lol yeah you need to rebind your keys. 1-0 is dogshit keybinds
#📚┃off-topic
near hedge
stable shore
i'm aware
tawny sand
I used 123456qwertfg with shift and ctrl modifiers
near hedge
oh weird
stable shore
honestly it sounds like i'll mess up more than anything if i do that
i'm fine with mouse
near hedge
what do you use for movement?
stable shore
zqsd
tawny sand
for a minute i was like wut, then i remember you probably have a french keyboard
stable shore
unsure what that is
yeah no it's just a french keyboard
i'm too used to mouse to ever change ngl
it's kinda how i learnt to play mmo as a kid
tawny sand
i knew a red mage that clicked, idk how they did it
stable shore
it's not as bad as it sounds
tawny sand
and my friend has one of those mmo mouses for healing
near hedge
theres an ast who solo heals utlimates and is a clicker
stable shore
the only downside is you gotta be carefull to not missclick
near hedge
its wild watching them play
stable shore
but with practice you don't do mistakes
at least it's okay for me
i did raids probably as hard if not harder than hardest ff14 raid as a clicker so i'll be fine
near hedge
whatevers efficient for you. you do you
stable shore
trust me i wish i could play with keyboad
i know it would be comfier
but i'm just stuck with mouse
near hedge
ive been debating on rebinding everything and moving it over to rdfg
tawny sand
to answer how to not move your hands tho, i just use modifier keys
near hedge
right now i play on esdf
tawny sand
one row is non-modifier, than second is shift, then third is ctrl
and if i have a pet i use alt
stable shore
to answer how to not move your hands tho, i just use modifier keys
i really feel like it's not a good idea with off gcd skills intensive class
i'll do way way way too much mistakes for a while until i get used to it
tawny sand
oh right, ffxiv has a lot of off gcd skills
near hedge
oh right, ffxiv has a lot of off gcd skills
depends on the class
stable shore
with a good UI organisation mouse makes that easier imo
that's why i spent the last hour changing all of it
now i have everything under my eyes, and i have more space to see the fight
near hedge
ye with my ui i click a lot of my heals as well, since i keep right next to my character
stable shore
once i have all skills unlocked i'll separate aoe and single target skills
and it should be clean
tawny sand
i like using mouseover macros for healing, so i don't click
near hedge
plus im clicking on party members names the whole time
tawny sand
that's in wow though i don't remember if you can do mouseover in ffxiv
near hedge
i like using mouseover macros for healing, so i don't click
i used to when i could macro embrase for everything. so i could heal two people at once. but now it doesnt really improve anything
so i could click one person, and mouse over another. and eos would cast embrace on whoever i mouse over, while my normal heal goes on who i was targeting. then square had to ruin the fairies
tawny sand
sadge
near hedge
i fucking hate the changes they made to aetherflow, and the faires. its so obnoxious
tawny sand
does it play like white mage now? that's what my friend said
that all the healers feel the same now
near hedge
not even close
whm is braindead
theyre pretty homogenized yeah. feels like sch has no real job identity anymore though. at least its still a shield healer. the healing kit we have now is significantly better than before. but the lack of fairy control, and no damage abilities, its just like a core piece of what the class used to be is completely gone
tawny sand
wdym, scholar you just had selene heal for you. that was braindead fr fr. my friend would just plop selene somewhere and then not do anything lol
near hedge
that only works at low levels
tawny sand
yeah i know i was hyperbolizing as a joke
i like reactive healing so i played whm, it was pretty easy tho
near hedge
embrace doesnt do enough healing, and whispering dawn is about on par with medica 2. the tether is nice for trash packs, but its kinda meh outside of that. sephera or however its spelled is pretty gg though
stable shore
Alright i finished with my UI ! I think i fixed everyting i needed to fix
Just had a detail with casting bar left
Thanks for all the help with that
near hedge
i like reactive healing so i played whm, it was pretty easy tho
but whm is pretty much all big fat insta heals. with a couple hots. outside of that it doesnt really have much going on. sch has a shit ton to it. i love shield healing. it feels more rewarding imo
near hedge
Alright i finished with my UI ! I think i fixed everyting i needed to fix
lol for now*
stable shore
I planned it for later too haha
tawny sand
yeah whm was the closest to holy priest (my second main in wow) so that's what i did
near hedge
i tried resto shaman, but it just felt weird to me
i tried a bit of holy pally, but never really got deep into it
tawny sand
it can be, i haven't played it in a long time now i'm playing enahancement and elemental
so i couldn't say what resto shaman is like now
people say it needs a revamp tho and that it feels old unlike the other healing specs
that's all i know
near hedge
resto monk looked pretty fun and goofy
but i last time i played was legion i think. whatever the one with those weird relic things was. got those unlocked and quit the game
didnt play cata or mist outside of some random pvp private servers
tawny sand
yeah i dabbled during legion, i didn't raid or anything tho
i haven't raided since wotlk i guess, i skipped MoP
and only did a little in cata
near hedge
idk they all just felt weird
think ff14 came out sometime around there too, and so me and friend got deep into that shit
idk whatever was out 10 years
tawny sand
i think MoP was out when 14 released
or well, when ARR released
cause my wow friends got me into it
tawny sand
i played monk during ARR
near hedge
mad lad
i dont think i had much of any of the other classes leveled up at that point. hsw and stb was whenever i went big into leveling alts
faint mauve
yeah before settling on a few main i wanted to level everything first haha
rf/hurricane 
faint mauve
nice lol
tawny sand
the history lesson videos in age of empires 4 are pretty neat
hearty jewel
Screw retail, season of discovery HYPE.
near hedge
ye the campaign and art of war are actually pretty well made
eager ridge
I hate automaton...
i dont recognize this ui, what game?
no wait
i see it
just barely visible in the background
slay the spire
Slay the Spires, alright, not really my cup of tea
i'm more a fan of Tainted Grail: Conquest
kinda gettin an urge to play Wildermyth again
Inkbounds pretty decent as well
twilit mountain
why
junior oyster
I only now realised this card gets additive bonus up to 5 times and not multiplicative 😂
junior oyster
Finally I got a win and with a somewhat infinite too!
stable shore
the fuck, so zenos is actually alive but in another body ???
so there is edilibus in zenos dead body, and zenos in another body
i'll need explanations
either way i finished stormblood
near hedge
i'll need explanations
lol they explain it to you. in a long while
near hedge
and now the stories actually good, so youre in for a fun ride from here on out
finally got through the dog shit, and can finally enjoy the game lol
stable shore
the story was already good before, still i'm excited for what's next then
near hedge
i mean yeah its still good, its just shb and ew are so much better
eager ridge
finally got through the dog shit, and can finally enjoy the game lol
Ff14 start was honestly decent, ARR took me like.... 10ish hours? Probably less? But then i realized how much more was left and was like NOPE FUCK THAT IM BUYING A SKIP, i'll come back and do this forced msq shit when i feel like it
near hedge
Ff14 start was honestly decent, ARR took me like.... 10ish hours? Probably less?...
