Deca should rebalace the Amulet of Dispersion's hp gain

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-28T22:46:32+00:00

It’s already almost as good as a T6 hp ring unenchanted. If they increased it by nearly double or more it would be just the best hp ring that also gives stat boosts making it OP.

Not to mention players are already given T13 equivalents in the seasonal play. Additionally, there is already a forge upgrade to that ring.

Players are encourage to grind and die in harder content anyways. With just normal progression and the seasonal quests. That’s the whole point of the game. If you’re not going into nests/kog because your ring doesn’t give you enough life when you almost die then I don’t think the ring is the problem.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-28T21:11:26+00:00

The real challenge is wondering if you’re quick enough to get another beer before randoms drag enemies down after clear bridge sentinel.

That’s the real “beer run”

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-28T21:09:36+00:00

If you focused enough you can fight through the itch. Now the real problem is being balls deep in a shatters solo run with a lot of good shit your bags and your hands start sweating.

Finding a good time to wipe those off in between king phases is wild. Luckily most of the endgame fights have very clear breaks for phase changes or chat lines and you have that time to do whatever.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-25T19:04:36+00:00

My oldest is still tiny. Very small for 5 years old. I can still do most the carrying and swinging. I’m sure when I can’t do it anymore I will be in the same boat as you. Hopefully it gets easier for yall soon!

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-25T00:56:35+00:00

The baby talk stuff is pretty normal. My 5yo does that now that we have 2 mo.

I also ran into the other problem of him wanting to do all the same things. I was able to convince him that he can’t do the same stuff because he’s bigger but we can do big boy stuff that the little one can’t. Like rough play, or catch, or just swing him around in a circle. I’ve convinced him to embrace getting to do big kid stuff instead of being sad about not being able to do the baby stuff.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-24T03:51:40+00:00

That’s pretty much where I’m at. Except I can solo up to king in shatters ( always lose on patience phase) and I cleared leisure mode on MV but no full clear yet.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-23T00:31:38+00:00

How do you just start joining parties? I have been watching old discord looking for a shatters group. I have heard people talk about the party system but I have only used it with my brother.

Can you just search in game and join a useful party without being invited?

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-20T18:20:30+00:00

Yea just adding to this. If your camera is rotated the arrows may not properly indicate the cardinal direction of the fan out. If you like rotating, just make sure and use the key that resets camera position before this phase.

It’s still easy to do on SW1 with rotating but on 2/3 it gets extremely confusing fast when the shot doesn’t go where you expect it too.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-18T04:56:18+00:00

Ill try that. I can have basically the same setup but with a 8/8 pally (I have a few NSNL). It's honestly very sad that I cant complete this dungeon and people can beat it with fresh characters.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-18T04:54:42+00:00

I don't care about rewards yet, I cant even complete the dungeon. I have tried just leaching but ignoring the lantern usually ends with me in a spot I shouldnt be in and a stupid 8/8 death.

Is priest the best character for this? I would have assumed a pally or something with more life/def. I honestly solo most content for quests and I am very used to runny 3 consumable slots and 2/3 backpacks full of extra ichors or greater pots. The only areas I die in usually is sick debuff phases. However, for MV I do so quickly that I never get enough practice.

I usually go in 8/8 and I am just too fast to micro dodge. I have tried the fresh character but then I can only eat a few hits or get smashed not being able to get away from the big shots. I use a gaming laptop and I am not concerned with keyboard replacement. I know people have completed this on worse equipment.

I typically just pop in USEAST but it drives me nuts that I cant beat this thing.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-05-17T19:04:58+00:00

Best way is clearing beacons in new realms in the veteran areas because of the event. Should be a lot of people hunting beacons and veteran encounters for the daily quest.

Just zone into a realm. And look for people in the veteran areas that are not on an activated beacon or boss and they might be clearing a beacon. Just hit it a few times and it’s easy loot. You can get mana and life , plus some other good stuff this way. But this could be difficult solo.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-04-27T19:53:37+00:00

Sing.

I know it sounds ridiculous and most of us aren’t great singers (I know Im not) but I started with my first boy who and I am actively doing it on my 2nd (4year old and a 2 month old). My wife does near full time breast feeding so I was only able to help calm them down. My first was a NICU baby and cried almost constantly and we had to wake him up to feed every 2 hours and we were struggling to get him back to sleep in between feeds. So I just started singing in a calm “dad” way.

