the-dark-ages

[frail bloom]

It's literally the first medieval doom

We had sci fi doom for 30 years

[daring linden]

i just hope that whatever next game they make shows actual sentinels fighting the demons

[ionic glade]

What’s your parry color settings? I wanna give them a spin

[warm ibex]

they seem to want to do all of medieval doom in one go, at least that's the impression I've got. In general it's better for casual consumers if they don't keep jumping back and forth between Eternal sequel and medieval prequel games

[daring linden]

we werent shown sentinel might at all in TDA

[mystic barn]

We got Sentinel maybe at best

[frail bloom]

Prob bc it focused on a 2 day period where they were getting their asses handed to them

Otherwise there's no tension

[warm ibex]

sentinel might... mighty... mighty doom...

[daring linden]

they'll probably setup some way to continue eternal in a second prequel idk

[green estuary]

sentinel mayhaps even

[obsidian shard]

https://tenor.com/view/the-punisher-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-wait-wait-wait-wait-wait-wait-wait-wait-wait-noooooo-dream-sequence-gif-3498303690144489723

[daring linden]

i mean the betrayal codex explicitly says they all die yet it still portrays them as mighty

[warm ibex]

the next doom game will be a AAA mighty doom sequel. we've cracked the code (I'm delusional)

[frail bloom]

It was a specific set of sentinels

[obsidian shard]

"Sit and Watch"

[daring linden]

we dont even really see a proper fight tbh only aftermaths and whatever the map fights are (pew pew from one side to the other)

[frail bloom]

Not alll sentinels are these brave and valiant warriors and not all of them have their best days

[warm ibex]

sit and slay type shit

[frail bloom]

I guess ahzrak was a good leader

[obsidian shard]

HES SMART

[harsh egret]

R - 1.00
G - 0.00
B - 0.70
A - 1.00

[obsidian shard]

and he has prep time

[frail bloom]

He lasted 2 whole dayz!!!!

[obsidian shard]

So def a Strong Batman Opponent

[frail bloom]

That's a feat.

[green estuary]

bruh how much do you want to see in the cutscenes goddamn

[ionic glade]

Thank you!

[frail bloom]

Prob a lord of the rings war cutscene where they all fight avengers style boo ya

[daring linden]

i mean they advertised it as awesome cutscenes that actually put you into the war but i saw no such thing

[warm ibex]

hato we might need to collab on a ripatorium encounter... I've got the second and final encounters worked out but no idea what to do for the others....

[green estuary]

maybe an unpopular opinion, but the immora cutscene was incredibly cringe

[mystic barn]

"Sentinels.... Rip & Tear" and then everyone clapped

[frail bloom]

Ye cuz you're living in it

[harsh egret]

lets make the next Doom an interactive movie with QTEs and dialogue choices

[frail bloom]

Have you loooked around per chance

[obsidian shard]

DOOM III RPG

[harsh egret]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-thinking-gif-18107621495886085895

[frail bloom]

At the thousands of warships and masses of sentinels

[green estuary]

who cares about the cutscenes
half of the arenas you fight in are literal battlefields, littered with demon/sentinel bodies

if that doesn't immerse you into the whole war thing I don't know what will

[frail bloom]

Or perhaps the dragon levels, the thousands of projectiles littering the screen

[obsidian shard]

Environmental Story Telling is so peak in TDA!

[frail bloom]

Ye it's in plain sight

[red peak]

Wasnt that ripitorium update suppose to drop this week? Or was that next week?

[green estuary]

you literally pass wounded soldiers and civilians through the levels as you are playing

[harsh egret]

also idk if yall tried playing tda with no music but its so weird lmao

[frail bloom]

If the slayer smirked it wouldn't be cringe

[mystic barn]

This week, probably Thursday

[green estuary]

should drop by this thursday

[red peak]

Oh alr, bet

[green estuary]

true
eternal as a whole could've stood to take itself a little less seriously tbh

[frail bloom]

Like valen your homie was right there give hima little heads up or smt

[frosty roost]

need a pink chainsaw in my life

[warm ibex]

I don't really care for it either lol

[frail bloom]

But nah it's

[obsidian shard]

ikr, Eternals and 2016's music doesnt fit at all either

[green estuary]

made us go through an entire ass level when he could have teleported the slayer to immora himself
smh my head

[obsidian shard]

Too Synthy for TDA

[green estuary]

and reclaimed earth is a shitbox of a level too

[frail bloom]

Idk abt too fast

Eternal songs have low bpm

[harsh egret]

Havent tried actually but yeah I'd assume so

[mystic barn]

Most of the music in TDA is at a higher tempo than Eternal's music

[daring linden]

i like the aesthetic

[green estuary]

yeah, the aesthetic is about all it has going for it

[daring linden]

not really one you expect out of doom

[obsidian shard]

im crazy then

[frail bloom]

Yup

[harsh egret]

Ik what u mean tho dw xd

[mystic barn]

It was a jumble of places we've been to before. If they were going to reuse assets like that, then at least recreate Hell on Earth so it has some sort of purpose

[green estuary]

i'm not even so much referring to the aesthetic part of the level design
the arenas and the enemies can just go fuck off

[frail bloom]

Btw sneaky you ain't crazy that's my thing

I'm bad takes guy

[harsh egret]

Do u wanna have the cursed prowler conversation again

[mystic barn]

That's valid too. Hate to bring this train back, but TAG 2 is just kinda eh

[harsh egret]

[frail bloom]

NO NO

Wait

Yes.

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/joking-staring-what-seriously-laughing-gif-4832609063133591660

[frail bloom]

Bc the komodo is worse

[harsh egret]

No u don't

Ok samir im telling the mods

[frail bloom]

The komodo is worse

[green estuary]

komodo at least gets a pass because his design is sick

and he doesn't apply a debuff that removes all your mobility

[obsidian shard]

Samir you are gonna be put down

[frail bloom]

Tell em I will never back down

[green estuary]

(although the komodo had an unused bile attack in the files, just sayin)

[harsh egret]

Never back down never what?

[frail bloom]

Down with the komodo

Never, surrender

[daring linden]

What's wrong with it

[harsh egret]

Exactly what im saying

[frail bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/i-cannot-contain-the-silliness-alpha-wolf-alpha-male-werewolf-max-mayfield-arataki-itto-gif-27435843

[daring linden]

I like the komodo I just wish it was more reptilian in design

[obsidian shard]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/971218217852862544/1440070423927721994/0bc42120d46c870d570cc39c1168736d_original.png?ex=691cd198&is=691b8018&hm=439b1252ac0b9fd4d4d65fbea8a1cc515f72b1123fd5b18056a21d926ae478be&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

[mystic barn]

VALID, for a reptile, it's far too mammalian

[harsh egret]

How could it be MORE reptilian

Am i crazy

[frail bloom]

Aw screw you vega

[obsidian shard]

lmao

[warm ibex]

can't believe I have to pay 180,000 for a single piece

[frail bloom]

Excuse me

[obsidian shard]

200,000 for ahzrak, Hope its to scale

[green estuary]

the komodo?
he's kinda just the marauder of this game--he's very jank

[frail bloom]

What mammalian traits does it have? The ape arms?

[warm ibex]

it begs for its life when you get too close to it without the witch around

[mystic barn]

Not just that, it has a horse skull

[harsh egret]

Ok putting max komodos and cacos in my ripatorium

[frail bloom]

I think it looks rather cool tho

[green estuary]

cacos are just buggy

[frail bloom]

It has a bony look to it

[obsidian shard]

I Added everyones favourite to Mancubus Mayhem (Acolyte)

[harsh egret]

The fence attack is balls

[mystic barn]

It also has a mane of hair. Reptiles don't have hair

[green estuary]

their stupid no-windup laser attack almost killed me in my pandaemonium attack just now

[frail bloom]

What if the komodo had black skin

And a white skull, like those skull island things

[green estuary]

I like his more reptilian look

[harsh egret]

My plan is for my preset to be themed around acolytes actually

[green estuary]

die

[harsh egret]

[frail bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/king-kong-kong-skull-island-skullcrawler-ramarak-looking-around-gif-25544316

Kinda like this

[harsh egret]

I mean ive got positive reviews on my preset rn and its the one with one acolyte and one acolyte leader among other things

[frail bloom]

Black skin and a white skull

[cerulean pagoda]

a skullcrawler style demon would be sick

[warm ibex]

the cacodemon desperately trying to get me to play its little directional puzzle minigame as I turn around and start fighting something worth my time

[frail bloom]

That's the name!

