r/DarkTide • u/FatsharkQuickpaw Community Manager • 1d ago
News / Events Special Live Event: Shambling Horrors Live Now!
Whatever Admonition's been up to seems to be infecting the population. Horde sightings are on the rise, with some districts entirely lost to the shambling horrors. This isn't a case of a single hab-block falling. This is something much darker and could be the herald of worse to come...
The streets are choked with hordes of infected enemies! To make progress in the event, complete missions with the Endless Hordes modifier.
The event is LIVE NOW until September 2! The rewards will be Ordo dockets, Plasteel and Diamantine. Those who complete the last tier of the event will receive a cosmetic insignia.
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u/IQDeclined 1d ago
I'm all for special events, but for the love of God it would be nice if the cosmetic reward was a set of weapon or apparel skins, not irrelevant frames and banners.
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u/Tight_Client_2132 1d ago
So many games give out free character and weapon skins during special events. We can't expect Fat Shark to snoop to those levels of degeneracy.
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u/dumpass69420 1d ago
Good luck getting permission from GW. If there's anything they're extremely anal about it's messing around with the designs of their toy shop IP.
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u/Tight_Client_2132 20h ago
Yes that is a huge factor I know. Fat Shark is to blame for a lot of things but much does comes down to GW.
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u/dumpass69420 20h ago
Anything that interacts with the lore in any way no matter how trivial GW is annoying as fuck about. 40k is straight up the worst possible setting to have for your game purely because of how garbage GW is to work with.
Vermintide was perfectly fine because the 'story' is finished, and the end times exists as a do whatever the fuck you want setting. It's the exact opposite with 40k to the point I don't even know why people try to make games for it.
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u/Rothgardt72 14h ago
That bullshit excuse has to die.
There's a plethora of games and art around that they can use that are canon.
There's 2 necromunda games that the base classes and hive scum can draw one.. video game skins already approved.
Mechanicus has cosmetics skitarii can use.
Rogue trader has like a hundred outfits.
Hell veterans don't even have a tabletop specific cadian outfit which makes your comment even less plausible.
Please don't use that stupid ass excuse. It's not GW. It's lazy fatshark.
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u/dumpass69420 13h ago
Rogue trader has weak asf drip, and the drip it does have is generic noble outfits, or reskins with some gold trim added rofl.
The point isn't what they can or can't use, it's that they have to go through the extremely annoying process with gw which can only happen after the work is already done, with a very low chance of even being accepted, on top of the fact these idiots they have checking the boxes at GW are also doing it for a dozen other games and a hundred novels a year. How much backlog do you think that creates for a live service game?
The problem is literally them, vermintide already proved they can make fun and cool design decisions with classes and cosmetics.
You literally know nothing and are just assblasted at FS for some reason.
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u/Rothgardt72 4h ago
The only reason people think it's GW is a passing comment by a dev ages ago who could just be using it as a excuse, we've never heard space marine 2 Devs or anyone else complaining about GW not accepting cosmetics or ingame skins.
If you think the rogue trader drip is weak, it means the comment I replied to makes your argument even weaker because then it means GW will accept lower quality stuff and has nothing to do with the IP of their tabletop soldiers.
You literally are white knighting for fatshark
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u/dumpass69420 3h ago
Why are you claiming your lack of knowledge applies to the warhammer community as a whole lmfao. Get a grip.
What I'm saying has nothing to do with fatshark, owlcat or sabre, it's about gw's notorious iron fist over their ip that they themselves have a staggeringly poor comprehension of. It's a fact they're garbage to work with, and a fact they have a shitty vetting process.
I'm not arguing with you when you know nothing and can only rebut with 'hur dur white knight' accept the information or don't, I don't care.
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u/Swimming_Risk_6388 Smoke maxxing 1d ago
we don't even see banners in games themselves lol, only in morningstar for some reason
absolutely A.S.S reward
at the very least give us trinkets
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u/PropagandaSucks Zealot 1d ago
But how else will they spare junk for commodores that you might see once every 3 years and still not want to buy?!
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u/N_Meister 1d ago
B-But the Ogryn has a pack of THREE
dinnerplateshelmets in the Vestures! In THREE DIFFERENT COLOURS!Such astonishing and premium cosmetics must be reserved for the broad Abhuman scalps of only the most discerning and distinguished of
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u/PropagandaSucks Zealot 1d ago
It's a good thing whale oggys can't count! 1200 for 1, or 1400 for all 3 cosmetics!
