faction merits should I GDstash if I want to do a fresh run but can't be fucked to do worst grinds?I don't really care about gear or components, and don't want to bother restoring my old SSD for old main character either.
>>744229051I gave my bitch a mage hat. Bitches love mage hats.
>>744229732I guess probably aether crystals, blood of ch'thon, and stuff like that. I've done so many partial playthroughs where I got bored of a build somewhere between Krieg and Fort Ikon that I'm sitting on mountains of that stuff and have never needed to cheat it in though. (Especially because it's taken me YEARS to finally get over my "need to clear every square inch of the map" autism.)
>>744229928*grabs you by the throat*ok fucker what weapon
>>744229957The skeleton stares lidless-ly upon your eyes. Your fingers wrap around his bony neck, but he has no throat with which to speak... or strangle...It's called The Big Log and I don't know. I found it in my illusions when I used GDStash to add all the new illusions. 2-hander, grimtools doesn't list it either.
>>744228245I killeded him on my shadow strike meme build however I did kite a lot
>notice how I never got nemesis status on aetherial vanguard on any of my characters when checking my old stashes>running ashes expansion content and get to the city>finally get itpathfinding and visibility on those buildings is so bad, how did this get past playtesting and was never improved after 10 years? my character keeps trying to hit enemies on different elevations and gets stuck all the timeif leap wasn't available, this area would have been so much worse
>>744230060Wait I am retarded it's actually called "The Big Wood."
>>744229915Yeah, I guess all those crafting parts would do. I just have my pervious save on pre-upgrade system and there aren't many useful things (maybe a transmog file, but I usually run like a bum trough normal for aestethic reasons).
>>744230175Weird, I can't find it in the database.
twitch.tv/rektbyprotoss/clip/PerfectDiligentRamenTwitchRPG-_0_ffoXim962RbiY?filter=clips&range=24hr
>>744230123yeah they're aidsthe complicated buildings are impressive in a way but not fun to play (for me at least)valbury is retarded toovery INTERESTING design but damn nigga
>>744230123I's seemingly random what walls are solid 9 miles high walls of obsidian and which walls are fake and you can just cat through them.
>>744230314They are fun for the exploring while you move through it and read the lore.For fast arpg zoomy gameplay it's terrible.
>The last thing a meleecuck sees
>>744230435What the fuck is that? Just got to Birchwood and the fire guys also explode when you kill them. Can you i-frame dodge out of that?
So current GDStash works with Fangs? And/or the most recent fixes?>>744230581Burrwitch*
>>744230973Yes
>>744230435To be fair strongest build last patch, basically unable to die under any circumstances, was melee. I think everyone just went zero defense reaver meme and dying to no damage mitigation.
>>744227678I'm stumped, how do you get down here? I only noticed because of the totem on the map.
>>744230310Checking out the rest of the Vod. Is that the final boss to the fangs expansion? Looks really cool.
>>744230435between this, aids puddles and 'fuck-your-hp' attacks with no tell (like salazar's doom bolt or gutworm's charged stab) i am really considering changing my werewolf into raven just to get ranged attacks
>>744231337The hidden entrance is on the other bank
>>744231347It's the final campaign boss
>Enter the Void
>>744231527I've looked both sides, I will check again.
>>744231337That had me wonder too. You walk all the way around to it later from the nw.
>>744231609YO DAWG
>>744231621You need to go under that waterfall you have on your screenshot.
>>744230310>zdps builds
>>744231743>>744231650>>744231527>scoured the entire bank twice before now and still missed it>that one section is the walkable partYeah I just found it, dammnit.Thanks anons.
>tfw mi drop chance from the altar doesnt make monsters with guaranteed mi to droop additional copies my disappointment knows no limits
>>744231013>3 out of 10 classes have no health or damage reduction buffs>lol meme spec, should've gone shaman+oathkeeper what are you stoopidGreat balance zantai.
>>744230060i bet andy sixx knows
>>744227678I kinda lost interest in Grim Dawn when the gay desert DLC was released.It felt so fucking out of place and disconnected from the rest of the apocalyptic victorian world.Is this any better?
>>744232237lol noThey've shelved the aetherial storyline
>>744231709>laughs in xibit
>>744232237>planet has a dry arid sectionOH NO I'M GOING INSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE*turns into a Ch'thon cultist*
>>744232296>They've shelved the aetherial storylineSeriously?
>>744232358Yes seriouslyNew DLC is chaos focused
The aetherial storyline has fallenBillions must be sacrificed to Chthon!
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/ZqBGX34NFinally fixed my resistances for Ultimate, now not really sure what to work on. Got all the skills I wanted, any suggestions for additional skills to pick up/invest in?
DEATH IS ONLY THE BEGINNING
>doing primal strike>getting all the OA from zerkernow this is gaming
Safe with me... Promise!~ <3
>>744227994Buckle up...
Is the Ancient Grove way easier than other key dungeons or does my current build just kick that much ass? Totally steamrolled through it last night.
>>744232296>>744232358I assume the fact that they confirmed GD2 is somewhat responsible for that. I'd bet the main quest will take us to the capital, which was mentioned a lot in lore and seems to be the heart and HQ of the Aetherial invasion.
>>744232435>no thermite mines>no flashbangs>no word of renewal>no inquis seal>no phys res devotions (or phys res in general)
is this decision important?
>>744232716yes considering Anasteria is a reputation faction. if this is your first time playing then it is understandable not knowingyou will rile up Anasteria simps with this post :<
>>744232716Yes for faction stuff but you can always just make a different choice on a higher difficultly/different character.
>>744232716If you get the option always leave NPCs alive unless you are going for some retard choices achievements.
