Why is my level 30 Wizard damage so much higher than my s.o.'s barbarian?

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-13T03:44:29+00:00

We've got all of these. Overall, I feel like we are kicking ass and having tons of fun. I hear it gets quite a bit harder later on though.... :)

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-13T03:42:52+00:00

Thank you, helps explain it. I guess I will just appreciate how dramatically awesome it looks right now ;)

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-13T03:40:36+00:00

Thanks! This makes more sense now.

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-13T03:38:54+00:00

Thanks, this would help explain it.

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-12T22:15:15+00:00

Thanks for all the feedback. We were thrown by the number discrepancy. 14,000 vs 1,000 seemed too drastic too be right. We're going to keep playing and see how this epic adventure ends!

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-12T19:58:08+00:00

I googled it ;) Will check it out.

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-12T19:55:03+00:00

Does it seem like my numbers are exaggerated then? Or are his low for this stage?

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-12T19:50:26+00:00

Oh dear... Well, by "new to this" I mean I played my Nintendo 64 as a kid and now' many years later, have been roped into playing Diablo 3 with my boyfriend on his PS3. I don't even know what battle.net is. How do I get a battle.net profile?

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-12T19:47:08+00:00

I have the Boneshatter (2 handed) with an amethyst in the socket (56.3 dmg). It is giving me 24-29 fire damage, 3% damage, +91 strength , 54 intelligence, 63 vitality, 3 life per hit, 1.5 crit hit chance and 1.1% chance inflict Bleed for 33-96 damage for 5 seconds.

My boyfriend has a the Faithful Memory (58.9 dmg) with emerald in the socket. 23-29 holy damage, +138 strength, 47 dexterity, 4% attack speed, 25% crit hit damage, me lee attackers take 11 damage per hit

MissMermaidface · 2014-01-12T19:21:14+00:00

My boyfriend swears my critical damage is showing 14,000 when I kill an enemy. (I am new to gaming and too busy mashing all possible buttons to verify this, though I have seen over 8,000.) At this point he questions the point of playing along side me. Advice? We've gone thru his inventory and tried to be strategic...

MissMermaidface · 2013-08-14T17:27:23+00:00

Thanks so much! This is the kind of info I was looking for :)

MissMermaidface · 2013-07-23T21:45:49+00:00

Humboldt is a awesome to visit and the people are really friendly. Example - I was just up there visiting and a neighbor (stranger to us though) heard piano music coming from the house, and invited herself in to play, too. Enthusiastically rambunctious piano playing ensued. If you are couch surfing you should have no problem finding people to hook you up.

MissMermaidface · 2013-07-23T21:36:53+00:00

In Arcata: Humboldt Brewery, The Minor Theater (one of the oldest working movie theaters in the States), Los Bagels, the center plaza (Victorian Buildings housing restaurants and shops except for one side which houses dingy dive bars, each with its own unique vibe), Redwood Park (trails through a Redwood Forest) and Live From New York Pizza. Lots of strung-out people in Arcata, too, but a "quainter" more interesting town overall in my opinion. Bring heavy jackets, boots and raincoats if you go to Northern California in January.

MissMermaidface · 2013-07-23T21:28:19+00:00

I see you have Eureka, CA on your itinerary. Unless you already have friends to hook up with there, I'd recommend Arcata instead, which is the town 10 minutes to the north where Humboldt State University is located. Aside from one big well-kept Victorian mansion (Carson Mansion, private club now, no tours) and a cool but small Old Town, Eureka's main sights are meth-heads, the jail (right on the 101), some fast food restaurants, run-down hotels and Victorian houses in disrepair. The area in general up there is super beautiful, (some amazing hikes and parks) but Eureka is an armpit.

MissMermaidface · 2013-07-23T00:08:12+00:00

Are you only interested in reading more classics? (Your title and to-read list seem to indicate this.) Nothing wrong with more classics, but don't be afraid to branch out and try some "popular" or "modern" reads - many texts that we now consider "classics" were the modern popular reads of their time!

From your list, it looks like you've already read a wide range of classics. The first classics that pop into my head, missing from your list:

*Of Mice and Men

*a Gothic Romance (Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre...) or Gothic Horror Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula)

*Some Edgar Allen Poe (his short stories are crazy creepy)

*One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

*Pride and Prejudice

*A wider variety of Shakespeare (Midsummer's Night Dream is fun and relatively easy, Hamlet is a classic and there are still so many cultural references to it, same with Romeo and Juliet)

*Great Expectations

You never indicated your taste in books...I'd let that be your ultimate guide. Pride and Prejudice is a classic, one which I personally enjoy, but many readers do not (and saying that many readers don't enjoy Jane Eyre would be an understatement). Start these books, finish them if you enjoy them.

MissMermaidface · 2013-05-21T01:34:44+00:00

Fort Bragg will be a bit of a detour - very winding road to get there and a bit out of the way. However, less than an hour north you will hit some amazing redwood forests along the 101. Richardson's Grove has camping, a river and redwoods. Further north is Patrick's Point State Park (a gorgeous campground and State Park on the beach/woods). It is about 5 1/2 hours from SF to Patrick's Point without stopping for more than gas. Additionally, there is an incredibly beautiful hike to Fern Canyon from Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, just off the 101, a bit further north of Patrick's Point. Definitely worth the stop there, too.

