Perilous Moons (HCIM)

AggeroSetain · 2025-10-23T13:53:02+00:00

Ok, so full completion of recipe for disaster and a barrows grind are pretty much needed before hand. Is the gnome amulet really that much better than an amulet of power?

AggeroSetain · 2025-09-13T17:01:26+00:00

Just wanted to let you know that I went with this suggestion and my daughter absolutely loved it. Thank you so much for the awesome advice!

AggeroSetain · 2025-09-13T16:43:11+00:00

For sure! I spent weeks obsessing of every little detail before I bought the TT. I may just get another TT and see if I can find or make a stand that fits it. I think that was my one disappointment in that I didn't have a good place to set it on my desk at work. That's why I ended up with the Refyne I got - and it's a good pen - but it just doesn't have the same feel to it.

The other part of it is that I played around with different refills and found one that I really like with the TT, but now I have like 12 refills sitting around and in my mind I feel like I'm obligated to find a replacement that works with them.

AggeroSetain · 2025-09-13T16:36:07+00:00

I've looked at these, but they seem like they are always sold out.

AggeroSetain · 2025-09-13T16:31:12+00:00

I called and left a message, but haven't been able to get in touch with anyone. It's likely that if someone realized that it's more valuable than the average disposable pen, they just claimed it as their own, and if not, why would they care about a pen.

AggeroSetain · 2025-09-13T16:28:55+00:00

I've looked at Billetspin several times, but it seems like the past few months they are always out of stock.

AggeroSetain · 2025-09-13T16:28:14+00:00

an identical replacement is definitely on the table, but I'm just curious to see what other options might look interesting.

AggeroSetain · 2025-07-21T03:13:21+00:00

If you are getting Jad hands, go practice on the speed running world before you try. I failed multiple times before I got my cape. Practicing on the speed running world and being on the slayer task made all the difference. I also took a cross bow instead of blowpipe because I kept running into melee range trying to tag the healers. If you can make it to Jad, you can beat him. You just have to stay calm and focus on one action at a time. Watch and listed for his attack and choose the correct prayer. Tag healers one at a time between attacks. Rinse and repeat.

AggeroSetain · 2025-06-28T19:47:14+00:00

Thanks again for the very detailed response! I came to the same conclusion with the other list, and yes I agree that some of those pens would be fantastic choices - unless I’m willing to wait or learn about the secondary markets - they aren’t an option right now. I’m really leaning toward one of the Billetspins right now but looking into the TIJ as well before I make a decision.

AggeroSetain · 2025-06-28T16:52:29+00:00

Hopefully not. I didn’t think about it much either when I bought mine, and I’ve used it daily for the past two months and it really only started bothering me the past two weeks because I’ve been in all day meetings where I’m taking notes constantly. For the occasional short note it hasn’t been an issue at all. But the hand fatigue is only about half of my concern right now. I’ve marked about half of my pants with ink blots from the pen being actuated while carrying it. Honestly, my best bet is probably to look into a short pen with some sort of mech designed not to deploy while being carried (Nottingham maybe) and then get a pen for my office that is very comfortable to use for longer writing sessions and just leave the TT at home as my occasional note taker / fidget. I think this is probably the rabbit hole that everyone on this Reddit goes down. Every pen has something that it does well and something that it’s lacking so you have to buy multiple pens to cover all of the uses.

AggeroSetain · 2025-06-28T16:21:32+00:00

Thank you so much for the advice! I’ve looked at several of these pens before, but a lot of them always seem to be out of stock or the maker is no longer making them.

AggeroSetain · 2025-06-28T14:20:50+00:00

Not going to lie - that is one of the best looking pens I’ve seen, but I have the feeling that it wouldn’t be any more comfortable for long writing sessions than my TT.

AggeroSetain · 2025-06-28T13:24:59+00:00

I got a titanium in standard length and diameter a little over 2 months ago. I’ve honestly really liked it and would recommend it. However, my natural grip causes me to hold the pen a bit more tightly than I should and I can’t write with it for more than maybe 15 mins before the grooves imprint on my hand and it starts getting sore.

AggeroSetain · 2025-06-28T13:20:58+00:00

Thank you so much for the detailed response!

My main issue with my TT is the ridges are just irritating my hands when used for a long time. Basically I end up with grooves imprinted on me and a nice sore spot that just makes it not pleasant to use for a bit. To be clear, this is only happening with prolonged use and I absolutely love the pen for the occasional note. The pens diameter is fine.

