Eggy Party, a casual party game, has been a smash hit since its release, receiving widespread acclaim from players. Its mobile-first design, physics-based gameplay, and easy-to-learn multiplayer competitive mode set it apart in the highly competitive party platformer genre.

The developers predict the game will remain popular for at least ten years. What gives them such confidence? This article will analyze Eggy Party in detail to see how it achieved such success.

About Eggy Party

Eggy Party is NetEase Games' foray into the competitive party platformer genre. However, unlike other competitive games, it emphasizes entertainment over competition. Its core gameplay is racing and obstacle course completion, but it also incorporates social interaction, map editing, and various casual gameplay elements, creating a freely explorable egg-shaped universe.

Players control customizable egg-shaped characters, leading them through increasingly difficult obstacle courses filled with physics-based obstacles, moving platforms, and environmental traps.

The core gameplay revolves around defeating opponents through clever navigation and quick reflexes. Each round eliminates players until only one egg remains as the victor. Lacking the seriousness of traditional competitive games, it has a low barrier to entry and is perfect for short bursts of relaxation.

Unique Features

The game's unique feature is its mobile-optimized controls. It perfectly transfers the precise controls of platforming to touchscreen devices while maintaining cross-platform compatibility with the Nintendo Switch. This ensures players can easily join the game regardless of their device, creating a diverse competitive environment.

Eggy Party is more than just simple jumping and running; it's a strategic challenge. Players must consider the size of each egg-shaped character as they jump across rotating platforms or navigate narrow passages suspended above the elimination zone, or they risk being knocked off.

The character controls are very simple, consisting of running, jumping, rolling, and diving. Even young children can easily pick it up, but experienced players can also create intricate and varied gameplay. Because during your journey, you'll encounter some hilarious gadgets, such as ink bombs, freeze bombs, and spring-loaded fists, which you can use to distract opponents or aid yourself.

This meticulously designed gameplay creates a comical and chaotic scene as hordes of egg-shaped characters tumble, bounce, and scramble through the levels. The tracks are diverse, with constantly changing obstacle configurations keeping the competition fresh. Some of the levels include:

• Spinning hammer gauntlets
• Disappearing platform sequences
• Slippery slope challenges
• Moving wall mazes
• Team-based cooperative sections

The game uses an elimination system, gradually reducing the number of participants as players fail or fall behind in obstacle courses. As the track difficulty increases, the number of remaining players decreases, forcing them to maintain speed and accuracy in a tense atmosphere until a single winner emerges.

Beyond its classic levels, Eggy Party constantly innovates, introducing various mini-games like Fright Night Escape and Crazy Farm, enriching the gameplay. Sometimes you might find yourself playing for an entire afternoon without even realizing it.

Character Customization and Visual Identity

Eggy Party employs vibrant colors and a lighthearted art style, prioritizing fun over realism. The game's character design is ingenious, based on eggs and allowing for player customization. Players can use Eggy Party Eggy Coins to dress up their egg-shaped characters with themed outfits, accessories, and color schemes. This personalization system encourages player expression and enhances the game's enjoyment.

Meanwhile, the player's main base, Egg Island, is itself a giant playground, offering non-mandatory interactive facilities such as a Ferris wheel, trampolines, and soccer games, allowing players to fully enjoy the game in Eggy Party, as if living in a dream kingdom.

Furthermore, the game uses bright, saturated candy colors and exaggerated animations, clearly conveying game information even during intense multiplayer battles. Environmental hazards are highlighted through unique visual cues, while successfully avoiding them earns celebratory animation rewards, providing positive feedback.

The rounded characters and rich special effects, coupled with upbeat electronic music background music, establish its trendy and fun style, attracting a large number of teenage players.

Multiplayer Competition and Social Features

Eggy Party features a multiplayer mode that supports dozens of players simultaneously, creating the tense atmosphere unique to battle royale games. The matchmaking system pairs players of similar skill levels, but the physics-based gameplay also introduces enough unpredictability, allowing novice players to sometimes defeat experienced opponents with lucky bounces or precise jumps.

Furthermore, you can team up with friends for multiple rounds. Unlike traditional team-based games with strong objectives, Eggy Party emphasizes a relaxed and enjoyable competitive atmosphere rather than hardcore skill requirements. It doesn't stress division of labor, reducing the likelihood of blame-shifting, making it particularly suitable for casual gaming and social entertainment.

Each round is very short, lasting only a few minutes, satisfying players' needs for short bursts of entertainment. It's like a short get-together with friends.

In short, this egg waffle-themed game brings players a lot of fun, testing both their skills and their ability to handle chaotic situations. It allows players to relax more during short breaks, like an online playground, successfully breaking free from the framework of traditional platformer games. I sincerely hope this game continues to improve.

The new enemy, ARC Turbine, makes its debut in ARC Raiders Riven Tide update, along with Riven Tide map.

ARC Turbine is a formidable machine, floating above Rust Belt, heavily armored and equipped with an electrified defense system.

Many players might naively believe that simply rushing in with a Deadline sniper rifle or a few Wolfpacks will easily eliminate it. But if you think that, you're sorely mistaken. Let me show you how to safely and efficiently take down this ARC machine.

How to find it?

Initially, ARC Turbine will be concentrated near the docks on Riven Tide map, traversing the skies. With future updates to ARC Raiders Riven Tide, it may also appear in other areas or maps. Although these ARC Turbines are massive, they move remarkably silently, drifting across the map, so you'll need to search carefully.

ARC Turbine appears some time after the start of the match, typically falling from the sky and flipping to slow its descent when there are 12-16 minutes remaining. If you want to kill ARC Turbine, be patient and wait until the last 15 minutes before looking for it. You might encounter multiple turbines in a game, but the probability seems low. However, it's also possible that it won't spawn at all.

How to defeat it?

Weapon selection

First, you should definitely bring a Hullcracker IV. Hullcracker is a special pump-action grenade launcher whose ammunition explodes upon hitting ARC Turbine, making it the best weapon for killing this ARC. If you have Kinetic Converter attachment, you can also equip it, which increases Hullcracker IV's DPS.

Alternatively, you can also choose to bring a legendary weapon, such as Equalizer or Jupiter. Equalizer helps you achieve consistent damage output, possessing ARC's extremely high armor penetration. Jupiter also boasts exceptional ARC armor penetration, and its projectiles have virtually no drop, easily hitting targets even at long range, allowing for quick destruction of large ARCs.

