the-dark-ages

[frail bloom]

Uh oh

[harsh egret]

Jesus christ

[frail bloom]

Oops

What else you got

[obsidian shard]

HOW OLD ARE THE 2 OF YALL LIKE HOLY SHIT

YOUNGLINGs

[frail bloom]

2?

[harsh egret]

Who is the 2nd one

[frail bloom]

There's only one me

The math ain't mathin'

[harsh egret]

Sneaky trippin

[obsidian shard]

Samir + Hato = 2people

[frail bloom]

16 turning 17

[obsidian shard]

yall are Tripping

[harsh egret]

Yh fk u mean how old I am

[obsidian shard]

Hi im Hato im 1 million years old (25)

[harsh egret]

We are trolling Samir and out of nowhere im also oblivious the fk

[frail bloom]

Gimme another test

[harsh egret]

Im lost

[frail bloom]

It's fun

[harsh egret]

Go general for this bruh

[frail bloom]

Ok

[heady trout]

oh my god STOP with the bs parry windows, first it was the aggadon hunters weird patterns and now the komodo champion

like this is legitimately just the game trolling, because it tells you ''this is how much time you got after the green light to parry'' throught 80% of attacks thus far, but they flip it over with these two pricks without any hint or tutorial, is it that hard to tell me ''these enemies take a second longer to attack than the others, renember to parry a bit later than usual''

it would be less egregious if it didnt feel like only these guys have akward parry windows

but other than that im having fun, dying at least once per level yippe

[frail bloom]

It just means you gotta learn their patterns

[green estuary]

the parry window isn't any weirder than the other enemies
they just fuck you up by hesitating on the attack

[frail bloom]

Some sekiro stuff

[unkempt dragon]

dark lord mentioned

[heady trout]

yeah but, a little bit of a warning?

like ''beware some enemies hesitate a bit more before attacking'' or something

[green estuary]

well, if anything, the warning before their attack is too long, which is what makes it annoying

[heady trout]

yeah

[green estuary]

I mean
you gotta adjust m8

[heady trout]

like i understand the ''die and learn'' philosophy but it feels bs-y when presented like this

''oopps no way you could have seen that coming! hahaha''

[frail bloom]

No really it just takes some muscle memory

It comes naturally

Just gotta keep playing

[obsidian shard]

uhh something something Framegn 2016, something something Eternal better

[heady trout]

literally just beat it with 5 health and 4 armor remaining

[heady trout]

thats not my problem, my problem is how its presented

[topaz oasis]

some enemies are difficult like that

[heady trout]

you get NO warning that these guys do these attacks, as well as the double parriable ones that only these guys can do as well, ONE micro tutorial just showing me how it works would make it seem less like the game trolling me

[topaz oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/goblin-slayer-stressed-priestess-anime-you-get-used-to-it-gif-13752108

[unkempt dragon]

Josh is typing

hold plz

[obsidian shard]

more stuff on Framegen for 2016 and ragebait Eternal better

[heady trout]

then if I die im like ''ok sure I could have seen that coming''

''my fault''

[obsidian shard]

thank you goat

[unkempt dragon]

It's not the last strim tmrrw

[harsh egret]

YES

what r they streaming after?

[obsidian shard]

hopefully he doesnt punch out tokyo or something

[harsh egret]

https://tenor.com/view/bahaha-lol-hd-gif-minion-minion-laugh-gif-2154867417577880306

[unkempt dragon]

Who knows. I'm not gonna ask bc I like being surprised. My guess is some modded levels?

[harsh egret]

ye might as well just leave it to be announced next stream

[frail bloom]

Yipeee

[frail bloom]

Only true G's get this

[heady trout]

okay nevermind im happy the Slayer fed Serrat

[harsh egret]

can u imagine they drop master campaign and they stream that

[heady trout]

jokes aside im having fun, my deaths are becoming lesser in number

[frail bloom]

I actually think that's feasible

They streamed master levels before

[harsh egret]

unironically

[obsidian shard]

+major bug fix at the same time would be peak

[harsh egret]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[frail bloom]

The only problem is that they gotta be 5 hrs long

Cuz Hugo is doo doo at the game

He can't play half a level

[harsh egret]

one arena per stream

[frail bloom]

Oof

[obsidian shard]

he is playing it on a tweaked dificulty

also Hugo can now smite you now

[frail bloom]

But he put 300% dmg to 250%

[obsidian shard]

110% speed

[frail bloom]

Wow

Monumental difference there

[harsh egret]

noticeable

[frail bloom]

Well my perception is fried so I can't speak

[red peak]

Just try to memorize which attacks take longer, like the agaddon's overhead attack and the komodo's huge leaping attack both take a minute to hit

[sweet slate]

Is the M* permanent on ur file

[red peak]

No, that just shows youve adjusted some difficulty settings

[harsh egret]

yh but it is permanent

[sweet slate]

I only changed speed and return to default

[harsh egret]

iirc

[sweet slate]

Welp there goes my nightmare run I wanted to get every achievement

I looked up and now I won't get any

[harsh egret]

wdym, u can get achievements still

[red peak]

Try changing the difficulty and changing it back

[sweet slate]

Lmao yeah u can get UN skin with modified settings

[frail bloom]

Boiiii I boutta do the min slider run

[harsh egret]

holy 50% speed

[frail bloom]

50% speed, slo mo, dmg to demons max, daze max, damage to slayer minl projectiles at min, resources at max

[sweet slate]

Imma try beating the level again

[frail bloom]

Easiest skin obtained ever

[harsh egret]

that sounds so bad holy shit

[frail bloom]

It sounds like aids yes

[sweet slate]

Game journalist difficulty

[frail bloom]

I'd rather do a max slider run💀

Someone gotta do the min slider run

Real masochists play the min slider run

[harsh egret]

i would rather never play the game again than play like that

[frail bloom]

Y'know what

After my max slider run, gonna do the min run

[heady trout]

This game is long holy shit

Compared to Eternal at least

[harsh egret]

yh lmao wouldnt that make the game twice as long

if u did 50% speed

[frail bloom]

I'm going to be a pioneer where no one else will

A true forecomer

[heady trout]

Holy shit ur a genius

[frail bloom]

A daring achiever if you will

[heady trout]

More game time

[topaz oasis]

imagine a mech section at 50% speed and damage to demons 50% 💀

set the atlan dodge window the smallest too!

[frail bloom]

But at the same time I get like 40+ hrs so why not

But 50% speed is gonna kill me

Like that's too slow

[harsh egret]

"why not?"

[frail bloom]

One must be daring

You're not daring

[harsh egret]

yh my bad

[frail bloom]

I must chart territory so no one else will

So I can get back and tell you ts is not tuff

And no one will touch a min slider run ever again

Bc who in their sane mind would love the game after

[harsh egret]

with some exceptions, i hope nobody actually plays the game on 50%

[frail bloom]

Am I the exception

I'm the expirement

First I gotta finish my max slider run

I can't play until friday

Chat am I braindead

[harsh egret]

yes

[frail bloom]

[frail bloom]

Well that was a quick response

Explain thyself

[harsh egret]

no

[frail bloom]

Ok

[obsidian shard]

but you also have max damae to demons!

[frail bloom]

It's supposed to be a braindead sim

[harsh egret]

True that

[frail bloom]

To finally feel what game journalists feel

I think my brain will explode from lack of stimulation

So it's technically a form of torture

[obsidian shard]

why did fortnite have to cook on some of their music

[frail bloom]

Say whah

[obsidian shard]

like look what im listening too

[frail bloom]

Wah

Where

Man they ain't winning shi

There would be a huge uproar

From like every community

[obsidian shard]

Lord of the Wasteland is such a banger

[frail bloom]

Flippin fortnite

[obsidian shard]

lmao

[frail bloom]

Not happening.

[obsidian shard]

The Unplugged version of WTSFL is crazy

[frail bloom]

The one in the vid? Before the drop?