[harsh egret]

Exactly

[frail bloom]

Er how many

[harsh egret]

"oh that fence bullshit? ok fk u see u later"

[harsh egret]

We shall see

[cerulean pagoda]

a skullcrawler demon should have the cacodemon scky bomb weakness or something

[harsh egret]

Ill start testing when its out, make a trailer for it after, and boom

[cerulean pagoda]

if it was in eternal

[rain axle]

Does anyone here like doom?

[harsh egret]

No

[green estuary]

nah it sucks

[frail bloom]

We got an original one here

[rain axle]

:(

[obsidian shard]

12 Mancubi
an Acolyte
A Caco

[mystic barn]

I FUCKING HATE DOOM

[cerulean pagoda]

wait was tda even in the goty nominees

[green estuary]

no

[obsidian shard]

Only Best Action Game and Innovation

[cerulean pagoda]

i hate doom with my existanec

[frail bloom]

Doesn't matter we get peak post launch support

[harsh egret]

You're brave with that caco

[daring linden]

We all know the real GOTY is whatever slop CoD puts out that year

[green estuary]

mancs in this game are kinda just shredder food

[obsidian shard]

hey i have a 10% win rate so far! (theres more demons then the ones i listed)

[rain axle]

Not goty but it was nominated in other categories

[rain axle]

Cod wasn’t nominated

[daring linden]

Its a joke

[green estuary]

it's battlefield's turn this year apparently

[cerulean pagoda]

i believe tda will be the best action game

[daring linden]

Never played and I don't value it at all, same for CoD

[frail bloom]

*believed

[green estuary]

because battlefield 6 is just such a fresh take on the same old formula

[rain axle]

Sorry I’m autistic (literally) I don’t get jokes sometimes

[harsh egret]

I think ill try to make each wave themed around a demon type, one might be revenants, one will be acolytes, one wave might be cacos (not)

[frail bloom]

It wasn't nominated so it can't get anything

[cerulean pagoda]

oh nvm

[frail bloom]

Doesn't matter

[green estuary]

it was nominated for best action game

[harsh egret]

It was lol

[warm ibex]

I don't play either but from the outside looking in, I'll take BF6 over BO7 any day

[frail bloom]

Nvm spreading misinfo once again

[green estuary]

veeery low bar

[warm ibex]

fair enough lol

[frail bloom]

Me thing

[green estuary]

that's like saying I'll take doom eternal over ultrakill
(for legal reasons this is a joke)

[harsh egret]

Bf6 is fun with friends but the more ive played it the more i saw the flaws in it, but they are doing some pretty big fixes to the game, a patch coming tmr to address some of it, so i think it can get better

[cerulean pagoda]

okay i already smell a storm that is approaching provoking black clouds in isolation

(get the reference if possible)

[green estuary]

what kind of man would I be if I didn't get that reference

[frail bloom]

One with a job

[obsidian shard]

Katsu, you would still be Katsu

[frail bloom]

I'm kidding

[cerulean pagoda]

the person who wouldnt get that reference would be a "Schum"

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/vergil-reaction-vergil-reaction-my-reaction-to-that-information-my-reaction-to-that-information-meme-gif-26427732

[cerulean pagoda]

the legendary lawn chair

[frail bloom]

I had to

[daring linden]

They should make more animalistic demons at some point

[green estuary]

although truthfully I don't mind ultrakill
though I lowk prefer turbo overkill if I were to pick a boomer shooter

[cerulean pagoda]

pinikies exist

[frail bloom]

The komodo is a good starting point

[cerulean pagoda]

i still have vergils "Schum" as my notification sound

[frail bloom]

Whiplash is also a good starting point

[daring linden]

Notice how I said more

[cerulean pagoda]

oh nvm

[frail bloom]

Problem is, animals act unpredictable

Harder to code

[mystic barn]

As in not bipedal? I feel like all of them are animalistic. Like, we're not having a conversation with a Baron

[daring linden]

I mean more animalistic in design

More animal like and less humanoid

[obsidian shard]

Komodos are Ahzraks Vanguards!

[frail bloom]

I think they meant like animalistic in both the way they fight and in design

[daring linden]

But not all/most demons, variety is what makes it fun

[cerulean pagoda]

i could have used jackpot but eh

"But on that day, the day where i chose to change my notification sound, if the positions of Jackpot and Schum were switched, would their fates be different, would i have jackpot notification sound and schum would remain in my audio files"

[frail bloom]

Like a deer won't body slam you

[daring linden]

Imagine a fat frog demon that tries to crush you lolollol

[obsidian shard]

Also the Demons are Fairly Intelligent, Their are Some Beasts of course, but def quite a few smart ones!

[daring linden]

Could also have burrowing behavior or something idk

[cerulean pagoda]

a lot of the doom enemy ai is already super unpredictable

[warm ibex]

the mancubus if it knew ball

[mystic barn]

That's VERY Warhammer. One of Nurgle's minions

[frail bloom]

K o m o d o

[cerulean pagoda]

there was this one itme in exultia i was searching for a gargoyle before picking up a battery, it was hiding, but during the animation of picking it up it came out to kill me in vulnerability

[obsidian shard]

Did you just call me... Mancubus?

[daring linden]

I wish the Old One also had a more unique design tho it's too generic Cthulhu

[frail bloom]

The highest honor

[cerulean pagoda]

yeah but i mean we got cyber cthulhu

[daring linden]

It looks great but the concept art featured a few cool ideas

[cerulean pagoda]

still it could have ben more original

[daring linden]

Maybe wraith horns wouldn't have been a bad addition

[frail bloom]

I can agree

[warm ibex]

it was actually supposed to be named Cthilhu, but was changed

too on the nose, according to Hugo

[frail bloom]

I agree

Cuz it ain't real cthulhu

Doesn't carry its powers at all

[daring linden]

I mean it's very clearly a spin on it

[frail bloom]

It's cthulhu if he was a bum

[daring linden]

Maybe that's why it was so generic

Who knows

[green estuary]

you don't say

[warm ibex]

lmao

[daring linden]

I mean they called God the Father in the doom franchise

And their twist on the Devil "the Dark Lord"

They're not really that subtle

[warm ibex]

but they're still not called God or the Devil

same reasoning I'd imagine

[daring linden]

Fair

[frail bloom]

And both have their roles reversed

Davoth is the creator

[warm ibex]

although Lucifer is name dropped in Eternal's codex (SSG is named Lucifer's Bane by Hell) so I dunno

maybe they'll get around to being on the nose eventually lol

[mystic barn]

They considered being super on the nose with traditional Christian imagery in TDA

[green estuary]

it'd be like calling the father "Jhesus" or something lmao

[frail bloom]

Dem crucified titans

[warm ibex]

that's so fucking funny lmao

[mystic barn]

In fairness, we still don't know the Father's name name (if he has one), so I genuinely wouldn't discount Jhesus just yet

[green estuary]

the father has a name, and it's vega

[warm ibex]

that's what Jhesus wants you to think

[green estuary]

we gotta start calling the father "jhesus" now

[frail bloom]

Is there smt I'm missing

Nvm

[uneven dragon]

The Old One fits better with the way the franchise names things ig (Icon of Sin)

although given the classic wads eventually just started calling them baphomet and satan and etc ig it's not as valid lol

[solar spoke]

we could always call the Father Las VEGAs

[cerulean pagoda]

tda should hve a faltering mechanic where if you execute an enemy and make them fly around from the impact it falters anything it collides with

[obsidian shard]

Throwing the shield at a Staggered enemy will falter nearby enemies!

Falling from anything above jump height will also Falter enemies

[green estuary]

it shouldn't
because that would imply that the gore from a dead demon would be solid, which means it would block projectiles

[frail bloom]

Ye just drape that dead demon over a cyberdemon and I won't have to worry abt projectile phasing anymore

[green estuary]

nah I mean it would block the slayer's projectiles

most demon projectiles will phase through other demons regardless

[obsidian shard]

That COULD be Addressed this Update

Hopefully it does

[frail bloom]

Ew nvm

[frail bloom]

Hopefully, I need it fixed

Hugo said it was a bug too which is funny

[uneven mortar]

Is Ripatorium getting an endless mode?

[cerulean pagoda]

oh nvm

[obsidian shard]

It already has one

[uneven mortar]

???

