Gram

Gamer / Tech nerd

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: June 5th, 2023
  • GramtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Is Windows 11 worth installing over 10?English
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    2 years ago

    Yeah. I was pretty against W11 for a while but had issues with a PC build due to corrupted OS files and said “fuck it” and let W11 install as I figured that would just install the non-corrupted files (it did).

    As far as a rig for purely gaming goes: it is fine. It has a few quirks that irate me, but nothing that isn’t present in W10 anyway.

    If you were a power user working on Windows all day there’s a lot more to criticize. But for a gaming rig? It’s perfectly adequate.

    For context. My home gaming PC is W11. I do my professional work in W10 (+7 & XP VMs) and my personal laptop is running Fedora. So I do run a varied set of OS’s and still say W11 does a good job for gaming

  • GramtoGaming@beehaw.org•Diablo 4 wants to avoid the ‘Destiny loot cave’ problem
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    2 years ago

    If I recall correctly that’s how it’s always been with Diablo

    So, I’ll be a bit of greybeard here with a “Not ALWAYS!”. But I’m being sorta pedantic in that…

    Diablo 2 in version 1.09 and before were my favorite. The 1.10 patch was where Blizzard introduced “Synergies” to the skills as well as a boatload new Runewords (Enigma, Chains of Honor, etc.)

    Prior to that, the balance wasn’t perfect…but the “best” builds weren’t stupidly above the rest, and everything sort of had weak points or blind spots. You could argue, and I’d agree, that the game perhaps didn’t have as much content to explore at that point, but I enjoyed the game far more in that era than what came after.

    In 1.09 you could feasibly do any build and still sort of enjoy the game. I had melee sorc builds, elemental paladins. My favorite PvP build was smite/FoH pally. But what came after? Hammerdins, Wind Druids, bonermancers galore. The game broke so many builds putting them miles above the rest. But instead of fixing that, blizzard leaned into it and released content that only very narrow builds could complete. Ubers? Without a smiter? Almost unheard of.

    Itemization is also a big part of ruining that. I’ve always loved RPGs that have “Sets” and “Uniques” that are powerful, but the best is always a Rare (or equivalent such as crafted item). Sure the odds of godrolling the best items are astronomically small, but at least it lead to diversity. Everyone who just wants to play can equip the same gear as each other, but those who want to optimize need to work.