Countermeasures

Once you find an ARC Turbine, breaking through its thick armor is no simple task. Unlike other flying ARCs, this ARC Turbine lacks any visible glider support. It is a cone-shaped aircraft covered in a thick layer of armor. While hovering in the air, you cannot damage it.

ARC Turbine not only possesses extremely high defensive capabilities but also formidable offensive power. Once attacked, it will fire a cluster of missiles, attacking you while gliding.

The missiles trigger a lightning strike very shortly after hitting a unit. This attack not only deals extremely high damage but also stuns the attacker, similar to the effect of lightning. While waiting for it to land, you need to maintain distance and find suitable cover! It's always wise to take cover before a missile hits you.

Furthermore, ARC Turbine sometimes pauses its erratic drifting and instead lays a small patch of mines directly below. These mines are scattered throughout the area and will activate and explode within a 10-meter radius. So you can get within 10 meters of these mines, but any closer and they will explode, causing minor damage; therefore, you should never walk right past them.

Subsequently, cracks will appear in its thick armor, indicating that the machine is about to crash to the ground. ARC Turbine's weak point is its rotating yellow fuel tanks, which can only be seen through the gaps left by the landing gear when it is on the ground. You must wait until it lands, exposing its central core. You only have a brief time to attack it before it takes off again.

However, be aware that even in this state, it can still fire cluster lightning bolts into the air, which will then strike you from above, causing explosive damage; therefore, you must be extremely careful when attacking. After dealing some damage to ARC Turbine, it will crash to the ground.

Its outer armor will be exposed, making it easier to inflict significant damage on this bulky ARC. You must hasten, as it won't remain in this state indefinitely. We recommend using all your items while it's down to maximize your damage output. This is a tough enemy to deal with, and cooperating with other players is a wise choice.

Loot

After defeating it, you can try to obtain valuable materials from its internal metal structure. The most important loot is Turbine Compressor, the material used to craft the new Powered Descender. You can craft it at Utility Station 3 using a Power Rod and a Turbine Compressor when you have ARC Raiders Powered Descender Blueprint.

Powered Descender is a very interesting new movement item in ARC Raiders' Riven Tide update, allowing you to safely land from heights in any situation. Its flight distance is limited, allowing you to descend approximately 15 meters in the air until it runs out of fuel. Its charging method is similar to that of ordinary flying items. You can jump from a prominent place like a space launch tower and, if you time it right, activate the thrusters before landing; this will allow you to land safely.

However, this requires some skill because fuel is limited, and you need to activate it to build up thruster energy. If you only activate it just before landing, you will still take full damage. Its mobility isn't great. It only allows you to glide safely to the ground, not to flash in the air, but it's still a very effective way to land from a height. It's also an item needed for Phase 5 of Avian Alarm Project.

These are the key points for taking down ARC Turbine. It's not an opponent that can be suppressed by firepower alone; you need patience, and the right equipment and effective strategy are the keys to victory. Work with your teammates, watch its landing time, and focus your attacks; you can take down the valuable Turbine Compressor.

Raiders, ARC Raiders Riven Tides is now live, with some exciting updates including a new map, new mechanics, new items, new ARC enemies, and more. Let's check out the coastline!

Map Location

Riven Tides is located on the west coast of Rust Belt, primarily featuring a beach environment.

The map size feels somewhat unique; it appears smaller than some previous maps on tactical maps, but it still feels quite large when actually running from one end to the other. The core area is compact, with key points concentrated in the interior, making some areas feel smaller.

There are four main POIs: Hotel Panorama Azoro, Customs House, Stacking Yard, and Port Authority Building. Hotel Panorama Azoro and Port Authority Building are high-loot areas, while Stacking Yard and Customs House are medium-loot areas. Other areas also have medium-quality item spawns.

Map Conditions

Standard Map Condition rotation, plus a small Map Condition Beachcombing, and a large Map Condition Night Raid.

As a map-specific Map Condition, Beachcombing introduces a new risk-reward mechanism. Players can use the newly added universal Dockmaster's Detector to scan the sand, with the detector indicating the location of hidden loot through flashing frequencies.

However, the core risk lies in the fact that the most rewarding scan areas are usually exposed on open beaches, forcing players to hide their weapons when searching for ARC Raiders blueprints, making them highly vulnerable to ambushes.

Furthermore, not everything unearthed is valuable; sometimes, players will dig up living ticks or trigger landmines.

In addition, numerous ARC enemies patrol, including flying ARCs, Leapers, Bastions, and Bombarders. Their patrol areas highly overlap, making it easy to encounter too many enemies and be forced to retreat.

New ARC Turbine

Turbine is a brand-new floating ARC shaped like an inverted pyramid, appearing in Beachcombing and Night Raid. Its spawn rate is low under standard Map Conditions.

Its behavior is extremely unique; when undisturbed, it is quiet, docile, and even almost tamed. However, if players interfere, it will activate a brutal self-defense mechanism, severely testing players' reaction speed, patience, and mental fortitude.

The specific characteristics of Turbine and corresponding countermeasures are still being explored by the community.

New Project: Aven Alarm

Aven Alarm is a project about building an alarm network. Its highlight is challenging the pure sacrifice model of traditional projects.

In the first step, Initial Flock Intake, players no longer directly submit supplies, but instead must complete the specific objective of placing bird traps next to the buoys along Seabed in Riven Tides.

Subsequent stages involve collecting various resources such as Tick Pods, Comet Igniters, and Vaporizer Regulators. Completing all five stages will reward players with Legendary items such as Acoustic Guitar.

New Event: Miniature Voyages

This is a new limited-time event that will run until May 25th. Its mechanism is that experience points gained by players in any map are automatically converted into accumulated Merits. To catch up or make rapid progress, players need to search for five different rarities of miniature ship models on Riven Tides map. These typically spawn in various residential areas.

For example, Legendary "Leviathan's Crown" Ship Model provides up to 250 Merits per piece and can be sold for a high price after extraction.

New Items

• Crash Mat: Uncommon Throwable. Reduces fall damage.
• Power Descender: Similar to a jetpack, only slows descent speed.
• Docmaster Detector: Common Gadget. Metal detector, battery powered. When activated, it alerts players to nearby mineable items.
• White Flag: Common Deployable. Signals intentions from a distance or can be used for deception.

Weapon Economy and Wear Mechanism Revolution

Riven Tides has revolutionized the weapon economy. These changes address, to some extent, player complaints from previous versions regarding the mismatch between costs and benefits. For example, Bettina rifle has long been relegated to the sidelines.