Ye I expected it to hit hard but looks like it was actually the drums that shaped it

The more you know

[frail bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/-gif-5120623

I haven't listened to it yet hol on

I don't hold back my statement

Ninjaago aahhh temu song

[obsidian shard]

Its metal

[obsidian shard]

The Drums play a huge part of the tracks like classic DOOM which I really enjoy

[heady trout]

holy shit the rocket launcher is amazing

idk why im suprised, probably bc im so pro shotgun that I forget I have ranged options lol

[obsidian shard]

ikr it freaking rocks

[cerulean pagoda]

hellspawn rift has so many classic doom vibes

[heady trout]

also i just realized the Dragons projectiles in the chase are more effective if you fire ahead of the enemy rather than directly on them, like an old fighter plane

[heady trout]

true

[cerulean pagoda]

the metal trying to be upbeat sorta thing sounds so much like its from classic doom

[heady trout]

when the enemy is shmoving, fire ahead of their movment and more bullets will hit, I didnt realize until I started applying War Thunder dogfight strategies that it kills em faster

[cerulean pagoda]

ive also learnt a tech for slowmo users

you can get a slowmo shield bash if you parry an attack and just bash into the enemy

[obsidian shard]

The more i listen to the OST (particularly the tracks i never Listen too) i begin to love it more, Hellspawnn Rift is such a banger, sad they left some of the best parts out of the OST

[cerulean pagoda]

i dont like metal, it just sounds repeatative and painful, but these tracks seem to be a lot more memorable and enjoyable than most other metal

[harsh egret]

I started listening more to some of the yt gamerips or mixes and holy shit some are so good

[cerulean pagoda]

with simple music and some sound additions to pump adrenaline into your veins during chaotic asf action

simple music i mean actual music instead of just making it loud buzzes

[obsidian shard]

Dinosaurheretics is Some of the best Anercro has some absolute bangers too

[cerulean pagoda]

idk how to describe it i just love the ost a lot

[obsidian shard]

SAME

[harsh egret]

I was listening to GooDude's ones

But ye ive listened to dinosaurheretics vids too

[obsidian shard]

In the End i keep coming back to FM mix as it just feels perfect and right in most tracks

[meager vortex]

i think new update is coming halloween

[obsidian shard]

Hellspawn rift and Ancestral beast are the main 2 tracks that i prefer other peoples mixes too!

[meager vortex]

i hope zombie slayer skin

[cerulean pagoda]

a doom haloween update could be what we need

[meager vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-doom-slayer-doom-the-dark-ages-zombie-zombie-doom-slayer-gif-6392204321683655363

[obsidian shard]

They are NOT doing skins outside of Recolours... sorry to disappoint

1 They have better things to make then skins (DLC, Ripatorium 2.0, Master Campaign)
2 How the Game works itself makes making remodels Wayyy harder

[cerulean pagoda]

fuck, i guess theyre all recolours then

[heady trout]

honestly crazy how my learning goes in this game, first the encounter suprises me and dominates me and then i clean house second try

[obsidian shard]

they have to make 4 skins for just 1!

[cerulean pagoda]

we wont get any cool stuff like we got in eternal for cosmetics

[heady trout]

also is the flail better than the punch? I just like the armor it gives

[cerulean pagoda]

the flail does dogshit damage

the punch does a lot more

[obsidian shard]

Slayer W/ tether
Zombier Slayer
Slayer W/O Tether
Bloody Slayer

[harsh egret]

Or if u wanna get technical, they gotta texture 4 different states that the slayer's armor is in in things like cutscenes for each skin

[obsidian shard]

But that's it after the 2 year game support end, we will have WAYYY More Content then Eternal got

[obsidian shard]

Thank you king

[cerulean pagoda]

wait is the master campaign confirmed?

[harsh egret]

Sorta

[meager vortex]

josh said master level confirmed

[harsh egret]

No he did not.

Nvm im stupid

Yes they said "smth fun with master levels is on the way" in may

[obsidian shard]

bascally Master Campaign is confirmed but also not confirmed!

[harsh egret]

I posted a clip on my twitter a couple weeks ago, u can see for urself and see what u think

Some people don't think its confirmed, imo its confirmed considering the leaked ng+ thing from a while ago and now this

[meager vortex]

if master level come we will happy for it

[obsidian shard]

same

[harsh egret]

some people also think they stalled any updates until dlc, i think not.

I think they already have master campaign prepped for launch sometime soon

(pun intended)

[obsidian shard]

Other Updates are gonna be Slow atm becasue Full force is on the DLC

[harsh egret]

Yeah other than master campaign i dont expect anything else

[obsidian shard]

I'm Expecting a bug fix in October or November

[meager vortex]

dlc stalled update? what a bunch of stupid think lol

[harsh egret]

?

[meager vortex]

some people also think they stalled any updates until dlc,

[harsh egret]

yes? And thats fair because thats what they said on stream? That they cant update the game as frequently now that they are full focus on dlc

I'm just speculating about stuff but also kinda confident in it

[obsidian shard]

I trust id, let em cook

[harsh egret]

Yessir

[obsidian shard]

https://tenor.com/view/hugo-martin-doom-eternal-dark-ages-happy-yay-gif-13218051490774665565

[harsh egret]

[meager vortex]

but they don't know this dlc team working and other team focus update

[harsh egret]

Language barrier 9000

[obsidian shard]

dude

[warm ibex]

a zombie slayer wouldn't surprise me, but that's only because the model is already fully made and works with pre-existing skins

[obsidian shard]

true, but it would be a lil difficult to implement with the tether as they have to remake all that stuff

[warm ibex]

Not necessarily

Remember in Eternal when they added helmetless Slayer skins but the TAG2 ending cutscene still had him going through the motions of taking it off

So I'd say all the animations could stay the same while the tether just stayed missing

[obsidian shard]

ohh true, thank you for reminding me

[warm ibex]

but nah you're 100% right about any other slayer skin

unless they have some sort of story related model change skin in the DLC I can't see us getting anything but recolors

[meager vortex]

maybe future slayer skin will be dlc

just like a eternal

[uneven dragon]

Plus he already has facial animations for under the helmet right

[obsidian shard]

A helmetless Slayer Skin for TDA would be Awesome

[obsidian shard]

Maybe

[warm ibex]

Yeah, so helmetless Slayer would work too

there are a few moments that are just a tad bit wonky (no mouth movement when he speaks in Siege pt. 2 and mouth movement from a cut voice line when he hands Novik the Heart of Argent after defeating Ahzrak) but it's not a dealbreaker imo

[heady trout]

https://youtu.be/qr03B0Sg060 first thing I did when getting this gun is not using it bc im just that sigma

parry spam does wonders

[topaz oasis]

nicely done

what difficulty is you playing?

[heady trout]

Ultra Violence

I could probably do it on nightmare but since it's my first playthrough I'm doing UV

[topaz oasis]

wise decision

I did it in here on NM with 50% to demons, flail and CS only https://youtu.be/KKnx4N1zr9c?si=14fjqX1w0KihuzwA, twas pretty fun

I should have used a different rune, like the one you was using, probably

[uneven dragon]

ok i havent been following the streams but ive been seeing a lot of posts about the dlc being about the 6 archdemons??

is this an actual thing or just very prevalent fan speculation rn

[weary current]

i'm seeing the 2016 praetor suit making an appearance in the DLC in some shape or form, but idk

[warm ibex]

six archdemons is speculation, but the general "hunting down hell priests" theme comes from one of Hugo's hints

I'll provide a link to the stream here in a sec

[uneven dragon]

disappointed that's just speculation but hunting down hell priests is cool ig

[weary current]

meanwhile i'm over here wondering how the hell they're gonna do a six archdemon boss battle in a dlc out of all things, if that's even the case since it's, like horde said, speculation

[warm ibex]

I think it's pretty unlikely since it's too early for that, especially since they want to make more medieval doom in the future

[weary current]

yeah i just remembered this, nvm

[topaz oasis]

I mean, they did a super high profile fight/arc like the dark lord's in 3 missions, dont underestimate ID's capabilities for rushing things up

[obsidian shard]

tbf they don't have some of the Tech do now AND they dont have to split a DLC in 2

RTX sped up dev time by alot

So very cool

[topaz oasis]

so does the DLC got chance of being good this time around?

