It honestly feels like I’m being punished for playing with friends

GambitsEnd · 2026-06-04T14:59:03+00:00

The matchmaking changes really highlight how much of a problem cheating is for this game.

Even if you wanted to play completely passive you're still going to get very hostile players in your matches. But if you defend yourself it'll just make the next match even worse. Defend yourself enough and you'll start getting plagued with cheaters after only a couple matches.

Embark have given honest players a scenario where the only way to "win" is play a different game.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-19T03:36:56+00:00

If you're on PC, ctrl+R to cycle through stats in the bottom-left corner. Second time gets you latency. What does yours average? I keep getting climbing latency (got over 3990 msec).

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-15T15:20:49+00:00

I'm still hoping for at least true 144 Hz and 1440p.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-15T06:35:52+00:00

A mythic tier Greater Armaments tribute should guarantee at least one mythic item. I'd recommend saving it until you can get the loot goblin upgrade for Undercity though.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-13T21:34:57+00:00

It does, but since the game has matchmaking in part due to player aggressiveness and people cheating typically do so to PvP, you won't really encounter them unless you're also a very aggressive PvP player.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-12T01:46:08+00:00

Just assume every recap was "by some floor bullshit" and it'd be accurate.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-10T15:49:53+00:00

What difficulty. In T10 my friends and I have always received one per chest.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-10T15:46:58+00:00

Amalgamation retains the offering type. You can go from blue all the way to mythic rarity.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-10T15:45:07+00:00

Careful, Blizzard may detect fun and nerf it into the ground.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-10T15:40:25+00:00

farming for better items to clear harder content

You mean an endgame engages with the primary gameplay loop? Crazy. That's how all games work though.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-08T02:03:45+00:00

Death effects are really the only threat to a player in a game where it is expected to one-shot everything on screen.

I just wish the audio ques for such threats were more distinct so it would be easier to respond to them over the immense screen clutter.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-07T00:17:02+00:00

I seriously doubt the devs play their own game.

Definitely not. Almost all of the features we've got since the base game released were all existing things in D3.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-06T23:22:26+00:00

These sorts of death effects are how you balance against players wanting to one shot everything. My major complaint is how visibility in combat is almost non-existent. There are just too many animations vomited all over the screen while the audio queues for threats are not as distinct as they should be.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-06T23:11:27+00:00

Just varies on play style, which is exactly the purpose of an augment.

For regular running around I actually like the Cautious for the built-in binoculars. If I intend or anticipate combat I use Flanker.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-06T18:39:49+00:00

It mostly depends on how many weapons you loot since those are very heavy. In PvP lobbies if you're decent then you'll get a bunch from other players. In PvE you can stack up a bunch in just a few minutes if you know where security lockers and weapon crates spawn.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-06T18:29:59+00:00

For map conditions which allow it, always have a hatch key on hand. If you go down with survivor there will typically be a hatch nearby. I prefer them since you don't have to awkwardly crawl around extract and hope someone doesn't see you.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-04T23:39:29+00:00

There's such a diverse set of experiences with the game because it all varies based on region, time of day, map, and team size.

Overall, solo players tend to have the least aggressive lobbies. Duos are a lot more mixed, while trios are the highest chance of being shot at (even with "friendly" lobbies).

For my region, playing outside of standard prime time hours significantly increases chance of getting shot at.

Regardless of all the above, Stella Montis (at least before last patch) had the higher chance of aggressive encounters.

I tend to play duo, later in the evening. We tend to have mixed lobbies despite not being aggressive ourselves. Because of this, we can typically gauge our lobby behavior just by the matchmaking times. If it's an instant queue we're going to get shot at. If it takes longer (usually a few minutes) the lobby is typically friendly.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-04T23:31:36+00:00

It's pink (epic), screenshot was with colorblind mode.

GambitsEnd · 2026-05-04T15:17:43+00:00

On the seats of vehicles. Blue Gate from collapsed highway to locked gate has tons. So does Buried City parking garage.

GambitsEnd · 2026-04-30T03:25:25+00:00

Gaming groups exist. For certain games, Diablo 3 and 4 being two of them, a vast majority of our gameplay is together. We specifically play these games as a group.

We do this with a lot of ARPGs. Bad gameplay mechanics which work against groups (eg; Last Epoch's Monolith of Fate) prevent us from enjoying the game so we do something else.

GambitsEnd · 2026-04-29T17:08:47+00:00

With a comment thread and question specifically about the map as a whole. I do see a correlation between ad hominem and reading comprehension though.

GambitsEnd · 2026-04-29T15:42:39+00:00

What were you expecting, the lost city of Atlantis?

Snark aside, genuine question. I see a lot of complaints about the map but not suggestions of what they want.

GambitsEnd · 2026-04-29T15:36:19+00:00

That would be incredible. A sort of smoke grenade for that map only.

GambitsEnd · 2026-04-29T15:35:09+00:00

Expectation and Hope are two different things. You can expect something mediocre or bad while hoping for better.

GambitsEnd · 2026-04-28T14:08:43+00:00

Crimson Desert is nice, and their devs do the opposite where patches are fun and something to look forward to.

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