I’m curious what the actual vision is for Wicked’s combat. As I’m sure you’ve seen, people have made impressive builds where they quickly clear enemies as a mage or endlessly spam rune attacks and easily take down Echo Knight. By contrast, Souls combat is a refocusing on combat fundamentals such as…

[image] anonymous87: “There must not be another way for X ” [image] TeoH: … is Better in all cases for all people. This shouldn’t need an explanation, spending less time to achieve the same thing is superior. Idk. This somewhat exactly proves my point i think :wink:

I like your definitions of the two genres (though i don‘t think everyone agrees). It‘s at least very helpful to think of the combat design in this way. If as you say time is a relevant metric for everyone (I agree mostly - i myself tend to prefer to relax and don’t rush even while playing Soulslike…

The more i read comments from soulslikers the more i think they will never be fine with anything. This is now my personal opinion: trigger warning I think they want to use a game as a badge, like “I am so great, i did beat X” they want to finish it one time and never touch it again for any means …

[image] Evocator1000: Faster Kill speed through engaging the Souls likes mechanics So the game currently works in the opposite way, which is the problem. If you spend time waiting to respond to the enemy, dodging/blocking attacks and hitting during windows where you can press safely then you…

i like the mix. difficult combat, and rng loot that boosts ur stats. the chest and enemy resource respawn is also arpg. i got my ass kicked in at level 26 because I was spamming mage and runes all the way up until then. now I have learned the halberds and spear move set, because there is no way i ca…

Your complete ignorance of just how much importance Wicked puts on gear affixes at the expense of all other gameplay right now is impressive

OK “BowUser”, tell me what your Bow build looks like. Does it perhaps involve infinitely spamming Cone shot from the other end of the screen with Gain Focus on Damage Dealt? And if it doesn’t, why doesn’t it?

[image] RomoloHero: the ARPG aspects completely take over the Souls like elements as you progress Just as a hint towards perspective: You could say exactly the same the other way around: “The Soulslike combat completely overshadows the entire arpg elements at the beginning of the game. The …

[image] BowUser: people can/will/should play however they want This is what these soulslikers are obsessed with. They base their self esteem on the failures of others. So if others can just play however they want, they loose their mind. :wink: Think of it as a religion: You are not allowed…

[image] BowUser: Nothings stopping you from playing the game your way so why is this subsection of the player base so infatuated with controlling others… Let me just repeat this for dramaturgic purpose. :wink:

Souls or Diablo Combat? You can't do both

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anonymous87 May 15, 2024, 7:21pm 96

Idk. This somewhat exactly proves my point i think

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Souls or Diablo Combat? You can't do both

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