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What race is this?
>>2711355An angloid
>You will now be less likely to flinch for a period of time after having flinched from being attacked.>Enemies are now less likely to target you if you are crawling.>Being attacked while downed will now cause you to get up right away.Knackers lost
>>2711464Won so hard they drew the eye of the pathfinder
>>2711464being knocked to the ground with no way of getting up without pawn helping you is very gay 2bh
If the optimization is only the stuff they've listed, it's mainly volumetric clouds and foliage. Which can be additional double digit percent better performance, sure, but doesn't really touch the "lack o' skill" coding of NPCs etc. that's hammering the CPU.Modding seems to still be the go-to on that front.
>>2711953iirc they said they would revisit the minimum requirements, those you mentioned sound more like additional options on top of general optimizations. I would hope so, at least
>>2711953Frankly I don't buy the performance optimizations until they actually deliver. If it was already implemented and functional why wait months to release the performance update instead of with the June update? And if it's not implemented and functional then they're just saying that they're gonna TRY improve performance. Was it always possible and they just never got the funding/go ahead to actually implement these performance improvements? Because that's crazy if so.
Surely they must've optimized the game a LOT to get the game running decently on the Switch 2.>It (Switch 2) contains eight Arm Cortex‑A78C cores running a 64‑bit ARMv8 instruction set, with cryptography extensions enabled and no support for 32‑bit code. Each core features 64 KB of L1 instruction cache and 64 KB of L1 data cache. Six cores are available for game development, while two are reserved for system tasks. Clock speeds reach 998 MHz in handheld mode and 1,101 MHz when docked, and the CPU can theoretically burst to 1,700 MHz for demanding operations or future updates.Ignoring the GPU here because they can always just drop the resolution to improve GPU performance, but CPU bottlenecks are a whole other thing, the Switch 2's CPU is pretty much a phone/tablet tier CPU and I would assume it's much weaker than that of the PS5 for example.
>>2712688>optimizedCut out, reduced. If the AI works for 15 meters and/or is missing half the "actions" and cities have a third of the original NPCs it's a completely different game.>running decentlyWe'll see.It's also not *that* weak, it's only ~half a gen behind PS5 which is why you can get Cyberpunk running on it but not on PS4.Which is weak, but... manageable.
>>2712476>Was it always possible and they just never got the funding/go ahead to actually implement these performance improvements? Because that's crazy if so.it's not crazy at all, it's actually completely normal. That's why there's lots of stuff modders do that companies don't, they have to go through a gorillion hoops (mainly, who to pay and for how much time) while modders just do itthem not releasing it in june might be for a lot of reasons, even the simplest "they just wanted to make two updates instead of one before the dlc, to remind people that the dlc is coming more often". After all the timeline now is june update>wait two months>august update>wait two months>DLC, which can be deliberate
Also keep in mind that altering the number of NPCs in any way crashes the game during the battle with the false arisen, any changes they make might have harsh consequences in specific circumstances and they can't afford any more bad PR. Modders can just do whatever they want because the stakes are low
How long till august patch
>>2712974Two years
but how does the game play on steam deck?
>>2713310https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dragons+dogma+2+steam+deck20 to 30down in the teens when in towns
>>2713316imagine paying 900 yuros for a handheld for silky smooth 10 fps
>>2712739>It's also not *that* weak, it's only ~half a gen behind PS5 which is why you can get Cyberpunk running on it but not on PS4.That's quite stronger than I thought, I'm guessing they're aiming for 30~ FPS on the Switch 2, I wonder if they'll have unlocked FPS still.
>>2713310It's bad, you need frame generation to play at 30 fps in Vermund and it will still drop below that occasionally (which means you're below 15 fps internally). It only has 4 cores tho, minimum specs require 6
>>2711239Name: KiraLevel: 137Kindhearted, ChirurgeonWeapon Skills: Deathly Arrow, Erupting Shot, Spiral Arrow, Tempest Shot Augments: Mettle, Apotropaism, Dominance, Constancy, Subtlety, LethalityID: JYYS68W7D2SRQuest: 1 Explosive Arrow for 27 Eldricite
DQ3 needs a game corner
>>2715311you didnt really just post a twitter screenshot here did you? there really isn't any hope for this general once the dlc drops. i may not even post here when it does.
>>2715492Yes please, stay away.
>>2715492Talk about the new equipment in the picture :)
>>2711239Ps5Seja G.ManeLv. 59Class changes when I feel like it (Sorcerer atm)A67W UENN DNJ0
>>2715492NTA but here, have another>>2715590I hope we get to buy unique NPC armor just like in DDDA, Lennart's armor looks cool. There are mods for this already but some of the sets are broken and have clipping issues
>>2715656The blade texture looks nice
>>2715492What are you on about?
Playing the expansion in Winter is going to be comfy as fuck
>>2715656>Still fighting lizards in dlc areaGrim....
no more dd2 hate thread on /v/, i think we won
>>2715703I like lizards but yeah we needed new monsters
>>2711239>DD2>Steam >Celica>Level 134>Fighter>MC4SSTP7WNYI>Calm Inclination still trying out Guardian Specialization >Burst Strike, Flawless Guard, Shield Drum, Shield Pummel>Kill Drake for 5 Allheal>Send friend request if needed