Repair on Upgrade

Previously, if a player acquired a worn weapon, repairing and upgrading were two separate processes requiring separate resource investments. In Riven Tides, however, every time a player upgrades a weapon, it immediately restores 25% of its maximum durability.

This alleviates player resource anxiety and transforms upgrades from a pure cost into a means of repair.

The Polarization of Durability Refresh

This is the most controversial design. The average durability of weapons on the map has been drastically reduced from a general 50 points to 30 points, with weapons found in outlying areas sometimes yielding less than 15 points.

Simultaneously, the rate of damage from firing ordinary weapons has skyrocketed by 75%, directly rendering cheap and easily crafted overkill equipment essentially consumables that are barely usable after a few shots.

In contrast, rarer weapons receive preferential treatment in terms of combat lifespan: Epic weapons have a 5% reduced wear rate; Legendary weapons have a 10% reduced wear rate; and the maximum durability of high-quality weapons is also indirectly increased.

This tiered wear system allows high-quality equipment to retain its value in the traditional sense during open-world combat.

Increased PvP Benefits

Additionally, the weapon durability loss of a downed player is reduced from 30% to 15%. This means weapons looted from corpses will be more usable. This measure encourages a focus on PvP gameplay.

Bettina Enhancement

Bettina is one of the weapons that underwent the most significant changes in this weapon tuning update. Specific adjustments include:

• Base Damage: Increased from 14 to 16;
• Base Rate of Fire: Reduced from 285 to 235 ;
• Crossfire and Recoil Optimization: Single-shot spread reduced by approximately 40%, spread recovery rate increased by 30%;
• Damage Increase Against ARC Armor: Additional damage coefficient increased by approximately 30%.

Expedition Window Reform

Expedition window is now open until May 11th. Players can accumulate skill points by dealing total damage and apply to join Expedition. This means that total damage is now the sole criterion for Expedition participation.

Players must deal a cumulative 150,000 damage to any enemy target to obtain all five skill points. This change essentially transforms Expedition from a passive collection competition into a pure test of combat skill.

Whether you're a new player or a seasoned veteran, this new map will definitely bring you a different gaming experience. Log in now!

Since its release, ARC Raiders has lost a significant number of players and even faced public ridicule from the creator of its competitor, Escape from Tarkov.

If you're a die-hard ARC Raiders fan, you might feel angry. However, as a highly popular and controversial game, it's normal for it to have various controversies, and the game certainly has its well-known flaws.

With the Riven Tides update, I want to discuss the controversial aspects of the game and what changes players want to see. Specifically, this includes the Skill Tree issue, the disorderly matchmaking system, and player suggestions.

Skill Tree Issue

The Skill Tree is arguably the most controversial system in ARC Raiders.

In a recent lengthy interview on the popular podcast Game Makers Notebook, Arc Raiders' design director Virgil Watkins openly admitted, "I don't think we did a very good job with the Skill Tree system." Indeed, the problems with the Skill Tree can be divided into three categories.

Skill Value Imbalance

Watkins pointed out a serious problem with the current skill tree: a severe imbalance in skill utility. Some skills are almost completely ignored in actual combat, while others are practically mandatory for all players.

This imbalance renders the game's advertised high degree of freedom meaningless. Most players will prioritize maxing out stamina - related skills in the early game, as the vast majority will choose the most efficient and cost - effective playstyle.

Skill Design Contradictions

Watkins also pointed out another, more serious problem in the interview: the skill tree design has flaws, forcing players to make trade - offs between PvP and PvE gameplay.

For example, some skills in the current version are naturally more suitable for players who prefer PvP, while others are only effective against Arc enemies in the game - such as increasing damage to monsters or reducing the chance of being detected by monsters.

The problem is that Arc Raiders is a game that combines PvP and PvE, and a player often cannot predict which type of threat they will encounter in a single game.

When you've invested heavily in PvE skills and equipped PvE - optimized ARC Raiders items, only to suddenly encounter a real - time squad, you'll be at a significant disadvantage; conversely, the opposite is also true.

This inherent contradiction in the mechanics forces players to choose between two playstyles when deciding how to progress.

Insignificant Numerical Gains

Another issue is that the Skill Tree seems to offer only minor changes, lacking truly transformative moments. For example, a 2% increase in movement speed or a 0.5 - second faster reload speed. These buffs are almost imperceptible in intense combat.

This results in weak positive feedback for players, and the lack of positive feedback from the Skill Tree system makes it easier for players to become bored with it and the game as a whole.

In contrast, players crave transformative moments - such as unlocking a new tactical move or gaining a unique active skill. This would increase player engagement.

Disorderly Matchmaking System

Compared to before, ARC Raiders player activity has declined. Players have observed that on a typical Thursday morning, the game had approximately 30,000 concurrent players, while the peak in the last 24 hours reached 82,000. This figure can be considered the lowest and most critical concurrent player count.

Why does a decrease in concurrent players disrupt the matchmaking system? The reason lies in the development team's introduction of an Aggression - Based Matchmaking mechanism. Its principle is simple: the system matches players with similar preferences based on their historical behavior - such as whether they prefer PvP or PvE.

This allows players who enjoy intense combat to engage in fierce battles, while those who prefer peaceful exploration can enjoy the game in a relatively safe environment.

However, due to the reduced concurrent player count, the system cannot find enough players within a reasonable timeframe, inevitably mixing PvP - oriented and PvE - oriented players together, causing the matchmaking mechanism to malfunction.

As a result, a large influx of players with aggressive playstyles floods previously peaceful matches, randomly attacking players focused on PvE. This has resulted in a poor gaming experience for many casual players, further exacerbating the conflict between PvP and PvE players.

Clearly, this matchmaking system needs modification, at least to ensure that players who only enjoy PvE are not dragged into PvP matches.

Player Suggestions

In addition, players have offered suggestions and expectations regarding the ARC Raiders Riven Tides update and subsequent updates. Here's a brief overview:

Some players mentioned hoping the next update would add new craftables, equipment, and weapons, while also retaining the project system, as it gives players a clear reason to loot and complete missions.

This makes sense; after all, replayability and a sense of purpose are crucial for extraction shooters, and craftables and projects provide those experiences.

Furthermore, while some new high-tier ARC Raiders items have recently been added, low-tier equipment remains the same as before.