i mean tbh theyve made a ton of improvements to aar's msq. they cut out like so much content, and made it way more streamlined. before it was literally 50 hours just on the post arr msq. its just mostly boring due to having to build up all of the background to the lore. with that being said though, they had a terrible base to build off of. 1.0 was dogshit. they worked miracles bringing out what they had from that mess.
the author for shb and ew is so much better though. just everything about it is leagues better above hsw and stormblood.
warped wren
I don't
eternal sky
ive watched gameplay of the game n stuff its good but yea
eternal sky
def a game you play with friends
warped wren
https://tenor.com/view/you-dont-have-any-friends-gollum-gif-10645884
me irl
well at least w.r.t. gaming
eternal sky
if ur soloplayer its still a good game
its horde demolishing
tho i think you can que with randoms
@warped wren
mby make some friends that way
copper pawn
so what game is hot right now in this channel?
placid yarrow
Death is dead was popping off for a while
shadow sundial
Bullet hell ARPG
warped wren
I "finished" Death Must Die
all achievements + a couple 30 Darkness runs
I'll play it again whenever they release the next big update
this run was so good that I just straight up uninstalled after lol, quit on a high note
copper pawn
can't wait for new arpg to come out, too bored of existing ones
placid yarrow
How dare you be bored of LE
narrow token
narrow token
league of legends? O_o
narrow token
Oh. Never got into that.
copper pawn
anything but poe, I don't categorize it as arpg, heck I don't even categorize it as a game
narrow token
Some of their tooltips looks really bloated. Not easily readable imo.
placid yarrow
Poe isn't that bad lol, I'd say that to something like eve online
Aka spreadsheet and graph simulator
warped wren
EVE Online is capitalist corruption sim in space 
warped wren
Some of their tooltips looks *really* bloated. Not easily readable imo.
The tooltips? Wait till you see PoB
narrow token
The tooltips? Wait till you see PoB <:omegalul:570776988327870475>
I have no idea what that is.
warped wren
Yeah I mean without boring you to death, the tooltips are like the least relevant and least bloated part of PoE
That said
PoE 2 is likely to serve as a good entry point for new, interested players. Completely new engine, distinctly different and streamlined gameplay, no content bloat
Can't wait honestly, since it'll be in parallel to 1 and with a staggered launch cycle that will allow us to play both 1 and 2 adequately
narrow token
Well, I'm really only interested in PoE2 because they have a monk. Practically 0 new arpgs have one so I can't get my punchy/kick-y fix.
warped wren
There's going to be another trailer for PoE2 on the 30th
Though that one seemed like they're showcasing some kind of gunner class
narrow token
If it plays even somewhat like the Demon Hunter in D3 I'm down.
eternal sky
can't wait for new arpg to come out, too bored of existing ones
arpg market is just bad
theres grimdawn epoch poe d4 then d2
PoE is the farthest ahead in the genre by far
diablo keeps regressing
epoch still needs years d2 is just d2
might as well just play PoE
its going to be around for another 10 years
near hedge
at least theres plenty of mods to keep us busy
eternal sky
PoE currently has a /infinite/ content loop going
once PoE 2 comes out you can just rotate poe 1 and 2 leagues
near hedge
idk, i personally dont like the zoom zoom 1 button gameplay, just to go back and fitler through screens worth of shit. bores me after doing 1 or 2 maps
eternal sky
you choose to play that way though
i just banged out bosses all league basicly
no rotting in crimson prison
also if u need to filter through screens of shit i suggest you make an actual filter
sullen peak
i am excited for grim dawn's new expansion
copper pawn
idk, i personally dont like the zoom zoom 1 button gameplay, just to go back and...
most popular arpg builds are always 1 button zoom zoom, and for a good reason: most people are lazy and hate complication
eternal sky
all arpg endgoals are just
zoom and loot
thats the genre
zoom and loot
time is money friend
rubshands
also issue with making games in the arpg genre is they take actual years to build a snowball effect
sullen peak
just read up a bit, yeah arpg market is bad. but at least what is available is great and still active.
eternal sky
like its the same issue why soo many early mmos died
it takes forever to build a base
PoE just has that base endgame loop thats disgusting
that they can make a new mech every 3/4 months and loop it
Epoch has a loop system but like
still needs time to add stuff like PoE does to the echos
sullen peak
yeah and originally launched at a good time.
eternal sky
right now last epoch is just blast the objective in the echo go next echo
grimdawn is cool but it has alot of /old/ arpg things
like the act looping 20 dif resists
sullen peak
yeah its why i love grim dawn, nostalgia effect
eternal sky
diablo 2 is fine blizzard is in the dirt by far
idk how they ruin d4 like that
when PoE has been out for years
they could have learned
instead they copy pasted lost ark into diablo
sullen peak
hopefully MS can get that ship righted
eternal sky
blizzord just copy PoE mechanic and recolor
also they are releasing delve league in wow next expac
sullen peak
Havent played wow in years, came back for Legion played 2 months and quit. before legion I quit when cataclysm came out
real sable
Crypto scams? In 2023?
junior oyster
i am excited for grim dawn's new expansion
Same but also for poe2 lol
Less excited for d4 expac lol
Also d4 had a perfectly good system they could have implemented from d3. Rifts
Just make it so league content appears in the rifts or something
near hedge
god rifts were so mind numbing
junior oyster
I just see rifts as a much more basic and random version of mapping. I'd still rather have rifts with open fields that you could maybe use your horse rather than spamming some stupid nm dungeons lol
<@&1082357055484071997> spam a little bit up
eager ridge
Only 50k? Damn, the crypto market really has hit the gutter. Used to get offered more during the scams a couple years back. Sad times 😦
tawny sand
it's interesting getting into rts as a fighting game player, i'm encountering the "mental stack" again and i'm noticing some similar ideas carry over albeit in obviously different ways. I'm bad at it just like i am at fighting games too lmao
junior oyster
I went from playing arpgs to roguelikes and I still suck at both
tawny sand
i suck at games in general tbh
junior oyster
Same
tawny sand
normalize being bad at things you like
eager ridge
I went from playing arpgs to roguelikes and I still suck at both
I did the same, but excel at both
Maybe i just siphoned the skill you had from you
The thing i hate the most, is how much more i excel at racing games than any other genre, but i consider all racing games boring af
tawny sand
the only racing games i ever really got into were zero-g ones, like F-Zero. I played the gamecube one a ton
actually i played dirt a fair amount too
eager ridge
Crash Team Racing, Hydro Thunder, and Fuel were my jams
I guess im fine with those 3
junior oyster
Shit that was close...
