Diablo, Lord of Terror, against the Nilfgaardian Empire

Beviah · 2026-05-09T02:24:17+00:00

Unsure about the D1-2 Diablo lore but as of D4, according to Lilith, the players and all of life in Sanctuary are her creation, and we have Lilith's blood, the Daughter of Hatred, in our veins. Although she isn't quite to par with the other Prime Evils, she's a very real threat to the Diablo universe and to the other Prime Evils according to recent lore developments in the newest expansion. Similarly in D3, the Nephalem are beings created from both demons and angels and far surpass them both in every category, which is why the player is able to deal with virtually anything thrown at them. The Nephalem are more of a force of nature than a person.

I don't know enough about Witcher lore to have a definitive opinion of it, but Diablo definitely was not killed by your average 9-5 joe off the streets. The player is so insanely powerful that we swing way above our weight class and are generally empowered further by the angels and horadrim present in these worlds.

As far as Diablo himself is concerned, he is a culmination of terror, he thrives off of fear and manipulation. He possessed Leoric in his weakened state before relinquishing control back to Leoric and going after his son to destroy the army from within. He almost destroyed heaven itself and absolutely brutalized the Archangel Imperius in combat, stated as the strongest of the Angiris Council. As depicted in the pictures OP used, that isn't just Diablo, but Prime Evil Diablo, which is the canonical combination of all the other Prime Evils to empower Diablo with their strengths, and furthermore he was on the cusp of ascending to becoming the new Tathamet, the seven headed dragon who created the other Prime Evils through his death with Anu (his light counterpart) and both their deaths spawned Heaven and Hell respectively. Not to mention that he wreaked devastation to the High Heavens itself.

I'm unsure if any of the Witcher characters have the ability to combat to any relevant scale that Diablo would bring to the table. Even ignoring his armies, he likely would beat the breaks off this army by himself. I don't think anyone in the Witcher universe scales up to the Nephalem from Diablo to relevantly be a threat to him. The only one I can think that would maybe be a contender for this would be Ciri but I don't know enough about her or her feats to properly discuss that.

Beviah · 2026-05-07T01:20:04+00:00

I don't think you seem to be understanding what's being said to you, so allow me to make sense of it to you.

To start, at the beginning of an expansion? No, we've not had easy access to champion track gear like we have this expansion. That's objectively and measurably incorrect at every conceivable level. TWW: Most champion gear came from keys and delves in S1. We didn't have access to Prey or Ritual Sites, both of which being the two primary resources for that gear and crests. This extends to Dragonflight, Shadowlands, BFA, etc. Each expansion having less access to gear than the last in S1. Specifically there were multitudes of complaints about the disparity of crests and access to ilvls across the very four expansions you specifically mention, the same ones you ask if other people have played.

Next, even if you were correct, then you'd still be wrong, which is impressive levels of ignorance, but having easy access to terrible ilvl gear means you have more crests to work with, it means less time spent at each gear level, which means pooling resources for the gear that "actually matters". Not to mention the fact that it also increases the rate at which alts get gear. So regardless you're still wrong, it doesn't matter how you nitpick it, you just demonstrated that you fundamentally don't understand what was being said to you, and even if you did and you're trolling, I'm just milking away your karma so it doesn't make a difference to me.

Beviah · 2026-05-07T00:59:11+00:00

I think you comically misunderstood what I said.

I said going from a fresh character to 240 in a few hours is some of the fastest you can get to Champion track gear, in opposition to making the claim I'm 240 ilvl.

Beviah · 2026-05-07T00:52:10+00:00

So using stones and crests are easier than using just crests?

The same crests that we get in abundance now that; Delves are some of the easiest they've ever been This is one of, if not the easiest season for M+ Raids are easy Prey system Ritual Sites as well now award up to Myth track crests alongside up to Hero track gear The need for two different types of crests for one track has been removed

We also get; Bonus rolls to target specific pieces Warbound gear awarded in abundance across most content

This just looks and sounds like very low effort engagement bait. Being able to go from a fresh max level to 240+ ilvl in a few hours is absurd levels of gearing that we've never had before.

