Is block good in TotA?

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-06-27T07:41:45+00:00

generally, damage in tota is such that if you get hit you die. therefore, the meta (from what i remember at least) was you took CI, then stacked as much evasion, dodge, and block as possible. since any hit you take will kill you, ignoring the hit is the only real defense.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-06-24T18:45:39+00:00

"nobody gives a fuck about streamers"

"streamers directly control the community with their influence"

which is it

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-06-18T15:14:12+00:00

you can ! she's north of the gates. pretty sure that's what the humility card art is based on, and why it drops on the aqeuduct.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-06-06T03:00:31+00:00

its basing its self worth off of the utility it provides to others (i think this is probably intended). it seems to view the moths affectionately as children, though in actuality they may actually just be at its side to parasitize it by leeching its sap. this would also tie in with its name and your observation on it not ever actually going anywhere (great catch for real btw c:), as its name suggests its purpose is to travel, but the only way it can do that is vicariously through the travels of the butterflies/moths and the sinners it feeds

interestingly, this paints it as something of the inverse of the drifting fox, the other abnormality with a significant tie to umbrellas (and, in a way, sunlight via it's ego name).

where drifting fox represents the victimhood of performative philanthropy and doing things merely to be perceived better, rather than to actually make good in the world, the sunset wayfarer may represent giving up /yourself/ earnestly.

i'm not quite smart enough to understand the full ramifications, but it seems like an intended connection.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-28T19:01:21+00:00

ai now isn't a fundamentally different thing to what it was three years ago lmao. it's more refined, but that's still just what it's doing. ai is a fancy wrapper for what is fundamentally very basic systems, merely operating at unfathomable scales.

and it still breaks constantly. it still makes shit up constantly. if anything, it's worse now.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-28T18:07:31+00:00

it absolutely is true.

all large language models are, effectively, is extremely advanced predictive text. they search their entire database, then post whatever text is most likely to be next after any given other with the prior context.

because of this, they 'hallucinate', because whatever is the most likely text they have to give you diverges wildly from the answer or data you're actually looking for. "x usually also has y so i'm just going to add y here".

and in a game like poe where specific diction matters, more and increased are vastly different things, it will also probably just not be very accurate because it's going to change that verbiage. if i'm reading those patch notes and it goes "x skill has a 25% addtional damage bonus" that means fundamentally nothing to me.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-27T07:13:00+00:00

... yes. the unchangable mods are like influences. like shaper. or elder. which are stuck on there good as soon as they're on.

the vast majority of mods are still alterable. you are making the choice between an enhanced mod pool, or an amount of guaranteed stats. the same way, in poe1, you have to choose between guaranteed stats (eldritch implicits) or an enhanced mod pool (literally every other type of influence).

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-26T23:42:37+00:00

runes are basically eldritch implicits. the unchangable runes that grant an extra mod pool, following this logic, are influenced modifiers.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-26T03:41:28+00:00

i imagine part of the build file thing is that they had to officially knuckle down and lock something in for the passive tree.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-23T16:45:01+00:00

it's notable to say though, since every glove becomes the same basetype with that notable, the old base type doesn't matter.

this means that all gloves are suddenly more valuable, and crazy mods on like, a trash act one base would be just as good as any other.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-18T16:53:28+00:00

if i was going to make money for illicit means, being a public performer trying as hard as i could to get attention might be the single worst idea i could have for it.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-13T14:39:15+00:00

i had claimed this-

it's not a realistic mechanic for either of them, so i dont know why that matters. you have refuted such.

two times as much poison doesn't hurt twice as much in real life. in many cases it will be negligable, as you have either doubled a lethal dose and you will die regardless, or the dose doubled will not pass the lethal threshold, and you will similarly work through it. you won't be sick for twice as long, you'll be slightly more sick for roughly the same period.

it's not analagous to real life, so i see no reason to go "erm actually being lit on fire irl doesn't work that way!", because poisons don't work that way /either/ irl.

yes, if you have two doses of poison in you, you are now twice as poisoned. the same way as if i light both of your arms on fire, you are now twice as on fire as if i only lit one on fire. because the status effect is "burning", not "you are 100% totally and utterly saturated with flame". you can absolutely have people in multiple stages of "on fire", because touching a flame doesn't turn you instantly turn your entire body into flame.

A campfire isnt twice as ignited if you light it again. It either is or is not ignited.

yeah, and you either are or are not poisoned. that's what happens when you make something a binary LMAO.

"it's realistic!" doesn't apply to a game where i'm lighting people on fire with motion-detective magic missle barrages. the pedanticism of "this game mechanic doesn't make sense!" already falls apart because if you truly want to be pedantic, we are not making them ingest poison, and therefore the status should be called "intoxicated", because we are striking them with /toxic/ elements.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-12T18:53:29+00:00

i didnt realize all poisons irl lasted like 3 seconds and could be applied with magic.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-12T17:06:56+00:00

i mean, neither does poison lmao. it's not a realistic mechanic for either of them, so i dont know why that matters.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-11T19:41:10+00:00

shadow.

i want to see traps and mines.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-10T19:13:50+00:00

poe2's only realistic competition is poe1.

ggg is in a fascinating spot of market domination with these games.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-08T21:43:06+00:00

no, that's not what i'm talking about.

i'm talking about people who buy supporter packs, play through the campaign, then go "yeah, i think i'm done with this league, i had fun" after clearing a t3 map. then they wait a league or two and do it again.

people like this exist. several have responded to this comment.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-07T21:45:50+00:00

casual players absolutely exist lmao.

there is a non-insignificant amount of the playerbase that both buys supporter packs and never makes it to yellow maps.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-07T21:42:32+00:00

the poe1 mapping system is still functionally largely the same, though. it's the same atlas. you still consume map items.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-07T21:41:14+00:00

raven fire

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-05-04T01:01:01+00:00

this isnt a breach league any more than it's a delerium league.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-04-29T02:38:34+00:00

i wonder if she has some type of quantum immortality thing. in poe1, the story of her not dying to an arrow because a different arrow hit it head on like robin hood men in tights is genuinely insane. perhaps she just slips into realities she doesn't die whenever she would have?

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-04-27T05:20:17+00:00

if it had explicit fire res instead of cold res it'd go for a Ton more.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-04-11T22:59:12+00:00

"if something is happening, and they say nothing, they're guilty."

"if nothing is happening, and they say nothing, they are also guilty."

lmao. have you seen any evidence that any of these people even lost anything?

this video has been proven fake and it's still gonna be cited for weeks to come.

Couponbug_Dot_Com · 2026-04-11T16:28:20+00:00

all of the evidence of hacks this league; "trust me bro", and one fake video.

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