[obsidian shard]

Ya Ripatorium has had an Endless mode since it launched

It's above Time limit

[uneven mortar]

I mean like constantly spawning waves

Of random enemies

[green estuary]

nah it won't

it'll have presets but those only go up to 5 waves in a row

[uneven mortar]

Isn't that like, half the appeal of a horde mode??

[mystic barn]

Well, it’s not a horde mode if we’re going to be particular

[uneven dragon]

eternal's actual horde mode wasn't endless either was it?

[obsidian shard]

Nah

[green estuary]

idk, maybe? depends on who you ask
personally I never saw the appeal of just fighting endless waves of enemies in the same arena

[harsh egret]

yeah ngl fighting random enemies infinitely doesnt sound that fun icl

[green estuary]

I'm a big fan of the infinite arena mode mod in eternal, but that's really because it lets you jump from map to map every 2 waves

[uneven mortar]

Yeah, that would be nice

[green estuary]

plus it lets you play in battlemode maps, which is sick

[warm ibex]

eternal's horde mode is barely a horde mode

that's bothered me for like four years now lmao

[civic siren]

Hello everyone

[green estuary]

horde mode somehow managed to fail completely in the replayability department
the weapon pickup order is simultaneously too RNG-dependent to make it worth replaying for a high score, yet everything else is completely identical between runs, which makes replaying it for any other reason meaningless

[warm ibex]

it definitely wasn't the mode most people were asking for at the time

It's essentially a mini campaign with a handful of arcade elements, which imo wouldn't be half bad if the score system felt like it mattered at all and the weapon progression wasn't random

[green estuary]

the random weapon progression just pisses me off

especially since they decided to introduce possessed enemies so early

you can literally go two whole missions having to deal with possessed everything before you're guaranteed to get the plasma rifle

[warm ibex]

weapons in particular felt like an awkward compromise to me. seems like a choice made with the hope of adding replayability since the mode otherwise lacks it entirely (unless you count leaderboard grinding or the monthly rotating bounty rounds)

[hearty edge]

no GOTY 😔

[green estuary]

it was never going to happen

[hearty edge]

ik

[green estuary]

said leaderboards getting hacked after 2 weeks:

[hearty edge]

naw wtf u mean no best score

ok good best action

except hades II is on there so it's not gonna win

[harsh egret]

At the end of the day what difference does it make to u if doom wouldve been nominated or won smth

[hearty edge]

no best performance for doomguy's 1 word 😔

[hearty edge]

cool factor

[harsh egret]

Wowzers

[green estuary]

frankly I can't believe debra wilson didn't get recognized for her stunningly emotional performance as thira

truly a travesty

[harsh egret]

Should we really care what some random media outlets think should get nominated and win? is it those opinions that matter and that judge how good a game is?

[warm ibex]

randomized equipment and properly balanced encounters don't mix very well. I greatly appreciate their effort and understand what they were aiming for, but I think Eternal's horde mode would've benefitted from just a tad more awareness on their part

Replace the randomized weapons with a properly balanced weapon progression system, get rid of the randomized bounty demon system that feels thrown together outside of the first rotation, and stop pretending like it's a horde mode

not like it matters four years later

[neon perch]

Eternal's HM was.

I don't even know what it was.

Pisses me off to even think about it honestly.

[harsh egret]

I maybe played it twice

[neon perch]

Proteh did it first and better.

[uneven dragon]

i love when i dont get ballista or heavy cannon first and then 5 billion blood maykrs descend upon me

[green estuary]

skill issue
just launch a sticky bomb at them

also I believe they include a blood maykr in the first arena just for that purpose

[sudden stump]

my mind was blown when I first realized stickies can headshot

[weary current]

TDA got nominated today, lsg

[red peak]

Yeah, I had to use a sticky to take out a Armored Baron's morningstar once in hordemode cause I never got the balista or hc lol

[thin hound]

Horde Mode was more like arcade mode, should have been called that

[meager vortex]

doom the dark ages not a GOTY even no listed

just kicked out rank

[frosty roost]

what for?

[weary current]

action game of the year and advancement in technology or smth, I haven’t paid attention to that nominee

[frosty roost]

oh yeah, accessibility

[warm ibex]

have you guys voted yet?

[storm fiber]

it's jimbo

[obsidian shard]

No, TGA page is wack

[storm fiber]

hey i mean

action game nomination

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/special-ed-special-gif-14524557650897979460

[dark thunder]

did the new update come out

I had to put my dog down and my game pass is about to run out it's super painful and playing doom doesnt make it better

[meager vortex]

not update yet

[obsidian shard]

Damn dude, sorry to hear, Hope you and your family are doing ok, It's rough at first but it always gets better 🫂🫂

[meager vortex]

you lost dog damn that is sad

[dark thunder]

its awful and i can barely function, everything i played and ate and watched during her last week made things worse and they're unappealing

[topaz oasis]

Did some ripatorium gameplay with the flail https://youtu.be/kx7BdiGe-XY?si=6Vleg8ffdTRyzBVk

[meager vortex]

i hope you will be ok

[mystic barn]

Do you have a friend or family member you can talk to?

[neon perch]

Fuck dude I'm so sorry to hear about your dog.

It's gonna be hard but you will make it.

[tiny mantle]

Hi guys I’m new

[frosty coyote]

Hi New im dad

[nocturne marsh]

did daisy reincarnate as serrat?

cuz like Serrat's name i think is derived from the flower Serratula,
The Serratula genus belongs to the Asteraceae family.
Daisies are also part of the Asteraceae family.

[fleet spruce]

you're looking too deep into it

[mystic barn]

Serrat could also be derived from "serrated" (as are the Serratulas). It's a tenuous connection at best

[north spire]

Oh yea dark ages got nominated for some awards

That’s pretty cool

But also I don’t really care about the lineup this year

[charred oasis]

Just curious, do yall play with threat detector on or off?

[wheat sigil]

on

[frosty roost]

I have it on

[vagrant path]

I have parry detection on I think

but that's about it, I plan someday to try doing a playthrough without the hud at all

[tiny mantle]

Huh

[daring linden]

Something I've never seen anyone mention is how Serrat is very clearly a ground animal

Obviously genetically related to the dragons but still a heavy ground animal and not a flying creature

[slender night]

Just got the game, time to finally see what the hype is about

[frosty roost]

Game is brilliant!

[heady mica]

Counterargument: Domesticated birds walking everywhere by choice

[daring linden]

I don't really see how that disproves what I said

[heady mica]

Well I mean he could just be an entirely different species of dragon

There are ones with four legs that look like that

[daring linden]

He's completely built like a ground hunter

[heady mica]

When the DLC comes out I hope we get more Serrat lore

I love my hateful sky puppy

[daring linden]

He's dead

[burnt stirrup]

It's doomin time

[daring linden]

And thank god, those dragon levels were awful

[heady mica]

I Said Lore Not Dragon Levels

[burnt stirrup]

I loved the dragon levels

[heady mica]

Buuuuut ya they mid

[daring linden]

Still doubt it

[heady mica]

I will remain... Hopeful !

[daring linden]

Serrat got kirked </3

Why was dragon combat so scripted

It could've been actually interesting

[heady mica]

Saying he got kirked is fuckin wild

But i mean you aint wrong he did

[daring linden]

Tbh I also hope the DLC has no mech levels

We got enough of the mechs in the base game

[heady mica]

Asscrack caught some hands on my nightmare 100% run at max game speed

Genuine anger flowing into my gameplay from his bullshit combos

[daring linden]

When yo neck kinda hurt

[heady mica]

i NEED more content... I NEED IT....

[daring linden]

Azhrak wasn't bullshit imo

[heady mica]

he felt like it with 150% speed and the parry window at minimum 💔

[daring linden]

Ok valid

[heady mica]

I was also drunk at the end there so it was getting a bit infuriating

[uneven dragon]

Should’ve focused more on the dog fights with hell ships and less on Bootleg Atlan Gameplay with the Titans

[daring linden]

Can they do doom bosses without the boring circular arena

[daring linden]

Yeah it's what i expected out of supposed air fights

Instead it's scripted redlight greenlight lol

[uneven dragon]

The first dragon level still hits different though… soaring above the city with the crescendo to Blood Red was so amazing 🥹

[uneven dragon]

tried to think of a single nudoom boss without one and failed lol

Does the Icon count?