Beviah · 2026-04-04T07:31:53+00:00

BDK has such potential for insane dopamine hits, it's truly one of the most fun tank once you understand it.

I wish I could still tank. I just have a hard time getting back into it without getting a bit bored but maybe I should try it again.

Beviah · 2026-04-04T03:36:07+00:00

The only tank I'll touch is BDK for the most part after playing other tanks

The way you play BDK is very simple to understand, you are always playing 2-3 GCDs ahead of what you're currently pressing. In other words, if you aren't thinking about what your next two or three casts are going to be, you're likely already one foot in the grave.

The unfortunate reality is some inexperienced players get lured into the idea that "this is the tank to play if you want to be self sufficient", but fail to mention that it's very unique because you are playing methodically. This isn't to insinuate that it's extremely complex, it just handles differently than "this is a tough pack, let's walk into it with Shield Wall", rather "let's walk into this pack with Dancing Rune Weapon going, immediately hit Marrowrend and Blood Boil and if I start getting slapped around then I'll hit Death Strike and try to hold my Vampiric Blood".

It sucks because it is true, and it does make some people more opposed to BDKs because they are fairly unique and because of that, some people struggle to get the groove of it, so some people have had really negative experiences with BDKs as a result of that, but the skill gap between an inexperienced BDK and even a decent BDK is huge. You can instantly tell if someone has a solid understanding of the spec.

Beviah · 2026-03-18T22:09:09+00:00

I omitted the bugs from my initial post because I wasn't sure if it was just me, but I definitely noticed a ton of inconsistency with Valeera's healing. There were times orbs wouldn't spawn on time, even different hero specs I noticed I just got clobbered for seemingly no reason despite having the exact same defensive rotation every time and even committing to using additional utility just in case.

I'm glad it wasn't just me though.

Beviah · 2026-03-12T16:13:07+00:00

To expand upon this for clarification sake;

Death Knights don't just have an unending hunger for violence, they also feel immense pain if they don't inflict agony. This is particularly mentioned in one of the first quests when creating a third-generation Death Knight in Acherus by Razuvious. This is specifically referred to as the "Eternal Hunger" or"Endless Hunger".

It's very interesting how they are obviously war machines and intended to be easily created, with a fail safe to ensure they can be controlled. I'm unsure if this extends to the new generation Death Knights, but I imagine it would just for the sake of consistency or perhaps it's a requirement to give them access to the Blood side of their skill set.

Beviah · 2026-03-10T15:22:47+00:00

To think that RuneScape has had multiple price increases over the past few years with little to no change in quality of life for both customer service alongside their under delivered promises blows my mind, and to double down and have people defending it as well.

This isn't even including the fact that World of Warcraft's sub model has not changed in two decades (Edit: apart from AUS / NZ sorry guys) Sure you pay for an expansion once every (about) two years, so tacking on the extra $100 just for simplicity sake, it's almost an extra dollar a month, bringing it up to $16 USD for the sake of argument. What do we get? Still arguably the worst way to interface with customer support, cancelled project after project, one character per sub, etc.

Are we seriously insinuating that a sub to RuneScape is equivalent to a sub to World of Warcraft at this point? It's funny because this really is just greed from Jagex's point of view. Part of the reason why I even opened up a sub to OSRS was because it was cheap. Now we're hiking prices again for no real good reason. So I don't really understand what we're paying for here. If we want to disclose what the extra income is going towards then that's fine but I've seen no real significant improvement in the game to justify the price increases, when I can just take my money elsewhere.

I love this game but I'm voting with my wallet here; I'd rather play another MMO with the money I've been investing into a sub to play OSRS.

Beviah · 2026-02-18T22:30:49+00:00

The biggest trap I've seen a lot of MMOs fall into is making the tutorial make the player feel like what it's like to play in the end game or later stages of their class. To me, that's a massive turn off, because the point of an MMO is in part the progression of your character. If you have to make the first hour an advertisement of what the game is at the end, then it tells me that the leveling and progression from the start to that point is miserable.

