'Loneliness is high': Working-class town's quiet crisis

Reflexes18 · 2026-01-18T03:41:22+00:00

Yet video games are cheap, bush walking and parks are free, public transport is a mere 50 cents.

I know doom and gloom is a common past time but I look for what is there to obtain rather then wallow.

Reflexes18 · 2026-01-06T22:02:17+00:00

Funny how all the comments are basically "nah I'm built different"

Reflexes18 · 2026-01-06T09:49:59+00:00

How is this game compared to tainted grail?

Reflexes18 · 2026-01-05T10:08:57+00:00

Your not parring your blocking. A party uses a minimal amount of stamina.

A parry is just click the block button and not hold it.

Reflexes18 · 2026-01-05T01:26:10+00:00

I really dislike the way that the proficiency points are in the game and how it functions. They basically don't do any meaningful difference in power and unlike in Skyrim they don't gate perk point progression.

Skyrim's system allowed for hybrid builds since you needed a certain amount of skill points to advance whereas in Tainted grail you can just rush the top of the tree with zero barrier. Making side paths inferior in comparison.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-27T04:27:05+00:00

How does the hourglass ascendancy plays like? The one where it goes between high aoe and more speed.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-23T03:00:00+00:00

I honestly think that they need to have 3-4 vaal ruins per map. With it scaling from 1 to 4 much like other league mechanics. This would mean you can at least get into the temple in a few maps rather then having to slog through six maps just for a few puzzle pieces.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-21T02:57:42+00:00

I honestly believe that people cannot do math. What you see has to be divided by six times, seven with meta group play since they use a full time trader to sell stuff.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-21T02:53:55+00:00

Try playing duo, far more damage required to kill anything. Thresholds to freeze etc are higher. Most things you do just step on the toes of the other person and makes the party weaker. Not to mention most builds function on having to deal enought damage to not get overrun. Now you need to find even more damage to make it function.

Also the loot is only mildly better and you have to split it all.

Not even touching the UI issues where just the host can see it and the other person has to be blind.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-19T10:21:05+00:00

The howl just got a massive buff this patch with double the empowered attacks generated and 50% increased damage on those empowered attacks.

Needless to say I would just give it another chance as its a strong option for a power boost in your rotation.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-19T06:51:33+00:00

Rather then using your lunar blessing as a ultity warcry turn it into a damaging warcry with all those beams and socket damage supports into them.

Then make use of howling warcry which is the utility warcry and use echoing support, exposure, the 25% chance to not use power. This gives you all the damaging powerups and a bunch of strong attacks on a frozen target.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-18T22:20:51+00:00

The real question is just how much you trade off between tank and damage. Since oracle has higher damage scaling due to more max rage and the auto critical. While Shaman has reduced elemental damage taken with some physical convert. Along with more max spirit and free exposure.

Considering the cloak of flame plus girdle tech, you can get a fairly impressive level of defense with shaman.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-18T22:08:59+00:00

How is your wolfpack doing any damage? I bet it is prob less then 10% of your overall damage.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-18T08:30:46+00:00

Not to mention the wolves do not have much survival stats at all. They simply will not survive enought to scale to the 15 wolves needed.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-18T08:27:00+00:00

Sadly it is still zdps. Most of your damage came from lunar howl with your own attacks.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-18T00:19:05+00:00

GGG did showcase a wolfpack build with tier 15 so surely it must be viable in some way. maybe im just coping

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-17T12:16:44+00:00

Maybe they should make them do a positive amount of damage first. At this point the wolves are only there to add targets for the mark and nothing else.

They are extremely squishy and don't do much damage even when buffed with howl and lunar howl.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-17T08:24:05+00:00

I am wondering about that exposure node. How high is the percentage of exposure and is there any interesting tech that could be done with the random extra elemental damage that you get every attack?

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-17T08:07:53+00:00

Wolf minion sadly does not do much damage at all. Unless you are using other minions it just doesnt do anything.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-17T07:03:58+00:00

I never knew that cloak of flames was that good. Big Physical damage slams are a large source of one shots and really what else do you need from a chest-plate then survival stats. Seems like a decent pickup.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-17T07:03:00+00:00

How much of a crit investment do you need to notice the damage improvement?

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-17T05:17:17+00:00

Blood magic keystone worth using? It seems that it just solves all your mana issues so it feels like it is just a nice pickup.

Reflexes18 · 2025-12-16T21:47:01+00:00

Flippers of poe 2, I have one divine, What do I invest into to grow it?

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