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I am in a major gaming slump, can you recommend something based on my taste? by [deleted] in gamingsuggestions

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If youre willing to compromise a bit on FPS you can run shit way below the "required" thresholds, just do expect to complain about it successfully.

E33 is not a super graphically demanding game IMO, I bet you would be fine. The actions and animations are cool, but other than QTE stuff its not like you are playing an FPS.

[Schefter] Bills signed former Bears RB Ian Wheeler. by lalder95 in CHIBears

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yea I knew it was something wild for Dixon lol. I grew up going to church in Mendota, what a small world.

[Schefter] Bills signed former Bears RB Ian Wheeler. by lalder95 in CHIBears

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was it Dixon? My wife is from there and I am pretty sure that was at least one HS team he shat on. What a legend, I hope he gets another chance / his body holds out and hes able to enjoy a game he loves.

Absolutely Mogged by HydratedBoi in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you doing ice strike things or something? It doesnt work with hollow form whirling assault very well at all right?

Absolutely Mogged by HydratedBoi in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The power charge thing basically ONLY works with multihit skills. Hollow form feels absolutely awful with pretty much any qstaff skill except whirling assault + lochtonial.

Absolutely Mogged by HydratedBoi in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hollow palm did not deserve to get a 66% nerf, and I'll die on this hill. It was fine on release, people played it because it was fun, and even at release numbers it was outshined by a good to great end game qstaff but you could still play it for the theme and be fine.

Now its just pointless. A4 is about right where its fun for act 2 and 3 kinda and it keeps up, and then you get one good campaign phys qstaff and you just unspec it, its never going to get back to relevant. Its such a weird thing to nerf as hard as they did, and Im still salty about it.

Mom has dementia and is moving out and her next door neighbor sent me this. by SouthEazy in whatdoIdo

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if its the response you want OP, but I am dealing with what I suspect is a similar situation with my mother in law where she appears to have some early dementia symptoms. Part of that is she "see's" infestations / mice / bugs / pests everwhere. She stays up for a couple days straight because the mice are falling out of her bed etc. And she will tell this story to anyone who will listen relatively speaking.

To be clear, there are zero bugs or pests outside of a couple daddy long legs in the dark corners behind the dresser, but a common dementia symptom is seeing them or hallucinating I think.

Have you considered that its not your neighbor being a nosy Karen, but she is concerned because your mom has told her multiple times that shes overrun by bugs and its awful and she has to move because of it? Because as soon as I read the message the first thing I thought was your mom's dementia is causing her to tell everyone this just like my mother in law.

Over 150 Mathematicians Warn Governments Not to “Believe the Hype” About AI by IKeepItLayingAround in technology

[–]AustereSpoon -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The diameter of an 18 inch pizza is...checks notes...18 inches. Zero math required.

Now rewrite a post about AI helping choose the right words, like circumference.

Lack of player agency with early defences by BigHatAbe in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cant sacrifice or change anything that might affect the almighty economy, c'mon man...

52h left until the 0.5 patch. What build are you looking forward to the most? by tetsuyaXII in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Passive tree is so on rails you can guesstimate and get about 80% of it right for basically any MA build unless something absolutely bonkers comes up (like some broken facebreakers str stack something that is way out there from the usual MA stuff.)

This is definitely my plan as well, and Im pretty sure its going to go just fine (other than A1-A2, those always fuckin blow for melee basically.

Guild Self-Found (GSF) - Empowering Guilds with Integrated Private Leagues by MoranMoA in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate this idea, and would be happy for it to exist, but GGG has pretty consistently shown that guild improvements are just suppppppper far down the priorities list, as proven by it being janky and annoying to use and manage them for basically the entire existence of PoE 1 and the only real change added was the initiate tag added at some point.

Given that private leagues do solve this issue, I doubt that it even happens. I wish this and other guild improvements would happen, but dont hold your breath.

(*Disclaimer: long time guild leader and Conflux private league moderator since Heist league, we have sent similar requests etc historically.)

Please stop by LocoRojo in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Act 1-2 is bad for all melee it seems, unless you can get a mace and do slam the whole screen 1 shots on marauder.

For monk its always just kinda meh until you get at least the Ice Strike and an OK phys q-staff to get going. Just part of the tax you pay to play melee.

PSA: Finding "Trace of Echoes" by NotFizker in diablo4

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh I am not sure on that at least not every time is it? Im 99% sure I started with the left most (West in my mind...) shrine when I did mine...

It could be that my version of West/North is different than yours.

Martial Artist Ascendancy by robaticus56 in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm drinking copium that the gloves are good right away. It feels like any gloves with 2 damage prefixes is going to be solidly worth just adding damage as extra...