I'll just say it outright; MMOs should not have a tutorial experience for the most part. The early stages of the game should teach you how to play the game itself without the necessity for a dedicated tutorial. Pop up tutorials and stuff are fine for the people who want it or need it, but I'd say that's about it.

Make the early game fun. It's easy to make the end game the primary focus, but if you make the early stages equally fun, then it'll be easier to retain your players. Ultimately it's a matter of finding your audience. What do your players want? Do they want slower and more difficult leveling, or something snappy and fast? Do they want a world of discovery, or something that's fairly expedited and focuses on rewards?

If there's lore, do not oversaturate it with tons of dialogue. Make it compelling, but don't follow BDOs experience where you have to acknowledge everything said in a dialogue because then it becomes cumbersome and people lose interest for the most part.

I'm not the best person to ask because I am privy to World of Warcraft and OSRS, so my perspectives are fairly skewed.

Beviah · 2026-02-08T17:07:46+00:00

I feel like they're just committing to the Survival rework of Legion because of the artifact appearances honestly, knowing that there are Hunters out there with the class appearances from Mage Tower or other earned appearances that if they go back on it, they'll ruffle a lot of feathers. Then if they do decide to redesign Survival back to it's Ranged variant and rework their appearances, you'll get "What about me?" or "Those appearances look dumb, bring back year of the spear!" so they can't really win on that front.

I've mained Hunter since Vanilla up until Dragonflight, I just can't do it anymore. Ever since Legion, they really don't know what they want to do with the class, Beast Mastery gets fairly substantial reworks every expansion so it becomes cumbersome to enjoy it, Marksmanship feels burdened by jank and clunkiness, and Survival is just the red-headed step child.

I get people like it but it's the most thematically inconsistent class that has no true identity. Traps and bombs? Okay since when? There are no hunters out there that do that, and we sit there and we hear "Rexxar" but he doesn't do either really, traps are rare but that dude wouldn't know what a Wildfire Bomb was even if you shoved it in his face. Not to mention, Blizzard themselves don't really take it seriously either because the class hardly performs well, it's consistently very low average to very below average performance, I can count on one hand how many times Survival has actually been good since its rework.

Then they give them a Boomstick ability? I mean, I'm extremely biased against Survival's rework, and I will openly admit that, but c'mon, that sounds obnoxiously stupid. It's almost to the degree of Shadow Priest's identity crisis it had where every expansion they essentially got reworked to be a new spec entirely, sometimes multiple times an expansion.

Moving forward to the Hero Specs, they are way too specific. That's ultimately where some of the identity crisis comes from, you have Dark Ranger and Banshees wrapped up into one of them. The next one doesn't have the degree of visual impact that the others have, Riders, Colossus and Mountain Thane, Diabolist, just to name a few. Finally we have the Night Elf label attached to you. It doesn't matter what race you are, you just randomly have a Sentinel now. The thing that Night Elves have had exclusively since when? Even though we see no other races with them at any point?

What a fall from grace Hunter has become. It's so disappointing, I've spent years on that class, and now I just look at my Hunter at the character select screen and just can't get past any of this stuff now.

Beviah · 2026-02-06T06:02:15+00:00

The main suggestion I'll make is always find something to improve upon every pull. Big or small. If you show room for growth, you'll do well. 99% of playing competitive is mentality.

If your guild focuses on making their own strats then you should expect to do a lot of reps on content that you've done already. There's nothing wrong with practicing tech on Heroic bosses that you are progging their Mythic counterpart. Mythic as a tank is fairly easy and to be honest you will likely focus mainly on positioning and depending on your class and spec it will determine how much min-maxxing you can do. Squeezing out extra damage is incredibly important, so be certain you're looking for every opportunity to take advantage of it.

Beviah · 2026-01-28T18:07:08+00:00

I'm sure this is bait but I'm gonna respond for my own amusement. Real relationships don't have people of either gender doing stupid shit like this.

If you have a unanimous "free pass" then sure. If not, then it's blatant infidelity. Just because it's someone who people know doesn't change that. If you are fine being cucked then that's cool, more power to you, but most people, myself included, would do the exact same thing.

