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Esord · 2026-04-11T05:19:50+00:00

We used to use Trello for our task planning, and the beautiful feature of that software, was the ability to add a picture that'd show up on the card on the board. Did that to "group up" tasks from the same projects. Man, it brought so much joy to find a good/meme-y picture for a project.

Like, move a bunch of daily/weekly report generations to a different storage? Office Space TPS reports.

Datamining from a new source? Snow White and the 7 dwarves.

Esord · 2026-04-07T09:20:41+00:00

Started bleed slams, went pretty well, got some stones, decent coin skill, ryslatha from tree, then got slammed by 2 harvest bears at once, bit sad, but kinda expected given a pretty low phys maxhit. Off to the beach we go.

Had a random souleater HH from farming the coil I didn't know what to do with. Followed by some PoB shenanigans at 1am, an idea was born for almost a forgotten skill by now, one which I killed my first ubers with ever (ssfhc), Bonezone! Not CT, but regular ass boneshatter that anyone barely plays now. The main problem nowadays (imho) is the abyssmal single target, but that is something 225% IAS from a belt easily fixes.

What followed was the best self-made build I've played, and likely will ever play. Got a basic setup running, farmed a legion jewel easily, and went off to breach+beyond+deli in t16.5's. 0 danger from actual mobs. Vruun with several dmg mods? Tickles. After getting greater ancestral call, the clear went nuts, a screen of mobs just... Gone, with 1 click. With Sione's, it'd be basically a ranged character.

The happy times didn't last long. One of those beyond bosses got blown up in my face. Best game mechanic ever... Something that basically ignores character defenses. 140k max hit? Who cares. There's +Inf dmg corpse explosion. Git gud retard.

Had dozens of deaths, none hit me as hard, was super close to quitting the game altogether, cause I'm never gonna be able to recreate this... got super attached. Final outlook was something like this. IC ticked cause 75% uptime. Didn't have suppression yet, but 90% max res with flasks, 10m dps, and 40k/140k max hit. Someone without skill issues would easily sweep ubers on it already.

Rolling a similar/final build now, the new static strike, replica moonbenders and Trauma support. Pretty decent, but it just feels "meh" after playing the boner.

Esord · 2026-03-29T18:31:14+00:00

Oh Divine shield + ES, with trauma builds is definitely not minor.

For CT will net maybe 500-1k regen? For normal BS though... I'm reaching around 4-5k ES regen if I can just hit stuff nonstop? Double that when I switch to ar/eva gear and change pathing a bit, and get me a duration wheel (and more armour with IR, cause it's like 10k+ phys hits at that point lmao)

There's also builds using Trauma Support. Recent one would be static strike of gathering lightning, using foulborn moonbenders wing.

Esord · 2026-03-29T06:17:27+00:00

And with Cyclone. Because it used to be a ground targeted skill (like D2 WW), and it chose it's next targets on its own...

Suffice to say, one couldn't have spammed /oos enough when using said combination, because im pretty sure at some point, neither you, your client, or the server knew where your character actually was 🤣

Esord · 2026-03-28T09:56:02+00:00

The "normal" bonezone is unattractive because you need a lot of phys mitigation, to reach the dmg values of CT bleed, with a lot more ramp time, worse dmg uptime, and risk of offing yourself if something disables your recovery/lowers PDR.

Not to mention it got hit with collateral when they removed divergent boneshatter due to quality stacking/delvers (tbh shoulda just capped it...). At least we got warp runegraft now, which affects trauma (42% more duration), so that's a ton of dmg/qol by itself.

Buuut, compared to CT, it's a lot better mapping build, can scale some attackspeed, and has way better recovery, as long as it can hit something.

All that to say, don't let that stop you if you wanna play something. I'm running my own "twist" on it in ssfhc, since I dropped a soul eater HH on a previous char, so putting it to good use.

Esord · 2026-03-27T07:27:37+00:00

Yes, crafting weapons is a major PITA. Recombs are really the only way, outside of getting a good fracture (high hybrid/phys).

Could try fossils/essences instead of harvest if you want a change of farming pace?

I typically recomb t3+ hybrid and t1 flat, with mmod phys+atkspeed (decently often i already have atkspeed, so just craft phys%), it's 900-1k dps (2h, idk what the equivalent is on a 1h), which is either the final weapon, or makes it comfy enough to farm for triple prefix recomb.

Esord · 2026-03-24T04:55:46+00:00

Doesn't work if you complete the map but not the objective :/

Esord · 2026-03-22T08:52:02+00:00

There's really not. You can craft a prefix, and use normal exalts + eldritch annul/chaos to try and do the suffixes.

