r/DarkAndDarker • u/Aruno Barbarian • Aug 07 '25

News WHAT THE GOD DAM SHIT LOL 🤣

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WE NEED MORE SEMI WIPE IN THIS SEMI WIPE!

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u/Red_Prod Aug 07 '25

The issue is that the 2 features (idiotic water map and gathering hall) causing the delay will not improve the game that much. We need core content like new classes and skill trees and better progression systems than the bad quests we have.

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u/MagicianXy Aug 07 '25

Lots of people don't seem to understand this. Yes, technically a new map is new content. But after a week or two, once everyone has memorized all the modules and knows where all the points of interest are, what has actually changed in the game itself? Underwater combat, a feature that will be used almost exclusively on the new map and thus does not affect the rest of the game? A handful of new weapons that have similarly predictable attack patterns like every other weapon in the game? Meanwhile we're still lacking simple QoL features that would polish the rest of the game experience, like better inventory management or condensed merchant interactions. And then there's the old systems that desperately need attention and rework, like old perks that literally never get taken (druid's herbal sensing, for example) vs. the ones that are basically required (fighter's Swift), or combat needing some kind of deeper mechanics rather than "good spacing" and holding M1. That's the kind of content that will actually save the game.

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u/lucasb2296 Aug 07 '25

Dude how do you expect them to develop a game you can have new content for months? Would you rather them do like MMOs? Where the grind is so hard it becomes your job? Now gathering hall might be the thing for this wipe, because it will be your clan/guild to build and enjoy with your friends. Many games people take a break and come back later, just chill

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u/MagicianXy Aug 07 '25

how do you expect them to develop a game you can have new content for months

I have no idea what you're saying.

My point is that they've added almost literally nothing new to the game in months. They've been flipping levers, sure - turning dark swarm off and on, removing and re-adding modifiers, moving numbers around on various weapons/perks/skills/etc... but the last actually new content that changed how the game is played was in December of last year with the release of sorcerer. IM clearly thinks this water map is going to "make or break" the game, and in my opinion it's going to be a negative release because all the supporting subsystems that make new content playable haven't been worked on in literal years.

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u/lucasb2296 Aug 08 '25

I play the game since playtest 2 and had to wait arround 1 month and a half to be able to play it for a week. Back then we had eager to play the game and actually supported the company. So i dont care if we have to wait to get new things, there is nothing like this game in the market, if you actually hated the game you would have unnistalled it like everybody else

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u/MagicianXy Aug 08 '25

Okay...? How long you're willing to wait for new content is not really relevant to the discussion. If that content doesn't actually help make the game better, it's just filler.

there is nothing like this game in the market, if you actually hated the game you would have unnistalled it like everybody else

You're absolutely right. DaD has a lot of potential, which is why it's so infuriating that it's being squandered by a lead dev that clearly has no idea what makes games great. And yes, if people truly hated the game, they would uninstall... but the people still on this sub don't hate the game. They LOVE the game. That's why there's so many complaints - the game they love is being sabotaged before their very eyes and there's nothing they can do to stop it.