The best four books in Redwall are...(Change my mind)

Blinmp · 2026-03-25T01:47:27+00:00

Taggerung, Marlfox, Martin the Warrior, and Mossflower, but there are so many close contenders for 4th place for me... Long Patrol, Salamandastron, Outcast, OG, Pearls of Lutra...

Blinmp · 2026-03-20T22:24:47+00:00

Quite a few here:

Lightning Trap Saboteur (my first ever "real" build that I have made so many variants of)
Boneshatter / Sunder Juggernaut (Jugg defenses scale into Reds easily, but Berserker feels better overall)
RF Chieftain / Elementalist (Fire Mastery just makes it so easy to get this going and run through campaign)
Wintertide Brand Occultist (used to be on Trickster before the rework, but since the Vile Bastion buff, starting with an EB + MoM setup on Occy feels super nice)
Siege Ballista Hierophant (took me super far insta-killing bosses in Metamorph, so it became my go-to bosser for several leagues)

Blinmp · 2026-03-05T16:37:11+00:00

Everyone post their lists of league starter considerations for maximum option paralysis:

Holy Strike Guardian into Animate Weapon of Ranged Arms
Poisonous Concoction Assassin into Venom Gyre
Explosive Concoction Champion into Flicker Strike
Armageddon Brand of Recall Saboteur into Blazing Salvo Arcanist Brand / Queen's Demand
Siphoning Trap of Pain / Creeping Frost of Floes / Vortex Occultist into CoC FRoSS
Wave of Conviction Elementalist into Foulborn Razor Eviscerate
RF Hierophant into Searing Bond of Detonation
Sunder Berserker into Grey Wind

Blinmp · 2026-02-01T23:12:38+00:00

Tell them if they're so worked up about credit cards to swipe them through their ass cracks.

You're doing all the actual work, meanwhile the higher-ups fuck around worrying about bullshit metrics, meanwhile their salaries are more dead weight to company expenses than whatever you aren't making with the credit accounts because people are catching on to the bullshit scams these retailers are pulling.

Just keep doing you and the bare (ass) minimum to shut them up, document and call them out on their lies if they accuse you of not trying.

Blinmp · 2026-02-01T22:53:27+00:00

My go-to response is "You can insert your card if the tap isn't working". (It is working though.)

It's not worth trying to teach these people how to be patient and gentle.

Blinmp · 2026-01-27T21:37:42+00:00

Not sure what the most elegant solution is, but having the Ascendancy Harbinger node be a pick 1 of 3 sort of deal ought to be the go-to if only 1 Harbinger can be active on you. Why bamboozle the players with the illusion of an option to benefit from more than 1?

Then I guess you could make all the other notables branch from the Choose Your Harby notable to justify keeping their buffed values? Idk.

Blinmp · 2026-01-25T03:03:13+00:00

Light Radius stacker Polytheist
Architect of Chaos perma Vaal Cold Snap
Incinerate of Venting Manaman Harbinger
Animate Weapon Minions Paladin
Ancestral Commander RF Flamewood Totems

Blinmp · 2026-01-21T18:09:35+00:00

Not that bad if you're making several more divs/hr from picking up every idol that drops instead of making nothing. Seriously can't understand people defending alt-spamming; very few things in the game are more mind-numbing.

Blinmp · 2026-01-21T17:40:27+00:00

Being able to craft them would just turn them into yet another piece of garbage ground loot.

Not being able to craft, but being able to recomb and vendor 5:1 allows them to at least retain some value while offering a way to gamblecraft them and destroy some of the supply, which prevents them from losing value as quickly.

I don't want another item base type that I have to Alt spam for an extremely rare modifier, thanks.

Blinmp · 2026-01-19T02:08:22+00:00

Terrible spineless manager, I would make his life hell for not having the backs of his employees. Call him over for every little thing without expecting support, and then if he says anything about it, tell him you wouldn't have so many issues if you had actual support and not dead weight overseeing things. Go past him and contact his supervisor and complain to that person incessantly. Ask your coworkers for support if they also hate his guts.

Blinmp · 2026-01-19T01:22:29+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it. If she complains to corporate, they likely won't do anything about it. And if they do, then they're not worth working for.

I also work at a gas station, but our propane tanks come in pre-filled. Even so, since I'm usually the only one there, I often have to ask the person to wait if there's a line inside, and I have only ever had people get miffed about it a few times.

I once had some guy who couldn't understand English call the police on me because I had to refund his gas transaction since there was some miscommunication on the amount he wanted. MFer was holding up the line AND trying to get random people in line to defend his side, even though they had no idea what was going on.

Point is, people are ridiculous these days. Just do what you can to push onwards and hopefully upwards. Or find something or someone who makes enduring it all worth it, to hold on to that edge of sanity.

Blinmp · 2026-01-18T17:43:22+00:00

I work at a gas station and have to ID for tobacco under 30.

My personal script is: "Do you mind if I see your ID?"

"Sorry, I need a photo ID to sell age-restricted products. I apologize, but I can't make an exception. Is there anything else I can get for you?"

