the-dark-ages

[frail bloom]

I must stand and fight

But I'm not gonna make it endless

[wintry nexus]

You’ll be standing for sure

Because you’ll be paralysed

[frail bloom]

Otherwise Imma pull my hair out

Ngl I was laughing hysterically

Ye there's no way I'm going crazy

I was playing yesterday and it felt good

[rocky badger]

If this is true, plus the eliminated shield throw cooldown, maybe Impaler is still good

[wintry nexus]

I haven’t had so much fun in weeks

[solemn mauve]

Truth be told I really need to get adjusted to the no slow Mo first. It's one of the reasons why I'm getting my timing bad

[merry sapphire]

all ahzrak needed to do was throw 2 aggadon hunters and 1 cosmic baron but Noooooo it has to be "Balanced"

[merry sapphire]

yeah you're sane for this take trust ✌️

[wintry nexus]

That’s easy tho

[weary current]

rofl

[sleek ermine]

Hold on you re fight the ||champions|| in mission 22?

[merry sapphire]

small thing tho they added in this update is vrs which is literally free frames its pretty sick

[merry sapphire]

fine 5 aggadon hunters 3 barons you happy

[merry sapphire]

yeah a vag champion

[sleek ermine]

Alright
Not too difficult

[wintry nexus]

A little harder but I can just separate them for each other and kill them one by one

[sleek ermine]

Komodo kicked my ass
I had to use the ravager

[merry sapphire]

no you cant barons literally cannot be seperated thats their thing

[wintry nexus]

Stunning

Ima try it out then

[merry sapphire]

yeah good luck doing that with 3 on your ass chasing you while the aggadons spray you with shield breaking projectiles

[wintry nexus]

I’ll tell you the result

[merry sapphire]

cosmic barons might be the best enemy id software ever designed highkey

such a fun enemy to fight man

[wintry nexus]

YES

THEYRE SO FUN

[merry sapphire]

gonna have to see proof ✌️

[dark thunder]

Def the coolest enemy in the game

[wintry nexus]

Alright then, DMs or what

[merry sapphire]

wait what diff you play on

[marble seal]

Why do I have to wait 5 fucking hours for the update to download😭😭💔🙏

[wintry nexus]

Choose

[merry sapphire]

whatever u want ✌️

[wintry nexus]

Ultraviolence?

[merry sapphire]

nightmare 150 speed 300 damage to player

[merry sapphire]

no i meant where you wanna send the video

[wintry nexus]

DMs

[wintry nexus]

Are you serious 😭

I said hard

Not unfair

[merry sapphire]

ait just nightmare then

cause thats what im struggling on right now with ripatorium

[wintry nexus]

125 damage to demons, 200 damage to player

Good?

[merry sapphire]

honestly pulling it off on ultra violance is still pretty impressive

[merry sapphire]

but that would be modified!

obv you gon like 2 shot them

keep in mind this not a challange run cause this isnt balanced in the first place

[wintry nexus]

The original is 100 damage to demons

lol

25 difference

[merry sapphire]

yah i know

25% is still alot

i mean if you want you can do it but like, thats not the Challange ✌️

[wintry nexus]

Fine 100 damage to demons

[merry sapphire]

no modification, pure difficulty

ultra violance if you want though i think its possible on ultra violance

nightmare is where its pretty much unbeatable

[vivid flicker]

Yeah but it is way easier since youll know all the mechanics at that point

[merry sapphire]

oh yeah goes without saying but no bfc

[wintry nexus]

I only modified the speed

[merry sapphire]

you increasing it?!

[wintry nexus]

I like my game fast

[merry sapphire]

ait sick

[hollow sandal]

Aww no announcement here of the update

[merry sapphire]

you can do it Jazz

[hollow sandal]

Can you share your arena online?

[hard thistle]

anyon unlocked the new cosmetic skin?

do we just have to load the game? or we have to play a level?

[merry sapphire]

nope lmao

[dark thunder]

Must be a big ahh dlc if it isn’t being shown yet

[rocky badger]

Is there more to come? Possible master levels sneak peak? Or is that it for Quakecon announcements?

[hasty stone]

got a bug already

the maintain for the summer encounter for From Beyond doesn't spawn in...

i'll have to start the map over

[hollow sandal]

rip

"Loading tip for melee being used to refill ammo will now appear more frequently" what does this mean

[warm ibex]

the loading screen tip that reminds you that melee strikes return ammo will pop up more often

[hollow sandal]

Oh gotcha, thanks!

[summer temple]

Oh yeah, this definitely made some balancing changes. This handles much better now

[warm ibex]

the lack of slowmo has made me realize how brief some of these encounters really are lol

[green estuary]

I know this is probably kinda stupid
but I really like the little diagram at the bottom of each ripatorium demon selection screen that shows how big they are compared to the slayer

vagaries are the biggest demon by far holy crap

[summer temple]

I like that too, it’s cool

[hollow sandal]

HP buffs to the Cacodemon!? noooooo 😭

[regal nova]

why is the game just black when it opens after the warnings and publisher screens

i dont know how to fix

[summer temple]

WHAT?!!!

OH NOOOO

[sudden stump]

Maybe they won't instantly die to one empowered rocket now

[hollow sandal]

Yea rip xd, I don't mind to other demons, but the caco 😫

[summer temple]

That’s the one monster that didn’t need to be buffed

[hollow sandal]

Haven't tried yet, but yea seems like it.

[summer temple]

[regal nova]

this happening to anyone else?

[green estuary]

not me
what platform are you on?

[regal nova]

pc - steam

[green estuary]

damn so am I

that's weird

[regal nova]

it worked when i opened it for the first time today but after i changed some visual settings it crashed and this issue started

i would revert what i changed but i cant even get into the menu

[spare panther]

Try verifying the integrity of the files if you havent already

[green estuary]

try verifying the game or reinstalling it

[regal nova]

yeah those were my next steps

ill report back if it works 👍

[spare panther]

No fucking way they made it so the dragom tutorial skips on mew playthrough

10/10 update

[next thistle]

Did Dreadmace get nerfed ????

[warm ibex]

yes

[green estuary]

total damage to the primary target is unchanged, but less splash damage

[next thistle]

Ugh

[green estuary]

I mean it was busted let's be real

[warm ibex]

From the slayers club:

• Executions performed with the Dreadmace equipped now drop the same amount of ammo as executions performed with other melee weapons. The amount of ammo dropped as a result of other Mace attacks has not changed

• Reduced Dreadmace AOE damage, increased Dreadmace direct-hit damage to compensate for AOE damage reduction

• Parrying a Hell Surge attack drops less Dreadmace charge

• Drops triggered as a result of Impaler headshots with the Lobotomy upgrade equipped drop less Dreadmace charge

[spare panther]

honestly that thing was a mini screen clearer so it makes sense

What did they do to the dragon sections? They feel so much smoother now

[green estuary]

they extended the amount of time you have empowered shots and they also made it so enemies take less time to fire stuff at you once you lock onto them
among other things

[sour crater]

damn this new ripatorium is difficult

cybergrind wave 50 right here

[fossil heron]

How to play new arena? there's no button to start an arena? 🙄

Rude

[nova spear]

No, literally

[spare panther]

On the main menu theres a button "Ripatorium 1.0"

[nova spear]

ITS RIGHT there bro

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/falcon-sam-wilson-outta-line-but-gif-22091662

[calm fulcrum]

is the dlc gonna be revealed soon?

[fossil heron]

yes but there's no "start" button in ripatorium 1.0

[nova spear]

How do u have a perfect gif for that lmao

[nova spear]

Bro.

