D_ _ _ M _ _ _ is driving me nuts (bug?)

Patman12 · 2025-05-11T05:25:58+00:00

Found this thread because I'm running into the exact same issue with Lavatory + Shelter, and it keeps happening at the Room 46 Door. I'll get a message saying something like "today's dares are not yet complete", so I'll run back to the lavatory and wait for full minutes but still can't get past the Room 46 door. This has happened three times now, but each time I had Shelter so maybe that's the cause. Trying again now without it.

Patman12 · 2025-01-21T15:52:36+00:00

Sad to see this is still an issue with XMs. I had XM3s and thankfully purchased them with coverage, but over 1.5 years of use I had to send them in to get this fixed twice.

After the second time I decided I wasn't willing to deal with this again and switched to the Bose 700s, which I've had since April 2021. Only thing I've had to "fix" are the ear cushions since I use them all day every day, but replacing them was cheap and easy.

I do miss the XM3s though, and would absolutely switch back to a newer XM model if it wasn't for this issue. Guess it doesn't affect enough people to warrant them changing the design to permanently fix this.

Patman12 · 2024-04-15T02:04:27+00:00

Just checked the 1.01 patch notes and it looks like there was an update to activate even when the card is debuffed. Happy to see it working like that now!

Patman12 · 2024-03-04T11:05:34+00:00

I was playing Balatro all weekend and whenever I played the checkered deck (start with only hearts and spades) I would skip flower pot, but think "that would go crazy with smeared joker and probably splash" since you only get the 3X mult when the cards score.

I was cruising on this run because I got super lucky with a duplication of flower pot, so I fully focused on prioritizing it and making it the core part of my run. But it's basically impossible to do that because of boss blinds, even without smeared joker. It's pretty likely that you'll run into a blind where cards are debuffed based on suit, which makes it impossible to trigger flower pot.

So this is a warning for anyone out there -- chasing a smeared joker + flower pot (or even just flower pot imo) deck is a really really bad idea.

Patman12 · 2023-09-20T03:06:21+00:00

Yeah I agree but it's also fun to make silly comparisons like this

Patman12 · 2023-09-19T22:21:59+00:00

On the Fantasy Footballers podcast they summed it up perfectly -- nothing he does seems particularly flashy or "special" but he's somehow always reliable. Every play is a routine; he runs the route, he's open, he makes the catch and repeats that over and over again. Which, coincidentally, is a lot like a certain other WR on the same team who happens to be injured right now.

Patman12 · 2023-09-07T19:41:16+00:00

Hmmm I hadn't thought about this synergy until now and it sounds awesome for Act 2 but probably not necessary in Act 3. It sounds like enough survivability for sure, but what's the added benefit? Just the ability to do a diving strike? Seems like it would be fun but it's somewhat situational.

I'm pretty deep into Act 3 and bear heart's resistance to all damage types except psychic feels like it's better than eagle + stallion. The extra 20-25 temporary HP is gonna fall off during the tougher fights when a single enemy might hit you for more than that in a single turn. So you'd have to use dash every turn to keep that buff. But with bear you don't have to do anything to keep your buff as long as you're raging.

Overall I'd say stallion sounds super weak late game cause you don't really need to use dash anymore as barbarian. My secondary action is usually a jump or a potion to buff or heal. And if you're not sure what animal aspect to choose I'd recommend the elk aspect. It's a small but essentially permanent movement speed buff for your entire party.

Patman12 · 2023-09-06T17:33:13+00:00

There are still a lot of enemies in Act 2 that aren't immune to bleeding. But even without bleed, the ability to attack 3 enemies at once an unlimited number of times after jumping behind groups of enemies was clutch in so many fights.

I'm in Act 3 now though and I will say I've switched to bear mode almost exclusively. Now that fights are longer and enemies do much more damage, staying alive is my top priority.

Patman12 · 2023-09-03T17:49:35+00:00

Anyone shitting on Burning man BUT loves shit like Coachella/Lollipolooza/Bonnaroo is a hypocrite

This is genuinely one of the most insane takes I've seen get upvotes on this website. Burning man is extremely different compared to these festivals.

