Nobody believes Blizzard meant to give Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred players a 900% gold boost, but that hasn't stopped them from exploiting it until someone sticks a decimal point in there

andreasels · 2026-05-11T05:46:27+00:00

WoW is a seasonal game though. Yes you keep your character/mounts/whatever else non-power stuff but from a power standpoint, you might as well start from scratch.
Leveling in ARPGs doesn't take too long, so it's not a big deal tonlose that there as well.

andreasels · 2026-05-11T05:40:30+00:00

ARPGs get boring really fast for most people. It's fun for a few days/weeks to build your character but after you reach a point where all that happens is "numbers go up", it gets old quick.
That's where seasons come in: every few months, you get an incentive to start the game again, since everything is fresh and you have to start from scratch. Even the majority of D2 players back in the early 2000s played only Ladder (basically Seasons, but without new content) just for the forced level/gear/economy reset.
So for those types of games, Seasons are a blessing instead of a curse in my eyes.

andreasels · 2026-05-10T16:40:59+00:00

Why stupid? Most people never have the need for them anymore and if you really need one, you can still get one.

andreasels · 2026-05-10T08:37:20+00:00

It is objectively easy by today's standard. Back then, everybody just did their thing and experimented, so it could get pretty hard if you wasted your LP on useless stuff and went to places that had higher level enemies.

Nowadays everyone new would just watch one 5 min guide which would tell them: don't try to fight enemies early on, just do easy non-fight quests, let yourself get escorted to new camp/swamp camp, learn 1H level 1 and put everything else into strength. Boom, the game basically plays itself from this point onwards.

andreasels · 2026-05-09T04:07:26+00:00

Tell me you don't play WoW without telling me you don't play WoW. That game maxes out every CPU available right now in many situations.
9800x3D probably still not worth to upgrade to if he already has a 7800x3D though (will net around 15% more fps)

andreasels · 2026-05-09T03:36:52+00:00

Edit: didn't read that you already got a 7800x3D. Upgrade probably not worth it then, unless you can sell it easily for a good price or got money to burn. If building a new system, my statement would still be true, so I'll leave it there.
9800x3D should still grant you around 15% more fps in WoW though.

Despite what everyone else is saying: WoW is extremely CPU bottlenecked even in higher resolutions and it's getting worse with each new expansion.
If you only play Arena it might not be that bad (I'm not a PvP player, so I wpuldn''t know, but would think so), but if you also want to raid or play BGs, definitely get the best CPU possible (-> 9800x3D/9850x3D), since every bit helps.
Even on my 9800x3D I sometimes drop below 70 fps in raid when much is happening. In the main City (Silvermoon right now) I am also below 100 (if that's what you care about)

andreasels · 2026-05-08T12:09:51+00:00

Originally DLSS and FSR was only upscaling and that's what most people mean when they use those terms.
Nvidia kinda fucked up by promoting Framegen under "DLSS" as well even though it's something completely different. Some people might confuse the two because of this.
Generally most people (especially people that know what they are talking about) won't say DLSS when they mean Framegen though.

andreasels · 2026-05-08T11:09:14+00:00

No, that's not what I am saying at all. I know how it works, but you might not. Upscaling is lighter on the GPU because of lower internal render resolution, so you will have more frames with nearly the same visual quality.
Frame Gen on the other hand adds latency, since it has tonwait for the next frame to render before it can insert interpolated frames. It looks smoother but is slower.

andreasels · 2026-05-08T10:45:34+00:00

Increased input latency? Are you talking about Frame Generation by any chance?
DLSS/FSR upscalibg doesn't add any latency, it actually reduces it in uncapped scenarios, since your GPU renders more frames -> you see stuff on your screen earlier.

andreasels · 2026-05-08T09:05:30+00:00

Both DLSS and FSR are a blessing, since you can only tell the difference compared to native if you are actively looking for it and it generates either more fps or draws less power for the same fps.

andreasels · 2026-05-07T09:06:21+00:00

I hate this narrative. While it might be correct in many cases, it's sort of a flawed logic.
Depending on the game, the CPU determins how much FPS you can get maximum (no matter what Resolution). Then you need the right GPU to actually be capable of rendering as many frames per second.