[green estuary]

bro nobody knows

[green estuary]

[spare panther]

You have to press the difficulty button first, its like the campaign where you can change the sliders then start

[fossil heron]

option greyed out ¬_¬

I mean difficulty

[spare panther]

Then you need to customize what demons you want spawn in first

[nova spear]

Bro, go on the mode, click arena, make what u want there, then click difficulty and select what u want THEN START GAME

IS IT THAT HARD TO SEE BRO💀💀💀

[spare panther]

Unfortunately theres no preset options on what demons to spawn so you have to choose yourself for now

[fossil heron]

you're really rude and be patient and polite or ill report you

[nova spear]

Is this just ragebait

Atp that is ragebait bro

[sour crater]

wth is going on

[nova spear]

Yeah and reporting is for someone who's using vulgar language

Discords report systems are dumb anyways

[green estuary]

sneaky little message delete there

[nova spear]

😅😅

[fossil heron]

Okay figured now

[nova spear]

Found america

[spare panther]

Nice have fun

[nova spear]

Ngl the mode is rlly fun

Tho I lowk forgot how to play and I died so many times

Cuz I put so many cyber demons

[green estuary]

how does the multiple waves setting work?
does it just repeat the same wave over multiple times or what

[nova spear]

Yea

[spare panther]

The respawn setting is just how many times each demon respawns

[green estuary]

well that's a little dissapointing

[nova spear]

Like after u kill everything they respawn again

[green estuary]

I figured but I had to be sure

[nova spear]

Works just like in the other games

[spare panther]

Yeah no worries

[nova spear]

Wait I thought the first wave of enemies need to be killed THEN the second wave starts??

[green estuary]

I'm sure they'll add more features as they go along
after all this is a whole new game mode

[spare panther]

I think theres a little cooldown after each demon is killed for them to respawn

[nova spear]

I thought it was gonna be like eternals horde mode

[spare panther]

not really waves and more just respawns

[nova spear]

That maybe

[sour crater]

i still don't have a quick way to break armor

[green estuary]

chainshot or ssg

[spare panther]

Or flail

[green estuary]

even after the armor damage nerf on ssg it's still solid

[spare panther]

yeah ssg feels like it does less damage in general

[nova spear]

Combat shotgun with the 3 shots mod

[green estuary]

only against certain enemies
hell knights, mancs, pinkies, and barons

[spare panther]

Ohh okay

[nova spear]

They nerfed it

[sour crater]

that sucks

i can't oneshot a battle knight anymore

[spare panther]

Yeah im only on aratum rn so thats like every notable enemy lol

[green estuary]

lmao

[nova spear]

I still gotta do the extra lives mod

[green estuary]

it still fucks up whiplashes/revenants/arachnotrons thank god

[nova spear]

Btw how do u get the new skins

[spare panther]

you get perfection by playing atleast one round on each ripatorium map

[warm ibex]

Full list of SSG changes from the slayers club:

• Reduced Super Shotgun damage vs. Hellknight, Mancubus, Pinky Rider, Cosmic Baron

• Reduced Super Shotgun damage vs. armored demons

• Player can now interrupt the Super Shotgun reload to perform executions

[green estuary]

beating, not playing

[spare panther]

Right sorry

[nova spear]

There it is

[spare panther]

ohh i see thanks

[orchid rover]

I TOLD YOU. Father Hugo does not disappoint

[green estuary]

shield bash + ssg still clears some very annoying demons so I'm thankful for that

[nova spear]

Also they fixed something with parrying and shooting idk what it just feels better now

[spare panther]

oh they made the life sigil death screen way cooler

vagary got my ass lol

[regal nova]

turns out neither solution worked

[nova spear]

Fuck whiplash

[green estuary]

shield bash + ssg brings them into execution

[nova spear]

I only like whiplash when it comes to the metallica song

[rotund rune]

Thank god they gave us more recolors
We really needed it

[green estuary]

but yeah once they start slithering towards you
you just gotta bite the bullet and parry them mfs

[nova spear]

Vorp?

[rotund rune]

What?

[uneven mortar]

Does ripatorium have an endless mode?

[rotund rune]

Yes

[nova spear]

Yes

[green estuary]

yeah but it's kinda basic

[uneven mortar]

YEEEEEAAAAAA

[green estuary]

same wave repeated multiple times

[rotund rune]

What's vorp?

[uneven mortar]

hmm

[nova spear]

What

[rotund rune]

Wait really?

[green estuary]

I'm sure it's gonna get fleshed out fairly soon

[rotund rune]

You said vorp

[green estuary]

for right now yeah

[uneven mortar]

Glad they're gonna update it

[nova spear]

Yea that's what endless means

[nova spear]

You said what

[green estuary]

well people naturally assume endless has some degree of randomness there

[rotund rune]

I thought they would be on a randomizer

[uneven mortar]

Its like a vomit and a borp

[nova spear]

I hoped it was like eternal

[green estuary]

I'm glad it isn't

[nova spear]

This one is just enemies but still fun

[harsh egret]

wished there was some roguelike elements or smth

but its fine tbh

[uneven mortar]

So you can't just have them spawn in a random mix of enemies yet?

[green estuary]

the ripatorium at least has a lot of room for growth/improvements

[rotund rune]

Can we talk about how more recolors were extremely necessary to the game??

[sour crater]

i need tips for heavies

[nova spear]

Shoot it until it dies

[rotund rune]

I was starving for more versions of the same suit in different ugly colors

[green estuary]

which ones specifically

[rotund rune]

Better kick it tbh

[uneven mortar]

Git gud as they say

[harsh egret]

makes sense they called it a ripatorium since its just an expanded version of eternal's ripatorium lol

but kinda wish it was smth more

[green estuary]

bro got a brand new house for free but he's mad that the neighbor's dog shit on the sidewalk

[warm ibex]

I think it will be

[harsh egret]

yeah im fine waiting

[warm ibex]

eventually

[vague basin]

Guys is it me or ground fissure aint working in ripatorium?

[uneven mortar]

I'm almost certain they'll have a range of endless modes, it's just a nightmare to balance

[warm ibex]

they got this out super fast all things considered, so I'm fine with waiting longer for an expanded mode

[green estuary]

it's probably just you

[uneven mortar]

Omg is heretic + hexen a free upgrade??

[sour crater]

ok so battleknights and revenants are my #1 worst enemy

[green estuary]

battle knights are unironically a blessing sometimes
their projectile attack sets off the shield rune
and their armor isn't even that tough compared to the armored mancubus

but revenants are assholes

[uneven mortar]

NIGHTDIVE STUDIOS I LOVE YOU

[dreamy kiln]

We all love them rn

[harsh egret]

Ye imo naming it 1.0 gives me the imporession they will do alot of updates to the core gameplay of the mode, so it could eventually become smth more like u said, eventually getting a 2.0 update that will do that, with smaller updates along the way with maps and so on

Impression*

[warm ibex]

I'm so glad they put the 1.0 title in the main menu so people won't flock to servers to complain 😭

[sour crater]

i genuinely need tips against the armored enemies

[harsh egret]

Lmao yep

[spare panther]

What about them is giving you trouble?

[green estuary]

well you're gonna have to parry a few attacks, there's no getting around that
but chainshot or ssg are both really good against armored enemies

[warm ibex]

fully upgraded SSG does heavy damage to armor. just shield charge them and then SSG blast, should either compltely heat the armor or just about do it

[harsh egret]

Also glad to know we are getting both master levels soon and also ripatorium updates in the coming months

[limpid tulip]

Hi

[warm ibex]

hi!

[green estuary]

holy crap they buffed almost every single arena after siege

[harsh egret]

Curious to see if hugo will have anything to say on master levels today now that they didnt come with this update

[green estuary]

damn Kaibz has already updated his mod
what a dawg

guy is a workhorse

[wintry nexus]

The mode is so fun holy

[harsh egret]

Im liking the pinky bite attack changes so far, just started a new playthrough

[sudden stump]

Tbh they're probably trying to knock out the DLC levels and gave us the ripatorium to satisfy needs for endless combat until then

[wintry nexus]

I just beat 3 aggadons and 3 barons

Yippieeee

[green estuary]

damn

[wintry nexus]

On nightmare too, that was hard

[harsh egret]

I tried the ripatorium as a meme with just full on superheavies and leaders and stuff, was not a great experience and i dont recommend

[green estuary]

when you flood the arena with a bunch of enemies, you really start to gain an appreciation for how annoying the superheavies' projectile attacks are

[split gate]

Yoo i just woke up

[wintry nexus]

Yup

[split gate]

HORDE MODE?!!

