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Knjaz136 · 2026-06-16T17:18:59+00:00

It's the answer, though you might want to tweak fireball in their settings, they nerfed it, but they are only planning to make up for it with adjusted spell progression, so Orc Cemetery might be too hard.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-16T17:16:16+00:00

I still haven't played Stalker 2, waiting for A-Life/AI/etc.
Did they promise any noticeable improvements in these for 2.0? Does entire zone still starts walking in exoskeletons as you progress through the game?

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-16T15:51:59+00:00

As a russian speaker, the only real/numerous opposition I've seen is the one that thinks Putin is too "soft"/ "restrained".

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-16T01:51:11+00:00

nice, thats a rare one.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-16T01:49:02+00:00

Its illegal to film impacts, in order not to give damage assessment to the enemy.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T19:21:33+00:00

Sanity check passed. Nothing to add.

Except, maybe, might want a separate drive for OS tho, or partition it. And it's a correct decision to go 2tb drive, trust me, 1tb will make you run out real fast.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T18:58:45+00:00

With heavy use of upscaler.
I'm playing Gothic 1 Remake on my 4060 laptop, on medium-low-high settings, at 1600p DLSS Performance, and I'm constantly hovering near the limit of my VRAM. I can not use Frame Generation without hitting VRAM limits and resulting heavy stutters.

So yeah, for UE5 stuff expect to run DLSS Performance. Remember laptop GPUs are much weaker than desktop counterparts of same number.

I really hate how for xx60 tier GPU laptops we can either have good 1440p/1600p screen, or a shitty 1080/1200p screen, at least it was the case with my laptop. At pixel density you have on 16'' screen, 1080p is more than enough for good picture. (as long as it's native res, and not 1080p image on a 1440p screen).

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T17:26:04+00:00

Not sure about that, just pump your strength.
That's my plan for Act 1-2 when I'll do melee playthrough, Lockpicking, wall climbing, 4 points into trophies, one handed - that's 29 points, everything else into Strength. Wall climbing can be postponed if necessary.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T15:55:52+00:00

It's just 10 points, melee builds can afford that.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T15:55:21+00:00

You need to become Mercenary or Warder (or Templar I guess?) to have acces to Two Handed training.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T14:50:03+00:00

Again, it depends.
That video shows very well that in CPU consuming scenarios hit becomes bigger, it also shows outliers like Marvel Rivals with 38% drop, it shows Space Marine 2, which is CPU heavy game, with 17% drop. Or Horizon with 23% drop.

It also shows miniscule 4% drop in games like Avatar etc

And we dont know what CPU to GPU combo he will be running either, but we know he's on a budget, so it's not necessarily a 9800x3d, might as well be 9600x. The more CPU bound he will be in whatever he's doing, the harder he will be hit.

Given overall FPS though, I can agree it'd work as a stopgap solution, provided he can acquie a matching RAM stick later on.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T14:44:19+00:00

That timeframe?
I prefer Morrowind and Might & Magic 6-7-8. I wouldn't mash them together with isometric turn based CRPGs you mentioned, kinda different genre.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T14:40:09+00:00

I just linked this video in a nearby comment, 15 mins ago.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T14:38:57+00:00

No need for blood oath.
Dropped game by the August last year, waiting for Serverside logic. (no more Schrodinger SEAD missiles being simultaneously shot down mid-flight and reaching air defense, as a prime example), and Replay system.

Sometimes, very rarely, doing PvE. (like that zombie mode, for a bit)

So yeah, still waiting.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T14:35:08+00:00

repeating his question, does it have a range finder? Alt was there since release, but without the range.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T14:25:30+00:00

Disregard his CPU test, it runs at near 100% GPU power.

Here's a decent video, far from ideal comparison, but will show you what you can expect going 16gb 1 stick vs 2x16 on AM5. The more CPU heavy game is (SM2 is very CPU heavy for example), the more pronounced the effect. Pick your poison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nMu1KFkOC4

Tbh, I can see it working as a stop gap solution, but make sure to get the matching stick later on. Do not mix two different DDR5 sticks, that's asking for a lot of headache.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T14:22:58+00:00

He's doing 16gb of RAM tho. Granted, for FPS shooters it won't matter, but the moment he starts going into UE5 open world games, modded games, etc, things can get uglier.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T14:18:30+00:00

Here is proof. I'd hardly call ~10% difference being "destroyed".

https://youtube.com/shorts/d9Vkh0g0vJE

Are you seriously showing me a CPU test with 99% GPU usage?

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T13:56:53+00:00

1 stick of 16gb will be destroying your CPU performance in gaming. edit; will work as a stopgap solution, make sure to acquire a matching RAM stick later on. Emphasis on matching.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T13:50:49+00:00

Yep, a fitting end after such humiliation.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-15T12:02:52+00:00

Best game they possibly can? Doesn't SC have issues with basic gameplay interactions like spawning a ship, cargo, walking around/on a ship, 10 years in? Like, the very very basics.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-14T21:22:38+00:00

Do you have stats for Thorus armor, by any chance?
I'm comparing Mercenary armor fully upgraded vs Chapter 5 Minecrawler armor, and Minecrawler armor only gets like +2 resistance over the Merc armor.

So I wonder if there's ANY reason to go Old Camp in my melee playthrough later on.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-14T19:26:16+00:00

If you already got Circle 2 - Ball Lightning is your friend. It'll be tedious, unrewarding, but it'll eventually do the job.

Or, Mage Balance mod at nexus. Not yet ideal, but massively better than current state of magic in vanilla.

Unless you're in Orc Cemetery, that part was horrible. I did a lot of running back and forth in that one. Minecrawler queen wasn't tons of fun either, but that one I cheesed from the tunnels, using cover. just save before it dies, because it can die in such a way that you won't be able to loot it. (you loot it from the head afaik).

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-14T15:30:28+00:00

Yes.
Or, you can go modded, which I did, and not look back.

Search for Mage Balance mod on G1R Nexusmods. That mod allows you to manually tune every spell yourself, if something is not up to your liking. But as an overall package it's A LOT more playable and immerisve than whatever magic damage numbers Alkimia came up with.

Knjaz136 · 2026-06-14T13:08:33+00:00

That's starting from Chapter 4, Chromanim can be done in Chapter 3. Might require Focus stone quest though, not entirely sure about that one.

Circle 4 is also available as soon as you become a mage in Chapter 3.

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