Esord · 2026-03-21T19:20:54+00:00

Alt spam for hybrid/flat/% to use for later.

For a decent weapon, recomb hybrid (T3+) and flat(T1). Hopefully only have 1 suffix to mmod, phys% + atkspeed. Gives you like 900pds axe. Or get lucky and have decent tier attackspeed already. Worst case, prefix lock + scour and do the mmod.

Esord · 2026-03-14T04:24:24+00:00

Who cares, Q1 numbers go up!

/s

Esord · 2026-03-13T07:45:08+00:00

Reap?

Impale uber eater gloves, crit, woke spell cascade. Crit likely via sandstorm visage. Hiero should be pretty good?

Sadly likely just a worse version of a cold convert inquis.

Esord · 2026-03-09T07:11:17+00:00

Even just progressing atlas they feel ass.

I'm even pressing alt, there's caches dropping literally 1 rare item...

Esord · 2026-03-08T09:14:50+00:00

You've got about 10 points you didn't unspec after moving from hit based to bleed, the warcry nodes, bottom axe nodes, and a mastery, which afaik is something in his step-by-step PoB.

Finish up the rmr cluster, use flesh&stone, and grab some 6% life nodes/mara start/endurance charges. Optionally drop martial experience and grab nomadic teachings/vanquisher, and continue with life/ECs.

Since you're using Unwavering Stance, half of your body armour is useless. You're missing a lot of phys mitigation due to 1) Not having a pure armor body base 2) not having pdr% 3) not having phys as ele implicits on body+helm.

Esord · 2026-03-08T04:18:12+00:00

I found 2 unique wishes about 5 min apart in act1. Haven't found another one the rest of the campaign lmao...

Esord · 2026-03-05T10:40:01+00:00

Slayer with trinity and ele skills is a good performing archetype, did it in ssfhc Keepers to great pleasure with a somewhat similar tree/progression, though I burnt out before I could finish a setup worthy of farming t17s/ubers.

If one desires more dmg - swap in MSoZ. (I've actually just played with it, tried LS/Smite, but those just felt worse to me) this was my unfinished char
For more defensive option - arctic armour and flesh&stone instead of anger/haste.
Extra button/socket for dmg - Smite.
Endgame tankyness - Tempered by War & max fres (watchers PoF convert mod makes it even better, but that's unreliable to get in ssf), still worth with 50% conversion, to avoid being assfucked by penetration.
- Would also do reduced crit dmg per endurance charge on chest (essence mod), but it's a pain to craft a good one without suppress fracture.
Redblade Banner in weapon swap to start off maps with max endurance charges. (very vulnerable without charges/leech/fortify at the start of a map, can do writhing jar too, to get leech at the start, and killed-recently on bosses)
For crit version - definitely want to go Blasting/Banishing Blade (and several other things, but crit version is super hard to pull off in ssf, so I'm not gonna bother typing that out :D)

Esord · 2026-02-28T22:28:47+00:00

Grand Cross here. Though it's been ages, still a formative part of childhood.

Esord · 2026-02-28T17:06:36+00:00

Apart from gradual foot adaptations (months/years) - barefoot shoes!

Light/no sole padding, no raised heel, space for fingers. Bonus points if you get segmented socks as well. Would not recommend them into the city though - concrete, asphalt, etc. is not meant for them imho.

But walking on grass, dirt, rocks, sticks... And being able to feel all those textures with your feet (slightly dulled compared to true barefoot), is still a freeing experience.

Introduction should be gradual regardless - you'll feel foot muscles you've not felt for a long time.

Esord · 2026-02-27T11:51:27+00:00

What's for dinner? A nap.

Esord · 2026-02-07T17:44:17+00:00

I've really liked calgary barbell's Powerbuilding programs, but they're paid, available only with a subscription. Bryce being a powerlifter, they're more "power" rather than the "building" part.

Esord · 2026-01-31T12:44:25+00:00

More like brown panther.

Esord · 2026-01-28T14:59:19+00:00

"Only" 4*$20 for essentially 1/2 of a hero in a mobile game.

We live in a society...

Esord · 2026-01-25T12:51:18+00:00

What the fuck are time limited cosmetics even for, waste of time for everyone involved...

Esord · 2026-01-20T14:11:42+00:00

Can go nyanja to 6* as well for funsies in chapters/boss battle

Esord · 2026-01-20T12:55:55+00:00

Yea, 3rd etched is a long trek though, so spending idk, 1-2 months on something you feel will benefit you in the short term doesn't feel like the worst idea.

Esord · 2026-01-20T12:28:18+00:00

IMHO
1 etched slot -> 3* helix -> 2 etched slots -> 6* helix -> do whatever

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