[wintry nexus]

YUP

[split gate]

YOOO

[uneven mortar]

Me too lol

[harsh egret]

Ripatorium is what its called

[frank turtle]

horde mode fits eternal better tbh

[rotund rune]

Eternal? Ur talking about horde mode?

[split gate]

I wasn’t coping for hoping for it let’s fucking gooo

[harsh egret]

Look at the trailer on yt that they posted, explains everything

[split gate]

Yeah I just watched it

[harsh egret]

No, the ripatorium in the slayers base

[green estuary]

well this isn't eternal horde mode

[harsh egret]

Most ppl forget about it lol

[rotund rune]

Oh that thing

[sudden stump]

Ripatorium in eternal sucked, can't even use it again after beating the game

[rotund rune]

I know about it very well I just forgot it had a name

[harsh egret]

Its pretty much that but expanded on

And way more customizable

[uneven mortar]

I love that you can pick the soundtrack

[harsh egret]

Yup

[solid nacelle]

I think the big thing the ripatorium needs is the ability to set demon spawns for individual waves, maybe a slider for how much of a certain wave needs to be cleared before the next one starts

Have each wave be its own tab

[harsh egret]

Also randomized spawns

[green estuary]

yeah this
I'm hoping they can do that fairly soon because this would elevate it so much

[warm ibex]

keep cooking...

[sudden stump]

It would be cool if we could share codes or settings for the ripatorium with other people

[hearty edge]

thank god for that last one it was very annoying when i wanted to do executions and i couldnt bc of the reload

[green estuary]

a randomizer would be so peak
you could have a slider that affects the overall difficulty of the enemies in the arena
so many possibilities now

[hearty edge]

also i'm fine with the other ones bc you could kill a mancubus in 2 shots, daze a hellknight in 1 and the pinky rider in like 3

[rotund rune]

@harsh egret ground attacks making damage while parrying late was fixed?

[frail bloom]

Alr I'm back

[green estuary]

yeah you could instantly put a pinky in execution after the glory strike animation with the ssg
felt kinda cheesy

[frail bloom]

Lets see if I'm really washed or not

[rotund rune]

Did you take a shower?

[scarlet mesa]

That's how I feel, because to me aside from not being able to randomize or use some presets for when I just wanna go in and blast some demons, I'm loving this so far.

[frail bloom]

No bruh like my skill

[summer temple]

You used to interrupt it to preform a block

[green estuary]

a komodo + cosmic baron + leader cyberdemon made me feel washed initially lmao

[rotund rune]

What's washed supposed to mean. Never heard of it lmao

Like weathered?

[green estuary]

as in washed-up, having lost some skill that you previously had

[rotund rune]

Agaddon Hunter now plays death animations and does not go straight into ragdoll

Does it mean a glory kill always plays?

[harsh egret]

wut

[green estuary]

I have no idea lol

[rotund rune]

Making damage*

[rotund rune]

Fixed the sentence

[urban jasper]

Hmm

[harsh egret]

i still dont get it

[uneven mortar]

YES THEY NERFED DREADMACE

[harsh egret]

am i lost

[green estuary]

you and me both

[harsh egret]

thank god lol

[green estuary]

well yes, but also no
in practice for me it's probably gonna be better, because it will consistently hard falter enemies when it hits instead of being all wishy washy

[harsh egret]

ye idk if i like the increased single target dmg lol

[green estuary]

well it's still the same net damage to the target
but instead of like 15k + 25k splash it's something like 25k + 15k splash

so it doesn't just wipe out everything around it

[hearty edge]

bro i bought doom tda 2 days before the quakecon sale i didnt even know existed i could have saved myself 12 dollars

[harsh egret]

ill just have to try it myself when i get it, just started a new playthrough so

[green estuary]

skill issue
both eternal and 2016 went on sale before QC the years they were launched

[hearty edge]

i didnt even know quakecon was a thing

[green estuary]

oof

[harsh egret]

yh eternal went on sale like not even 2 months after release actually lol

[hearty edge]

and to be fair i only got into doom last year

[sudden stump]

They removed the mace's extra ammo when it's used for a glory strike animation, so that's a pretty huge nerf. Otherwise now it just works as intended since they fixed the falter after upgrading

[green estuary]

ah same

[uneven mortar]

Yeah, it doesn't have the ridiculous ammo refill now, seems like it's now a clean "wipe one enemy off the board"

[green estuary]

well that was a bug lmao

same with the ground fissure interaction

[uneven mortar]

I really didn't think they'd remove the full ammo refill for dreadmace, so glad i was wrong

[harsh egret]

alr ye the nerf is pretty nice then actually

[green estuary]

no it still refills all your ammo when you use it as a normal melee strike

it just doesn't when your execution animation uses it

[uneven mortar]

Ohhh ok

[frail bloom]

There's a weird glitch where it slows me down a lot for now reason

[uneven mortar]

Still an improvement

[hearty edge]

i was really confused when i did the executions with the mace and still got my ammo back without any mace ammo consumption

[frail bloom]

Like super slow mo

[uneven mortar]

Lmao they doubled the slow mo out of spite

[hearty edge]

i really didnt take much out of it anyway as when i was low on ammo i'd just look around or do a normal melee strike

[green estuary]

I wouldn’t know lmao
I used kaibz’s no slow mo mod to begin with

[frail bloom]

The encounter I made is so tough lmao

I'll show the stats when I'm done

[verbal void]

GUYS

I DID IT

I BEAT TDA

[sacred ravine]

Anyone else on console having trouble loading the game since the new update?

[verbal void]

Starting nightmare run now

[green estuary]

now do it again because the game just got a lot harder

[verbal void]

Which difficulty do you get the first serrat/mech skins

[green estuary]

pandaemonium/UN

[verbal void]

Kreed boss is a joke lmao

[green estuary]

well he just got buffed so there's that

[frail bloom]

Damn it

[verbal void]

Still gonna be a joke fr

[green estuary]

lore accurate kreed maykr lol
but either way, ahzrak more than makes up for him

[hearty edge]

wait he got buffed wat

[orchid rover]

I did NOT expect a weapon switch speed increase

[verbal void]

How is the final boss hard

[hearty edge]

you know i feel the bossfight where i died the most was the first vagary champion not even enhanced ahzrak

[clever oar]

music from the main menu of doom the dark ages at x2 speed sounds awesome

[hearty edge]

or at least the only one where i just stopped playing and had to come again the next day

[green estuary]

enhanced ahzrak killed me more times than the entire second half of the game did combined on my first playthrough

[green estuary]

enhanced ahzrak, not ahzrak & the witch

[hearty edge]

i did asscrack and the bitch in like 2 goes

[green estuary]

yeah that fight isn't too bad
most of his trickier moves aren't there anymore thank god

[hearty edge]

the 1st one i just didnt wanna use a life sigil early on

for the second one i did use one but after the bitch was out of the question

[hearty edge]

actually i think i maybe died more in kreed than in that one

although tbf i didnt have any sigils for kreed

[lament lotus]

I died to Kreed like once and it was during a Pandemonium run. In my first playthrough I legit thought he was a joke boss.

[sullen coral]

does anyone mind briefly summarizing the update? mainly just looking for dlc

[green estuary]

ah well I was counting life sigil uses as deaths

[green estuary]

no dlc announcement yet

[sullen coral]

alr tysm

[lament lotus]

There is a new gamemode though

[green estuary]

but there's an arena mode where you get to customize what all demons you face

[harsh egret]

theres a trailer up that sums it up well

[verbal void]

Both of those bosses are easy lmao(coming from a man who played on U-V)

[sullen coral]

thanks gang

[sudden stump]

Is 0% slowmo not actually removing the slowmo for anyone else?