[daring linden]

The levels look great but the gameplay itself is so bad

Doesn't feel like the same quality level with the rest of the game lol

[uneven dragon]

I think dragon gameplay being (mostly) bad is forgivable to me because of how much of (some) of those levels are on the ground

[daring linden]

Icon is a cool boss and yeah it does count

[daring linden]

All of the meat of dragon levels is ground combat

[uneven dragon]

Like the Holy City dragon level is mostly using the dragon for traversal and it has a lot of hell ships to chase after so it keeps me engaged

[daring linden]

The dragon is just a repetitive middleman

Also only 1 flying demon in the whole game

What's up with that?

1/4th of the game is on a dragon but you only fight one demon

[harsh egret]

stand and fight

also how is 1/4 of the game on the dragon, what

[daring linden]

I mean there's like 3 or 4 dragon levels or something of the sort

It was an exaggeration but it got the point across

[daring linden]

Then why even add a dragon lol

[harsh egret]

bruh

[daring linden]

I mean mech gameplay is also pretty shallow but at least it keeps up in terms of quality

When you dodge with the dragon it literally has no animation lol

[frosty roost]

any Serrat slander will not be tolerated near 100ft of me

[harsh egret]

??

[daring linden]

I don't mind the creature itself but it was not implemented in a worthy way

[frosty roost]

@harsh egret just ignore them, they probably want attention or something

[harsh egret]

yeah since yesterday i could tell that lmao

[daring linden]

Wuh

Because I have bad opinions on some aspects of the game?

[lilac gyro]

Dragon sections just aren't super great tbh

[harsh egret]

u can say they arent fun but ur just saying random things that arent even correct

[daring linden]

I'm pretty sure that if you dodge to the side with the dragon there is 0 change in animation

Which is super silly

[harsh egret]

what are u on about

[lilac gyro]

More enemies and some variance or more attacks/things to do on the dragon would've been nice. It just felt kinda half baked/gimmicky which is what worried me.

[lilac gyro]

I mean there definitely is, what do you mean by no animation? The dragon shifts over when you dodge. But an animation isn't the issue anyways.

[wheat sigil]

feels like that for mech and dragon

wish they were skippable

[daring linden]

I might be misremembering then?

I'll check soon

[lilac gyro]

Mech at least I can kinda speed run, and for me personally I enjoy the dumb punchy punch with the mechs. But yeah they're both pretty gimmicky, at least the mech has some more attacks.

[frosty roost]

serrat does have the dodge animation when he does it, no clue what you're on about lol

[heady mica]

the only time i thought a dragon level was fun was when it was to fly up and kick the shit out of the kreed

[lilac gyro]

Yeah the dragon shifts over in the direction you dodge.

[daring linden]

Then I must be mistaken

My bad

[frosty roost]

I was so excited to kick kreed's ass during my first playthrough lmao

[daring linden]

Are they ever gonna explain what the deal with his design was?

[frosty roost]

@daring linden you're all good, i just didn't wanna sound like a negative nancy, my apologies

[green estuary]

The boss music in his fight is so good

[frosty roost]

no clue

[frosty roost]

[lilac gyro]

What do you mean? Like all the lil bugs?

[lilac gyro]

It do be

[daring linden]

Yeah the slugs that have his face

[lilac gyro]

Idk maybe I guess?

[daring linden]

Are they parasites? Offpsring?

Like what

[heady mica]

When the boss fight has... TWO TRACKS....

[frosty roost]

@harsh egret check #screenshots btw manage to catch a bug last night when i loaded up tda

[heady mica]

[lilac gyro]

Maybe they make up his whole body like it's just part of him

[harsh egret]

lmao tf

[green estuary]

I think they’re maykrs in larval form
so offspring, yeah

[daring linden]

Nah because you shoot them off

Showing his actual body underneath

[frosty roost]

it's so funny it might be my favourite one so far

[lilac gyro]

Could be offspring yeah

[daring linden]

Also he's kinda just the khan maykr's betrayal of the slayer but repackaged tbh

[heady mica]

Caterpillar collection

[daring linden]

Story telling has never been a DOOM strong suit it seems 😭

[lilac gyro]

Yeah I was a lil sad with most of the story in this one.

[heady mica]

Well to be fair it's doom, like all the appeal for most people is the gameplay

[lilac gyro]

Just with more emphasis on it I was just hoping for more lore, OR just don't do that and give me more cool action.

[daring linden]

They just added a bunch of stuff to the story and didn't explore anything in depth

[heady mica]

Could have been better but ehhh I still think Ahzrak was a good villain

[lilac gyro]

It felt like a lot of stuff in the game was kinda half committed to.

[wheat sigil]

i play doom for the realism tbh

[lilac gyro]

Ahzrak was fine

[daring linden]

You can have good gameplay and good story

Especially when the story was a big selling point for this one

[lilac gyro]

This do be true but I put more emphasis on gameplay in this series but yeah if you're gonna push lore/story more in a new game.. then yknow

[heady mica]

I like that his grand plan was literally "dont fw the slayer until we actually know we can hurt him" and every time the slayer was about to clown on him royally he got saved by the witch

[lilac gyro]

Yeah it was neat he didn't want to fight him head on for most of the game, he knew what the slayer was.

[daring linden]

Is there a dark lord at the time of doom TDA

[lilac gyro]

Not physically or anything right?

[heady mica]

Might find out in the DLC

[lilac gyro]

But yeah maybe

[daring linden]

Cuz like the spider mastermind is presumed to be the dark lord during doom 2016

Like after one dies eventually some powerful demon takes the spot

[lilac gyro]

Judging by how the slayer reacted to him in eternal I'd assume he'd never seen him before then so

[daring linden]

But hells high council seems to taking up the spot of dark lord

[lilac gyro]

I thought Olivia was working for presumably the dark lord

[heady mica]

I would imagine at this point in time Hell has no Dark Lord and is run by the high council like mentioned early on

[lilac gyro]

Not the dark lord herself

[daring linden]

He was a soul sphere long before ant of the events of doom but the slayer's power comes directly from a piece of him

[lilac gyro]

Yeah fair

[daring linden]

That's why they share a rune

[lilac gyro]

Right but I don't think the slayer knew till the dlc in eternal

[daring linden]

The slayer could've totally ruled hell if he wasn't a demon hater

[lilac gyro]

Yeah

[daring linden]

Probably not

The Maykrs did tho

[lilac gyro]

Yeah

[meager vortex]

slayer hate demons because demons kill daisy and serrat dragon

[heady mica]

MFW I rely on argent energy to power my house and I hear they're deploying the Slayer again (energy production will halt until he's done)

[meager vortex]

slayer goal: rip and tear until its done!

that is why demons must all die

[daring linden]

I hope the Kreed Maykr's assistant is used in some way

He was chill and had a cool design

[meager vortex]

and i love to kill the demons

[heady mica]

Intern 2

[lilac gyro]

Yesss lol

[meager vortex]

maykr is rip and tear target

they are helping demons

[frosty roost]

They also killed his wife and son don't forget

[heady mica]

Wife and son didnt want to go to the casino

[meager vortex]

slayer wife and son attacked doom2 hells on us

irony doom eternal first mission:hells on us

imagine if slayer son is turning demon just like icon of the sin

slayer destiny is kill his son(demon)

he will feel sad and hate and rage demons

[daring linden]

I was gonna say "they should kiss" but then I realized that's like a 2000 year old man and a 23~ year old 😵‍💫

[heady mica]

Trvth nvke

[daring linden]

I mean he was probably the previous Bishop's assistant aka Samur 👀

[meager vortex]

well i focusing upcoming update

ripatorium2.0

this week

[daring linden]

I wonder what they'll add

A custom battle was something Eternal always lacked imo so I hope we get some cool options

[meager vortex]

first we know passcode ripatorium2.0

and we can share it

round 1 2 3 4 5 horde mode play

encounter system

[hard thistle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1435655889825697883/1440342246364024842/image.png?ex=691dcebf&is=691c7d3f&hm=f8d439bd232ef525008cf08f34ea793c7983cce57fba5083a76826d4662c599a&
Update on this timeline project.

[hard thistle]

No.

TDA happens during the First Age, relatively soon after Davoth's fall - only the classic games happened between Davoth's fall and TDA. Hell seems to be struggling to appoint a successor to Davoth, so the High Council is ruling Hell in the interim.

It seems that Ahzrak's goal is to prove his worth to the High Council by winning the Unholy Wars and destroying the Slayer. Thus, he will ascend to the throne and become Dark Lord of the First Age.