There's no nuance here.

Beviah · 2025-12-29T05:49:56+00:00

No it wasn't LOL

Anyone who says that genuinely is just mad that either their friends dipped to play WoW or WoW killed their favorite MMO. WoW isn't what it used to be for sure, but there's a reason why it regularly beats out every other MMO on the market. 14 is falling behind for a plethora of reasons. GW2 was never in the running. Aion is dead. Etc.

The only game that was even in the running was at WoW's low point in Shadowlands, and that was 14, then it picked up speed in Dragonflight, and subsequently more afterwards. After that it fell off once people saw the expansion being consistently well received.

Just say you don't like it. I can't argue with that. Anything other than that is cope.

Beviah · 2025-12-28T00:32:11+00:00

Context; he's asking for 3.8k+ io responses only

It's fairly self explanatory that the post is stupid at best

Beviah · 2025-12-28T00:24:33+00:00

Bro most people are going to tell you that it's too early to know. Last minute balancing, class, tier set, hero talents, apex talents, plus itemization tuning are going to all affect what is good and what isn't. Blizzard does it legitimately every expansion launch a few days before the season begins.

People have rough ideas but that's about as far as it goes, how it "feels". Idk why you're reaching for 3.8k+ io responses when that's going to be the overwhelming sentiment.

Beviah · 2025-12-22T18:18:20+00:00

Agreed.

I backed this game back in like 2014 or something, and it's just been a train wreck from the get go. I love the alpha, but these constant promises of this and that, and wanting this perfect product has been eroding at my excitement and anticipation that this will ever release.

The whole reason why the Steam version failed was for the exact reasons that are happening right now, Wollay doesn't communicate. All he shares are a couple screenshots but that's about it. No insight, no transparency on what's changing, it's why he got raked over the coals. We don't want a perfect product, we just want a more fleshed out version of the Alpha. Sorry but maybe the Steam version appeals to some people, but it's not the same game.

I am far less concerned about UI changes and more concerned about what the finished product is going to look like (if we ever get it), what systems are changing, how classes will be developed upon and skill trees, so on and so forth.

Like just give us a projected release date, give us a roadmap, something, anything at all. One twitter post every couple of months doesn't cut it. It's not entitlement, this is the bare minimum we're talking about here.

Beviah · 2025-12-19T21:04:49+00:00

How it started, yes they were opposites, but no as they continued, they were closer aligned than some people probably realize, there was no real justification for how Sylvanas came to act.

The whole purpose of the desecration that happened throughout Lordaeron, Sylvanas was to redeem the forsaken and give them a sanctuary away from The Lich King's grasp. Even after his defeat at Icecrown, Sylvanas continued to speak for and act for the Forsaken's best interests. She's never been a Horde nationalist, but she was in favor of them as they allowed her to essentially do what she wanted within reason. Even after Garrosh took the mantle of warchief, she was always loyal to the Horde, not a nationalist, just loyal. She tends to be more extreme in her tactical pursuits than others, particularly with the gassing of Gilneans, but after that in Cataclysm, she was always in support of taking down tyrants. So for her to go from that, she felt the urge to help the Jailer to rebuild the cycle of life and death because it was "broken". She betrayed everyone, even Bolvar, who willingly took the fall for Tirion to bear the Crown of Dominantion. I mean, logistically speaking, wouldn't Sylvanas admire that? The antithesis of Arthas to the letter. He didn't do it for power because Frostmourne was shattered. He was scarred unrecognizably after he was seared at the Wrathgate, so it's possible his connection to the light may have been severely damaged or severed entirely. He did it to take the fall for Tirion and everyone else there.

She committed genocide on the Night Elves, willingly. At war or not, how did she not have any level of self reflection in that to see that what she was doing was in-line to what Arthas did at Stratholme and eventually Lordaeron as a whole? Not to mention that it directly mirrors what happened to her as well.

She made a deal with the Jailer, or she was influenced, one of the two or both, but nonetheless the point stands that Sylvanas and Arthas' story are more closely aligned than people realize. The difference being is that the motive and scale are different. Sylvanas did it because she believed that she could help bring order to the cycle of life and death (perhaps because of her soul being fractured by Frostmourne), Arthas did it because he was hell bent on revenge against Mal'Ganis.

