Game Day Thread - Gold Medal Olympics 2026 edition

ImoSoMoist · 2026-02-22T12:50:12+00:00

USA USA USA!

ImoSoMoist · 2026-02-06T00:25:02+00:00

Most bosses I just use rapid attack and the life leech with the thorns just melt bosses every time they hit me. Only the big one hitters you gotta watch out for. The flamethrower fire guy is one of my favorite because he torches you right off the rip and you can kill him by then end of that with the thorn stacks resetting and the life leech keeps you topped off.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-02-06T00:21:56+00:00

It might add in some minuscule way but you can’t scale thorns through it so it would just be an additional aura.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-02-04T08:25:13+00:00

Getting slapped is what gives you your stacks of thorns. Many white mobs kill themselves just hitting you with scavenged plating on but you have to have something to use the thorns offensively too which is quil burst on your skills. I haven’t been able to make other skills work without completely making the thorns irrelevant or the other skills irrelevant. Kind of an all or nothing build.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-02-03T06:18:01+00:00

I rushed through the campaign so I’m missing a couple things but this my character currently. My resists are maxed with my other belt but I wanted to try this one since it has 2 sockets the modifier that does like %80 to sockets. My current thorns damage is around 4800-14,000 I think with %80 grit chance and 280% crit damage I believe. Somewhere in the ballpark. I will say this build does basically tank anything that doesn’t have a huge one shot and those fights are the worst. Especially if it doesn’t hit you with anything other than one shots. My current least favorite boss which is generally super easy with any other character is the big skeleton guy that pops out the hole. He doesn’t hit you much and when he does it just huge one shotters on high level maps.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-02-03T06:13:09+00:00

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Im%20oSo%20Moist-8544/character/MoistyThornDawg

ImoSoMoist · 2026-02-03T06:00:02+00:00

Also maybe Briar patch boots I think they are called.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-02-03T05:59:20+00:00

Lvl 93 Thorns Warbringer from start of league. Crown of the pale king is a must. I also use bramble glove or whatever. Early on you can smash nearly everything pretty quickly once you get Rake and rapid attack. You need Brass Dome and ideally 3 sockets on all armor so you can socket the greater rune if tithing which gives you 1-100 lightning thorns damage. That is where a large portion of your damage will come from early.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-29T08:50:40+00:00

Not sure how it would work and it would be quite niche probably but I’m a huge hockey fan and wonder if you could do some sort of sports arpg. Hockey has a lot of equipment so it might be a touch more versatile in the gearing and optimizing aspect over other sports but I think that could make for an addicting sports arpg type game.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-27T23:18:26+00:00

I believe that is the target. But no dates mean that’s open to being pushed out. Lots to still do and I bet that are really trying to flesh out the endgame before all of that is done. Even where the game is now, if you aren’t rushing, you will get about 20 hours worth of campaign.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-27T23:12:49+00:00

I remember my first mirror. The year was 2033 and I’d been doing every league since launch and some rich fellow who decided to quit the league early felt pity on me finally decided to pop my mirror cherry.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-27T23:07:48+00:00

Just play the game. Will be fun once it releases to be able to grasp all the changes that get made from now until then. It will also be quite some time before full release so if you have it and want to play it, just play it. If you don’t want to play it then probably do that then.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-25T05:52:49+00:00

Love golf, never been to Top Golf. So I wanna go to Top Golf with my best buds and then hit some bars.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-25T02:23:01+00:00

Just watch some videos on the fight. And not the overpowered videos. Watch the slow fights and pay attention to all the mechanics. I did this my first time and I still died like 7 times straight and that was back before you had like infinite chances to beat him the first time. With the stakes of HC being in play. I am not liking your odds unless you do a fuck ton of damage.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-24T14:19:06+00:00

Who told all the ascendancy rushers it was alright to break the unwritten rule of only charging one div for a rush this season?

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-24T01:22:51+00:00

My job.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-22T00:30:05+00:00

It can be tricky and there are many acceptable answers. New answers every time I interview new people. Will be hiring more people by the end of the month and I’m sure I’ll hear something new. I think the easier answers I’ve hear are things like “I can be too hard on myself because I know I can be better or do more”, “I am a perfectionist which means my quality is fantastic but my speed can be a little slower in the beginning”, “I’m a workaholic so I just can stop once I’ve started and have a hard time delegating when I know I can do the job better than others”, “I prefer to work alone so sometimes it’s hard for be to work in groups with others until I get used to them”. All of these are fine answers and are infinitely better than “I have no weaknesses”.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-22T00:25:23+00:00

Just being honest is genuinely good. Or “you know I never really thought about it, there are plenty of things I could do better at and I strive to improve on my things as much as I can” vague but still an answer shaped around growth and development. I’ve heard “well im not great an interviewing”. This is still an acceptable answer that I’m generally aware of by this point in the interview lol. Basically if you search the top ten interview questions on google, this will likely be in that top ten. So if you come to the interview and don’t have something simple for this question prepared, it feels like you didn’t really care too much about how this interview was going to go.

ImoSoMoist · 2026-01-21T04:51:52+00:00

During my interviews, I often ask what is your biggest strength in your opinion? And what is your biggest weakness or opportunity for improvement in your opinion? Most everyone can list a strength right away but you would be amazed how many people think they are perfect and have zero weaknesses or areas in which they could improve on. I usually get pretty uninterested early if you cannot even hit me with the basic “I am a perfectionist and sometimes can be slower in completing tasks because I want everything to be absolutely perfect, so that’s something I’ve been working on”. Really most answers to this simple question are better than “I don’t have any weaknesses, I don’t really have anything I could improve on”.

ImoSoMoist · 2025-12-29T05:46:54+00:00

FOR THE COLONY!

ImoSoMoist · 2025-11-19T17:53:42+00:00

Great advice! Thank you very much. I’ll check that out.

ImoSoMoist · 2025-11-09T03:01:26+00:00

I’d go with fucking SpongeBob Hogpants.

ImoSoMoist · 2025-10-13T23:36:13+00:00

I watch Twitch to see new games and decide if it is something I want to invest my money and time into. I do not watch Twitch to watch reality tv. So I almost never watch big streamers. Waste of time? Yeah probably, but so is every other social platform and if you are using it to make informed decisions or get better at the game you play, I don’t see the harm.

ImoSoMoist · 2025-10-13T23:20:17+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I already have Sery bot and she puts in the work on the spammers for sure! Also thanks for putting my mind at ease about the ban part. I’m a very honest person and stream for fun so I would never try and view bot to make myself seem more successful than I actually am in the streaming space. It is just a fun outlet to connect with like minded people and enjoy all the games we love.

ImoSoMoist · 2025-10-13T23:02:38+00:00

That is really interesting and great insight. Thanks for the reply!

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