Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 17 minutes ago, legend said: Christians are always threatening us with a good time. For the record, the references to Lilith are found exclusively within Jewish texts. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: She was Adam's first wife and she was cast out of Eden because she wanted to be in the dominant position during sexual intercourse. Also wasn't she supposedly created right alongside Adam out of dust where Eve was created from Adam's rib? Hence she was Adam's "equal"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: Also wasn't she supposedly created right alongside Adam out of dust where Eve was created from Adam's rib? Hence she was Adam's "equal"? That is also part of the mythology. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Firewithin Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Diablo IV Open Beta Retrospective: Transforming Feedback into Change NEWS.BLIZZARD.COM The Diablo IV Early Access and Open Beta weekends gave players the opportunity to see Sanctuary anew. As we look forward to launch, we’ve used player feedback and gameplay data to inform a series of updates to various systems. Come see what’s changed! as expected nerfs to necro and sorcerer lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Firewithin said: Diablo IV Open Beta Retrospective: Transforming Feedback into Change NEWS.BLIZZARD.COM The Diablo IV Early Access and Open Beta weekends gave players the opportunity to see Sanctuary anew. As we look forward to launch, we’ve used player feedback and gameplay data to inform a series of updates to various systems. Come see what’s changed! as expected nerfs to necro and sorcerer lol I'm pretty sure that every single person who played as a Sorcerer during the beta said to themselves "OLOLOLOLOLO - this is SOOOO getting nerfed!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 "Baffling" is absolutely the way I'd describe this: Diablo 4 is bafflingly refusing to implement map overlay at launch | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM An often vital QoL feature for ARPGs is purposefully being left out by Blizzard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Wasn't the map overlay in the beta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/8/2023 at 4:48 PM, Commissar SFLUFAN said: That is also part of the mythology. Is it part of Christian/Catholic canon? Or just pre-Christian Judaism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Is it part of Christian/Catholic canon? Or just pre-Christian Judaism? Pre-Christian Judaism only - there is absolutely no reference to Lilith in Christian mythology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Pre-Christian Judaism only - there is absolutely no reference to Lilith in Christian mythology. Bummer, the bible could use with some spicing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Bummer, the bible could use with some spicing up. The actual references to Lilith in the Hebrew Bible itself are pretty sparse and predominantly exist in extra-biblical Jewish literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Wasn't the map overlay in the beta? I thought there was as well, but it must've been a figment of my imagination as it definitely wasn't there according to Reddit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I thought there was as well, but it must've been a figment of my imagination as it definitely wasn't there according to Reddit. as far as i could tell it was just the smaller corner map but not like a POE style full overlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: "Baffling" is absolutely the way I'd describe this: Diablo 4 is bafflingly refusing to implement map overlay at launch | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM An often vital QoL feature for ARPGs is purposefully being left out by Blizzard. I'm honestly with them on this. The full minimap overlay in ARPGs pretty quickly becomes the primary control surface and the game becomes the background. It's a useful tool but it allows players to min-max the fun out of the game really fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spawn_of_Apathy Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 On 4/14/2023 at 1:03 PM, Firewithin said: Diablo IV Open Beta Retrospective: Transforming Feedback into Change NEWS.BLIZZARD.COM The Diablo IV Early Access and Open Beta weekends gave players the opportunity to see Sanctuary anew. As we look forward to launch, we’ve used player feedback and gameplay data to inform a series of updates to various systems. Come see what’s changed! as expected nerfs to necro and sorcerer lol On the one hand I hate nerfs, but on the other hand Necro was waaaaaaayy too easy. I wasn’t sure if that was the point and Necro and sorcerer would have lower ceilings. But with so few classes it would kind of suck to have entire play styles and characters set aside as “beginner”. I hope they balance them better though. Not to over correct and the characters just feel unplayable without somebody tanking until they get to level 30+ anyone else still a little worried end game is gonna end up being closer to a predatory monetized mess like Diablo Immortal? Like, even if day one it isn’t, but then I could see Blizzard 3-6 months in introduce pay to win micro transactions that are practically needed to progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 23 hours ago, Moa said: I'm honestly with them on this. The full minimap overlay in ARPGs pretty quickly becomes the primary control surface and the game becomes the background. It's a useful tool but it allows players to min-max the fun out of the game really fast. I begrudgingly agree. Playing Diablo 2 again made me realize how much I'm primarily looking at the map overlay and looking at the game second. Playing the Diablo 4 beta without it and looking at the game world (which is much more interactive) was nice. I can see why people would want it back, but the game is probably better without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexterryu Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 16 hours ago, TwinIon said: I begrudgingly agree. Playing Diablo 2 again made me realize how much I'm primarily looking at the map overlay and looking at the game second. Playing the Diablo 4 beta without it and looking at the game world (which is much more interactive) was nice. I can see why people would want it back, but the game is probably better without it. I also agree on this too. I think it also makes sense now that the game is not randomized. Eventually players will memorize the world and not even need the map. I know I had a pretty good feel for the areas just in the 2 beta weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 6 hours ago, Dexterryu said: I also agree on this too. I think it also makes sense now that the game is not randomized. Eventually players will memorize the world and not even need the map. I know I had a pretty good feel for the areas just in the 2 beta weekends. I believe that the open world is static, but the dungeons will be randomly generated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 On 4/18/2023 at 1:15 PM, TwinIon said: I begrudgingly