[lament lotus]

Honestly I think the most natural place to go with a DLC story is with Deag Loric. His story doesn't go anywhere and I think that's kind of a shame.

[green estuary]

eh well this is assuming your parry window is lowered
default parry settings make the game way too easy
but if you find enhanced ahzrak easy with lowest parry settings then too good I guess

[green estuary]

nah it works for me

[verbal void]

I personally think the crucible. Remember in 2016 it said “RECLAIM THE CRUCIBLE”

But the game i want most is a game where you play as samuel hayden

He’s cool

[lament lotus]

I'm thinking moreso for the immediate future of the timeline. There's enough that happens between the events TDA and 2016 for a whole 'nother game.

[sudden stump]

Figured it out, slowmo is only removed for melee hits and not executions, wtf

[green estuary]

are you sure
because it's behaving just like the kaibz mod did with slow mo turned off

for me at least

[verbal void]

Should i redo ch 21 to see the new mech things

[lament lotus]

CH3 is shorter

[wintry nexus]

FUCK DISCORD, because it “erm, it exceeds file size” 🤓🤓

[verbal void]

Electrical stomp is crazy

[green estuary]

honestly just play through the whole thing again

the campaign has basically gotten a rework

[warm ibex]

damn I'm negl these ssg nerfs are rough

[lament lotus]

I've been doing that for a while now. Ultra Nightmare got hands

[verbal void]

Should i f**k it and go do UN or do N

[uneven mortar]

I can't believe they went for horde mode before master levels, nobody does it like id

[verbal void]

I do-

[green estuary]

wait why tf was cycler ammo nerfed

[uneven mortar]

I'm so glad I waited for my second playthrough

[lament lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/godfather-massacre-sad-gif-16810633

[sudden stump]

Didn't plasma ammo get buffed before? Probably ended up being too strong

[harsh egret]

ye i was surprised

[verbal void]

https://tenor.com/view/yugioh-punch-ground-punching-ground-it-shouldve-been-me-it-shouldve-been-me-not-him-gif-18069003738146878767

Accelerator:

[frail bloom]

Alr imma just play the campaign

The controls feel much more responsive now

[green estuary]

it really should have been the accelerator you're right

[frail bloom]

But mark my words I will kill every superheavy I can

[green estuary]

although the shock spread could be kinda busted

[frail bloom]

With no bfc

[verbal void]

Bro i want Fortnite to re add doom slayer

[lament lotus]

Shock spread is a livesaver on Siege pt.2

[verbal void]

They already added side characters(Halo UNSC soldiers)

[sudden stump]

cycler shock + richohet = demon killing plague

even stronger now with the swap buff lol

[frail bloom]

Guys do not sleep on the rocket launcer it does really well against superheavies

[verbal void]

I did it on ahzrak and it was mid

[frail bloom]

Bruh I am talking abt fighting 10 superheavies with a bunch of heavy demons

I am on that ripatorium stuff🔥 🔥

[verbal void]

Same thing fr

[feral vault]

broh wtf you cant block during the SSG animation anymore

is this a bug?

you literally cant fight a cyberdemon with it anymore

you get hit after every blast

[frail bloom]

Wait when is the stream

[harsh egret]

in 2 hrs

[green estuary]

it would have been good against ahzrak, but the goddamn particle effects from the explosion was messing up my ability to read his attacks

[lament lotus]

Rocket launcher is good against everything that has Mancubus-sized hitbox and isn't named Komodo.

[verbal void]

Chainshot didn’t get nerfed im glad

[sudden stump]

just the ammo count

[uneven mortar]

Weird that it didnt

[green estuary]

nerfing the ssg but not the chainshot smh my head

[lament lotus]

-# the ammo capacity

[verbal void]

Chainshot>ssg imo

[green estuary]

only the starting ammo

[sudden stump]

Idk for me the SSG took the place of the chainshot because it was so good at breaking armor even at range

chainshot and its projectile nature just feels unreliable to me when the gameplay is fast

[green estuary]

fair
hitscan never misses

[lament lotus]

I don't use the SSG much when the chainshot fills that role for my playstyle much better.

[green estuary]

but wraithstone upgraded chainshot is mega busted

[harsh egret]

no cap the atlan updates are pretty neat, i like this

[uneven mortar]

Hows the dragon

[verbal void]

Pretty cool(haven’t tried it)

[harsh egret]

idk only just got done with barrier core

[frail bloom]

Bruh I'm on khalim

[rotund rune]

When characters like hell knight jumped on you and made the ground shockwave attack, if you parried late you still got damaged

[weary fossil]

so uhh you guys play with like almost all the super heavy demons in the ripatorium or is it just me

[uneven mortar]

Ts is so tuff

[sudden stump]

not very fun but you can do that

[weary fossil]

i tortured myself

[frail bloom]

Nope it's all of us

[lament lotus]

I've played through UN so much I just autopilot there now.

[frail bloom]

It's the most fun I had in doom in a long time

[weary fossil]

new update really fun

[green estuary]

I forced myself to only use 3 at a time for my own sanity lmao

[frail bloom]

Dark ages is now second place

[harsh egret]

ah, no clue, its prob in the patch notes somewhere if its fixed

[uneven mortar]

Dark Ages is first for me

[frail bloom]

It will be once that dlc drops

[weary fossil]

i love fighting like 3 aggadon champions and 1 regular

[harsh egret]

dark ages was first before this update 😄 for me

[frail bloom]

Then the ripatorium is gonna get updated as aell

For me guys for me

[green estuary]

isn't that how it's supposed to be?
if you block early, your shield takes damage, but if you block late then you take damage

[weary fossil]

:D

[uneven mortar]

Fighting DLC enemies in base game arenas will be a fun option :))

[hasty stone]

i'm sad there are no master levels yet, horde mode i don't have a use for

[green estuary]

aggadon projectiles are unironically the most bullshit thing ever

[sudden stump]

you still got the feedback as if you successfully parried when you didn't though, felt weird

[green estuary]

huh interesting

[weary fossil]

i can't tell if my chest is sore from the panic i had while fighting or my throat from laughing

[green estuary]

lmao

[frail bloom]

I can't wait for all the meme videos

[green estuary]

his skull projectiles literally follow you to the end of the earth I swear

[frail bloom]

You know for a fact some mad man is going to do all superaheavies

[weary fossil]

I HATE THE SKULL PROJECTILES

[green estuary]

it's like the arena with 30 marauders except it's not even a mod

[frail bloom]

I'd rather take 30 marauders tbh

[lament lotus]

One accessability feature I'd like to see expanded on are projectile recolors. We already have them for parryables, but some options bland them in with specific enemy attacks.

[lucid yew]

yo lets gooo new updateee

[green estuary]

thankfully the middle shield projectile isn't tracking
so if you stay facing him you can just sidestep it and not get messed around with by the skulls

[lucid yew]

its cool we got like a small horde mode

[weary fossil]

i want someone to make the parryable attacks the same colour as regular ones

[lament lotus]

Try red

[green estuary]

well that wouldn't quite work
because some regular projectiles are red, some are blue, and some are purple

but red would probably be the hardest

[lucid yew]

hows about pink

[lament lotus]

I went for an indigo color but I know it's gonna fuck me up against barons

[warped swallow]

Did you guys on PCs get ridiculous GPU performance boost in this update? Is that a thing too?

[lucid yew]

so is the horde mode good?

[lucid yew]

just getting on now havent seen

[frail bloom]

Wdym

[frail bloom]

YES GO PLAY AROUND WITH IT IT'S FUN AND VERY REPLAYABLE

Just had to say it

[lucid yew]

lets gooooo

finally i can put hundreds more hourss inn

[green estuary]

nah I didn't
anecdotally it feels like I might be getting slightly higher frames but nothing major

[lament lotus]

It's basically a custom encounter maker. Great for training.

