Grim Misadventure #132: Something Stirs in Ugdenbog...

[ibugsy]

Originally Posted by Dioarchet

It doesn't seem logical to me.

Zantai's statement was a joke.

[StickyMucus]

Originally Posted by Zantai

... major changes to treasure chest loot tables that should result in significantly less items dropping, but more of those items being of Rare quality or higher.

Hello, noob here. Quick question ... currently I get most of my iron by selling "those items". Will the sell value of the higher quality items balance out for the lack of quantity? Just reached "Honored" status with a few factions and spent most of my iron. I also just finished normal mode and I fear i'll be spending even more when I start elite.

V/R

Sticky

[Zantai]

Originally Posted by StickyMucus

Hello, noob here. Quick question ... currently I get most of my iron by selling "those items". Will the sell value of the higher quality items balance out for the lack of quantity? Just reached "Honored" status with a few factions and spent most of my iron. I also just finished normal mode and I fear i'll be spending even more when I start elite.

V/R

Sticky

You will probably make close to if not more iron bits since Rare items sell for substantially more than Magical items.

[StickyMucus]

Awesome! Thanks for the swift reply. Game on!

[The Grim Creeper]

does the change in crucible mean we will be able to pick what map we want ?

[medea fleecestealer]

No. Devs have already said it would require a new UI. Zantai's opening post here said "tuning pass to the Crucible" so no other changes.

[BB_Shockwave]

Originally Posted by Evil_Baka

An issue everyone overlooks with a second expansion is how the game will work if someone buys this hypothetical 2nd expansion but does not buy Ashes of Malmouth or does so at a later date

I think how Crate handled Ashes of Malmouth should be similar to how they handle a hypothetical second expansion - once you beat the Loghorrean, you are free to continue on to Elite or Ultimate or tackle the expansion stories individually and all the content that comes with them. You do not have to go through Ashes of Malmouth's or the 2nd expansion's content unless there is something from either expansion that you want (such as faction augments) or a Boss you want to fight (like Reaper of the Lost) nor do you need to tackle Ashes of Malmouth to gain entry to the 2nd expansion's content.

I do think they should limit quests that reward skill points like "The Other You" though as it is currently mandatory that characters play through Ashes of Malmouth on Ultimate to almost the very end to access every skill point. Or just have a quest like this earlier on than the one I referenced.

Frankly, I disagree. It was annoying for me when I beat Theodin Marcell with my brand new character, moved on to Elite, and found I was getting barely any XP or items my level because enemies were well under my level. It wasn't until after Four Hills that things kinda-sorta evened out.
I understand why this choice was made, of course, a developer cannot just assume everyone will buy their expansion. I just wish it could be be programmed in the code somehow for the game to assign monster levels per area in a way that it takes into account whether you have the expansion, or whether you haven't.
I forgot how this was with Titan Quest, as I only bought the game after the Immortal Throne expansion was already out.

[Zantai]

Originally Posted by BB_Shockwave

Frankly, I disagree. It was annoying for me when I beat Theodin Marcell with my brand new character, moved on to Elite, and found I was getting barely any XP or items my level because enemies were well under my level. It wasn't until after Four Hills that things kinda-sorta evened out.
I understand why this choice was made, of course, a developer cannot just assume everyone will buy their expansion. I just wish it could be be programmed in the code somehow for the game to assign monster levels per area in a way that it takes into account whether you have the expansion, or whether you haven't.
I forgot how this was with Titan Quest, as I only bought the game after the Immortal Throne expansion was already out.

It does...

There are still ranges though. What level were you when you moved to Elite?

[medea fleecestealer]

Originally Posted by BB_Shockwave

Frankly, I disagree. It was annoying for me when I beat Theodin Marcell with my brand new character, moved on to Elite, and found I was getting barely any XP or items my level because enemies were well under my level. It wasn't until after Four Hills that things kinda-sorta evened out.
I understand why this choice was made, of course, a developer cannot just assume everyone will buy their expansion. I just wish it could be be programmed in the code somehow for the game to assign monster levels per area in a way that it takes into account whether you have the expansion, or whether you haven't.
I forgot how this was with Titan Quest, as I only bought the game after the Immortal Throne expansion was already out.

There was and still is no option to not do the expansion/s in TQIT/AE. You had/have to go straight into the expansion/s assuming you're playing from the start. If you've already gone into Epic then no need to go back to Normal for the expansion/s, but when you reach the end of Act 3 Epic you then move into Act 4 for IT/AE and then, if you have it, into Act 5 Ragnarök before you can start Legendary. Only way around it would be to use GDDefiler to open all the portals up in all the Acts and I'm not sure that function is available yet.

[Reaper112]

when will the next version updating？