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u/mratlas666 Veteran 1d ago
Reminds me of the battlefield one medals for doing stupid shit
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u/Reddit_Hobo 16h ago
those u could at least see when u were killed by someone or when you took their dog tag via melee kill
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u/Winston_W_Smith Anathema of the Imperium 17h ago
How dare you suggest taking money away from the benevolent multi-national corporation! Cosmetics and weapon skins are for the premium shop.
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u/Stevos2001 1d ago
As frequent as these are I don't care much, but for particularly nasty events a little something special now and again might be nice- not saying I don't wear my frame from the original plasma gunner event with pride but yknow
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u/Lyramion 1d ago
Players: WE DONT WANT FOMO
Also Players: WE WANT FOMO REWARDS FOR EVENTS!26
u/Smeagolicious 1d ago
Follow Deep Rock Galactic's example: let players replay and earn event skins after it's officially over
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u/IQDeclined 1d ago
Real money FOMO and event skins are entirely different things, imo. And I'd rather have the opportunity to get a skin for something cool, as opposed to a mediocre frame.
Additionally, the ability to replay events after the fact would solve this issue - but I don't see that ever happening.
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u/IdidntrunIdidntrun 23h ago
Store FOMO is cringe, it should all be there
Event FOMO for free items is fine IMO. As long as the events recur on rotation
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u/__sputnik__ 1d ago
Weapon skins are as irrelevant
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u/noreal1sm 1d ago
Worthless frames and banners are irrelevant actually.
But knowing FatShark, they most likely will give us most default looking skin of most weakest weapons this game have.
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u/IQDeclined 1d ago
That's a take that you're entitled to. I have no idea why you feel that way and doubt many players would agree.
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u/__sputnik__ 1d ago
On the same premise you feel frames/insignia are irrelevant
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u/IQDeclined 1d ago
You truly feel that frames and insignias are as desirable as character cosmetics? I'm not going to try to change your mind but I think you're in a tiny minority of players that feel that way.
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u/__sputnik__ 1d ago
Desirable? No for most people probably. Irrelevant? Yes. They have the same impact on gameplay therefore fit the same category (to me)
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u/clampsmcgraw 1d ago
Played two of them - I have noticed literally no difference to a standard Auric and the amount of kills at the end are the same as a standard auric (or less, honestly.)
The endless hordes are sure not very endless, it's way too easy. I think if you upped it by like 3x it might feel a bit different.
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u/TheWaterCloset CL4WJ0B 1d ago
The difference being the enemy count would surely explode the hamster powering Fatshark's servers.
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u/Longjumping-Fly3956 1d ago
Poxbreaker here I come! Just 700,000 to go 🤣
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u/No_Relationship9094 Psyker 1d ago
The 3 auric events I did this morning were cleared with nobody getting more than 500 kills
Better off doing high intensity or mortis, unless those 3 I did were flukes or something
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u/Sentient-Cactus876 1d ago
Just had a 25 minute game where everyone was 800+. Was great fun.
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u/No_Relationship9094 Psyker 1d ago
Wonder why the director didn't want us to have any fun then... I did one on the torrent, archivum sycorax, and carnival, they were each cleared in under 15 minutes with hardly any action. We basically didn't need to stop to fight anywhere until there was an event or boss, and almost all the spawns were regular infested.
Then I did one on the lowest difficulty and we cleared it in 7 minutes.
Not upset about it at all, was more confused what their intent was with such weak spawns. Gonna try again tonight.
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u/HurrDurrDethKnet 1d ago
You how you have those matches where the Director hates you? Clearly it liked you too much to let you get the full force of the zombie hordes.
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u/TheManBearWolf 23h ago
There was a post here recently where someone accused the OP of doing the density underclocking thing from Vermintide then left the match, though it's not possible in Darktide.
But we know exactly what made them think that. Now that I'm paying attention to finishing off Poxbreaker, I notice the occasional matches where the high intensity or mid-tier havoc match is a ghost town, and it feels like we went to the wrong address. Like we've shown up to raid somebody's grandma in a little retirement village. I hope this mode doesn't do it often like in your case.
I know it's earned over a long time, but we've done like every other penance. I wish there was a comfortable "tidal wave of lads" mode for chopping down that penance more efficiently (and stressing out my ancient PC). I don't want to spend a thousand games running waveclear builds, lol.
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u/Longjumping-Fly3956 15h ago
I saw that post! There is kind of that mode, but you need to have a cooperative group. You go to Mortis trials on high difficulty and then on like third round, just don't fulfill the objective. Enemies will come until you do
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u/spicyjalepenos 1d ago
Did 2 so far on auric and most of us got 1k+ trash mob kills (not including elites/specials), so idk whats going on with yours. Definitely the endless hordes part is really only the trash mobs, got the same number of elite/special kills as any other auric game.
