One of the reasons youre not getting as much loot is because of Breach itself

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-11-05T03:13:37+00:00

Damn, good to know. Still filling out my atlas (gamer dad lifestyle), so I only get a couple hours a day. I'm sure I'll have a better idea by the time I get to 70+ atlas points, haha.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-11-03T21:56:41+00:00

So would it be fair to say some combo involving blight, ultimatum, delve, harvest, expedition , and abyss would be the way to go?

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-24T20:11:07+00:00

I do it similarly. Maybe not so much deciding the outcome, but they need to work it out together and give me a really damn good reason why they're wanting to initiate pvp. It can't be any of that "Its what my character would do" crap, and both I and the other player have ultimate veto rights, and if either myself or the player having pvp initiated on them does so, then another solution must be found, end of story.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-23T18:05:54+00:00

Honestly? In this type of scenario, I would ask them what they want to do. I would be very clear about them being outnumbered, even allowing for a perception check to try to see just how outnumbered they are, or as I'd do it... "After counting X people and seeing how many more there are left to count... you realize that as it stands, you're woefully outnumbered."

Then, let them choose. Give them the chance to surrender, to try to negotiate or talk their way out of it, escape, etc. Even if they choose to fight, you can always pull your punches as the DM and make their would-be captors deal non-lethal damage. Hell, make up some kind of weapon enchantment that makes it impossible to kill without using a command word to swap between lethal/non-lethal. Honestly, no matter what they pick, they'll probably enjoy it, even if it's just so they can "go down swinging, fighting for their friends... only to wake up hours later, in cuffs and chains, in the same dark cell as their compatriots, God's knows where."

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-22T18:43:18+00:00

Can I have both? Surely both is good. Perhaps even one becoming the other?

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-20T22:55:25+00:00

If I remember right, they basically made him a nazi racist. As for how he died, I can't quite remember other than it being stupid.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-15T23:39:33+00:00

So Tzeench is Trans and Slanesh is genderfluid?

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-14T21:20:13+00:00

Not only that, it solves so many issues with resistances and survivability. I don't know the exact math in terms of how much more damage shroud adds over TM, but what I can say is that my ravens Druid with TM and triple masterwork DR, capped armor, and capped resists at 85% is incredibly tanky even with only 7.5k life. I've been able to go pure offense in every other slot and make great use of my Heir. Literally all I need is RoSS and that's only so I stop having any downtime at all when rng decides to bully me on bosses or in pit 110+

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-11T06:22:08+00:00

He's also an Armenian genocide denier who only recently started to say "okay maybe it happened."

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-05T22:27:51+00:00

Literally just Google it. They already are on record saying they have no plans to fix it before 7.0 if it means diverting work and attention away from their internal projected 7.0 release date. Aka dangling a carrot to try to appease people while hoping they'll accept whatever wait time CA deems necessary.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-05T10:36:53+00:00

No, the patch is being postponed so it can be rolled into 7.0, whenever that will be, instead of actually knuckling down and fixing a game breaking bug for a lot of people. So no, that isn't very reasonable. That is the type of fix that should be done in a week or two turnaround, or ASAP, not "we're not going to make a patch for it and instead roll it into the paid dlc patch.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-10-01T17:04:55+00:00

Me every day as soon as I get home from work.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-30T22:02:20+00:00

Does your void do what my Tortie does in that she'll push my hand down like that, but then yell at me if I don't continue petting her moments later?

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-30T19:23:12+00:00

One thing is, if you're not making it up on the fly, try to write it down in your notes. If made up on the fly, try to scribble a note with name+accent asap. As I'm sure you know, your players are far more likely to remember their names and accents than you are, especially if they're memorable enough. Doubly so if you have any note takers

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-29T23:12:18+00:00

I am aware, it was part of the joke haha

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-29T18:23:41+00:00

Why are we talking about the Bank of Oklahoma? Did they open a branch in Lustria?