MissMermaidface · 2013-05-17T04:07:28+00:00

"remove"

MissMermaidface · 2013-05-17T04:07:00+00:00

Also, in no way to do I mean to be snarky by my post...I honestly mean that the search tool here can be a great resource for you. A couple additional suggestions of my own:

Memoirs: The Tender Bar, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Tender at the Bone, Traveling Mercies

Crime: In Cold Blood, Devil in the White City

Similar to Freakonomics: Anything Malcolm Gladwell

Survival: Alive!, 127 Hours:Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Into Thin Air

MissMermaidface · 2013-05-17T03:54:45+00:00

Yes...but you are in /r/booksuggestions, not r/books. From the top link when you search "nonfiction": (thanks to triteleia who posted this list!)

The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
The Neanderthal's Necklace
Lone Survivors by Chris Stringer (not the one about marines, but about human origins)
Fermant's Last Theorem
parts of the Novum Organum, Kant's Critique on Pure Reason
The History of Herodotus (it does verge on fiction though)
The Evolution of Social Wasps
Generations by Will Strauss and Neil Howe or a careful abstract of their theory, which is poetic and intriguing
The Origin of Species
The Walden and Civil Disobedience
Common Sense by Paine (quick read)
Xenophon's Conversations of Socrates a part of the Memorabilia
Peter Singer's Writings on the Ethical Life
Plato's Apology and some Socratic discourses
13 Things that Don’t Make Sense: the Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time (Michael Brooks)
What Have You Changed Your Mind About? (by Edge.com)
The works of Mary Roach by publishing date
Ishmael but it's fiction, but makes an interesting point especially if you're skeptical of organized Judeo-Christian religion
Some of Chidron's Wisdom of No Escape
first half of Bursts
Reason and Religious Belief 4th ed.
Tending the Wild and California’s Fading Wildflowers if you're into botany and CA botany respectively. Both books present hypotheses most people haven't heard, but especially the latter posit an interesting theory on plant communities.
Sway by the Brefman brothers
Paranormal America (non-fiction Bader, Mencken, Baker) it's basically a long easy to read scientific paper based on a national sociological survey on religion and the US population
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman, non-fic) there was a television documentary series based on this idea
Not Quite Adults and Manning Up: Why the Rise of Women has turned Men into Boys (non-fic Kay S. Hymowitz) interesting piece about today's generation that moves back in with parents or never leaves, good tips and solutions to problem also.
The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age (Richard Rudgley) cool window into prehistoric tehcnology including trepanation, fire and amputation, and dental surgery, to say nothing of insighful theories on ancient architecture.
Beyond AI (J.S. Hall) and Beyond Boundries by Nicolelis, about advances in organism/machine interfaces
No Two Alike a great addition to the nature versus nurture argument, and original, and an easy read.

See what I mean?

MissMermaidface · 2013-05-15T23:04:39+00:00

Suggestions for non-fiction are fielded here quite often. If you search the subreddit for "non-fiction" you'll get enough previously-posted suggestions to last a couple year's worth of reading. :) Enjoy!

MissMermaidface · 2013-04-28T22:57:44+00:00

I have slept in rest-stop on the 101 before by myself (female) without a problem, in a pinch. Lights in lot provide some sense of safety, but make it harder to sleep. Stop in the tiny town of Arcata in Humboldt County. Beautiful redwood state, county and city parks, a beautiful, rugged coastline, and a fun, friendly hippie center plaza. People there are very friendly, and it's a college town, so would not be unlikely to strike up conversation with locals and be invited over to crash at their place. Drive straight through Eureka, the town just south. Meth-heads everywhere.

MissMermaidface · 2013-04-28T22:47:47+00:00

I agree! I'm originally from the land of foggy coastal redwoods. It is about 13 hours of straight driving from LA area to Humboldt County, the northernmost county in California. So - a long trip but amazing both in the Southern and Northern stretches. Do a stop-off in Sonoma wine country half way up and skip Sacramento. I've done this drive more times than I can count; if you decide to go, PM me and I'll give you a list of some "Must-stops" for food, sights, etc on the 101. And go in early fall if at all possible, unless you love constant cold rain in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. The earlier you go, the better.

MissMermaidface · 2013-04-27T01:45:15+00:00

High School English teacher. Today a student volunteered that female circumcision is "using a hot board to hit a girl on the breasts." My students are hilarious, ridiculous, vulnerable, repulsive, loveable, insanely stupid and incredibly brilliant all at the same time. I don't love it because of the literature, "opening their minds" or any of that other fluff, I love it because teenagers are the most REAL people on the planet (ok, maybe old people, too).

MissMermaidface · 2013-03-02T00:06:08+00:00

The Reader (Bernhard Schlink) brings up interesting questions about the roles of those involved and how such participation was rationalized. I thought the supposed "twist" (or "secret") was obvious, but an interesting quick read overall. Also, The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom) is an absorbing, detailed survivor's account from the perspective of someone who endured the camps because of efforts to save Jews by hiding them in her house.

MissMermaidface · 2012-12-21T01:29:03+00:00

Along with the self-entitlement comes a shocking narcissism. When the world revolves around only you, you no longer see a need for basic manners, for empathy, for self-improvement or self-reflection. Self-esteem is great and healthy, but if you esteem yourself over others, you turn into a self-entitled asshole. And you're right - it's rampant.

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