beta today?

[WenericMember]

18 minutes ago, LazuliofArt said:

So.. no Beta this week? :/ i was really hoping they would give us something today

It appears not. This beta is taking forever, I just really want to know who's getting skill trees this update. :<

Edited November 14, 2024 by WenericMember

[arubaro]

5 hours ago, Mysterious box said:

I think the main reason for that is that there's too many considerations needed when planning these updates specifically because dst has been going for so long. The new content needs to avoid breaking the lore and avoid breaking the early game loop and this isn't helped by the fact there seems to be a backlash to anything they try to release.

And sadly the progression is a mess...

[Reiko24]

36 minutes ago, WenericMember said:

It appears not. This beta is taking forever, I just really want to know who's getting skill trees this update. :<

Please if anyone at Klei is reading this, if the beta is coming like next week, can we now get at least some info on who's skilltrees will it be? 

[Mike23Ua]

41 minutes ago, Reiko24 said:

Please if anyone at Klei is reading this, if the beta is coming like next week, can we now get at least some info on who's skilltrees will it be? 

I’m pretty sure the next update is an actual meaty content update, not a skill tree. I will be extremely disappointed if the update is just more skill trees and I don’t care WHO the skill trees are for… I want content I can enjoy as any character choice, not just Webber or Wendy.

[WenericMember]

10 minutes ago, Mike23Ua said:

I’m pretty sure the next update is an actual meaty content update, not a skill tree. I will be extremely disappointed if the update is just more skill trees and I don’t care WHO the skill trees are for… I want content I can enjoy as any character choice, not just Webber or Wendy.

I think they confirmed it was skill trees like 3 weeks ago, on the hallowed nights post.

Edit: Ah, no it was in the Depths of Duplicity Post

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Lots of team vacations have come to an end and we're back up and running as usual and currently working on Character Skillsets for the next update that we are aiming for in December. So feel free to post your suggestions and speculations. We'll probably tease a little info at Intermission time in October!

Also, iirc they've said "we'll tease during the intermission" a lot this year but I feel like they never do :P

Edited November 14, 2024 by WenericMember

[Dr. Safety]

32 minutes ago, Mike23Ua said:

I’m pretty sure the next update is an actual meaty content update, not a skill tree. I will be extremely disappointed if the update is just more skill trees and I don’t care WHO the skill trees are for… I want content I can enjoy as any character choice, not just Webber or Wendy.

Last update was no skill trees so I can guarantee that this one will be. 

28 minutes ago, WenericMember said:

Also, iirc they've said "we'll tease during the intermission" a lot this year but I feel like they never do :P

Unless... Chester skill tree confirmed

[BalkanCockroach]

35 minutes ago, Mike23Ua said:

I’m pretty sure the next update is an actual meaty content update, not a skill tree. I will be extremely disappointed if the update is just more skill trees and I don’t care WHO the skill trees are for… I want content I can enjoy as any character choice, not just Webber or Wendy.

It's confirmed to be skill trees. Check the hallowed nights update post.

[Master_NiX]

We're not there yet

No beta yet ;-;

[Queron81]

16 hours ago, Mike23Ua said:

I’m pretty sure the next update is an actual meaty content update, not a skill tree. I will be extremely disappointed if the update is just more skill trees and I don’t care WHO the skill trees are for… I want content I can enjoy as any character choice, not just Webber or Wendy.

Together with the last Skill Spotlight update (Winona/Wurt ) we also got the "Staying Afloat" update with a lot of ocean related content (Crab King rework, Archaic Boat, Gloomthorn, Sproutrock, Marotters etc.). So I bet this update will also be a bigger, combined update with a lot of stuff. That's also the reason they reduced the amount of updates, to not only have either skill trees or regular content.

[Snapchrap]

I wonder with the next skill tree they'll be wrapping up this arc, cuz they've made it sound in the dev streams that the rifts will have different stages. Right now, we're in stage 1 of the rifts, but they'll continue to ramp up in enemies/ or difficulty in the next arcs. 

[BrixGoBrrr]

On 11/14/2024 at 8:15 PM, Dr. Safety said:

On 11/14/2024 at 7:46 PM, WenericMember said:

Also, iirc they've said "we'll tease during the intermission" a lot this year but I feel like they never do :P

Unless... Chester skill tree confirmed

Oooo maybe, Woby skill tree next?  

[WenericMember]

15 hours ago, Snapchrap said:

I wonder with the next skill tree they'll be wrapping up this arc, cuz they've made it sound in the dev streams that the rifts will have different stages. Right now, we're in stage 1 of the rifts, but they'll continue to ramp up in enemies/ or difficulty in the next arcs. 

 

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This content is part of a 3 part set of content updates in the "From Beyond" arc and is available today on Steam, PlayStation and Xbox. Nintendo Switch will be coming soon, it takes a little longer there. 

