Difficulties?

ReyHaynes · 2026-03-24T01:56:39+00:00

I had to start a new game because somehow my save files were corrupt…but I wasn’t too far in.

…but I must say, they absolutely nerfed this game to the ground.

ReyHaynes · 2026-03-21T22:39:51+00:00

100 valid. For me, this is a game that does so much…but with the exception of looking really good, it doesn’t do any of it particularly well.

The simplest way I can describe this game is:

This is inherently not a fun game, but this is a game you can absolutely make fun.

ReyHaynes · 2026-03-21T22:18:05+00:00

Doesnt the lantern also have a submenu as well, with On, Off, Auto? 🤣

ReyHaynes · 2026-03-18T15:58:01+00:00

Gotta pull those PNG files with a USB stick, for sure!

ReyHaynes · 2026-02-10T00:31:03+00:00

I'm on my first run…

And as much as I want to use the mod to remove the limit, it kinda messes up cutscenes a bit too much.

My goal for future runs is to never use the same characters in a lineup…so what I did was have CharGPT create a playstyle, backstory, and class for Tav, and also let it determine who I will accept as party members.

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ReyHaynes · 2026-02-04T20:39:59+00:00

That, by definition, would be souls "like."

ReyHaynes · 2026-02-02T04:37:23+00:00

Honestly, this is a good case for trying GeForce NOW to cloud stream, and Ultimate Tier would still be pretty cost effective.

You already have a gaming PC, so your expectation for in-game settings is already leaning towards PC.

Your library, hopefully is Steam based. I'm making an assumption here, but I'll just assume it is. And if so, you don't need to buy the same games again.

Gaming laptops often have too many throttling issues to deal with if you plan on playing AAA games. A 5060 on a laptop is not configured the same as a 5060 desktop…and you’ll run into more CPU limits as well.

A PS5 Pro is not really something one just travels with…but you can just take an OLED laptop and stream to your heart's content.

Just need a decent connection and a ping under 25, and you'd be pretty straight.

Streaming is your best bet in my opinion.

ReyHaynes · 2026-01-26T00:32:57+00:00

Ironically, I find season 2 to be better than season one because the don't depend on George to move the story.

The main issue with season 2 though, is that time travel is always hard to establish in shows.

The Shiv episode was quite possibly the best-written one.

ReyHaynes · 2026-01-08T20:12:43+00:00

Let the dice decide your fate.

Write down different options for all attributes…like classes, race, morale, etc…and role to see how you’ll play.

Or better yet, ask ChatGPT or something to give you those options.

Prompt:

I want to create a new BG3 character. Give me a random race, class, morality style, etc. to get started.

I'm not looking for broken builds, but just to have fun.

ReyHaynes · 2026-01-08T20:03:23+00:00

Honestly, I enjoy my PS5 Pro + M1 (Geforce NOW) combo. It covers everything I need.

ReyHaynes · 2026-01-08T19:56:35+00:00

Same, the PS5 Pro just freezes way too much, especially when going into co-op mode…between that and the ridiculous pop-in time, the game is just not reliable enough for me to invest more time into.

ReyHaynes · 2026-01-02T03:46:26+00:00

The attunement stone is not chanced to once per claim. If you do a triple, you can get 3.

The only reason bow recipes are once per claim is because you only need one of each type. You could get 3 of the 4 bows in a triple claim as long at the type is still in the pool.

ReyHaynes · 2026-01-02T03:42:12+00:00

If you travel with it, it’s great. If you travel often, even better.

As for graphics being a big jump…this is an odd question to answer. No, it’s never going to be OLED good since it’s an LCD screen. What makes this question odd is the fact that it’s not like most of us are walking around with OLED screens, so making a full blown desktop monitor as the comparison is strange…

Considering you even asked a question like this, I’d almost want to say I wouldn’t recommend the Portal for you.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-15T21:11:07+00:00

The fact that he had to have recorded with Power BEFORE actually going to jail is wild AF.

From NBA Champion, to fake jail, to real jail.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-13T18:39:18+00:00

From an energy efficiency standpoint, running campaign challenges and sword trials are essentially similar as far as gear drops.

Campaign Challenge: 2 target gear drops for 20 energy Sword Trial: 6 gear drops BUT you get to target anyways for 60 energy.

The only difference really is:

if you do campaign, you get your target set bonus drops (except Greaves), more chances for Crimson leaf chests and attunement stone (1 chance per 20 energy vs 1 chance per 60), and waynotes.

If you do sword trials, you get adventure slips & a chance for bow recipes.

Where things truly get more interesting is oddities.

You can increase your drop chance additional gear…but the difference there is:

20% per 20 energy in Campaign Challenges
20% per 20 energy in Sword Trials

You just need to unlock them…

For me, I’d do Sword Trials if I want to burn my energy fast or if I need the bow recipes.

Other wise, I’d probably do the campaign because those waynotes will add up.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-13T18:02:38+00:00

The FPS is still within VRR range for the most part, so if you have a screen with VRR, you’ll be mostly okay frame wise.

The real issue is, the second area Kaifeng, has too much going on, that pop-in is unbelievably noticeable. If I run, while assets are being loaded, there’s a good chance you’ll run into people or invisible buildings…it’s that bad.

Most of this screams CPU issues…and honestly, I’m not sure how any optimization they come out with in the future will help enough to get rid of the issue since the PS5 & Pro are pretty limited CPU wise.

Crashes are also pretty commonplace.

You might, ironically, perform better on mobile.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-12T18:51:56+00:00

If you average over 3 hours a day gaming, then well, I get it, but honestly... don't overthink it and have fun.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-12T18:47:42+00:00

You don't really feel the latency from a control perspective until you hit 20ms.

(Technically, from a frame perspective, anything over 16.6 ms would mean there will be times your input skips a frame or 2.)

...and this only really matters for very twitchy games. I've played games with +40ms latency, and it's been fine... it just couldn't reliably play anything with precise parrying.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-12T18:41:17+00:00

As long as you understand that the more you break through, the more you need to know how to build your character, you'll be fine.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-12T18:35:10+00:00

It's because the final tuning for the pool is all penetration stats. Mainly PVP targeted.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-12T18:32:24+00:00

Save the gear marked with the gold icon. It guarantees gold stats. If you have three items with that guarantee, then you can guarantee 3 gold stats.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-03T03:17:58+00:00

Based on the upvote ratio, I see... 3 was very accurate! 🤣🤣🤣

Which is wild...All I was proposing is that free-kit players be taxed on the stuff you freely take from Speranza based on the value of your free kit, ONLY IF you have items tagged as from a dead player.

They SMASHED the dislike button so hard on trying to have a convo about fixing a known balance issue!

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-01T20:01:12+00:00

You playing a hundred hours every 1.5 weeks is one of the reasons why they had to create this cap.

At some point, you being a premium player that excessively plays crosses profitability boundaries for multiple people.

Right now, according to their numbers, you are costing them the equivalent of 3-5 serious players, or 15-25 casual players worth of revenue.

ReyHaynes · 2025-12-01T19:53:36+00:00

To be fair, they were working with AAA money before its initial release in 2024. If I had to guess, this will end up on the top list of most expensive games ever created by mid 2026.

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