[obsidian shard]

like TDA maps are 2-3X bigger than Eternals AND There are almost double the maps

[obsidian shard]

"Chance" dude, it gonna be good

(trust)

[topaz oasis]

ik ik lmao

tbh I liked both tag 1 and 2

but seeing the reception tag 2 got when it launched, I might be on the minority side here

[heady trout]

Tag 1 had a slightly dicey reception at the start bc a lot of players forgot how to play the game and when they came back after some months to play the dlc they got ultra cooked

Tag 2 is Tag 2

[hard thistle]

I get the criticisms of TAG 2, but despite them, TAG 2 is awesome. Dark Ages DLC is gonna be swicked.

[meager vortex]

hey dlc1 is not ready yet

[uncut needle]

I dont understand this games action queueing mechanics or what its called

sometimes right click does an E execution
sometimes a 2 hit punch combo only plays 1 animation

[scarlet oasis]

is there a bug with the holy city of aratum completion, im stuck on 1/2 codex even though i have them both

[warm ibex]

Here's the clip, sorry it took me so long. Link should send you to the exact timestamp https://youtu.be/hgRsR1KgYhc?t=8519

[uneven dragon]

thx

[warm ibex]

Might not seem like much on the surface but this is just how they tease things sometimes. TDA itself was teased all the way back in december of 2020 in the same way, funnily enough

[warm ibex]

Completion registration as a whole is a bit bugged right now. I imagine they're aware and working on it

[scarlet oasis]

oh

[obsidian shard]

And the Ripatorium menu/settings in the Campaign

[warm ibex]

And unkillable leaders

[obsidian shard]

That's due to the Ripatorium

Cause you can't GK leaders and Champions in the Ripatorium

[half plaza]

For the most part, you can see exactly when he doesn't in the Proteh video

[gusty seal]

I know that stigma, but to me there will always be a place in my heart for it on massive slaughter maps, like in eternal or just the art form of when to use it. its been a staple of doom since day 1 literally. even before the ss was a thing

Doom = Metal Music^2 + Demons^^10 + Big Boom^5 + Gore^3 + Puzzles/2

[covert shadow]

If they do a shieldsaw + crucible it would be so coooool

[random sand]

Or, get this. A bfs. Big fucking sword

[covert shadow]

No

[random sand]

Fym "no"😭

That'd be sick

[covert shadow]

Yeah but we already have the crucible and bro the Slayer will probably not be able to use it with the shieldsaw and in the 2016 and eternal codex/Slayer testaments the guy say (in french) "armé d'une épée et d'un bouclier" what mean sword (crucible) and shield (shieldsaw) so it would be a big redcon

[hard thistle]

Will the new TDA t-shirts be available on the europe bethesda shop ?

[covert shadow]

Wait there is a TDA t-shirt?

[hard thistle]

I mean the revenant one https://gear.bethesda.net/collections/doom

[covert shadow]

Ok

Hey WTF if I write ok this do a lil guy

[random sand]

Doom slayer can wield the dreadmace with one hand and the shield in the other. He could wield a big-ass sword too. Also i didn't quite understand your last point there. You mean that "and those who tasted the bite of his sword" thing?

[covert shadow]

Not exactly this one but yes

[random sand]

Which one. My french is a bit rusty

I can't recall the testaments ever mentioning his shield or a sword

Doom slayer has used the crucible in his days but i'm sure there is another sword out there as well. If not, just use the crucible blade again then

[covert shadow]

I don't remember

[random sand]

Damn

[alpine hawk]

I already posted this in #artwork but I'm working on a doom the dark ages piece of art, and I don't know what level I should have in the BG, I'm currently thinking of spire of nerathul, but Im not sure it'll look good...

[old moss]

Chat my tardis landed in the dark ages what do I do

[random sand]

you stand and fight

[old moss]

I only have a sonic screwdriver, a timey wimey machine and a jack harkness with me

[random sand]

you also have your hands

[heady trout]

Parry the green projectiles

Okay to all whom who have heard me doubt this game before I am having a blast with it despite my deaths in UV, I get it now, I just wish I got better and faster than I am rn (last level I played was the one where you get the bfc)

Once I finish the main campaign I'm gonna go so crazy in the ripatorium

[random sand]

bro has finally seen what peak this game truly is

[heady trout]

I'm so curious as to what the Kreed boss fight is, considering he's such a fatso, I'ma guess he'll probably be on his trademark flying chair

The writers and artists got together to think about the Kreed and had the brilliant idea of making him as pathetic as possible

Glad the Makyr theme of "false prophets that only profit off your suffering for no greater good than their own" is still ongoing, and having the Kreed be this fatso always sitting on his flying chair while the Sentinels are slaughtered says a lot

If anything he sort of gets the Makyr point across better design wise

"they pretend to make you suffer in the name of everyone's prosperity, when in reality it's just their own"

[random sand]

easiest boss in probably the whole doom franchise

[heady trout]

The Kreed belly flopper deals infinite damage ❤️

[random sand]

lmao

[heady trout]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1191857112905699348/1427969824235192414/Screenshot_20251015-074147.Google.png?ex=68f0cc08&is=68ef7a88&hm=9c17bd29cd0ab84eacb5ab5f25b8798ff9386d3d251a5a5cacbd99b47b01535a&

I'm sick this is literally the Kreed Makyr described in a single image

I should make parody art based on this shit ngl, make the big guy the Kreed Makyr and the skinny one a Sentinel

[vagrant path]

kreed makyr my beloved

[lime plinth]

did they gave enhanced ahzrak a new projectile?

[delicate grotto]

Iirc, they adjusted its parameters. It existed before but wouldn’t occur often since conditions change so quickly.

[delicate grotto]

Hell Guards and/ or Trial of Maligog would take that title for the modern games imo.

[random sand]

those ain't bosses. those are just obstacles

[delicate grotto]

Ah, fair point

[lime plinth]

there are bosses in the DOOM trilogy? i thought they were just bigger enemies meaning more of a healthbar to drain

[random sand]

Nah nah some of 'em are bosses

[lime plinth]

im hoping the story dlc slaps

[random sand]

It most likely will

[covert goblet]

I still find it amazing that Id had the balls to canonize the infamous "DOOM: Repercussions of Evil" fanfic.

(I.e., "And then John was a zombie.")

[alpine pilot]

DOOM

my game's updating, what's changed?

[heady trout]

more Doom

[alpine pilot]

FUCK YEAH DOOM YEAH

[half marlin]

huh

uhm ok i guess

so anyway

[half marlin]

yooooooooo it's 5 gb too

[meager vortex]

5gb

hell yeah!

[green estuary]

Marauder

Although maybe he can’t be considered a boss

[half marlin]

mini-boss

or a super-heavy

[alpine pilot]

marauder
more like maranoober

[random sand]

No

[green estuary]

Yeah the doom hunters were at least a real boss because they had huge health bars
Regular doom hunters have 7.5k hp, but the boss ones had like 18k and 12k respectively

[half marlin]

marauder with a health bar would be a bullet sponge dodging boss 😨

dark lor-

[green estuary]

Honestly a marauder with a bigger health bar wouldn’t have even been that bad as a second boss

[heady trout]

More like the "hey this is a tough enemy let's get you started on how to kill him" encounter rather than a boss

[heady trout]

Doom Hunter is a Frankenstein of this and an actual boss for some reason

[heady trout]

Yeah that's what Im confused about, why didn't they at least do this once like they did with the Doom Hunters? Maybe they knew Marauders would drive newer players insane

[green estuary]

Yeah people had huge complaints about the marauder

Imagine if he had triple hp in boss form lmao

[placid mortar]

Any patch notes? 5gb is pretty big

[glass minnow]

I'm wondring that too

[green estuary]

Not yet, but checking on steamdb, a lot of the updates are sound/music related

[glass minnow]

This is stupid, all the setting are rest to normal, hud, color, lots of things

[alpine pilot]

was handheld preset a thing before this update?

[strong grotto]

new patch or something?
i got a 5gb update

[glacial grove]

Was Denuvo packed with the game at launch? Or was it added along with this new update?

[green estuary]

denuvo has always been there

[half marlin]

were the demons in the game since release or is this new update?