Some players believe the game also needs a wider variety of low - tier weapons and armor, as these are the tiers most frequently used by new players or those on a tight budget. Constantly releasing high-tier weapons would significantly diminish their gaming experience.

These are my summaries of controversial points in the game and suggestions. What do you think?

Players, if you want to quickly acquire a top-tier lineup in MLB The Show 26, you'll inevitably need to systematically and repeatedly accumulate stubs. Here are some methods to help you avoid detours and accumulate resources rapidly.

Regular Inventory Cleanup

Many players neglect their Inventory, which may actually contain thousands or even tens of thousands of stubs worth of equipment, uniforms, stadiums, or bats.

You need to regularly check all cards and equipment, perhaps weekly. Sell any duplicate Gold cards or Silver cards you find immediately. A Gold card can sell for approximately 600 stubs. Don't overlook any card; every little bit counts, and hundreds of small transactions can accumulate to tens of thousands of stubs.

Also, keep an eye on less popular equipment; sometimes they can bring you pleasant surprises.

Utilize Exchange to Increase Profits

If you have a large number of Bronze and Silver cards, your next step is to utilize the exchange feature to increase your profits. Turn low-tier cards you wouldn't normally consider into high-tier assets.

Selling Silver and Bronze cards directly is cheap, but exchanging them for Gold cards before selling them significantly increases your profits.

Gold Exchange Pack has a chance to drop Gold cards with a rating of 84+, each worth approximately 1500 MLB 26 stubs.

Team Affinity

Accumulating experience through missions and card packs is the core long-term method. Completing team experience and stat missions will earn you a massive number of card packs.

Of course, it's best to use efficient methods to farm card packs. Playing against weaker teams on GOAT difficulty will grant you a huge amount of player experience.

When doing Conquests or Mini Seasons, try to complete missions using players from the same team. The more card packs you get, the more chances you have to draw cards, and the more stubs you accumulate.

Programs and Spotlights Series

Also, don't just focus on Team Affinity; New Threads Program and Spotlight Series also offer a large number of card packs and high-value players. These are hidden goldmines for card packs.

For example, Kenley Jansen in April Spotlight can be sold for 30k stubs.

Programs also include Deluxe Packs, Show Packs, and Boss Players (approximately 86k each).

It's best to run multiple programs simultaneously, completing multiple tasks with a single gameplay action.

Efficiently Farm Packs with Mini Seasons

Choose World Baseball Classic Mini Seasons. This is currently the most efficient way to repeatedly farm packs.

You need to play 7 three-game matches to reach our goal. Accumulating 56 points will earn you 10 Show Packs and one Habit Pack. And this can be repeated.

After completing a season, you can exchange the earned championship banners. Five Habit Packs require five banners to redeem.

Playing 7 three-game matches only takes a few hours and can reliably generate over twenty packs. Combined with player missions and Team Affinity, one action can bring you multiple benefits. Why not?

Multiplayer Program and World Series

Even if you don't enjoy grinding against the AI ​​in single-player mode, Multiplayer Program can still reward you with substantial stubs. Reaching 150,000 stars will earn you 50 Show Packs, 20,000 XP, and players and Deluxe Packs that can be sold for 20k.

This isn't as difficult as you might think, as you can achieve it by playing Co-op and participating in various events. Get rich without playing single-player? Yes, with dedication!

Furthermore, you can compete in World Series. Whether you succeed or not, you'll receive card packs. If you're lucky enough to reach World Series, you'll receive high-value player card packs.

If you reach World Series in both Co-op and Ranked, you can obtain Trea Turner and Christian Yelich. These two cards can earn you hundreds of thousands of stubs. This high return is very tempting.

Conquest

Conquests are the perfect place to complete player missions, grind XP, and also reward a large number of card packs. It's recommended to prioritize Conquest Maps when doing Team Affinity or program tasks to achieve multiple benefits.

Flipping Cards

This is also a method for accumulating stubs, but it's less recommended compared to the previous methods.

In general, this is a traditional buy-low-sell-high method. However, this method is too time-consuming and you won't get any enjoyment from the game; it's better to just play tournaments.

If you enjoy researching the market, this method can theoretically yield a large number of stubs, but it's not suitable for players who want to truly enjoy the game.

Final Advice

Sell everything, don't keep anything junk. Don't underestimate small transactions; even orders of 20 or 30 stubs are worth selling. Only through gradual accumulation will you eventually reap substantial rewards.

List every Silver Card, Gold Card, and excess equipment you don't use on the market. The more frequently you clear out, the sooner you'll discover hidden gold, and the faster your cash flow will be.

There's no magical way to instantly earn stubs; only systematic, repetitive, and meticulous accumulation. By following the above process, you too can successfully acquire stubs and quickly build a top-tier roster.

At Final Fantasy XIV FanFest 2026, which just took place these past two days, Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida held a press conference to announce the next major update, patch 8.0: Evercold, and revealed a wealth of new content.

From what they revealed, this patch will revolutionize some of the game's core gameplay and improve upon aspects that players have been hoping for. Therefore, many players have expressed high anticipation for patch 8.0 in player communities.

The official release date is January next year. Although it's still a long time away, some of the gameplay features will be tested in patch 7.5, so we'll be able to play it soon.

Next, let me introduce some of the most interesting aspects:

New area and new story

As a game that heavily relies on its storyline, FF XIV patch 7.0's story received widespread criticism, directly leading to a significant loss of players. But patch 8.0 looks - at least in the trailers and at FanFest 2026 - much more interesting than patch 7.0.

First, there's the new area. Judging from the trailers, unlike the cheerful atmosphere of Tuliyollal or Kozama'uka in patch 7.0, the new area is covered in snow and frost, making it uninhabitable for creatures, forcing people to move their homes into the air.

This is a land filled with sadness and heaviness, called "the Fourth World". If you're familiar with the main story of FF14, you'll know that this is a place that was once completely destroyed.

Based on the official images, the architecture of the Fourth World leans towards a Scandinavian style, adding a retro feel. Players will be active on various floating islands, suggesting potential new gameplay elements related to these islands.

As for the new story, Naoki Yoshida didn't reveal much; we only saw snippets in the trailers. Regardless, patch 8.0 will bring a story set in a once-destroyed land, and that alone is enough to whet anyone's appetite.

Combat system reworked

This is definitely one of the most anticipated and core new gameplay features of FF14 patch 8.0: they've reworked the combat system.