[hard thistle]

This is correct. The Aranea Imperatrix was Dark Lord of the Fourth Age during Doom 2016.

[daring linden]

I thought Davoth had been sealed away for a long long time

[hard thistle]

Yes. This is why I emphasize relatively soon. It may have been a long time from Hell's POV, but not nearly as long as the timespan between TDA and 2016.

The events of Doom 1993 are implied to be Hell's first invasion of a world since Davoth's fall.

[daring linden]

That does make sense

Hell was supposedly sealed way iirc

[hard thistle]

Yes, before Davoth's fall the Father and the Maykrs sealed Jekkad/Hell away from the rest of Creation.

[daring linden]

Infact it's why the Khan Maykr is surprised when the doom Slayer speaks of demons when he first arrived in Argent Dnur

[daring linden]

So have there been 3 other dark lords?

2?

We do see some hell soul orbs at the top of the sanctum in the blood swamps

[hard thistle]

There have technically been five. Davoth is the true Dark Lord, dubbed "the Nameless One" by Hell after his fall. Then there were the Dark Lords of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Ages.

Those four Lords are unknown, other than the Fourth, which was the Aranea Imperatrix.

[daring linden]

I head canon that one skinny demon statue with very wide horns as a previous dark lord

The one used in quite a few places, namely above the ripatorium in eternal

[zinc jacinth]

I believe that Dark Ages in its lifetime will make almost every slayer testament from 2016 as a playable campaign

[hard thistle]

I wouldn't be so sure. It might cover certain events, but the Testaments cover eons of bullshit.

[upbeat junco]

We'll see how hugo feels

[hard thistle]

Like unless they radically restructure our understanding of the timeline, the Slayer begins his rampage during the First Age, and he is finally incapacitated near the end of the Third Age, covering billions of years, and almost all of this period takes place after the fall of Argent D'Nur while the Slayer is stranded in Hell.

[zinc jacinth]

Then Dark Ages is sure to cover at least the most hype and aura farming moments

[daring linden]

You wanna fight the icon of sin again?

[mystic barn]

Absolutely correct. Obviously the arms are mechanical, but his comfort in adopting these prostheses suggests he was ground dwelling prior to his injury and rescue. His heavy hind legs and well developed digits also suggest strong ground locomotion supporting an animal well exceeding 10 tonnes. There doesn’t seem to be any stubs for wings, so the mechanical elements grafted onto his back seem to be a novel Sentinel inclusion, in keeping with the Wintherins the Sentinels are already familiar with. I would hedge a bet that Serrat’s species is more derived than the Wintherins

[zinc jacinth]

But after Dark Ages, I don't know what they're gonna do with Doom's story

[zinc jacinth]

Icon of Sin in his prime
Hell yeah

or even slaying the titan champion

[hard thistle]

Ehhhh. I hope not. I would rather they focus on good storytelling and plots than fanservice.

[zinc jacinth]

Fair enough

[daring linden]

Is the titan champion not the Icon of Sin?

[zinc jacinth]

iirc, no
this guy was killed before the Icon showed up

but I could be very wrong
take this with a grain of salt

[daring linden]

Actually I don't think the Icon of Sin is a Titan tbh

In terms of species

[zinc jacinth]

the Icon is a titan

[daring linden]

What I mean is that I doubt he originates from their realm

I forgot what it's called

[zinc jacinth]

Ahh

[thin hound]

So does that mean we are getting a titan boss with gold armor in the DLC?

[zinc jacinth]

we can't expect anything from the dlc rn, other than the fact that it's going to be so fucking peak

[daring linden]

Good storytelling </3

[hard thistle]

I do think it's there. I really like TDA's story.

[hard thistle]

The "Titan champion" is best known by a title, the Great One. It's the giant skeleton we see in the Titan's Realm. The Slayer kills it sometime in the Third Age. It isn't the Icon.

[hard thistle]

This is unclear, but TDA says Titans come from an alien world and were originally peaceful before they were invaded by Hell. The Icon of Sin is called a Titan, but it's almost certainly not part of their species; it has a more demonic appearance, has magic abilities, and was part of a Hell ritual. I believe it's a natural demonborne monster that happens to be called a Titan because it resembles them in size.

[daring linden]

It has a lot of shallow stuff and wasted potential imo

[daring linden]

Don't we also see the icon of sin's head there tho?

[thin hound]

Champion implies unbreakable golden armor

[daring linden]

I guess I always ended up making that connection and not assuming there was another

[hard thistle]

Yes, that was the Icon of Sin's dormant body underground.

But the Great One was much larger, enough so that you could jump into its skull to fall down into the Titan's Realm.

[thin hound]

Like the size of Maligog?

[hard thistle]

Maligog is way bigger than either of them.

[daring linden]

Wasn't that decapitated head really not that much larger tho?

[hard thistle]

IIRC, Maligog's model in Eternal is large enough that the Icon of Sin's full height barely reaches the top of its foot or something.

[daring linden]

Maligog was probably a regular titan who was greatly enlarged by the gods

Since he shares the same design as the others

[hard thistle]

IIRC the Icon's head is smaller than the Great One's skull, but you'd have to compare the models. I may be wrong.

[thin hound]

Why couldn’t he have just been born that way? A subspecies of titan

[daring linden]

Looks identical to the others and is wayyyyyyy too big

[thin hound]

I guess you’re right in that he’s the same species, but I think some titans can just get that big naturally

[somber pebble]

hi all

7DY3-3N4R-M97P-2NU9-XH9M this code will get you an ONYX skin

[daring linden]

Dark ages skins are pretty dissapointing considering what Eternal had

[solar cairn]

Patch plz

[meager vortex]

i want too but not yet

2days after update i think

[green estuary]

I sometimes forget that you two are completely different people

[meager vortex]

why discorde profile image looks like a same?

[harsh egret]

oh shit the update is out

@frail bloom @obsidian shard

[green estuary]

no way

during my UN run too

[harsh egret]

while playing battlemid with my friends

: (

[green estuary]

oof

[harsh egret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/491020118780805140/1440373438060429332/image.png?ex=691debcc&is=691c9a4c&hm=e13a0798e397ca971b3ea453bf255e2bf1b7ae17285c6bb06af440af8b2d9d4e&

there it is

[solar cairn]

I don’t see patch note in steamdb

[hard thistle]

Steam news post isn't there.

Would like to see patch notes.

[obsidian shard]

FUCK YEA

[solar cairn]

PC or Console?

[harsh egret]

pc

they always release the patch notes later lel

[obsidian shard]

Ill check Console rn

[harsh egret]

idk why

[ionic glade]

You and me both. Up to Ancestral Forge and already had some serious close calls

[green estuary]

oh shit I also just started ancestral forge

I've only hit death protection once so far, knock on wood

[ionic glade]

It’s the level I’ve had the most anxiety about tbh. Almost lost my pandemonium run to it because of some serious bad luck

[obsidian shard]

Should i release the Trailer?

[harsh egret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/491020118780805140/1440374714114506753/image.png?ex=691decfc&is=691c9b7c&hm=1fdb01b80ac22cfff2adec11f513b4597aa5c61f3748f1a873c799fb0417824c&

[obsidian shard]

peam

[harsh egret]

[green estuary]

actually just finished my pandaemonium run yesterday
just died one time in from beyond of all places

[harsh egret]

if u got it ready yeah but maybe set up and test stuff first and then get the codes ready and so on

[frosty roost]

fuck i need to run pandaemonium

[green estuary]

unlike extra life mode in eternal it's actually good prep for UN

[frosty pine]

Oh shit it’s out?