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-doakes-squint-stare-suspicious-gif-14432154109786838518

[obsidian heart]

Kinda relieving to know that I'm not the only one who encountered this issue. At least keybinds didn't reset for me, thank god.

[meager vortex]

gamma setting

hot fix

[obsidian shard]

Just got a 2GB update on Console

My guess is bug fix

Ohh it optimized it a bit too

Game went down 5GB

Sweet

[meager vortex]

bug fix or balance fix

ah! before update there are bug confirmed ripatorium and campaign save bug

this 5gb fix patch remove that bug i think

[obsidian shard]

Ye, Ripatorium bug is now gone!

[meager vortex]

now this month update is done

waiting next month big update

tda update 1month at the time right?

if hot fix update that is done this month

[obsidian shard]

sum up:

DOOM The Dark Ages Just received a 2-5GB hot fix!
Confirmed so far:

• Optimization 89->85GB (Less GB than Launch TDA!)
• Ripatorium Settings in Campaign Fixed! (this Includes Unkillable Leaders and Champions!) (Update-Mostly fixed some users still affected)
• Sound Settings Changed? (Steam DB says Sounds and Music got updated)

[frosty roost]

maybe some parts were missing from the music in TDA??

[obsidian shard]

i dont think so

[meager vortex]

campaign demons add?

[obsidian shard]

or maybe changing when music triggers in certian spots again

[obsidian shard]

idk

[spiral crow]

There's a new update on xbox

[meager vortex]

5gb patch

[obsidian shard]

its universal

[meager vortex]

bug file is removed

2.38gb

maybe ripatorium bug file

before update ripatorium start there are message window pop up

but now that message is gone

[strong grotto]

80.4gb for me

[upbeat junco]

^

[obsidian shard]

god damn

[strong grotto]

[obsidian shard]

So some Major Optimization and Buf fixes!

Switch 2 Port?? (cope)

The game is running smooter and looks quite a bit better for me

[strong grotto]

idk about a switch port
but panic button probably could make it run lmao

[obsidian shard]

I was just joking lol

[solid nacelle]

I get off work and I'm greeted with a new dark ages update what a great day

Wow my game is 3.3 GB smaller than it was previously

[frosty pine]

Oh thank god they fixed the ripatorium campaign bug

What if the music change is them adding the missing tracks to the jukebox?

[obsidian shard]

ill take a look

[frosty pine]

I probably won’t be checking rn because my copy of battlefield 6 just arrived

[obsidian shard]

it is not the jukebox

[frosty pine]

Shame

[warm ibex]

update - this patch did NOT fix the ripatorium jukebox appearing in the campaign or unkillable leaders

at least not for me

[obsidian shard]

Strange

Fixed it for me

Are you on PC?

[warm ibex]

PS5

[meager vortex]

wooo~

pc is fixed bug i think

[dusk robin]

I see Doom the Dark Ages got a 5gb update, whats new?

[scenic lichen]

5 gb tda patch?

[covert shadow]

Hi

[meager vortex]

yeah

[solid nacelle]

I think it's just an optimization patch and not much more

[dusk robin]

ah ok

[rapid lotus]

Patchnote ?

[silent trail]

Why are tutorials on in Pandamonium

[bronze surge]

Anybody get there perfection skin yet? Mines still glitched.

I want my skin bethesda

Dead skin mask

Even with this update.... my skin still lingers in the dark.... waiting to be rewarded to me and others.

[warm ibex]

Submit a ticket at help.bethesda.net if you haven't already

[bronze surge]

Did like 2 weeks ago

[warm ibex]

Did you get a response?

[bronze surge]

I'll send you the ss if u dm me rq

[bronze surge]

What if someone's starting on pandemonium 😭

[rocky badger]

What's this one for?

[red peak]

Anyone have any challenges for me to do in the ripitorium?

[bronze surge]

Get perfection by completing An encounter on each ripatorium map

But some people won't get it... like me

[bronze surge]

Start from the bottom up on demons and max out what you can. Gamespeed 140. Damage to demons and slayer stays 100%. Do what you'd like with other settings.

[red peak]

Bet

[bronze surge]

Oh and smallest parry window with Hella fast projectiles

[red peak]

Alr

[harsh egret]

no.

also can u pls stop confidently talking about when updates drop and stuff

[red peak]

Wait wdym bottom up?

[harsh egret]

cuz some people might actually believe u

[bronze surge]

Like scroll all the way to the bottom

Then max out the demons as much as u can from the bottom up

[red peak]

Oml- lol ok

[bronze surge]

😭😭

[red peak]

https://tenor.com/view/ptsd-soldier-vietnam-war-moment-gif-18411634637446798395

[bronze surge]

Yeah lol good luck 😭😭

Hey you said give a challenge.... 😈😈

[red peak]

Ik but this is just straight up death 😭

[bronze surge]

Nuh uuuuuhhhhh

I could

[red peak]

No way

You could die is what you could do lmao

[half spindle]

I believe there is a game breaking bug. Empowered demons (from which you rip the heart out) cannot be killed as of now. Prompt to finish them simply does not work, so you are just punching them like an idiot for eternity, making it impossible to progress levels.

[harsh egret]

is that smth that happened once or is that like consistently happening when u reload

[half spindle]

Consistently.

[harsh egret]

tf

is that after the new patch only

[half spindle]

Played siege, could not finish empowered mancubus, now on the other level blackened tide (not sure how it translates on English), pinky is unkillable.

Reloaded few times, and restarted levels.

[red peak]

@bronze surge my reaction time is way too slow for this lmao (its already below average)

[half spindle]

Does not solve the issue.

[bronze surge]

Dude you don't understand. When tda came out dude I beat this shit in under 2 days after release. I am a God in this one

[red peak]

Damn, really??

[bronze surge]

I feel they very well perfected doom slayer and his slaying capabilities in this one

This game has my whole heart I'm only 17 but I literally grew up on doom. I have all of them on my xbox.

[red peak]

Wow lol

[bronze surge]

Yes

I am lore accurate doom slayer playing this game

[red peak]

Loll I thought I was good but ig not

[worldly sun]

The new update seemed to added a handheld graphic settings

[solid nacelle]

Like for steam deck?

[worldly sun]

Probably for the new Xbox handheld but I’m trying on my steam deck atm

[red peak]

@bronze surge have you ever died?

[frosty roost]

@harsh egret can you still get that on your profile? the chainsaw?

[bronze surge]

Throught out my hurt me plenty and pandemonium dif no

My ult nightmare tho I died once cuz my controller died.

[bronze surge]

Nah it was a twitch thing I think but it's over now

[red peak]

Just cause your controller died

[bronze surge]

Yes istg

[red peak]

Oml- i feel so little now lol

[frosty roost]

awww darn 🙁

[worldly sun]

So I did a really quick test on the new handheld graphic setting on my steam deck and I think it does a better job maintaining 30fps with better image quality

I ran on seige part 1 as a benchmark test

[half spindle]

Can someone as well test it? Not in rippatorium, in the campaign level.

To be completely sure that it is not me being incredibly unlucky in repeating this same bug on two completely different missions.

[maiden onyx]

anyone beaten all ahzrak with only fists and parries?

[obsidian shard]

no its from the Ripatorium bug! It appears not to be fully fixed!

[half spindle]

If it is a bug that everyone experiences in campaign than the game is unplayable currently.

[harsh egret]

ye u cant get it anymore

u could get it before for free but then it dissapears unless u keep ur discord nitro subscription

[frosty roost]

darnit, oh well

how do I enable the resolution fps settings?

[obsidian shard]

THE TDA OST should be shipping soon!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/971218217852862544/1428099948070568049/doom_vinyl_ship.PNG?ex=68f14538&is=68eff3b8&hm=cc143b66377ba1751a9104effa87feb54c8fa6c7f17287f484d4cd5c8a82e8b7&

[half spindle]

Where can I drop the video of a bug?

[obsidian shard]

https://discord.com/channels/162891400684371968/832527578891944006

[half spindle]

Well so now campaign is unplayable, sure do hope they’ll fix it as soon as possible.

