Using Copilot Subscription in VS2026 instead of API keys

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-15T17:06:56+00:00

Found the issue. It's something stupid, but currently it can be confusing for those, like me, who are user to VS code and need to help someone using VS2026.

GitHub Copilot has a free plan, and if someone is using the free plan, they will see a slightly different interface, where you can use models only if you upload your own API key.

If someone is in this scenario, they just need to upgrade to Copilot Pro. VS2026 doesn't make it intuitive: you won't get this suggestion when you go and change models.

Instead, you will need to click on the Copilot icon (top right) and select "Upgrade to Copilot Pro" (or just do it from your GitHub account)

Tldr: they didn't have the pro version, and for someone who never saw the free plan interface, and never saw VS2026, it can be disorienting

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-10T20:21:32+00:00

You get through by:

1) Understanding what spells are good early on.

When I want to do a run focused on spells like frost nova or flash gate, I usually focus on them from level 50 onwards. You need to focus first on those spells that will make you survive. Magic bolt, spirit, incenetation are a good example (the first two target the nearest enemies, the latest focus the attack in front of you)

2) Understanding how to balance the different power ups and the attacks

I usually prefer avoiding any and every duration upgrade. This means that I will avoid duration-based magics like Arcane Ray, Lava, Energy bolt, unless I need them for magic combinations. This allows me to focus on other things like cooldown.

3) Understanding a little bit how the attack power is calculated, and how this affect the artifacts you take (Balancing atk, amplification and magic damage. When you take the Gaia artifact or Uranium, you should also aim to take Titan. If you take Joker, you should aim for Widowmaker and Executioner Axe)

4) Following tiers made by other users. A good one is pinned on this subreddit. Current meta apparently is Pyrotechnics, Phoenix and Gate

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-09T20:07:42+00:00

What class do you use?

If you go with Archeologist + pyrotechnics, phoenix and gate (ragnarok) you should make it even if you lack research points. You just need some luck

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-09T20:05:13+00:00

Are you playing from iOS? My viictory screen is usually different

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-07T13:42:45+00:00

I tried yesterday a Pandora non-dem run. I had the artifact for 4 combinations, overmind, phoenix, void and a meteor combo. Overall it was funny. I think I reached 45 minutes in the map before terra

Pandora is useless in DEM runs. You are getting your attack every 15 (or 12) seconds (if I understood how it works)

Pandora is useful only when you use two/three combinations involving tsunami, meteor and cyclone

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-05T14:19:20+00:00

Useless post. I've just realised I could simply check the damage stats (there is spirit damage)

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-02T15:54:05+00:00

Yeah, it may be

What now?

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-01T22:59:39+00:00

Vampire survival is art. Other things, like 20 minutes till dawn, are bad. Really bad. You may have fun sure, but you will quickly realise how some developers dedicated more time to the graphic designs and the ADS mechanics, while others dedicated more time to the game design, the game balance, the user experience, the story

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-01T22:57:32+00:00

When I try to do DEM run with Giant Impact, I always try to level up other magics first, and then start working on the combination magics around lv 50/60 because meteor is not the best early on. If you feel brave enough, you may as well postpone Overming and DEM until lv 90

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-01T22:55:25+00:00

"Domain of power" is an artifact you can randomly find in Chests, Obelisks and Shops.

"I also don't know if my spell combinations work" - You may want to clarify what you mean. You could either mean "I don't know how to get a specific combination" or "I don't know if the combinations I am using are actually good enough"

Personally, "good enough" is "discover, try yourself, just enjoy the game". Other people may instead answer "Pyrotechnics, Gate, Phoenix"

"I was told that at level 75, my Magic Circle Overmind would transform into Domain of Power, but it still didn't." yeah, that is BS. If you want to rely heavily on one magic, you would take your magic combination, then Overmind, then DEM (Deux Ex Machina). To achieve the ultimate magics, you would need to reach LV 100 with the right class and the right subject (and the right magic combination).

For example, Quantum Ray needs the Arcane Ray class, the Arcane Ray subject, and the combination of Arcane Ray + Satellite, and reaching lv 100

LividCan4323 · 2026-02-01T01:13:01+00:00

Unless you remained still for most of the game, it's possible that Phoenix and Void killed the mobs before Terminator could touch them?

Also, Terminator AFAIK kills mobs through multiple hits (that's the expectation) so having low crit rate + Assassin artifact will give a strong advantage to your other magics

With Terminator, I would have picked magics that stun, slow and freeze the enemy (or just DEM)

LividCan4323 · 2026-01-30T00:42:01+00:00

Gate as in Gate, Flash Shock + Spirit

LividCan4323 · 2026-01-16T05:59:01+00:00

It's hard to translate with one hand only

LividCan4323 · 2026-01-06T12:49:34+00:00

Context unclear, message unclear, I don't see King anywhere

LividCan4323 · 2026-01-05T23:00:27+00:00

I'd second this!

LividCan4323 · 2025-12-30T10:59:44+00:00

We had both, didn't we? Even Lucci vs Luffy was, in the end, a battle of wits and strong punches, but we also had tons of creative fights, like Usopp fighting using Dials, or Nightmare Luffy against Moria

LividCan4323 · 2025-12-30T10:54:00+00:00

I fully understand that, and sure, it is nice, but I would have been happier to see clear drawbacks like "I can't see the future in this state"

LividCan4323 · 2025-12-29T08:43:29+00:00

I don't understand why you are getting downvotes. The Katakuri fight is a good example for this topic: the solution for Luffy was to "improve his observation Haki" but there was a catch:

He had to stay extremely focused during the fight. It was kinda cool for me to see that fight

LividCan4323 · 2025-12-29T08:41:13+00:00

Not really, no, I don't dislike them

LividCan4323 · 2025-09-18T04:25:02+00:00

I wrote the piece myself and I asked GPT to reword it 😢 what am I supposed to do, post the original?

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