[green estuary]

yep

[frosty roost]

wait when was there an update for pandaemonium? i didn't hear about it until yesterday lmao

[green estuary]

there isn't an update for pandaemonium

I'm just saying that it actually simulates UN fairly well compared to extra life mode in eternal

[ionic glade]

Agreed. I chipped away at Pandemonium over the course of a few months because of life circumstances. Ancestral Forge was rough because the brink of death was still in its less forgiving adjustment and the arachnotron constantly respawned with the Aggadon

[frosty roost]

oh i gotcha, i'm boosted

[solar cairn]

Samir, it’s your time

[green estuary]

I would've hated to try UN right after update 2
SSG was weak/buggy, mancs and cacos were much beefier, and damn near every encounter had respawning arachnotrons

[meager vortex]

update start

[green estuary]

would've been especially bad because I primarily use the ssg

[meager vortex]

4gb

last month update is 5gb

[solar cairn]

Doom Pray Hugo Ages

[ionic glade]

That’s right. The SSG was still bugged at the time so I relied on the impaler, shredder with pincushion, cycler, and reaver chainshot to get me through a majority of it

[meager vortex]

last update is just steam deck update

[ionic glade]

Want to make a fight instantly harder, add a respawning arachnotron on low cooldown til respawn and they added so goddamn many in that one update

[obsidian shard]

https://fixvx.com/Sneakyjaycool/status/1990820154079346839

SneakyJaycool (@Sneakyjaycool)

RIPATORIUM 2.0 Is Live get ready with
My Pre-set: MANCUBUS MAYHEM

20 Minute Time Limit
Respawn Count: 2 Across all Rounds!
Round 1: M0080000K
Round 2: M00A1000K9
Round 3: M00C1810KB1
Round 4: M0MM2800QL1
Round 5: M0MX38H8YL1

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vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 18, 2025, 4:31 PM

[solar cairn]

[spark elm]

I was gonna say we should have the classic weapon pose option but I think having the shield nullifies it…

[harsh egret]

hahah fuck yeah dude

will try later

[slender night]

Awesome

[hard thistle]

what are the changes?

[slender night]

I take a break from playing and come back to a 5gb update

I just got hooked on the game brah let me play 😭

[hard thistle]

i know they improved the physics with spike gun

[harsh egret]

oh yeah i wonder if the improved physics and gore is out

i assume is out

[green estuary]

it's the ripatorium 2.0 update

[slender night]

I'm aware

But I just bought the game today, I want to play and I have to wait over an hour now, ugh

I'm happy an update is out but this is the worst timing possible for me 💔

[rotund rune]

My Doom just got an update. Is riptorium 2 online?

[rotund rune]

No way

Guess I'll not play Titanfall 2 now

[harsh egret]

yes

[vapid lodge]

Update DROPPED?!

just noticed it as I was gonna casually play it

[harsh egret]

yep

[frosty pine]

Weird how there’s been basically no announcement

[harsh egret]

there always is but its always a lil late

they might even do a mini trailer thing

[meager vortex]

awsome!!!!

[fleet spruce]

that means we're pretty close to DLC now

[meager vortex]

yep

[green estuary]

does it?

[harsh egret]

nah not rly

[meager vortex]

oh! i forgot developers said dlc will be ripatorium2.0 and master level after

master level they will release next year

[harsh egret]

well they clearly capped about ripatorium and melee and shieldrune quickswap coming with or close to dlc

so at this point who knows when anything is coming lol

[meager vortex]

close weapon change fast and shiel runes

[green estuary]

lowk might get the premium edition this black friday sale

[fleet spruce]

personally, im expecting to see DLC in Q1 2026

[alpine pilot]

where patchnotes

[harsh egret]

same

[harsh egret]

hell ye

[solar cairn]

Am I the only one who noticed that when you change weapons and runes, they start to charge from scratch?

I thought you could accumulate a charge with a glove, change to a mace and hit it already charged

[harsh egret]

yes, in my opinion thats how it should be.

[frosty pine]

I noticed something

Idk if this is just me but I’m pretty sure you can’t glory kill the champions any more in the ripatorium

You can still glory strike them but I’ve never gotten the opportunity to gk them

They always just die like the regular versions

[obsidian shard]

If there are other demons on screen at the same time you can't gk them

[hard thistle]

idk if this is placebo cus its a new update but the game looks better on ps5 now? theres no more crunch

[obsidian shard]

It was probably a bug they fixed, as this is also a bug fix update

[green estuary]

you can still glory kill them
difference is that in the campaign, those particular enemies have a variable set that forces you to GK them, whereas that's not present in ripatorium
but in most cases, the glory strikes come very close to death for champions, so they often just die outright

[hard thistle]

game looks tremendously better when looking at mid to long distances

[rotund rune]

I'll try it now

[hard thistle]

again might just be placebo tho

[rotund rune]

Yh this has been happening to me

[quiet geyser]

I need a serrat vinyl figure

[silent surge]

it’s here???!

[obsidian shard]

Youtooz has one!

[silent surge]

i’m at work but i have to get some ripatorium 2.0 stuff set up

[green estuary]

'tis indeed

[hard thistle]

is it done in the style of the games?

[warm ibex]

I finished my preset last night, I'll have to send the code over later

[hard thistle]

or is it their own style

[obsidian shard]

Yup! Already posted my pre-set
https://fixvx.com/Sneakyjaycool/status/1990820154079346839

SneakyJaycool (@Sneakyjaycool)

RIPATORIUM 2.0 Is Live get ready with
My Pre-set: MANCUBUS MAYHEM

20 Minute Time Limit
Respawn Count: 2 Across all Rounds!
Round 1: M0080000K
Round 2: M00A1000K9
Round 3: M00C1810KB1
Round 4: M0MM2800QL1
Round 5: M0MX38H8YL1

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vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 18, 2025, 4:31 PM

[hard thistle]

obligatory fan of the channel

[silent surge]

how’s it feel to create? i’m trying to do some stuff with the mode

spice things up

[obsidian shard]

Pretty good, Def an improvement over 1.0!

[grim cloud]

i hope they add enforcer class demons (with its own summons becasue why not)

[silent surge]

so wait you have 5 rounds, they’re all individual?
or automatic back to back

5 codes

[grim cloud]

it would be cool to tie waves to certain kills, so if i kill all manc, then arachnotrons spawn or something. could really go crazy here

that is my 2 cents, zemini out

[silent surge]

trigger enemies

[harsh egret]

5 codes for each custom round

[silent surge]

so you have 5 different encounters

[harsh egret]

well one for each i mean

one code for each round with max 5 rounds

[silent surge]

i want to do one for each map, but i can’t connect them without dev commands being input

[harsh egret]

yeah and they are back to back rounds

[silent surge]

i’m gonna start working on this

[harsh egret]

i dont think u can change maps for each

[silent surge]

same type of interface to select demons looks like

[harsh egret]

as cool as that would be

[silent surge]

i’m gonna add some extra stuff in that will need manually tracked unless someone can get super mod power on it

so this will all be good to mess with

need some time travel ability to leave work

[hard thistle]

am i tripping or did they nerf the sprinting speed???

[green estuary]

I sure hope you're tripping

did the update turn off auto-sprint or something

[hard thistle]

i have auto sprint on, it feels like im going 10-20% slower but idk

[green estuary]

This had better just be placebo

[obsidian shard]

Felt the same to me but I will double check later

[rotund rune]

Did it. It's fun

Also you can't execute leaders in riptorium 2.0. the animation doesn't happen, it's just the regular strikes

[hard thistle]

i had my game speed at 70% mb 😭

[green estuary]

lmaooo

[solid nacelle]

I just got off work, is ripatorium 2.0 out??

[hard thistle]

i loooooveeee the amount of modifications there are

[silent surge]

ahh you were close, 30%!

[hard thistle]

LOL!

[silent surge]

i’m stuck at work and you’re teasing now!

i’ve been waiting for 2.0 to drop!

so i’m chillin doin work playing oldschool runescape some til im outta here

[harsh egret]

"Be sure to tag @doom on social with your unique round Passcodes for your best full encounter setups! In time, these will be added in-game via an Active Tunable update (without requiring a client update)"

[silent surge]

i wanna see if there’s any way we can mod the ripatorium with some ideas

[harsh egret]

@obsidian shard

[silent surge]

i’ll be submitting

[solid nacelle]

Wow this is lit I thought this wasn't gonna come until Thursday

[harsh egret]

same

[harsh egret]

they giving us some time before they try out community made stuff on thursday

[silent surge]

i don’t have modding ability to do exactly what i want but i’ll work with it

[harsh egret]

so make sure to make something so that they maybe try it out on stream!

or even be put in the game

[solid nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/evil-smile-patrick-star-rubbing-hands-gif-18664752

[harsh egret]

im gonna have to cook hard on a preset and a trailer

[solar cairn]

I didn’t feel the difference

[neon perch]

Just cleared all Sadistic encounters across all 3 arenas.

In like.

[silent surge]

how’d it feel?

[neon perch]

One attempt.

At 150% speed.

[silent surge]

gimme some time and i try some ideas i have

[solar cairn]

Do they give some kind of reward?

[silent surge]

get a pen and paper out when u do

[neon perch]

I love it but this is baby game to me now.

