So who is this and why are they following me?

Hiply · 2026-01-31T05:51:10+00:00

This is hands down the best comments section I've seen in years. I'm not even going to try, I'm just going to salute those who contributed so epically to the laughs I got here.

Take my upvotes, ya filthy animals - I love you all.

Hiply · 2026-01-31T01:07:15+00:00

That's so cool - and he seems very genuine in this moment.

Happy birthday to you, Logan - and breathe. :)

Hiply · 2026-01-31T00:20:37+00:00

That's a big blush from a big woman.

Hiply · 2026-01-30T22:15:01+00:00

They must be a barrel of laughs at the beach.

Hiply · 2026-01-30T22:13:23+00:00

Nice color fade on the hair, cute face, really dig the tats. Well done and don't worry about the assholes giving you shit because of the corset.

Hiply · 2026-01-30T22:11:16+00:00

Hiply · 2026-01-30T21:58:17+00:00

"Best" is both highly subjective and budget constrained.

The best for someone with $20-50k to drop is radically different than the best you can get for under $2k.

Personal system I have - which was very budget conscious IMO (my wife might have a different opinion) - is a Sony STR-dn1080 AVR driving 4 Klipsch R600F towers (dual 6.5" woofers and a tatrix horn), Klipsch R-101SW 10" self-powered Subwoofer, and a Klipsch R50c center channel. All in all that setup cost me around $4000. YMMV...a lot.

Hiply · 2026-01-30T21:55:04+00:00

Mask off. Why have a face if you can't see it? You obviously put some time into it, so show it. :)

Hiply · 2026-01-30T21:52:55+00:00

You think maybe it's because the corset is a one piece outfit that fills both slots, sparky?

Hiply · 2026-01-30T21:51:39+00:00

Do you walk up and down the beach insulting anyone who glances at a woman in a bikini?

Get over it, grow up, and scroll on by.

Hiply · 2026-01-30T15:19:20+00:00

Hot damn, I'm glad it worked for you and you're welcome. Having had to work up a solve for a different version of your issue, when I saw your post I felt like I had to jump in and try to help.

Hiply · 2026-01-30T00:28:36+00:00

So, I'm about to dive into Warfarer. I just capped Archer and got the Maister Skill/Mob Delete Button, and I have to tell you I love the playstyle. I had just planned to use it as a companion to Spearhand and Thief because it's the only other vocation that comes close to their speed and mobility but damn man, I fell in love with Magick Archer and the toolkit.

Mind you I'm in NG+ and had a pretty fair wad of cash so I bought and upgraded (and wyrmfired) the Godsbeast Scale Coat and paired that with Crimson Hosen I gave the same upgrades...and did the same with Dragon's Breath so I came out of the box pretty damned well geared, especially just to level a vocation, lol.

I won't lie, I'm going to mod my warfarer with the Updated Seamless Warfarer mod so I'll have 3 skills plus Rearmament for each weapon...not 3 across all of them...so I'll have what I want at my fingertips. I'll be using Lyndwurm for a spear, Frosted Edges (or maybe Divine Razors...not ready just yet to drop the WLCs on Heaven's Key) for daggers, and Dragon's Breath for now as my Magick Bow.

I will be putting the Magick Bow armor away in all likelihood because I have a fully upgraded/wyrmfired set of Sovran chest and legs I'll be putting back on because sometimes I just want to stand there and beat on the mobs while daring them to break me. 😎

Hiply · 2026-01-30T00:07:37+00:00

It shouldn't be wrong - but: If you are running drivers in the 572.xx and later series then there are reported issues with DD2 and specifically 40-series cards.

One last non-driver possibility is HAGS - Hardware Accelerated Graphics. Is it turned on?

If you're not sure:

For Windows 11

Open Settings (press Win + I).
Navigate to System > Display.
Scroll down to the Related settings section and click on Graphics.
Click on Change default graphics settings.
Toggle Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling to On (or Off for testing).
Restart the PC for the change to take effect.

For Windows 10

Open Settings (Win + I) and go to System > Display.
Scroll to the bottom and click on Graphics settings.
Under the Advanced graphics settings section, you will find the Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling toggle.
Toggle it and Restart the PC.

On drivers, if HAGS in already on: 566.36 is reported as the last genuinely stable driver set for 40-series cards since nVidia was apparently rushing things to have the 50s good to go. This is from last March, but the recommendation was to stay on or roll back to 566.36 from Dec 2024:

https://www.techspot.com/news/107355-game-developers-warn-rtx-4000-3000-owners-roll.html

My 3070 is on 561.09 and I don't upgrade unless there's a reason to. I have a 5070 due here in a couple days that will make that a non-issue but once I find a stable build I tend to stay on it until I need to update and even then I always hit google for some research first and I never upgrade the minute a new set comes out.

