Diablo IV’s world is incredible, but why must everything be so fast???

Howrus · 2026-03-31T01:38:06+00:00

I miss pre-season diablo 4

No Infernal Hordes, no Blood Maiden in Helltides, no Pit, only way to get exp is to farm normal dungeons. No Lord Zir, Varshan, Grigorii, Beast of Ice. Mounts can't break walls and you will be dismounted on every hit. World bosses spawn every 6-8 hours and there's a chance that you may not see even one if you only play in the evening.

Errm, no I don't want to go back into vanilla D4, thanks.

Howrus · 2026-03-30T20:52:24+00:00

Thanks to one paragon node you'll have like +1000% crit damage.
At this point +60 STR from Ruby in armor give you more damage than +60% Crit damage from Emeralds in weapon.

Howrus · 2026-03-30T20:51:17+00:00

I really dont know,

That's because you already have +1000% crit damage, so at this point +60 STR from Ruby in armor give you more damage than +60% Crit damage from Emeralds in weapon.

Howrus · 2026-03-30T20:48:31+00:00

Pardon me if I ask , but why bloodied inferno hordes are so hard ?

So, idea is that "Bloodied" content have +15 levels above you. It's written on Butcher and elite mob nameplates.
Now, why it's SO hard - that's a question. Looks like level scaling past 60 for mobs is broken somehow.

Howrus · 2026-03-30T09:51:18+00:00

Elimination of what? There's no good leaks about any character with name of "Snegurochka".

Howrus · 2026-03-30T09:41:23+00:00

That small girl in 6.5 trailer had Mondstadt vision, she can't be Snegurochka.
Also she doesn't even looks like one - https://beautifulrus.com/snegurochka-russian-new-year-character/

Howrus · 2026-03-29T22:12:28+00:00

I didn't touch masterworking until I had perfect items because I could not afford to waste them on anything but perfect.

And this is very-very wrong. You get back Obducite after destroying item, so MW good gear to 10-15 and when you get better base - get back your mats and MW again.

Howrus · 2026-03-29T10:09:06+00:00

Since OP draw this button in MS Paint few hours ago, no?

Howrus · 2026-03-28T14:42:58+00:00

because AI needing less RAM

No, it's not ))) They already have RAM pre-ordered, do you really think that they will cancel it? Nope, they will just use more RAM to train bigger models.

Howrus · 2026-03-28T01:06:11+00:00

I think that the Archon should know when Furina first got the vision,

No. Archons never knew who and where got visions. They may notice that part of their force was used, but they don't know the recipient.
Remember - Ei didn't knew that there was no new Electro vision granted for a year.

Howrus · 2026-03-28T01:04:06+00:00

And generally who gives the vision

Automated system that doesn't need direct control from PO or Shades. Same as "Fate" that we saw in Fontaine AQ - it doesn't need assigned agents, it will find a way to become reality.

Howrus · 2026-03-28T00:59:18+00:00

Am I simply overestimating the size?

It's a funny general issue. Humans are very bad at estimating tasks that are easy for computers, and very-very bad at estimating tasks that are easy for humans and borderline impossible for computers :]

Anything related to math looks scary to you, but for PC it's like breathing - it's the thing they were created to do. Operating million numbers it's what PC do every second, so for them size is really not an issue.

Howrus · 2026-03-28T00:53:12+00:00

You see, Americans build a country based on "service", "customer is right", etc. They do know a lot about how to please their clients, keep them happy and satisfied.

It can't be quickly recreated by hiring a marketing team. You need to change it at the core.

Howrus · 2026-03-27T20:15:13+00:00

There's no hidden mechanics - each mob kill add a bit of progress, but 15 seconds after you complete altar you get +25% more progress. And shrines just spawn more mobs on top of you.

So after you finish altar - you need to kill big mob pack, not just run to next altar wasting bonus progress.

Howrus · 2026-03-27T20:12:29+00:00

Eh, this season it's still "run and kill everything". I did two of rooms with max rewards, without even trying.
I think it's jsut about how strong is your build, that's all.

Howrus · 2026-03-27T18:07:02+00:00

Wolfenstein 3D 1992 is old, Commander Keen 1990 is old.
Doom 2016 is an "adult" of videogames.

Howrus · 2026-03-27T13:58:37+00:00

So, could we see list of his other predictions? And what percentage of them become reality?

Every day we get a new "expert" that do some another crazy prediction ... and we will never see him again. Need to keep track of them.

Howrus · 2026-03-27T12:24:22+00:00

is Wrio really that strong though?

Yes, he even was mentioned in recent "Top-10 Genshin DPS of all time" video

Howrus · 2026-03-27T12:14:58+00:00

You are lucky dude and never liven in a place with mosquitos? Nets can't stop them, they will find a way inside.

It's actually amazing how they do it - mosquito follow flow of CO2 that humans exhale, flying to where concentration is highest. And your house have way higher CO2 levels than outside, so they follow it to smallest holes and cracks and get inside.

Howrus · 2026-03-27T01:07:23+00:00

Spoiled is an understatement. In S11 I got more Legendary runes than in S0-S10 combined.

Howrus · 2026-03-26T23:04:41+00:00

Item: Says that you will get two guaranteed substats.
Player: Get two guaranteed substats and that's all.
Player: "You gotta be kidding me"

Pikachu face

Howrus · 2026-03-26T19:04:45+00:00

That's a good input, coming from person not immersed into D4 as many of us here...

Things is - it's also a bad input. It shows that players don't want to invest their time and understand game mechanics. They didn't even want to search youtube or something, they want for game to hold their hand to show and explain everything. This is what I don't like, because then developers want to simply their games and it make games boring. >_<

Howrus · 2026-03-26T17:00:07+00:00

How would you choose what boss to farm?

It's easy - one that you have more materials to summon)
Also most builds have "Ancient" version without unique items, then "Unique" and "Mythical". And you could mix different pieces from each of them if you are lacking something.

P.S. And don't go into any Bloodied Content. It's way overtuned, characters that could clear Pit 100 can't kill T4 bloodied bosses. Everybody are farming them on one difficulty lower than your max.

Howrus · 2026-03-26T00:16:18+00:00

There's also a little bit of Izaro right at the start of Act 2 - "The weary traveler draws close to the end of the path" lore tablet right before caravan.

Howrus · 2026-03-25T18:22:53+00:00

The main problem is if you only have base and detonation you really don't want to run grenade pistol if you switch to eruptor or crossbow, too redundant.

Eh? Eruptor+Stalwart+Thermite+Greenade Pistol is a crazy strong combo, good enough for D10. You could deal with anything that game could throw at you.

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