This rework primarily divides the combat system for each class into Reborn Mode and Evolved Mode. Reborn Mode is essentially the original mode, unchanged, while Evolved Mode significantly reduces the number of skills for each class, allowing them a maximum of 16 skills.

However, the two new classes added in patch 8.0 will only have Evolved Mode. It seems Naoki Yoshida added Reborn Mode for older classes simply to appease veteran players. If Evolved Mode doesn't receive widespread negative feedback, future new classes will probably only have Evolved Mode.

I think this rework is very valuable; in FFXIV, some classes had a lot of skills. If you want to experience a class you've never played before, you not only need to spend a lot of Final Fantasy XIV Gil to upgrade your character's abilities, but you also need to familiarize yourself with those skills - there could be dozens.

This design theoretically increases gameplay and freedom, but what's the reality? Each class has only one mainstream build in each patch, and you have to learn every skill like you're preparing for a final exam. And if any of them are changed, you have to relearn them all.

With Evolved Mode, the cost for players to become familiar with a new class is significantly reduced. This is very beneficial for players who don't have much time to play, and for new players.

Furthermore, previous classes retain Reborn Mode, so if you prefer the old combat experience, that's fine too.

Armory system update

This is also a major change. We know that Final Fantasy XIV has dozens of classes, and players can freely switch between different classes during gameplay. Most players choose to experience all the classes.

However, this also means you need to create a lot of builds. To experience all combat classes, you'll need to craft at least five different builds.

However, the gear you can directly exchange with NPCs in the game is usually fairly common. If you want to use a particular class to enter high-difficulty dungeons or reliably participate in the latest dungeons, you'll have to use Final Fantasy XIV Gil to trade with other players for better gear and craft powerful builds.

But after patch 8.0, you only need to craft one build to sync your item levels to other gear, significantly reducing the pressure on players.

However, only the most basic item levels can be synced. If you're aiming for higher gear stats, you'll still need to prepare enough Gil in advance.

Other Updates

Besides these, FFXIV has many other interesting new gameplay features.

First, two new classes have been added, as mentioned earlier. Specifically, FF14 will add a Tank class and a Physical Ranged DPS class. I speculate that Physical Ranged DPS might be Beastmaster. Although Naoki Yoshida mentioned that this class would be added in patch 7.5, based on past experience, minor patches generally don't add new classes.

Secondly, Adventurer activity has been changed from once a day to once a week. You only need to complete it on one day of the week to get allAllagan tomestones for that week. This is very friendly to players who have to work or study on weekdays.

These are the exciting new gameplay features I wanted to introduce to you. Of course, there are many more things I haven't mentioned yet. Let's look forward to FF14 patch 8.0: Evercold!

The upcoming ARC Raiders Third Expedition brings many new changes. In addition to Expedition's reward system, Raiders' skill trees have gained an extra 5 skill points. Before Expedition system, we only had 86 skill points; now we have 91.

This has given me some inspiration. Perhaps we can develop a skill tree system more suitable for the current version. It should not only improve your survivability in the game but also enhance your ability to amass wealth - by scavenging large amounts of high-level resources.

We have a total of three skill tree branches: Conditioning, Mobility, and Survival. I will now explain in detail which skills and how many skill points are added to each branch.

Mobility

Nimble Climber - 5 skill points

This is a basic utility skill that increases your speed when manually climbing high platforms or automatically vaulting low walls, windows, and other obstacles while running.

Marathon Runner - 5 skill points

This not only reduces the stamina consumed by movement but also increases your mech's resilience. Whether escaping, chasing, or making long-distance raids, this is the foundation of your stamina. A solid foundation will greatly enhance your gameplay experience.

Youthful Lungs - 5 Skill Points

Each level increases your maximum stamina by 5%. At max level, it increases your stamina cap by 25%, allowing you to sprint longer, roll more, and effectively improve map movement efficiency and combat survivability.

Effortless Roll - 5 Skill Points

It directly improves stamina endurance, allowing you to use the crucial roll maneuver more frequently in combat.

Heroic Leap - 5 Skill Points

 Its core function is to increase the movement distance of Sprint Dodge Roll, allowing you to engage or disengage faster in combat. Maxing out this skill is key to maximizing its value.

Crawl Before You Walk - 5 Skill Points

Crawl Before You Walk increases your crouching speed, enhancing stealthy mobility.

Carry The Momentum - 1 skill point

This skill is a Major Skill in the mobility skill tree, creating a valuable, cost-free sprint window for a short period.

Carry The Momentum requires a well-timed, stamina-consuming roll. Effortless Roll effectively reduces the cost of the roll itself.

Finally, add one skill point each to Vigorous Vaulter, Sup And Slide, Sturdy Ankles, Calming Stroll, and Vaults On Vaults On Vaults.

Youthful Lungs and Marathon Runner will be the foundation of this combo. On top of these, Carry The Momentum acts as a brief burst of power. Its presence makes this movement system more complete and allows you to force a 3-4 second respite when your stamina is depleted, buying time for other skills to recover stamina.

Survival

Agile Croucher - 5 Skill Points

It's a prerequisite for unlocking key building paths, and its most important strategic value. In areas dense with high-level ARC Raiders Items, Agile Croucher reduces your risk of being detected by enemy players or ARCs, while also providing a speed boost, allowing you to move between cover more quickly.

Looter's Instincts - 5 Skill Points

It allows you to see the items inside containers more quickly after opening the container browsing interface, significantly improving looting efficiency and allowing you to acquire key resources faster, reducing your exposure time.

Revitalizing Squat - 3 Skill Points

It allows you to continuously regenerate stamina while crouching.

In-Round Crafting - 1 Skill Point

This skill allows you to craft ARC Raiders Items you need during a match, achieving self-sufficiency.

Silent Scavenger - 1 Skill Point

Greatly reduces the noise you make when looting and picking up items, making you more stealthy and less likely to be detected by ARC.

Suffer In Silence - 1 Skill Point

Reduces the sound of your cries of pain when injured, buying you time to heal.

Broad Shoulders - 5 Skill Points

Greatly increases your carrying capacity, meaning you can pick up more loot.

Looter's Luck - 5 Skill Points

A passive skill that has a chance to instantly double the number of items when looting containers. The player community often believes it improves the quality of items dropped, such as rare ARC Raiders Blueprints.

Good As New - 1 Skill Point

Increases the efficiency of healing items.

Conditioning

Used to the Weight - 5 Skill Points

Reduces the reduction in movement speed caused by armor and weight. It provides a near-free upgrade. A shield is practically a standard feature for every action, and this skill can be unlocked early in the game, maintaining high tactical mobility even when heavily armored.