Was really hoping to find calc gamba but no such luck
I wanted tingsha madness
junior oyster
There is a reason I practically hate defect...
warped wren
Death Must Die shoved me down the bullet heaven rabbit hole
Now I'm addicted to Soulstone Survivors
eternal sky
Yea it gets to the point you need to turn off visuals to dodge stuff eventually
Game turns into dodge red simulator
tawny sand
bone minion master or w/e it was was the hardest for me visually
everything's the same color more or less
i think you can change it tho, but the art just made my eyes squint and hurt to tell what was going on i didn't play more of it
brotato is pretty decent, i like that one
warped wren
Game turns into dodge red simulator
I mean, which bullet hell isn't
It just helps that I can play it in my course breaks
Or even during the course because it's low brain usage
shadow sundial
Im 5 hours into Soulstone. Loving it. Best game in the bullet hell genre I’ve found so far. Looks like it’s gonna be a long grind to get unlocks
eternal sky
ill show you my tree rn
@warped wren
tldr you want to basicly invest enough points to get the global benefit nodes
minor soulstones is like the main hold back
hearty jewel
Man the electric motorcycles are gonna take over soon.
Everyone’s been saying how good the Zero bikes are except they cost too much and the battery doesn’t last long enough. Battery still sucks at 200 mile range, prolly 70ish going ham, on their super bike model but the price was like $26k and now it’s $15k OTD at my local dealer.
I wanna ride one because the torque values don’t even seem real lol.
An R1M makes like 90-95lbs of torque and the zero super bike makes 130…idek how that translates to being rideable but I wanna feel it 😂
eternal sky
placid yarrow
<:xdd:998724373974360065>
What game?
vagrant topaz
What game?
Soulstone Survivor
warped wren
<:xdd:998724373974360065>
Damn
How many hours did it take to get to this stage?
20? 30? 50?
eternal sky
im at 34 hrs
simple needle
Soulstone survivors is almost good , only if there's a challenge
The passive skill tree of that game is crazy
eternal sky
i mean survivor likes really dont have challenge
shadow sundial
The challenge is keeping your enemy modifiers scaled beyond your current power to push yourself
tawny sand
the woes of being dps
stable shore
litteraly the only job you can't play while sleeping
that's probably why it's popular
near hedge
could try setting up a party finder
stable shore
could try setting up a party finder
i can't do both right ?
about to shoot myself rn
i wanted to reach 76 tonight wich i could totally have done if it wasn't for that 2h queue
near hedge
i can't do both right ?
unfortunately not
you could also try data center travel, to one thats a bit more active currently
near hedge
nah. queueing up pulls from every world on your data center
im not entirely sure how to do a data center travel. im on a congested world, so i never have to
stable shore
i'm gonna grab a snack and it's gonna proc and i'll have to start over
stable shore
i progressed in shadowbringer
as you said it's far superior in storytelling
i'm guessing there will be a big plot twist soon, but so far i love the build up
coupled with the fact i unlock all my interesting skills one by one, it feels amazing
near hedge
as you said it's far superior in storytelling
yeah the author for it wrote the dark knight job questline and everyone loved it so much, she got a big fat promotion and was the lead for shb and endwalker.
how far have you gotten into it
near hedge
oohh okay
stable shore
i really wanna improve with samurai, i'm trying to do 0 rotation mistakes in any situation but it takes time to learn
especially on boss i'm not familiar with, since i must also learn it
near hedge
could just hit up a target dummy and practice
stable shore
that wouldn't help
near hedge
i always have to do that, to practice the openers
stable shore
my dummy rotation is perfect already, the difficulty is adapting in battle
if i am forced to pause my rotation, if some cd gets delayed etc
but i'm improving, slowly but surely
near hedge
yeeee youll get there. this is about when the dungeons start having actual mechanics in them, and start to have bogus shit you havnt seen before
stable shore
it's starting slowly ngl
i did 2 sbh dungeons and i can already feel they are much harder than the ones of other expansions
though i would say more confusing for the second one i did
it was particulary difficult once i understood it
if at level 90 i still need practice, i'll spam some level 90 dungeons to train
maybe it sounds weird, but i feel like i'll do much less rotation mistakes in fight once i unlock more skills
what bugs me rn is there are still significant downtime between big skills and i tend to easily get distracted and mess up some combos after
with more combos and CD i'll generally be more carefull
near hedge
ye once theres actual mechanic, and you have a real rotation going. everything just clicks and its smooth sailing.
stable shore
yup it's what i'm thinking
the mistakes i'm doing aren't colossal, it can be applying my 1min dot a few seconds too late, using meiko shisui on yukikaze when i don't have to thus losing 1 gcd of a better skill, not using my ranged attack immediately when i can etc
still it annoys me
also a bad habit i must correct : i should adapt my skills to my position and not my position to my skills if that makes sense
near hedge
like practice using skills only when in the correct positional?
stable shore
nah, i do that but not the correct way
basically i must use 3 specific skills to use my big attack, 1 requires side and 1 requires back
there isn't a priority between those twoi
near hedge
for positionals, just stand on the corner where the little circle on the ground ends. then you just strafe left and right. and you never have to really move again
near hedge
ah i getcha
stable shore
and for exemple moving to use a back attack while i could just stay on the side and use a side one instead
while in reality it's extremely simple, right after i do let's say my back attack, i can just go to the side because i won't need to be on the back for 15sec
cause when i must position quickly like that i can panic and mess up something
either way, lot of improvements to make
hearty jewel
Not me or my bike, it’s an MT07 but that’s basically how my MT09 feels in A mode 1st gear now. It’s a fucking RIOT. I love it so much 😍
junior oyster
Didn't even realise I got an achievement lol
junior oyster
Finally a win!
More important I was able to kill transient with defect. That's kinda hard if not with silent or watcher for me
Mostly really good relics and lots of good cards
Snecko really delivered this run
shadow sundial
every game needs a slider like this
junior oyster
Especially poe
tame dome
Definetly agree.
stable shore
Especially poe
just make it not work when playing with wardloop players for funsies 
would need a mute option too for them too
tame dome
"hey google how do i disable my friends theyre annoying"
junior oyster
just make it not work when playing with wardloop players for funsies <:PEPELA:92...
Forget that I'd rather reduce my own/minion skill visibility
I don't like playing with others except in campaign and early mapping
eager ridge
"hey google how do i disable my friends theyre annoying"
Pushem down the stairs
Or wait did you mean a different type of disable?
tame dome
Lol, that got me good.
opal flower
Especially poe
my favorite slider in PoE is the bloom one, I crank it up!
warped wren
Have to say, Soulstone Survivors has an excellent sense of progression
I just unlocked the character specific trees and holy hell
I feel like I've just started unlocking the game
eternal sky
tame dome
Do love me a summon build. Easy curse 48 completion.
shadow sundial
mistakes were made
"new player, trying out a new class. no upgrades. T5 curses were doable on my Spellblade, i bet i could level this Arcane Weaver on T6 and progress my map"
two minutes into the game: "i immediately regret this decision"
38 minutes of pure hell. saved only by getting an extra two dashes somewhat early. also arcane shield doing god's work in there too
i refused to surrender the match and lower the difficulty
thats a pretty hearty level jump though haha. P21 to P72 in one map
i dont think i blinked more than a dozen times during that fucking hellscape
i ended up shuffling some skills halfway through because my usual strat of stacking vuln/expose and letting a massively buffed Arcane Blade annihilate everything didn't have time to ramp upgrades
ended up just circle-dash-kiting around geometry and letting whatever could hit them hit them
shadow sundial
i was dominating everything up until this T6 curse run. i'm still leveling all of my maps... i'm at T4/5 on them
i didnt realize how fucking hard it scaled from 4-5-6
it was the first time i had bosses live for more than maybe 10-15 seconds
shadow sundial
thats what i was doing that entire match
tame dome
Yeah and (spoiler alert) it gets worse. Much worse.
shadow sundial
i kept trickle killing enough trash for the next wave of bosses to be ready to spawn. and yeah i found out that six is the max it allows in (assuming it's six... as soon as one died another entered the arena)
i barely have any runes or skill tree unlocked though, so that should help a little bit later on
warped wren
Does over 100% crit chance help?
