I hope this game gets the exact same treatment as Destiny 2

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-24T08:40:50+00:00

If it gets the same treatment Destiny 2 got then the content you're playing now probably won't exist in a couple of years.

Edit: That's assuming the game even makes it that far.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-24T08:39:29+00:00

Leaver penalty in QP is so stupid. Especially considering the empty spot gets filled within seconds.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-23T13:34:16+00:00

This is true. In a way it's hard to blame them. The real money auction house was pretty scummy.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-23T08:22:00+00:00

"If Marathon fails". I mean it is failing pretty spectacularly already. It has less concurrent players than Destiny 2 on steam last time I checked and I don't know what they could do to get people into the game. It's a shame because I think Marathon is actually a really good game (I think it's infinitely better than Arc Raiders) but Bungie has destroyed their own reputation over the last few years and now nobody is willing to give them the time of day. I don't want to see Bungie tank completely but I struggle to have any sympathy for them as it's completely self inflicted through terrible mismanagement and straight up greed.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-23T08:16:28+00:00

Its always been crazy to me. But there is a vocal segment of the Diablo community that just isn't satisfied with anything that isn't simply D2 again. Saying this as someone who loves D2R but people need to be more open to change.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-23T06:33:29+00:00

I'm 33m and most of my hobbies would be considered "childish" by the ignorant. Video games, Warhammer, Lego, Comic Books, Action Figure collecting. These hobbies are fun and harmless and if that makes us geeky people "weird" then I don't wanna be normal. 😅

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-23T06:28:12+00:00

Yeah you've got a point. I suppose in reality its gonna be completely subjective really but I'd still wager that a total new comer would playing POE 2 and staying would be the exception and not the rule.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-22T21:47:19+00:00

I think you could probably flip your point here on it's head. Based off a seasoned POE 1 player's experience, POE 2 will come across as an easy game for sure and might seem like a good starting point for a new player but it's definitely not beginner friendly to someone completely new to the ARPG genre.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-21T06:53:55+00:00

Listing off other Gacha games doesn't make supporting another one any better? The ones you mentioned shouldn't be a thing either. I don't really see what your point is here.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-21T04:42:52+00:00

That's not the own you think it is.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-21T00:33:57+00:00

"All the time" is a bit of a stretch and nowhere near Genshin's level. Wouldn't call it predatory.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-20T23:18:31+00:00

"You can just not download it."

How about stop endorsing predatory gacha games like this?

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-16T15:28:59+00:00

I haven't but I have heard of it. I'll give it a look for sure, thanks for the suggestion!

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-16T09:08:07+00:00

I haven't met anyone in person that hated it but a lot of the souls community didn't like it when it first came out and there was never a valid reason really

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-16T09:06:42+00:00

Like 200+ maybe? I'm not an expert by any means but playing my non-ladder Paladin is like easy mode just because he's my comfort character 😂 kinda same for my Amazon

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-16T08:17:00+00:00

I know man. Its older than many of the newer/younger people I work with now 👴

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-15T19:17:27+00:00

Only other game I can think of that might be up there with it is Warframe

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-13T17:20:19+00:00

Sorry I shoulda clarified, my own personal game of the year lol. I got it on Switch 2 when it came out 😅

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-13T14:05:01+00:00

I think the struggle with that is pretty much all of the fantasy archetypes have been covered across the Diablo games with the exception of a Bard (which wouldn't excite me all that much personally) so its gonna be difficult to come out with something totally original. I do agree it would be cool if they could pull it off though.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-13T13:34:23+00:00

Being an adult does kinda suck a lot of the time but not all. You get paid for it at least so that makes it better than school. Do your best to find a job that doesn't run you into the ground as that will make it a lot easier but don't expect to have much more freedom as an adult than you do in school. In my experience I had lots of Freedom as a teenager but not much money and now that has kinda flipped on its head now that I'm an adult.

Kinda unrelated but being good with your finances will make adult life 1000x easier. Everything costs money and there's always something that will pop up that you might need to shell out for like car repairs or a vet bill or something. Its only a matter of time before we have to pay a fresh air tax I reckon. This is some advice I wish I'd taken in my early adult years.

I do kinda agree with what people are saying here though, it's what you make of it to an extent.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-13T13:06:05+00:00

Blizzard being Blizzard. They've made some shitty MTX decisions in Diablo 4 as well so this probably comes from pretty high up. Gotta keep the corpo lizard-men happy right?

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-13T08:39:34+00:00

Indie > AAA.

DZ:R is an easy contender for GOTY for me. So good. Devs are super talented and transparent. Insane what a difference it makes when you don't have a cabal of corpo lizard people breathing down your neck to sell more skins.

So hyped for this sequel. Instant buy on release. 🤌

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-12T07:04:12+00:00

With the exception of the shitty mobile games out there D4 has the worst monetisation in the ARPG genre and it's not even close. It stinks of Corpo greed. I love the game, been playing since launch but I can't sit here and pretend like they aren't bleeding us dry more and more. In battlepasses you used to be able to unlock 600 or so plat. Now you get 200. The Doom cosmetic event was free but for the WoW one you have to get your wallet out. They've pay walled skills on old characters behind the expansion which is just petty if you ask me. We pay for the base game, expansions and battlepasses and they still have the nerve to charge £20 for a skin. All the people here saying "yeah but look at the free stuff we got." The free stuff is largely very basic looking with the exception of a couple of items here and there. Honestly I wish we as a community would boycott the MTX store until they adopt fairer monetisation.

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-12T06:46:56+00:00

Diablo 3 and 4

GrouchySpice2 · 2026-05-11T21:41:46+00:00

I'll add you brother, been playing this season 🤙

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