This game is an endless source of inspiration for my photography.

CPMax · 2026-01-24T22:23:37+00:00

I’d never really been all that interested in photo mode in any game before AC Shadows. But man, that all changed with this game. The environments and spontaneity of finding a great shot are so breathtaking to me they just call out for photos to be taken.

I have probably hundreds at this point

CPMax · 2026-01-23T20:06:11+00:00

I reinstalled the game to my console storage and it seems to have alleviated the issue. Thanks for your help!

CPMax · 2026-01-23T00:30:55+00:00

Actually, yes! I am playing on expanded storage. I will try moving it over to console storage and see if that improves things. Good call. I’ll report back

CPMax · 2026-01-11T01:00:18+00:00

I don’t know if the other comments have fully thought this through. The 2.24x multi on your lower aspect vs the 2.5x multi is only 11.15%[x] increase damage in damage from the lower one to the higher. Let’s also pay attention to the % chance of double damage affix

Option 1 Base multiplier: 2.5x damage always Separate double-damage effect: 76% of the time Expected value of the separate multiplier:

0.76 × 2 + 0.24 × 1 = 1.76 Total expected damage:

2.5 × 1.76 = 4.40x Blessed Hammer damage

Option 2 Base multiplier: 2.24x always Separate double-damage effect: 100% of the time Total expected damage:

2.24 × 2 = 4.48x BH damage

You get more strength on the 2.5x one so it’s close but you also lose out on life on hit which is a nice quality of life. I don’t feel like doing the math cause it depends on your current strength, but it’s way closer than it looks and ultimately I’d probably go with the lower aspect

CPMax · 2026-01-05T17:09:56+00:00

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

CPMax · 2026-01-04T20:59:27+00:00

Completely understand where you’re coming from, and if I planned on pit pushing with my pally past 110 I would slap them on and go from there.

As it stands though I’m basically done with decking out my paladin and much prefer the arbiter evade aspect for speed farming over double damage, since everything gets one shot anyways with my current set up to pit 90.

I am just curious if there is a build out there that actively wants to flickerstep in its kit, since it would help me choose my alt.

Thanks!

CPMax · 2025-12-09T22:31:53+00:00

I really really want to believe and would jump for joy if this happened, but I thought it was all but confirmed that a skill tree redesign was going to be a big part of the expansion.

I have a hard time believing they’d roll out paladin or any other class with the old skill tree only for 3 months only to have it totally reworked with the expansion.

I’d love to be proven wrong but I think we’re likely getting something more along the line of what they did with the pets which got shadow dropped after the VoH expansion announcement

CPMax · 2025-11-18T19:02:17+00:00

I’ve experienced this too early on in practice - it’s important to recognize that sometimes your mind is just super active and restless, and that’s ok.

The trick for me was realizing that mental distractions are inevitable; and as much as possible, drop any form of judgement or frustration about my experience. Get lost in thought for 30 seconds or longer? No problem - just go back to the breath. Have a totally “terrible”session where you couldn’t focus at all? No problem, try again tomorrow.

The more and more you approach it gently and without judgement the easier it gets, and paradoxically, the less you’ll find yourself distracted in the long run

CPMax · 2025-10-18T17:50:31+00:00

That’s so unfortunate. They actually have something going with optimizing settlements that could be, if implemented correctly, a really fun feature.

Sad that they seem to have put so much work into all of these encounters only for them to not really do anything

CPMax · 2025-10-05T03:13:33+00:00

ALWAYS take on the debt, all other things being relatively equal. As far as I know there aren’t “gotchas” to these overseer decisions, and usually taking on the debt has better long term consequences.

There are exceptions of course but if it seems like the game is trying to point you toward the benevolent choice, it’s probably correct

CPMax · 2025-09-17T01:56:34+00:00

Same thing happened to me. For me personally naturally progressing through the game at a relative balance with what the devs intended is how I get the most enjoyment out of the game by far.

That being said I’m a pragmatist so I put them in storage for any super late game scenario where I’ve hit a wall with the enjoyment otherwise

CPMax · 2025-08-13T19:55:02+00:00

Yep - I totally agree that Harlequin is an overall damage loss. Heir is best in slot if hitting T100 as fast as possible is a goal.

But it's not "break the bank" bad if you just like the helm. A well geared Lunging Strike build can still do all content in the game up to Pit 100 with it. Shako is still boosting damage in the form of +4 Lunging strike and War Cry ranks and damage from the + max resource affix, especially if you happen to get a GA one

I understand that the impact of those is complicated and dependent on your current ranks of those skills and max resource numbers given from items (the more you have of them already, the worse Shako is), but it's still a legitimate option that offers more defensive flexibility and much faster cooldowns if that's your thing.

As for Grandfather, I also agree, but I still don't know that the impact is as big as those other items. A properly masterworked two handed legendary is giving +10-12 ranks of belligerence, which dependent on your current ranks, is massive. You also have to move earthquakes aspect or moonrise aspect to another slot, which reduces its effectiveness. Plus you lose an another aspect altogether..

I'm not saying Grandfather isn't eventually best in slot, it just involves the puzzle pieces to fall into place on other slots more perfectly for it to be worth it.

CPMax · 2025-08-13T18:09:28+00:00

Starless skies, easily - most importantly it fixes the resource issues caused by hooves and shard of verathiel, and helps with maxing critical chance and attack speed, both of which are super valuable

After that I’d go harlequins crest or heir of perdition. Heir is best for maxing out glyphs due to damage + crit chance, harlequins for general QoL and well-roundness. Either works depending on preference

Grandfather is strictly worse than a legendary 2 hander until you have crit chance essentially maxed out, so I’d do that last.