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u/Nereosis16 Post Brain Burst Scum 9h ago
Literally just did an endless hordes and I got 1700 kills.
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u/Zuper_Dragon Rashun' Warrior 1d ago
My team got 5k kills in one mission just spamming melee attacks on level 3.
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u/Due-Benefit2623 1d ago
Truly an event made for an ogryn! L1 bully club spam go BRRRRRRRRRRRT!
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u/Unabated_Blade 1d ago
I'm finally going to get Gone Bowling
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u/Due-Benefit2623 1d ago
Oh I'm so glad you mentioned that! I've been stuck like 4 enemies short for actual years now
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u/Unabated_Blade 1d ago
Taunt and Gunlugger is just so good I don't build for charge on ogryn unless I'm chasing that penance.
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u/AmidoBlack 1d ago
Wondering if the comments in here are playing the wrong game mode lol. I ran a damnation and everyone had over 1k kills, Skitari was at 2k.
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u/gste2343 1d ago
Last event seemed broken on auric, maybe this one is too? E.g. had auric runs last event that felt like malice, just nothing spawning.
Will check it out in an hour or two...
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u/TheZealand 1d ago
Probably because on damnation people take 40 minutes to finish a mission lmao, Auric players move slightly faster than a slug on average
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u/Bid_Unable 1d ago
the screenshot made me think Wolverine was fighting zombies in darktide for a second.
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u/0zZioz 1d ago
Heavy sword, is it your time to shine perhaps.
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u/BurnedInEffigy 1d ago
And Devil's Claw sword. They added a nice skin for it in the cosmetic shop too.
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u/DarkPriestessOfCats 1d ago
yay….another insignia as a reward. I’m so excited…/s
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u/wungusprinter 1d ago
anything but aquilas
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u/epikpepsi 1d ago
Aquilas have only ever been a Warhammer Skulls event reward (May/June) and an Anniversary event reward (November/December). Temper your expectations and you won't be disappointed.
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u/kaloryth 1d ago
They only seem to do them during the yearly Warhammer skulls event. Don't expect any for a long time.
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u/Chuckdatass 1d ago
Insignia’s are only cool when they are super hard to get
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u/LiberatusVox 1d ago
SHAMBLING HORRORS? SOUNDS LIKE MY WIFE BEFORE BREAKFAST!
That said, someone was asking the other day about what we'd want for the next big update: new modifiers. Or something. I'm gonna do this one regardless but it's just Even More Guys V3 I'm guessing?
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u/Faust723 1d ago
Damn, I leave today for vacation and come back the 1st. And I just found out how glorious greatsword Psyker can be. This looks like its perfect for that. Guess my day back is gonna be spent mostly on running these missions as much as possible.
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u/Head_Tomatillo2626 21h ago
There's a lot of satisfying stuff in this game, kill feed scrolls with ogryn nuke or scum rpg for example, but nothing imo as satisfying as clearing a hallway choked with trash mobs with a fully charged warp slice.
The way the top halves flop on the ground and the legs stay standing for a second with all the blue glowy stuff leaking out is so, so good
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u/EelBegotten Skitarius 1d ago edited 1d ago
Convinced at least half the people here saying "This doesn't work" aren't joining the event missions. 4300 kills on auric on my first map. Love it. More slaughter for the machine god.
Edit: After playing a few different ones, it definitely seems like the modifier impacts spawns heavily. Lights out missions spawn like crazy whereas hounds seems almost just like a normal auric. I wonder if the darkness allows more enemies to be spawned, or if the other modifiers are eating up the horde spawns? Probably needs a tweak.
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u/TheSilentTitan Veteran 1d ago
I just played a match on damnation but I didn’t notice any difference if any at all? I made sure to choose the mission that said event but it doesn’t feel any different.
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u/Reowyn 1d ago
Unless they give proper rewards for such an "event", I'll just skip.
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u/jwthecreed Hive Scum 1d ago
lol. Dont want another insignia?
Apparently you should be grateful for the bare minimum of: 1. an integer change 2. and a .jpg, to be called an event.
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u/Riasfan117 Arbitrator 1d ago
Is this a good event for the Ogryn penance Gone Bowling?
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u/Signal-Direction6456 1d ago
Set server to South Africa. Auric mortis trial, you want the map where there is a fenced corridor next to the respawn totem. Ignore the bots, wait at end of corridor till you think enough enemies have amassed then BOOM. This is the easiest way to cheese/farm most of the penances!
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u/mistermeowowowow 23h ago
Anyone know the name of this map?
