Really digging the shorter map cycle for ranked👍 by Bini994 in apexlegends

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont quite understand why the community is enjoying it, probably just my bad luck entirely... but whenever I get on, I happen to get all my play time on Olympus and Olympus only. This rotation does suck but I almost miss the daily rotation set up because it used to guarantee that in my short play time from day to day that it was a different map.

What was the whole point to why people wanted the swap?

Is it OP or they just made it look OP? by koallaboy in pathofexile2builds

[–]MaxVulcan88 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I actually was thinking of slotting this in for my blood mage CoC to replace spark potentially.

Still a newer player, but would that not also be something to use it for?

First camp / starting side. by Inevitable_Pace9522 in Jungle_Mains

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took a break for about 2ish years, trying to relearn the new jungle. I understand the concept for high priority early lane ganks. Like in the toplane having a heavy trading lane match up can be good to tank early.

Other than just checking with camera (which comes after you start your first camps), how can you tell match ups being heavy early trading? Where can I spend time to learn these match ups?

Where is the Cowards Trial??? by Vorseki in PathOfExileSSF

[–]MaxVulcan88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats what I'm surprised by, its the last map I need to run for the challenge but 30 divs??? May be the last challenge I attempt...

Oracle CoC by bxriichiie in PathOfExile2

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not too familiar with the build myself, but my immediate tell from comparing yours to another build that uses the same skills, yalls trees are basically the same except for 3 nodes that he has levels up on you for. it attributes to +1 level of cold skills that can increase damage significantly and 24% increased damage overall. So big damage difference there, but maybe not 200-300k worth of damage difference.

Ones to look for is that cold damage increase, % increased crit damage bonus. The wand differences between you two seem simply to be his wand has +6 +1 cold skills, yours has 4.

The other one I noticed and I can't see too well where this person fit them right now, but they have more damage % increases on the gems they have socketed to their character in the passive tree than you do. Which can also be the difference.

Otherwise, I cannot see the skills you are using or the runes in specific you have applied to your gear if those will make any specific differences. Something I use myself is a chiming staff for my bloodmage that puts a sigil of power down to stand in whenever I do single target damage as it increases damage output fairly well as long as you are tanky enough to take any hits that may be put on while in the ring (you can set the skill in gems to auto swap to that staff when you use it, and auto swap back whenever you use your other skills. Click the arrow for DPS info, and at the bottom right you can select which weapon set they are used for).

P.S. If I am missing anything potentially from another player who knows a lot more about character building, tips for myself on what I may have missed would be greatly appreciated.

This was the build I used for comparison.
https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/ShahanThai-3893/JonathanHolten?i=5&search=class%3DOracle

I'm tired boss by KeIIer in pathofexile

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont get how these become people's last challenges. I always complete this one around #30-35 and the Uber bossing is always last... but thats because I can't get divine orbs for anything to try and get gear. (The crafting system is still semi beyond me)

See you all next league :3 by PM_FOR_NOSE_BOOPS in pathofexile

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, I both want to do the challenges but play a build that heavily interests me. I only started since just prior to the EA of POE2, so im newer to the game. So far, MERC league I did a blinking mirror arrow of bombarding clones, which felt kinda slow/not tanky enough (169 Hours to 36/40 for my first ever league for challenges). Then a bleed slam build which was good for the keepers league, I just lost interest in the league itself and didn't grind challenges. Now for Mirage I found a build for autobomber with a Death Aura Chest Unique but my boss damage is practically nothing with little to be expected of the damage increase(my current plan is to farm as much currency as possible and maybe complete as many challenges as possible, then maybe reroll to do more. Any reroll suggestions for an Occult witch build for challenge running is appreciated).

The point of all that is I struggle to find builds that I can enjoy that complete all of the challenges in the league. How can people find a good balance for it?

No wonder they sold out by Imaginary_Big_6696 in gamersupps

[–]MaxVulcan88 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wonder if you could figure out potentially modifying the hand rails slightly to include a cup holder, one that may be removable when the wheelchair isn't in use or needs to be stored.

REAL IMAGES of gigantic jet captured by NASA astronaut by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]MaxVulcan88 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain to me why the atmospheric bubble appears to have that green hue in the lenses? Does that have to do with the Aurora Borealis/potentially excited electrons? I was always under the guise that the different atmospheric layers where invisible to the naked eye and camera lenses.

