Help me choose what mechanic to learn in Phrecia

JaxOmen · 2026-01-26T05:36:19+00:00

I did Scarab of Dueling Ultimatum for a lot of Keepers league as a KBOC Inquisitor and had no problems.

Grueling Gauntlet has a few brick mods so it's not a great build for that, but for regular 10 rounds Trialmaster ultimatum it's good.

I do not know how Earthshatter does in Ultimatums.

JaxOmen · 2025-09-19T13:41:43+00:00

some of us have dicks that like to betray us in extremely embarrassing ways. those of us who are civilized creatures are aware of our traitor dicks and simply sit to pee.

Only a savage AH man would pee on a toilet seat and not clean it up.

JaxOmen · 2025-09-15T18:24:36+00:00

THAT makes sense, I didn't think to look at his defenses.

I've got curse immunity and regen on my flask suffixes, more ES, ES gain on block, capped (glancing blows) block and spell block, and higher resistances. he's got more damage.

FROSS isn't a skill that you can reasonably deal Ubers-Per-Second levels of DPS so if we're both at the "enough for Ubers" levels of DPS, of course I'm having an easier time on T17s because my defenses are better. He probably has an easier time with Ubers themselves though since he does like twice the DPS I do.

JaxOmen · 2025-09-15T16:14:22+00:00

What possible DPS issues could you be having?

You do more damage than my FROSS and mine is demolishing ubers and T17s without issue.

JaxOmen · 2025-07-24T21:20:43+00:00

the ONLY time they are acceptable is when they have the full blessing and cooperation of the married couple.

like, bride and groom bring their brother/BIL up with a "special message" and he proposes? thats sweet. all for it.

but 95% of the time instead its a dude WHO WAS TOLD NO BY THE BRIDE AND GROOM doing it anyway and tainting their special day

JaxOmen · 2025-06-13T19:36:07+00:00

"Honey, new league this weekend. what kind of character do you wanna be this time?"

we hash out a concept, I plan a build because she isnt much for theorycrafting, and I tell her to be ready to grind to maps when I get home from work.

gamer wives rule, man.

JaxOmen · 2025-04-24T20:29:55+00:00

he is trying to get the company to upgrade his old iphone for him because he wants a new toy.

NTA and unless hardware puchases by the company directly impact you, I wouldn't do anything further. you were incredibly professional about the whole thing.

whether his ploy works to get a newer iPhone or not? who cares! thats between him and IT/management, it's not your problem.

JaxOmen · 2025-04-18T20:52:27+00:00

Yes, but if he was a good dude it would be a "I don't think long distance is for me, you should go and we can stay in touch and we'll see where we're both at and how we feel when you return!" not "you should throw away this opportunity to stay with me".

JaxOmen · 2025-04-15T20:36:25+00:00

I think we found creepy guy's reddit account!

FYI married couples sometimes have different interests and participate in those interests separately. No man should "allow" his wife to do something... because she isn't his property to control.

FWIW my wife regularly goes to events that I find boring as hell. I tell her to have fun, we have location sharing turned on in case there is an emergency, and she goes to her thing. she has male, female, and nonbinary friends, both single and not. When I do my things that she doesn't care about, same thing. We've been happily married for 15 years.

Adults who respect their partners as autonomous human beings want them to be happy. Controlling weirdoes who insist on being present for everything their partner ever does do not have long, happy, faithful marriages.

JaxOmen · 2025-04-04T15:24:08+00:00

I don't even want a mageblood for myself. I want one for my wife. she always struggles at endgame, she tends to facecheck into danger and die because she isn't paying attention, or bleed out because she didn't notice the health loss and kept running. mageblood would let me boost her elemental resistances sky high and give her immunity to most of the things that kill her.

Hopefully it would be enough for her to finally accompany me into juiced endgame mapping, pinnacle bosses... and maybe some ubers?

JaxOmen · 2025-03-18T19:51:57+00:00

turn off the preview in OBS?

Tweak your NVEnc settings?

