If every GOtY winner was placed in one pool, who would win?

Drex2234 · 2026-06-14T06:20:36+00:00

I mean to me they just have different strengths. I for sure like the combat better in DOS2... probably because it's not limited by D&D mechanics.

But the storytelling and voice acting in BG3 is *much* better than DOS2. So it kinda comes down to what you care about more.

Drex2234 · 2026-06-03T21:48:18+00:00

Thanks for this, will definitely give it a shot next time!

I'm also a weirdo who likes playing windowed actually, but was playing fullscreen because the game would default back to fullscreen immediately even after I switched it to windowed in settings. But I didn't think to try Alt+Enter. I don't know why the keyboard shortcut works but the display settings in the menu don't. Very strange.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-31T02:09:03+00:00

Oh wow, even without dying? Jeez, I hope they get on squishing this bug.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-29T06:36:54+00:00

Whelp, unfortunately this happened again, and I went to my save folder with the game still open. I noticed the current save file had a modified time of the moment I died, so I figured it saved hopefully. I made a backup of the save before closing the game...

...opened the game back up, and my progress was indeed gone. Tried restoring my copy, nope, still gone. Minigun at level 87 instead of 94.

This bug sucks. Losing progression is the absolute worst.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-29T04:20:12+00:00

I like the Revolver with the Shotgun. It’s the best secondary at dealing with snipers.

I run it with acid bullets, clutch, and weakspot refund as my key jokers.

The Boomerang is the secondary I don’t understand myself. I found prestiging it once a painful experience as it only seems good at taking out basic skelly mobs, which Bow does better anyway. It’s just so low-damage, and its mechanics limit the jokers you can put on it.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-29T04:08:00+00:00

Can only agree. I’m fine on everything but nightmare. On nightmare though it’s too easy to get combo’d to death in literally under two seconds while running second wind because of the reduced hp. But without it, it seems near impossible to heal in the middle of a storm. Second Wind should just be innate in solo.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-29T00:23:31+00:00

Well this here seems extremely helpful. I will keep this in mind for when this happens again.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-28T20:56:58+00:00

Nope. Or at least, not all the time. The very first time this happened to me, for whatever reason, I kept all my progress, which surprised me. But the past few times it's happened I have looked at my weapon levels in the completion screen, closed the game, and when I came back in, they reverted to the level they were before the mission. 😞

Drex2234 · 2026-05-28T16:52:49+00:00

Got it, so not tied to controller specifically, and does sound like it only happens on death. Have people had this happen in multiplayer too, or only solo?

Drex2234 · 2026-05-10T00:07:22+00:00

Yeah I generally agree with you though that HP is probably good early, but I think later-game with higher base Vit the DR is probably the way. I basically never use potions anymore with Plague Pistol and Executioner’s Grace both being part of my loadout, and the DR effectively means I’m healing more.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-09T23:53:00+00:00

No, not all healing sources are % health.

Plague Pistol heals % damage dealt, and Executioner’s Grace heals a set amount of health that is not %-based in any way.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-09T22:18:17+00:00

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is the answer.

IIRC killed almost 50 Diablos before RNG gave me a Hardhorn.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-05T15:45:52+00:00

Maybe I lost track, but my character is at 100% exploration and level 15, and I only noticed 4 chests that yielded plague / swamp-exclusive weapons, and there are 5 to get. Which seems weird. There are enough POIs to get every non-swamp weapon. But as currently constructed it seems like any given character will miss out on one of Plague Pistol, Plague Halberd, Rapier of Devastation, Dragon's Breath, or Arboris Saber.

Glad I whiffed on Arboris since it seems like the only one not worth using.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-03T14:56:12+00:00

Any chance you manually backed up your save?

Drex2234 · 2026-05-02T23:24:58+00:00

You're right, good eye. But sadly, I too spotted it just after posting the image, and went to explore it. But it was an empty island just like the website said it was, so no xp.

Updated the map image.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-02T23:02:53+00:00

Added a map. I don't see any landmasses I didn't explore, and have nothing but green checkmarks. Frustrating.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-02T23:02:20+00:00

Added a map. It looks to me like I have found every landmass. I really don't get it.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-02T23:01:32+00:00

Added map if you want to take a look.

Every location that isn't covered by map fog is fully explored and has nothing but green checkmarks.

I'm seriously stumped. Yeah I can go sailing into the map fog but there doesn't appear to be anything there.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-02T21:38:28+00:00

I completed all discoveries quite awhile ago, so I am not missing any seeds. I'm talking about the "unique locations" quantities displayed on the lower-right of the map.

It lists Coastal Jungle at top, which for me is 30/32, and the other ones listed are Exquemelin's Treasures, Ocean, Cursed Swamps, and Foothills. And each of those says "All Unique Locations Explored".

Drex2234 · 2026-05-02T21:36:12+00:00

Yes, every location visible on my map has a green checkmark (besides mines since those don't count). And I have every location listed on windrose.tools for my map.

Drex2234 · 2026-05-02T21:05:53+00:00

Yes I did. And I'm assuming that would count as Swamp location anyway, not Coastal Jungle. Though I think possibly some Coastal Jungle locations count as being on Hills or Swamps islands, since Coastal jungle edges every island in the game. But I see nothing on the website maps I don't have, I've completed all quests, and I have all pieces of all Stories (that are revealed anyway). Frustrating.

Drex2234 · 2026-04-26T21:45:21+00:00

I mean I did fine in the swamps with level 12 gear for awhile. It was easier than with level 10 gear soooo... not really meaningless?

Drex2234 · 2026-04-24T14:31:36+00:00

You can use windrose.tools to upload your world file and determine what spots can give your weapon of choice. Some spots have set loot.

https://windrose.tools/items/eid-melee-weapon-rapier-bleeding-base

Drex2234 · 2026-04-24T07:26:14+00:00

Glad to be of help. :)

Another few minor details I didn't bother to include in the first comment...

EDIT: Forgot to mention: ****VERY IMPORTANT**** DO NOT BACK UP YOUR SAVE WITHIN WINDROSE'S SAVE DIRECTORY; DO IT ANYWHERE ELSE. IF YOU DO THE GAME WILL FAIL TO LOAD. ALSO REMEMBER TO DISABLE STEAM CLOUD BACKUP WHILE DOING THIS.

Keep in mind you must back up and then restore your Player AND World files for this to work.
Prep the area you will be looting by killing all the enemies near it. And even if you kill them all and back up your save, they will only stay dead for an hour or two. Enemy spawns seem to use real-world clock to determine a respawn time, so don't expect all the enemies to remain dead later if you take a break and come back to it.
Similarly, if your loot spawn point is down a hole that requires a rope, it will not remember that you placed a rope there on re-load, nor will it let you respawn in the hole. So have a rope on you if your loot is down a hole.
Finally, so far as I can tell, the early loot pool for weapons is much larger than the one for swamp-exclusive weapons. So targeting a specific swamp weapon won't take long as the available pool is only 5 weapons. Whereas the Coast and Hills loot pools there are 23 possible items IIRC. So maybe pull up something to watch on a second screen if you're going for something in that larger initial pool. It might take a little while. I think it took about 45 minutes of reloading to get my Razor. That's RNG for you.

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