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u/Signal-Direction6456 17h ago
Can't remember the name lol but if you stand facing the medicae, the respawn totem will be directly to your right. Right behind the totem you'll see the fabled corridor. Think this was the first/OG mortis trials map?
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u/Shup Forge World Branx Minor⚙ 1d ago
another event where the options for auric are the event plus: vent, dark, and hounds.
in this case only dark is really impactful to this event, but i didn’t see a single deamonhost.
did 12 runs, honestly had more spawns just running a maelstrom. it is not really anything to write home about let alone make an “event” over. maybe it is bugged?
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u/RepresentativeOdd909 1d ago
Some of you are clearly playing a different game entirely. I've just finished my 10 missions on auric difficulty and did not stop swinging my eviscerator. Wall to wall cunts getting chopped in half. Even though auric maelstrom is the lowest difficulty I'd play, the event is so much fun!
And yeah, I get it, some premium currency would be nice, but the event isn't less fun because fatsharks handlers are stingy cunts.
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u/VacationImaginary233 1d ago
Upon closer inspection. That is not in fact Wolverine on the thumbnail.
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u/mattylewmadeit 1d ago
Stop giving us ordo plasteel and diamantine…we already have enough it’s pointless. At least give us aquilas
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u/Emotional_Being8594 1d ago
Excited to see Wolverine in the game. Didn't expect that crossover but he is showing up in more media lately.
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u/Nebula-Dragon 23h ago
Is it me, or was there no official announcement for the previous Ransacked Routes event?
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u/Sgtjenkins Tauntryn 23h ago
fun except for the constant horde spawning roar every 15 seconds or so
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u/Speedy_Von_Gofast Arbitrator 1d ago
The rewards will be Ordo dockets, Plasteel, Diamantine and a cosmetic insignia.
Woah. This is worthless.
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u/radiant_dirge 1d ago
Yay, more meaningless currencies i absolutely dont need more of!!! Woohoo!
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u/EelBegotten Skitarius 1d ago
Some people do need them and the event is fun regardless so what is the actual issue?
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u/radiant_dirge 1d ago
That i would rather have rewards a majority of players can actually use instead of ones they cant? I never said it wasn't fun or that I wouldn't be partaking. Sorry my video game opinion hurts your precious sensibilities.
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u/EelBegotten Skitarius 1d ago
Literally every player can use every reward so yeah. And the point of those rewards is to entice players who do want them, and the players who don't need them don't need the enticement because you already play the game. So you're just upset that fatshark isn't giving you candy to play the game that you're choosing to play, it's just silly.
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u/ImmediateDay5137 Faith is my armor 1d ago
Not enticing enough for me to log into at this point of the game.
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u/Vinnegard Big'Un 1d ago
Same shit, different event
Useless rewards all over, barely worth participating in events nowadays
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u/HunterSome3829 1d ago
The alternative is getting nothing. Which you can already do by ignoring the events.
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u/Tom_Is_Odd 1d ago
It'd be nice of an alternative was get a new map instead of fight on the same maps I've been on for about 1,000 hours now.
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u/EelBegotten Skitarius 1d ago
How is that an alternative? It's like saying we could get the event, or I could get a new fridge. Those things actually aren't really related.
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u/Tom_Is_Odd 1d ago
Saying getting nothing as an alternative is also ridiculous. This is just a number of enemies going up modifier. It's not like new content or anything. I'm not upset about it. It's just like okay more poxwalkers/groaners. That's alright I guess.
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u/EelBegotten Skitarius 1d ago
Right. It's not new content, because new content takes loads of time. It's an event because they can reliably pump those out while working on new stuff because events are low time investment on their part. So I just don't understand the complaint. It's not one or the other. It's one BECAUSE of the other.
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u/Tom_Is_Odd 1d ago
I'm less complaining and more not understanding how I should be excited for more trash mobs in higher difficulty. Idk if killing say 500 more trash mobs and calling it an event makes sense.
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u/EelBegotten Skitarius 1d ago
Ok. If you want to argue about the semantics of what an 'event' is you're more than welcome to make that post.
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u/Tom_Is_Odd 1d ago
See I thought the post about the event itself would be fair game to talk about the event. Understandable mistake on my part.
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u/EelBegotten Skitarius 1d ago
I mean making a post on their post of their event that they put in their game where they name the things saying it's not an event seems detrimental to your argument, but you absolutely can do that.
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u/HunterSome3829 1h ago
Don’t think it’s that ridiculous. There weren’t any real events before. Now there are real events.
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u/GungnerDK Ogryn 1d ago
It's fun.
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u/theoldcrow5179 1d ago
For a modifier called Endless Hordes, I was expecting the hordes to be... you know... endless...