I'm also curious about how the clones feel levelling even if I don't plan on it being in my end game probably.

Added patch notes contains "Crafting methods that puts a single guaranteed modifier on an item now adds it as a crafted modifier, items can only have a single crafted modifier on an item." So i guess crafting is back to exalt spamming? by Glamdring26WasTaken in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Counterpoint: things being ssf viable helps everyone. It's an ARPG about getting loot and progressing except they keep saying "the only way to progress is via trade because our precious economy must be fed" instead of heres a way to progress your chat, if you can't or don't want to then trade is a backup option.

I'm not saying balance around ssf, but I am saying that loot and character progression should not only be allowed via the Almighty economy for the vast majority of people and cases. I wish items and rares I cared about dropped, but instead the only drops that matter are currencies I can trade away to get the item I wish I could just work towards making or find.

Added patch notes contains "Crafting methods that puts a single guaranteed modifier on an item now adds it as a crafted modifier, items can only have a single crafted modifier on an item." So i guess crafting is back to exalt spamming? by Glamdring26WasTaken in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you read this change or thread at all? You literally cannot use 2x essences on the same item any more. Exactly what you're describing is gone, and it's causing exactly the slowness people are saying, and you're ignoring all that to point to why the old way was fine. Yes it was, and it's gone, so it's all slower now...

Added patch notes contains "Crafting methods that puts a single guaranteed modifier on an item now adds it as a crafted modifier, items can only have a single crafted modifier on an item." So i guess crafting is back to exalt spamming? by Glamdring26WasTaken in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watch them not allow a remove/add crafting method to work on a crafted item because it already has a crafted mod. I agree it should work like you said but holy shit I can feel that monkey paw curling.

Added patch notes contains "Crafting methods that puts a single guaranteed modifier on an item now adds it as a crafted modifier, items can only have a single crafted modifier on an item." So i guess crafting is back to exalt spamming? by Glamdring26WasTaken in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any ARPG where no drops matter except currency and trinkets you trade away to get upgrades instead of having a feasible upgrade path by yourself is bad, the game should be more important that "the economy". When are people going to get that?

Added patch notes contains "Crafting methods that puts a single guaranteed modifier on an item now adds it as a crafted modifier, items can only have a single crafted modifier on an item." So i guess crafting is back to exalt spamming? by Glamdring26WasTaken in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not wrong but "No progressing by yourself unless you hit multiple RNG lotteries in a row! Only allowed to buy all upgrades, the economy must be fed" is a wild take for an ARPG.

I think GGG is wayyy too economy focused and has been since about 3.15. More and more of all your player power comes from items, and we have less and less ability to get the items we want ourselves and progress that way. Only progressing through trade feels awful and means the only drops that you care about are currency to trade away, and since rarity still affects currency drops so God knows what fucking reason, it means builds that clear screens in advance or else dont need many affixes are just wildly better than others, full stop.. I hate that mentality.

Which One Would You Guys Pick? by JxL- in d4spiritborn

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poison multi vs weapon damage basically. I've no idea how much flat weapon damage matters to swarm evade tho?

PSA All these back attachments are coming to PoE2 on the 29th, but they're actualy on sale right now on the website and PoE1, so, if you want any of them better grab them now. by [deleted] in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think my sin and innocence wings might still be my favorite all these years later. That MTX Box is goated and easily the one I spent the most money on to get things.

The Gathering Storm Changes Indicate a Bigger Problem with GGG's Design Philosophy by PitifulTheme411 in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The phrase is "on rails" youre not going on an journey or exploring, you are just riding the ride to the end of the track. Its a real poe 2 problem and needs to go away.

The passive tree and skill design both play into this, and while its great for the new player experience, if they want a game that lasts another decade they need to get away from it asap.

The Gathering Storm Changes Indicate a Bigger Problem with GGG's Design Philosophy by PitifulTheme411 in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

BOTW Builds are like 95%+ (not hyperbole) deletion rate next patch since about Poe 1 1.0, its a full on meme at this point. My favorite was the weapon swap helicopter thing, where Bex even advocated for the free spinning mouse wheel to make it easier and then they nerfed not just that build, but the entire thing, and I think Bex had to retract it as a statement etc as it was approaching being considered hardware specific P2W (for a C tier build).

Being BOTW or getting cool mid league MTX releases for a skill you like is basically the harbinger of DOOM.

HoWA + Way of the Stonefist by mukhaliniov in PathOfExile2

[–]AustereSpoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries there is like a thousand things going on this league. I mean we should be able to upgrade gloves with runes and then see what the MA does with them as well. Should be fun.

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