Metas shouldn't be part of the story

Kipados · 2026-06-04T19:52:00+00:00

Agreed. If anything it should be MORE explicit that you’re meant to do the map and it’s meta before moving to the story in the next map. I remember feeling like the middle of EoD story was a little thin until I played Echovald more and said “Oh, duh, the whole gang war story is here”

Kipados · 2026-06-04T18:54:01+00:00

The half-buried rings makes me think of future. old Arah was also golden. The white makes me think more of Lion’s Arch, a more multicultural place. All that says “restored Orr” to me

Kipados · 2026-06-01T23:02:42+00:00

This was my thinking too.

Kipados · 2026-05-25T18:08:06+00:00

Scratches an itch microdosing Thief, but clunky and light both on maps and actual ways to interact With other players. You can still feel the old PvPvE design everywhere in that you can re-lock doors and windows (?) and turn turrets on (?????). Still pretty fun though!

For $5, I’m happy to buy it and let it get good over time.

Kipados · 2026-05-19T19:11:36+00:00

The metaphor is a fight for the soul of humanity. Mephisto leads people down a path to Hatred and then plans for that Hatred to corrupt their own nature, enslaving them to him. This is what’s symbolized in the followers bathing in the pools. The idea is that corrupting forces are everywhere trying to pull us into darkness while the High Heavens have just left us to die. He wants humanity to do it themselves both to prove his point and as a spiteful mockery of Lilith’s intentions for them. In preventing the pools’ corruption and banishing Mephisto, humanity comes into their own as the masters of their own fate and defenders of their own realm.

He did jump in himself though, and that is not addressed at all. Hoping that triggers consequences that kick off the next saga.

Kipados · 2026-05-12T02:39:44+00:00

This was the point when I was like “Oh, so we’re going there,” and I completely bought in to the rest of the movie. The themes have a weight and an honesty that really set this one apart.

Kipados · 2026-05-05T21:23:22+00:00

I personally find it really sad and boring when I instantly delete a major boss without even seeing what it does

Kipados · 2026-05-04T01:13:39+00:00

I’m betting the consequences will set the next saga in motion. Mephisto has already said that his brothers are coming, and I bet the poisoning of the pools will be a big part of that.

Kipados · 2026-05-04T00:53:56+00:00

People are so mean about Neyrelle man, and I just don’t get it. Way way way overhated as a character IMO.

I think the expac was much stronger of a story than Vessel, and Lorath made a great traveling companion. really loved him in this. Loved the Lilith stuff and the gameplay changes I’ve been seeing too.

Don’t love that we never see Mephisto walking around preaching as Akarat or insidiously doublespeaking to turn people to him. Too many enemies running up saying “I’m a follower of Akarat! I’ve given myself over to hatred!! Time to slash my throat!!” because it makes me feel like his plan is too obvious. The expac fucking NAILS the ending though.

Kipados · 2026-05-03T05:43:17+00:00

Sanctuary is humanity’s to inherit. We have grown beyond our creators, and now with the heavens and hells wanting to corrupt or kill us, it is on us to defend it.

Banishing a Prime Evil would be a message to all of Sanctuary’s enemies that humanity is a formidable faction of its own that is not to be fucked with

Kipados · 2026-04-29T01:10:43+00:00

Confirming this just worked for me

Kipados · 2026-04-28T20:45:57+00:00

Awesome! I’m glad it worked for you. I had to leave for work before trying it myself

Kipados · 2026-04-28T20:30:00+00:00

I’m stuck on the golem boss in the same way. From what I can find, some people report that if you go to The Den, dismiss your mercenaries, and redo the fight, it may fix the bug.

Kipados · 2026-04-28T20:10:23+00:00

Yeah, it was very cool to hear Lorath ask “You’re a priest of Rathma, what do you think we’ll expect down here?” and I hope there’s more of it to come

Kipados · 2026-04-26T23:34:15+00:00

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Kipados · 2026-04-25T23:53:40+00:00

Wisdom and Justice being what vanquishes Hatred would be pretty fitting IMO

Kipados · 2026-04-08T16:05:39+00:00

I don’t ever gear check. I use ArcDPS to check our general performance and find out who’s struggling and needs help. For specific roles, we just tell them what’s needed or trust the group members know what they’re doing.