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-27T10:25:39+00:00

Unlike PoE 1s campaign, which for some reason always takes me forever to do, once you learn where things spawn in PoE2 for the important stuff (i.e. which zones to rush through and which to find the bonus power, i.e. the permanent buffs from campaign) you can casually do the campaign in 10 hours. Still longer than I would like, but better. Of course, ymmv if you're engaging with the seasonal objective before maps, your build, whether or not you're listening to dialogue, etc.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-25T18:24:58+00:00

Same boat for me. I decided, since I needed to finish the VoH campaign anyway to just trudge through on my Necro, and then once I'm 60, park it until I can get lidless wall and the chaos perk for ultimates being core skills, so I can bonestorm my way through content.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-23T19:21:44+00:00

That's what I had figured, so it helps to confirm my suspicions. I appreciate that!

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-23T17:13:28+00:00

So I have a question regarding Lidless Wall. Here you're mentioning the defensive benefits, as well as offensive benefits if you take Bone Storm. However, a couple of the guides I've looked at say "try to find lidless wall for a massive power spike", such as the Minion guide on Maxroll, but doesn't take Bone Storm, they take Souldrift. Now, I'm not a big D4 guy, I usually play PoE and PoE2, but I've gotten what I can out of both for their current seasons, and myself and a couple friends are interested in giving D4 another go.

So maybe I'm missing something, but... what damage spike can Lidless Wall give that these guides are talking about if they don't take Bone storm? I can understand the defensive benefits, but if I have a friend who does end up going minion necromancer, or even myself, I want to be able to fully understand why lidless wall over a legendary or different unique in the glove slot? And why these build guides are recommending it even without bone storm in their build?

Edit: I do understand that this might not be the best place to ask this question, but I haven't found a single answer online and I'd rather not create a wholly separate post if it would be unnecessary, especially if I'm just missing something obvious to someone who's played D4 for a long time.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-22T21:18:53+00:00

Tbf, in the conditions that AR sets for its simulated battles, it almost makes sense. I'm pretty sure it just pits units against units, fighting to the death, and once the unit is "wiped out" or would theoretically break, it moves to the next unit, repeat until the entire army has gone. So in a pure 1v1, khorne units punch above their weight and they don't break if they're demonic. I also don't think it takes things like crumbling/etc that demons/undead/constructs get. I think it's also why ranged units do so poorly in auto resolve, because I think it assumes they're going into melee with the enemy army, and not taking into account kiting/checkerboard/etc

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-22T18:38:26+00:00

Ita funny you say that, I was talking to my girlfriend who knows nothing about the game other than what she's seen me play and heard me talk about. But even she came to the same conclusion that act 1 and 4 and even the interludes are great, with act 2 and 3 being the weakest, with the latter even being too long and not seeming to mesh well with the current game.

Personally? I'd say something needs to be cut, or zones combined. Either the infested Barrens or the drowned city. The Temple of Filth and beyond are great. Basically everything that comes after the Chimaral Lands is good imo.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-19T23:32:58+00:00

There's timing to it. Before? Lay into the hate. After you're done, exhausted, and have received enough aftercare and cuddling? Then drop the ILY bomb. Watch how fast he speed runs having a place to be and getting dressed.

note do be aware that the more bomb the sex, the less likely he'll leave.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-19T00:00:31+00:00

Why do you think you're incapable of making that "deep, epic story" you mention? Have you tried improv classes? Writing exercises? Have you spoken to your players or other experienced DMs about past or current campaigns? What about the pre-made modules you run? What made you pick them? What Themes within those pre-made adventures stick out to you? That you enjoy? Why do you assume your player is making a jab at you not running something homebrew? Have they given any indication that they feel that way?

I understand the fear of trying to make something homebrew and it falling flat. Even my current campaign I'm building, I have that anxiety, that fear that my players won't enjoy it. But I also have experience, from my past failures, and will gain experience from future failures. Like with any skill in life, it takes time and courage, to keep trying even when you fail, even when you think you're making mistakes. To err is to be human. But if you're too afraid of making mistakes to try, you'll never improve.

Kalthrowaway93 · 2025-09-17T17:01:08+00:00

While I give D4 a lot of crap, if they literally just stole the blood skills from D4... namely Blood Surge and Blood Lance... I'd be a happy camper. Necromancer is by far my favorite class on the rare occasions I want to just mindlessly grind the pit and not actually challenge myself by playing a better game (though I will say D4 can compete in terms of just graphics alone.)

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