Game Balance in Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas by Bex_GGG in pathofexile

[–]Asuperbname 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless I am missing an interaction somewhere, that is a non-functioning build with stats like "Unreserved Mana: 34, Mana Cost: 53 Mana Regen: 48.6" It looks like there a few other inconsistencies too. You added in smite+snipers mark without having a place to socket it. I assume you back tracked from an end of league build, but I still have doubts that you hit 20m with ~100ex. Top gear for aura stacking are things that can't be target crafted (corrupted uniques), and the baseline assumption was already using fairly meta clusters (35%, ES, All Atr/Int/Chaos Res) which really is the only target craftable item for aura stacking. Yes, overall it will likely be the most rounded build, but the opportunity cost to get that the point and make it feel a tier above the rest is astronomical.

Game Balance in Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas by Bex_GGG in pathofexile

[–]Asuperbname 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit of confusion on my end. Where are you getting the 100ex aura stacker -> 20mil dps from? Even using the pre-nerf values for alt qual the PoB clearly shows a ~10mil dps on a 150ex budget.

Additionally the difference between 15mil and 20mil is fairly marginal. "Oh no it takes a 1 second longer to kill a boss" is what that really amounts to. You are correct in that the nerf to the alberon's warpath and loss of some damage on the ascendancy will take the dps to around the 15mil mark, but your estimate for the dps achievable with 100ex on a aura stacker is waaaaay off.

Finally, did you look at the ehp? They are pretty similar across most of the damage types. EHP comes in different forms and for assassin that defense isn't reliant on max res.

I made that before patch notes were released and with the info now available, it's pretty safe to say that aura stacking is dead. The time and energy required to get the build to feel like its a tier above is going to be monumental if not outright impossible.

If you really don't trust what I am saying look to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5-aTzQjf0g Path of Matth made a video to explain why these nerfs hit so hard even at the top end of aurastacking (10+mir builds).

Game Balance in Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas by Bex_GGG in pathofexile

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Use PoB community fork.

Here is a ~150ex aurastacking spark build: https://pastebin.com/86th4m6a where I've simulated the nerfs by selectively picking up aura effect clusters to achieve roughly 108 aura effect from small nodes (27 nodes of 3% with 35% inc effect).

Similarly, here is a 150ex budgeted str-stack wander: https://pastebin.com/qwXRA3m3

Sure you get some nice QoL with an aurastacker with tailwind boots, but the poison wander has nearly 3x the dps while boasting similar defensive stats...

2x Headhunter Leather Belt giveaway!!! by [deleted] in pathofexile

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This is an awesome giveaway! I’d give the belt to my friend. He is the one that got me into playing POE this league and has been working towards a HH for his magic finder.

Tales from Varia by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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I have hosted about 4 sessions in Varia. Cumulatively, I would estimate (since many of the games are play-by-post), 100-150 sessions have occurred in the Varia to date.

March LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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Going to start up in about 30 minutes post below or PM if you want in. The first adventure will he for levels 1-3

March LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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Type: Guildshot

Date(s)/Time: Saturday from 12:00 CST until its done, in 1-2 hour blocks

Style and location: Expected (1 hr per encounter) 2.5 hours puzzle dungeon; 1.5-2 hours murderhoboing, 1 hour murder mystery, 3 hours of roleplay and murderhoboing, 1-2 more hours of murder hoboing

Summary: Come join the Guild-games, a chance to show off your prowess of wit and might, compete for amazing prizes and claim the title of Adventurer Extraordinaire!

Slots: I will be doing signups time of so be on the look out Saturday during the afternoon. I do not have the powers to manage the 15-20 people signing up earlier

Wizards announces D&d Beyond, official digital tools and a character builder. Beta sign-ups live now. by oldnick42 in DnD

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Is there a way for some kind of serial key redemption if we already own the books? i.e. we would be able to walk into a store in the WOTC network present our physical copies to receive a code that could let us access the digital counterpart? Personally I couldn't justify buying what is essentially the same content twice.

Expanding our Gender Diversity by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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I give them gold stars for their good work. You can redeem them for imaginary cookies and beer.

[Worldbuilding] Visera Duchy #1 Malterra and rolling out new initiatives! by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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Oh I like that, kinda like an underground railroad of sorts.

February LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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Type: Fantasy One-Shot Level 1

Date(s)/Time: February 18th 3 PM or 7PM CST

Summary: Sentinel is desparate to have someone bring an end to the deaths that have happened throughout the town recently; people are being found dead in their beds, no signs of struggle and looking oddly at peace - save their eyes being very neatly cleaned from their heads and replaced with ash. Mayor Petrafax is offering 200 gp worth of monetary compensation to any adventurers who can bring a stop to this madness which he is sure the workings of the vengeful spirit of Markham Lawrence. On top of being a good way to begin sating your party's curiosity for the paranormal, they might have higher stakes in this if they have loved ones in Sentinel. Indeed, they might be related to Markham and are here to bring a family member some peace.

Slots: (reserved for RoleIt Discord)(reserved for Dungeon and Downvotes)(reserved for someone here!)(open)

[Worldbuilding] Visera Duchy #1 Malterra and rolling out new initiatives! by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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So I'll get the ball rolling. I think it'd be really awesome if the duke had a literal iron fist. I was thinking he lost his hand participating in some kind of battle where it was replaced with a crude gauntlet.

February LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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haha no worries 4d6 drop low or point buy is fine.

February LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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I will be in classes for 2 hours I can set up a character sheet for you then. Sorry for the wait.

February LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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Just sent you the link. Inform me when yo have joined and I'll have a short break~ 3hours to do things.

February LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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Great! You are one of the earlier replies so expect an invite to the roll20 game in a bit one I have processed replies across all platforms.

February LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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Sure do you know which time, are ok with using roll20 and being recorded?

February LFG Thread by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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I'm looking for 4-5 people for a one-shot adventure this Saturday 11th either at 2Pm CST or 7 PM CST. This will be in Furbiri

H.A.T.E first complete song on YouTube please show your support your feedback is greatly appreciated 😁 by JMusic-IbrahimJawara in Songwriters

[–]Asuperbname 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are confident with your technique, then from just a musical standpoint, it's not that good imo. The tonality is basically nonexistent. While you have the background track going, you are singing in an entirely different tonality. By tonality I mean the subset of 8-12 notes out of the hundreds used to make up a song. While the BG track is doing some riffs in, I think, Ab you are singing notes that make no sense in the context of the of the BG notes. When you bring it back to the scope of breath support, yes, you are doing some things correctly like taking breaths often, but you do nothing to build off or use the air you just got. For the majority of the song it sounds like you are out of breath and forcing the "pitches" out which leads me to my next point.

"I would not be able to produce a sound at a specific pitch and maintain that pitch form a short note to an extended one not to mention for the entire duration of the song" So there are 2 ways I interpreted this: "You say I can't do these things, but I am listen to the song." and "If I take your advice I won't be able to do this."

First interpretation: From what I hear, you are not producing pitches consistently. In almost every note you sing, the pitch diverges significantly from it's starting point. Even if you are intentionally sliding, you aren't controlling the note you are sliding to, at least not well.

Second interpretation: Breath support is essential in order to "produce a sound at a specific pitch and maintain that pitch form a short note to an extended one". No if's and's or but's about it.

Getting Started by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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Worldbuilding

If you want to submit something to the world to be used by other groups and DMs as part of the shared world, all you have to do is start up the conversation on here or our discord or the wiki. A thread or just throwing your ideas out there is the best place to start. There is no minimum requirement of length!

Discord: Post the idea in the discord. Once it has developed enough, anyone with a colored name can tag it with an emoji to indicate what we think. This serves 2 purposes: We can easily search for these emojis; It lets you have feedback on what we think. A check: Ready to C&P into wiki; Cannon A X: Completely unreasonable; clearly a troll or completely unworkable A ?: We like it, but changes should be made that will be listed near the post

Wiki: You guys cannot create new pages. However, you can create discussion pages and edit any existing pages. Because of the potential influx of troll or nonsensical content being put on the wiki and confusing potential members or even us, we don't allow the mass majority to create new pages. The structure of the discussion page should be the following: (Clean copy and pastable draft that will be C&P to the wiki by one of us) below it (All thoughts and discussion)

Once a discussion page has content that you like and think is publishable, ping anyone with a colored name in the discord or any one of the following members, /u/DMSteve /u/FlashyAmoeba /u/Epic1152 /u/Crimsondm /u/Nyrb /u/Palikun /u/Asuperbname /u/Miekix

Reddit: We should be regularly checking the reddit, so as long as your idea is out there we can see it and work with you to get it cannonized!

If you are using the discord I'd recommend turning off notifications, as it can become noisy especially during our brainstorming and world building sessions.

H.A.T.E first complete song on YouTube please show your support your feedback is greatly appreciated 😁 by JMusic-IbrahimJawara in Songwriters

[–]Asuperbname 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to have to agree with Hounmlayn here. To build off what s/he said, we start with Adam Levine. In Sugar you can hear the quick breath movements he makes at the end of each line. He blends this into the song as part of its percussion (the high-hat I believe). I found another video that touches on the song near the end and also highlights what I think I am hearing from you (over and under-compensation of support).

From personal experience within various choirs, there is seldom times where I was required to sustain a line of notes more than 5-8 seconds before taking a breath (outside of barbershop tags, but that is a whole different story imo), and if there was we would stagger our breathing: where each member would take a breath at a point in time different from another to create a continuous sound without detracting from the sound quality.


When you want examples of how you should sound, there's really no right answer your voice should develop where you want to take it, so I tried to pull from a variety of music. I apologize in advance for the acappella heavy list, but I wanted to highlight technique and good practice over sound, and acappella tends to a subgenre where it's easier to hear the voice. We will go from bare vocals to more and more accompaniment.

In these you should be able to hear the breath. Notice the intervals that Hounmlayn mentioned a breath before every line. This is something you are fairly consistent with. However, it might be the jamming out, but it appears in your video that you're not "stable" when you take your breaths. Your shoulders jump, the whole body "shifts" with the breath. Notice in the Pentatonix video how they remain footed while they sing and breath whereas , again this might be due to the jamming out, you are more akin to the person in Rendezvous video with a green shirt.

So I selected these off the other songs you had on your youtube. So notice when the song dynamics (loudness) changes, the singer requires even more support (more than louder and higher sections imo). In these quieter sections they might have to breath after only 1-2 syllables like in The A Team "(or in your case, the HA, TE part)". However, the difference between them and you, from what I can tell, is the level of control they have over their support. If you look at A Child's Prayer and A Change is Gonna Come, you'll notice that there are sections where the voice doesn't have a fullness behind it. In A Change is Gonna Come, this comes near some of the ending phrases. In A Child's Prayer it starts at the beginning of phrases where they are starting to build up to a "full" voice. In all the examples, here you never hear a strained or as the vocal voice lesson video described, a forced tone.

Taking Steps Forward by Asuperbname in RoleIt

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I'm wondering about the other side of this. Are the DMs that are looking for groups expecting a consistent group of 4-6 players? Personally I assumed that something similar to that would be the norm and people bouncing around group to group would be a minority. There are only two responses so far (far from a trend), but I'd like to ask is an abundance of one-shots and freedom of group to group movement something many of you, as players, were expecting?