[obsidian shard]

the Update today fixed it for me and a bunch of other people, but it appears some are still affected

[rotund rune]

What are the news?

[half spindle]

[harsh egret]

new tuneables

Reduced damage of certain attacks from the Agaddon Hunter, Cosmic Baron, Hell Knight and Komodo to reduce the number of attacks that break the Shield in one hit on Nightmare Difficulty 

Adjusted the Brink of Death system on all difficulties to be more in line with the game at launch. This system protects the player from certain instances of lethal damage, creating the opportunity to fight back from a near-death state

horde patch notes JUST released so thats funny timing

[warm ibex]

good timing lol

[harsh egret]

https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en-US/article/doom-the-dark-ages-update-2-2?linkId=100000387227029

[obsidian shard]

try redownloading the game possibly? if that doesn't work then you could start a new save or wait till the next update

[harsh egret]

mostly bug fixes, a couple tuneables, and handheld device stuff

[obsidian shard]

THANK YOU

[half spindle]

Thanks for the tip.

[rocky badger]

Am I reading it correctly? Impaler nerfed again? How powerful is it compared to its original state?

I started and beat UN around mid July to mid August and used it 90+% of the game.

Better or worse now? Kinda crappy because it was supposed to be a high skill "precision" weapon but had insane aim assist and magnetism even on MnK. But still higher "skill" than anything else

[harsh egret]

i dont think there was an impaler nerf in this patch, no?

in fact no weapon balance changes

[rocky badger]

There were three notes on it, all for specific enemies

[harsh egret]

huh

[warm ibex]

You're reading the wrong patch notes

[rocky badger]

These are different than the Steam notes

[obsidian shard]

Wrong Patch notes i say

[harsh egret]

the patch notes are linked here

[rocky badger]

Let me check again. Maybe I'm wrong

[warm ibex]

The three Impaler nerfs were introduced in Update 2

[harsh egret]

also i dont think the impaler really requires any sort of high skill

i wish it didnt have aim assist the way it does

[rocky badger]

Yep, I clicked the Steam 2.2 link but they hadn't actually added the updated notes at the time.

Screenshot this. Someone admitting they were wrong on the internet

[harsh egret]

lmao

[rotund rune]

So they just made the game easier?

[harsh egret]

seems like they just got rid of some of the respawning maintain demons during some fights that made them a bit tedious which i think is good

or made them not respawn

[rotund rune]

Sentinel Barracks
Mancubus no longer respawns during the Vagary Champion boss fight.
Removed Hell Knight and Stalker Imp reinforcements from Mancubus Leader spawn wave in the burning tree fight

It's not like this level was hard

The only thing that made the Vagary fight challenging were the Mancubus lol

Fighting the spider in a 1v1 isn't a challenge

[harsh egret]

well they are still there

they just dont respawn when u kill them

and the burning tree fight last time i played it felt a bit too much compared to the rest of the level

[obsidian shard]

ya glad they changed it

the Speedrunners are upset

[harsh egret]

i would be fine for them to keep it the way it was but also tuning it down a lil is good when u consider the ppl who play for the first time

and overall it doesnt make the game that much easier, it just makes some fights less tedious cuz they do feel like that at times

especially with some of the maintains

reading the patch notes before i didnt care about it and then i played and i was like ye these maintains are just not that great

[spiral crow]

Have they fixed that bug when you're on a new save file it shows already collected gold, rubies ect..?

[warm ibex]

Introducing heavy demon maintains during the initial Champions bosses kinda defeats the purpose of a huge 1v1 introduction bossfight

[harsh egret]

that too

[warm ibex]

at least in my opinion

[obsidian shard]

I think that was in the notes!

[rotund rune]

I also forget it's not a master level so it's supposed to be easy as one of the first levels lol

Not easy, but you get it

[harsh egret]

just wait for master levels, those will go crazy

[obsidian shard]

they kicked me from the MDSR discord cause i liked the patch noted

[rotund rune]

Most people are new when playing this for the first time, so a 1v1 boss fight is better

[warm ibex]

I couldn't find anything other than "Fixed an issue with Codex entries not tracking progress properly after revisiting levels via Mission Select"

[rotund rune]

So did they forget the riptorium bug?

[warm ibex]

likely just not fixed yet

at least not entirely

[harsh egret]

they fixed some ripatorium bugs at least

[obsidian shard]

thank god

def a small fix tho but that what happens when full force is on DLC

[warm ibex]

im still stuck with unkillable leaders and no automap

[obsidian shard]

Like i just stated that id was full force on DLC and henceforth are slow on fixes and changes and to cut id some slack, and if there are changes they make that they didn't like they could talk to id bout them...

[rotund rune]

Oh lmao

[rotund rune]

You think we'll get to see a DLC or master level first?

[obsidian shard]

unsure honestly

Ripatorium 2.0 is either with the DLC update or After tho!

[warm ibex]

wait which server?

[rotund rune]

Do we know anything about it other than our imagination? I never more watched the streams

[obsidian shard]

Modern DOOM speed Running

[warm ibex]

ah

[obsidian shard]

Just that It could include More Music Options, More maps, Encounter Saver, id Software made encounters and the ability to share encounters with Friends!

And of course more enemies that are in the DLC!

[rotund rune]

And more configurations, right? Not being able to customize rounds is tuff

[harsh egret]

yes, they will have customizable waves

[rotund rune]

I find it funny the golden agaddon has 2 glory kill animations but I rarely see one of them because I kill him too fast

[solid nacelle]

I can personally confirm that they have not. I was playing abyssal forest on a fresh file earlier today and noticed the game said I collected all the rubies even though I hadn't even collected one

I think the gold counter was inflated as well

[idle elk]

Modern Doom experience

[sleek heath]

Best weapon?

[short umbra]

+1, all my settings got reset as well

[vernal star]

Where's the gyro aim

[obsidian shard]

Just set em back

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-yachty-drake-laptop-duh-gif-8033838636860661307

[obsidian shard]

Also FM lost to E33 at WSA

Sadgeness

[maiden anvil]

Impaler

[harsh egret]

what was WSA again

nvm found

[meager vortex]

nerfed

[maiden anvil]

When? Still seems crazy strong to me

[harsh egret]

impaler is still insane lmao

[meager vortex]

impaler half damage+half damage

[harsh egret]

what now

[maiden anvil]

What do you mean?
In my testing the per shot damage on a headshot with the recover ammo thing active is still really competitive

[harsh egret]

bro tweakin'

[maiden anvil]

It has downsides but also a lot of benefits. Not range limited like SSG, or dependent on parries like chain shot

[green estuary]

you do not know what you are talking about lmao

[meager vortex]

Rail Spike Impaler

Developer Clarification: Impaler headshot damage was not universally increased in Update 2. The approach we took generally favored decreasing Impaler body shot damage in instances where scoring all headshots did not result in a meaningful difference in the total number of shots required to daze or kill a demon. We did increase headshot scaling in a few instances (E.G. Cyberdemon and Whiplash) where reducing body shot damage would have resulted in a longer-than-desired time-to-kill

Balance adjustments including:

Reduced Impaler damage vs. Cyberdemon

Reduced headshot scaling of empowered Impaler projectiles (via Salvage and Chronospike upgrades) vs. Whiplash

Reduced headshot scaling of non-empowered Impaler projectiles vs. Revenant

[harsh egret]

brother

[meager vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/see-oprah-well-see-that-would-you-look-at-that-gif-10695507

[green estuary]

the max damage you can get with an impaler shot is just as high if not higher across the board compared to launch

[maiden anvil]

Don't the notes basically say if you hit headshots then it's not a nerf at all

[green estuary]

the only difference now is that it doesn't give you free dreadmace ammo every other shot with the third upgrade, and now body shots don't deal as much damage so you actually have to hit headshots to get huge damage

[green estuary]

yes, precisely

[meager vortex]

but if we use slider 1000% damage to the demons hmmm impaler is very gooood

[harsh egret]

bro are u real

[green estuary]

the gun even has headshot magnetism
I don't wanna hear shit about how "oh, impaler was nerfed, boo hoo"

[maiden anvil]

Even without melee recharge I think it would be pretty competitive for the top gun simply for how versatile it is. Its enhanced damage state is very consistent and usable at different ranges. And then on top of that melee recharge

I'm actually a bit down over the fact that I'm not finding much incentive to switch it up currently in my playthrough other than messing around

[frosty roost]

[harsh egret]

imo it is the best weapon in the game

so much so that i barely use it cuz i feel like im cheezing the game

[maiden anvil]

Yeah...