>>744232509KOOOORVAAAAAK, SAAAAAAVE MEEEEEeeeee....... (dies)
>>744232771>Anasteria simpsthis thing has simps? it looks like it sells nitrous oxide in the parking lot of a 2006 cybergoth rave
>>744232435more or less what >>744232713 already said
>>744232805KILL THE NON-BELIEVER
>>744232912Lots of people thinking she's a cute anime girl thanks to a coomer artist
>>744232713>>744232923I'm not sure about thermite mines or flashbangs, but I was looking at ward of renewal and inquisitor's seal so I'll work on those, ty
Which classes have good buffs and passives for caster builds
>>744233058thermite mines just for the -%elemental resist (which includes fire, cold, and lightning, all for the full amount)it's more buttons to press, but you can melt bosses when you stack -% resist.
>>744233134all pet builds are passive casters.i tried fire shieldbreaker (demo/OK) and use the conflagration relic + cocktail to do loads of fire damage while simply running around or away.
>>744232912>2006 cybergoth raveMan...
>>744233210Gotcha, yeah I'm trying to keep the number of buttons down, but I did aim for some -res in the constellations instead. I took a look at Phys res on them after you both mentioned it but just doesn't seem feasible, I really worked out my constellations to minmax already
Making half aetherial mutt babies with Anasteria!
>>744233210I hear this, but is it actually true or does the game just apply the highest RR available?
What is the canon/true class combo of the player taken?
>wow question marks dropped
>>744233598Would you prefer FFXIV question marks?
>>744233592Occultist single class
>>744233592Soldier/occultist. Always soldier
>>744233578There are 3 types of resists. n reduced and n% reduced don't stack, -n% does stack.
>>744233785Fuck this is too confusing for my ass
>>744233826If remembering three things is too much for you just pick the best of each you can get.
Just cleared normal with all expansions. I wiped everything before the expansion came out. Normally I go straight to ultimate but ascendant is tied to it yeah? Wonder if elite will take me to 100 these days so I can do an ascendant run from the beginning.Final boss of Asterkarn is lame as fuck.
>>744233984The final stretch of the expansion felt very phoned in
>>744233417imo it's more viable to build for defense first, and then figure out ways to wiggle in extra damage later, rather than go full glass cannon while struggling to stay alive.a lot of theorycrafting comes before character creation for the real minmax builds, but otherwise just enjoy the game at the difficulty that's fun for you, and then worry about the extreme stuff once you're ready to bash your head against a wall.
>>744233826
Why doesn't demo have key skills?
>>744233826I bet you have 70% armor absorption
I've started playing Grim Dawn like 3 times, but everytime they announce another expansion so instead my autism makes me wait so I can do everything in my first playthroughis this really the final FINAL expansion or is this a terraria situation?also I see they mentioned they're still going to add 2 rouge-like dungeons in future updates, is that a lot of content or can I play those later with a levelled up character?
>>744234113This is the final one they are working on Grim Dawn 2
>>744234113It's absolutely the final one
>>744233826look at viper in the constellations: the final point is "20% reduced target's elemental resistances for 3 seconds."note the way it's worded. 20% reduced. this is n% reduced. only the highest source of this stat from anywhere matters.now in the demolitionist skill tree, at the end of blackwater cocktail, you have agonizing flames: "3 reduced target's resistances for 3 seconds."this stat reduces the enemy resistances by a solid amount; if they have 10 resistance to fire, then 3 reduced would lower it to 7. this is n reduced. only the highest source of this stat from anywhere matters.lastly, look at thermite mine: "-3% elemental resistance." and also aura of censure: at rank 12, it's "-25% elemental resistance." these are two sources of -%n, and all sources of this stat add together, and can push the enemy below 0% resistance.i'm not entirely certain what is correct in order to clarify these stats even more, but this is my understanding of it.the forums have a better explanation.
>>744232716Unless your build specifically wants her MIs then no, always side with her
>being a bird sounds cool>unlock it>feels like a castercuck archetypeDon't much care for this.
>>744234019For sure, this was just me messing around yeah, just glad to finally have max res since poison was glassing me earlier. Currently at Loghorrean in Ultimate (skipped Elite after doing basegame through to dlc3 on normal, ended at like lv 70), died a couple of times to skill issue.>>744234603Neat so I have:-Censure: -25%-Eldritch Fire: -22%-Elemental Storm: 26 ReducedNo overlap
>>744233826IIRC you want as many -% resists you can get, since it gets added together. You only want one source of flat reduction (e.g. 20 reduced resistances from skelly devo) since they stack multiplicatively, so it's not worth it
>>744234019>once you're ready to bash your head against a wall.There's barely any of that in GD.It's mostly a matter of grinding gear, and GD has pleasantly high drop rates since it doesn't have to be balanced around multiplayer economy like certain other game that really grinds my gears.
>>744234982I like PoE but people who play SSF in that game are insane to me. Like they have no idea what actual SSF support looks like when every other title in the genre makes it a far better experience.
>>744235085On the flipside, people who don't play SSF are also insane because poe trading fucking sucks and drains all fun from the gameplay.
Should i do the DLC that opened right after beating Krieg or stick with the main plot?
>>744234785it's a were-raven, not a were-cassowary
>>744233785So you can have one that says “Reduces target resistances by X” stack with one that says “Reduces X resistance by Y%” as well as “-X% resistance” so long as they’re from different sources?
>>744235256Do it after Malmouth
>>744235256Stick with the main plot if you haven't played Grim Dawn before.
>>744235256Stick with the main plot. You want to do things in release order if it's your first run. Latest expansion basically requires that you do the other two first anyways.
>>744235391the first two don't stack with other sources of their type; only the highest value is considered. the final -X% resistance stacks with other sources of its type.they all work with each other, though.
>>744235565How does fangs ending work if you don't own the other expansions anyway?
another triple rare that does not fit my fat chud build
>>744235626You can't access fangs without malmouth or forgotten jods.
>>744235626Fangs requires both other expansions to run. Forgotten Gods actually requires Ashes of Malmouth despite the fact that unlike Fangs, nothing in Malmouth affects Forgotten Gods at all.