[frail bloom]

And for showing off how sigma you are

kill me

[lament lotus]

Gotchu homie

[frail bloom]

💔

[harsh egret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/491020118780805140/1403155579526057984/GxyRfQrWUAAhARI.jpg?ex=689685f7&is=68953477&hm=a1eb26e7cf9fc9e4a62ab66105db5d504f3c69515c200198b5c544a7bd32b876&

[warped swallow]

I used to have 44 FPS and occasional stutters on release, now no stutters and 66 FPS on the same settings

If people say nothing changed, then no idea what happened, but I couldn't make the game look not awful and with playable FPS

If not, IDK then what happened

[harsh egret]

o7

[vocal widget]

what is even happening here

[frail bloom]

Damn well have fun then

[frail bloom]

Classic hato

It looks impossible.

[harsh egret]

i had fun bfg'ing that shit

[frail bloom]

Humanly impossible without bfc

[harsh egret]

but i died right after yes

[frail bloom]

Damn this is a W update

[harsh egret]

dub indeed

[frail bloom]

Imma have like hundred plus hrs

Replaying campaign and doing ripatorium stuff

[green estuary]

it also made me realize that cybers and aggadons are the two most dangerous enemies in the game by far when you aren't able to dedicate 100% of your attention to them
cyberdemons have their unlimited range ground spikes, as well as their tracking skull and unavoidable hitscan as soon as you make eye contact with them
and aggadons have that absurdly annoying triple skull attack and that random ass un-parryable ranged projectile that they just sling at you whenever

[frail bloom]

How nice of them to add a size chart in the bittom right corner

Makes it easy on us size comparison nerds

[harsh egret]

and then ripatorium updates and then master levels and then dlc and then more ripatorium updates with dlc stuff and master levels with dlc stuff aaaaaaahhh

[green estuary]

that made my monkey brain happy lmao

vagaries are fkin massive

[frail bloom]

A HUNDRED percent they kept pelting me with their hitscan

They are soooo tough with barons and vagaries

[lament lotus]

Ricochet is one of the most slept upon upgrades in the game. Stun a heavy and free crowd control? Yes indeed

[green estuary]

I'm remembering how in TAG 1 much of the big spike in difficulty was because of the increase in pressure units (arachnotron, mancs, revs, etc)
I'm kinda scared what they'll do in the TDA dlc with pressure units

[solar cairn]

When is the stream with Hugo?

[harsh egret]

im scared just at how the game will feel like a "refinement of the base game similar to how eternal is to 2016"
they must be cooking

[green estuary]

in an hour and 36 minutes I believe

[harsh egret]

im afraid id is cooking.

[frail bloom]

Probably really hard the first go around but it gets easier when you know the arena layout and enemy spawns

[frail bloom]

I'm telling you it can become top one doom game ever

FOR ME

FOR MEEEEEE ALR

[harsh egret]

tda might become goated after dlc for those who dont think it already is

[frail bloom]

It most definetly is

[green estuary]

it's just that pressure units in this game are either hitscanners or absurdly tricky to deal with lmao
if they really wanted to they have the AI composition available to make the DLC absolutely insanely difficult

[frail bloom]

Ripatorium horde mode this early? Soooo much replayability

[weary fossil]

beautiful.

[frail bloom]

Imagine the challenge runs

[hearty edge]

i was boutta say i dont find aggadons all that dangerous but yea if they are just tickling your back from behind they can kill you in 1 second

[frail bloom]

"All hitscan"
"All superheavies"
" all fodder"

[harsh egret]

give me randomized spawns for it and im happy

[frail bloom]

Sooooo much whoever says it's lacking in replayability is just false

[harsh egret]

as a toggle

[green estuary]

yeah in a 1v1 they obviously aren't too bad
but their projectiles are an absolute joke

[brave leaf]

Oh damn we got customizable ripatoruium now?

[harsh egret]

yup

[brave leaf]

Also mentions too many combat changes to list

[split gate]

“TDA isn’t replayable” Here’s an endless Horde Mode with encounters you can modify and more updates are along the way

[brave leaf]

YOU CAN INTERRUPT THE ANIMATIONS NOW

[green estuary]

lowk gonna get my ass beat when I replay it

[split gate]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-why-hes-the-goat-the-goat-bigfellerjake-skippe-space-i-think-gif-26908844

[hearty edge]

even before the ripartorium i already felt the inmense replayability

[frail bloom]

And now it's immortalized

Imagine the fully updated ripatorium

Holy crap.

[brave leaf]

They finally added adjustable slowmo... thank the DOOM gods

[hearty edge]

really havent tried ripartorium yet but just hearing it damn this might be more than base eternal

[green estuary]

I'm glad they stuck a 1.0 next to the ripatorium
so everyone knows that it's gonna receive updates and it isn't just a one and done thing like in eternal

[hearty edge]

the ancient gods?

[frail bloom]

100%

Waaaay better than eternal's horde mode and offers more replayability

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/say-that-again-gif-968943876633031890

[brave leaf]

Im ngl the melee slowdown was much more annoying than the shield slowdown

[solar cairn]

I liked Eternal horde mode better, plus they give an achievement for passing

[frail bloom]

[wheat sigil]

eternal horde mode wasn't particularly well designed

[green estuary]

the shield slowdown actually made the game easier
because it gave you more time to react to the next parry on multi-attacks and didn't require you to know the timing as well

[shrewd mountain]

am i the only one who doesnt like the new atlan stomp effect????

[frail bloom]

Whyyy man

What's wrong with it

[shrewd mountain]

idk why they couldnt stun them without the ugly electric effect, I miss the old one so much :(((

[harsh egret]

anyone notice how in the trailer theres a parried vagary projectile stuck to a hellknight thats running around
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/491020118780805140/1403158395917172736/image.png?ex=68968897&is=68953717&hm=d6c6945d60b5dd34088797ea17431d8449fd450470e0dc8a44f41b3a10917950&

[hearty edge]

yea that's why i said base eternal like not counting dlcs and different modes but idk yet gotta try it

[shrewd mountain]

i wish they made the electric be unlockable with the royal atlan

I rly dont like the new effect at all :(

[brave leaf]

I think its no doubt TDA>Eternal after this update

[frail bloom]

It looked cool to me

[green estuary]

well it comes down to preference

[frail bloom]

Maybe some patch along the way can help you customize the color

[green estuary]

eternal is a masterpiece in its own right

[shrewd mountain]

it looked so much cooler with the ground being all red

the electric effect is too fat and it looks off

[harsh egret]

eternals horde mode was mid at best imo

[hearty edge]

i already liked it better than eternal on my first playthrough

[shrewd mountain]

IF IT WAS TIED TO ROYAL ATLAN, it would be awesome

i rly dont like it on base atlans

[harsh egret]

why lol

[hearty edge]

although to be fair i played eternal in hurt me plenty and cracked so didnt play the master levels so idk

[shrewd mountain]

its an ugly VFX

[hearty edge]

when i have money i will buy it

[harsh egret]

how lmao

[frail bloom]

It's just visuals tho it plays good right

[shrewd mountain]

i miss the old one it felt cool

IT PLAYS GOOD, i just hate the visuals

[frail bloom]

If they had customizable colors would you feel bettrr

[shrewd mountain]

i hope one day theres a mod that restores it

[harsh egret]

i rly dont get how blue electric vfx looks bad

[brave leaf]

Still updating my game

[shrewd mountain]

nah cause it was a whole different effect

[frail bloom]

Me neithrr but you gotta meet halfway

[green estuary]

it's only 10 usd rn

[harsh egret]

yeah and imo it looks miles better so im surprised someone can find it worse lol

[shrewd mountain]

just personally, i like the old one

[harsh egret]

interesting

[hearty edge]

yea i'm 14 so i dont have money of my own

[green estuary]

ah

[solar cairn]

But now they have balanced the game and nothing will prevent the creation of master levels

[shrewd mountain]

it feels like im stomping the ground and tearing a hole into it, the electricity ruins some of the effect for me

takes me out cause it looks a bit tacked on

[frail bloom]

Make your own.

