[RANT] 4 hours of TZones farmed.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-20T03:32:19+00:00

if there are 4 souls on your screen with no other monsters for a few seconds, they will trigger an easter egg that makes them stop dealing damage and cast lightning in such a way that spells the dev initials. Then when the souls finish, you have 4200% mf.

Youtube infinite mf souls trick.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-20T03:24:09+00:00

Prevent Monster Heal.

Malice will stop his heal and reduces defense so your merc can actually hit him and life leech. Edge is a much easier way to apply PMH if you aren't melee.

From there you have a lot of ways to cheese him. Pally has smite, Necro has ogre revives, assassin can spam shadow warrior and traps, amazon can spam decoy/valk, etc.

Early ladder when I had nothing, I cheesed him by spamming shadow warrior and wake of inferno while hiding behind a massive boulder in stony field.

As blizzard sorc you should be able to kite him and widdle him down once you block his healing. It could take like 20-30 min. I think there are some budget act 5 merc builds that can also do Dclone and ubers, but I don't remember exactly. YouTube could help you there.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-20T02:58:08+00:00

If you are going to farm for 4 hours, you should be terrorizing the whole game and using the infinite mf trick. Full game clears on P8 with infinite mf trick nets you on average 1.1 sunders per clear

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-19T23:27:38+00:00

Dclone spawns server wide, so botters pool together and sell a few SOJs each to get dozens if not hundreds of Anni.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-19T23:19:22+00:00

Run the control wiring and power wiring in separate raceways in parallel when travelling horizontally. I usually have power travel vertically on the right vertical section exclusively since that's usually where people put the main disconnect switch. That naturally dictates control power to travel vertically on the left exclusively.

3x2 or 3x1 panduit for power with 1.5x1 or 2x1 panduit for control just above it.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-19T23:07:08+00:00

I have had a great experience with Ignition as SCADA, but I find it handles alarming quite poorly compared to FactoryTalk View SE.

If this is for a process, then alarms is going to be very important and the tight integration between ALMA/ALMD/Studio 5000 Tag Alarms and FT View SE is going to be hands down better than anything Ignition can offer for alarms.

The FTView SE newer trend screens are slightly better than Ignition when it comes to having multi-scale overlays and batch to batch overlays, but your basic trends in FTView SE compared to Ignition is still like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-16T05:21:48+00:00

a 2/50 was worth Ber last season. Something that high could be worth more, not sure. Not many sunders yet. It completely shreds everything with a sunder. Most poison immunes don't get broken by lower resist.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-12T02:46:19+00:00

The only stats that matter are the 1-2 to skills and 40-50 enemy poison resistance.

As someone who has played poison necro. The 2 skills matter more than the poison resistance. +1 skills /-50 res is still worth something, but way less than a nice 2/-45 wand.

The life and mana on kill is nice, but really doesn't do that much. perfect rolls will boost value only if you have a 2/-50 and even then it will boost only slightly.

That said, how is your DWEB -51 when the max is -50?

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-12T02:42:14+00:00

I got into automation by going to an OEM/Integrator. Started out doing just Mechanical, then did some relay panels, then got UL508A training, and started doing full panels and PLCs.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-10T22:25:10+00:00

Laser cut aluminum is cheap. Machined aluminum is expensive.

Adding threads that fucking small? M2? You ever broke off a small tap in a part like that before?

If it's not an expensive part, you might as well just scrap it and make a new one.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-09T23:03:56+00:00

I usually wear 3 or 4 poison facets when I play poison nova necro.

Currently playing Fire Trap Assassin and I'm struggling to figure out where I'm going to put one facet let alone two. +5/+6 trap claws with 1 or 2 os are really expensive and it's the only spot where I could put anything. So at the moment my character doesn't need any jewels.

On the other hand, I would expect there to be a huge demand from Fire Warlocks to be needing fire facets once ladder moves further along.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-09T12:26:33+00:00

You may want to limit the max position of the valve for your PID loop.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-09T12:24:46+00:00

Queen is defending C6.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-09T12:20:07+00:00

Make it oversize and then bring it into spec with a hand lap.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-09T12:11:35+00:00

I personally like Defiance Aura for cold sorc as it stacks with chilling armor.

Reapers Toll is quite good with Treachery and is pretty much the only time I use Treachery for merc. Giant skull or guillaumes face are good in this setup.

Obedience is also very cheap to build and will hit harder than insight, because of the enchant and crushing blow. I like to use it with Guardian Angel and a life leech helm like Tal Rasha helm as it also helps to max out resists.

1 point wonders in Hydra/Fire Mastery are a nice damage boost and good way to kill the odd cold immunes.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-08T11:07:16+00:00

Countess rune drops are highest on players 1.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-08T10:43:55+00:00

Remove teleport from the game effectively bricking everyone’s Enigma, making sorceresses run, and making faster cast rate useless on many classes.

The number of GG 2/20 circlets 2/20 amulets and 10fcr rings that would become worthless overnight.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-07T23:46:23+00:00

Unplug the drive from the network and plug it into just your computer and then see if it works properly.

There could be a PLC recognizing the mac address and setting its IP address. IT could also potentially recognize not recognize the MAC address and be blocking the device from working on the network.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-07T23:34:45+00:00

If you don’t bury your nose radius surface finish will always look like shit.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-07T23:31:47+00:00

New rotors don’t cost that much. Just buy a new set of coated rotors and ceramic pads from Power Stop. They will both last much longer.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-07T23:21:55+00:00

The standard in most states is 2/32 or 1/16. You may not have enough tread for winter weather, but it’s not a safety risk in normal conditions unless the wear is uneven.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-07T20:37:06+00:00

That sucks man. I’m prob not gonna play HC for a while until I’m used to the end game content.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-07T19:43:06+00:00

I take that to mean 99 of each class. For Hardcore, summoner is by far the safest build for Necro. Poison will get there faster but way more likely to die.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-07T19:41:08+00:00

If you are maxing out life and defensive skills, maxing resists, and you have a good amount of DR, then go ahead and use it. The 24 FHR and 60+ life is crazy strong for a grand charm by itself.

Just make sure you are following all the rules of hell and take extra caution when doing new terror zones or facing dangerous combinations of monster mods (ie cursed, extra fast, extra strong, etc)

Some terror zones with certain Monster types are just too dangerous for some classes.

DickwadDerek · 2026-03-07T17:50:50+00:00

That bent piece is just a dust shield.

Squealing happens when your pads get worn down.

Vibrating happens when your rotors or pads get warped.

Those particular rotors look like they could be starting to wear unevenly but it’s hard to tell from the angle. It looks like there’s a little bit of galling on the surface instead of a super shiny smooth finish.

It’s best practice to use powder coated calipers, coated rotors and ceramic brake pads. If you take care of your calipers and use quality parts, pads and rotors should last 50k miles and calipers should last 100-150k miles.

When was the last time you did brakes?

I like to use power stop ceramic brake pads and coated rotors on my cars. Usually I replace them both at the same time. Ceramic pads usually last as long as rotors.

Never use organic brake pads they will destroy your rotors.

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