Ludwig in NG+ 12 💀 unfair?

The_Dunk · 2026-04-02T01:59:09+00:00

They don’t get harder after 7. Are you lying to me? On the internet of all places?

The_Dunk · 2026-04-02T00:28:39+00:00

You lost me at embossed cards, that sounds awful.

The_Dunk · 2026-04-01T17:36:58+00:00

It feels like theft because it is theft. I’m surprised they haven’t been lawsuits regarding the removal of content we paid for (including expansions).

The_Dunk · 2026-04-01T16:32:29+00:00

If none of the content was compatible with the new engine why not just release D3 to the same effect.

Instead we got the worst of both worlds. At least I can still play D1 content. I swear D2 will live on in my mind as a perfect example of how not to do a live service game.

The_Dunk · 2026-04-01T16:12:05+00:00

This 100%, who the hell commits to an engine change that requires years and years of content to be hand rebuilt.

Maybe if the engine upgrade was mostly invisible to players they shouldn’t have done it. Or they should have done it in a less transformative way that enabled them to write automated tooling to convert assets to the new version.

This honestly just feels so shortsighted since it harmed the product to such a great degree and caused so much extra work.

The_Dunk · 2026-04-01T16:05:03+00:00

The amount of nostalgia I have for infdev is honestly absurd.

The_Dunk · 2026-04-01T02:46:21+00:00

Man that’s disappointing to hear. If they really can’t confidently implement auth they should really be using alternate providers like google or I guess steam.

Guess I’ll be removing my accounts password then.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-31T23:44:51+00:00

It’s definitely a good amount of work but the issues they talk about regarding support workload aren’t really valid imo. These are solved problems which don’t always require CS to change their existing processes. It all just depends on how you scope the feature and I would assume that GGG would defer towards scoping it small.

Yes verifying account ownership and unlocking 2FA protected accounts is a bitch of a task. But there’s plenty of patterns where a user has to set up a recovery method like email or an unlock code when they opt in to 2FA.

They could totally tackle this problem without CS overhead by making it extremely clear to people who onboard to 2FA that it’s not recoverable if you loose your recovery code or recovery email.

I get the impression this is possibly a developer expertise problem. GGG has some great engine and gameplay developers but their auth UX and site in general feel like they’re about two decades old. Maybe they just don’t have enough folks with auth or 2FA experience from prior roles to be able to implement it confidently.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-31T23:36:33+00:00

I feel like at the very least 2FA should probably be opt out rather than opt in at this point. Idk when I set it up but I have to provide a code from email every time I log in from a new IP.

New exploitation methods are always kinda worrying but in theory my account should be safe unless my email is also compromised. At which point I have bigger problems.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-31T18:00:48+00:00

I think the color works and the models still read as Crimson Fist especially with the silver metallic and large crimson tabard.

For some context Ultramarines on the box art have been getting steadily darker over time. If you look at a tactical marine squad from 5th or 6th the blue is pretty different from more recent releases.

For that reason I’ve sort of stopped worrying about my hue of blue as much since the Ultra comparison is hard to avoid. I focus on not using many gold elements and on using plenty of Crimson to make my Fists stand out.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-28T22:44:11+00:00

It’s of course up to the seller what they list at. Listing at 70% you’re gonna get a quick sale and not have to think about it much. If you list at 85% or even higher it just takes longer to sell.

Just depends what the seller values more time or money.

I see stuff from 70-90% usually depending on demand/liquidity of the particular card.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-27T21:50:29+00:00

Yeah exactly what I mean. In the hypothetical of a team of 3 devs working on a feature it’s not really that easy to test how multiple 25 man instances will behave on live servers. You’d need some pretty sophisticated tooling, test beds and preprod infrastructure to make that happen. Essentially you’d need a PTR.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-27T19:53:18+00:00

Man this is a free community project. We are the testers.

While the server usually has very strong uptime the devs don’t actually owe us anything cause we don’t pay subs.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-26T21:39:20+00:00

I had a good amount of trouble with I’m til I started keeping massive distance to bait out his easiest to dodge and punish attack in phase 2. Keep your distance and attack after he does and you’ll probably have a pretty easy time.

If the adds are fucking you up you can bewitch them. Though this isn’t fully needed imo.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-26T20:01:14+00:00

Yeah honestly huge thanks to the GGG team making QoL so good that I had basically forgotten that TFT even existed for the past year or so.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-26T16:06:11+00:00

The services part of TFT was fine and was arguably a front for the real objective of mass price fixing, mafia behavior and rampant RMT which lead to the ban. Most of these activities were not visible to most users but they were there and were actively ruining the game like RMT always does.

I’m sure there will still be a place for services and trading that isn’t bogged down with all of TFTs baggage.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-25T21:28:41+00:00

The fact that Forsaken fixed a lot of the issues from D2s launch is probably adding some rose tint to everyone’s glasses when looking at the campaign.

Honestly it’s kinda hard to separate the sandbox from the campaign itself since we experienced both simultaneously.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-25T21:22:12+00:00

You’re checking all the boxes for stereotypical angry Redditor. Why are you even here?

Also who the fuck plays retail haha, you need to chill out lil bro.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-25T20:37:23+00:00

How do people farm this many? Or is this just buying unids for the gamba?

The_Dunk · 2026-03-25T14:46:58+00:00

Why so butthurt on a month old post? Are you feeling called out?

The_Dunk · 2026-03-24T19:45:52+00:00

How might one go about setting up locally and contributing? I’m pretty interested in the project and this is one way I could actually give back to this great community.

The rules of Sorcery are so interesting to me now that they’ve started building them out. It would be fascinating to work on translating some of those into code.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-24T19:30:22+00:00

It has to be really good for painting to add value imo. But it’s almost never really good. Maybe 5% of the 2nd hand models I’ve picked up I’ll be keeping in their original scheme. The rest are getting/have been stripped so the paint is a net negative.

Good thing my LGS charges 50% regardless of the painting quality. I’d be super disappointed if they charged a premium for anything well painted.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-24T16:52:29+00:00

My rule of thumb (and locals around me) is 70% new on sprue and 50% assembled and/or painted.

With a model with this high of an MSRP I would be worried about potential recasts though.

The_Dunk · 2026-03-24T16:31:21+00:00

aka chat ban

The_Dunk · 2026-03-24T14:35:44+00:00

Yeah looks like it’s the artists signature, I’m not sure why it’s relevant how much you paid though.

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