I should do that more tbh. I feel like I could use sat SSG + chain shot and I'd have meaningful reasons to switch between them

[harsh egret]

i like using all my weapons really, if i realise i didnt use smth for a bit i switch to it and play with it for a bit and then switch again to smth else

[green estuary]

it's still probably the best weapon in the game
chainshot is up there, so is the SSG now that it's been un-nerfed to an extent, rocket launcher too

honestly the cycler might be the best full auto weapon, don't sue me

[frosty roost]

my favourite is the pulverizer and chainshot

[frosty roost]

valid!

[green estuary]

ravager used to be OP as hell, but they nerfed into the ground because id has no subtlety when it comes to balancing
pulverizer kinda has its best use case filled by the shield throw
the accelerator is great for raw single target dps, but that's not usually a huge issue tbh
the shredder is pretty much the best weapon in the game until you get an upgrade or two for the ssg in the holy city level, but it does admittedly lose a little weight in the late game once you acquire shield runes
cycler kinda has a great balance of everything--it's got really good range, single target dps almost as high as the accelerator, and the shock effect is absurdly powerful
every time a shocked demon dies, the resulting arc lightning falters a nearby enemy, which can be used to quite literally stunlock even superheavies

and not to mention shocked enemies take a flat 20% extra damage from all sources

[warm ibex]

these are old patch notes though

the nerf happened over a month ago and the Impaler is still one of the strongest weapons in the game

[meager vortex]

yes but this month update impaler is nothing

[obsidian shard]

It's my favorite and the only one I use sooo

[warm ibex]

the impaler was not changed at all with this month's update

I played this evening, feels the same as it did last week

[green estuary]

still deals like 12k damage with an empowered headshot

[warm ibex]

is that one of the highest damage attacks currently in the game?

[green estuary]

for firearms it's up there but not quite the highest
a cooked rocket deals 16-17k to its primary target
a point blank ssg shot with the wraithstone upgrade does 16.5k
and a salvage-empowered impaler headshot does 11.5-13k

[gusty seal]

new update looks hmmmm

[warm ibex]

that's pretty damn good though, I can't complain. especially with the solid fire rate

[green estuary]

if we include melee, the fourth strike in a gauntlet combo does 16k, and a fully upgraded dreadmace does 32k

[gusty seal]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-doomguy-doom-slayer-face-shooter-freaky-tongue-doom-doom-doom-slayer-doomguy-tongue-gif-17200698563866718550

[warm ibex]

32k damage

[green estuary]

non empowered impaler shots still deal 10k damage btw

[gusty seal]

big boom^^5 is part of the doom equation

boutta check out the update now, was reading the thread above

[green estuary]

used to be even higher lmao
first strike used to deal 37k and the second did 40k

could literally insta-stagger anything except ahzrak

[frail bloom]

Brother

Well no way they're winning the grammy's then

Damn it

I can't really say anything

[obsidian shard]

ehh at least they got a Nom, thats pretty big too!

[frail bloom]

They deserved to win

[gusty seal]

if they wanna nerf the dread mace, they need to reduce charge time by a couple of seconds, or increase the damage slightly for flail. which I love now lol

[frail bloom]

Frickin E33

How man

[green estuary]

coming from a guy who only uses the flail, it's pathetic

[gusty seal]

I use the mace too

[green estuary]

the flail literally deals as much damage as chucking rocks at enemies

[obsidian shard]

more popular...

[frail bloom]

I thought they were UNBIASED

[gusty seal]

and the punch procs a nice overcharge debuff where damage from weapons is increased

[frail bloom]

What happened to UNBIASED

[obsidian shard]

My Mini Shield saw replica finally arrived!

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/john-jonah-jameson-lol-laughing-hysterically-laughing-out-loud-funny-gif-17710543

[gusty seal]

and dont hate on my ball and chain.... bruh

https://tenor.com/view/ball-and-chain-gif-10881651

[frail bloom]

Hey Sneaky said they were unbiased

Right

[gusty seal]

jus cus you cant swing it dont mean i cant 😄

[frail bloom]

Frickin rigged

[obsidian shard]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/971218217852862544/1425963815874596940/Screenshot_20250808-094107.YouTube2.png?ex=68f168ca&is=68f0174a&hm=0ca0909a6cbc31214298d83a4984b23fe4202f5ec06a430956172138711395dd&

my reaction

[obsidian shard]

ehh best we can do is keep supporting FM!

[frail bloom]

Ye they're the true winners

Just like how Mick should've won

But somehow lost to FINAL FANTASY?????

[obsidian shard]

Idk how tf he didnt win in 2020

[frail bloom]

Brother it's all riiiiiigged

Idgaf abt opinions Doom is metal so it's objectively better obv

[green estuary]

let me put it this way using my favorite example
a 4-hit combo from the flail takes out 8% of an agaddon's health bar
a 4-hit combo from the gauntlets takes out 30% of his health bar
and a 2-hit combo from the mace takes out 61% of his health bar

one of these three doesn't belong

[gusty seal]

im not saying it doesnt have its uses. they need a changemele button like kaibz mod had. instead of hitting pauuse lol

[obsidian shard]

You forgot fire

[green estuary]

the only use the flail has is in the kaibz mod that lets you preserve melee charges when you swap
in the vanilla state of the game, it's useless even for armor generation because the armor it gives is far too small to offset the decrease in damage you get with it

[gusty seal]

I understand

[green estuary]

[gusty seal]

https://tenor.com/view/jurassic-gif-10871096921618651577

[green estuary]

the fewer people we have who defend the flail in its current state, the higher the likelihood that id gives it a buff lmao
because god knows it desperately needs one

[gusty seal]

that is true, best logic yet!

well time to try the update!

[frail bloom]

Imma try it too

[green estuary]

cuz u know that hugo's gonna end up reading the one message that says "nyet, flail is fine" among the sea of comments that's asking for a buff

[gusty seal]

and its back to dread mace, i want a buff for the flail!

[harsh egret]

That's gonna be my comment

[frail bloom]

Nyet

[gusty seal]

https://tenor.com/view/hugo-cringe-guy-slovene-slovenia-gif-18349129

[maiden anvil]

Can you explain why flail is bad to a noob like me? I know it doesn't do good damage against things without armor

[gusty seal]

it needs to give more than it takes essentially

[green estuary]

tl;dr, damage sux, armor generation also sux

[frail bloom]

Garbage damage and garbage armor regain

[harsh egret]

I get it needs a damage buff but i also dont care if it doesnt

[maiden anvil]

I'm really not enjoying the gauntlet combo mechanic is the thing

[gusty seal]

the amount of risk outweights the reward, unless you use full resources

[harsh egret]

Why not

[frail bloom]

Well that sucks but it's very useful

I guess you can try dreadmace then

[green estuary]

even on second-lowest resources slider, each hit only generates 8 armor shards from a heavy demon

[frail bloom]

If you prefer that

[green estuary]

have you done it on a leader demon or a boss with an on screen health bar
once you see how much damage the fourth strike does you're never gonna look back

[gusty seal]

hmmm tryna decide my sliders rn

[green estuary]

300% damage, min parry window, default nightmare for everything else

also use the kaibz randomizer

[gusty seal]

1 resource 75% demon 500% player and everything else maxed out

[maiden anvil]

Haven't unlocked the 4th yet. But so far whenever I try to use 3 hits in a fight I end up taking a bunch of damage

[cerulean pagoda]

hi

[green estuary]

look for the yellow circle on demons' heads
that signifies that they're faltered and it's safe to go in for a combo

[harsh egret]

U also dont have to spam the 3 hits in a row

[frail bloom]

Herro

[obsidian shard]

btw Hato for tomorrows stream can you make Hugo do the "Absolute Cinema" pose and we must make "Absolute Hugo" - Samir's Idea

[harsh egret]

Lmfao

[frail bloom]

YES

That was my idea

[harsh egret]

I mean I'll try if i dont forget

[frail bloom]

I'm going to drill it into your head

[obsidian shard]

you wont

[harsh egret]

I have to be awake in less than 5 hrs so when the stream comes im gonna be dead

So who knows

[frail bloom]

So what should I expect from the update

I heard it was just optimization mostly?

