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[Darkmere]

In general the bonuses for invested points in non-physique aren't worth it. Save about 20 stat points for emergencies, and spend everything else on physique, which lets you get gear with other stats on it in large amounts.

At the moment balance for non-pet classes on Ultimate is a fucking joke due to how Offensive Ability works, so don't plan on legitimately accomplishing anything unless one of your classes is soldier or arcanist and you go straight for OA devotion and gear.

OA determines how often you hit and crit things, so it overshadows everything else including spirit and +% damage. If you miss you do nothing.

Normal and Elite are so painfully easy you can get by with just about anything, though. Except the last boss, which is something else entirely.

[Retropunch]

THREAD, RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!!!

I've just gotten this and I'm really enjoying it - absolute for any Diablo 2 fans. If the developers were 3-4 years earlier they would have become millionaires, currently it feels like slightttllyyy dated.

That said, it's really fun. I'm really loving the atmosphere, how much stuff they've crammed in and the character development (although I have no idea what I'm doing...). The spells also feel pretty awesome.

Not a fan of how there's no indication where the quests are. Whilst some may say 'noob', it does just get a bit tiresome wandering around in the swamp for half an hour just to find one little path.

Anyway, how does it hold up long term? Much replay-ability other than just trying another class for the hell of it?

[miljan]

The game has 3 difficulty, like diablo 2. After that you have two end game dungeons that you need to farm keys for. Overall a lot of content with new survival mode coming in next big patch. You will have around 60 to 80h for one character.

This is at the moment probably the best arpg out there, as the core mechanic and character customization is done extremely well.

The game has three bigger problems, lack of randomization of areas, not great end game compared to games like PoE and D3 (but will have modding support) and last no secure server option for people that want to have a more trade oriented and legit environment.

[Mech#4]

I've found the jump in difficulty from normal to elite quite high, where fighting even one unique monster one on one ends up with me dying nearly instantly more often than not. It is important to build up resistances for the higher difficulties but even so.

I think a recent patch toned down enemy damage, but I've yet to see how that changes things.

I do enjoy the game a lot, it is very enjoyable even more so than Titan's Quest which it is built upon but if I had one major gripe it's that each chapter doesn't have that much of an ending. You defeat the boss and move into the next area without any real fanfare. A cinematic would be nice to bookend the chapters.

[Tnx]

This game's on sale with the Humble Monthly Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly .  12 dollars gets you Grim Dawn + other games yet to be unlocked.  Seems cheap so I picked it up.  Anyone on here still playing this?

[Bitoru]

I want to like this game more. It's pretty great at everything, but the lack of a ladder and an economy really puts me off. 

[Mech#4]

I've really enjoyed what my time playing Grim Dawn. I'm still working through the higher difficulty with a melee focused character.
There was a DLC add on released for the game recently called "Crucible" that adds an arena with waves of enemies, mutators, personal leaderboard and other things. I would prefer more game world to an arena so I haven't given it much thought but it's been received favourably judging by reviews.

[Darkmere]

Crucible sucks. I have one melee primal strike warder in Ultos that can do it, but even with that tier survivability and AoE it still takes 25 minutes of a game to get one Legendary item and a huge pile of trash.

The item find game in Grim Dawn is awful, as the pool of decent endgame gear is so absurdly diluted you'll never find what you want - but you can't really trade for shitall because that requires posting a flat list of your shit on their forum like this is the dark ages.

If you want to do a single run through a single difficulty on a single character, it's okay on sale. Otherwise is way too absurdly grindy to never get what you want.

Or cheat, I guess. There's a stash file on the forums that has every item in the game on it, so just grab that and go to town.

[Intrinsic]

The item find game in Grim Dawn is awful, as the pool of decent endgame gear is so absurdly diluted you'll never find what you want - but you can't really trade for shitall because that requires posting a flat list of your shit on their forum like this is the dark ages.

Yeah a lot of great items which dilutes your chances, i need that Beastcaller set for my summoner but i have like 680 hours played and not a single bit drop ;p

For crucible sometimes i'll get 4 purples drop, best way to farm: Do the boost thing to 100, get to 150, then do the checkpoint to 130, get to 150, checkpoint to 130 rinse and repeat.

[Darkmere]

I did some experimenting with Crucible if anyone cares.

Choosing the "raise the stakes" option for extra spawns will net you an extra chest at the end... and it's a Nemesis chest.

That's worth it, so I tried building up 4 rank 2 stormcaller towers for quick clearing on my Warder.

And it increases the cost to restart at wave 130, finally just forcing you to restart at wave 1 and destroying your towers. So, no matter what, trying to find some way to efficiently get gear puts you in a tedious grind. It's still faster than trying to find the Cthonic/Aetherial nemesis if you want their shoulders for some reason, though. And the chests can drop Tonics of Clarity, so that's also a thing.

[Mech#4]

The expansion for Grim Dawn has been released, "Ashes of Malmouth".

