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https://news.blizzard.com/en-gb/diablo4/23964909/diablo-iv-patch-notes

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We are adjusting bonus experience rewards for killing monsters that are a higher Level than the player.

Pre-Season of the Malignant bonuses:
1 Level higher: +15%.
2 Levels higher: +20%.
3+ Levels higher: +25%.

Post-Season of the Malignant:
1.5% bonus per Level up to 10 Levels.
+1 level: +1.5%.
+2 levels: +3%

+3 levels: +4.5%
+10 levels: +15%.

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The Tortured Gift of Mysteries chest has had its cost increased to 250 Aberrant Cinders from 175.

Aberrant Cinders drop rate reduced.

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Strength: 50% Stronger when on Weapons -> 25% Stronger when on Weapons.
Dexterity: 50% Stronger when on Weapons -> 25% Stronger when on Weapons.
Intelligence: 50% Stronger when on Weapons -> 25% Stronger when on Weapons.
Willpower: 50% Stronger when on Weapons -> 25% Stronger when on Weapons.

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Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.
Imbuement Skill Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.
Trap Skill Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.

Critical Strike Damage: Reduced by ~17%.
Lightning Critical Strike Damage: Reduced by ~17%.
Critical Strike Damage with Bone, Earth, Imbued, and Werewolf Skills: Reduced by ~17%.
Vulnerable Damage: Reduced by ~40%.
Critical Strike Damage (Inherent on Swords): Reduced by ~50%.
Vulnerable Damage (Inherent on Crossbows): Reduced by ~65%.

Blizzard heard the game was a slog and people wanted better mob density, so they decided to just nerf damage and survivability across the board and reduce XP gains.

My favourite change:

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The channel time for the Leave Dungeon ability has been increased from 3 to 5 seconds.

Like what purpose does that serve other than to waste the players time? What a bunch of dicks.

All this discussion and not a single link to the actual video lol.

Dude is legitimately fucking retarded.

T700 vs. 7200RPM drive. Let's fucking go!

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/11/microsoft-activision-deal-moves-closer-as-judge-denies-ftc-injunction.html

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Microsoft and the CMA have agreed on a small divestiture to address the regulator’s concerns, CNBC’s David Faber reported.

Rumor is they're going to pull xCloud from the UK.

FTC looked completely inept during the trial. 

41 minutes ago, sugarhigh said:

 

Those aren't the goats, but those and a lot of games better than 50 Cent Blood in the Sand are still locked away on the Cell processor. The goats still exclusive are MGS4, Dark Souls (tho the PS5 version is great), Infamous 1&2, and Killzone 2&3.

 

None of those games are better than Blood on the Sand.

19 hours ago, Ramza said:

Halo Master Chief collection is usually among the top sellers on steam when it goes on sale. 

MCC's all-time peak is less than the number of people playing TF2 right now and has under 10k average daily players. It's not a particularly noteworthy entry in PC multiplayer gaming either and that's assuming people aren't just buying it for the single-player.

20 hours ago, Ramza said:

It's just a decline of gamers interests and lost of prestige for the Halo franchise, it's on a downward spiral since Halo 4. Compare this to the hype around the Halo 3 launch and it's huge online community that persisted for years.

I don't disagree at all, but using PC player data to make that argument is stupid because it's never been big on PC. Your own example is of a game that wasn't released on PC until over a decade after release.

Halo Infinite isn't a top 20 played game on Xbox. That is a stat that would be unheard of when Bungie was putting these games out.

They really hated that dude's cardboard.

Why are you guys even arguing about Infinite's PC player base? Nobody on PC gives a fuck about that series.

Is CoD popular on PC? I'm not really in that sphere but I would not have guessed PC was more popular than consoles for CoD. The amount of competition on PC is so much larger.

I beat Witcher 3 and BotW not because I liked them, but because I wanted to hate them from a place of completeness. I want to hate complete this game but it's just so fucking boring that I don't think I can do it.

lol Mark Kern. Surprised he managed to pull himself away from talking about the AI waifu future to tweet about something else.

This game sucks.

I'd probably give it a shot if they added VR to it.

24 minutes ago, Ike said:

Funny, but kind of sad Eagles fans still salty they lost a Super Bowl so doing this type of stuff. They cheered injuring a player. I’m honestly liking Cowboys fans more than Philly fans at this point.

Eagles fans are probably my least favourite non-NFCW fans. Philly sports fans in general are just pretty shitty.

This guy apparently rags on all the NFCN teams including the Eagles so I think it's in good fun.

Body cam of the police officer who took down the mass shooter at the Allen Mall in Texas. No gore/bodies. Shooter's body is blurred at the end.

Dude didn't even think twice about going after the shooter. From talking about seatbelt safety with some kids to taking out a mass shooter in under 5 minutes. Legend.

Such a stark contrast from the pussies in Uvalde. 

@Ike

https://www.phillyvoice.com/oh-theres-no-one-throw-childrens-book-about-san-francisco-49ers-forty-whiners/

Even combined the budget for those two games doesn't come close to Star Citizen. PC wins again.

Just now, MalaXmaS said:

I didnt make this thread.

This thread has no mention of Playstation.

On 2023-06-27 at 8:57 AM, MalaXmaS said:

So we get a Barbie themed car and PS owners full fledged tranny games full of feminazis and faggots.

Ok.

You sound jealous.

1 hour ago, madmaltese said:

Don't be so harsh on ghostz. PS and Nintendo are doing the fucking while Xbox watches. It exactly what Ghostz enjoys

God damn.

I forgot to include that the partnership is going both ways and there will be a sweepstakes to win some Xbox geared Barbie dolls.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/06/26/xbox-barbie/

New themed cars

New controller faceplates

Cooke has really gone off the deep end recently.

5 minutes ago, Ike said:

Any luck  @Twinblade ?

 

I think you and I will be the only ones playing. 

My copy from Gamestop that I "pre-ordered" the night before release won't arrive until Monday (like what the fuck, Gamestop?), but I'll be playing, too.