>>744235650i have never found a double rare that wasn't completely worthless.they usually do have a lot of resists, however.
what spec do I go if I want to blast eurobeata and spaceglide like I'm playing 6 item twitch from league
>>744235838Dagallon set purifier, maybe
>>744231891bonus rep doesn't apply to quests either just kills
>>744228565The game would've been as popular as POE2 if your character could look like this
WASDchads what keybinds are you using for your abilities?
Did they ever add controller support to the game? After playing D4 and poe2 I can't play ARPGs with a mouse anymore.
I'm respeccing my berserker that's like level 35 or so after getting creamed as a werewolf constantly, is wereraven any better
>>744236097Yes because wereraven is ranged
How do I into were raven or were wolf?
>>744236097Wereraven is a ranged caster so it goes a lot smoother, you get solid pack and single target on basically nothing. Werewolf asks for a lot of investment and I'm not sure it's actually good even once it gets all that, though it still smoothly clears campaign at least once you get it rolling.
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/25WwPLBZI could use a few pointers as long as anons are talking about resist mitigation. I've got a solitary source of Flat Reduce Target's Resistances from Raise the Dead.I've also got -33% aether resistance from Spectral Wrath and -40% aeither resistance from arcane bomb. Is there any way to squeeze the third kind of reduction (x% reduced target's resistances) anywhere in this? Mythical Eternal Band?Or would it be more worthwhile to move some skill points around, stick one in Word of Pain, and then try to get more -x% aether resistance from Death Sentence? (Which looks like I could get it to -28%, so combined with the other two that'd be -101% aether resistance.)
>>744236186They're on berserker. Wereraven is just a standard caster but I think it's a really solid one since it has a lot of survivability built in and you get to rank up two spells on one skill point investment for devotions. If you're new to the game in general don't worry about it and just play it, you can patch up any problems later. I think everyone knows how solid wereraven is already but it's not that interesting so it doesn't get discussed much.Werewolf is the hotness right now and it's a melee. You REALLY need to build for survivability first and then you're mostly aiming for damage scaling through offensive ability and whatever damage type. It has a rough start because your survivability layer is unreliable and you can't use procs to smooth out your progression. Definitely a late game oriented skill.
>>744232603I'd say most of it is fairly easy, the snake boss can be hard to kill because of his debuffs, and the last boss is super rippy. Depends on difficulty and gear level though.
>>744236062don't laugh at my aether cluster its spread over multiple in case i panic
>>744236630Onslaught/Doombolt GAWD
>>744227678I just picked the game up skimming the stuff, does dw pistols with wereraven work? berserker / inquisitor? do I use onslaught to buildup to the a specific skill?
>>744237390Nope, can't use WPS skills (Skills that physically use your weapon)
I just lost my HC to that fucker in the church in the marches, why does this fucker hit so fucking hard I had 6k hp at level 30 on Veteran and my resistance was capped..
Does anyone else play on modified speeds with DPYes? I'm on 1.5x constantly and boy does it make the reaction checks on some of these newer enemies rough.
>>744238046Yes, it makes the game far less Yawn
>>744238651But does it make it more grim?
>>744238718Considering that enemies also move and attack faster, it decidedly does make the game more grim.
>>744239098grave.
Huh, the ascended altar stuff doesn't carry over between difficulties does it. I was looking forward to entering elite with all the new toys.
>>744239128Well if they're all faster, it's more of a rave, isn't it?
>>744238046First million, woo!This is a nice mod.
I will never understand ADHD kids who have to speed up videos or games.Speedhacking, scummy but understandable. But just to make thing go brrr faster? Brain damage.
Everyone here playing the expansion while Im still at lvl 42 on the base game
I wonder if by the time I make it to the expansion the grim dawn threads have all died lol.
>>744239819Don't worry anon, same but lvl 49. Wanted to make that werewolf.
Just started, killing spiders in some basement.Run into an Elite? Mob100% to 0% near instant, zero opportunity to even do anythingWhat is this shit?
>>744239862Even before the expansion was announced and the game seemed forever dead, I recall seeing Grim Dawn threads pop up here and there that got some activity. Just one of those those games that /v/ latches onto nicely.
>>744240046Veteran mode?
>Double rare boots that have 10% chance of casting Doom BoltFinally a decent double rare for me.Also seems like double rare drop more commonly
>>744227678I've been looking at the classes and there doesn't seem to be a lot of gun bonuses. Demo's strike works for all weapons and inquisitor can dual wield pistols, can't think of anything else that gives bonuses to guns.
>>744227678I lucked into getting 2 perdition items. Is it worth it building an acid build for occultist just for the item set?
Between the necropolis and darkvale how many shrines are there?I only ever found one in the entire path.
>>744240215Oh yeah, and there was one that couldn't be accessed.
>>744240215There's one in the tomb just before Fort Ikon.Tomb of Archon Barthollem.One of the factions has you go there to get ashes. Maybe both, I can't recall. Deaths vigil does anyway.
i did it! on to malmouth now. did I miss something with ulgrim? he was in the boss fight with me and then immediately after in the malmouth cutscene they said he was dead
>>744236481https://www.grimtools.com/db/items/7472I got mine from this
>Mythical Silverbolt>+3 to all skillswhat the fuck
>>744239862/v/ probably, the slower vidya boards might have a chance
>>744240312also would you guys recommend starting the game over now on elite/ultimate or going straight into the dlc on veteran?
>>744240312He got succed in
>>744240405Go do the Ashes of Malmouth (next section). It's a continuation of the main game plot, basically more like an expansion than a side dlc.
>>744240312Yeah you missed something. When you get to the second phase of the Loghorrean a message pops up saying that it ate him LOL>>744240405If you feel strong then move up to elite, otherwise just do your first playthrough on veteran
Does this only affect the auto attack replacer or all sources of phys and fire while you have stacks?
