Posted on: October 13, 2017
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More of the same!
While the expansion is mostly more of the same, there are some specific additions which you may not have anticipated on top of a generally substantial amount of length and depth of game content and item pools throughout. Skill modifiers: "+X% range/casting speed/damage to skill Y" or "X% damage conversion from type A to B" and so on granted by items. Some of your old gear will already have these modifiers after the expansion. Illusionist: For a scaling moderate-to-small fee, you can make your best gear look like your coolest gear. It seems minor, but it feels good in practice. (League of Legends is free-to-play and funded solely on the same principle...) Classes: Aside from having somewhat redundant skill options here and there with other classes, the strongest summoning options are available to Necromancer and the strongest dual-pistol passive is available to Inquisitor. While summoners and dual-pistol characters were viable before, you will likely see an improvement if you play these type of characters over again from level 1 with the new masteries. Further new synergies with old classes will of course emerge in weeks to come, as any Titan Quest or Grim Dawn player knows. Acts: A new cutscene starts after the end of the vanilla campaign, bringing new characters with their own backstories and It's Complicated family relations. A nice fall-themed possessed forest area kicks off the gameplay. As of now, 0.7% of Grim Dawn players on GOG have loaded their old save and unlocked the expansion acts! We'll know more about the two new Acts soon, but the forest and it's orange-red-green palette are a great start to Fall, and Crate should be very happy they got this out the door in time for Halloween season. Release problems: On the down side, some users are reporting DirectX 9/11 problems, but it's a known issue with a known workaroud for now, and fixes will be incoming, judging from previous behavior of the developers.
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