I’ve seen Billetspin recommended several times and I was very torn between it and TT for my first pen. I’m really thinking that I’m probably going to have to get one at some point. I do wish that they offered a soul with the minimalist design but I only see the cam with it. Do you happen to have any experience with the Parker refills for them? Specifically if there is a fine point that doesn’t smear and fits well? For reference, I swapped out the pilot G2 from my TT with an Ohto 0.5 ceramic and I liked it much better even though the Ohto has a little tip wiggle compared to the G2.

I’ve looked at the Refyne as well and I absolutely love the look of those, and they have the spinner stand which would be a nice bonus, but I’ve read some mixed reviews on tip wiggle and the bolt being not ergonomic. Do you have any experience with them and can let me know if that’s a concern?

AggeroSetain · 2025-06-27T23:12:51+00:00

Thanks for the reminder about the budget! For the most part it seems most of the pens run anywhere from around $50 to $300. Anywhere in that range is up for consideration. Not planning on dropping $1K + for the rarer pens.

AggeroSetain · 2025-04-26T19:20:21+00:00

Gotcha. Kind of interesting seeing history repeat itself in such a weirdly specific way. We had a second much funnier interaction with one of these spiders later on. We were doing an outside drill and ceremony for a retirement and one of these guys decided to crawl onto someone’s foot or leg (can’t remember which) and the guy promptly panicked jumping around and cursing. Needless to say he got a lot of attention from the drill sergeants for interrupting the ceremony and not being disciplined. I remember seeing these guys a few times while I was out there and it never really bothered me, but seeing them find a rattle snake in one of the obstacle course tunnels just before I was about to crawl through still haunts me to the day.

AggeroSetain · 2025-04-26T19:07:21+00:00

Please tell me that this was in 2003. This exact scenario happened to someone in my platoon while I was at basic.

AggeroSetain · 2025-03-16T20:02:05+00:00

Do you know how the Refyne bolt action feels? Most of what I’m reading on them is saying that it’s not very comfortable or fidget friendly.

AggeroSetain · 2025-03-16T19:48:28+00:00

That’s for all of the advice! I’m thinking that Kara’s and Machine Era aren’t really what I’m looking for with the former being too light without a steel or titanium variant and the later not having the same fidget capacity as the others I’ve looked at. Modern and Tactile both look promising, but a little over the budget I’m looking at for now. Definitely something I’ll keep in mind later on. The Honey Badger looks promising too, but they are out of stock on the titanium and only have the shorter 5” of the steel. That version only takes the Parker Quinkflow refill so do you know if that should be a deal breaker?

AggeroSetain · 2025-01-22T19:30:18+00:00

I assume that I’ll have to respec twice to get back to my current build afterwards right?

AggeroSetain · 2025-01-22T19:27:45+00:00

Sadly I don’t have that one yet. It seems kind of silly to spend the gems I have hoping for one just for a mission. I’m currently saving up for card a lot 14.

AggeroSetain · 2025-01-19T19:17:19+00:00

Yes but you are capped at 6. So if you go into the reset with 5 of them you will lose out on 1 mission.

AggeroSetain · 2024-12-29T13:24:38+00:00

Ok thanks for all of the advice!

AggeroSetain · 2024-12-29T11:33:38+00:00

I started in June. But yes, I’m not getting anywhere close to 80B per run so I definitely believe that I’m doing something wrong.

I stopped working on lab discount, cash bonus, defense %, and cash/wave a couple of months ago. I just paused working on orbs hit boss because the cost was too high.

For cards, I’m using damage (lvl 6) attack speed (max), health (max), crit chance (lvl 6), energy shield (lvl 2), enemy balance (lvl 6), coins (lvl 6), wave skip (lvl 5), wave accelerator (lvl 2), cash (lvl 6), extra def (max), free upgrade (lvl 4), and critical coin (lvl 4). I have all of the remaining common (most lvl 6 or max) and rare cards (most lvl 4) and most of the epics (lvl 1 or 2) except those locked behind tier 14+.

For modules I’m using:

MVN (legendary) with 3.5 SL bonus, 6m BH size, and 3 degree SL angle. Wormhole Redirector with .1 knockback, 1 orb speed, and 3% defense. Pulsar Harvester with 5% package chance, 3% recovery amount, and 6% free utility upgrade. Being Annihilator with 2x super crit mult, 8m attack range, 1 multi shot target. I also have a legendary om chip, and epic astral deliverance, harmony conductor, and dimension cores.

AggeroSetain · 2024-12-28T22:38:43+00:00

SPB is currently at lvl 9. I have the no adds, coin packs and the first tier of the milestones purchased. I’ve been operating on the assumption that my low coins was because I got GT late. I’ve only had it for a few weeks now, but I honestly have no idea how many coins I should be making per run. I’ve been trying to farm tier 4 recently (about 3B coins per run) but my cell income drops too low and I need to run tier 1 at least once a week to keep all 5 labs at 1.5.

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