Grim Dawn Expansion Development News

you preordering it now makes no difference wrt when it will be available, so you need to be patient either way

There might be reasons for it to not be on preorder yet. Maybe there are some technical reasons why it cannot be up for preorder or it can only be in prorder for a month or so. Maybe bringing it up for preorder generates some buzz and now is still too early and will die down too soon…

I think their communication to the fans at least is very good. Every couple of weeks we get insights into their development thoughts and efforts with Grim Misadventures. I have never watched the stream live but have heard of some interesting stuff being reported. It’s significantly better than most dev studios.

I don’t think they have a specialised marketing department do they? It’s hard to say how many more copies they would sell if they advertised heavily but they have gained a decent PC following and now I understand XBox have chased them so they are going OK.

It’s a lie. All they do is build bridges. Or bridges. And bridges. Sometimes Grava dies.
Everything is bridges.
:cry: :cry: :cry:

But think of all that scrap and bits they sacrifice. I feel blessed.

I dont see what poe have to do with grim dawn, and alot dont play poe me included i think its an ugly game, with bad loot system and the currency destroy the game. (have played it 700 hours) but after no progression gear wise I leaved.
If they turn out to get released around same time alot will still buy and play Grim Dawn.
They are 2 different games, and grim dawn is better than poe in so many ways, so I dont see it as a problem for Grim Dawn.
It takes time to get the best gear in Grim dawn but at least you get it without having to trade insane amount of currency compared to poe.
Crate dont throw out content nonstop, they are instead making a good and fair game and focus more on ballance and quality of there game.

first of all, you dont have a clue how many PoE players also play Grim Dawn. 2nd thing is

So, iam absolutly right with my guesses :wink:

Zantai please update this section !

and 3rd thing, look at my join date ^^ one of the early birds here. kickstarter :wink:

Thoughts? What thoughts? All the GMs I’ve seen have skipped over any kind of “Why”, and just showed a " What". I see more explanation in patch notes, and those are just single sentence explanations for only some of the changes. Crate doesn’t really share “Why”, at least not since I’ve been here. Perhaps they once did.

What “why” would you like answered?

Why i’m growing fat now that i’m over 35?

No I dont you also dont have a clue how many from other games playing Grim Dawn. Grim dawns future is not desided by PoE players.
I know alot players from Blizzard games that also play Grim Dawn and not PoE.
Then play PoE, im tired of that game being compared to all other games in this genre, its really not that great a game tbh.
I have also played Grim Dawn since very early beta, and still think its alot better game than PoE.
I know we all have different taste in games, but we are in 2017, Grim dawn dosnt look a game from the 90´s.
If the games comes out same time just play PoE and Grim Dawn after or other way around no big deal, they dont run anywhere.
But i doubt they come out same time i think Grim Dawn will come alot later, since we havent seen much from the expansion yet beside the wednesdays look into it. I think we have to w8 until 2018 or very late 2017.

Here´s one. :wink:

In my opinion both are the best Hack&Slays you can get at the moment, they are fantastic, but different, and that´s good. :slight_smile:

Looking forward for PoE 3.0, and for the GD addon! :cool:

Have fun!

but Diablo 3 is the best hack and slash of all :rolleyes:

Why is the Earth flat?

Poor Twinkie to Lettuce ratio.

Blind faith.

I have a “why” that has never been answered. Not that I’ve seen anyway.
Why can I not purchase health and energy pots in stacks, rather than one by one?

This has been a thorn in my side for a long time.

Ah, twinkies, zentai’s, The Hasselhoff, and now we broach the topic of tossing the lettuce.

Cracks me up everytime. :slight_smile:

I need a new hobby clearly.

I’m just big boned.

Hm. Quite a few, really.

Why does Cindercore have bonuses to Grenado and Canister Bomb? It’s a gun, they are spells… Seems anti-synergistic to use attacks with spells in most cases, but generally you end up holding a scepter to cast with.

Why do guns have a piercing %? It actively lessens the DPS of every build not using or converting the pierce portion, which is usually everything that isn’t Nightblade.

Why is Nightblade such a mess of damage types? You seem to end up spreading damage between a minimum of four different damage types, before you start counting the DOTs. Can’t scale all of them at once, so you end up with a few large chunks of damage and then a meaningless mess.

Mythical Obsidian Juggernaut adds -Chaos Res to CoF. Why didn’t it have it before? It seems to make sense, and it covers most everything else of import.

What’s going on with CCs? They aren’t really needed for crowds, but they aren’t any use on bosses… Yet it still seems like they’re valued by you guys, for some reason. Is there some hidden value that I, and those that also find CC useless, am missing?

Why is Summon Familiar such an idiot? That dang bird flies into things, flies away, heals the wrong things, shoots into walls… Was it just for a bird-brained joke, or is there some added difficulty in programming the bird specifically? The other ranged pets can also be a little wonky, but nowhere as bad as the bird, IMO.

Why is Blade Trap so bad?

Actually, extend that to all those skills that have been getting their own discussion threads about their issues in the past couple months.

That’s just off-the-top, I’m sure I’ll eventually recall more.

-The gun seems to be intended for Burn builds and in such builds applying additional DoT using LMB is a good option

I have done it for Poison Blood pox, it works. Not optimal but an extra DoT source is always welcomed

-Agreed
After seeing Vortex of Souls i’d like more “pure” (non-physical base damage) in 2h weapons, pistols and rifles
It seems extremely unfair that 1h weapons get all the benefits.

%Piercing is annoying for 2h, Rifles and Pistols since unlike 1h we dont have other options (except Vortex)

-It’s not a mess
Having so many damage types is part of why NB is so good and synergieses well with other classes
You’re not supposed to scale them all at once. The extra damage types adds to diversity

-I think it has something to do with balancing and synergy for Pyromancers. Though I always felt Chaos RR should’ve existed in CoF from the get-go

-CC isn’t useless, in places like Flames of Valbury, Glad Crucible. CC does save your ass
Although i’d still argue that Cold not “freezing” stuff anymore is annoying. I wish it still could interrupt bosses.
Taking freeze away from cold is like taking burn away from fire

-Familiar sucks, period
No argument
Asshole never seems to heal me

-Blade trap as you suggested elsewhere needs to be turned into a trap based skill

Thank you for reminding me…

@ Zantai… Why is Bloody Pox so BAD? Why do you keep % Health Reduction in the game, but refuse to let it be of actual use against high HP monsters, IE Bosses? Why is there no good Bleed Casting option? Why is Internal Trauma Duration so hard to come by?

For the record, in case my questions get annoying… You did ASK what “why” I wanted to know. If you hadn’t asked, I wouldn’t have said anything.