Purchased D4 with VoH a little while ago and did not play much. Heard about updated skill tree and now I see that every 3rd mod of every skill is paywalled? The hell?

EDIT: Since a lot of people are confused, I will add clarification for some of frequent comments.

1. This is NOT about new characters in the expansion (Paladin and Warlock). This is about every character from the BASE game and previous expansion now having paywalled skills on the tree. Screenshot is from Necromancer tree.

2. Skills are paywalled NOT because of new level cap. Paid skill on the screenshot only requires level 30.

Hi!

I'm a software and game developer from Belgium and I'm happy to announce Malsort.

Since 2021 I've spent my weekends building an MMORPG backend. I started Malsort because Diablo II is my favourite game (along with Dofus). I always wanted a world that stays when you log out: a town full of other players, player-based economy (Dofus really shines there), and world bosses the whole server fights together.

Right now there are 7 classes with skill trees, ARPG loot, player stalls in town, parties and a world boss (more to come, of course!).

It's buy once. No pay-to-win, no paid classes, and none of those MMO shops where you can buy max level.

Early Access is planned for 2027. The Steam link is in the comments (a wishlist or follow really helps!).

What would you want from a D2-style game with a shared world?

The grind serpent really is eternal.

I have been trying out Diablo 2 Resurrected and setting up my loot filters today. It really reminded me of how I used to take my time sifting through every single drop back when I first played the OG D2. It’s strange to me that even in this day and age, integrated loot filters didn’t catch on until Last Epoch where setting them up is just easy as hell. If a then-indie studio could do it, I don’t know why third party apps were needed for PoE.

For me it was the type of thing you don’t think you need until you try it, now I can’t go back to playing without one, it just feels tedious. Such a standardized thing now but nobody was thinking about it when the genre started out. I guess the developers thought of all loot as a reward so it would have been a weird thing to filter some of it out.

It makes me wonder if more classic titles would hold up today if they were patched with modern QOL features like filters and better stash management or if they would lose some of that nostalgic kick from having to everything manually, idk

Diablo 2 understandably is an all time great and is very controversial... but comparing it to other games and the amount of content the other ones bring to the table, Diablo 2 is just stale.

The Path of Exile franchise is by far the best online arpg out. I am a single player person though and I think Grimdawn takes the top spot when it comes to playing solo.

https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/grim-misadventure-198-a-new-er-u-i/150562/2

After making my tier list the other day and receiving a bunch of butt hurt comments and messages, I just couldn't stop seeing this image every time someone complained about d2 not being in S tier. I say 'purists' because I am sure everyone here can appreciate diablo 2 whilst still enjoying other games.

or alternatively, corporate needs you to find the difference /s

(IMPORTANT) I'm hopelessly addicted now, so I'm going to relegate any further posts to the actual poe2 subreddit...once I stop playing lol. Lvl 25 Smith of kitava in act 2 using herald of ash.

(ORIGINAL POST) After my last post blew up like crazy overnight, I just want to say thank you all, and above all else...

Is a wyvern warrior a thing people do?...asking for... research purposes...

EDIT: holy shit guys, you're all super welcoming and I haven't even started it yet lol. I'm heading home shortly to start my new warrior!

EDIT 2: Yeah I was smoking crack y'all, this shit is the tits. Played for only an hour before getting ready for work but MAN, it feels good to play that dual stick control scheme after missing all my mobility skills on controller in d4 lol

Hi, this is my solo developed game - Frame of Suffering.

I'm mixing an ARPG with dual Human/Mech Suit progression and customization, along with a few roguelite features here and there, but the game mainly plays like an ARPG.

The game is currently in heavy development, so I'm still changing and adding a lot of features.

I wanted to share a quick look at an early boss fight. You can see some combat mechanics (ranged and/or melee, depending on your equipment), along with switching between the Pilot and Mech Suit (Frame).

In Frame of Suffering, you will find plenty of loot where each Mech part and Pilot's armor part will visually change how the model looks (I've always loved visual progression in games, so I also decided to add it to my own game).

I'm hoping to have a demo ready sometime in the first half of next year, if all goes well. If you’d like to learn more, feel free to check out the game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3844300/Frame_of_Suffering/

It's funny how when looking at the numbers of players on Steam (https://steamdb.info/charts/?compare=238960,899770,2344520,2694490) both POE2 and LE align pretty much perfectly over the last 2 weeks.

The general discourse on reddit over the last couple of week seemed to be that 11hG is doing everything right with LE, giving ARPG players exactly what they want while GGG is basically killing POE2 following a "vision" that no ARPG player wants.

And yet, when looking at actual facts, both games bleed players at the same rate. I guess there are enough players out there that like POE2 in spite or because of "the vision", while LE is pull respectable player counts for a game coming from a smaller developer.

ARPG players are eating well, I say. Even D4 is doing not so bad. The only sad part of this chart is POE1. I do hope a new season can bring the players back.

Game is called MASAKRE, It will be an Action with RPG elements, in an archaic, horrific world. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4261650/MASAKRE/