[harsh egret]

Some bug fixes, some respawning maintains no longer respawn

[frail bloom]

Hmm alr alr

[heady trout]

Wait is the flail bad? But but armor

[harsh egret]

But but not enough armor

[heady trout]

Guess the punch is the best one then

[cerulean pagoda]

the mace is the best

[maiden anvil]

Does that yellow circle mean I'll have time to do the whole combo though? Also I think I get hit a lot by other enemies when I'm trying to do the combo

[unkempt dragon]

Hi folks

[harsh egret]

Sup

[frail bloom]

Hello I am depressed

[unkempt dragon]

why?

[frail bloom]

Fm lost

[harsh egret]

Hello depressed, how are you?

[frail bloom]

So I am now sad

[unkempt dragon]

I just crashed out doing a new 2016 run.

[remote canopy]

Attack when they're faltered

[green estuary]

mayo's got a great video on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfGSD0v3e8g

[remote canopy]

2016 un is actually so cheeks bro,why do the imps have aim bot

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-shrek-meme-shrek-good-question-good-question-gif-7176451729184982026

[unkempt dragon]

TFW you make it through an entire huge fight and a surprise imp comes out of nowhere

Anyway. What are y'all playing in TDA today?

[green estuary]

I might continue kaibz randomizer

[remote canopy]

Im 100% sure u can tank the attacks in back (95% reduction) and parry the attacks in front

[cerulean pagoda]

finding ways to falter is fun

[remote canopy]

I'm 100% sure an empowered shield bash will always falter

[green estuary]

I don't believe empowered shield bashes actually falter any different than regular ones

they just deal more damage

[obsidian shard]

Its Very cool

[remote canopy]

Hmm

[green estuary]

would be cool if they did tho

[cerulean pagoda]

parrying the green purple projectil;es of the cosmic baron instantly falters it without you having to wait for the projectile to come back to it

[green estuary]

who needs damage when I have infinite style points

[obsidian shard]

Ripatorium! Ancestral Beast is a Banger and same with Steel Beyond the Grave!

[remote canopy]

The empowered shield bash is one of the best things already.An empowered shield bash with an empowered Impaler shot, Chainshot or an ssg will always kill a non armored mancubus

[frail bloom]

Maaaax sliiiders

[cerulean pagoda]

ive learnt blowing up an enemy with chainshot mastery will falter imp stalkers, i dunno about other enemies

[unkempt dragon]

nooo

[cerulean pagoda]

same, i am stuck at ancestral forge rn

[harsh egret]

Admittedly I haven't played tda in a bit

[obsidian shard]

When you beat you need smth

[frail bloom]

I'm on sentinel command station

[remote canopy]

100% sure you're gonna make it through the biggest fight and a nightmare imp stalker/imp will instantly kill you

[obsidian shard]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/971218217852862544/1425589387512778762/Screenshot_20250430_074424_Gallery3.jpg?ex=68f15d94&is=68f00c14&hm=2749f4d73ca5fad8a89f7607a2c91147bcf0a6035ba487120f02cdc237c7d70e&

[harsh egret]

https://tenor.com/view/problematic-stressed-smh-oh-dear-oh-boy-gif-18627496

[green estuary]

I'm not saying it'd be balanced if an empowered shield bash faltered enemies for a tick longer
just saying it'd be cool if maybe the damage boost wasn't as high but it would falter bigger enemies or something or extend the falter window for smaller ones

[obsidian shard]

I want From The Ashes in the Ripatorium!

[frail bloom]

I've had zombies kill me

[harsh egret]

This

[remote canopy]

I want to replay tda but I've bought every wolfenstien game

[frail bloom]

Got stuck

[maiden anvil]

You get 95 percent damage reduction from behind? Always, or just during melee combos?

[obsidian shard]

we all need our breaks, i didnt play for almost all of September

[remote canopy]

Where?

[frail bloom]

No I mean I got stuck on a zombie

[green estuary]

are we including new blood in this

[cerulean pagoda]

that happens to me all the time

[remote canopy]

Always

[remote canopy]

Yes

[harsh egret]

Just been busy playing other games with friends and other singleplayer games

[green estuary]

not 95 percent, but it is significant

[maiden anvil]

That's really random

[remote canopy]

Wolf 3d+every modern one

[green estuary]

hoo boy

[remote canopy]

100% sure it scales differently

Melee attacks from back don't get a lot of damage reduction

[cerulean pagoda]

the rage when you finish an insane encounter only to get mauled by the invisible ragebaiting imp stalkers

[green estuary]

I think mayo has a video on this too lmao

[harsh egret]

He does

[remote canopy]

I'm playing the new order and I'm stuck at the underwater submarine part,where do I even go

[green estuary]

I can't tell you off the top of my head but you gotta check the mini map every so often

although I do remember that mission for the enemy it introduces

[remote canopy]

My mini map lowk glitched,it's pointing to a point I've already been to

[green estuary]

oof

[cerulean pagoda]

#general but go to the submarine, drive it to the location until you hear that you have to swim normally, and then after you swim normally get to a platform which allows you to conntinue, i know theres the bomb anchors i know you have to do something with them, other than that i dont know i havent played TNO in an year

[harsh egret]

I have no idea about new order but I played new collosus and it was really good

[cerulean pagoda]

you should try TNO its peak

[harsh egret]

At some point i might

[green estuary]

the new order and the old blood are honestly better games than tnc

[remote canopy]

True,it's peak,even the intro was so cinematic

[green estuary]

the story in tno and tob are incredible
while the writing in tnc made me want to puncture my eardrums

[harsh egret]

Ye idk, for me the new collosus was a really good game

[remote canopy]

Also if you save wyatt over fegus do you get a different ending?

[scenic lichen]

why did the newest TDA patch reset my settings x_x

[cerulean pagoda]

i think i remember something else, once youre in the cylinder sorta area(i have no idea how to describe it) nature throws the bombs at you and you have to evade them to get to a platform where you can escape and continue the game

[frail bloom]

Oh boi

[scenic lichen]

i dont remember my graphics settings dawg

[frail bloom]

This arena is hard

[green estuary]

don't get me wrong, the gameplay is awesome
but if I couldn't skip the cutscenes I'd have put the game down within the first couple hours

[remote canopy]

Ultra low+ frame gen

[scenic lichen]

i think i was rocking medium-high hybrid

idk theres so many settings jeez louise

[harsh egret]

Ye tbf i dont remember too much about the writing but the gameplay itself was fun

[green estuary]

my only gripe is that the STG is absolutely busted

[harsh egret]

Its been a few years since i played it

[remote canopy]

Unrelated but I made my brother play re7

[harsh egret]

All of this is unrelated to the discord channel dw

[cerulean pagoda]

i havent tried TNC i think i got it on my PS library but just havent tried it yet

back to topic, max sliders is the definitive tda experience imo

[remote canopy]

It's def peak,i use the dual knife and bunny hop to kill the soldiers

[green estuary]

bruh

[frail bloom]

Feels like how eternal used to feel when I sucked

[harsh egret]

https://tenor.com/view/bugs-bunny-bunny-no-nope-nou-gif-13480425249407915803

[remote canopy]

I don't want to get instantly killed from one projectile

[cerulean pagoda]

adrenaline is crazy once you play it on max sliders

[cerulean pagoda]

true lol

[remote canopy]

I was stuck in the first mancubus encounter for an entire day

[green estuary]

nightmare imp stalkers literally deal 200 damage on max sliders
don't talk to me about "the definitive experience"

[remote canopy]

Then i realised that the green things are actually there to help me

[cerulean pagoda]

damn lol, i spent a lot of time on it when i was a hurt me plenty noob but not an entire day

