Cinders vs the Convergence

[OMGBOI]

I've been playing vanilla for quite a long time but i recently got kinda bored of it so i decided to start a new moded run. However, i'm in doubt to which mod should i play through between cinders and the convergence. I've actually played the cinders mod before, but my build was a 40 40 str/dex gravelord sword build, and because of that, i ended up missing every spell and magical weapon the mod had to offer. Because of this, i want to hear you guys' opinion about which of these mods is better, and if it would be worth it to try another cinders mod run with different weapons and using spells.

[Almaz]

cinders sucks

[OMGBOI]

Originally posted by Almaz:

cinders sucks

yeah, it wasn't like i had the time of my life playing through it, it felt kinda boring in the dlcs and i just gave up before the demon princes cuz i was just done with it at that point

[PappaFreud]

While Cinders has some great features, the devs don't seem to have a coherent vision for their mod. Some significant features (like weapon reinforcement) have been removed and readded in a different way a few times. As such, you may have to read through changelogs to find a version you like rather than trust in the latest.

I am having a great time with convergence so far. The devs have done an amazing job. They have completely changed each area in interesting ways and the new spells and weapons are excellent. Apparently, they stole code from Cinders which sucks but I definitely prefer Convergence.

[Quo Vadis ?]

Cinders has quantity, Convergence has Qualities

[Almaz]

Originally posted by OMGBOI:

Originally posted by Almaz:

cinders sucks

yeah, it wasn't like i had the time of my life playing through it, it felt kinda boring in the dlcs and i just gave up before the demon princes cuz i was just done with it at that point

tbh, when i played convergence (this summer), it hasn literally nothing new in both dlcs and i just really felt bad about it, but maybe now they brang something new and if not then don't expect something new in dlcs

[DAZ]

I have played both, and they each have their pros and cons.

Cinders has an insane amount of weapons, armor and (upgradable) spells; customizable difficulty, a lot of new movesets for weapons and weapon arts; upgradable covenants and a lot of more stuff, which is way too much to list here. The difficulty curve is linear, so you usually won´t encounter a wall which stops you from progressing, because it´s too difficult.
But as others have already mentioned, the devs don´t seem to have a clear vision of what they want to do, they often remove and later reintroduce features.

Convergence has a lot less content than Cinders and concentrates more on magic. It also has awesome redesigned bosses or completely new ones, which aren´t just a reskin of existing ones. The balancing is a lot worse than in Cinders, in my opinion. Convergence starts out quite challenging and then becomes either even more difficult or a simple cakewalk in the park if you pick your magic buffs right. A straight sword with more than 2k AR and very high resistances are not uncummon, which make new game plus runs just boring.

[GET GOOD]

Originally posted by Almaz:

cinders sucks

And convergence even more

[The gnomeman]

i love convergence

[Lady Iudex]

Convergence is amazing