It's fun

[wheat sigil]

cbt mls pls id🥺
dam that sentence looks cursed lmao

[rotund rune]

We no longer are going to abuse Impaler ohhh I'm so excited to play it

[brave leaf]

Sounds like it fr

[shrewd mountain]

I also personally miss the old cooldown speed, like
in gameplay sure its amazing, visually.... I miss taking out the SSG slowly and ripping a mancubus's arm off

[green estuary]

lmao

[brave leaf]

So you can like fully customize the combat encounter?

[shrewd mountain]

its overall a good change

i just like slow tank feel

[frail bloom]

You'll get used to it

[shrewd mountain]

it was fun recreating the first trailer with the SSG

[green estuary]

it's a little limited rn
you can fully customize a wave, but adding more waves as of now just repeats the same wave again

[shrewd mountain]

like

[green estuary]

you can't make multi-wave combat encounters with different enemies in each wave just yet

[shrewd mountain]

tbh they couldve changed the old swap speed and kept the animation but ik it wouldve been janky

[brave leaf]

So what if you just spawn in a bunch of those uh
I forgot the name those tall tanky enemies

I'll check the codex

[hearty edge]

damnit the update is taking my whole bandwidth

[green estuary]

cyberdemons? agaddons?

[brave leaf]

8 gigs 😭

[hearty edge]

barons?

[brave leaf]

Oh yeah cosmic baron or whatever

[hearty edge]

oh not that bad

[shrewd mountain]

I also want presets for ripatorium

PLS ID MAKE PRESETSSS

[green estuary]

eh what's 8 gigs on top of 70

[hearty edge]

holy damn how has it only been like 3 minutes and it's already at 14%

[shrewd mountain]

Also the jukebox labels the producer of each track, I wonder if theyll have another producer for the DLC or include previous games OST's

[hearty edge]

erm actually it was 64 🤓

[supple yoke]

So at QCon right now, got an hour and a half before Slayer's Club live begins and they've got a sick cutout from the game out front

[shrewd mountain]

personally i dont think 2016 or eternals music fits TDA in gameplay, butit would be cool

[lament lotus]

One update I'm getting a ton of value off of is the new Pinky tell. It's such a niche thing but it's appreciated.

[harsh egret]

huh thats interesting actually

[frail bloom]

Hmmmmm

[harsh egret]

yeah i liked it alot also

[frail bloom]

That is very interesting

Like they're planning on having different composers sorta maybe

[hearty edge]

i would like andrew hulshult coming back i feel his style can fit the game

[shrewd mountain]

but if i see andrew hulshult again.....
i may lose it

[harsh egret]

maybe adding hulshults tracks from d1 and d2

[frail bloom]

Oooh hell yea

[shrewd mountain]

I LIKE HULSHULT IN THE DLCS

i personally dont prefer his music

[brave leaf]

Im also interested in the changes they made to the atlas and dragon

How much smoother is it now

[green estuary]

imagine the blood swamps tracks in the cosmic realm

[shrewd mountain]

unless he changed his formula for TDA

[hearty edge]

bloodswamps heavy combat my beloved

[shrewd mountain]

peak

[harsh egret]

well nobody is forcing u to listen to it lol

[shrewd mountain]

I just couldnt stand the IDKFA soundtrack over the OG

[harsh egret]

u can choose to not select his tracks

[shrewd mountain]

but otherwise hes a solid producer

[harsh egret]

same with idkfa, u can toggle it

[shrewd mountain]

ik

[green estuary]

well that's understandable
the OG doom music is irreplaceable

[harsh egret]

lots of ppl like his stuff so it would be neat

i think he did insanely good with idkfa

[hearty edge]

i normally keep idkfa on but man into sandy's city needs the haprischord

[brave leaf]

Also being able to select your own music for the ripatorium sounds awesome
It's just TDA tracks right

[frail bloom]

Plus it would fit with tda

[harsh egret]

atm ye

[shrewd mountain]

yea a lot of IDKFA miss the mark on some tracks

[harsh egret]

ye its why i said it tbh

[hearty edge]

countdown to death is fire tho

[lament lotus]

Honestly I think it makes sense for them to have a sort of EMP attack aestetic.

[harsh egret]

idk i disagree

[lament lotus]

My favorite track

[shrewd mountain]

some tracks dont hit the same feel

[harsh egret]

well duh

[frail bloom]

I agree but the one's that are good are goood

[shrewd mountain]

i just prefer the other one

[frail bloom]

Just depends on the context

[hearty edge]

fair

[shrewd mountain]

some are good

im glad we got an actual good horde mode now

Atlan changes are amazing (besides the ugly stomp VFX)

[hearty edge]

nah i dont feel they fit the cosmic realm the music is perfect there

[shrewd mountain]

i dont see a difference in the dragon gameplay tbh

[frail bloom]

You should ask for cutsomizable vfx col9rs

[shrewd mountain]

its not the colors that are off

its a whole different effect and i rly miss the old one

[harsh egret]

i stg next game is gonna have customizable EVERYTHING atp

10 pages of just customizable shit

[rotund rune]

Is it my impression or the Atlan differences are minimal? Didn't play the game yet

[brave leaf]

https://youtu.be/URbVTlFs00M?si=JMf9lcgaqaAu9Kz1 one of the tracks I actually wanted to look up after hearing

[shrewd mountain]

mod support for TDA in 5 more years

[green estuary]

you're right
it would fit better in reckoning for sure

[hearty edge]

i hope i have an actual pc for when the next game releases bc this laptop would combust to death

[lament lotus]

If you have tutorials turned off, you cut straight to Aratum proper when you play the level.

[shrewd mountain]

Between hex and flame is a personal favorite track

[shrewd mountain]

thats it? alright i guess

[frail bloom]

When is the stream again

[shrewd mountain]

good for replayability

dragon gameplay was the biggest issue i had with TDA

[frail bloom]

Speedrunners gonna go crazy

[shrewd mountain]

its fine??? but its not engaging

[green estuary]

nah they removed their precious weapon wheel wall glitch

[earnest torrent]

So the slow mo isn't actually fully removed, does anyone know if that was intended?

[shrewd mountain]

i never feel im in danger in the dragon

[green estuary]

is it not?

[frail bloom]

Wdym

[shrewd mountain]

atlan in later levels are more fun

[wheat sigil]

you can still literally teleport just with the dossier map lmao

[green estuary]

ye ik lmao

[earnest torrent]

So on the mod that removed slo mo, it was completely removed, in todays update there's still a little bit of it even with the slider set to 0

[wheat sigil]

albeit frame perfectly, so there's that

[earnest torrent]

So the game feels a bit slower than it did with the mod

[hearty edge]

i mostly like the dragon sections bc chasing down the hellfighter ship like a feral animal is funny and entertaining to me

other than that there's like no threat

[green estuary]

I don't think so
I couldn't tell any difference between 0 slow mo with kaibz mod versus official slow mo slider

[frail bloom]

Huh I never played the mod

I can't really say anything abt that

[harsh egret]

i assume ur playing same game speed as with the mod?

[green estuary]

you can bind each weapon to a separate key, switch melee/shield runes on the fly
it's great

[frail bloom]

I want to do that

[green estuary]

well it's on nexus

[earnest torrent]

Yeah 150, it was much snappier with the mod

[hearty edge]

damn that's good

[green estuary]

yeah I highly recommend it

[hearty edge]

boutta be switching the power gauntlet and dreadmace like crazy

[shrewd mountain]

praying theres no atlan gameplay in the DLC 🙏

[green estuary]

you lose melee charges when you switch so you can't cheese it though

[brave leaf]

I have a dualsense edge and I wish you could map weapons to the back buttons without taking up a different input

[deep steeple]

doom bros, is there any way to save the melee weapon of choice, I rly hate having to switch back every time I die

[spare panther]

Did they change the grenade launcher at all?

