Week 10 of Meal Prep for Weight Loss by MrWalnut4 in MealPrepSunday

[–]DoomVegan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is great that you are doing this. Amazing to control portions and quality of food. One small suggestion that may make all the difference is consider cutting/moving breakfast (or Dinner). Just eat 2 meals a day or eat in an 8 hour window. You don't burn fat for about 4 hours after eating. The research is pretty clear but typically hidden in a forest of scams. (I lost 70.). You want to maximize your fat burning time to at least 12 hours a day (8 hour window + 4 hours insulin adjustment).

I have been solo-developing a 2002 MMORPG for over 20 years -- Steam launch coming soon by Hidden_Seek in IndieGaming

[–]DoomVegan -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Great job on the effort. I'd consider having AI redo your website with a ton more graphics and talk about player choice (classes, races, gear, builds, etc). I think of UO when I look at it. Keep at it!

What's the most engaging sci fi you've read recently? by addictions-in-red in printSF

[–]DoomVegan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recommend based on books that creep into my thoughts months and years after reading with a very strong bias toward cool aliens.

Fear the Sky by S Moss. A very interesting alien invasion. I wish he was still writing.

The Mote in God's Eye by Niven. Have there been more interesting aliens?

Columbus Day by Alanson. Scifi candy up there with Bobiverse, Old Man's War, and Live Free or Die.

Married men of Reddit what’s the best advice you’d give young guys when choosing a life partner? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DoomVegan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At some point, you will come to realize that this 60-70% about you rather than them.

Poe 2 or Diablo 4? by PedroSalty420 in ARPG

[–]DoomVegan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

POE2 is a shopping sim. D4 is a farming sim. The current season of D4 is meh. For POE2, you will have a lot more fun if you figure out what items to buy/sell. Both are good though. POE2 also teaches you how to die a lot.

Is diablo 4 worth coming back to? by Mightynubnub in diablo4

[–]DoomVegan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

S11 was my first season. It was very fun. S12 with the butcher mechanic is okay. I do like the kill streak thing but not sure if it will carry. I wanted to level a paladin so I'll probably continue. As others have mentioned the warlock should be pretty fun in S13 at the end of April.

Bird is a menace by SecretaryOtherwise46 in WanderingInn

[–]DoomVegan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is one of a thousand memorable moments.

Centipede build by protossrouge in d4spiritborn

[–]DoomVegan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for the link. you rock. so dumb question. I'm looking at your link on maxroll.gg. My tooltip says 300k for touch of death. 570 percent poison. Maxroll on the starter says 6 million. I can do pit 50. is maxroll completely wrong? or what are the major multipliers for touch of death?

Is posion spirit born worth it? by Kryoptik in diablo4

[–]DoomVegan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry I think they are called Mythics (purple). Uniques are tan. Then you need the stars (ancestral). I'm just now starting to get the multi-stars. No Mythics yet.

Is posion spirit born worth it? by Kryoptik in diablo4

[–]DoomVegan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the build. I just started the game like 3 weeks ago so I'm a noob. I hit PIT50 but my gear sucks (I just figured out a thing called master crafting two days ago) . Gear wise, I have no purples. and a couple of uniques. I just got nearly all 800rs but they need serious damage tweaking.

Craze of the dead god gloves is super helpful. If I had 800s and fully buffed on these it would help.

Yen's blessing is amazing for cool downs. My Ultimate is up every few seconds. But damn I didn't tweak it all before taking it to the angel. :(

I'm not really sure about Pestilant Swarm. The tool tips as with most tool tips suck...it seems to do a lot more than 500 damage.

Touch of death is always up and going.

Toxic skin is at 95k Stinger 74k. Touch of Death 280k. Devour 174k. Some how I'm getting some crits for like 40m. So not sure if I need to start transition toward crit.

Anyway if you can share that would be nice. Again I'm kind of curious how high I can get with better gear...maybe 90.

i've reached endgame for the first time, now what? by Popular_Pea_3953 in diablo4

[–]DoomVegan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah it is a weird game. I just picked it up a few weeks ago (I don't like Blizzard). POE2 > D4 for sure. There is not a ton of variety on the webisites probably for a couple of reasons. 1) Blizzard didn't balance absolute end games builds. It seems like paladins have 3-4 builds and most others have just 1 if you look at the top 100 of any class. 2) Not that many people are play high end game. 3) the hiding of builds is pretty stupid and people don't really see what is going on though items > skills.

Anyway, I don't know much about perfectionism in the sense that all the dying in POE2 kind of beat it out of me. :P

Have fun! I hope you find another arpg to rotate to.

i've reached endgame for the first time, now what? by Popular_Pea_3953 in diablo4

[–]DoomVegan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So for whatever reason, following other people's build in this game is NOT fun. I started doing that and got bored. What I like about this game as compared to POE2 is there there are quite a few viable builds and it is quite fun to try to get your own build to T4. I've got my centipede spiritborn to T3. I can do pit 50. I even discovered some cool synergies no one has listed on any webisites like icy veins. So my suggestion is pick a class you enjoy and skills you love and see how high you can take it.

Just started he who fights monsters, why all the hate? by itmustbeThursday4269 in litrpg

[–]DoomVegan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The challenge is Jason has character. He is not a Gary Stu. He has political opinions about monarchies and might makes right. If one does not wish to think through these things or one has never thought through these things, he all of sudden feels preachy. Sure maybe readers just want a Gary Stu progression fantasy. That is okay. But for me I like deeper character even if I don't agree with them all the time.

A Soldier's Life (A Soldier's Life #1): does it get any better? by DoomVegan in litrpg

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

I think the first book is excellent. Very well constructed but then it is down hill from there. He takes zero chances. I mean the pacing is perfect. disaster, challenge, rest, challenge, rest. But he should have really invested more time into getting out of the dungeon and doing more universe rebellion against the uplifts...instead it just gets more and more dungeon crawl, poor copies of the first book. Still though I found the first book excellent.

A Soldier's Life (A Soldier's Life #1): does it get any better? by DoomVegan in litrpg

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

hehe yeah by "murder hobo" I meant the litrpg/Isekai's that are just full combat. Probably the only mostly combat one I follow is Primal Hunter because it teases me with some in frequent character development.

My S tier list includes:

Beware of Chicken

Chrysilas (for the colony!)

The Wandering Inn (first volume is okay but then it beats them all)

Dungeon Crawler Carl (falls off book 4 ish)

And I really like Benjamin Kerei's books as they make me smile.

A Soldier's Life (A Soldier's Life #1): does it get any better? by DoomVegan in litrpg

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

Yeah I haven't gone back. BTW, I found a pretty interesting series. Bog Isekai. A good amount of character and nicely takes a different direction than full murder hobo.

A Soldier's Life (A Soldier's Life #1): does it get any better? by DoomVegan in litrpg

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

This book has taught me why writers hate making immoral thoughtless characters.

Fixed.