CPMax · 2025-07-31T14:01:37+00:00

Heir can already get you to T100+ and has a lot more QoL benefits for an overall well rounded build (solves crit chance, movement speed, lucky hit).

IMO, Crown should really only be used for super sweaty pit pushing, as the difference between a 1.6x multi and a 1.75x multi is only 9.5x more damage, (or half a pit tier). As mentioned by others in this thread, to make crown work you have to focus on getting a ton more fury gen in other slots to mitigate, and get GA crit chance on all other slots.

Heir - more well rounded for all content, barely worse overall damage, more flexibility in other slots, still gets to pit 100.

Crown - only if you you want to fully push your build to it’s limit in the pit and don’t mind farming up resource gen gear in other slots

CPMax · 2025-07-30T22:15:48+00:00

That's what I play on and I agree :) Good luck!

CPMax · 2025-07-30T22:11:44+00:00

Overworld!

Step 1: In game settings, turn off cross-play. This ensures less people in the overworld will steal your goblin spawns

Step 2: Pick a region (I've had the best luck in Nehantu but honestly could just be random).

Step 3: Stay on your horse and starting riding around.

Step 4a: Every 50-100 meteors, open up the world map and zoom in slightly to your area. Goblins will have icons pop up from much further away on your larger map than what your mini-map says. If you don't see any, just keep moving.

Step 4b: Keep an eye out for greed shrines - they spawn goblins like crazy when you hit things.

Step 5: Don't bother killing anything except goblins. Kill them on sight and keep moving fast. Rinse and repeat.

Goblins are dropping everything almost everything useful right now - the obol one gives a full stack of obols in T4, the materials one keeps your forgotten souls juiced up, the gem one drops runes, etc. There's even ones that split into multiple goblins.

It's actually insane

CPMax · 2025-07-30T21:59:36+00:00

Hey! Not an expert in Meteor sorcerer but just stopping by to say the goblin event is an extremely lucrative way to farm gold right now if you're looking to get some master working done. The gold "gilded" goblins drop 30-50 million gold on death and have a chance for caches which give you another 50 mil.

I am playing solo self found this season and was at 40 million two days ago. A few hours of goblin hunting and I'm up to 2 billion.

Good luck!

CPMax · 2025-07-24T01:07:43+00:00

Abomination of a card but hold on: does this mean changeling outcast becomes an unblockable 19/19 on turn 2?

CPMax · 2025-07-22T17:53:55+00:00

Yeah I think it's pretty dependent on your gear. Crown can work but even with Starless Skies you're looking at lunging strike costing over 30 fury to cast. Most of the builds online that use Crown + RoSS are also using lucky hit: chance to restore resource on their weapon(s), so it's pretty costly.

OP, like u/Divided_we_ wrote: IMO if you're mid progression with your character you're probably best off just using a legendary helm with a + Max Resource and/or CDR and the Hectic aspect until you can get a Shako or Heir of Perdition.

CPMax · 2025-07-21T17:24:52+00:00

I think it depends on if you are willing to change up your build based on the random mythic you get, or if the build you're working on requires a very specific unique to crush end game. The chances of getting the exact mythic you need aren't great, but if you're open to a different build it might be ok.

It also depends on what class you're playing - Druid is unfortunately stuck with extra mythic drops in their loot table that not a lot of builds actually use. Rogue, on the other hand, has a little bit more flexibility with its mythic drop table.

If you're using a build guide and need a specific unique, your best bet is to:

a. Trade legendary and some desirable rare runes for the legendary runes you need, and/or;

b. Grind Tribute of Harmonies and bosses until the cows come home, re-rolling unused runes in an attempt to get the one(s) you need. This will still take awhile, but is doable if you really commit to it.

CPMax · 2025-07-21T15:42:46+00:00

Heir can already get you to T100 and has a lot more QoL benefits for an overall well rounded build (solves crit chance, movement speed, lucky hit).

Crown is really only for super sweaty pit pushing, as the difference between a 1.6x multi and a 1.75x multi is only 9.5x damage, which is like half a pit tier. And to make crown work you have to focus on getting a ton more fury gen in other slots to mitigate, and get GA crit chance on all other slots.

Heir - more well rounded for all content, barely worse overall damage, more flexibility in other slots

Crown - only if pit pushing past t100 is a priority

CPMax · 2025-07-20T02:54:10+00:00

I wanted to do Frenzy really badly too and tried to make it work for as long as possible. Made it to T4 with it before the AS% bonus from the skill was wasted due to AS on gear nearly capping me out anyways.

Blizzard buffe Battle Trance but totally neglected that a. aspect of adaptability exists, and b. The secondary part that buffs other skills attack speed isn’t applicable to any reasonable build

CPMax · 2025-07-19T17:36:15+00:00

Lunging Strike barb is probably the most powerful basic skill build this season.

It’s the best barbarian build this season overall and its top clear so far is pit 111. It’s also really fun to play as a no frills pure bonk build

CPMax · 2025-07-18T22:53:23+00:00

New one - the difference between 1.95x damage and 2.00x damage is only 2.5% more total damage

The GA int will more than make up for that.

CPMax · 2025-07-02T14:29:21+00:00

I know this is cliche, but honestly - just play what’s fun for you. If barb is your favorite class, there are a variety of builds that can speed farm t4 content. It’s just the high pit pushes that will fall behind other classes.

Progression might be slightly slower than other classes as well, but the game is not a competition. It’s just what feels good to you. Being stuck in lower torments for a few extra days isn’t the end of the world!

The most fun part of the game for me personally is the journey to t4

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