I'll try experimenting with it.

[silent surge]

sliders and other challenges, community will cook stuff up, have ze faith

if nobody else i will try

but there will definitely be others

[harsh egret]

"removed chaingunners from final aratum encounter"
thank god

actually so annoying in that arena

[green estuary]

WHAT
I just had to get past that shit in my UN run
could've had the decency to remove them before I got through

[solar cairn]

Patch note revealed?

[harsh egret]

https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en-US/article/doom-the-dark-ages-update-3?linkId=100000392763006

[green estuary]

figures
the encounter hugo was playing on stream was also sadistic and it felt too easy
you gotta make your own presets ig

[harsh egret]

"Prince Ahzrak:
Reduced acceleration of projectiles spawned from the boss’ Super Dive Bomb attack
Reduced base damage of boss’ Spear Throw so that it does not break the player’s Shield in a single shot when enemy damage slider value is 2.0x or lower. "

[solar cairn]

There are no more balance edits for weapons, good news

[harsh egret]

"Cacodemon:
Slightly reduced speed of Lightning Wall projectiles "

man just remove that attack altogether

[silent surge]

something i’ve addressed before is that, players that make nightmare easy, are the minority - but seeing what we do on youtube etc skews our perception on what is “normal”

most people don’t know quickswapping etc, yet it’s a staple of eternal in dedicated circles

[neon perch]

Oh there we go I got the Perfection skin.

[green estuary]

oh nice

[neon perch]

Funniest part is I'm almost half asleep.

[obsidian shard]

Hell yeah, It was originally respawn count of 3 but Timer kept running out so I did 2, might change it up a bit to be 3 on the last 2 rounds

[neon perch]

And it still took me one go.

[solar cairn]

New skin?

Is it for the passage of three arenas at the last level of difficulty?

[warm ibex]

skin from the previous update

[silent surge]

@neon perch this right here

you are the 1%

[solar cairn]

(((

[glad hinge]

Doing the sadistic preset on default nightmare without bfg seems legitimately impossible without extreme amounts of luck. Not because of the difficulty of the encounters, but because you end up wasting 30-40 seconds cleaning up fodder scattered all over the arena when you need that time for the last round

[silent surge]

ok so does anyone else play OSRS and know about combat achievements for this comparison i’m gonna make

[dusk nest]

Is there new achievements in doom tda?

[silent surge]

holy swarm for speed challenges

[upbeat junco]

So is the update yay 🤔

[glad hinge]

Not good enough

Even ground surge isn't good enough

[upbeat junco]

Swarm, cooked rocket launcher, cycler, ezmace

[silent surge]

so if i’ve done a 3x3 agaddon hunter or 9 hunters in 5 min is that enough

the 3x3 was like 3.5 min? champions

[neon perch]

I thought Hugo was exaggerating with the amount of fodder when I saw him play through this.

[silent surge]

or wait something

[neon perch]

Bro just.

Shield toss.

Line em up and cut em down.

[silent surge]

and recall it

[neon perch]

I'm 1% human 99% bnuy.

[solar cairn]

Faced the same thing, I play at 150 speeds and 300 damage on my own, I couldn’t get beyond the first round

[silent surge]

the ripatorium is perfect for you

make things hard and just have no limit

not perfect but good for you

[neon perch]

Bnuy.

[upbeat junco]

Weren't the 5 tracks already in the jukebox or am i tripping

Granted it's been a while since i played

[glad hinge]

Shield toss also isn't good enough. Even if you immediatley start chucking your shield at groups of fodder at the start of each round. (Which is also extremely suboptimal since this wastes dozens of shield charge boost pips)

[obsidian shard]

Nope! Just added (Finally From the Ashes on repeat)

[upbeat junco]

Okay

[glad hinge]

The best you can do is clear fodder as fast as possible with cycler + shield throw

[solar cairn]

Useless against heavy mobs

[green estuary]

no

[rotund rune]

What are you talking about?

[green estuary]

it's great against heavy mobs, wdym

might even be the best gun for CC against heavy mobs besides the rocket launcher

and maybe the shredder

[obsidian shard]

You can change the Respawn count per round! For Mancubus Mayhem the Advised respawn count is 2-3!

[solar cairn]

Stun rune + rocket

[frosty pine]

Did some testing and made an encounter with all 3 champs at once

From what I played

[green estuary]

tbh heaven splitter isn't very good if your goal is to finish an encounter quickly

it just helps you avoid getting hit to a trivial degree

[frosty pine]

Vagary = can always be glory killed
Komodo = can sometimes be glory killed
Aggadon = can’t be glory killed

Also noticed a bug where the dreadmace doesn’t have all of its upgrades

It doesn’t have riposte and the aoe one is listed as purchasable at a sentinel shrine (though I do believe it’s still active in game)

[green estuary]

all 3 can be glory killed
komodos are just more common because his glory strike weak point is more pronounced

[solar cairn]

Wishes for the ripatorium:

1. Add more arenas and change arenas between rounds

2. Combine several codes into one for convenience

3. Make a progression system with awards

[warm ibex]

I don't think they'll ever add changing arenas between rounds, unfortunately

[solar cairn]

Then at least the last two points for version 3.0

[glad hinge]

Okay damn I actually did it. 23 seconds to spare

[green estuary]

Vamos

[glad hinge]

No bfg. Mace / ground surge (which are basically your only options for this because all that matters is raw dps as fast as possible)

[green estuary]

Guess you gotta get a little lucky with fodder placement relative to yourself

[warm ibex]

very good work man!

[rotund rune]

Tanks

[gleaming vortex]

they had to drop the update while I’m in class fuck me dude I’m so excited aauagahahuggh

[warm ibex]

they actually did that just to spite you specifically

[gleaming vortex]

[idle elk]

K but where's the individual weapon binds

[gleaming vortex]

if it helps there’s an option to double tap to switch to a different variant

[obsidian shard]

Sams page as rune and Melee bind, just underneath

[gleaming vortex]

wait there’s individual weapon binds now

[silent surge]

holy swarm

[gleaming vortex]

I mean you could pair it with the mace and basically any demon will stand still and take it

[solar cairn]

Absolute Hugo

[green estuary]

Yep

Runes in general are just way too strong in this game

[solid nacelle]

Consoles still don't have double tap weapon class switching

[warm ibex]

why would we need it?

[solid nacelle]

I don't use the weapon wheel just binds

[slender night]

Alright update downloaded, now I can finally play again

[warm ibex]

that might lowkey be on you bro I'm just sayin

[glad hinge]

Heaven Splitter does not give you melee charges

[solid nacelle]

If pc can have it I dunno why consoles can't

[glad hinge]

It's a great rune. But legitimately terrible for timed encounters

You do not have the dps to kill everything in 5 minutes without a big AOE burst damage rune

[wheat sigil]

doesn't that mean you just lose one bind for no reason?😭

[silent surge]

also can leave the other guys alive to proc your swarm. imp stalkers, caco

[glad hinge]

The problem I'm starting to see, is that in massive encounters with tons of heavies, it boils down to killing them before they kill you. You don't have the movement mechanics for any other strategy. So you have to crutch on damage runes to play the game for you.

[warm ibex]

did you try the grenade launcher at all? I was testing out some custom encounters the other day and found that the mini grenade spawns go quite a long way in weakening everything in a certain radius

[idle elk]

Stand and fight

[gleaming vortex]

stand and fight

[silent surge]

it’s a different vibe when you have 3 agaddon hunters, champions, by themselves. the positioning, baiting

versus them in the background with everything else

they def don’t pressure you in the same way as a cosmic baron

[green estuary]

I don’t really find that to be the case
Aside from my pandaemonium/UN runs, I play with a mod of my own that essentially halves the power of the shield runes
Even with that, I still can complete some ball-busting ripatorium presets

[silent surge]

you can time your mace as his shield drops as well

[glad hinge]

No, and I can't really see it working for Sadistic either. It's a good weapon - every weapon in Dark Ages is a "good weapon". But is it SSG / cooked rocket launcher good? No, and so it's not viable. Reaver works in specific rounds since it's big (mostly single target) damage + long range. You might be able to make accelerator with heat blast work, possibly even pincushion. But idk about grenade launcher

[green estuary]

Although I would agree that the inability to recover resources does exacerbate the problem

[silent surge]

honestly i haven’t been using ssg much
regular shotgun for armor works just is lower damage

impaler, accelerator, rocket launcher mainly

[glad hinge]

But your main strategy needs to involve ssg / cooked rockets / reaver. Ground surge is essential. And you need to get some good double mace hits on the leader/champion ai, especially in the last round, or you won't have time to mop up the fodder

[warm ibex]

that's good to know, thank you

[obsidian shard]

All of them work great imo

[quick nexus]

call hugo i just did sadistic in like a hour on nightmare 120% speed

[green estuary]

I guess the easy way to make the time limit trivial is to increase the game speed lol

They should make the clock tick faster if you crank the game speed up

[quick nexus]

i actually cant play 100% anymore so i went in 120

i mean i can but i need to get readjusted

[solar cairn]

Try 150

It’s hurricane gameplay

[silent surge]

didn’t consider this good point

[quick nexus]

love your videos broo

[warm ibex]

thank you bro 🙏

[manic arch]

Has there been any news as to if and when the exclusive skins will be purchasable or obtainable within the game?

