Grim Misadventure #102: The Monster Menagerie Grows

[Crazyfroggg]

Many thanks Crate, you’re doing a fantastic job, as always. Can’t wait for the new content, be it expansion or “small” updates, we all love you more when that happens. Take us our money, you deserve it!

[system]

First post, just wanted to let the Crate team know how refreshing it is coming from other titles where there is virtually no update from developers and you guys doing it twice a month!!! What’s more is you inform us of what’s coming/in work - kinda makes you think about the way other dev’s treat their customers.

I’m only though Act 1 for the first time and having a blast, what an epic game - I will be supporting you guys in anyway I can and look forward to what you have in store for the future.

[Darkblade_305]

Great news :rolleyes:

[system]

So much new loot and so little time and space. Looks awesome though!

[medea_fleecestealer]

Yes. I have removed everything related to the game - at least files I could find in reasonable locations - including backing up saves, redownloading the game from Steam, starting a new character from scratch with no old saves in place, and still had a bugged rift in Wightmire. And skipping that, I found another bugged rift in Burrwitch.

Something is very wrong, and there’s no response to this issue at least here on the forums. Because of my post count, I couldn’t link the actual bug thread where I also posted what I have tried so far, but believe me, I have tried whatever I could imagine. It just does not work.

Curious thing is, that when I played my first character through Normal and Epic in July after purchasing the game, those rifts worked. Then I had a little break, and when I came back to try Ultimate, nothing works. And I can’t get it to work. Something has gone seriously broken during that break.

I could even broaden the bug description, without knowing anything about the actual tech behind the game, by saying that it feels like there is some sort of scripting in various scenarios where mobs should spawn when the player comes into a specific area or does a specific action, and these scripts are completely dead for me; no mobs when approaching rifts, no mobs when i choose to go further in Crucible.

I was able to finish Ultimate when a friend of mine hosted the game session, but that’s no solution, if I can only play when someone else is hosting a session (no, public games hosted by strangers do not count, I don’t touch them).

Yet another strange thing is that there’s absolutely no Nemesis spawning in any of my game sessions. That seems bugged as well. I can find the trove(s) easily, but never, ever any Nemesis. I feel like it has something to do with other issues I’m having with the game…

What really annoys me in this is that there has been no true response to this issue at the bug forums. From my point of view, it feels like they just simply do not care, as it’s been there for two months and there’s no indication that it would even be under investigation.

Well the Crucible came out in August so presumably everything was okay before then? Have you verified the cache via Steam if that’s what you’re using to play with? Can you uninstall the game again and then install without the Crucible part and see if you get the same problems? Did you add any other programs to your computer during the break from the game?

As Belzak said if you’re the only one reporting the problem, then it’s most likely something at your end that’s causing this.

[Angelsergiuboy]

we’ll see any of those 2 new mobs in the rogue like dungeon? or nothing til expansion?

[the8anarchist]

heh i think people are more excited to have bi-weekly updates again than the teaser on the new mobs

[eralduspr]

heh i think people are more excited to have bi-weekly updates again than the teaser on the new mobs

I loved these new enemy models, but I’m more excited about this:

[…]and today we are pleased to begin unveiling some of what’s in store for you in Grim Dawn’s first expansion.

[mindw0rk]

I hope you guys add plenty of new lore pieces. I read all ingame books and really like them. Also would be nice if you added scripted encounters where you watch cool cutscenes. Like boss destroying some peasants before taking on you, or evil mastermind giving commands to his minions. You can learn from Blizzard the ways they deliver story in Legion expansion

[Ceno]

I hope you guys add plenty of new lore pieces. I read all ingame books and really like them. Also would be nice if you added scripted encounters where you watch cool cutscenes. Like boss destroying some peasants before taking on you, or evil mastermind giving commands to his minions. You can learn from Blizzard the ways they deliver story in Legion expansion

The upcoming rogue-like dungeon was already mentioned as containing a decent addition to the lore:

In addition, we want to round out the rogue-like dungeon offering with the addition of a brand new Aetherial-infested city for you to explore, featuring new lore and new challenges and bosses on the same level of difficulty as the Steps of Torment and the Bastion of Chaos. Rumor is also that the Outcast, Anasteria, has some special interest in that area. Those who chose to befriend her may find a new quest waiting for them at Honored status.

[Druthers]

Aetherial Imps
The first of these new creations are the foul Aetherial Imps. Do not let their small stature fool you into a false sense of confidence. Their claws are sharp and their bodies full of bile. They move swiftly across the battlefield, unlike many of the slower reanimated Aetherial corpses, and hungrily devour any living thing that isn’t quick enough to evade their reach.

In many ways, they seem unlike the other creations of the Aetherials, not of singular purpose as the shambling corpses, but also not as conspiring as the reanimators and their ilk. How these corruptions came to be is a secret known only to the master flesh shapers.

I’m guessing by the looks of the imps part of the secret is dead babies. If I am right then Grim Dawn just got a lot more grim.

[Yawgmoth]

I’m guessing by the looks of the imps part of the secret is dead babies. If I am right then Grim Dawn just got a lot more grim.

In the grim dawn of the far future there is only dead baby jokes.

[powbam]

In the grim dawn of the far future there is only dead baby jokes.

[system]

really excited

[mindw0rk]

Oh and devs, for the love of Jesus, dont ever add aetherial burning grounds in future zones. I mean the green ones that drain health. You have no idea how annoying it is on Hardcore characters when you dont know the safe route and trying to avoid those things like plague.

[Yawgmoth]

Oh and devs, for the love of Jesus, dont ever add aetherial burning grounds in future zones. I mean the green ones that drain health. You have no idea how annoying it is on Hardcore characters when you dont know the safe route and trying to avoid those things like plague.

Even on SC they don’t really add a terrible lot to the game, I feel. Like yeah it’s vaguely interesting or at least expected in places like The Immolation, but for the love of god please make the damage aether (and thus resistable with AR gear). It’s such a pain in the ass to juggle potions & cooldowns just to make an attempt at finding my way (and losing xp if I don’t).

[sataricon]

Will there be new masteries?
Will there be a new say chapter?

[Grind_until_Dawn]

Finally there will be a use for aether resists…

[mamba]

Will there be new masteries?
Will there be a new say chapter?

Obviously yes to both in the expansion

[PrinceXavieR]

come on crate! even if this expansion is priced at 100 bucks , I will still be buying it so that you guys can keep on bringing new content to this amazing game!