[harsh egret]

why u hatin on it so much

[orchid rover]

I just ripped and teared so hard I crashed the game

[harsh egret]

i think the atlan is great atm

[hearty edge]

well if it wasn't like that the game would be like no challenge so idc

[green estuary]

neither it nor the rocket launcher got any changes

[hearty edge]

was boutta say i didnt want dragon gameplay but i forgot the dragon died

[sudden stump]

I like atlans better than the dragon. Punches are meaty and they've improved the flow greatly. Dragon I'm still mid on

[earnest torrent]

You talking about in the ripatorium? I noticed that too, I'm sure it'll get patched

[spare panther]

Oh alright thanks

[frail bloom]

Ripatorium I take it

[deep steeple]

its like that in the campaign too

[orchid rover]

yes

[brave leaf]

Shit I forgot
I gotta kill that mf ahzrak

[shrewd mountain]

id rather not waste a whole level to an atlan section in the DLC, i want more slayer levels

[frail bloom]

Have fun

Forever

[shrewd mountain]

i think 3 atlan sections is more than enough

[earnest torrent]

Oh no that's unfortunate

[hearty edge]

fair

[orchid rover]

One reviewer said they thought Doom was above this lowest common denominator stuff and I completely agree. The Atlan and Dragon are spectacle content that start and stop there. There is no depth to them at all.

[shrewd mountain]

also music issues with the ripatorium is weird

[deep steeple]

if u swtich melee weapons while fighting on some arena, it will reset if u die

[shrewd mountain]

anyone else experience that???

[deep steeple]

but it sticks if u win the arena

because of save point

[harsh egret]

hence what the new update is supposed to bring to the atlan, more depth
but yes, its just mainly spectacle and i think thats fine lmao

[shrewd mountain]

i wish atlans had glory kills, thats my only gripe

it kinda does with the old one but its just 1

2

[frail bloom]

Ye it does have weird issues in knowing what you picked but they'll fix it I'm sure

[shrewd mountain]

im wrong

[green estuary]

I mean why do they have to be deep
the dragon sections I'm not really a fan of, but the mech is a fun little occasional pace breaker
I'd rather do that than eternal's protracted platforming sections (not that I hate those, but I still don't mind the mech over them)

[orchid rover]

The issue is speed, they're just so so sluggish and the enemies are the same "YOU SEE GREEN YOU PRESS BUTTON" the atlan and dragon are the same kind of gameplay. I was expecting some kind of pursuit mission on the dragon

[frail bloom]

Just make sure to forward it to Horde

[hearty edge]

final battle felt kinda underwhelming to me bc there was no actual arenas and just an 8 minute atlan section followed by 2 bossfights

[earnest torrent]

I will say for what the dragon sections are, at least they're pretty quick

[shrewd mountain]

i like them for map traversal

[orchid rover]

In Ultra Nightmare I put the settings on easy mode and higher game speed just to skip them

[shrewd mountain]

but they are sluggish in repeat playthroughs

[harsh egret]

dragon is tied to lore and used as traversal between slayer sections, its cool

[shrewd mountain]

BUT YOULL LOSE THE PURE UN

[orchid rover]

"Lore"

The dragon was cool and the slayer liked it

[shrewd mountain]

i got UN on every doom game and DLC, just waiting for the TDA DLC and i will have collected them like the infinity stones

[brave leaf]

Update finished

[hearty edge]

not if you're like me chasing down every single hellfighter ship and exploring the whole level

[shrewd mountain]

erm acckchually serrat was the breaking point for the slayer using his rage to defeat ahzrak, and serrats name is a reference to daisy..

[harsh egret]

...

[shrewd mountain]

🤓

[orchid rover]

HOOOONNKJKKKKK SHOOOOOOOOO

AN ANIMAL DIED. MY HEARTSTRINGS.

[harsh egret]

just say u dont care about lore and move on lol

[orchid rover]

I do, it'

s just not that interesting in this game

[shrewd mountain]

the slayer most likely wouldve died (again) if he didnt witness serrats corpse laid in front of him

[frail bloom]

Hooopy crap you cna really shield throw quickswitch now

[spare panther]

I mean i dont think dragon or mech sections are meant to have a ton of depth, theyre like taking breaks without taking actually taking breaks

[shrewd mountain]

his willpower got him through that gash straight through his side

[frail bloom]

It's sooooo fun

[hearty edge]

false there's no ultra nightmare in doom 64 or doom 3

[green estuary]

nah don't underestimate our boy

[shrewd mountain]

i just play nightmare lol

[green estuary]

he would have taken out ass crack either way

[hearty edge]

i actually believe there was an ultra nightmare in the og dooms in the unity port but i'm not sure

[shrewd mountain]

the only doom game i have not completed is DOOM 2,

[spare panther]

If the whole game was slayer combat or had a shit ton of depth id get tired and have to turn off the game after a while, but with the mech and dragon as they are now i can practically beat the whole canpaign in one sitting

[green estuary]

doom 3 nightmare is just unfun tbh
health constantly draining to 20 just isn't it

[hearty edge]

[frail bloom]

Goooodamn shield throw plus combat is so fun

[sour crater]

this ripatorium kicking my ass

[frail bloom]

Alright mech time lets see how it is

[green estuary]

wait a minute you can change the number of life sigils you can hold?
huh never knew that

[sour crater]

cybergrind ass waves

[green estuary]

even on pandaemonium? kinda goofy but ok

[hearty edge]

wait what

[brave leaf]

I just tried ripatorium with every super heavy at max

I regret it
I extremely regret it

[frail bloom]

Oh no you poor soul

[harsh egret]

[green estuary]

yeah anywhere from 1 to 4

[hearty edge]

oh only 4

[shrewd mountain]

all doom games are fun

[frail bloom]

Alright mech time

[shrewd mountain]

except doom VFR fuck that game in particular

[hearty edge]

never tried it

[shrewd mountain]

motion sickness simulator

[hearty edge]

probably because i dont own a vr headset

[shrewd mountain]

horrible movement, view and gun controls

[sour crater]

i'm going back to ultrakill

[shrewd mountain]

DOOM 3 vr is extremely good

VFR is awful

[twilit fog]

how do i get the quakecon skin or is it not out yet?

[shrewd mountain]

idunno

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/trash-christian-bale-patrick-bateman-american-psycho-go-away-gif-18161325

[harsh egret]

LOL

[shrewd mountain]

for some reason i cant get into ultrakill

[hearty edge]

same

[brave leaf]

OK so
It might lowkey be possible idk

[shrewd mountain]

im like, layer 4 or 5???

[spare panther]

Its definitely not for everyone

[shrewd mountain]

its just not my type of game

[harsh egret]

i have yet to try it, been on my to play list but just kept delaying it

[spare panther]

it does have alot of accessibility though

[shrewd mountain]

the lore and music is peak

[hearty edge]

i played it for like 2 hours and it kinda feels like eternal but it isnt like eternal

[shrewd mountain]

gameplay is just, idk

[hearty edge]

although i saw my friend play it and it looked rad

[shrewd mountain]

its like doom eternal but missing the strategy in certain aspects

[sudden stump]

eternal except you do cool shit because it's cool and not because the game tells you

[shrewd mountain]

or maybe im playing wrong

i feel like im just shooting everything till it dies

[spare panther]

I mean what do you mean by strategy

Ohh okay

[shrewd mountain]

ive beat UN on every doom game, theres an effective strategy for each demon and theres more efficient ways of killing them

[spare panther]

Alot of enemies do have weaknesses and stuff about them you can read about in the terminal at the start of each level and befire each boss

[shrewd mountain]

either im playing wrong or ultrakill is missing that

i cant get into the rhythm to understand the strats for each enemy

in doom I understand it immediately

ultrakill is weird cause i can never figure it out

[hearty edge]

same

[burnt moss]

whats in the new update? i saw the ripatorium but what else

[lament lotus]

Since when did heatblast give Accelerator ammo?