Blast-Born - 1 skill point

Reduces the impact of explosions on hearing, allowing you to more clearly distinguish footsteps, gunshots, and other key environmental sounds amidst blasts.

Fight Or Flight - 5 skill points

A survival-oriented secondary passive skill that instantly restores a fixed amount of stamina when injured in combat, but has an internal cooldown. It can be combined with Survivor's Stamina for a powerful combo, giving you a stamina advantage on the battlefield.

Gentle Pressure - 1 skill point

Reduces the noise when breaching doors and unlocking locks, aiding in stealth operations.

Proficient Pryer - 5 skill points

Shortens the animation time for unlocking and breaching doors, allowing you to acquire loot faster and reduce the risk of detection.

Unburdened Roll - 1 skill point

After your shield breaks, the first roll within a short timeframe does not consume stamina. Offers you a free escape opportunity, high survival value.

Survivor's Stamina - 1 skill point

Significantly increases stamina regeneration speed when your health is below 20%.

A Little Extra - 1 skill point

Always obtains extra resources (materials or consumables) when picking locks, increasing resource accumulation efficiency.

Loaded Arms - 1 skill point

Reduces the impact of your current weapon's weight on your inventory.

Downed But Determined - 1 skill point

Extends the duration of being downed, increasing the chance of teammates reviving you.

Turtle Crawl - 5 skill points

Reduces damage taken while downed, increasing survival chances.

In short, the choice of build depends on your primary goal. If you want to accumulate resources in ARC Raiders in the shortest time, avoid getting bogged down in close combat, and still become a hunter, getting rich through combat plunder, then this build is very suitable.

WoW Midnight 12.0.5 is finally live, bringing a wealth of new content and many new ways to acquire gear.

Voidforge will give you a completely new gaming experience, but it also contains several bugs that can seriously hinder your progress and even waste your Nebulous Voidcore's extra rolls.

Let's take a look at Nebulous Voidcore content in patch 12.0.5, learn how to obtain and maximize your Nebulous Voidcore's extra rolls, and which annoying bugs you should definitely avoid.

How to Obtain It?

First, you need to complete Voidforge quests. Go to Voidstorm and pick up the final elementary Voidcore Shard quest from Decimus. The fastest way to complete this quest is too quickly clear a random raid area with three bosses, such as the first area of ​​Voidspire Raid, or clear some resource-rich dungeons.

Be sure to complete these quests before you start experiencing any other game content. Delaying Voidforge completion means you'll miss out on some very shiny, free loot and WoW Midnight Gold. If you haven't been completing these Voidforge quests weekly, you need to catch up now.

Your Voidforge is complete when Voidforge counter shows all six quests finished. Now, you can exchange 5,000 gold, 2,000 Voidlight Marl, or 80 Veteran Dawncrests for two Nebulous Voidcores weekly from Decimus. If you no longer need Veteran Dawncrests to upgrade your gear, I recommend using them, as they have no other use.

After completing Decimus's quests to unlock Voidforge, you can also receive an additional Nebulous Voidcore weekly from Vaultkeeper Elysa next to Great Vault. Each Nebulous Voidcore requires six Thalassian Tokens of Merit and does not count towards your weekly cap.

How to use it effectively?

After defeating Midnight Season 1 raid boss, or completing Mythic+ Dungeon, Bountiful Delve, or Prey Hunt, players can choose to consume Nebulous Voidcore to obtain a random item matching their gear specialization from the event.

Obtaining Mythic Gear

To maximize your gear acquisition potential, you should only use Nebulous Voidcore when you can obtain Mythic gear. The best place to use Nebulous Voidcore is likely Mythic+ Dungeon.

Even after reaching reputation rank nine, Nebulous Voidcore can be used for Heroic gear in Prey or Delves at rank 11, and you can only obtain Champion gear at most. If you use Nebulous Voidcore in a raid, you will obtain gear corresponding to the current difficulty. You can never obtain Mythic gear through raid bonus drops unless you run Mythic difficulty raids.

However, if you use Mythic+ Keystones, you'll receive rewards based on your weekly Vault item level. This means that completing Mythic+ Keystones at level 10 or higher and using the extra gear drops from Nebulous Voidcores will grant you Mythic gear. Most importantly, this is easier than Mythic raids.

You can also use Nebulous Voidcores to enhance lower-tier gear if you wish, but considering the significantly reduced difficulty of obtaining Heroic gear in patch 12.0.5, I recommend saving your Mythic+ Keystones rather than wasting them on Heroic gear.

Even if it takes you several weeks to clear a level 10 Mythic+ dungeon, if you save Nebulous Voidcores weekly, you'll eventually have four, six, or even eight Nebulous Voidcores available, meaning a lot of Mythic gear waiting to be enhanced. As things stand, I really don't think it's worthwhile to use Nebulous Voidcores on gear below Mythic.

Increase Item Drop Rate

If you primarily use Nebulous Voidcore in dungeons, first, you should browse the seasonal dungeons and their loot lists to find those that offer the most of the items you need.

You can use Catalyst to change gear stats and convert gear into set pieces. Loot Spec Swapper can further narrow down your choices. Some items only drop for DPS, tanks, or healers; you can use Loot Spec Swapper to remove unwanted items from the drop list.

This means that when you use Nebulous Voidcore for an extra roll, you won't see the item again, increasing your chances of getting the item you want and reducing the number of rolls required to obtain it.

System Bugs

However, unfortunately, Voidforge system has some bugs that you should be aware of.

First, if you receive a Nebulous Voidcore from Vaultkeeper Elysa weekly before receiving one from Decimus, Decimus might only give you one Nebulous Voidcore. Therefore, make sure to obtain Nebulous Voidcore from Decimus every week.

Secondly, many players have reported receiving duplicate items when using Nebulous Voidcore. This will render your Nebulous Voidcore rolls completely invalid. Therefore, until this bug is confirmed to be fixed, I recommend you refrain from using extra rolls.

Voidforge system in WoW Midnight 12.0.5 can indeed help you acquire a large amount of gear. Your top priority should be completing six Voidforge quests. Remember to collect 3 Nebulous Voidcores weekly and try to save all your Nebulous Voidcores for Mythic gear. Use Catalyst and Loot Spec Swapper to improve efficiency. Simultaneously, avoid system bugs and plan patiently to maximize the use of Nebulous Voidcores and obtain more rewards.