I have 1 character left to unlock, the Death Knight
shadow sundial
yes, you can double/triple crit
multiattack also scales (although with diminishing returns after 100% multi)
warped wren
Ohh
I see
So far I haven't read any guides or builds or anything, just kinda winging it
Not even checked the wiki
shadow sundial
anything over 100% multi is 0.4x as effective i think (for triple/quad casts)
i havent looked up any guides or anything but i did scan the wiki for some basic mechanics stuff
shadow sundial
yeah the basic stuff like crit/multi scaling is worth knowing
shadow sundial
yeah this isnt a "fuck yo DoTs" crit situation like most other games heh
hot crown
Soulstone Survivors, apparently.
junior oyster
Oh I guess they moved on from whatever the other game they were playing lol
tawny sand
i wonder if now that microsoft owns actiblizz, if they'll bring back Blizzard's rts games. Microsoft seems to be doing a good job with AoE 2, 3, and 4. 2 and 4 seems to get funded tournaments too. and they have the Age of Mythology remake next year(?)
i guess first is redeeming warcraft 3 reforged tho
if that happens lol
simple needle
No they are not
A horse mount in WOW earns them more money than the entirety of StarCraft 2 history
junior oyster
Unless they introduce horse mounts in starcraft 3
simple needle
How would that change, its not the mount that earns the money, there's just wayy bigger player base in wow for them to even consider buying a mount
junior oyster
I was being sarcastic
tawny sand
idk, people thought age of empires was dead
wouldn't surprise me if they do an age of mythology 2 either
but age of empires 4 wasn't trying to do "muh esports" like starcraft 2 and overwatch did, it's just a fun game with good multiplayer features
ppl play AoE2 more tho i think, with 3 being the lowest
and AoE2 still sees support, i think this year they added a better spectator mode for streaming matches. I think at least Warcraft 3 could see a relaunch
cause reforged has some garbage features and tons of issues
simple needle
Imma wait for 2 or 3 more blizzcon before I hope for something
tawny sand
ah yeah i didn't mean this year or next
there was a survey a while back about a warcraft 3 soft relaunch, but idk what happened to it
shadow sundial
woo first C48 complete! on muh slashy spellblade
ember lake
@waxen sonnet Gotta stick to the rules I enforce lol
I'm just looking forward to using Torren to ske-daddle away when I aggro a bunch of mobs I didn't want to fight, just cause shiny loot behind them xD
ember lake
Whatever I find and works for me, first playthrough I think
waxen sonnet
Good choice!
ember lake
I know there are items everyone says you 'need' but honestly half the fun in these games are doing your own thing and infuriating other players by succeeding through ignorance xD much like I play LE lol
I'll post my Day 1 drip when I clock on tomorrow haha
waxen sonnet
Besides the base upgrade materials and flask improving materials, there isn't anything you NEED
You can make a build out of almost anything with enough skill and patience
ember lake
Exactly! I've watched so many 'Can you beat ER only using X?' runs that shouldn't work but do, if you're persistent enough lol
Bushy and Lil' Aggy are my go-to's but they've been Bingo'ing lately so I'm finding more and more creators to watch!
waxen sonnet
My advice would be to not watch too much as the first time through a souls game is magical and one you will never get back. I don't want it ruined for you. But that's me, you do what makes you happy 😉
ember lake
I've never watched a full let's play - only funny/joke runs like 'Can I beat the first boss without saying the letter E?' which are heavily edited down for youtube engagement so plenty of the game is still unseen to me!
opaque wyvern
For Elden Ring challenge runs i strongly recommend GinoMachino on youtube, hes a very good player
ember lake
I've seen them pop up in shorts! Doing a hitless run where they aggro'd a guys dogs into killing the boss for him (and subsequently themselves) without even going through the fog door xD
opaque wyvern
yeah that sounds like Gino haha 
i think a month ago he posted a run called the god run, 7 Souls games without getting hit
ember lake
I've heard of those people - madness lol!
I'm watching Bushy do a deathless all Boss randomizer, just died ||at 159/165 to a tall troll stuck inside a pagoda in a tree|| 🥲
shut gale
Halls of torment > poe man @eternal sky
This was the game i was looking for a few months ago that i thought was vampire survivors hahaha
Got grim dawn too. Im enjoying these more than the boring sht triple a games lately
opaque wyvern
Got grim dawn too. Im enjoying these more than the boring sht triple a games lat...
Grim Dawn is great! Have fun with it 🙂
shadow sundial
@eternal sky this thing is doing work
made it to overlord 5 on my first full-curse attempt, mmmm i love this game
warped wren
I have been levelling Beastmaster
Enjoying the summons
Though Legionnaire is pretty poggers too
shadow sundial
i started working up necro a bit
eternal sky
made it to overlord 5 on my first full-curse attempt, mmmm i love this game
Seems like the timeloop one gives better blue curr
shadow sundial
yeah necro feels like it takes a long time (like well into 2nd/3rd map) to ramp up, but it feels beefy when it's going. meanwhile my spellblade is annihilating like 5 mins into the game
the spellblade's mastery feels amazing. when i'm cranking i can keep it going for awhile
warped wren
Like skele mages crank
Don't think I've unlocked those yet
Only problem with Beastmaster is chasing those footprints
Can get dangerous sometimes
warped wren
Seems like the timeloop one gives better blue curr
Yeah, I think Overlord Cycle is mostly for the boss rewards
copper pawn
anyone played slormancer before can give me some opinion, it's on sale so I may consider grabbing it
stable shore
emet selch sure is hard to read, i can't tell what he is up to at all
my guess is it's gonna be a super late endgame villain so it might be too early to know, there will be like a billion plot twist in between
tawny sand
emet selch sure is hard to read, i can't tell what he is up to at all
emet is fantastic, i won't say more but he's my favorite character
stable shore
i can already tell he is by far superior to every villains until now
bro means buisness
also now we are being helped by gaius
interesting developpement
it's the person i expected the least to be alive
shadow sundial
i have all of the heroes unlocked, just havent played more than 3 really
copper pawn
no one still play slormancer here?
warped wren
huzzah, all done with the curse unlocking
whoa nice
I'm still in the 5s mostly
this is what my character set looks like rn lol
tawny sand
no one still play slormancer here?
i tried it out, didn't like how it felt personally
i prefer chronicon
warped wren
this is what my character set looks like rn lol
but considering that I was "done" with Death Must Die in 26 hrs, and this is still 18 hrs in, there's a LOT more content to be had in Soulstone despite being close to the same price tag
copper pawn
i prefer chronicon
I have chronicon, but heard that the endgame is shallow comparable to d4, while slormancer is deep endgame almost as poe
copper pawn
dunno if I should buy slor now or wait till 1.0
rugged island
but considering that I was "done" with Death Must Die in 26 hrs, and this is sti...