Obviously Shadow Rifts was part 2, but I wonder what the 3rd part is meant to be. Either way its crazy that a 3 part set has spiraled into 4 separate updates and counting, along with a couple of QOL updates.

Edited November 16, 2024 by WenericMember

[Varrgas]

Like many of you I'm waiting this beta and the last update for this year ^^

I wonder if I'm the only one to think that the two characters skill tree will be for Wortox and Walter ?
Why?
Because, for Wortox, he is a very simple character, nothing really fancy, he have his own mechanic with soul and everything work around that. I mean, he lack some depth mechanics, even Wurt without skill tree had more. I have too much idea of what they will give him but I'm really curious to see that, soon or later ^^
Second, we are close to the end of the year, Christmas and so on are close, maybe with the winter fest, and it's a perfect fit to release his skill tree during this period.
Finally, as for Walter, the character was in recent videos, and we don't see Wortox that much, it's one with the least visibility in Klei video, so seeing him again could be to give him more light before his skill tree update.

For Walter it's somehow the same, he wasn't seen very often before, but since more than a year we see him very often, even Woby was in the last video, as Walter portable Tent.
Other than all the reference to him in video, it's an old character now and he clearly need a little buff to make him more attractive and interesting, his drawbacks are too high compared to what you gain from playing him.
I'm crossing my finger that they will give him some skill for Woby. Of course they will give him some skill for his Slingshot and ammos, but I hope he will get an upgraded version like Wigfrid to be able to shoot faster.
Klei like to make things different, so I don't think they will give him a bow, it could be cool, but... meh, we see bow everywhere since many years and... Idk, I don't see them doing this.


What did you think? could I be right for the next 2 characters skill tree ?

[WenericMember]

7 minutes ago, Varrgas said:

Like many of you I'm waiting this beta and the last update for this year ^^

I wonder if I'm the only one to think that the two characters skill tree will be for Wortox and Walter ?
Why?
Because, for Wortox, he is a very simple character, nothing really fancy, he have his own mechanic with soul and everything work around that. I mean, he lack some depth mechanics, even Wurt without skill tree had more. I have too much idea of what they will give him but I'm really curious to see that, soon or later ^^
Second, we are close to the end of the year, Christmas and so on are close, maybe with the winter fest, and it's a perfect fit to release his skill tree during this period.
Finally, as for Walter, the character was in recent videos, and we don't see Wortox that much, it's one with the least visibility in Klei video, so seeing him again could be to give him more light before his skill tree update.

For Walter it's somehow the same, he wasn't seen very often before, but since more than a year we see him very often, even Woby was in the last video, as Walter portable Tent.
Other than all the reference to him in video, it's an old character now and he clearly need a little buff to make him more attractive and interesting, his drawbacks are too high compared to what you gain from playing him.
I'm crossing my finger that they will give him some skill for Woby. Of course they will give him some skill for his Slingshot and ammos, but I hope he will get an upgraded version like Wigfrid to be able to shoot faster.
Klei like to make things different, so I don't think they will give him a bow, it could be cool, but... meh, we see bow everywhere since many years and... Idk, I don't see them doing this.


What did you think? could I be right for the next 2 characters skill tree ?

I'm inclined to not say Wortox Yet, because they've been alternating on and off for DLC characters thus far (Wormwood, Gap, Wurt)

Walter seems to be the most agreed upon rn, alongside either Wendy, Webber or Warly.

[Hollow soul 3]

On 11/14/2024 at 5:58 PM, Reiko24 said:

Please if anyone at Klei is reading this, if the beta is coming like next week, can we now get at least some info on who's skilltrees will it be? 

Please this, it sucks waiting for your main. Some kind of order world go a long way. Its really disappointing when you're waiting for a character or two to update. It might be next update, it might be three years from now. Im sure not capable of staying excited for an update for that long. I would way rather switch mains until my favorite got an update. The problem is, there's just no way to tell. It makes every skill tree update very disappointing

[ALCRD]

On 11/15/2024 at 12:42 AM, Mike23Ua said:

I’m pretty sure the next update is an actual meaty content update,

Wurt won't be happy about that.

[Dr. Safety]

7 hours ago, Hollow soul 3 said:

Please this, it sucks waiting for your main. Some kind of order world go a long way. Its really disappointing when you're waiting for a character or two to update. It might be next update, it might be three years from now. Im sure not capable of staying excited for an update for that long. I would way rather switch mains until my favorite got an update. The problem is, there's just no way to tell. It makes every skill tree update very disappointing

I was a Maxwell main before the reworks, so I know the pain. Something like 4 years or so to rework all the characters, and my main was the second to last (I feel sorry for you Wilson mains). Honestly playing other characters is a great idea. I like to try every character when they get their skill tree, and I can confidently say that Winona is a new main of main, potentially overtaking Maxwell and Warly. I don't like her character at all, which is why I haven't tried her until her skill tree, but I had a lot of fun with her kit.

