December 2025 General Games Discussion

[Johnway]

Went back to path of exile one more time after sleeping on it. i saw that there was a few things i could do to make things easier to complete the Tier 17 maps and i figured that it would be a bit of waste of effort (not to mention all the resources) not to try some things. But yes after several attempts i was successful. Admittedly it was luck. i found a weaker t17 map which had one or 2 fewer modifiers and with a whole load of luck and googling i was successful.

Will i go back and do t17 maps ever again? hell no! they're tough! had i tried that when i was level 96 whilst leveling up i would have raged quit for good. Thankfully i only attempted it after just getting to level 97 so i had no exp to lose and was prepared to make a few more mistakes. Although the maps themselves are HIGHLY lucrative, i only splurged a lot of money and resources. Spent at least nearly 200 chaos orbs attempting it (i bought x4 maps at 30 each and i bought a load of other stuff for 50-100 choas orbs). but i had nearly 700+ chaos orbs and i kept selling lifeforce to soften the blow. So i'm alright for now.

So i will be now grinding maps with a vengeance. i can get 22 by tomorrow and the rest i need to just grind and grind as fast as i can.

 

[Zed Clampet]

@neogunhero one thing about Darktide I didn't mention is that the higher difficulties can present a level of insanity that Vermintide generally didn't reach. You can have dozens of specials at the same time. I accidentally dodged into a corner today and had five specials trap me, and those were just the specials that were near me when I dodged. I immediately pulled out my rocket launcher, but it's too slow to fire, and I went down.

We bought the new Hive character, and we're only at level 10 right now, so the going is pretty tough, although we only failed one mission today. We play just the two of us with two bots. The bots aren't bad. In fact, some things they do better than people. For one thing, they never pick up your ammo because they have infinite ammo. Also, they are nearly magical at reviving you if you need it. They'll wade into a fire filled with Ragers to revive you, and sometimes they even succeed. The bad part is that they really don't pull their weight in killing stuff, which makes things harder overall.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Darktide. I can't believe I'm just now getting this.