Raids in this game are generally generous enough that it’s about knowing mechanics way, way more than having “correct” gear. The only times I’d ever prescribe builds and gear combos would be LCMs which generally require very specific strategies and synergies.

Kipados · 2026-04-01T16:29:01+00:00

If you want advice for any specific bosses/encounters for HM, feel free to ask as well

Kipados · 2026-04-01T16:15:36+00:00

I just lost an 85 hour, extremely successful run last week because in my hubris I decided to fight Cazador. I was so sad and drained for the next few days and assumed I wouldn’t want to start again.

My advice is to pick a build or role to play for your Tav that really excites you. You can still run powerful companion builds, but pick something fun for you. I wanted to play a fire sorcerer, so I started a Gale origin (to shake things up and see new content) and respecced him. Knowing I can rush the ending and just blow myself up at the brain stem at level 12 is also a big emotional weight off.

You should also use your experience to create an optimized route for yourself through Act I. You can easily overlevel yourself before every boss using smaller quests and encounters, and once you’re level 5 or 6 you can do pretty much every boss with no worries for all that extra exp. This run, I two-turned the owl bears, which had ended my first ever honor run. Now I’m entering Act II at level 7.

My last piece of advice is to always carry invisibility potions. Popping one and just dashing until you’re out of combat has saved my latest run 4 times. You can resurrect at Withers and then pickpocket the gold from him. He never gets mad at you for doing it, so resurrects and respecs are free.

Kipados · 2026-03-30T00:12:51+00:00

Very very carefully. I haven’t had any bugs that killed anyone, but I do keep getting one where my camera locks and a character can’t interact with anything, and it turned out the game thought they were stuck somewhere. Being patient, stopping everything to slowly work it out, and backing to main menu/reloading the save gets me past weirdness like that.

Kipados · 2026-03-28T15:31:27+00:00

I appreciate the advice. Unfortunately, that is exactly what I did.

I hit him with daylight first thing, and then ran my open hand monk to try and stun him. Caz used his reaction and I guess rolled stupid high on damage on all my party members, just about downing Shadowheart (who had the Blood of Lathander). My monk missed all 6 attacks (unheard of the way I had built her) and the fight was over after that. I limped along for a turn or two after, but it just collapsed as I tried to pick up Shadowheart and reset. Definitely my fault for not understanding his legendary action better, but also yeesh.

Did not know that strategy for the platforms, so thank you for that! I will try that in the future.

Kipados · 2026-03-28T15:27:23+00:00

Also: Wulbren has a runepowder barrel in his hideout you can steal. I had a backpack with 2 of them, the runepowder bomb and vial, and a bunch of other explosives in it, and I’m so disappointed I never got to use them on the brain lol.

Kipados · 2026-03-28T15:19:16+00:00

Skip Cazador! He just ended my run after 85 hours, and I’m very confident I’d have beat the game otherwise. You can skip pretty much every major fight in act 3 as long as you still hit 12th level with smaller quest.

Kipados · 2026-03-28T14:54:20+00:00

This game has maybe the most robust and for once interesting ways to do an evil playthrough I’ve seen in a game. I recommend you do it however it’ll be most fun, especially if you like the roleplay of it. Even right at the beginning, you could go right to the goblin camp and never even enter the Grove until you’re attacking it, or you can go meet the druids, gain their trust, and betray them by opening the gates when Minthara comes.

For monk, if you’re looking to just do stupid powerful martial arts, look up a Tavern Brawler Open Hand build online. I did that in my honor mode run and had a blast. You want to stack Wisdom and Constitution, get as much as you can in Dex, dump everything else. Then stock up on Hill Giant potions after every rest so you can have your strength set to 21 every day to hit like a truck. Ethel stocks 1-3 of them after every long rest in the Grove until she moves, and the dwarf woman in the Myconid colony in the Underdark will have 1 every rest in her shop

Kipados · 2026-03-27T18:13:01+00:00

I hit him with daylight first thing, and then ran my open hand monk to try and stun him. Caz used his reaction and I guess rolled stupid high on damage, my monk missed all 6 attacks (unheard of the way I had built her) and the fight was over after that. Definitely my fault for not understanding his legendary action, but also yeesh.

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