Try rogue genesia. Even cheaper and you won't finish in 100 hours
Builds are very diverse
hot crown
I see Soulstone Survivors being talked about here too.
Interesting.
Is it that good?
rugged island
its a good one imo but a bit repetitive
it has good build variety, as well as good 3d graphics
but the gameplay loop feels sameish after a bit
btw tip for anyone playing soulstone: just camp a corner of the map for much faster XP gain rates and favorable enemy spawn locations
thats how you also beat the timed challenges
and the same reason I find the game quite boring bc once you understand corner camping is meta, and thats the best way to play the game, it becomes so utterly boring to play
so you know that I know what im talking about. I had this game 100%'d at least as of June
Maybe one day you guys will try Rogue Genesia and understand what I mean by it being my favorite roguelite survivor 😛
hot crown
How often does Soulstone receive updates?
tawny sand
How often does Soulstone receive updates?
the last major update was nov. 6 i think
and before that sept. 8
maiden widget
tried genesia but didnt really like it too much after a bit of time
hot crown
the last major update was nov. 6 i think
I want to assume that Soulstone devs are aware of the corner strat being too efficient, given this info...
I wonder how they mitigate it, if they actually want to.
tawny sand
dunno, i don't play soulstone
shadow sundial
and the same reason I find the game quite boring bc once you understand corner c...
just because you can play a certain way to min/max combat effectiveness, doesn't mean you need to do it to beat the content in the game. if it's going to make the game hella boring/dumb/whatever... then just choose not to play that way. these are all basically single player non-competitive games
i'm having fun playing SS without dumb stuff like corner camping. it's actually a little bit of a challenge to dodge everything, when you have stuff cranked way up. i enjoy it that way. i have zero reason to kill the fun by intentionally playing in a non-interactive way for a few % more XP gain
i think you guys misunderstand and misinterpret what "meta" means
with that being said, i'm sure the devs can find a simple way to fix this. i've never done corner camping, but i can imagine how it works. you turn off any curses that cause the random area damage spawns (like meteor), get a long range fast casting insta kill build ramped up, and just let it go. one easy fix for that is to add a mandatory (no toggle) curse, similar to meteor, that does zero damage but has large knockback.. boom, no more semi-afk corner camping
placid yarrow
I agree but also people will always optimize the fun out of the game, kinda like how it feels like everyone and their grandma is playing either fc frostbite rm or the volatile zombie build lol
Some people might find them really fun but I also think a lot of people only play them because they're strong
But yeah i wouldn't really blame the player basically. It's inevitable, the devs should try their best to prevent stuff like that
shadow sundial
I agree but also people will always optimize the fun out of the game, kinda like...
there's always going to be some percentage of players who do this. i bet if you could get the devs to pull the stats (not a simple task most likely) on the number of hours /played in the last X weeks for the "meta" FC RM or VZ builds, you'd still find it to be a pretty small proportion of the total
placid yarrow
Yeah I mean it's usually the vocal minority that are "meta slaves"
The big majority of players just do whatever is fun for sure
shadow sundial
yep. places like reddit or discord are not indicative of what the full playerbase looks like
placid yarrow
Yup
waxen sonnet
They are the ones that ask in discord "what's the best build right now, link guide plz"
shadow sundial
most people dont use the social media (or at least do it in a lurk-only mode)
placid yarrow
It's kinda like how while D4 had fuck all for twitch viewership it still had millions of active users
It's just different divisions of players kinda
shadow sundial
yep, and i dont think it should be on the dev's shoulders in any game to "fix" that
if something is obviously broken and is affecting competitive/ladder play, then yes fix that
you can't (or shouldn't) really stop players from optimizing the fun out of a game
placid yarrow
Yeah like if something is just straight up better, just because not everyone is doing it doesn't mean it shouldn't be fixed
shadow sundial
that's a personal choice, and those players need to mature in their approach to this hobby, and someday that'll probably happen for them
40-something year old me has a very different mindset than 18 year old me, or 25 year old me
placid yarrow
I mean while I do agree, it does detract from the regular players experience to see someone doing like 3000 corruption while they're at like 500. I know that's kinda immature and people should just ignore it but it is what it is right
I'm making an LE example but I'm not really talking about LE
Just all games in general
shadow sundial
yep. and for LE, at least here in discord, you will quickly see other players jump in and remind newbies that high corruption pushing is (or can be) a slow, boring slog, with less-than-linear gains in loot
placid yarrow
Like obviously a good optimized build should perform better than a none thought out slapped together one
And I'm not saying it lands on the devs shoulders to make them equal
I'm just saying that it's best to try to mitigate the feeling of inadequacy that some people get from looking up at others
Since otherwise they can get discouraged and stop playing
But yeah, pushing corruption in LE is brain melting lol, idk if I'm even gonna be bothered to go to 1k
I know I can
That's enough for me usually
shadow sundial
there's probably an equal number of newbies that look at a high corruption screenshot and get excited instead; excited to work on their build/gear and get to that point
you can't design a game that accomodates every personality/approach
placid yarrow
Yeah true but how many will make a build equally good to FC rm, they'll make their build, grind long and hard for good gear just to realize that their build just kinda sucks in comparison (this is obviously not everyone, I'm specifically talking about the people I was mentioning earlier)
I think we basically agree but im kinda playing devil's advocate
And tbh on the topic of corruption pushing I feel like it wouldn't loose much value if they took out the time aspect entirely
It should just let you go really high quickly and give incentive for it
shadow sundial
yep agreed. they could massively boost the corruption you get from a Shade kill and let you get closer to your builds effective limit
placid yarrow
Yeah like legit they could 5x it and I don't think it'd be a bad thing at all
shadow sundial
it could follow similar scaling to how the bonus stability scales with corruption. start low and cap around 600-800c or so
placid yarrow
True yeah
I asked Mike about it the other day and he wasn't sure if they were adjusting the corruption gain speed
rugged island
with that being said, i'm sure the devs can find a simple way to fix this. i've...