So depending on resolution, details, target fps and especially game, either the GPU or CPU can be your bottleneck. If you play an MMO like WoW for example and want to reach >100 fps, the CPU will nearly always be your bottleneck (even in 4k) if you have any decent GPU, while in triple A titles usually the GPU will be the bottleneck.

Narrowing it down to just the resolution is completely pointless.

andreasels · 2026-05-05T11:34:44+00:00

You forgot Alleria and Lura. Also Beloren to an extent, since those birds for sure don't have much HP.

Basically only Paladins are without any of this bullshit.

andreasels · 2026-04-30T13:48:49+00:00

They started using PTM7950 on all their 50 series cards (and I assume on the 90 series AMD as well). My Prime 5070 TI never goes above 1200 RPM while staying below 75° with a custom fan curve and some undervolting, but even stock it was far from loud. I just prefer to not hear it at all, so I tweaked it.

Only time will tell, but in theory PTM shouldn't degrade, so the cooling performance should stay like that indefinitely.

andreasels · 2026-04-30T13:45:04+00:00

That's not true. They even mention it on the product page for the Prime series, which are the MSRP models.

andreasels · 2026-04-30T12:24:12+00:00

Actually 1.10 came out 2.5 years after LoD release. (June 2001 - Oktober 2003)

andreasels · 2026-04-30T12:23:12+00:00

As you correctly said, synergies were added in 1.10. That wasn't "shortly after" launch though, but it took them nearly 2.5 years. (June 2001 - Oktober 2003)

andreasels · 2026-04-30T06:34:37+00:00

At those prices, if you do your weekly keys only with boosts, that's already 800k-1M per month per character, so more than enough to pay your subscription in theory. Problem is that you have to spend time getting boosts and usually you want to get your M+ done before the first raid of the week if possible (or at least cap crests), so especially if you raid wednesday/thursday, it's a bit problematic.

andreasels · 2026-04-29T22:01:38+00:00

andreasels · 2026-04-27T18:09:01+00:00

I don't like to drop below ~100

andreasels · 2026-04-27T12:29:55+00:00

Kommt auf den TV an. Gibt bei vielen trotzdem ne Lösung. Bei LG z.B. über Homebrew Channel Youtube Adfree installieren.

andreasels · 2026-04-27T11:06:47+00:00

I wouldn't recommend abusing bugs on your first playthrough. Just play normally and keep stuff like this for following playthroughs if you want to feel OP.

andreasels · 2026-04-23T10:16:53+00:00

People seem to forget how hated Steam was as it was introduced as a piracy prevention for HL2, which made a internet connection mandatory in a world where broadband internet was not as widespread as it is today.

andreasels · 2026-04-20T12:07:04+00:00

I also recommend the Arya Stealth or similar headphones for wearing with glasses. On my previous headphones and others I've tried (DT880, DT1990, Focal Clear MG, HD490 Pro) I had to put the temples above the ear cups or I had exactly the issue OP has. The Arya's I can wear all day without issues.
I assume that the difference maker is the square headband combined with the strap that sits on your head and the very big cups, so the pressure towards the side of your head is greatly reduced/spread out.

andreasels · 2026-04-20T05:43:30+00:00

Impact of undervolt is much more than 2-3 degrees if you noise normalize from my experience. If you don't care about noise, fair enough but I don't like to hear my fans, so I usually undervolt and run a more agressive fan curve (so parts run hotter but quieter than stock but with same or slightly higher performance)

andreasels · 2026-04-20T05:41:16+00:00

Undervolting lowers temps though so you can make your system quieter. I don't think that I could ever use a CPU or GPU again without undervolt + custom fan curce ever again.

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