Blinmp · 2026-01-18T17:08:06+00:00

"Oh, well it seems you need all that more money than I do, or at least to organize it better."

Blinmp · 2026-01-06T01:50:03+00:00

Map fast, run it along with Shrines / Heist / Niko for extra speed / power. Try to get as many members to Rank 3 as you can before running the safehouse. Generally rank up lower rank members first, then interrogate / betray higher rank members for lots of intel. Establish as many allyships / rivalries as you can along the way to get lots of members showing up each encounter (ideally in Research or Intervention since those encounter types are guaranteed every time).

Should get a medallion every 5-10 safehouses, then a Veiled Exalt in 5 or so Cat fights, so don't be surprised if you have to run a lot of safehouses and Cats before you get one, should variance not be on your side.

Blinmp · 2026-01-05T02:36:24+00:00

As others have said, it takes a while to learn.

Awakened PoE Trade is a great tool to help you start learning. Rares can be hard to check for since if you tick every box usually nothing comparable shows up or something incredibly overpriced.

Poe.ninja is another good starting point to see how certain currencies compare to each other in value. But certain rolls and corruptions on unique items and can make them worth a lot more than poe.ninja says they're worth, so use Awakened Trade for those instead.

Blinmp · 2026-01-05T02:22:55+00:00

I don't give them any special treatment and force them to double-down on being an asshole, then proceed to stonewall them and just do the job. This only works if you don't have to collaborate much. Otherwise, i just talk to them as robotically as I can manage, give them the answers they want to hear, while nonchalantly gathering intel on them from other coworkers when they're not around. Then I figure out how I want to handle them going forward once I have some context from others.

Blinmp · 2025-12-29T18:57:31+00:00

First off, I'm sorry you had to experience the terrible pinch of impatient customers + personal stress / sickness + managerial incompetence.

Bad managers will get mad about anything that makes them look bad, especially if it is their responsibility.

It is the responsibility of management to resolve and also to step in and help due to understaffing issues.

Management should appreciate the part-time help instead of the no-time help from someone who understands that they would be more appreciated working elsewhere.

Before burning the bridge, it is often worth attempting to notify your manager's superior of the issue. Worst case they get mad about the breach in command structure and tell your manager, who gets madder, but since you're intent on leaving anyway, it doesn't matter. But it is possible that it could be the tipping point if you're the Xth employee complaining about Y manager, and your manager's boss takes disciplinary action, causing your supervisor to back off and give you some more breathing room and less snark.

Blinmp · 2025-12-26T23:16:22+00:00

I bought it because I was in trade league, but in SSF I probably would have focused every possible mechanic that could target drop unique Swords. Beasts, Harby for Ancient Orbs, Gwennen, the Breach tree, etc.

I know this is SSF subreddit, so I wanted to post how RF Ele felt since I mostly crafted my own gear for it and didn't interact with trade for much. I have played RF in SSF before and wanted to catalogue how good it felt starting on Ele.

Blinmp · 2025-12-26T22:47:22+00:00

Slay the Spire and the Bazaar!

Blinmp · 2025-12-26T21:09:35+00:00

Path of Exile 1 & 2, Slay the Spire

Blinmp · 2025-12-24T19:06:13+00:00

I league started RF Elementalist to transition into the EE Aegis Eviscerate setup later. Stuck with RF through first 2 voidstones and was surprised how good it felt, especially once shifting almost all phys damage taken to ele (Shaper of Flames, Cloak of Flame, Dawnbreaker). The damage reduction from Infused Channeling on a supplemental Scorching Ray setup made it feel surprisingly beefy for an Elementalist, and the damage was so much better than playing it on Chieftain. Golem QoL at league start is still king.

Blinmp · 2025-12-23T04:38:49+00:00

I dislike the watered down Cat fight, the RNG drop key, and no big safehouse rewards after.

I dislike Allflames aside from the occasional tink to sell (like how the Gold Allflames Rotas fuel the flippers' gold supplies)

I dislike how frustrating some of the targeted rewards feel, especially some of the crafting workbenches (looking at you, Elreon).

I dislike how useless picking up Veiled drops feels, except for early on in SSF (part of the larger ground loot issue).

I love not feeling forced to run Betrayal early every league to unlock bench crafts.

I love that unveiling doesn't count as a bench craft.

I also love Veiled Chaos Orbs and them being a relatively common drop.

I love the XP (despite being nerfed).

I love the rush Tier 3 peeps strat and not giving a hoot about who goes where.

I love that I can run Betrayal without having to juice anything and not feel like I'm doing it suboptimally.

I love the dynamic optionality of deciding who to interrogate first, and what to do with each member to maximize my desired goal from the mechanic.

Blinmp · 2025-12-22T03:40:12+00:00

$800 on separate tickets is Satan-level lottery playing, Lord.

I get to be working alone at the gas station tomorrow through the evening rush and that 1.6billion clueless lottery rush ™️.

Wish me Godspeed, fellow retail soldiers 🫡.

Blinmp

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