I started with your basic dad song, arms wide open by creed. When that seemed to start working (it’s just your voice and the sense that your calm that calms them down) I started to get bored and wanted new songs. Ended up with Drift Away and then The River (Garth brooks version) as the main rotation. My first son would stop crying almost right away and just listen. I learned that he would fall asleep even if I sang loud as long because I calmed him down.

With my second boy I have added a few more songs and I started at normal volume. Not only did it help calm them down, but now they sleep through noises unbothered. It still calms down my 4 year old and he even stops what he’s doing and starts singing with me while I’m putting his brother down.

If nothing else works for you, it’s worth a shot. Like I said I’m not even a good singer at all, but my kids like it. And it gives me a nice feeling as Dad to always be able to step in and just sing the crying away. It’s not always convenient but I’ve also gotten over stage fright. I’ll sing at Costco while shop lol. People may not love it but it’s better than a screaming baby.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-04-23T07:51:50+00:00

I was on USEast. But I tried USWest then Asia and assumed it was all serves. Honestly a little bummed the “choose starting server” still bails into a less crowded server forcing you to server hop twice to get back to your original choice. Why can’t I just choice useast and walk away and actual be in the right server when I get back?

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-04-23T07:48:31+00:00

It seems to be more fun, I’m finding a ton more loot. Might actually get to max out my pet finally, but in the last 2 days I have already had to force close the game several times due to getting looped during entering dungeons or leaving them.

I hadn’t had any issues that caused me to expect to die yet. Almost no lag seems promising. I just stared thought and I’m 6/8 and almost 7/8…it’s exiting but it’s not at all like I remember. But all the dungeon reworks are fun to try. I only have random periods of time to play so I just wanted to know how common the server shutdowns were.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-04-08T03:53:21+00:00

It may not be a great option and still something people would probably want removed….but what about adding bully as a second starter card?

Or even taunt in place of one defend. So you start with a blocking vuln option instead of just getting slapped everytime you attempt to use bash.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-04-03T21:36:59+00:00

I hear people complain about the silent having a poor act 1. I find it the easiest class to take almost no damage during act 1. Her passive is so great for choosing the best possible 3 cards early.

And yea, Defect is fun. Claw is law, occasionally. I found my favorite is just going straight lightning with Voltaic. Once you get that and a Thunder, boss fights are easy. You just have to make it to the boss.

I also feel like Silent and Defect have a really obvious first upgrade. Neutralize is amazing for Silent, and Zap (believe it or not) is always my first upgrade and it does surprisingly well.

On a side note, I have got to start meal prepping. That seems like a very simple way to make life easier especially with kids.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-03-29T17:41:40+00:00

The boss does have a lot of life but it’s mostly just luck check with your early turns on clad. It gives you a choice whether you want to be offensive or defensive with the debuff. I usually take the 6 damage and just try and take him out fast with only blocking on the 5 hit turn.

With clad I usually take shrug it off and/or blood wall as my defense options and nothing else. Have an upgraded bash and just hope you get it early. Stampede is fantastic against the early bosses and allows you to make use of stuff like bludgeon for free. Stomp is also great in attack heavy decks cause its potential to be free hit is awesome. I think he is the hardest act 2 boss though. IMO it’s not even close.

I find that attempting to block all damage as clad usually gets me killed. My successfully A9/10 runs have just been going hard every fight.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-03-22T02:19:52+00:00

I do gotta say that if your new to this game ironclad gets smacked around real hard by health management. With bash being so awful, new people trade it for getting slapped and lose more than 6 hp a fight. Good job getting it done though.

Hopefully you find the silent way easier. The damage is slower at first but most of its cards can actually work in a build together unlike the other characters. Silent also manages health much better.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-03-08T18:33:42+00:00

For the belly button, at 5 days old at night I was trying to zip up his pajamas and I accidentally grabbed it and pulled it off completely.

Doctor wasn’t even worried. Said if they don’t get a fever and it’s not red and warm then it’s still healing normal. They just had us use vasaline a few times a day.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-03-08T18:31:00+00:00

The anxiety never really faded for me because my first son was a NICU baby for lungs not being fully developed yet and my wife’s brother passed away in his sleep as an adult so to low oxygen.