>>744240405I just kept going and beat all the DLC, then went straight to ultimate at ~70 with 50 devotion
How does FoA work when you don't have the other DLC given that you need shit from both ugdenbog and the korvan basin to proceed
>>744240530
>>744229732Manticore eyes
>>744240530It won't function because you can't play it if you don't have the other two DLC.
>>744234113What's stopping you from continuing your first playthrough if they release a new DLC?
>>744240853My autism
>>744240354Nice. Does that only apply to weapon attacks though? I'm playing a spellcaster at the moment and he doesn't hit things with a sword.
>>744240405Just go into the DLCs, Ashes preferably. I actually recommend playing on normal instead of veteran (you can change it from main menu and don't lose any progress) just because the reward weight is so bad on that mode that you're probably better off taking it easy while you clear before going onto the next difficulty.The game is best enjoyed at a comfortable pace. There isn't much pressure to play well or build perfectly compared to other ARPGs.
>>744240871Upgrade your autism, mine doesn't impose such limitations on me.I think my original arcanist dates back to Grim Dawn's beta. Kept him single-class fora long time until they added inquisitor in AoM and I immediately knew it was made for him.
>>744240479having stacks of the righteous fervor self-buff does not affect any other skills when considering how it converts damage; it a skill specific modifier, so only the actual hit of righteous fervor is converted.all other skills will ignore this damage conversion- even procs off of it.
>>744239721It's time. Time to Yawn. Grimly.
>>744241068Based I still have my single class Demo from EA. I kickstarted this game.
>>744241112grandpa mode
What would be the best class for an "Earth" themed character? I'm thinking Soldier/Oathkeeper maybe?
>>744241154Yeh prolly. There's no real 'earth power' kinda mastery.
>>744241112Whoa, they added a turbo mode in grim dawn?!
>>744241112Poo's got nothing on this gameplay!
>>744241152>>744241273>>744241303
Are there major consequences to the faction you pick at homestead?
>>744241154Necromancer gets ravenous earth.
>>744241459yes. the other side becomes an enemy faction.
>>744241459One of them is the good guysThe other is the bad guys
>>744241459You have to fight the faction you didn't pick through the rest of the game basically. But they only really show up as enemies in Act 4 and forgotten gods for Kymon's Chosen
I'm not new but I've never gotten into end game SR farming strats. What's the strategy for transitioning into late game after you've cleared your campaigns but before you have your sets and unique drops?
>>744241112>>744241393I really hope your doing this in post and not actually recording like this for the bit.
>>744241459There are some gear differences. Kymon have fire and physical stuff and something, Necromancers have cold/vitality etc. (necromancer stuff).
>>744241602No I was playing in slow motion at .30 speed, just for shiggles. Slowing it down in post, are you kidding? Kubacaba would killed me if I had tried to play like that at normal speed. Now that I'm back at normal speed though, everything feels too fast.
>>744241637If you're wanting to get specific MIs for your build, you want the opposite though
started this character intending to play a gun summoner with primal strike and ended up using storm box and storm totems instead'sfine, pretty slow at killing rares and bosses unless there's like five of them though
I really want to do an aether damage dual pistols build. I know the options are likely between necro, arcanist, demo, and inquisitor but I'm not really sure which because I don't even know what the chase gear would be. Anyone know of any builds that do something like this that I could reference?
>>744242326Lutnick gunsInquisitor + whatever
>>744242393*Rutnick
>>744242393>>744242428sweet, thanks anon
>>744229928Is that a stake? Are there mountain-sized vampires now?
>>744242326What that anon said, a good MI ranged gun for dual wielding. Despite demo being the gun guy, the gun seems to favour arcanist/necro
>>744227678so i'm about to play this, should i choose normal or hard difficulty?
>>744242593Veteran drags, just go Normal. It's still a challenge now and then.
>>744242593Normal is piss easy
>>744242593Just play normal, veteran is less hard than it is tedious. You want to ease into the game anyways, it's better to just finish the base game faster on normal and then go straight into elite if you want to bump the difficulty than to bother with veteran.
Why are there two threads...
>>744242593Normal as the other anons suggested.The minimal XP/gear increase you get in Vet is not worth the difficulty increase over normal, especially considering all the real juicy stuff lives in Elite and Ultimate.
>>744246680
>maxed Aetherial rep>not maxed Vanguard rep>fight in Warden's lab>summons Alexanderthis is a bug right
I hope that survival horror game Crate is working on is Grim Dawn related. Talking to Creed and reading his lore notes, its seems like a good setup for a X-Files type of game where you are an Inquisitor investigating paranormal events pre-Grim Dawn. Also that RTS Crate is working on is Grim Dawn related too?
>>744247037The RTS is set Cairn (The Grim Dawn world) but takes place before Grim Dawn.
>>744247002No, they just share Nemeses now. It's still a messy situation. Vanguard shouldn't have been its own faction in the first place, but it's better than only gaining Black Legion rep through quests.The Bloodbound/Cthonian situation is also weird, as is the one with the non-Arkovian undead.
>>744247105Any idea what kind of RTS structure they are using as basis or it is comparable to? I can't help but warcraft III would be a really excellent riffing off point.
Does Berserker lend itself to being an unga meleetard or is it just all about running around in a Werewolf form?
>>744247105>take place before GDit's gonna be the empire vs kurn and that makes me sad.Unless the Ch'thonians get in on the action because the fantasy element is what makes the setting for me.
>>744247420You can build up onslaught stacks and unga with a cooldown skill, which can be a melee/weapon based skill. Can't do that innately as a furry.You can also Dual Wield with them.
>>744247542If it's pre GD it will likely be all about hidden aetherials in high positions of power. I feel like there is a lot of Cthonian enemies in the story already
>>744247542i'd like to hope it's an RTS where the various gods are duking it out for control of humanity etc.multiple factions who all follow certain gods. i dunno if that's canon in before GD times, though.
