Short Questions Thread

[Semigloss]

One can die 456 times to the same boss' one-shotters and still win eventually. Seems counter-intuitive to spend that many hours developing such an easily circumvented formula....

This is pretty much softcore mode in any rpg game? Plus there's lockout timers on some bosses now. You could always play hardcore.

[Heroebal]

I guess 2 short questions.

When it comes to a short question regarding specific builds is it better to post here or under the specific build guide topic?

Example my 2nd short question....

How vital is shadow refuge to maelstrom assassin? When I try to utilize it it feels like it gets me killed more than helps me. My current short lasting spell is Doom. I have doom set on “S” button when I’m not having to heal I spam doom in between attacking.

[GoochMcNuts]

Is there somewhere I can read about all the random rules that median xl has? First I find out that white bows can't get the ed from lucky oils, only the AR. Next I find out that sigil of absolution will only work on levels added by UMOs and not effigies resulting in an incredible bow that I will never be able to use. And now I just discovered that taha runes overwrite the existing max dmg that a weapon already has. It is extremely frustrating to plan out a character build and make investments towards it only to find out that once put into practice there is some random hidden rule that throws a monkey wrench into the works. If these are rules could someone please make them clear in the game or at the very least document them on the site? If not could someone pleeeeeeeeeease fix them because I know that the "bug" where you can't get ed from a lucky oil on a white bow has existed for at least 3 ladder seasons now.

[Chooch]

are any devs able to tell me if non-ladder characters will be reset for the big upcoming content update? thanks

[Istaryu]

are any devs able to tell me if non-ladder characters will be reset for the big upcoming content update? thanks

All characters will become incompatible.

[blatkill]

are any devs able to tell me if non-ladder characters will be reset for the big upcoming content update? thanks

All characters will become incompatible.

No official information until now

[xi_cyrus_ix]

One can die 456 times to the same boss' one-shotters and still win eventually. Seems counter-intuitive to spend that many hours developing such an easily circumvented formula....

This is pretty much softcore mode in any rpg game? Plus there's lockout timers on some bosses now. You could always play hardcore.

I agree - but one only plays hardcore in a game that has a fair difficulty level.

I personally think this is the reason why the hardcore community has such a small following -- hours of one's life lost on epeen one-hitters isn't worth it.

I'm not saying it's a bad game -- quite the contrary. It's simply a game one should take only so seriously. Otherwise, the insta-deaths and random auto-kills wouldn't be as comical.

I mean - fighting random monsters only to stumble upon a random (non-boss) monster that destroys is kind of the epitomy of lazy, artificial difficult.

I guess though - this is why Laz makes a living off this kind of stuff now, but the rest not so much. Perhaps someone needs to study a page out of his book. Quality results in financial success - not epeen;)

Oh and inb4 banned because I hit a nerve. If that nerve hurts that much, maybe it's time to learn and you, too may one day be a financial success like the original creator

[demoner]

One can die 456 times to the same boss' one-shotters and still win eventually. Seems counter-intuitive to spend that many hours developing such an easily circumvented formula....

This is pretty much softcore mode in any rpg game? Plus there's lockout timers on some bosses now. You could always play hardcore.

I agree - but one only plays hardcore in a game that has a fair difficulty level.

I personally think this is the reason why the hardcore community has such a small following -- hours of one's life lost on epeen one-hitters isn't worth it.

I'm not saying it's a bad game -- quite the contrary. It's simply a game one should take only so seriously. Otherwise, the insta-deaths and random auto-kills wouldn't be as comical.

I mean - fighting random monsters only to stumble upon a random (non-boss) monster that destroys is kind of the epitomy of lazy, artificial difficult.

I guess though - this is why Laz makes a living off this kind of stuff now, but the rest not so much. Perhaps someone needs to study a page out of his book. Quality results in financial success - not epeen;)

Oh and inb4 banned because I hit a nerve. If that nerve hurts that much, maybe it's time to learn and you, too may one day be a financial success like the original creator

Hardcore in these types of games is almost always made up of a small percentage of the playerbase. Hardcore players usually tend to fall into one of two camps: those that wish to challenge themselves to tackle the game in it's entirety at the highest stakes, and those that are so good they want to show off.

I never got the whole "artificial difficulty" arguement. Is requiring maxed resists to get through hell artificial? Is having high physical res and high life pool extremely beneficial to get through Fautz? What about having many bosses with specific mechanics that are required to learn to beat them? I think that's just difficulty.

IMO artificial is when it's just damage soak for the sake of it. This game has gear progression, and if you're getting one shotted by normal mobs you need to figure out why, and then apply the solution. Typically it's just more health, higher max resists, defense, summons or mechanical play that will get you to the next level.

[Semigloss]

Does the skill level of a proc count as base levels for that skill?

[altoiddealer]

are any devs able to tell me if non-ladder characters will be reset for the big upcoming content update? thanks

All characters will become incompatible.

No official information until now

At about the beginning of this season, In the single player and Nonladder discord channel, Marco stated that no existing characters will be compatible with MXL 2.0. I haven’t seen any other official mention of it but if you look back in the chat log, I’d say that’s official enough!