They can easily implement one but they have not, it's also the only survival game I have ever played where this is a problem
You are also forced to use that strategy to get specific achievements, because it's the only way to clear fast enough, and those achievements unlock new weapons and skills to use, so it's not as simple of a choice as your claim states
It's just poor design by their devs. Yeah, you could just do it a few times, unlock the stuff, then play back to normal running around, but for me seeing how much worse that was kinda killed it for me
The obvious choice is changing the spawning system so you don't need to do it in the first place
And for what it's worth, I've never one time playing LE used a build guide or asked what meta is, I've come to my conclusions by playing every single class up thru emp monoliths
and I thought you would have known that too considering how active we all are...
shadow sundial
i wasnt accusing you of doing that
shadow sundial
that directly implies that you thought that 😛
shadow sundial
@waxen sonnet was referring to the brainless metaslaves
rugged island
yeah I got that now
waxen sonnet
Lol am I pinged for drama??
rugged island
yes
shadow sundial
yessir
rugged island
you're under arrest
shadow sundial
i only ping for two things, and drama is one of them
the other one is when i need to get Judd or Mike's attention like immediately, because i have a Very Important Question That Must Be Answered Now
waxen sonnet
Oh about my meta comment. Apples you and I have had our disagreements but I always have thought they were good arguments had in good faith with someone who is not a troll
tawny sand
dragon's dogma 2 presentation today at 1 pm pst i think if anyone is interested in that game
rugged island
Lol we're good prim
I just misunderstood what yall were talking about
it's not a problem
shadow sundial
oh, i think it's a big problem! nerd slapfight goooo
rugged island
shadow sundial
that is 100% what i imagine every time i mention that, thank you
rugged island
I tried getting my wife to watch napoleon dynamite (she never seen it) and only made in 20 minutes before she was too bored
hurts >.>
shadow sundial
rough, man. may need to find a new wife
rugged island
yeah did consider it
waxen sonnet
I only like it for nostalgia. I watched it the first time with my best friend and we had a blastie. Going back and watching it solo though...
shadow sundial
that was our main deployment movie on my 2nd ship
waxen sonnet
It's just...not good objectively. But I love it
rugged island
it's not a movie you watch solo
waxen sonnet
Truth
rugged island
it's a movie you watch with friends and make fun of
while watching
it is bad but I thought that was the point lol
shadow sundial
man this scaling gets kinda nasty
further i've gotten yet so far though. started this match as a P20 Legionnaire, just to level it. haven't died yet 😛
i feel like i could take this combo (enabled through 1 passive rune / arcane skills) to super high scaling on any class
eternal sky
no one still play slormancer here?
im currently playing slormancer just bought it
its okay
def a controller game tho
basicly have a cd and 2 semi spamable skills so far on this class im playing
warrior feels meh
shadow sundial
P20->P120 in one match
a ramped up Bloodlust buff is ridiculous. i had 82% CDR there at the end
eternal sky
yea bloodlust goes crazy
eternal sky
def a controller game tho
i take that back you can summon/attack stuff offscreen with mouse + keyboard
overall from a few hrs of playing its worth the price
controller is giga auto pilot tho
placid yarrow
I got slormancer when it first came out and it was really barebones back then
I have to check it out again
stable shore
poggies i vastly improved my samurai rotation
i did a bit of experimentation and i found a 3 gcd filler i can use to have all my 1min and 2min bursts lined up
stable shore
@near hedge i need an info, i just learnt the food don vauthry give to the people of eulmore and around eulmore is purgator meat. and then alphinaud says "remember when that guy told us many people entered eulmore, but very few leave ?". is it implied vauthry makes purgator meat out of people who transformed themsleve in purgator due to purgator meat diet ?
near hedge
lol wtf is pugator
oh wait. you play in french. in english its called meol. its not really a meat or anything. at least in english, its elluded to more like a bread
solar tiger
they bake people into bread?
near hedge
umm not exactly
solar tiger
pretty dark
near hedge
idk if i really wanna explain what it is due to it being a big spoiler to later
how do you mark something as spoiler?
vagrant topaz
||fh||
vagrant topaz
how do you mark something as spoiler?
Right Click and choose the eye icon on the right
stable shore
oh wait. you play in french. in english its called meol. its not really a meat o...
well in french it's made out of those white monsters
idk the actual english name
i just tried to translate
near hedge
Right Click and choose the eye icon on the right
i dont have that
near hedge
well in french it's made out of those white monsters
the white monster things, are corrupted souls of people. the different aetheric affixes are balanced within our souls, but whenever the balance gets out of whack and leans more to one affix, then your soul becomes corrupted with that affinity. so the meol is food thats feed to the people to tip the balance into the light affinity thus turning them into the light monsters. its more like pure light food made from the light monsters, to make more light monsters.
vagrant topaz
i dont have that
Are you on Mobile ?
near hedge
nah. im using the flatpak for linux
vagrant topaz
near hedge
i dont remember how much of it is a direct 1:1 of the windows client
vagrant topaz
Select the text and hover it with your mouse
near hedge
oohhh i see.
vagrant topaz
Or use 2 of theses |
near hedge
so it just automatically places the double |
near hedge
lol thats basically the same
stable shore
the white monster things, are corrupted souls of people. the different aetheric ...
i understood that
but does that means they make light food out of people they transform on purpose
to feed people to make more monsters
cause it's implied, but not explicitely said
near hedge
yeee. you figure that pretty soon after where you are
stable shore
okay
near hedge
its pretty much a slave class society, and whenever you outlive your patrons need, you get turned into those things
stable shore
fucking hell
the entirety of eulmore is sheer nightmare fuel
it was already really ominous when i first visited but it escalated a lot
stable shore
the most unexpected plot twist happened, turns out don vauthry is actually hot
faint mauve
kinda gross
near hedge
ikr. couldnt believe he was acutally a babe
and he just chose to look like a fat whiny slob
faint mauve
oo nice
really have enough to buy my medium house but i need alot of time to design it anyway
stable shore
and he just chose to look like a fat whiny slob
it's for the plot
so our character goes "i have to stop him" instead of "i can fix him"
shadow sundial
yea bloodlust goes crazy
dude. hah. i'm at 85% total CDR (550%+ cast freq modifier)
clever hollow
the most unexpected plot twist happened, turns out don vauthry is actually hot
that's one of the biggest glowup in gaming, ye
stable shore
it may be yes
also my boy zenos is back to get his OG body, i hope he is gonna obliterate that cringelord edilibus and show him how he doesn't need an OP body to be strong
near hedge
near hedge
lol about that
stable shore
i mean if he loses it's kinda justified
not having his actual body is a gigantic nerf
desert jasper
Can't wait to play that tbh
too bad it comes with denuvo though
near hedge
well just pay empress 500 bucks real quick lul
copper pawn
I'm really confused how many games are being discussed here at the same time
shadow sundial
i asked the mods several times to rename this to "Other Games discussion" and/or have a separate offtopic channel
lethal bane
I keep asking them to rename it to inferior topics
waxen sonnet
I petitioned to call it unregulated drama
rugged island
OT should just be a forum channel like how feedback and suggestions are
rugged island
https://youtu.be/IMu-bmjTY8w?si=R29QJ6vjgSGI5bem&t=73 cant wait to commit war crimes against definitely not pokemon in 2 months
junior oyster
i asked the mods several times to rename this to "Other Games discussion" and/or...
That's the thing. We shouldn't have to mix non-gaming related stuff with games.
So changing the name to other games is kinda pointless
Too bad EHG don't give a damn
tawny sand
that's close to 5 months of listening straight
eternal sky
tawny sand
and i thought i listened to a lot, i usually have my headphones on all night when i'm at home
placid yarrow
Mf listened to 20 hours of music in one day
tawny sand
top .10% jesus
ember lake
i asked the mods several times to rename this to "Other Games discussion" and/or...
