Captain Fabulous

I'm only trying to preserve the integrity of the game, and prevent the devs from ever changing anything that might lead to even the tiniest amount of power creep, which I think we both know would destroy the game as we know it. I would think considering your extreme vocal displeasure at every single change ever made (or even suggested) you'd appreciate my efforts. 🤷

Nah man, I know you're sorry about all the recent power creep, I get it, it really has to be stopped. But it just takes too much time to post a wall of text as to why any changes no matter how small would result in an unacceptable amount of power creep and therefore cannot in any way be implemented. I'm just shortening it to let everyone know how much I hate all their ideas and that I'm still mad the game isn't on issue 0, exactly as the live devs envisioned it. 👍

Nope. Just living in your head rent free.

/powercreep

You can replace the sound effect locally until it gets fixed.

/powercreep

Because the "POWER CREEP!!!" commandos went apeshit the last time the devs tried to change it.

For real. The last time they tried to change Rage the "we can't possibly ever change any part of the game ever POWER CREEP!!!" brigade lost the goddamned minds and the changes were rolled back. These losers are the reason we can't have nice things.

/powercreep

There is a pinned thread specifically for geometry holes.

POWER CREEEEEEEEEP!!!

EXACTLY

Sorry, since this would result in power creep due to a greater time/reward ratio it can't possibly be done unless the rewards were severely nerfed. The live devs very carefully crafted TFs to precise measurements and any deviation will result in an unacceptable amount power creep and simply cannot be made. Those are the power creep rules. 🤷‍♂️

My saying the Earth is round also doesn't make it so. But yet, it is. Any concept of power creep in this game was thrown out the window with the IO system and then snapped in half by Incarnates, making it painfully obvious the live devs didn't give a shart about power creep. Using it as a constant excuse as to why any number of minor and/or QoL improvements simply cannot be made is really old and tired at this point, and is deserving of all the ridicule and scorn we can muster and throw at it.

but but but POWER CREEP!!! /drinks 😂

Power creep, no matter how many times it's repeated, it not a valid point, and instantly makes one's argument null and void. It's just sadly comical at this point, and worthy of a drinking game.

Every time Rudra says "but but POWER CREEP!!!" y'all gotta stop whatever you're doing and take a shot of the most unpalatable liquor available to you at the time.

Hard Light and Shield Melee.

It's a common misconception that running at a higher difficultly always results in better XP/rewards per hour than a lower setting. But that's simply not the case. If it takes you 50% longer to kill something but you're only getting 30% more rewards then you're actually getting less per hour, not more. You see this a lot in-game, especially on PUGs. People don't understand that a higher difficulty doesn't automatically mean greater rewards over time. I very rarely solo at +4/x8 not because my god-level characters can't handle it, but because it's too much of a slog. I find +2 or +3 to be a better balance between speed and rewards. It doesn't sound like you actually want a greater challenge or to make the game harder for yourself (after all, we build characters to be more effective because we seek to reduce challenge, not increase it), it sounds to me like you really just want to increase the rate at which you earn XP/rewards.

It doesn't do any of those things. Increasing a critter's stats (tohit, damage, resistance, defense, regen, etc) only serves to counter your own abilities, and mathematically is no different than reducing your stats by the equivalent amount. The only difference is your perception.

So you purposefully build characters that perform well beyond what the game is geared for and then complain it's not hard enough. You get the exact same level of challenge by reducing your stats as you do increasing the stats of critters. If you don't want to be godly, don't build your characters to be gods. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I simply will never understand this mentality. In before Rudra screams "but but but POWER CREEP!!!"

Switch to a build with no enhancements. Problem solved.

Seriously, I play with 6 trays by default. Some characters get 7 or 8.

First things first, you'll need a pole.