Ten acts? How many difficulties?

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FCK42 wrote:

I saw a graph earlier that showed progression towards map content and it showed the maps beginning after act 10.

Like now where you don't start mapping (according to game progression) until after act 4? When the lab is in act 3? It isn't any different.

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FCK42 wrote:

I saw a graph earlier that showed progression towards map content and it showed the maps beginning after act 10.

I think GGG liked their change when they put part of A4 Merc beyond the difficulty of early maps. I'd bet they do something similar with act 10 at least, maybe even the end of 9+

Shame to hear that they're making it that liner. (re: "graph showing progression towards maps after a10")

Would be fun to get access to the map device halfway through Act 3 and get a slow drip of very low level maps to wean people into mapping during parts of A4-10, then get "real maps" for after A10.

Anyway, we'll know more when it gets here.

Well this sucks, right now on a second play through you can map as soon as you get into merci via map device in your hideout. RIP options

It'd suck if it was 10% xp deduction each death from level 1 of the character. Granted, you'd be levelling fast but i still kinda enjoyed going reckless through the current normal and cruel modes to experiment with various parts of a build. Plus not really worrying much about resists gear or life nodes until maybe earliest current cruel act 4.

But heartily applaud the impending demise of forced replay of different difficulty modes.

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pneuma wrote:

Shame to hear that they're making it that liner. (re: "graph showing progression towards maps after a10")

Would be fun to get access to the map device halfway through Act 3 and get a slow drip of very low level maps to wean people into mapping during parts of A4-10, then get "real maps" for after A10.

Anyway, we'll know more when it gets here.

That same graph shows the current progression with atlas maps after act 4 Merciless so I don't think it will be any different.

This is great! How will we get our ascendancy points then?

part 2 is just going to be variation to act 1-5, so it will be "the same" like having two difficulties

So Id expect map device to be in a8 (a3 equiv). And I guess there will be one Lab less (a3, a8, maps), giving either 3+3+2 ascendancy points or 2+4+2 (which is basically the same). I also expect death penalty to kick in in part 2 (from a6)

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SaiyanZ wrote:

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Docbp87 wrote:

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FCK42 wrote:

I saw a graph earlier that showed progression towards map content and it showed the maps beginning after act 10.

Like now where you don't start mapping (according to game progression) until after act 4? When the lab is in act 3? It isn't any different.

Very few people actually do the final few parts of Act 4 Merciless before mapping. There's no real reason to go past the mines.

Of course not, but that's not really my point.


Also, Chris said in one of the interviews that the progression is acts 1-10 now, then the Atlas of Worlds content comes after that. Which is the only thing that makes sense anyway. I don't know how anyone would have expected any different...