powercreep

plural powercreeps

1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of power creep.

   This open wheel car is one of two original open wheel cars. Hence, it's not surprising that it was slightly hit by a powercreep when it comes to its top speed.

   2021 August 19, Alan Sahbegovic, “Ranking all open wheel cars in GTA Online based on their top speed”, in Sportskeeda, Mumbai, Maharashtra: Nazara Technologies, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2026

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   I've been playing all manner of gacha games since 2015 and have seen the good and bad of these gaps. Being a year or two behind gives some pretty handy insight into future powercreep, character banners, and team meta that can help with currency management, especially if you're a free-to-play gamer.

   2025 July 14, Mollie Taylor, “'Western players are getting treated like trash': Persona 5: The Phantom X global release is being flooded with negative reviews over alleged worse rewards than its Chinese counterpart”, in PC Gamer, Bath, Somerset: Future plc, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2025

   In a series featuring a long line of characters prone to powercreep, Grace represents a soft reset. It's an approach that I can get behind on paper; it's almost impossible to experience much semblance of horror when you're piloting a superhuman wielding an RPG.

   2026 February 25, Nat Smith, “Resident Evil Requiem review - survival horror's greatest hits album”, in PCGamesN, Bath, Somerset: NetworkN, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2026

present singular third person powercreeps · participle present powercreeping · participle past powercrept · past powercrept · participle past powercreeped · past powercreeped

1. alternativeAlternative form of power creep.

   You probably should save any free upgrade materials for a character that isn't likely to be powercrept by a decent pull a few weeks after launch, but the choice is ultimately yours.

   2026 March 21, Joshua Brown, “Star Savior codes March 2026”, in PCGamesN, Bath, Somerset: NetworkN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2026

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   There's also the Shattered Throne dungeon, which has essentially been powercrept out of providing any meaningful challenge. Cool to experience once, but outside of the exotic Wish-Ender, there's not any reason to visit.

   2024 April 16, Phil Savage, “As Destiny 2 enters its latest 'We're so back' era, you can grab all of its expansions for $45 in the Steam FPS Fest”, in PC Gamer, Bath, Somerset: Future plc, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2024

   The biggest reason that the mace has powercrept the rest of Minecraft's weapons is the amount of damage it's able to deal. The weapon is able to convert distance fallen into bonus damage without any sort of cap.

   2024 August 15, Jacob Burkett, “Has the mace powercrept other weapons in Minecraft?”, in Sportskeeda, Mumbai, Maharashtra: Nazara Technologies, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2024