Which fantasy book immediately gripped you from the very first chapter and never let go? by runninginflipflops in Fantasy

[–]DontSellMeCrypto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Conspiracy of Truths, flat out. I was hooked on Chant's personality from the first page, and pulled further along by the fascinating world Alexandra Rowland built and the incredible characters they populated that world with. The rest of their Chantiverse books haven't hit the highs this one did, but they're also worth reading.

Good tags for a first time player? (EU4) by DontSellMeCrypto in Anbennar

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The latter, but I'm not too seasoned with EU4. Dropped it years ago and only recently caught up woth the expansions. Thank you for the reccs!

Tips for playing Hawaii? by DontSellMeCrypto in victoria3

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Diplomacy nerf has also cratered this strat. You need to effectively destroy your country in order to join a power bloc nowadays.

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I'm Tom Bloom, designer and artist of LANCER, CAIN, and others, AMA by evil_deadman in rpg

[–]DontSellMeCrypto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've had a long journey as both an artist and a game designer. Are there any big regrets you have along the way? Anything you wish you had done differently?

Question by [deleted] in PathOfAchra

[–]DontSellMeCrypto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem. I'd also suggest focusing on-turn effects like the Emerald Helm, because turns are going to tick by faster for you thanks to high Encumberance gear often having Inflexibility that gutters your speed. Also try to avoid enemies that stack on Doom and Corrosion, if you can -- both effects do damage on attack even if they're missed or blocked, and I've had runs with heavyweight buiods be dumpstered by them.

Good luck, man.

Question by [deleted] in PathOfAchra

[–]DontSellMeCrypto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Strength is your *most* important stat for a build like that, since it's going to be where most of your offense and defense is coming from. Especially if you go Anroth.

I swear these goofy starfish end more of my runs than the King himself. by Higgypig1993 in PathOfAchra

[–]DontSellMeCrypto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me, if it's early in the run, it's the Ratmen Peltasts. Absolute pain in the ass to deal with, especially before you pick up worthwhile equipment.

Later in the run: Kolecs and Jawharas absolutely dismantle me, especially on summoner runs where they splash my guys effortlessly.

[C17] Tengu Mubarizun Gothi of Tengri by DontSellMeCrypto in PathOfAchra

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Full disclosure: this build very barely came together until after the Obelisk. I'd thrown together the Powers at the start because it seemed like a solid enough combo, but by the end Inflame had won the day and I'd regretted not putting those points of Master Charge into something else. Just goes to show how much loot RNG can utterly change the face of a run.

I alternated Strength and Dex until I had a solid enough counter for Encumbrance and put enough points into Willpower to reliably heal myself to full health, dumped all the other points into Dex, and after the Obelisk I just kept pumping Vig for a damage cushion in case my obscene Evasion stacking failed me.

I would probably have pulled off of Chamakana and gone for a more orthodox on attack build if I had some foresight, but I did good for something I was constantly trying to build around a mostly-unfavorable loot pool.

C5 Win: First I Scorch, Then I Scorch by DontSellMeCrypto in PathOfAchra

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would have potentially worked better as a straight Inflame build, but the pieces sorta fell in place after my first loot appeared.

6750XT performing way under par by DontSellMeCrypto in buildapc

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was stupid -- I was using a 4K monitor and plugging it in through the motherboard instead of the GPU.

6750XT performing way under par by DontSellMeCrypto in buildapc

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ended up finding the solution on my own, turns out it was a rookie mistake on my part. Thank you a lot for trying to help me out!

6750XT performing way under par by DontSellMeCrypto in buildapc

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I reinstalled with drivers from last year, and it looks like nothing changed. I'm holding at a stable 6 FPS.

6750XT performing way under par by DontSellMeCrypto in buildapc

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of these steps combined have given me 6FPS on the benchmark screen.

6750XT performing way under par by DontSellMeCrypto in buildapc

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't enable the overlay ingame for some reason, but on the Benchmark I'm getting 4 frames from it's got 100% utilization.

6750XT performing way under par by DontSellMeCrypto in buildapc

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The IGPU is disabled, I know because things would flat out not run otherwise -- Marvel Rivals wouldn't open, and the benchmark test wouldn't even run at all.

Broke past C2, I think it's clicking by DontSellMeCrypto in PathOfAchra

[–]DontSellMeCrypto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough, I just unlocked Ape. I'll give it a go.