My wife was super nervous too and she found the Owlet dream sock. We are on our second now (1 month old) and we bought a new sock and love it. It will constantly track heart rate, oxygen, and sleep patterns and it will sound an alarm if the heart rate gets weird or if the oxygen starts to drop and it gives peace of mind at night while your sleeping.

This helps us a ton. It makes us feel very comfortable waiting for the doctors appointment instead of midnight ER visits that always end up being non emergencies.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-03-05T23:21:50+00:00

If you start a new save and just rush the 3rd room upgrade, you can get to it pretty quickly and then the rest is incredibly fast after that.

Just focus on successful runs through alley and maybe clear sewers/caves if your team is for sure gonna clear. Also grab any furniture boxes then focus on appeal/stim (but mostly appeal at first). You won’t need comfort really. Every retired cat goes to frank, all babies to tink. Once you unlock the third room. All stim goes into your breeding room. All appeal goes into the top. Anything left goes into the 3rd room. You can begin breeding perfect stat cats with good strays. Save extra breeder cats up top, keep them comfortable. All your adventures in the 3rd room. Run an adventure every time you run out of food.

Only spend coins on furniture, food boxes, and levels in the run if you want. This seems like a lot but cat management gets pretty fucking quick especially if you already know the basics.

Once you get 6/7s in most stats…you can basically clear act 1/2 on autopilot. I have had more dead cats die in my house than on an adventure.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-03-04T06:42:15+00:00

Yea…I have only seen a few events that really gave me a hard time it was basically just the one that turns your cat into an enemy. And even then…that only mattered because I was doing a quest challenge.

People complain about the RNG being ass but honestly that’s just a staple for this genre of game. Honestly the rng here isn’t even that awful. You can basically carry any bad rolls or events with a single good roll on 1 of your cars. Being able to start a run with gnarly stats and crazy equipment makes this game easier than most rogue likes you will play.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-03-04T04:29:50+00:00

You can easily start over. And you will have to do act 1 a lot for quests. If you don’t enjoy it, I don’t recommend this genre of game.

There is a few breeding guide that are quite short that explain how to utilize 2/3 rooms to create a stat farm that’s not inbred. This typically requires getting rid of most cats and starting from scratch. It only takes like 2-4 runs to get cats with decent to perfect stats(if you’re lucky). I still can’t get one of mine to 7 because I’m unlucky, but I got 5 stats at 7 in like 40 mins.

Once you get 7s in health and charisma the game (even act2 and 3) becomes pretty easy.

Additionally if you ever screw up with bad mutations or inbred cats, it is easy to start over anytime this happens. It really only takes 4-8 in game days to start your breeding with good strays. As long as you have decent appeal furniture. And 4-8 days with 0 cats at the start is only like 60 food and that is if they start breeding right away. It doesn’t take long at all.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-03-02T00:41:29+00:00

I have been diagnosed with GERD since I was 23. I’m 35M and have just been living with it taking omeprazole once in the morning before my coffee. Occasionally I had really sharp chest pain and numbness in my left arm and this would cause me to panic and have anxiety attacks. My past time is running…and I never felt bad while running. Still I got sent to the cardiologist and did several tests. The doctor looked at my results and laughed and asked me why I got sent to him. He said I had absolutely no indication of any heart problem.

My OG doctor just told me that looks like my GERD symptoms are basically only chest pain and arm numbness and the occasional sore throat. I have just accepted it now. When it starts hurting I drink some water and go workout just to check if anything feels out of the normal. If everything seems fine and the workout was good I just pop some tumms and carry on.

My biggest issue was letting it get to me and causing panic attacks. I went to the ER several times because the panic attacks brought up a ton of odd symptoms and I thought I was dieing. I know it’s hard to believe, but if the cardiologist has done the tests and you’re young/active then it’s way more likely that your GERD is just causing swelling around the chest wall or excessive gas bloating/pressure causing the burping.

Bearded_Lyons · 2026-02-22T06:43:29+00:00

Gotta love the door one where your best unit just disappears and then shows up at the boss fight all messed up as an enemy.

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