[hearty edge]

like i know there is strategy but i dont know how

[spare panther]

Thats fair it can be really hard to get the hang of it, but thats why the sandbox and cybergrind are there to practice

[green estuary]

there's a changelog available online

[shrewd mountain]

like I can mentally project health, Behavior, enemy damage and attack patterns
ultrakill is harder to do that for me

[spare panther]

a lot of strategy can also be tied to the style meter too

[sudden stump]

Work on getting better at movement and you figure out the rest

[shrewd mountain]

maybe its my fault for chainsawwing every enemy

[sudden stump]

Sliding a lot is key to high rank for example

[spare panther]

I mean ultrakill is prett similar to dark ages in the sense that you can kinda just do whatever is fun to you and you dont have to get too into the strategy part

[frail bloom]

When is the stream again I keep forgetting

[green estuary]

in 54 minutes

[frail bloom]

Something wrong with me today

[frail bloom]

Thank you

[shrewd mountain]

lie, TDA has so much strategy its unreal

just cause its not tied directly to guns doesnt mean there isnt a strat for each enemy type

[green estuary]

too many cyberdemons can cause temporary loss of cognitive function

[spare panther]

ok no thats fair

[frail bloom]

Ye ikr

[sudden stump]

There's lots of strategy but I wouldn't say enough of the game encourages you to explore it... Like if doing the same repetitive action is enough for somebody to get through a level then they're not likely to learn anything else

[hearty edge]

nah i'd shield bash+ssg

[shrewd mountain]

real

[frail bloom]

I think this new rebalancing update might do that for some ppl

[shrewd mountain]

ok on lower difficulties its not as important, on UN hell yea it matters

[green estuary]

true lmao
but obviously this only works for certain enemies

[frail bloom]

You aren't punished for switching or trying new things anymore

[green estuary]

shield bash into a pinky and voila, you just got bitten

[hearty edge]

and now it works on less cuz of the nerf so i might actually have to use other weapons/use melee more

unreal

[sudden stump]

I like using the pulverizer for pinkies, lots of bullets and their hit box is giant

[shrewd mountain]

the lightning rune + plasma rifle, godly combo

[brave leaf]

#screenshots message this is what I just endured

[shrewd mountain]

ravager or skullcrusher?

[green estuary]

eh it works on all the enemies that it really needs to tbh
revs, arachnotrons, and whiplashes
still by far the best way of dealing with them

[shrewd mountain]

IM PRAYING THEY ADD PRESETS TO RIPATORIUM

[sudden stump]

Pulverizer

[lament lotus]

Funny enough the latest patch addressed exactly that. Pinkys now have a better tell for their bites

[shrewd mountain]

PLS I HATE CHOOSING

[green estuary]

hell naw ravager all the way

[frail bloom]

Guys do not sleep on shieldthrow

I know obvious statement but spam it

Like really spam it

[hearty edge]

yea fuck the whiplash

[frail bloom]

It does crazy stuff with your other guns

[sudden stump]

you can't live without the speed boost once you get use to it lol, plus it does more damage than the ravenger depending on the enemy hitbox.

[shrewd mountain]

i saw on reddit there was a tip that if you shield throw when an enemy is stunned (the yellow circle) it causes an AOE that hurts other demons

i tried in game i cant get it to work

[green estuary]

wait what

[shrewd mountain]

idk if i was bullshitted

[hearty edge]

for the arachnotron i usually shield throw bc their hitscan hurts

[green estuary]

I thought that was just with pincushion

[shrewd mountain]

that does work with the pincushion

but not generally, the tip made it seem like it was general

[lament lotus]

It's if they are dazed (purple circle)

[green estuary]

shield bash actually works better
you can block their hitscan then immediately charge and ssg

[shrewd mountain]

oh shit fr?

[green estuary]

huh
the more you know

[harsh egret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/491020118780805140/1403168951768453252/vlc-record-2025-08-08-02h11m47s-DOOM_The_Dark_Ages_2025.08.08_-_02.06.22.09.DVR.mp4-.mp4?ex=6896926b&is=689540eb&hm=66d02a8cc31db8a3eb10a9f064829840f082ac6a31df341390e67d9538396e88&

[sudden stump]

I guess that's useful if you're trying to glory kill a demon but they're surrounded by other ones

[harsh egret]

interesting game

my camera is stuck there moving btw

[green estuary]

what did I just watch

[shrewd mountain]

I almost got locked in that with the dragon in UN

[harsh egret]

how is that even a checkpoint

[shrewd mountain]

it fixed itself after 2 minutes

[harsh egret]

lmao

[shrewd mountain]

whats the word for being locked in a game. not stunlocked but

yknow u cant get out of a situation no matter what

[lament lotus]

Softlock

[shrewd mountain]

ackk

SOFTLOCK YEA

i also got softlocked on the first arena in Argent dnur in 2016 on my first UN run

it fixed itself but i died cause i got rushed by 2 barons with 0 ammo and no chainsaw fuel

[hearty edge]

wat

[harsh egret]

id software pls fix

funny thing is i died like a good while later than where the game put me

and randomly the checkpoint is all the way back where i flipped the switch

[green estuary]

checkpoints in this game can be jank

[harsh egret]

i was in shock lol i just never seen this before

[green estuary]

they fixed a lot of them but I'm sure a few are still pretty goofy

[hard thistle]

Anyone know some goood enemy count to balance Ripatorium?? 😭😭

[harsh egret]

1 zombie and 2 shield guys, should do the job

[lament lotus]

I'm currently encountering a glitch where the low ammo warning pops up when my plasma gun is barely even halfway empty.

[green estuary]

you can fill the enemy count up but just bias it more towards fodder and heavies

[harsh egret]

im sure ppl will come up with some great enemy selection and stuff for the ripatorium

[green estuary]

because superheavies can be absolutely lethal at range

[hearty edge]

50 cyberdemons 50 vagaries 50 aggadons 50 komodos 50 cosmic barons

10 cacodemons flying around and 1 whiplash bc fuck that guy

[solid nacelle]

Lmao I just had this exact shit happen to me a little bit ago

[summer temple]

I have serious beef with the Komodo. Never in my life have I wanted to humiliate something to bad

[frail bloom]

If only yall can see my gameplah

I'm going nuts

The snappiness of the shieldthrow mixed with any heavy hitting weapon is murdering everything

[harsh egret]

i restarted game and it did it again

[frail bloom]

Sooooo fun

[harsh egret]

im convinced this is a consistent bug

[harsh egret]

its feeling good

[frail bloom]

Ye reallly good

Tda feels faster than eternal now for me

Like the amount of crap I can do is crazy

Bruuuuhhh it's so fun

Nvm top 1 in the modern trilogy

[harsh egret]

ofc

[frail bloom]

I look so sweaty now

0% slowdown and super fast swaps

Gaaahhh dam

[fluid dust]

Hey guys what’s new in this update?

[green estuary]

https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en-US/article/doom-the-dark-ages-update-2-release-notes

[fluid dust]

RIPATORIUM

WHAT IS THISSSSS

[frail bloom]

The funnest thing ever

[fluid dust]

I just scan read the patch notes. Omg that sounds so fun!

[harsh egret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/491020118780805140/1403155579526057984/GxyRfQrWUAAhARI.jpg?ex=689685f7&is=68953477&hm=a1eb26e7cf9fc9e4a62ab66105db5d504f3c69515c200198b5c544a7bd32b876&

can tell u its very fun

[frail bloom]

Gosh I just have to r3playnthe campaign

[harsh egret]

bro ok. what the fuck are these chaingunners

[frail bloom]

Then imma play ripatorium forever