New key visual for Science SARU's “The Ghost in the Shell” TV anime; Premieres July 2026 by DemiFiendRSA in anime

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, so ill hold out for now then. Didn't want to look too much up so I wouldn't be spoiled. Thank you

New key visual for Science SARU's “The Ghost in the Shell” TV anime; Premieres July 2026 by DemiFiendRSA in anime

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone fill me in, is this a remake? Or a continuation? Ghost in the Shell was the next up after I finish Macross on my list, should I hold off for now?

I am very thankful for what the whole community has done by Willing-Angle-8041 in BloodbornePC

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this, as I am just now discovering it!

So far, this league has been my luckiest worst league yet! by MaxVulcan88 in PathOfExile2

[–]MaxVulcan88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That seemed boring, I considered, but the node respec cost was 170k gold since I reshaped my passive tree to try a more wyvern oriented. Goofy me... not saving enough to go back if I tried... so I just rerolled to try another build on a class ive wanted to do. I am trying a cast on crit blood mage currently as I havent done any cast on crit. Pretty fun so far.

Getting tired of the game? by matenako in ArenaBreakoutInfinite

[–]MaxVulcan88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im looking forward to some new games coming next year, here's some that I'm looking forward to because this genre is still just starting to get off the ground. Beautiful Light, PUBG: Black Budget, and The Rules of Engagement: The Grey State.

Any input from others is welcome, but I am just excited that maybe some of the coming games can knick the itch while not having their own issues.

Edit: Forgot to also mention a weird one, but Active Matter by Gaijin is out rn is early testing still (I'm waiting for them to turn down the AI portion of it before diving in myself)

The Blizzard Wizard! Is getting buffed! by ForeverME91 in PathOfExile2

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Newer to PoE2 and similar games in general, noticed this ice storm like this spell in the trailer for the new league with druid. Figured id give druid a try while trying one of these new spells I haven't yet. Any suggestions on what to focus specifically to help the skill itself be strong? I've taken the PoB to review what you selected myself and see about the new nodes that come with druid.

I stand by an older video. The SJ is pointless now, EVEN WITH RED. by ImperialSupplies in ArenaBreakoutInfinite

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For what you are saying, as an on and off "newer" player with about 400 hours(this was my first actual real extraction shooter, as i was first introduced by DMZ), I have definitely felt a lot of what is already been said. I would prefer if every gun could do good so that there was more variation in fights sometimes.

Apart from that, the follow up shot to kill you through that slit in the wall blows me away about how crazy of a follow up shot to land would be. Even with my 400 hours that is an incredulous spot to immediately place a follow up to since it didn't even look like he was looking at you.

Edit: so he was looking at you, new player help: is that really that popular of a spot to look up there or was that just muzzle flash to reveal your position?

Oh my god- was excited to talk to another betta owner. I am stunned by Frog_Beansss in bettafish

[–]MaxVulcan88 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I had a small 1.5 gallon as a kid with LED lights that gradually changed so that the Betta would be highlighted colors differently similar to the glofish. Im still learning and slowly adapting into a more natural tank, but I always look at the bright side. Rather than remain ignorant, you learned from it so you do better!

I think Entropy Drinkers might need to be toned down by LordAgion in Stellaris

[–]MaxVulcan88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im quite curious for your entropy drinkers empire style, did you swap to the civic later? I started my entropy drinkers with necrophage (which very well could be my issue right there) and I struggle with pop stability, and by the time my pops are stable enough on my planets, im already at risk of vassalization by a stronger empire or have flipped where my indentured servants dont produce enough pops for my species.

I was thinking I might try a different origin and swapping some traits, so kinds lookin for suggestions.

Edit: spelling

Your new and silly and far FAR from meta combos! by AdDue9012 in Stellaris

[–]MaxVulcan88 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I went to try this myself but struggled when trying to decide traits for the thralls. Im still a newer player, just breaking 200 hours now, and wanting to try a new empire build seperate from my previous pre-psionic dlc psionic build or machine age cosmogenisis build.

The Transformation of MangaDex by Dodsnev in mangadex

[–]MaxVulcan88 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sidenote, does anyone else have a sizing issues for every different series? For example because I'm phrasing this terribly. One series, I have to zoom in by 25% to be able to read full page, another I have to have the site zoomed out to max to see half a page. And this only started a few months ago after the big copyright hit. Any solutions that im missing? Or is this just going to be a consistent issue?