agree. Playing Diablo 2 again made me realize how much I'm primarily looking at the map overlay and looking at the game second. Playing the Diablo 4 beta without it and looking at the game world (which is much more interactive) was nice. I can see why people would want it back, but the game is probably better without it. I do think the whole thing begs a pretty important question about game design. A well-designed game should be most fun when played most optimally. If playing the game on the cutting edge is a worse experience than playing at a middling level, the game's design is flawed. That said, I can think of very few games that actually live up to this standard, and I wish designers put more effort into designing systems where the fun can't be min-maxed out. The recent DOOM games are the only example I can think of where truly the better I got and the harder the game became the more fun I had until my wrists fell off from frantic weapon swapping. I like that Blizzard is at least trying with Diablo 4. I think the benefits of not having a map overlay probably outweigh the costs, but not including QOL features to try to enhance immersion seems like a pretty inelegant way to force players to have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Moa said: I do think the whole thing begs a pretty important question about game design. A well-designed game should be most fun when played most optimally. If playing the game on the cutting edge is a worse experience than playing at a middling level, the game's design is flawed. I mostly agree with you, but I acknowledge that it's much harder than it would seem. This is something that comes up all the time in Destiny 2 (and I imagine is the case in most other MMOs). There will be often be some terribly boring thing that turns out to be the most efficient way to grind out something, and a huge portion of the population will rush over to do that boring activity over and over rather than just play the game. Take that grind away and you're guaranteed to see wailing and gnashing of teeth in the community. There's also the issue that if you build your game around what the very top players are going to do, you could very well end up with something that the majority of players don't enjoy. After 2000 hours I've got a finely tuned loadout for every situation, and if you make that the baseline for enjoyment, most people will have a bad time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eventide11 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 On 4/8/2023 at 6:48 PM, Commissar SFLUFAN said: That is also part of the mythology. Mythology? So we're still calling others beliefs lies to fit a narrative and posture to the board peers.. Got it. The more things change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 12 hours ago, eventide11 said: Mythology? So we're still calling others beliefs lies to fit a narrative and posture to the board peers.. Got it. The more things change The religiously practicing Jewish academic whose videos I posted routinely refers to the stories of Lilith as being part of the corpus Jewish mythological literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 imgur.com IMGUR.COM Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more from users. I've never thought of the word mythology as being pejorative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Blizzard asks Diablo 4 fans to 'come slam our servers' in May 😏 | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Surprise: You'll be able to earn previous beta rewards and new ones during the "Server Slam." Quote Diablo 4 will be playable to anyone for another weekend to test server stability in May, Blizzard announced in a stream today. The Diablo 4 "Server Slam" playtest will go from May 12 through May 14 and will let you earn the previous beta rewards(opens in new tab) as well as a new one for defeating the world boss, Ashava. The beta will take place in the same location, the Fractured Peaks, as the last ones. Characters from the previous two beta weekends will not carry over to the Server Slam test and any progress you make during it won't carry over to launch. You'll have to choose from one of the game's five classes and play a new character up until the Server Slam's level 20 cap. Early download: May 10 at 12 pm PT Beta start time: May 13 at 9 am PT Beta end time: May 14 at 9 am PT If you hit level 20 and defeat Ashava, who will spawn every 3 hours over the course of the weekend, you'll earn the Cry of Ashava mount trophy. And as in the last beta, reaching the city of Kyovashad will earn you the Initial Casualty title and hitting level 20 will earn you the Early Voyager title and the beta wolf pack cosmetic item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nublood Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Curiously on the weekend Zelda releases… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, nublood said: Curiously on the weekend Zelda releases… That hasn't gone unnoticed at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 6 hours ago, Moa said: imgur.com IMGUR.COM Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more from users. I've never thought of the word mythology as being pejorative. i’ve never seen someone stan lilith so hard in my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/17/2023 at 1:14 PM, CitizenVectron said: Bummer, the bible could use with some spicing up. The Bible is pretty damn spicy, Christian’s just don’t like to talk about those parts. I’m looking at you Book of Psalms 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 9 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: The Bible is pretty damn spicy, Christian’s just don’t actually read their own book. I’m looking at you Book of Psalms 👀 Fixed for historic accuracy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 23 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: The Bible is pretty damn spicy, Christian’s just don’t like to talk about those parts. I’m looking at you Book of Psalms 👀 * Song of Solomon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Ok - what is the official D1P clan name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Diablo 4 isn't "intended to be played forever" and there's a "pinnacle boss encounter" at the end WWW.YAHOO.COM Blizzard says there is a "very, very long progression in place" beyond level 100 in Nightmare dungeons, but it doesn't go on forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/19/2023 at 11:45 PM, eventide11 said: Mythology? So we're still calling others beliefs lies to fit a narrative and posture to the board peers.. Got it. The more things change huh? I don't get your point? You expect the rest of us to hold the bible and Miqra (I have a close jewish friend who is adamant it's not the "Jewish Bible") as truth because some others may believe? It's mythology to the majority of us. Theres very little historical fact in either. It's one thing to respect the beliefs of others, but that doesn't include pretending it's believable as well, or being willing to treat them as anything but ancient stories and rituals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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