I’m only missing the pizza skin and I’m a little annoyed about it

[warm ibex]

Yes, Josh recently mentioned that they're working on creating a bundle that will include as many of the exclusive skins as possible. Expected to release sometime after the DLC

[manic arch]

That makes sense. I’m really hoping it’ll come with new skins for the dragon and mech too. I love the skins we have now but I am fiending for a black and gold skin for both of them

And maybe some new weapon skins. Stuff like Runescarred from Eternal are sick and I would love to see more glowing skins in the game

I’m just a massive sucker for lighting

[warm ibex]

I definitely don't think the bundle will come with anything new

just the exclusive skins that most people couldn't grab previously

[manic arch]

Yeah I guess that’d be more hopes for a second bundle or ingame rewards

[warm ibex]

new skins will most certainly come with future major content drops like DLC and master levels

[bronze surge]

Guys I still don't have my perfection skin after this update what is going on

[manic arch]

I hope the dlc comes with the ability to play older Doom games like Eternal does. Playing classic Doom 64 would be fun to do since it matches Dark Ages vibes in a weird way.

[manic arch]

You may have to close and open your game a few times, maybe redo some objectives or wait for a future update. Restart your device too.

Thats all I can think of

[green estuary]

Yeah sometimes skin unlocks are just bugged
I still don’t have my qc skin lol

[manic arch]

Yeah, Dark Ages is great but the unlocks are jank af

[green estuary]

It is what it is

[bronze surge]

Well ig I gotta wait again bc I've prolly tried restarting ts too many tines

[frosty pine]

I pre ordered the game from Amazon but never got the void skin

[manic arch]

It took me like 4 days to get my Guardian Skin from Twitch rewards

[green estuary]

Ooof
That one looks sick as well

[harsh egret]

dude holy fuck is it just me or does the gore and physics and so on feel so fuckin good lmao

i know they updated it but i didnt expect it to feel this much better

[green estuary]

I’ll have to try it and see

[harsh egret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/491020118780805140/1440421459683053578/vlc-record-2025-11-18-20h19m50s-DOOM_The_Dark_Ages_2025.11.18_-_20.16.16.10.DVR.mp4-.mp4?ex=691e1885&is=691cc705&hm=13eeaf58fe46191d8300e6d95870aa206565c2ff700575591720a30afb50d60a&

like i swear the physics are waay better and even stuff like the shield destroying his arm sounds and looks alot better

[manic arch]

Do you have your shield swing effect color changed?

[harsh egret]

you mean parry color? ye

[manic arch]

I might have to do that

[harsh egret]

ive had many diff colors before, just stuck with pink for now

[manic arch]

I have to play Dark Ages again soon

[harsh egret]

you should

[manic arch]

I platinumed it on PS5 and haven’t touched it since last update

[ionic glade]

I do the same but I’m loving the pink. Easier for my eyes to detect along with a gold yellow I’ve done before

[obsidian shard]

Peak

[harsh egret]

like its not just me right, i swear breaking his arm didnt sound and look like that before lol

[manic arch]

Yeah, its a nice contrast from the grittiness of Dark Ages

I’m just gonna have to replay all of Doom

Including expansions and RPG 1&2

[harsh egret]

and man having the new tracks in is so nice, w update

[manic arch]

Yeah, if Doom and Sonic have one thing in common its killer tracks

[plush shadow]

Okay someone help me. I have had this bug for the longest time, and I was hoping that today's patch would fix it, but nope. In the Ripatorium I only spawn with 110 health, 60 armor and a handful of weapons. I remember having gotten a bug in my campaign, and it was totally bugged - when pressing tab in the campaign, I got the same options that you get in the Ripatorium, stuff like the Jukebox, instead of the Automap, and I couldn't kill a leader boss either. Guess what - this time I was on Sentinel Barracks where I had the exact same loadout / health+armor. Is there a way to reset this? I deleted my savefiles, hoping that those were corrupted, but nope...still encountering the same stuff.

[green estuary]

bro went absolutely flying holy shit

[manic arch]

What platform you on?

[plush shadow]

PC, Steam

[harsh egret]

dude yeah no the physics are insane now

[manic arch]

Go to properties in the steam page settings and hit files then verify the files. If that doesn’t help than its a bug you’ll have to report

I’ve seen many bugs in the game but that’s definitely new to me

[plush shadow]

I'd be surprised to see this work, but we'll see...thanks for the help anyways.

[manic arch]

No prob dawg, sorry I can’t help ya any further than that. I would if I could.

[harsh egret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/491020118780805140/1440423954211803157/vlc-record-2025-11-18-20h29m57s-DOOM_The_Dark_Ages_2025.11.18_-_20.28.30.11.DVR.mp4-.mp4?ex=691e1ad8&is=691cc958&hm=cceed6ed2566e1cfa869b1d6fe7f817aabc218838b259e0e26c6cd30a5301dd1&

they cooked bruh

[frail bloom]

Huh

[plush shadow]

You da MVP

[frail bloom]

I missed out

[hard thistle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1435655889825697883/1440424121279189013/image.png?ex=691e1b00&is=691cc980&hm=ecf97092a9d569a271be3a17c296c08bbdeff07b0174075d8cd5ef8f153fccd8&
Timeline up to the Fourth Age is done...

[frail bloom]

I'll make mine for y'all when I finish hw

[hard thistle]

(This is only Hell though.)

[frail bloom]

Why did he just freeze in the air

How's the physics?

[harsh egret]

so fuckin good

[harsh egret]

he didnt really freeze he just got stunned for a sec after his limbs went crazy

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/aww-thats-hot-looking-telescope-will-smith-gif-14760309

[frail bloom]

How's melee and rune swap

Specifically rune swap

[harsh egret]

its nice, ill have to get used to it cuz i still go to the menu by instinct to swap stuff

idk how it is like on console tho, i know u have to open the weapon wheel and then swap while ur in the weapon wheel

[frail bloom]

Huh that's strange

[harsh egret]

i mean idk how else they couldve done it

[frail bloom]

You can't just assign a button to a melee?

Or a rune?

[harsh egret]

a specific one? no

[frail bloom]

I thought it was gonna use the d-pad

[harsh egret]

u can just bind previous and next for melee and shield runes

[harsh egret]

i think it is, but while ur in the weapon wheel

[frail bloom]

Uh ok I guess I'll do the eternal flick method

Where you just memorize the placement and mini-max on time spent

I'll have to wait a few hrs before I can try it out like y'all

[harsh egret]

im also late to this dw

[manic arch]

Is there customization for the weapon wheel yet?

[idle elk]

You lied to me

[obsidian shard]

It is for me

[warm ibex]

are you on console

console has individual weapon binds, PC has class binds with double tap swap

[manic arch]

Man wish I had room to bind any of that on my controller

I swear Doom console needs kb&m support

[harsh egret]

well i did sadistic preset first try, not crazy hard but fun ngl

now time to cook

[obsidian shard]

Ahh I see, alr thanks

[idle elk]

What do you mean by controller having individual weapon binds?

[manic arch]

On controller you have to bind different weapons to individual buttons

[daring linden]

its kinda hard to read

[hard thistle]

Oh yeah. I know. It's gonna be a fucking huge picture. I'm gonna have to make other pictures that separate the timelines.

[manic arch]

So like I have my shotgun, plasma gun, rpg, and chainball all bound to my different dpad buttons

But I’m pretty sure they do bind by class to pressing the shotgun button while holding shotgun will switch to ssg

[idle elk]

Ah so its almost the same