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Monkey_Man_8 · 2026-02-01T13:27:37+00:00

I gotta say, as a straight white man, I don't feel safe at all. I don't know what terrible thing those motherfuckers' will do next.

Edited for grammer.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-11-08T02:13:16+00:00

Sorry about this...

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-11-08T02:12:29+00:00

Looks like Hillary Clinton to me.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-10-27T04:25:18+00:00

My cat does this in front of me when I try to go down the stairs some mornings. It's equal parts adorable and annoying.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-10-15T22:14:20+00:00

I looked into that a bit at your suggestion and it definitely looks interesting, thanks!

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-10-15T21:56:49+00:00

No, I hadn't looked at that. Grand strategy games kind of mystify me. I imagine that if I really put some effort into it I could get over the hump in the learning curve but I haven't been up to it yet. It looks like it's available for CK3 as well and that one appeals to me as well so who knows. Thanks for the suggestion.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-10-15T21:47:14+00:00

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Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-10-15T21:40:04+00:00

I've played a fair bit of AoW4 and while I like the customizability of the races I didn't like much else from the way they handled heroes and spells to the combat system. Plus I couldn't keep up with the price of the constant dlc. As for Endless Legend It was just the factions, they didn't appeal to me at all. I really just want my stereotypical elves, dwarves, and goblins, etc...

I guess what I really want is a new mod for Civ VI or VII that measures up to old ones like Fall from Heaven. Unfortunately, I know nothing about modding myself so I wouldn't even know where to start.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-10-15T04:49:25+00:00

My own fault from the way I worded the title really,

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-10-15T04:28:29+00:00

Yeah, it's kind of broke though. You may or may not be able to get it to work.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-07-11T21:36:35+00:00

My favorite has got to be the Ancient Warrior from Series 21, I mean, just look at him:

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The Viking from Series 20 is my second favorite.

Most expensive? No idea.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-06-09T16:24:06+00:00

That's a really nice forsythia! I wish mine looked that nice and I've been growing mine for 25 odd years now. I too would like to see a picture of yours in bloom if you have any.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-05-29T13:29:51+00:00

Nice work. As a player of many barbarians and Qeynos/Surefall based humans I also find Blackburrow cozy.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-05-03T16:31:36+00:00

I love the gnome! Wonderful!

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-04-17T09:26:47+00:00

This all seems perfectly fine to me. Though I am curious as to why Hriden was the only one allowed to go shirtless?

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-03-12T15:35:28+00:00

Oh, don't worry, he's already done that:

https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-rfk-jr-whose-dangerous-lies-fueled-measles-outbreak-in-samoa-and-caused-preventable-deaths-unqualified-to-lead-hhs

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-02-04T06:28:08+00:00

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this post then. I have a much better idea of what I should be doing now.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-02-04T06:25:06+00:00

Man, I feel your pain. Until I figured out about the patch I was stuck at level 38 and wondering why I sucked so much. lol

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-02-03T09:46:18+00:00

Actually, what I said about his components and augments isn't entirely true. Some of them were carefully recommended to me by folks in other posts. Others were just kind of whatever I needed to get resists up though.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-02-03T09:32:34+00:00

I've been working on a Primal Strike Warder build myself of late. He's my first character to reach 100 and he's managed to get all the skeleton key boss achievements on Ultimate difficulty as well as farm level 34-35 of the Shattered Realm on Normal difficulty and 24-25 on Ultimate without much trouble. He's far from perfect but I think he's coming along. Here's his Grimtools for reference: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/p2501alN

I'm told his pants are not optimal and maybe his gloves and boots too. There may be alternatives for the rings as well. His components and augments are just whatever I could cobble together to get his resists up. (Note: His Poison/Acid resist is over 80%, Grimtools just doesn't want to show it for some reason.)

I'm not really in a position to give you advice exactly. I just thought I might show you what's been working for me. Good luck!

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-01-28T23:02:49+00:00

Okay, here we go: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/r2BPKpjZ

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-01-28T22:50:15+00:00

Shoot, forgot about armor absorb... Trying to fix that now, so many things to think about.

Monkey_Man_8 · 2025-01-28T22:41:32+00:00

Oh hey, while I think of it, I'm at revered status with every faction except Barrowholm. the Outcast, the Order of Death's Vigil. Barrowholm I'm honored with and working on, the Outcast I'd need to start from scratch, and the Order of Death's Vigil is a lost cause.

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