Spoiler: Key Features of the expansion include: (click to show/hide)

Level Cap Increased to 100 - Reach for ever greater power with an increased level cap of 100 and an increased Devotion cap of 55!

Two New Class Masteries – Unleash your vengeance upon the enemies of humanity with two new Masteries: the Inquisitor and the Necromancer, both of which can be combined with the base game’s Masteries, nearly doubling the possible combinations!

Two Story Chapters - Confront the devious Aetherials and their twisted abominations in the fallen city of Malmouth as you push forward alongside the Black Legion and Inquisitor Creed in two epic Chapters!

Transform Your Appearance – A brand-new Illusionist Service NPC enables you to transform the appearance of your equipment and customize your ideal look! Draw upon every item in your collection across all characters!

New Environments - Explore new parts of Cairn to the north of Burrwitch and beyond! Traverse the treacherous forest of Gloomwald and the murky Ugdenbog as you seek passage to the fallen city of Malmouth.

Four Factions - New Factions provide more opportunities to make allies…and enemies. Earn their favor to unlock unique rewards, or become a nemesis to spawn powerful foes.

14 Constellations - Unleash the might of the Arkovian Gods with 14 new Devotion Constellations that open up even more combinations in Grim Dawn’s massive constellation map.

Collect Hundreds of New Items - Dozens of new Monster Infrequents and Hundreds of Epic and Legendary items are waiting to be added to your collection! Combine them with the new Illusion System to create a look unique to you!

Item Skill Modifiers - Transmute and empower your Mastery skills using new modifiers found exclusively on equipment.

New Nemesis and Super Bosses - Tackle all-new vicious threats and earn their unique loot. Discover Cairn’s secrets to summon supremely powerful foes.

A New Rogue-Like Dungeon - A fourth Rogue-Like dungeon is coming in a free update, shortly after release, featuring the corrupting presence of the Aetherials and the Chthonians upon the beasts of Cairn.

Expanded Stash - Stow away precious treasure with a vastly expanded Personal Stash and an additional Shared Stash Tab.

Reset Your Attributes and Mastery Bar - Find a new type of potion that allows you reset your Attribute Points. Speak to a Spirit Guide to unlearn the Mastery Bar down to one point.

I haven't bought and played the expansion yet, though since I enjoy Grim Dawn I will most likely get it at some point. More areas, items and 2 new classes will be nice to have. I'm still trying to batter my way through Ultimate difficulty with my soldier class tank character.

[karhell]

The expansion for Grim Dawn has been released, "Ashes of Malmouth".

Neat! I'll probably be grabbing this once my finances allow for it.

[Biowraith]

I picked up the expansion, but haven't explored any of the new areas/acts cos I started a new Ritualist (Necromancer/Shaman) pet build.  Got 5 skeletons, 1 of the big poison hulk things (may take the transmuter to allow up to 3 with a timer before they explode), and the briarthorn so far at level 17.

[Mech#4]

I just saw a video on this, though I haven't watched it all myself yet, but apparently there's another expansion for Grim Dawn coming called "Forgotten Gods". It seems to be moving to a desert/Egypt theme along with a new class called the "Oathkeeper".


Here's a link to a forum thread covering some information on the expansion.

Spoiler: Copy of information from forum thread above (click to show/hide)

In the Forgotten Gods expansion, you will journey beyond the bounds of the Erulan Empire, traversing burning sands, lush oases and volcanic wastes to reach the sun beaten ruins of a city with secrets that should never have been disturbed. The flames of a forgotten god have been rekindled, sending ripples through the Eldritch realm and sowing terror even among the Witch Gods themselves.


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Along with quality of life features, you will pursue new powers, hundreds of new Unique items and Monster Infrequents and more! Battle dozens of new foes across new dungeons and a new gameplay mode which we’ll be discussing in detail in the coming months!

In short, Forgotten Gods will be another thrilling densely-packed addition to the critically acclaimed Grim Dawn and its first expansion, Ashes of Malmouth.

The best news of all though is that not only has work on this expansion already begun, it’s well underway. We expect Forgotten Gods to release in the second half of 2018!

We are very excited to share more details of what’s coming in the Forgotten Gods expansion, so be sure to stay tuned for future Grim Misadventures as we return to our regular bi-weekly update schedule.

Apparently it's due to be released later this year. There's no listing on Steam yet though so it doesn't seem like there's a specific date set.


I must admit to not having finished the content, or even started, from the previous expansion. Starting a necromancer was fun and playing around with the skills but I can't give my opinion on the length of story/gameplay content as I haven't actually reached it.

[Teneb]

Forgotten Gods has been known for a while (though it wasn't posted here).

Grim Dawn is all around great, as are its DLCs. It has a ton of good, quality content. It has also a ton of hidden content, some of which can be accessed in your first playthrough and some that only appears on the maximum difficulty level.

My single complaint about it is this: of the three attributes you can raise when levelling up, only one is worth it: Physique. All the others can be raised by investing in the masteries. Yes, even if you are a mage you'll want to sink all your points up to level 70 into Physique.