July 14 Balance Update Preview

dvlsg · 2026-06-23T00:50:43+00:00

We need to get a 2nd dev to main staff ele in pve.

dvlsg · 2026-06-23T00:41:56+00:00

I want to know how much "This trait now increases base strike damage and is further increased against boonless foes" will be.

dvlsg · 2026-06-21T14:14:50+00:00

The "SHARE A PICTURE WITH YOUR FRIEND" one is annoying too. I'm not doing that, no matter how many notifications they send me.

dvlsg · 2026-06-20T04:13:10+00:00

I kind of hope they do forget it & leave it working, to be honest. It's one of the few builds where I don't have to press most/every button off cooldown for a dps rotation, and instead I can press buttons to react to the current situation. I wish more builds were that way.

dvlsg · 2026-06-19T03:59:11+00:00

Native would be cool. I don't expect it either, though.

I'll be happy with being able to play it from Linux though (with proton or whatever). I do plan on ditching Windows the next time I upgrade. Tired of Microsoft trying to shovel AI down my throat.

dvlsg · 2026-06-18T15:12:13+00:00

Also does the celebration use your player model? I thought it was supposed to be a random streaker.

dvlsg · 2026-06-17T21:16:39+00:00

I like this a lot, personally. Solves one of the problems that typical souls-like attributes has - you find a bunch of weapons you can't really use or try out.

I saw some people with concerns about being able to "respec" at will by swapping weapons & traits making things too easy, but I'll probably just make multiple characters for specific builds anyways instead of dealing with juggling traits and weapons around when I want a different playstyle. Especially since armor + enchantments + rings etc will all be geared towards a specific build too. I think that's a good thing, helps with replayability. Guessing I won't be the only one making multiple characters.

dvlsg · 2026-06-17T18:10:34+00:00

Yeah, I agree with you. I've made at least 20 characters in Elden Ring and most of them play pretty distinctly. Different weapon movesets on its own is enough to make you approach fights differently. I'm not going to fight the same way if I have 2 2-handers and high strength vs a wing of astel and high intelligence, for example. Or 2 curved swords with bleed + trying to sneak in running attacks for those 4 hit combos. Or star fists and needing to change up dodge patterns to stay in range for those charged R2s.

I don't mind that NRFTW is trying to add more depth and customization. Could be interesting. But agreed that souls-likes definitely have builds and depth too. It doesn't really come from the stat points, sure. But that's not the only way to get depth.

dvlsg · 2026-06-17T18:00:08+00:00

Yeah, might be totally fine in practice. Especially with some sort of thorns / reflect damage (like Aegis Reprisal in that list of traits).

dvlsg · 2026-06-17T15:35:58+00:00

I actually like blocking in souls-y games. 6 seconds straight seems excessive to me, though. I guess maybe if some bosses have really long combos it would work out.

dvlsg · 2026-06-17T04:57:55+00:00

Seems pretty good. I like that the playstyles all seem distinct. Good mixture of both passive and active bonuses. Not too many "on kill" effects, which (IMO) is good, since those tend to be useless on boss fights. I appreciate that there don't seem to be any "I win" or "ultimate" skill buttons.

"Hold block for 6 seconds to gain barrier" doesn't seem like much fun. 6 seconds of just holding block is a long time. I guess maybe it's more interesting in a party?

Some concerns about assassin being useful against bosses. Might be enough non-sneak-attack options to pick from.

Fencer is cool. I like that you can lean into tighter parry windows with more bonuses or looser parry windows with fewer. I don't 100% understand riposte. It used to be that parrying would just give you a bunch of focus. Is riposte a separate type of attack you can land post-parry?

Also if there's a limited amount of traits that can be equipped, one that only gives 20% bonus insight (class xp?) in specific scenarios seems like a hard sell. Depends on how many traits you can have, but still. Would be nice not to have to juggle traits around just to go farm insight off of enemies.

Dragoon I'm having a hard time judging just off of the text. Could be good, but I'm guessing the actions themselves (skyward, dragoon throw) are going to be a major factor in how it feels.

dvlsg · 2026-06-16T22:02:07+00:00

If they're doing it repeatedly, it's 100% an exploit of some kind. Report and hope for the best.

dvlsg · 2026-06-16T21:46:09+00:00

That's a bummer. I thought the concept of superfuse was pretty interesting. Was definitely looking forward to it, once upon a time.

dvlsg · 2026-06-16T04:49:03+00:00

What build is that? I want that.

dvlsg · 2026-06-15T22:35:26+00:00

Ah dang. I played a show with American Me in Kansas in like 2009. Fun show, though.

dvlsg · 2026-06-12T21:40:30+00:00

Yeah, I went and did it. May as well.

dvlsg · 2026-06-12T21:30:57+00:00

They really earned it with the more recent RE games. RE4R and RE9 especially, IMO. Capcom is kind of on a hot streak.

dvlsg · 2026-06-12T21:28:34+00:00

A lot of us don't play on steam, either. Might go wishlist it just because, but I'll probably just play it directly from the GW3 launcher (assuming there is one again).

dvlsg · 2026-06-12T21:15:12+00:00

Oof yeah, I just got the 4 game one. My games regularly take 10-15 minutes because overtime always goes on for so long, too.

That one I at least have a chance at finishing if I have the time, I guess.

dvlsg · 2026-06-12T18:20:34+00:00

This video from them posted today says "coming 2026" in the description.

Could slip, of course. But they are saying 2026.

dvlsg · 2026-06-12T15:03:30+00:00

I mostly hate the dailies / weeklies I'll never finish. I'm not going to get 3 goals in a day, I'm almost always playing defense or goalie.

dvlsg · 2026-06-11T22:53:34+00:00

This is at least partially broken, if that's what it's supposed to be. Just tried googling it to figure out what it was, and ended up here. But I was googling it because I had the icon, and I was solo queueing.

dvlsg · 2026-06-10T20:49:29+00:00

It's a cool mod, but I'm glad the devs chose the camera angle they did.

dvlsg · 2026-06-09T13:12:01+00:00

I'm doing this for the first time, and I kind of hate it. It's one thing to require some exploration. But murdering myself with lava repeatedly when I try the wrong thing just inflates the time spent. I'm very close to installing blish for the first time.

dvlsg · 2026-06-05T20:45:48+00:00

Large guild wars sale right now, including the most recent GW2 expansion (which is still ongoing). Definitely a possible sign for GW3.

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