What Lies Dreaming is the fourth main mission in the first story DLC for Borderlands 4, Mad Ellie and Vault of the Damned.

The core of this mission is entering Vault of the Damned deep within Whispering Glacier. The process includes exploring a destroyed ship, restoring power, and dealing with ambushes. Upon completion, you will receive experience points, Borderlands 4 Money, Eridium, and a green or blue assault rifle.

The mission is divided into four stages. This guide will walk you through each step of What Lies Dreaming, providing a detailed completion walkthrough:

• 1. Reach Storm
• 2. Reach Ship
• 3. Reach Engine Room
• 4. Defeat Colonel Crash

1. Reach Storm

The core of this stage is reaching the red storm area in Maelstrom. To get there, you need to traverse a snow-covered wasteland, following the marker at the top of the screen. As you get closer to the red storm area, you'll realize that direct entry is not possible.

At this point, Captain Willis's voice will appear in the communication, warning you not to proceed. You then need to change direction and follow the red spiked passage on the right side of the storm to the stern of a crashed ship. One end of the ship is embedded in the storm, forming a natural passageway inside.

After passing through the passage, you will see the wreckage of a ship. One end of the ship is inside the storm, and the other end is outside, so you can enter the storm via the ship.

There are multiple routes to the ship, some faster, but the core objective is to reach the stern at the bottom of the map. As you approach the ship, you will see a long bridge; simply cross it to board the ship.

2. Reach Ship

While crossing the long bridge leading to the ship, you will encounter a large Thresh O' War, which deals Cryo damage and has two health bars. It is recommended to use Borderlands 4 Items with Corrosive attribute and high-explosive homing missiles to deal with it, such as Darkbeast, Disc Jockey, and Swarm.

After eliminating the enemies, enter the ship's entrance and find Ellie. Help her eliminate the five surrounding enemies, then talk to Ellie. Scan the three green-glowing weak points on the ship's hull (the third is in a hole in the side wall). Locate them and destroy the vent to enter.

Turn to face the ship and approach the most damaged area on the side of the hull. As you approach the hatch, a prompt will appear. Once ready, press the button displayed on the screen to begin scanning - the specific button depends on your controller.

After scanning the first weak point, turn right to scan the next one; then move left along the hull to scan the last weak point. Unlike the first two, this weak point is not on the outside of the hull, but hidden in a large cave on the side.

Enter the cave and scan the vent to find the entrance. Quickly destroy the vent to enter the cargo hold. Use the grappling hook on the central mechanical device in the cargo hold to climb to the upper level. Defeat the enemies lurking on the upper level, then use the control panel to try to open the cargo door.

Unfortunately, there's no power available right now. Turn around and find the circuit breaker - it's located in the cargo hold control room.

The control room is on the south edge of the cargo hold. To enter, go up the stairs on the left side of the control room and pull the handle on the control panel on the wall to activate the first breaker. The second circuit breaker is near the computer in the corner of the room.

Once power is restored, you can enter the upper control room. Have Ellie go in with you and eliminate the enemies that have been attracted there.

You and Ellie are successfully reunited, and the enemies are defeated. Follow her to the control room in the center of the room. After reviewing the ship's blueprints, Ellie sets a plan: the first step is to find the cryogenic storage area.

Climb the collapsed pillar on the right side of the control room to reach the upper level, then follow Ellie to the elevator - but the elevator is out of power.

Fortunately, you're already an expert at restoring power. There's a power core on the other side of the room. To get it, you need to use the robotic arms that span the room - the storage boxes they're holding form a makeshift bridge.

Cross the bridge to retrieve the core, return to the elevator to install it, and then protect Ellie from enemy attacks while she adjusts the control panel. After clearing the enemies, the elevator is finally usable.

Take the elevator up and follow Ellie into the cryogenic chamber room. Give her the Keystone Fragment obtained from defeating Crazy Earl. Hold onto the handrail and enter the illusion.

3. Reach Engine Room

When you return to reality, Ellie is gone. You need to search for her in the corridor and collect as much loot as possible to prepare for the upcoming battle. Once you notice strange organic matter appearing on the ship's hull, you're on the right track.

Continue forward to find the vent, break it, and crawl into the passage. Follow the mission marker to a room, jump down, and clear enemies along the corridor.

Finally, you'll encounter a door that requires the energy core to open. Turn around and enter the opposite dormitory. Climb through the small hole on the right to retrieve the core, then return to the entrance to activate the door. After passing through the door, climb the ladder in the center of the room, enter the vent again, sneak into the next room, and follow the corridor to the engine room.

The engine room is teeming with enemies. First, take out the regular Dahl soldiers, then deal with the large man in saturated protective suits. He's heavily armored, his health bar is yellow-blue, and his defenses can be easily broken with corrosive and electric damage. After defeating Dahl, Ellie will contact you via communicator; she's safe and sound, so you can continue.

The next objective is the main control room to activate the switch and engine overdrive. Follow the marker to the control panel in the center of the room. After completing the first step, you'll still need a keycard. Turn right with your back to the control panel, find another vent, break it, and jump down to enter another room full of enemies.

After clearing the enemies, follow the marker to a narrow platform above red liquid. The keycard is on the left beam. Pick it up, climb the stairs on the right, then climb the ladder back to the main room. Insert the keycard into the control panel to activate the engine overdrive.

Turn around and use the grappling hook to retrieve the spark plug above, then turn around again and use the grappling hook to start the engine on the ceiling.

Once the engine is running, go to the other side of the room and pull the control panel lever to unlock the path ahead. Head to the newly opened door in the rear right corner and begin searching for Ellie. You'll encounter enemies along the way and then return to the outside of the ship. Jump over the metal platform and crawl into the cabin through another hole on the side of the hull.

Turn right, and you'll see Ellie on the other side, but the gap is too wide to jump across. Look to the lower right - there's a pile of rubble. Break it to get a speed booster. Scan the speed booster to learn its function, then follow the yellow cable extending from it to find and destroy the power regulator. Next, pull the lever on the left side of the room to activate the jump pad. Finally, use the jump pad on the right to leap across to the other side.

Find Ellie in the ship's corridor and go through the door she opened. There are two vending machines on the right side of the room. Jump down through the hole at the back of the room and follow Ellie to the operations room. Someone is waiting for you there: Colonel Crash.