[harsh egret]

I am probably never touching max sliders

[remote canopy]

Tbh I was already exhausted that day,idk why I tried to do that encounter

[cerulean pagoda]

the adrenaline is crazy on max sliders

i said it again i reailzed just now

[harsh egret]

Even just 150% speed makes the game feel goofy asf for me

[frail bloom]

Don't

[harsh egret]

Im like what am I even doing

[cerulean pagoda]

feels like ultrakill on brutal but even more intense

[remote canopy]

150% ain't that bad imo

[green estuary]

it's not even that the game is that much harder at 150
it just feels stupid

[remote canopy]

500% damage is worse,but if max sliders also meant 1000% damage,I'm all for it

[harsh egret]

Yep

Wasnt the music also playing at 150% speed or smth

[cerulean pagoda]

it doesnt i think

[green estuary]

not the music, but the spoken audio does

[harsh egret]

Ah alr

Imagine if the music also played at 150% speed, fkin hell

[remote canopy]

150% speed feels like eternal

[cerulean pagoda]

base speed already gets faster than eternal sometimes for me

[green estuary]

no it does not
150 speed feels like eternal if it was shit 😆

[cerulean pagoda]

but at most times its slower as hell

[harsh egret]

I dont care to compare the game to eternal or try to make it feel like it

[cerulean pagoda]

i exaggerated its slowness but its slower most times

[remote canopy]

I meant that you could do some of the tech in eternal with 150% like quick swapping

[green estuary]

except it only feels like you're quickswapping, but in reality you aren't since the enemies are 50% faster as well

[remote canopy]

The hardest challenge would be to play doom tda with 150% speed and 100% parry slow down speed

[harsh egret]

Ur not quickswapping just cuz the game is 150% speed

[remote canopy]

True

[cerulean pagoda]

max sliders make you use a lot of weapons

[green estuary]

anyway, I saw an incredibly mid tier list of modern doom levels on reddit today

[cerulean pagoda]

its reddit what do you expect lol

[harsh egret]

Ooo i gotta get on that

[green estuary]

idk, I just felt like making my own one

[harsh egret]

Ha

Hi Vega

[cerulean pagoda]

my tier list has already been made, kinda

[spring merlin]

Hi, @harsh egret.

[harsh egret]

Pffff

[frail bloom]

You should stop

[obsidian shard]

Thats been my only gripe with peoples hate with TDA is when they say "etenal thing here" ITS NOT ETERNAL, THE DEVS SIAD THIS LIKE 1 DOOMTRILLION TIMES

[cerulean pagoda]

i guess exultia is on top

[green estuary]

kill me

[remote canopy]

Tbh the worst level in terms of gameplay experience is the one where u free the old one,the first part is too lengthy (tho it gives 2 wraithstones)

[frail bloom]

You might get muted for an hr

[cerulean pagoda]

i guess exultia is on top of the mid tier list

[remote canopy]

Enjoy the game for what it is

[harsh egret]

Dont do it one more time or u get 1 hr mute like me yesterday

[obsidian shard]

Lmao i saw that too, funny asf

[obsidian shard]

EXACTLY

[remote canopy]

But the soundtrack is a banger tho

[cerulean pagoda]

yeah

[harsh egret]

Yep

[cerulean pagoda]

the st is cool in exultia but if i wanted to hear that id just go to taras nabad

much better level and no purple goo

[obsidian shard]

Its music is 1000/10 ngl tho

[green estuary]

anyways
tiermaker. com/list/video-games/modern-doom-levels-18770408/5590335

just remove the space after the dot

you can't stop me vega

[remote canopy]

Best level is def the reckoning

[cerulean pagoda]

belly of the beast in my opinion, after that, ressurection

[obsidian shard]

I think the Music shoulve been Unchained Predator, but Infernal Chasm is such a banger that i dont care

[harsh egret]

Damn, world spear on C

I would have it on low A or smth for me

[green estuary]

I really don't like it

[harsh egret]

Why is that

[meager vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/evil-cat-floppy-herobrine-angry-cat-glowing-eyes-gif-13772161273485327421

[remote canopy]

The best level in the main game was def arc complex
For tag 1 it was blood swamps
For tag 2 it was the world spear master level

[green estuary]

armored baron is a terrible enemy
purple goo gimmicky nonsense
giant tentacles
stone imps

[harsh egret]

Giant tentacles my beloved

I sure love that they brought them to tda

I looove them

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/what-do-you-mean-by-that-gif-10559980082154008380

[remote canopy]

They die from 3 parried attacks

[harsh egret]

Oke dud

[warm ibex]

I lowkey agree with katsu's C placement on World Spear

[obsidian shard]

Hellbreaker on C is a crime

[harsh egret]

Ye them being easy to deal with doesnt change that they are shit

[obsidian shard]

Infernal Chasm CARRIES those atlan Bits sooo

[remote canopy]

Also I'm 100% sure they don't die normally,i was farming my mastery for accelerator and even after dumping my entire ammo pool it was alive

[green estuary]

it's aight I suppose
but the mech doesn't really do it any favors

[remote canopy]

Waste all the shotgun bullets and fight all the titans by hand

You can lose all your bullets in the mech section btw

[harsh egret]

Katsu what brings Mars Core from S down to A

[frail bloom]

Ok that one arena took 30 min

[gusty seal]

https://tenor.com/view/3d-gif-13862586

[frail bloom]

What are we talkin abt

[gusty seal]

bug splat

[remote canopy]

Bfg 10k doesn't play for the entire mission 😔🥀

[green estuary]

it honestly could be in S (the individual tiers aren't really in order)
but I don't think it's quite as good as the 6 levels I put in S

honestly it has the best music overall in all of eternal's main campaign

bfg 10k and then sgn at the end is just amazing

[remote canopy]

That goes to sgn tbh

[frail bloom]

What's in S tier

[green estuary]

hol up I'll post it in screenshots

[frail bloom]

Sweet

[harsh egret]

Fair enough, i do agree with ur S tier levels but for me i would switch vega core with mars core

[remote canopy]

Sgn is probably the best eternal music (maybe after meathook)

[harsh egret]

Ill do my own tmr prob

[green estuary]

it's in screenshots

[frail bloom]

I saw it

Awesome picks

[green estuary]

main campaign yes, along with bfg 10k
but blood swamps and uac atlantica are peak

[remote canopy]

What music plays during nekravol?

[remote canopy]

True

[frail bloom]

I don't agree with some I would put Khalim and Sentinel Barracks higher

Same with City of Aratum

[green estuary]

metal hell I believe

[frail bloom]

If it was me

[harsh egret]

Blood swamps in top 3 eternal levels for sure

[frail bloom]

I should make my own tier list!

[harsh egret]

Maybe top 2

[warm ibex]

are you able to share your tier list rankings without an account? i'll make mine rq if so

actually I can probably just take a screenshot

[harsh egret]

Ye just do screenshot

[remote canopy]

Do you need to boost this server to send a ss

[green estuary]

yep
template is here tiermaker. com/create/modern-doom-levels-18770408

[frail bloom]

Village of Khalim is one of my fav levels for me

[harsh egret]

Anyway im off to bed gotta wake up in 4 hrs, hfhf

[frail bloom]

Atmosphere is unmatched

[green estuary]

gn

[cerulean pagoda]

metal hell

[frail bloom]

Gn

[obsidian shard]

GN tty tomorrow!

[frail bloom]

Absolute Hugo

[cerulean pagoda]

i remember me freaking out over hearing music that fucking cool

[frail bloom]

I might do a demon tier list

[cerulean pagoda]

i dont like khalim that much

[frail bloom]

It's an acquired taste

I like how simple it is

Plus unchained predator??

Boo yah

[cerulean pagoda]

unchained predator is a very cool st

[frail bloom]

And the rain looks sooo good

[cerulean pagoda]

its the BFG division of TDAS soundtrack, repeated melody but its just so cool you just wanna hear it on repeat for the rest of your life

[frail bloom]

100%

And the level feels like a signature dark ages level to me

Dark and broody and atmospheric

Gothic, medieval, allat