Gonna be honest the RTS doesn't feel very exciting to me, I'd rather they do GD2 first then the RTS.Hope its good for those who like RTS games though.
They'll do a Farthest Frontier and part way into development remove the GD connection.
>>744247759Biggest fear is the RTS tanks sales wise and impacts Grim Dawn 2. Farthest Frontier might have them thinking they can just do any genre.
>>744247957Yeah that's my other concern. There'ts a lot of people who go 'I want a modern RTS!' then a modern RTS comes out and its a dead fucking game in less than a month.But maybe that's because modern RTS games are ass. idk. I don't play them.
>>744247759RTS always flop so there might be no GD2. Or we might get more supported packs with gooner skins
How are end game builds with no set bonuses?
Man Korvaak's is so tanky but at the same time he doesn't do much of anything of danger to me so it's just him and me slapping at each other with wet noodles for 15 minutes.
>Elite waypoints not unlocked after beating the game on Normal which rewards UltimateAh well, I figured as much. At least I got the merits for new characters on Hardcore
>>744247990Most "modern" RTS's chase the esports bag because they are retarded and implode under their own hubris.Smarter ones like TAB (not really modern anymore imo), Age of Darkness or Tempest Rising correctly identified a smaller market and went for that instead of trying to dethrone AOE2 or SC2 as THE RTS experience.Provided Crate doesn't get eyes bigger than their mouth they'll be fine.
>>744241637So if you want cold stuff you don’t pick the Necro’s because you get their loot?
I don't know if I should pair my Berserker with Necro, Oathkeeper or Shaman...Fuck.
>>744246902lol..
>>744248282You pick them for the reputation items you can buy which have those statsAlso you can't join kymon as a necro
>>744227678You Just Know
>>744248014Without a set? That's fine, lots of builds don't use a full set or use a partial sets.
>>744248282Look up the MIs you can get from killing the necros. If you want them then join Kymon. Otherwise the faction gear from Necros is cold/vitality/minion gear
>>744248282It doesn't matter. The loot from those factions is borderline worthless due to expansion factions having better shit. The most relevant stuff is the nemesis drops, but you can pretty easily get them from SR/ascendant random loot. I would suggest choosing whichever faction interests you and enjoying their quests (or skip them).
>>744227678
Thoughts? 2.2 sec cooldown on Primal Strike, 1.4 on Shadow Strike before %cd reduction, boost Stormcaler's Pact as much as I can afford for +crit damage and get some +crit from other gear and devotions. Just run around and fish for fat electrocute crits from the two nukes and let fully converted wind devils and blade spirits deal with trash, how viable would it be?
Sell me on Grim Dawn. From what I understand, it's just a reskin of Titan Quest, but Victorian and Lovecraftian.
>>744248803It's a reskin of Titan Quest but Victorian and Lovecraftian.
>>744241459I usually pick Death's Vigil since that adds another boss to the East Marsh. The Iron Maiden is probably easier than Zantarin, I haven't encountered their new Nemeses so far.
>>744248781Just abuse Quick Jacks.
>>744249019no 'jacks up a trickster's sleeve
Is Ignus a new nemesis for Kymon's or another faction?I assume Raddoth is for Death's Vigil?
>>744248803the ragdolling is extremely satisfying
>>744227678>Female NPC look fine>Female playable character look like disgusting fuckin tranny fucking shit???
>>744248803If u think Diablo is too simple and POE is overly complicated then play Grim Dawn
What are the differences for removing/strengthing curse in the Chillborn Curse side quest? I can't find this shit anywhere
Ice King looks like a real cool set and running around as a werewolf with wolves seems like something I'm seeing everyone gunning for but honestly, the Reaver version with Night's Chill is probably way better huh.
>>744249429That NPC is new, the female player model is like 10 years old.
>>744249638So what? Upgrade your character model then
>>744249631If you strengthen the curse you freeze the guy and he diesI dunno what happens if you spare him
>>744249667It's gonna be covered in gear, which does get updated.
Starting a new save, Occultist. How do I get as much movement speed as possible? I've played Nightblade I'd like to avoid taking the same class
>>744248282Actual faction gear is shit just do each faction once on different characters to get the blueprints and then forget about itNecros are marginally less annoying to fight since Kymons Chosen enemies have a slow aura but it hardly matters
faction gear was always shit you just collected to add the fashion in to your illusionist's wardrobe optionsthe real useful faction items are the powders you apply to gear.
>>744249730I mean is there some other fringe source other than boots and devotion?
>>744248781it should werk pretty good, any way you can get some onslaught?
>>744249730Sailor's Guide constellationAnything that gives Total SpeedThe run speed cap is pretty low compared to how much the game gives you really
>>744249631If it's anything like most quests in GD, the differences are minor.
>>744249638uoh
>>744249798components for boots and some class skills that give total speed that increases both attack speed and movement speed.i mean movement speed isn't that exciting since you are hard-capped at 135%, so just a third faster than normal.if you wanna move fast you use movement skills
>>744249308What's the best playstyle/classes for ragdolling?
>>744249950Oathkeeper and max out Judgement for max rangeTurn off gore so enemies all go radolling towards the center of your circle instead of exploding cause it hits like a truck
>do a cold build>nothing beats the weapons some fucking ghost right at the start of act 2 drops because they scale.
>>744248528she's in to beefy dudes with beards
>>744249730Berserker
https://streamable.com/1ozn4lwhat the fuck did I die of here?
>>744249950soldier's forcewave skill is the one of the best one since it sends enemies flying into the air, blitz is also great for knocking them down
>>744232775>If you get the option always leave NPCs aliveWell say goodbye to her parents then.
>>744250129covid
>>744250129Skill issue
>>744250129Two negative effects pop up the moment before you die.