4. Defeat Colonel Crash

Colonel Crash is the final boss of Borderlands 4 What Lies Dreaming Quest, possessing two health bars: blue and red. Prioritize blue targets and use electric damage to counter them; after defeating the boss, only the red health bar will remain, which can be dealt with using burning damage. It's best to prepare both types of damage.

During the fight, be aware of the following attacks: The long-range red laser will first shoot towards the back of the room, then sweep twice horizontally; you can avoid this by hiding behind control panels. Afterward, he will summon multiple stationary lasers to restrict movement.

The boss will teleport and leap, disappearing as a red ball, reappearing about a second later and causing a purple explosion that deals extremely high damage. He can also summon some floating heads that will disappear on their own after a while; it's recommended to focus on dodging these and attacking the boss. His flamethrower has a small range; maintaining distance will prevent damage.

Your advantage lies in the control panels around the room - use them wisely as cover, otherwise they will hinder your movement; make sure to turn disadvantages into advantages.

After completely defeating Colonel Crash, take the keycard and meet up with Ellie. Open the door, listen to Moxxi scold Ellie, and then enter the bridge. Continue onward to find Moxxi and retrieve the Echo Log from a corpse covered in organic matter. Finally, pull the lever to blast open the breaching door and reveal the vortex.

This completes the What Lies Dreaming quest. After completing the quest, keep an eye out for the unlocked side quest, Summoner's Gift, which can be accepted from Belle in the Crooked Teeth area. The reward is a green or blue rarity SMG and a Vault Hunter head skin.

Hopefully, this guide will help you easily complete Borderlands 4 What Lies Dreaming quest and claim your rewards.

On April 23rd, the official Diablo 4 livestream delved into the content of Lord of Hatred expansion and the upcoming season update.

We got a thorough analysis into all the final details of the upcoming update, exploring the new class skill trees, Horadric Cube, the new endgame system, and more.

I think the most interesting and direct information was the changes to some of the ultimate skill tree nodes in War Plan system and the equipment system adjustments. Let's take a look.

War Plan

War Plan is a completely new system, a major overhaul of Diablo 4's endgame content. You can earn more rewards than with regular content. War Plan contains a list of five different endgame events; completing them will grant all the rewards. You can then move on to the next War Plan, earning even more rewards as you progress through War Plan system. Furthermore, the endgame skill trees are closely linked to War Plan system.

Endgame Skill Trees

Each endgame content has its own unique skill tree. Participating in this endgame content will earn experience points for the skill tree, and completing War Plan list will grant even more experience points.

I'd like to highlight some nodes in these endgame skill trees, as I find them more interesting. And we haven't even seen the bottom nodes yet. Based on what we've seen so far, the nodes seem to become increasingly interesting and impactful as we go deeper.

Hellborne Horde

The first node I want to introduce is in Helltide skill tree, called Hellborne Horde. This node allows threat-level Ambush to have a chance to spawn additional Hellborne. Specifically, there's a 50% chance of spawning one additional Hellborne, a 20% chance of spawning three, and a 5% chance of spawning four. A Hellborne has a chance to drop a unique item upon being killed. So, this effect is quite impressive when triggered.

Specifically, this effect is triggered when you accumulate threat in Helltide. Once the threat reaches a certain level, waves of enemies will spawn. After the threat is depleted, a Hellborne will spawn. There's a chance to spawn multiple Hellborne, up to a maximum of five.

Furthermore, you can increase the chance of obtaining Diablo 4 Uniques from these Hellborne. And it seems there are other nodes that can transform Hellborne into other things. One developer revealed a node that can replace Hellborne with Butchers. I speculate that if you activate these nodes simultaneously, the other monsters that your spawned Hellborne will also spawn additionally.

Answered Prayer and Communion

Some nodes have very significant effects, but the trigger rate depends entirely on RNG. This is because another node has a similar effect. This node is located in Nightmare Dungeon skill tree and is called Answered Prayer. Activating the shrine in Nightmare Dungeon triggers Elite Ambush. There's a 40% chance to summon one Elite, a 30% chance to summon two, a 20% chance to summon four, and a 10% chance to summon seven Elites.

Another node we'll discuss next, when combined with Answered Prayer, also has a remarkable effect. Combining these two nodes can double the number of Elites you summon.

Most players would simply remove Nightmare Sigils that only spawn shrines. However, with these two nodes, the ability to generate large numbers of shrines upon entering Nightmare Dungeon becomes extremely valuable.

The other node is Communion in Helltide skill tree. In Nightmare Dungeon, simply put, when you click on a shrine, any enemy you kill during the shrine's buff will be trapped within you as a spirit. After the buff ends, all these enemies will respawn around you.

Because of the shrine buff, you can easily clear most of Dungeon. Now you have a chance to encounter Elite Ambush. Each time you click on a shrine, there's a chance to enter Nightmare Dungeon, and the shrine might summon one to seven Elites to attack you.

After defeating these Elites, continue exploring Dungeon, killing other enemies along the way. When the shrine's buff ends, these Elites, along with all other enemies you defeated during that time, will reappear.

However, this assumption rests on the premise that the number of enemies will not exceed a certain threshold; how it will operate tactically remains to be seen in actual gameplay.

The combination of just these two nodes can significantly affect the Nightmare Dungeon challenge. We can imagine even more insane effects if five skill points were added.

As more nodes are revealed, we've discovered that these endgame skill trees will have a huge impact on endgame content. Many nodes go beyond simply increasing gear drops, experience points, or other basic attributes. Many of them are genuine game mechanic changes that will disrupt your daily gameplay experience and potentially introduce random, crazy events like this.

I think this is a very good design approach because even if you don't necessarily get more rewards, these significant changes to game mechanics or events alone can make the game more interesting.

Gear System

The changes to Ancestral gear are largely confirmed. Ancestral gear no longer seems to guarantee high-level affixes. How we will obtain high-level affixes is currently unclear, but I speculate that they will be more integrated into Horadric Cube gear modification system.

Higher-level affixes will become more integrated into the late-game gear crafting system. The developers have significantly reduced the number of high-level affixes we can obtain, possibly to lower our overall power level, which might make the game more balanced.

This is because high-level affixes themselves aren't particularly appealing. They do require more effort to acquire, but they aren't necessarily more fun, especially compared to the powerful effects of amulets.

We will be able to fully craft low-rarity gear using Horadric Cube, which the developers hope will encourage us to invest heavily in creating powerful, ultimate gear. It's currently unclear whether white-rarity gear will also be able to do this.

These are some of the more interesting aspects of Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred; more details and gameplay await our discovery.