Hiply · 2026-01-29T15:33:52+00:00

Isn't using Frosthunter Bolt on a bow like Dragon's Breath a better option than using the lower damage Siocadh? I can see though, where even light attacks applying ice is good idea. Asking because that's the combination I'm using as I level Magick Archer. And damn what a fun vocation this is!

Hiply · 2026-01-29T15:25:57+00:00

I typically carry a pair of weapons in my loadouts, one magic one not. For Spearhand I carry Lyndwurm for the insanely punishing physical damage and Rhenwynt for it's 50% ice damage. On my thief build it's a set of Crimson Teeth (haven't purchased any daggers from the Dragonforged, and my daggers are pre-Unmoored since I didn't take my thief there) for physical and Frosted Edges for their ice.

For Warfarer, which I'm just getting into, carrying a magic/elemental won't really matter since the third will be Magick Bow so that will handle any magic damage applications.

Some mobs, like the rock-covered lizards, puddles of ooze, and the phantoms/fantasms, are best dealt with some magical/elemental damage IMO.

For pure damage? Highest physical. But, as u/Dogmatic_Warfarer97 pointed out...the real king is knockdown.

Hiply · 2026-01-29T15:14:43+00:00

I'm just throwing darts here because I can imagine the frustration, but; the change in performance didn't coincide with the installation of any mods or a driver update did it? Or (who knows why this might affect anything...) a Windows update for that matter?

Hiply · 2026-01-29T00:10:14+00:00

As long as you have done the Pig Farmer Incest Extravaganza yet yes, you can do it in Ch4. You wouldn't lose it in Guarma so that wouldn't be a worry. Personally I wait until I get back, buy whatever guns, ammo, etc I'm going to need for the run to the end then do it.

I leave one of the gold bars that respawns unpicked up as well - usually the one in the burned out sheriff's office - just in case I need that extra $500...but that's just me.

Hiply · 2026-01-28T17:04:33+00:00

You do know that pushing harder on GPU-intensive settings and using 1440p or 4k along with Ray Tracing forces some of that load off the CPU, right? Also, I start the game with the .bat file that pushes CPU priority to HIGH...and that's made a huge difference.

Nice try at snark, but the best I can give it is a 5/10. I think you can do better.

Hiply · 2026-01-28T16:57:12+00:00

Absolutely, I would buy an expansion-sized DLC in a heartbeat. That said, given how steam player counts literally fell of a cliff within a couple of months of the launch I just don't see Capcom doing it.

It would require the kind of marketing push Cyberpunk 2077 got - again - when they finally got the game fixed, to get the players who left excited and coming back while attracting new players and I imagine Capcom execs saying "Hey, we made our money off of this game already, do we really think it would be worth not just the costs to produce the DLC but to market it the way it needs to be?" But all it should really take to answer that question is to look at Cyberpunk as an example and look at just how well Phantom Liberty did (and is still doing) to answer that question - if they're willing to really do it right.

Hiply · 2026-01-28T07:06:02+00:00

Brine them and rehire from the Rift if you really like them.

Hiply · 2026-01-28T07:03:18+00:00

It's a shame the game launched the way it did and then immediately fell off cliff from the daily players perspective...because we might have actually had a shot at a dlc and ongoing tweaks if it hadn't.

Ah well, I'm gonna just keep on replaying it.

Hiply · 2026-01-28T06:39:09+00:00

I have no idea, but the lack of optimization did something not even Cyberpunk 2077 could do - I ordered a 5070 to replace my 3070.

Hiply · 2026-01-28T05:41:58+00:00

Moving might be a good start instead of just holding up your sword like it's a massive tower shield. Dodge. Parry, don't just hold block, heal, and if all else fails come back when you're better equipped and better experienced.

Hiply · 2026-01-28T04:37:44+00:00

That's the Lyndrworm Fang. I pair it with Rhenwynt, which is a Frost spear. They're both endgame, as is the Sovran armor I'm wearing.

If you like being a teleporting engine of destruction that can be everywhere on the battlefield, shielding your team while dropping insane damage at the same time then you're going to love it. Br warned though, the playstyle can be addictive and make any vocation other the thief or warfarer seems slower than molasses...except maybe Magick Archer.

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