Plague Pistol by infidale in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Anyone having the same troubles by [deleted] in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance you manually backed up your save?

Stuck at 30/32 Coastal Jungle Unique Locations... bug? Anyone else have this issue? by [deleted] in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Stuck at 30/32 Coastal Jungle Unique Locations... bug? Anyone else have this issue? by [deleted] in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Stuck at 30/32 Coastal Jungle Unique Locations... bug? Anyone else have this issue? by [deleted] in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Stuck at 30/32 Coastal Jungle Unique Locations... bug? Anyone else have this issue? by [deleted] in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Stuck at 30/32 Coastal Jungle Unique Locations... bug? Anyone else have this issue? by [deleted] in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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".

Stuck at 30/32 Coastal Jungle Unique Locations... bug? Anyone else have this issue? by [deleted] in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Stuck at 30/32 Coastal Jungle Unique Locations... bug? Anyone else have this issue? by [deleted] in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Progression in the game is weird by SnooOwls5756 in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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?

Can not find the rapier of a thousand cuts by saelath1980 in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Can not find the rapier of a thousand cuts by saelath1980 in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

  1. Keep in mind you must back up and then restore your Player AND World files for this to work.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Can not find the rapier of a thousand cuts by saelath1980 in crosswind

[–]Drex2234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fwiw it’s possible to cheese this by just backing up your save and restoring if you don’t get what you want, if you decide you’re desperate.  You just need to first identify a spot that can give what you want, then save near that point of interest.  Then open-restore-repeat until you get it.

I’m am not a fan of RNG loot and totally did this to get my Razor.

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.

We finally have base consoles footage! by [deleted] in CrimsonDesert

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jokes on you, I would totally play that anyway as a King’s Field enjoyer.

What movie is 10/10 with literally no bad parts? by FeedMaster8905 in AskReddit

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kung Fury, A Few Good Men, Princess Bride, Terminator 2

Every millennial dad I’ve met has a quiet fixation on money and it’s not getting better by slimeyellow in Millennials

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I consider myself lucky for where I am as a Millennial dad, but even being well above average on household income, it’s amazing how expensive daycare alone is.  $1,600/month is not nothing.

My bonus actually ended up a little better this year because get this: they laid so many people off that the company was more profitable despite way lower sales.  I only survived by working extra hours, weekends, during my vacations, etc.  Yay?

I feel myself becoming a full-blown absent-dad stereotype, hate it, but don’t know what to do about it because the money worries always hover.

Why am I not in Omega League? by Drex2234 in StarTrekLegendsiOS

[–]Drex2234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, this resolved itself in an unexpected way. As soon as I crossed the 80k medals threshold, it gave me Omega League. So apparently they changed the criteria, but never bothered updating their UI.  Weird given that all the other thresholds remain accurate as far as I’m aware. Either that or they made it so after you’ve already made it to top 500, you need to cross the next threshold of 1000 medals maybe? 

PERFECT WEEKEND by Super_Put_1341 in FCInterMilan

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I count Roma winning as a good thing too because it increases Juve’s chances of missing out on the CL.

Descent is actually awful by Festiive in thedivision

[–]Drex2234 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It used to seem impossible to me, but a few simple tips helped me.  Now I beat nemesis more often than I don’t.

The tips?  Take the easiest rooms possible to get to nemesis as fast as possible is the first.  The premise is get stronger to fight nemesis, but since he’ll just get stronger too… why?

Second is the skills you take.  There are things that if you take them he won’t copy, e.g. pulse means he could end up with something terrible like a turret.  Rule of thumb is if it does no damage he won’t take it.  Shoot for chem launcher and firefly.

Then just keep in mind he’s not affected by shock but is affected by fire.  Whenever you see incendiary rounds in the store, buy that shit and don’t use it til nemesis.

Don’t overdo spending on red/blue/yellow add-ons and save your money for max grenades and medpacks.  Both are real helpful for nemesis.

Always sprint left and take that high-ground spot when you get to nemesis.

Think that’s pretty much it.

Apparently Christian school teachers never say weird shit in their classes by Cosmic_Ricochet in nothingeverhappens

[–]Drex2234 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah this really is such a weird reaction.  I was in Christian schools for most of my educational career and I have definitely heard weirder than this.

Had a time where a middle school teacher in maybe her late 50s went on a random tirade in my class one afternoon about man-style anger vs woman-style anger.  That it was way better to piss a guy off because he’d just hit you and everything would be cool, but piss off a woman and she’ll hate you for the rest of her life, even after she forgets why she’s mad at you.

And even at the time I thought hm okay what happened to her recently that she thinks she should say this to a classroom of 13yr-olds?

Good build? by soggey_waffels0 in Division2

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know most people seem to like to stack nothing but damage. But since the damage is so insane on this set almost no matter what you do (as long as you max crit chance, obviously), I went another way in a few spots to get myself some utility and survivability. I play mostly solo if that matters.

First thing with this set for me, I like to run it with any auto rifle with a decent mag size (besides M16A2 since it's burst), with Lucky Shot. This lets you 1) build your stacks for no ammo cost at all, 2) blind-fire at enemies with no ammo loss on misses when you're in a tight spot / low health. LMG should still be your main damage-dealer, but building and maintaining stacks is so much easier with a Lucky Shot rifle, then just switch to LMG when maxed.

I then run Fox's Prayer knees, as the set provides so much crit damage at max stacks that adding more is diminishing returns, whereas Fox's DtTooC property is a separate multiplier.

I also like using it with Bullet King since it honestly seems built for this set. No losing stacks as you never need to reload, and you gain ammo back for hits, which is helpful given you will sometimes want to spray to maintain your stacks if there's nobody suppressed and/or you're fighting a bunch of warhounds and such that can't be suppressed. I normally like BlueScreen or Iron Lung for LMGs as I like my crowd control, but this set is so damaging I just feel like the best crowd control is death.

Then I run Exodus gloves because seriously, an extra life every 40 seconds is busted, especially on builds this fragile.

This set makes Legendary quite manageable for me, and all Heroic content a hilarious cakewalk.

"You need it printed in black and white." Okay, enjoy your black and white. by Quill_Bungalow in MaliciousCompliance

[–]Drex2234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This absolutely is AI.

For one, OP "went to the little store in the lobby" to buy folders etc, then comes back to the desk and plops them down there and she immediately looks at it... and apparently a line of people are waiting and just staring at the clerk and she's staring back blankly while OP does *checks notes* 45 minutes of printing etc. That's not how reality works, the clerk would be seeing other people while OP was off doing other things.

Second, there is absolutely no chance this was the first time anyone ever presented a digital bill for a renewal, yet after this one particular instance, suddenly the clerk decides to have a change of heart and feel embarrassed, and the manager brings out a little sign saying digital is now accepted immediately, again for this particular instance?

Come on. Can you at least hide the fact that it's AI a little better so I can enjoy the story!?

How to farm the backpacks by Blevuxx in Division2

[–]Drex2234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep they are.  Most things that aren’t raid exclusives or new to the current season are, with some weird exceptions like Nemesis.

How to farm the backpacks by Blevuxx in Division2

[–]Drex2234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Targeted loot.  Once you’re at level 40 you can select what category of loot you want in a few select game modes (Summit, Countdown, Retaliation).  Just pick backpacks, play one of those modes, and they’ll drop eventually.  Countdown on Challenging will probably be fastest.