The unfortunate truth is that every group of character updates will have somebody being last. If you are unlucky enough to be in that group, trying other characters to keep the game fresh is the best way to go about it.

[kroban]

15 hours ago, Hollow soul 3 said:

Please this, it sucks waiting for your main. Some kind of order world go a long way. Its really disappointing when you're waiting for a character or two to update. It might be next update, it might be three years from now. Im sure not capable of staying excited for an update for that long. I would way rather switch mains until my favorite got an update. The problem is, there's just no way to tell. It makes every skill tree update very disappointing

As a guy that mains Walter and Warly I agree, not having atleast the order kind of sucks, at this rate the last character will get their skill trees at like, December 2025. Hoping that the next skill tree update will have your favorite character only to get cok-blocked by some character that was already doing more than decent (like Wolfgang whom out of all the characters somehow got high priority?) is sad. I would 100% prefer having the order so I could atleast chill if my character is last or get hyped if hes next.

And like, I even have friends that are waiting for either Webber, Wendy or Wortox skill trees, all characters that have been on a hard spot too, and they too got baited hard this year lmao.

[Mike23Ua]

30 minutes ago, kroban said:

As a guy that mains Walter and Warly I agree, not having atleast the order kind of sucks, at this rate the last character will get their skill trees at like, December 2025. Hoping that the next skill tree update will have your favorite character only to get cok-blocked by some character that was already doing more than decent (like Wolfgang whom out of all the characters somehow got high priority?) is sad. I would 100% prefer having the order so I could atleast chill if my character is last or get hyped if hes next.

And like, I even have friends that are waiting for either Webber, Wendy or Wortox skill trees, all characters that have been on a hard spot too, and they too got baited hard this year lmao.

Speaking strictly as a Console DST player, Klei designs a good portion of these characters and their horrible skill trees with PC players Keyboard and Mouse controls front and center whilst leaving trying to do pretty much ANYTHING with a Console controller to be an absolute pain in the rear side.

If you think I’m Joking… play as Wortox, try to place a boat, or use Winona’s Vinebridges in an actual helpful way.

Im fed up with it, they desperately need to hire a dedicated group specifically to making the console game actually playable and enjoyable.

And as a Direct Result of that: I absolutely Dread the remaining skill trees that will likely be bloated, complex or barely functional on a Console controller.

[WenericMember]

9 hours ago, Dr. Safety said:

I was a Maxwell main before the reworks, so I know the pain. Something like 4 years or so to rework all the characters, and my main was the second to last (I feel sorry for you Wilson mains). Honestly playing other characters is a great idea. I like to try every character when they get their skill tree, and I can confidently say that Winona is a new main of main, potentially overtaking Maxwell and Warly. I don't like her character at all, which is why I haven't tried her until her skill tree, but I had a lot of fun with her kit.

The unfortunate truth is that every group of character updates will have somebody being last. If you are unlucky enough to be in that group, trying other characters to keep the game fresh is the best way to go about it.

Yeah, Woodie & Willow have become one of my preferred survivor post insight, while I'm stuck waiting for Wendy & Wortox.

The good news at least is by the end of next year we should be down to the last handful of survivors.

I do wonder who people would bet on being last. Maxwell and Wicker need the least changes, but thats more likely to result in them getting getting a smaller scope tree like Wolfgang than anything. My bet would probably WX-78 - Got a relatively recent refresh, is in a healthy but not broken state, and has a lot of room for perk variety.

[shaurun]

Does anyone know when to expect next beta?

[WenericMember]

21 minutes ago, shaurun said:

Does anyone know when to expect next beta?

We were told "in a few weeks" approximately 3 weeks and 3 days ago. So probably next week? But that's what we thought last week.

[Mysterious box]

8 hours ago, WenericMember said:

We were told "in a few weeks" approximately 3 weeks and 3 days ago. So probably next week? But that's what we thought last week.

This a small chance they shadow drop it this week but the more likely scenario would be they announce it's coming next week as much as people wanted it last week that would have only given them 3 weeks or less to work on this new content when considering their break.

[kroban]

My bet is that If we get something this week it will be most likely the dev stream + the open beta, the update itself will most likely happen around like, mid December, maybe with something additional for the christmas event

[WenericMember]

7 hours ago, Mysterious box said:

This a small chance they shadow drop it this week but the more likely scenario would be they announce it's coming next week as much as people wanted it last week that would have only given them 3 weeks or less to work on this new content when considering their break.

Possible, but "A few" means 2-3 to me, 4 is a stretch but reasonable, but I'd be concerned about the state of an update if "a few weeks" somehow spiraled into a month. We shall see though.