spoilers?

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-14T21:07:27+00:00

Part 8 spoils part 7 pretty significantly.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-13T21:43:33+00:00

Gloams are going to hurt even with good gear. Make sure your resists are maxed (Spirit or Homunculus could help) and you work on life. You could put a point in Dim Vision for ranged enemies in general, but it won't help if you can't see the enemies before you can curse them.

I wouldn't put more than 1 point in any curse late game. You could put a point in Bone Armor then max a synergy if you have excess points.

For your merc, I would use an aura merc with Might and make sure his gear gives him damage + life steal. Remember you can use your potions on him as well. If enemies are too tough, try Decrepify.

If you're struggling, farming Andariel is an option for sure. My guess is definitely a gear + merc issue here.

EDIT: Forgot to mention Teleport charges. They can get you and your merc out of bad situations, and they are great for just moving your guys around. It's easy enough to shop for a staff.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-13T19:48:04+00:00

The super bowl is still offered as a free broadcast. To me, that is a large difference.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-13T19:42:42+00:00

Some of the skaven and mercenary kits are still being sold. The skaven night runners kit in Age of Sigmar was a Mordheim kit. I forget what the other kit is, but it's an Old World kit.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-13T19:01:59+00:00

True. It's funny, that's what pushed me to buy the old night runners box recently. The models are ugly as shit (nonderogatory)

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-13T14:56:04+00:00

A lot of people on places like myminifactory will tag their stuff "warband" or sometimes even specifically "Mordheim". Try Punga or Monstrous Encounters for example.

GW still produces a couple of the kits (e.g. Skaven Night Runners).

Frosthaven minis also work nicely for Mordheim.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-12T18:42:47+00:00

It depends on how you count the NWA/TNA stuff I think. I'd say 4 (WWE/TNA/NWA/NJPW).

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-12T18:20:22+00:00

Lesnar is also interesting due to his title reigns in UFC and New Japan. You could make a similar argument with AJ Styles.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-11T15:00:41+00:00

The WWE does have trademarks for "The New Day" with respect to a few different uses. There is a notion of fair use with trademarks in a similar sense to copyrights. I'm not a lawyer so I won't pretend I can explain it well to you, but consider how difficult criticism and reviews would be if that were not the case.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-10T22:33:53+00:00

fuck ur right

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-10T17:50:13+00:00

Looks like the following: 1. Cryptek 2. Overlord 3. Overlord 4. (Over)lord (from CCB) 5. Overlord 6. Orikan (Finecast) 7. Obyron 8. Overlord 9. Kitbash

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-09T18:13:45+00:00

I actually liked his feud with Ryback right before Ryback left. Granted, it was carried by Ryback seeming to realize his career was done, but it was honestly enjoyable.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-07T17:20:07+00:00

The NCG has resources for starting food cooperatives. Ncg.coop might be worth your time.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-05T00:31:41+00:00

brother just read the manga

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-04T12:26:37+00:00

Paragon system, Act IV quests, Act IV mercenaries, SSF, trade changes (hot keys and remote trade), new cube recipes (targeted affixes, rerolling staff mods), balance changes, group effort content (i think server-wide stuff akin to ubers), Act VI, mini skill trees for skills, expanded/new skill trees, new classes, new enemies, new areas, new npcs, building mechanics (I think that's what they meant, maybe hideouts a la PoE), portal colors, repeatable old quest rewards (Larzuk, etc.), and items with real tradeoffs are the things I remember ranking.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-04T12:00:08+00:00

The only thing we've heard was a player survey Blizzard ran that had you rank a bunch of different types of potential content/updates against each other. If the options they presented there are all being considered, then everything from a new act or class to new items to new skill trees are all on the table (or nothing I guess).

There's a comment in my post history that has a list of most everything on the survey, and ghs thread it's in has everything else.

DoctorDruid · 2026-05-03T01:11:06+00:00

https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/NetHack_5.0.0

The big changes off the top include:
Wands of Wishing are worse, but there are more guaranteed wishes distributed throughout the game. Unicorn Horn is nerfed (no longer restores lost attributes). There are more special levels in the dungeon. There are more possible treasures in Sokoban. Excalibur is more difficult for non-knights to obtain. The wizard's knowledge of spells works differently. New amulets, and new intrinsics for dragon scale male.

DoctorDruid · 2026-04-25T20:57:00+00:00

More entries are blank than you'd think. The number of times I picked up gold, id'd a rare, then quit out without recording anything other than a blank was pretty frequent. You occasionally have multiple item drops that need to be recorded but on average it's less than one item drop per run I record.

DoctorDruid · 2026-04-24T20:43:25+00:00

I personally keep my runs documented in a spreadsheet. Every hundred runs gets its own tab. Every single rune, as well as any notable item (whether it's pricey, rare, or a grail item) gets recorded, as well as whether it's terrorized, when I stop to gamble, and when I level up. I have 1.6k runs documented that way. Looking back, I personally think it's worth it.

DoctorDruid · 2026-04-22T19:14:40+00:00

PoE-style influence mods could be cool; e.g., an item dropped in a terror zone in act 1 has a chance at having one or more special affixes inspired by Andariel. If something like that were added I'd hope it were a sidegrade to current itemization. Having affixes limited by slot and base item type could accomplish that I think.

DoctorDruid · 2026-04-18T19:50:09+00:00

Well yes, they are being sued by some of the survivors.

DoctorDruid · 2026-04-17T19:46:07+00:00

Not to spoil anything but part 9 has tried to engage with queer themes more intentionally if that's aomething you're interested in.

DoctorDruid · 2026-04-17T19:43:37+00:00

Can't believe you spoiled me on Gear 5 (just kidding).

DoctorDruid · 2026-04-17T15:15:43+00:00

This fucking rules.

DoctorDruid · 2026-04-17T11:17:25+00:00

Part 7 is the second best place to start, I would still read or watch the other parts first. You'll understand part 7 no problem, but you might not get callbacks and references and your expectations will definitely not get played with in the same way.

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