>>744250129Maybe a lightning bolt animation didn't spawn correctly?
Just bought the game. If I want to play something similar to a paladin I should go with the Oathkeeper, no? What about the second class, since from what I understand you can pick two?
>>744250129rip
I have 350 hours in this game and even bought the new expansion but for whatever reason when I turn it on I just tap out like immediately I have a hard time with any action game with this perspective anymore I feel like, only Diablo 2 can still grip me, I'm really tired of grimdark fantasy too, not that that's the games fault it's fucking called Grim Dawn of course that's what you expectI dunno I'm just complaining I guess because I miss enjoying the game
Two handed or dual wield, hmmmmmm? What do you prefer? Ranged or Melee?
>>744250325swoard and bwoard
>>744250290Demolitionist, soldier or inquisitor
>>744249940>hard-capped at 135%Oh dang, thanks for the heads up!
>>744250304Yeah the beginning is pretty boring and when it picks up you get absolutely fucking raped by the slog of going to Homestead. Shit made me drop my playthrough so many times it's unreal.
>>744228245beat him twice already with my avenger warder but I’m geared to the teeth with double rare MIs so I wouldn’t tout it as easy for anyone didn’t trigger menhir’s will or ghoul even once
>>744250349Aren't demolitionist and inquisitor ranged classes? How would they work with a melee build.
>>744231709ackshually the line was “sup dawg”
>>744250431Demolitionist can do whateverInquisitor you can just ignore the gun passives if you aren't using them like you can ignore Shaman's 2H shit
>>744250431There are no hard rules in GD. Items make many weird builds possible. Inquis is ranged focus in its concept/tree for sure but that can go out the window with the right items.
>>744250302what even is that
>>744249940there are ascended affixes that raise max move speed btw, if anyone wants those for some reason
I only played the campaign once but i'm wondering. Does it still become relevant to eat meals later on in the game? It felt like everything dropped meals and i picked them up out of habit. Is there any point to not picking them up?
>>744250464>>744250502Oh okay good to know.
>>744250304All these types of games end up the same. It's fun to plan a build and see it grow stronger and find equipment that synergizes well, but no matter the complexity of the stats, equipment, skills and all other mechanics in the background, the gameplay itself is still extremely simple and the level and enemy design just aren't doing much at all. and It's not like an expansion for a game like this can offer much beyond another playground to go through and more tools and classes to craft builds.It's mindless fun but that gets boring after some time except for versy specific players.
>>744250673It's flavour, mostly. You see that layer over your health bar? When you're out of combat, your health regenerates faster, up to your "constitution" and food just regenerates that.
>>744250673It's kind of leftover from the early access before you could really have a finished build, it just lets you heal between fights in the early game or if you completely lack adequate healing somehow
>>744239721I still don't get why playing Street Fighter 2, Vampire Savior and so many of the fighting games of that era became standard to play on turbo mode. It just feels like a panicky mess.
>>744250087FoA has another cold MI sword that's pretty good but yeah, I'm kinda miffed that I basically used the same weapon all the way to 100
Anyone play that new acid cadence build yet?
made in paint after 9999hrs
>>744250674I didn't actually read your original question sorry. You're right that inquis and demo are typically more ranged/caster style. What I said more applies to high-level items and sets. The combo oathkeeper+inquisitor is actually called "paladin" but it's usually gonna be a ranged or caster build. I think soldier+oathkeeper ("warlord") is a good choice. It has lots of melee builds with some spell/buff support. It's also paladin like lore-wise, as oathkeepers are priest-like. Alternatively soldier+shaman for using a 2H, warlord is more likely to be 1h+shield.
Finally got some time to pick this back up. Last time I was playing I was just doing a basic bitch left click auto attack build that sucked the fun out of the game. Want to try something different this time. Is it possible to make a build like trapsin from d2 using Demolitionist? If so what should I pair it with? Also are the 2 were- forms good? I'm guessing wolf is just autoattack replace again, so is Raven good? Is it a caster?
Warden Krieg did nothing wrong
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>>744251117Anasteria bros are truly like the Aetherials - they were watching and waiting for years to be unleashed.
>>744250431Demo-man feels like he can do a bit of everything. Auto attack builds, caster builds, retal builds. The only one I think he can't do is pet builds because he doesn't have any pets natively.
>>744251117Always thought it was odd nobody ever tried to recreate the circumstances that led to the takens creation.I guess nabbing an Aetherial in a still living un-mutated body might be difficult but once you've got them just throw them in the salt circle and make out like you're gonna kill them.It's win-win either way, they either abandon their host and now you've got another taken/human back on your side or you permanently kill the Aetherial along with the still subverted, and therefore hostile, person.
>>744251220How do I buy an ad if I am the product?
>>744251117i bet gingerpuss would fuck like a wolf god
>>744251287Might have something to do with mankind being dangerously close to extinction, or the events that lead you to being "taken" is surprisingly rare that trying to intentionally to cause it to happen again are just not feasible.
>>744228285Grimmed
>>744251375Probably. Just feels like that unless an actual major shift happens for humanity then they're doomed no matter what, just a matter of when.you don't actually kill a single Aetherial over the course of the entire game and Ch'thom is strengthened by spilling blood so at best you're just delaying the inevitable.The only faction who suffers irreparable damage from your actions is Kovaraak and even then that was more nipping in the bud than same scale as the Aetherial invasion or the Ch'thonian uprising.
>>744236075I played gd on my 'eck with no issues. Support is a bit wonky but serviceable.