This is something we're willing to revisit and discuss - the main holdback is moderation time, while we might not be actively posting in all the channel we do try and read them all.
It's been mentioned elsewhere that we are getting the Beesfriends properly up and running again so once that has had time to settle/bed-in we'll be able to look at our coverage and bandwidth - no promises, but we'll have a look at options!
placid yarrow
This is something we're willing to revisit and discuss - the main holdback is mo...
Make me a beefriend, i'll time everyone out so there's no need to mod
haughty hazel
shut gale
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2054970/Dragons_Dogma_2/
Im hyped for this. Also capcom usually makes bangers
Ive never played any dragon dogma but ive heard of it plenty of times
haughty hazel
u can pre order it
shut gale
I dont see the point of preorder tbh. But I also did that for d4 so
Isnt pre-order used to be for stores so when they run out of stock
faint mauve
if your gonna buy anyway sure, but you'd want to know more
warped wren
Tfw when preordering in the current day and age feels like playing slots in a casino
near hedge
simple solution. dont preorder
eternal sky
@pseudo tinsel ur builds just bad
there really isnt much to discuss
if im being real
5k phys hit just wont work
like even this naked pf build pconc
pseudo tinsel
<@324201150134091778> ur builds just bad
that chaos max hit is just a result of the low chaos res, as for the phys max hit, i guess its a bit low, but so what, its an experimental build
eternal sky
has a higher phys hit
pseudo tinsel
like even this naked pf build pconc
thats because your "naked" build have 20K armour
pseudo tinsel
my build relies on evasion and ghost shroud
pseudo tinsel
and as i mentioned yet again, its an experimental build that still needs work done with it to get to a better state
eternal sky
there isnt anything to work on tho
you got a +2 chest
ur at a 6l with lvl 21 alt quals
u got 2 voids and badge
also lvl 94
the builds just bad
pseudo tinsel
"bad"
pseudo tinsel
says you
eternal sky
says pob
twilit mountain
Thorag, disengage. This is all Gav does.
pseudo tinsel
Thorag, disengage. This is all Gav does.
i see that, all he does is talk shit about others work without offering ways to improve it
eternal sky
you cannot improve this
your weps your ammy your boots your body arm
are all locked in
you cant squeeze anything in like that
this guy is literally you
but an actual build
that guys phys hits borked tho
pseudo tinsel
https://poe.ninja/builds/ancestor/character/Madmoony/MoonyBlonky?time-machine=da...
no, this guy uses ignite, i dont use ignite
eternal sky
exactly
pseudo tinsel
i get 1 - 1.5mil damage on average hit without damage over time or ailments
eternal sky
this guy does 3mil dps per second with ignite '
pseudo tinsel
so? why does that matter?
what if i want to use direct damage?
did that ever occur to you?
pseudo tinsel
because its direct instant damage
eternal sky
like u need to be doing
8 mil per hit
lol
for it to feel the same as a 3mil dps ignite build
pseudo tinsel
the damage i deal is on a 0.6 second cooldown (not accounting for the extra cooldown reduction i get from having enemies nearby) which for bosses would be an extra 100% cooldown reduction
eternal sky
ur going to be dead before you kill the boss
its not like ur 1 shotting the bosses at all
you have 5k phys hit lol
pseudo tinsel
that should be easy to solve with some more work and you are not meant to just stand and facetank shit either
eternal sky
also ur at 72% evade chance
its not that easy
phys hit is hard to get if ur not armour by default
you need to use like light coil + double taken as helm
and taste of hate
or cloak of flames also
if ur not armour based
since soo many items in your build is locked in you cant really do much about that
pseudo tinsel
i might also mention that this build isnt meant for the uber bosses, its only meant as a speedfarmer on T16 maps
eternal sky
even then its bad
like
i wouldnt even use this to kill guardians n stuff
1 single mino rock would just kill you
pseudo tinsel
i wouldnt even use this to kill guardians n stuff
its not meant to kill guardians, like i said, speedfarm maps
eternal sky
speed farming maps these days is just doing maven witniss and doing invites
pseudo tinsel
it should do fine against normal T16 map bosses that are not guardians
pseudo tinsel
where does 12 come from?
eternal sky
sorry 8 blinks if the boss has 13mil hp
ur gonna be sitting there trying to kill some of these rare monsters forever
like just cross out exped essences
also if they are not frost bombed and frostbited ur avg hit tanks to 900k
pseudo tinsel
ok, so what? ive mentioned it several times, and ill do it again, THIS IS A EXPERIMENTAL BUILD
eternal sky
i couldnt not care if its experimental you said it looked good on paper
it literally doesnt
if it doesnt look good in pob it sure aint gonna look good ingame
pseudo tinsel
i couldnt not care if its experimental you said it looked good on paper
i said the damage looked good on paper with that cooldown on the skill
eternal sky
ur thinking too deep into the cd
it might take upwards of like
30 frost blinks
to kill some of these rare mobs
also you dont have 30 shock im psure
eternal sky
soo now ur under 800k avg hit
pseudo tinsel
also you dont have 30 shock im psure
i have the flesh jewel that gives me 100% chance to shock on any damage
pseudo tinsel
well first hit will be lower damage since first hit wont have the shock effect, but second hit should have full damage
warped wren
Just saw the POB and read the discussion
Gotta agree with Gav
You might find this build fun, but a lot of people would not touch it with a ten foot pole
eternal sky
just soo many actual builds
warped wren
Which is alright, I keep trying to make Dom Blow not feel shit every few leagues, everyone needs a passion project
warped wren
Real shocker: Worb with the exact same setup + IL would probably feel way better
warped wren
tbh domblow is fine its just the intitial snowball
It's really not fine
eternal sky
idk it seemed fine when i tried it out
warped wren
It's like
eternal sky
its just not op like SRS
warped wren
It's FANTASTIC at leaguestart, without a doubt. Even before the giga sentinel and 3x aura relics
But as soon as you start doing even lightly juiced content and start running into some mongo rares
You start getting fucked over hard
warped wren
Yeah
warped wren
Because the rares wipe out your army sometimes and then you just swat at them and die
warped wren
My DB Guardian in Crucible had like 85% res, ~70ish block and spell block, and it still felt like ass in t16s
Well not always ass
When you had a good run going with Vaal DB dudes stomping it was great
warped wren
But every couple maps some stupid rare would spawn and screw me over completely
Plus the mechanic mobs were idiotically overtuned so that added to the frustration
eternal sky
another issue is bosses like shaper and sirus
that just teleport around
same with maven
warped wren
Idk man they just need to make the fucking sentinels spawn on rare hit and it solves at least the mapping issue
eternal sky
you literally just dont get to play the game
eternal sky
and yea it needs to be rare hit atleast
warped wren
It's such a feelsgood skill in such a feelsbad spot
eternal sky
they just caught up with nerfing minions besides buffing srs and ailments
since metamorph league
all minion builds that work are currently /good/
specs spiders srs abso
skele mages are nuts too
like skele mage guard
guardians fucking disgusting now for league starting
free ride to red maps
warped wren
well that was just silly easy
the damage was so idiotically high that it literally just became a red circle dodging sim
I was just rotating my cursor around the screen and everything would just vaporize instantly
7-bosses per wave? more like 7 seconds or less per wave
old coral
henry kissinger is dead
faint mauve
guardians fucking disgusting now for league starting
yeh its over represented in ruthless too, except it falls off for ubers
shadow sundial
well that was just silly easy
Get to o9-11 or so and we’ll talk
(I’m not there either hah)
But I did just start unlocking paladin, and I discovered that’s it’s basically got the same build my spellblade did, except with more/better of the stuff. So that’s going to be fun
tawny sand
dragonball fighterz got rollback if anyone plays that game
i wasn't a big DBFZ guy, but thought i'd mention it
viral galleon
Cool, dmd is really fun and I'm glad to see what's coming next. I was a bit disappointed when I realized that there wasn't an archer in the line up
warped wren
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2334730/view/3882728508881426457?l=engli...