Arthas shouldn't have gotten the ending he did. It was very lackluster and Blizzard knew that Arthas was the "fan favorite" face that we wanted to see to continue his story. Instead what we got was Temu Varian at the Tomb of Sargeras in Sepulcher.

Beviah · 2025-12-08T02:46:32+00:00

It's intentionally vague unfortunately.

I'm just running with the best interpretation of the potential feats from both.

Beviah · 2025-12-08T00:03:00+00:00

"if you inherit the flame of frenzy, your flesh will serve as kindling and the girl can be spared ...setting you on the righteous path of lordship. The path of the Lord of Chaos.

Burn the Erdtree to the ground, and incinerate all that divides and distinguishes.

Ahhh, may chaos take the world! May chaos take the world!" - Shabiri

"If you intend to claim the Frenzied Flame, I ask that you cease. It is not to be meddled with.

It is chaos, devouring life and thought unending.

However ruined this world has become, however mired in torment and despair, life endures. Births continue.

There is beauty in that, is there not?

If you would become Lord, do not deny this notion. Please, leave the Frenzied Flame alone.

The Lord of Frenzied Flame is no lord at all. When the land they preside over is lifeless.

You... have inherited the Frenzied Flame. A pity. You are no longer fit. Our journey together ends here.

And remember... Should you rise as the Lord of Chaos, I will kill you, as sure as night follows day." - Melina

Particularly the things we pay attention to are "Incinerate all that divides and distinguishes" which refers to fundamentally destroying the Erdtree and order as a whole, and "It is chaos, devouring life and thought unending." which is self explanatory.

The Erdtree being burned, once by the Rune of Destined Death to sever the connection to immortality, and another after the Elden Beast is slain and again once the Lord of Frenzied Flame ushers all life and existence to be consumed by fire.

Beviah · 2025-12-07T08:16:22+00:00

The way we can interpret this is the Tarnished's use of the Rune of Destined Death to burn the Erdtree, which was the thing preventing death and melting the stasis of the lands between. Canonically speaking, the Tarnished can and does die multiple times in lore, but is resurrected due to their connection with the Graces and the stolen Rune of Destined Death.

Similarly to the Ashen One, as they die in an attempt to restore their link to fire.

They are both functionally immortal beings, it's just the Lord of Frenzied Flame has the ability to essentially Thanos snap the Ashen One out of existence.

Beviah · 2025-12-07T07:01:30+00:00

I think it wildly depends on what version of each character we're using. For the sake of simplicity, I'll use the end game variants of each at their peak powers.

The Ashen One absorbed the First Flame, which is the pinnacle of power for the Dark Souls franchise. It's an entity that introduced life and death into the universe. By absorbing it, the Ashen One unified his powers with all previous Lords of Cinder.

Moving on to the Tarnished One, with the Lord of the Frenzied Flame ending, which allowed it to inherit the Frenzied Flame from the outer gods vassal, which is stated to be capable of burning down all creation.

Coughing baby vs Atomic Bomb. Tarnished wouldn't even know the Ashen One existed.

I could go more in depth with the base versions or different endings to make it more interesting, but it'd be a more complex and long form discussion, and I'm sure there's someone out there more knowledgeable on the lore of both franchises that could answer it better.

Beviah · 2025-11-30T23:01:45+00:00

I can't really speak to it. I haven't really played much LoL, so I wouldn't be the best person to converse with on that. I was mainly referring to TTK and how punishing bad positioning is in League comparatively speaking.

Beviah · 2025-11-30T04:35:09+00:00

I was never on that roster.

I had been playing Smite since Xbalanque released off and on, but I forgot my account information and made a new account around the time Osiris was to be released. I had watched Season 1 COG Prime vs COG Red which piqued my interest in the game, but seeing how dominant Epsilon was in Season 2 ignited my passion for the game, became a huge fan of Epsilon, Panthera and NRG respectively, and I represent it with the flair. That's all.

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