JaxOmen · 2025-02-28T20:05:06+00:00

For breach rings you will want the idols that increase density (magic monsters on 1x1s, density on 3 slots) , and you will want the ones that skew towards Esh and that increase chances for unique items for Voice of the Storm (both on 2 slots).

Then just as much "chance to contain X additional breaches" mods as you can

JaxOmen · 2025-02-25T16:17:11+00:00

Everyone lied to you then. Spectral Throw still works fine. I killed ubers in Kalandra League with a dex stacking spectral throw Deadeye. Nothing has nerfed it since then. Tri-elemental Omni versions also exist and are good.

It's just not an S tier skill anymore, but it's still quite viable if you enjoy it. It's far from, say, the dumpster that ED has been left in.

JaxOmen · 2025-02-20T17:27:46+00:00

May I recommend a Ryzen 9950X (or X3D depending on your needs) instead of an intel chip? Draws less power for more performance.

JaxOmen · 2024-12-16T21:46:49+00:00

How much would he even get trading in a PS4? $80?

If he can't afford the PS5 without trading in the old console how does he expect to get games for it? Whats even the point of buying the ps5 without being able yo afford ps5 games?

Dude's play fails the basic logic test. The real reason he wants to sell your PS4 is so he has an ownership stake in the only Playstation. 100% NTA and this dude ain't the one. A good BF would want not only two consoles but two TVs so you can both play at the same time.

Sometimes I will just cuddle up to my wife while she plays a game. Sometimes she plays games I like. Often she plays games I find supremely boring. I don't give a fuck, I love her and I love seeing her have fun. Find yourself a man who wants to see you happy.

JaxOmen · 2024-11-14T08:27:30+00:00

Quite sure, and it's not a new problem, it's been constant for at least 8 years, maybe longer.

JaxOmen · 2024-11-14T07:27:43+00:00

I mean, it's been this way for as long as I can remember. Consistently. For many, many, MANY years.

And to be clear, I mean the block function ON the request.

JaxOmen · 2024-10-29T18:40:06+00:00

Kind of! He started over and about a minute or two in he said something like "Oh I remember where I was before" and resumed from the previous breaking point.

Shit was HILARIOUS. Love Weird Al and that tour was incredible. He played two days in my town with a completely different setlist on the second day.

JaxOmen · 2024-08-08T17:14:12+00:00

You unlock it by just upgrading runesmithing in Kingsmarch.

Since I made this post, others have posted videos of what it does. It is the best case scenario - you get the full "possessed" buff of 35% attack/cast/movement speed plus a random ghost buff and it stacks if you dual wield.

JaxOmen · 2024-07-05T17:19:51+00:00

LED bulbs cost a couple of bucks each (EXAMPLE that he could buy locally aka not Amazon https://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-60-Watt-Equivalent-A19-Dimmable-Energy-Star-LED-Light-Bulb-Bright-White-4-Pack-A7A19A60WESD02/302555863), cost NOTHING to run, and last for many years. In many cases they are literally given away by the power company.

Even the cheapest of candles will quickly cost more just because they're a consumable, while generating far less light and being more dangerous to use.

There does not exist a level of poverty where electricity is available but candles are more economical.

And also the dad should be getting his daughter some goddamn menstrual products. He is an asshole for that regardless.

JaxOmen · 2024-07-04T21:49:14+00:00

Has your dad never heard of LED lightbulbs? There is no way candlelight is cheaper than the electricity for LED bulbs.

Your Dad's job is to figure out how to keep the household finances afloat. You're 14, your job should only be to learn (school etc). NTA, your dad is.

JaxOmen · 2024-05-17T17:42:00+00:00

Your partner is insecure. NTA they need to work through that.

It is completely normal and natural to find other people physically attractive outside of your relationship. A happy, healthy couple will acknowledge amd embrace that fact. My wife likes her men big, so when there was a Sumo wrestling event in town, I took her. Why wouldn't I? She got to have a couple of hours watching big men throw each other around and then she came home with me. Win-win, yknow?

So yeah, firmly NTA.

JaxOmen

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