>there are new undead enemies>they don't count toward old undead faction repyeah this is a big bummer
>>744251567I don't entirely agree that humanity is on a fixed timer now that the Grim Dawn happened. The Legion and the remnants of the Erulan Empire do quite a bit to retake territory and stop the Cult of C'thon from summoning even more demonic beings into the world to further cause damage, and the aetherials get pushed out of Malmouth with the Malmouth resistance and the Legion securing the city, and all the leftover bits of industry and security a city provides. Add in Homestead being safe to produce food and Devil's Crossing being an easy to defend choke point, and humanity is still on wobbly legs, but aren't in threat of total annihilation....for now.
any fun new builds? i took a glance at the new sets and they kinda seemed ass ngl
>>744251220good morning saar
>start new character>guess I'm going chaos bird>this time I won't just spam physique, I'll pump spirit>10 deaths before I cleared the base gameEverything feels way overtuned, the game feels like one shot central now. Shotgunning everywhere, pools of 999999 dmg/second everywhere.
>>744250129Huh.
>>744253390They there were multiple buffs to enemies over the last few patches, particularly early game ones. The team already rolled out an emergency nerf and said they're probably doing more. Huge mistake, they seem to be balancing around power levellers and not people fucking around with suboptimal skills.
>>744253489>power levellers and not people fucking around with suboptimal skills.why does this always happen?
>>744249667I just run around in femwerewolf mode all day so I only have to look at my clown suit in the inventory screen
>>744250561anons butthole after he got gaped by the one damage type he forgot to build resistance for
I finally discovered the obligatory legendary smith.>>744253750Unless you are referring to physical, Beronath can oneshot you even with all resistances maxed.
>>744253669because the power levelers are the ones posting their gameplay and builds to all their social media saying look at how easy and dumb this game is kek being the loud minority
>>744252773As a Doom Bolt enthusiast I am eying the changes to the Harbinger's Message set, with it alone you could get up to 14 Onslaught stacks which should triple the damage if i am seeing that right.But I wonder if it's actually better than just lowering Doom Bolt's cooldown with all the other items that have already been available before, which was fun but takes away a bit from the feeling of a big nuke spell and I'm a sucker for that shit
>>744253858So we have them to thank for Ascendant mode being some high level SR run that never ends with bosses and some elite mobs being able to wombo combo you to death? Or the new C'thonian demon firing line. The fuckers...
>>744235085>>744235239Ladies, ladies. Everyone who lays poo is insane.
>>744253489>>744253669More likely the real reason is because they are trying to even out the play experience for ascendant mode, since even at max level the mobs in pre-DLC areas are still very undertuned. Without this tuning people will probably just go farm early acts for currencies instead.As for why this tuning can't be limited to Ascendant, I can only guess (from viewing grimtools) is that the monsters are tuned rigidly. If they add some stat buff to a difficulty it is applied to everything in that difficulty.
Their official reason is that they do these passes to bring old enemies up to modern standards so it's really a matter of how you interpret that.
>>744227678Is the yawn gone ?
>>744249874Berserk-unrelated onslaught stacks? Unlikely, I need to focus on other things in my gear choice, like actually stacking flat electrocute.
Obviously the Harbinger set is designed for a Mystic, but is it still the best ranged option for Dreadnaught too?
>>744253390Are you on vet? I've been leveling the new mastery on normal since FoA released and it's been a joke. I can't see anyone dying on normal unless they're playing with their eyes closed or something.
>>744254897Yeah. I dunno, it's fine for the most part but then one ability comes out and it's instant death.
>>744248803It's the best offline ARPG there is.If you don't mind always-online shit ruining things (economy balanced for tryhards, lag) then PoE is about as good.
>>744251117Korinia sounded eager enough...
Why do so many people hate the DLC?
>>744254748onslaught is pretty good with cd ckillsyou could use beronath or that new relic as filler
>>744251220
>>744255134A lot of the new enemies can range from joke tier to full on bullshit tier, despite having the largest map thus far it's largely empty and incredibly samey, a lot of the newer mechanics added like the potion mechanic are minor at best with many of the effects being behind reputation or quests, and the Ascendant mode itself is ranging from tough but manageable to downright unreasonable and everything in between. Crates own representative hasn't been helping things as his generally passive aggressive comments in the forums begs the question of what exactly were they balancing Ascendant mode for? Characters with fully awakened gear or characters that were capable of doing Ultimate as a base level of difficulty to gauge? It's also got less quests overall compared to FG or AoM, a lot of the newer mechanics are gated either behind Ascendant or with materials that only drop on Ascendant so trying to play with Ascendant mode mechanics on lower difficulties paradoxically requires you to be on Ascendant to get them to then use on said lower difficulties. Finally the new class people are still testing out but there's a bit of a bias with the raven form over wolf form since one is a ranged caster and the other is a melee form in a new DLC that has more enemies that punish melee than ranged characters.It's got some teething problems, to say the least.
is there a single reason to use ROI after arcanist beamu
Did they fix the extremely loud snow footsteps yet?
!!!important!!!yawnbros, can i make cute girls?
Note to self: Loxmere with +200% damage = bad time.
>>744255279>Finally the new class people are still testing out but there's a bit of a bias with the raven form over wolf form since one is a ranged caster and the other is a melee form in a new DLC that has more enemies that punish melee than ranged characters.Also no WPS on wolf, what the fuck were they thinking. I think I can kinda understand since it's not a true melee ability but rather an aoe in front much like Forcewave but still.
>>744254195I don't think Ascendant on its own is that unreasonable for mostly finished builds but there's no fucking way they actually tested it with the ascended altar stacked on top of that.
>>744255525>what the fuck were they thinkingThey were probably thinking that putting all those animations on the wolf would either look weird or be a huge effort.
>>744255374There's no character customization, there's a single model for the male Taken and another for female TakenJust make a female character and see if you like her in the main menu, the only change you can do is either cover her up in armor or give her skimpier clothes
>>744227678>not even Asterkarn could pull my cock out of her
>>744254195Plain ascendant is good, but I think with the altar boosts the damage might be too ridiculous, maybe I'm misunderstanding how they work though and monsters have considerable +damage% already...
>>744255374No, but it's a progressive game with 3 genders.
