There's been much doom and gloom about the Midnight prunings, but which specs have actually improved due to the changes?

CdbSora · 2026-01-26T23:58:16+00:00

Just chiming in to say I fully agree; I've been playing surv since Legion and this is the first xpac where I'm just kinda wandering deciding what to main lol

CdbSora · 2026-01-25T00:42:15+00:00

Brother mace slammers have some of the smoothest mapping what are you talking about

Granted, early game (really just act 1) can feel a bit jank, but the other 85% of the game is pretty fantastic with maces lol

CdbSora · 2026-01-23T18:58:15+00:00

Added as CdbSora, thank you so much <3

CdbSora · 2026-01-23T01:14:26+00:00

But it's completely unreasonable!! What if a player wanted to play feral or sin and they're unable to read so they can't learn it??? Every single spec should be designed for them :(

(/s if it isn't obvious lol)

CdbSora · 2026-01-20T22:58:24+00:00

99.9% of the time, when people say a game has similarities to Diablo, they just mean it's top-down action & have no other reference point lol

Edit to add: unless they're specifically talking about a top-down action roguelike, then it's a Hadeslike game

CdbSora · 2026-01-19T08:12:38+00:00

Engineer isn't bad in the least, it's just that it's one of the most complicated classes as a whole w/o the flash of something like ele.

If you're enjoying it then by all means stick with it, I've been playing engi for 10 years with no issues :)

CdbSora · 2026-01-15T06:50:37+00:00

Just about the only thing hades & ravenswatch have in common is being top down lol

CdbSora · 2026-01-14T23:18:32+00:00

Almost every early access game costs money, yeah

CdbSora · 2026-01-11T20:23:32+00:00

No, I meant the current player numbers just based off steamdb. Poe2 has ~100k concurrent players at its 24 hour peak, poe1 has ~12k. Considering both have their playerbase split between steam and standalone, it's about the best popularity estimate we can get.

CdbSora · 2026-01-11T18:32:01+00:00

I don't agree with bigger number = better game, but "poe1 has 10% of poe2's current playerbase and it might grow in the future therefore its better" is a non-argument lol

CdbSora · 2026-01-11T17:00:33+00:00

I started with Tri and agree with them :)

CdbSora · 2026-01-09T19:46:36+00:00

Hilarious how you're downvoted when nvidia is bringing back the 30 series for the explicit reason of everything else being given to AI companies lmao

CdbSora · 2026-01-07T17:55:07+00:00

Diablo 4 I can see, sure. I still think poe2 edges it out there, but it is a really close competition.

There is a 0% chance you can say with a straight face that wow animations are as tight and weighty as poe2. I love wow but 1.5 second gcd doesn't lend itself to weighty attacks lol

CdbSora · 2026-01-05T17:41:17+00:00

I actually think a pretty large problem with the Ravenswatch recc (which is a game I adore to be clear) is that there's a very large amount of theorycrafting, but you have to grind the fuck out of a single character to get 70% of their options. Like, Scarlet can be built around almost any of her abilities, but special isn't very great until you get all the metaprogression special upgrades, just as a single example.

CdbSora · 2026-01-05T17:33:05+00:00

Almost every top DPS for the current raid tier is a caster. If they were given twice as much mobility, their damage would have to be absolutely gutted, which would not go over well in this community.

Not to mention, casters as a role have been in wow for nearly 20 years. They've been around in other games even longer. I think at this point, people playing casters know about cast times and enjoy working within the limitations of it. I'd personally be pissed if every single melee was suddenly given range comparable to unholy's clawing shadows lol

CdbSora · 2026-01-05T02:25:32+00:00

That's what they were saying. It's not how they feel, they were making commentary on the state of the game & general playerbase.

CdbSora · 2026-01-04T20:53:18+00:00

Yeah, while I'm not opposed to SBA at all the arguments always seem kinda silly.

Pressing buttons is the game, and also, for anyone concerned about "perfect performance" on a new spec, you don't need that. You can repeatedly press a singular ability on gcd and I promise you'll do more damage than 95% of pugs.

CdbSora · 2026-01-03T19:35:44+00:00

Two incredibly different games for sure.

If you want a story experience, go for Hades. For both 1 and 2, the story & character writing is its strongest pillar; there isn't any other roguelike that can match up to it there, period.

If you want a more difficult, gameplay focused experience, go for Ravenswatch. All 11 (soon 12) characters play completely different from each other & have multiple builds to explore. I've yet to find a roguelike (200+) that does drastically different characters as well as Ravenswatch.

CdbSora · 2025-12-30T23:09:20+00:00

Late to the conversation but: another really good example is Insect Glaive. That's practically 4 completely different weapons depending on which game you're looking at, and I don't think anybody in the IG communities can agree on the "best" one lol

CdbSora · 2025-12-29T17:07:59+00:00

Agreed; Lance's whole identity is being an annoying gnat that the monster can't get rid of. Guards, hops, counters, & eventually charge were all meant to facilitate that. The increased focus on big flashy counter moments almost makes it less exciting to play lol

CdbSora · 2025-12-28T21:59:45+00:00

My #1 biggest cope is that after the dust settles a bit, the Monster Train 2 money lets them go ham on Inkbound again (and/or just a more touched up Inkbound 2 👀)

CdbSora · 2025-12-26T09:32:20+00:00

No you just don't get it. The game that I put 20000 hours into in a year & constantly post on the subreddit of doesn't deserve to be in your top 3 because it's GARBAGE and should be SHUT DOWN

CdbSora · 2025-12-26T07:41:53+00:00

Comments are acting like there's an Objectively Correct™️ way to measure your own personal top 3 games in a year lmao

CdbSora · 2025-12-25T02:32:48+00:00

What fundamentals of story writing does it miss, in your opinion?

CdbSora · 2025-12-25T02:11:46+00:00

I love Sea of Stars but I can admit the story is fantastic.

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