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Wolcen Patch 1.0.5.0 Includes a Lot of Bug Fixing
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Wolcen Patch 1.0.5.0 Includes a Lot of Bug Fixing
A host of patch notes for Wolcen outline removing the ability to change Unique items into legendary items.
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The game is good man, yes there are bugs but its nothing thats game breaking. For example there was one mini boss that was rubberbanding in the beginning but was still killable. Some mobs hitboxs werent registering with autoattacks but could still be killed from skills, small shit like that. Its 95% playable i would say.
If you an arpg fan you are missing out.
I have experienced too many bugs. After the story, which I had minimal bugs in, but still a few, the end game turned out to be kinda fun, if it weren't for the bugs.
I have issues where I can't finish expeditions, either because the game randomly disconnects, or sometimes a boss will hit me into a part of the map where I can't get out, and you can't teleport, or use a /stuck command.
A lot of people have those kinds of issues. I have probably somewhere around 50 hours into it at this point, for everything they do right, they leave me with a lot of frustration, which counteracts it.
Plus, a lot of people are complaining about the end game builds, which right now only has a few viable ones, most of them Melee, if you want to get through content quick enough.
In addition to my melee character I created a ranged caster to see if I could figure out other viable options, it's pretty tough to compete without completely cheesing some fights.
If I could go back and return the game, I would, until it dropped in price. It would be worth a 20 in this condition, not 40. There are worse games you could spend that money on, sure, but there are better games, like POE, that are in a much better position.
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
Meanwhile, they gave my alt 100k gold and of course my first dealer I find was selling the
Zephyron, can't wait for my melee build!
There are many bugs, occasional crashes, the game is horribly unbalanced. Basically, it's in open beta now.
If you're fine with testing a full-priced game for them, then give it a try. Personally, I moved on. Perhaps I will try it again in future - but not in this state.
Havent seen any game breaking bugs. Lots of little things, but nothing that detracts in a serious way from what is absolutely an amazing ARPG.
They manged to find the line og making it complex enough to be interesting, and yet simple enough adn giving you enough information in the UI for you not having to wiki the shit out of the game to make a viable build. Yeah, I am looking at you PoE.
What are you playing?
Seems you stumbled onto a power build.
The two chars I have played, Gunslinger and Toxin Wizard both seemed to be fairly well balanced.
mmorpg junkie since 1999
He was probably playing pre-nerfed Bleeding Edge with the broken shield node. Game is not too easy.
Players continuously show that they all go for the path of least resistance while trying to tout their incredible prowess at beating the game at higher difficulty while they are using these broken builds. They know it is broken too because every discussion says to use it 'before it is nerfed'.
Every ARPG is like that. You don't play them for the story. They're loot grinders and the story is mediocre in all of them compared to full-fledged RPGs. And all of those stories are pretty short at release and then continued in the expansions.
When compared to other ARPGs I'd say Wolcen's story holds its own and then some. But the meat of the game is always at end game just like it is for all other games of this genre.
And BTW, it's all single player content.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
Especially at the higher levels, boss affixes can down you fast, and in some cases it's nearly impossible to dodge them all.
Most of the egregious bugs that were loudly highlighted during these first couple of weeks are gone. IMO it's very playable right now but it totally depends on your level of tolerance for annoying little glitches (small bats with a wonky hit box that can't be targeted, pathing issues that can get you stuck sometimes or put mobs inside walls, the odd CTD here and there, etc.) I can play it for several hours without seeing a bug and I've gotten multiple characters into the end-game... YMMV.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
BTW, Wolcen Universe is the current website for builds or to explore the passives offline. It's a bit slow at the moment but it's starting to look pretty good: https://wolcen-universe.com/
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
I keep hearing it but it has yet to happen.
I have not had the game crash since I tried to log into the Online Mode when released. No other game breaking bugs or game crashes in offline or when they finally patched Online Mode.
I am not playing at higher levels I am proceeding very slowly because I keep trying different set ups. As a result all my money is used up and I lose the the purple currency levelling new skills and resetting the tree so I don't get far. I am poor ARPG player because I don't rush to the end and try the game on harder difficulty. I totally fail at the ARPG methodology. I bow my head in shame.
I am however thoroughly enjoying myself and I got so into Wolcen I brushed off my Demon Hunter in D3 too and it got some play time too. I also went back and played Grim Dawn, so I am currently in an ARPG nirvana of sorts.