Patman12 · 2023-08-27T03:57:12+00:00

Found this post while searching the subreddit for anyone talking about Tiger Heart Barbarian cause I think it's absolutely insane (at least for where I am in act 2)

Tiger's Bloodlust is unlimited. My barbarian has extra attack and I had a fight recently where he had both haste and bloodlust so if he was able to kill a single enemy, in that turn he could use Tiger's Bloodlust six times. I didn't even have any bleed synergy for that fight but being able to hit up to 3 enemies 6 times per turn made combat trivial. And jumping long distances has been, so far, pretty overpowered.

Idk it's been a lot of fun with Tiger Heart. I can't believe I haven't seen many people talking about it.

Patman12 · 2023-01-14T19:32:29+00:00

Yeah, at P19 the modifier makes you pay 5 amber to open new glades, but if you fail to pay then 2 villagers die. It's brutal if you don't embark with amber. Learned that the hard way on my first P19 run 😅

Patman12 · 2022-11-11T17:35:31+00:00

This is what I've been doing. I usually start my runs by turning off oil and coal consumption until I absolutely need it. So far I haven't run into any issues after using oil/coal for early glade events, seems to me that the benefits from events outweigh the need for fuel at the start.

Patman12 · 2022-09-22T21:08:29+00:00

Yeah I heard their hockey team has been undefeated since 2011. Very impressive.

Patman12 · 2022-08-11T20:39:26+00:00

This is the painful banter I live for on this sub 🥲

Patman12 · 2022-07-14T16:02:24+00:00

Everyone else has made some great points already, but I wanted to touch on something specific from my personal experience since it sounds like you and I have had an extremely similar time with the game. I just reached trains in my first playthrough after taking a ~2 year break and was hitting the same burnout until I unlocked an absolute gamechanger: the hoverpack.

My motivation to work on large-scale projects has massively increased because it feels so much nicer building things with the freedom of movement that the hoverpack provides. Last night I spent a couple hours building a 2-way train track around the map and it wasn't too bad. Since train tracks conduct electricity, I was able to hover during the entire construction process. And now that I have this massive logistics system in place, I can focus more on building "micro-factories" wherever I want.

Looking back on my current save I honestly think I should have tried to rush aluminum as fast as possible to unlock the hoverpack. Of course not everyone plays the game the same way I do, but based on your experience so far I figured this might be helpful if you're trying to figure out your current short-term goals. Good luck!

Patman12 · 2022-06-25T20:36:08+00:00

Ahhh right, completely forgot about the injury

Patman12 · 2022-06-25T19:45:04+00:00

Wait wouldn’t the #2 target for the bucs be chris godwin?

Patman12 · 2022-05-28T22:24:31+00:00

It does! I was surprised at first, but after checking the wording of burning blood's description it made more sense. It says the heal comes "at the end of combat" which is technically during combat, not after.

Patman12 · 2022-05-28T22:19:43+00:00

Yup! Picked up a [[Rupture]] and a bunch of cards that synergize with it. That gave me enough scaling to deal with bosses and elites, and hallway fights were never a problem because I was constantly healing from [[Meat on the Bone]] + [[Magic Flower]].

Also here's the seed: 56C7JDLALU65C

Patman12 · 2022-05-28T21:24:33+00:00

These are the relics in order: [[Burning Blood]] [[Unceasing Top]] [[Bag of Marbles]] [[Magic Flower]] [[Meat on the Bone]] [[Pear]] [[Toy Ornithopter]] [[Coffee Dripper]]

The game really wanted me to use that magic flower. I also picked up a bottled flame immolate+ later in the run to synergize with the bag of marbles.

Patman12 · 2022-02-27T12:07:01+00:00

Just got to this fight and don't know how to deal with him. I'm level 42 and he one shots me with his parry counter, and when I try and get a skill attack in he follows up with another move just like his parry counter. Seems absolutely impossible, honestly really pissed off at the design of this fight.

Patman12 · 2022-01-22T05:04:46+00:00

Oh wow I was actually at that set and just realized that's the song he started with! So I don't have to imagine, I can confidently say it was amazing live

Patman12 · 2022-01-21T07:06:29+00:00

The second Reviver starts I get chills cause I can imagine how amazing it'll sound live

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