Awesome
warped wren
Get to o9-11 or so and we’ll talk
Y'know that doesn't actually sound that fun
I could have pushed to O4, maybe even O5, but t had reached the stage where it was 1hit KO but no challenge other than that
shadow sundial
i've considered turning off the pillars and meteor curses to cut down on the "red circle dodging simulator" effect at higher scaling. i have no issue with needing to dodge enemy attacks, but with those two curses on the screen is just so full of other red circle shit that it starts to get a little meh in the fun factor
unfortunately, turning those off also turns off the rare+ material drops
warped wren
What does one do with the special boss drops
I just have those lying around but no recipe seems to use them
shadow sundial
the legendary drops arent used yet (the 4th tier of weapons will use them). but if you turn off all meteor curses you also arent getting the purple drops. you can only disable the highest tier of meteors if you're still farming mats
shadow sundial
rugged island
More like "I use a hard drive and not nvme ssds"
rugged island
Lol no I was making fun of the meme
Of course I use one
I am a king not a peasant
shadow sundial
true kings of men don't uninstall games
they just accumulate them in their steam folder until they need to buy a larger SSD, and they copy their games drive over to that
rugged island
Might be some truth to that
When I built my PC there were only 1tb m.2
Now it looks like there's 4tb
Might be time to upgrade
tawny sand
i need to get a bigger one, i only have a 500mb one for os, and a 1tb one for games
shadow sundial
yeah, i considered getting the 4TB samsung on black friday. i went with the 2TB instead. i have two other 1TBs
tawny sand
i have hard drives too tho for games that don't need ssd
rugged island
Sad I just missed black Friday and cyber Monday. But normally there's another big sale right before Christmas so I'll see if there's a deal to grab in 2/3 weeks
shadow sundial
i have ~200TB of hard drives (14TB each) that are sitting unused here. i used to farm Chia crypto with them heh
rugged island
Lol
shadow sundial
my wife actually just asked me yesterday if i was going to plug my crypto rig back in. she likes it in our master bedroom, to heat the entire upstairs. her office is up there too and she's WFH
quad 3080s, couple AMD GPUs, and the whole Chia array
rugged island
Dang you wife is an ice cube too? Thought it was just mine
Quad 3080s lmao
Did you bot to buy them?
shadow sundial
she's from florida. i'm from the northeast. she wants the house temp set to 75, i want it at 66. we compromise at 70 :/
rugged island
I'm in Florida, 74 is the norm. Anything else is expensive as hell, and I know people who set it to 78
They are psycho
shadow sundial
i had 2x 3080Ti, 2x 3080, 2x 3090, 4x AMD Vega GPUs going at my peak. i didn't bot to get them, just put myself on the queue lists to buy, and did the Newegg Shuffle everyday
rugged island
But ngl your body does acclimate... I used to love 68. Now even 72 is too cold
rugged island
Wow. Lucky bastard. I did the Newegg shuffle everyday for literally 7 months and never got selected even once.
I ended up ebaying a scalped one. My gpu died so I was forced. Very unhappy with doing that
shadow sundial
i got a few of them direct from EVGA thru their queue lists. took between 2-12 months but they eventually came available. i'm still using the Kingpin 3090 (AIO watercooled one) in my main gaming rig here
separate AIO coolers on both CPU and GPU, 360mm rads on each. system is nice and quiet 😛
tawny sand
sad evga doesn't do gpus anymore, they were the best brand by far
rugged island
Yup
Wonder if Intel is going to try to be competitive with Nvidia or if their gpu was a one time thing
shadow sundial
i had the 16c/32t AMD 5950X CPU (for crypto reasons), but recently upgraded to the 7800X3D and damn it's nice for gaming
rugged island
I have the 7950x3d :)))
shadow sundial
it seems like intel is making a reasonable push to be competitive in the GPU space. gonna take them awhile to have the R&D catch up
rugged island
I need it for unreal engine tho. Buying it to play games is stupid as hell
Nobody needs that to max any game
tawny sand
idk, with how releases have been maybe they do lol
there were a lot of badly performing games this year
shadow sundial
yeah, and you have to bind core affinity to CCD1 to get the games to use the extra L3 cache
or CCD0, however they number it
copper pawn
is this some kind of discussion I'm too much of a peasant to understand?
rugged island
Intel Arc had pretty solid reviews. It's not top of the line, but its fairly priced. I think if they keep going they might have something in a few years
More players in the market is always a good thing...
Keeps gpu prices lower and quality higher
shadow sundial
team red/green have also had decades to refine their drivers; intel can get a lot of optimization thru that as it progresses
tawny sand
i just have a 5600x and 3060ti 😔
rugged island
Lul I have 3060. Not even Ti. I'm skipping this gen and will buy their 5000 whatever
copper pawn
Keeps gpu prices lower and quality higher
to be fair if you want to keep cpu/gpu cheaper and even more affordable, the chinese must be allowed to access to more modern chip tech, but too bad they have to be on their own
rugged island
to be fair if you want to keep cpu/gpu cheaper and even more affordable, the chi...
China isn't a major player in gpu manufacturing my guy
Literally only USA and Taiwan are
copper pawn
it isn't coz all of those tech embargo
without which, cpu and gpu price would be 1/2 they are now
rugged island
It contributes to it... but china steals usa tech and there's a lot of geopolitical reasons to not help a nation that is anti-western democracy
shadow sundial
perhaps china should stop stealing IP and manipulating their currency, if they dont want to be held under a tech embargo
rugged island
Yeah
shadow sundial
and i'm leaving it there, lest this devolve into a political conversation
copper pawn
every country steals other country's tech at 1 point of another
rugged island
If China actually stopped stealing and played by international law then we would probably share shit with them
rugged island
every country steals other country's tech at 1 point of another
Not quite
China doesn't even recognize us trademark or copyright law
They give no fucks
copper pawn
not just quite, but too much, US itself stole shit tons of tech from british empire, france and soviet at the time, but back then there was no international laws and shits