>>744255676>not playing as a wraith
>>74425543216k HP on ascendant is always going to be a bad time no matter how much DA and other damage mitigation you have
I did my entire first playthrough, everything up to forgotten gods as a monoclass soldier.
>>744255846Sharzul, Gargabol and a few nemeses I've seen were just fine.
>>744255761Good point>>744255374You can turn yourself inhuman with cosmetics or play as a female werewolf/wereraven with Berserker. Forgot about those
>>744255846i have a warden (sham/soldier) with 25khp and like 6k hp regen on a bad day, 97% armour absorb, 3100 armour, maxed resists, but only 2400 DA (cannot find items for it).i facetank almost anything with ease, but then some stuff will still just randomly one shot me like the enemies are programmed to get lucky megacrits. not even telegraphed big attacks, just a random lucky crit or a random stray missile that deals 25k+ dmg in one hit.i sense some bullshit behind the scenes.
>>744255603Just do it like guns where the animation doesn't change and you just get a glow around the claw instead
>ran outta crystal again
>>744256043Use % OA/DA augments on your weapons and maybe rings over the damage ones
>>744256065Some of the Inquisitor WPS skills do change the animation, not much, but it's clear when one of them goes off. You'd think with all the effort they put in to animate a lot of the newer enemies, they'd animate the werewolf getting different attacks for the WPS.
>>744255946Grava Thuul is still a bag of ass no matter what difficulty you see him on.
>>744256128My point is I don't think animations would've been the problem in the first place, it's pretty clear that they just wanted the werewolf's attack to be like no cooldown Blade Arc spamI think whatever they were going for with the summons got lost a bit when they changed from a temp buff to a permanent effect. Werewolf should get some extra tankiness aside from Endless Rage at least. Maybe Raven can get something too but less impactful like a cold aura.
>>744256175I've only gotten murked by Ben'Jaharr so far. And one of the times was my own fault cause I dashed through two obsidian bombs.
>>744255525Why tf would wolf use WPS? It already has Onslaught as a WPS compatible skill.
surely this isn't worth refunding the points I put in the berserkers dual wielding passive, right?yes I was already planning on getting the berserker constellation.
>>744256531Better res
>>744256234>summonstransformations*
is the voidsoul aegis/oblivion spam build still good
>>744227678I've never played this game but this is the first time i see the cover art character in an ingame screenshot. I thought she was false advertising.
>>744256802she has an onlyfans
>>744256802You can meet all these >>744228565 characters in game
>>744256843Onlyfangs*
>>744256234>when they changed from a temp buff to a permanent effectI don't even know why they thought anyone would want temporary transformations. They're emulating who exactly? D2 has them timed but they're functionally permanent. PoE2 has them permanent, Last Epoch has them timed but again like D2 they're functionally permanent in gameplay.
>>744256867Onlyknots*
>>744256802The only key art character who isn't real is the guy with the cool hat but I'm pretty sure he's supposed to be (you).
>>744256994He's a generic occultist that you meet by the hundreds
>>744256994unless he's fucking Anasteria, he is not literally me
>>744256867>Onlyfangs*of Asterkarn
Should i play it even though its single player?Can you make everything work or following some meta for hardcore on hardest difficulty is mandatory.
>>744257467>Should i play it even though its single player?What the fuck kind of question is this?
>>744257525no multiplayer d2/poe-like no buy
>>744257573it's got multi.
>>744227678holy shit this game is boringlike seriously boring
>>744227678Most boring game i have played
>>744257613>>744257692it's more involved than the modern day arpg. if you take the time to read and learn about the world, you can uncover the story elements and solve problems which lead to secrets. that's fun for some.
>>744257613>>744257692>>744257841Least blatant samefag
>>744257841That's not saying much. The game looks awful, the maps layout is terrible, the grimdark setting has been dated since 2012 and the skill trees are lame with nothing build defining or impactful. It's just a worse Titan Quest.
>>744257889WTF HOW DID U KNOW????
>>744257952>the skill trees are lame with nothing build defining or impactfulhave you seen the overwhelming number of items which are designed to create new and defining builds? gotta look deeper than the surface.
>>744258264>your visually unimpactful skill that does fire damage becomes chaos damageWow so different
>>744232716I killed her this run (new character, normal diff), but now she's staying at despised despite killing the things that normally raise her rep. Do you have to wait until I meet her again to fix it?
>>744257952>the grimdark setting has been dated since 2012So true, we need more self aware quips and black female leads to bring it up to modern standards
>>744258709Bro half the npcs are black in grimer yawner.
>>744258365if you can't find the fun in playing the game the way it's designed, i suppose try a different game. i'm not gonna try to convince you.
>>744258365ummm yes sweetie it's different
Do i have to have the nex xpac to build into werewolf early, or can I just play 1 xpac a time till i get there?
>>744259457Yeah, from all the dirt and grime because of how grim it is at dawn.
>>744260202You need the DLC to play with the new class, but you don't need to reach the DLC to unlock it, you get it from the start
Is chaos werewolf that uses doom bolt a decent build?
>>744260580maybe if you get onslaught stacks somewhere, otherwise you'd be better off using onslaught (skill)
>>744258448Yes, if you side against her you don't unlock the friendly version of her faction, so you have to find her again in a new difficulty to discover it and start earning it's rep
>>744260796At the moment I am getting them from the gruldir's cleavers and spending them on rip and tear
>>744261073Sounds breddy good
>>744260886woof, guess I should've done it on a throwaway character and not one I want to take into ultimate
>>744261458if u didnt kill her in ultimate, you can still be friends tehre which is all that mattersher items are borderline useless anyway lol
>>744261631Yeah but that means going through all of ultimate without her augments which are nice to help with resists
The Taken is cute. CUTE!
Is there a way to build onslaught stacks faster?Takes a bit to get to 6.
>>744262290LONDONONDON
