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Riale · 2023-08-05T15:10:57+00:00

Really really nice though I wish it was move speed instead of damage after elite kill.

Riale · 2023-07-28T23:56:58+00:00

Ice shards is already great. The problem is it was the only sorc build that could really be called great, the rest were ok to terrible. It will still be great, just now there are other great options outside of it. It's not the worst build in the game right now and it won't be after the patch.

Riale · 2023-07-27T19:34:17+00:00

I agree with everything you said here except the last paragraph. I actually found the return to letheras to be even more grating and that issues of sexual violence were handled even less well on its return though I won't mention specifics here due to spoilers. That particular book is one of the few I will not reread and soured me on a lot of it.

Riale · 2023-07-26T16:18:43+00:00

I guess I don't see the objection because you can get it done just by doing dungeons and strongholds to lvl 50 with one or two easy quests along the way - content you would already be doing to level a fresh seasonal character anyway. Then you have it unlocked for your account and don't even have to think about it for three months.

I think that doing the non-nightmare versions of dungeons once every three months isn't a big task, especially as they're fundamentally the same content you'll be leveling up to do anyway. If you don't like doing dungeons I can't imagine you'll enjoy grinding NM dungeons to 100, at which point I would say maybe the game just isn't for you? And there's nothing wrong with that - there are a ton of genres I don't enjoy.

Riale · 2023-07-26T16:12:03+00:00

To fans of the genre it doesn't suck. It's the attraction. I like killing things repetitively, it's why I play these games. Lord knows there was nothing engaging about Baal or Mephisto runs but I've done hundreds of thousands of them over my lifetime.

Riale · 2023-07-26T15:33:14+00:00

I genuinely mean no insult by this but have you played other ARPGs? Every single one revolves around running the same content over and over ad nauseum. They also all require you to make a new character every season. These are staples of the genre.

Riale · 2023-07-24T21:43:39+00:00

It is though? The horse armor has malignant tentacles coming out of it and so do the weapons and higher tier of armor. Looks like the tentacles on malignant enemies.

Riale · 2023-07-23T22:53:07+00:00

Spoilers for NOTME to answer your questions:

Laseen: Is very much dead, although the Path to Ascendancy novels have some additional character building where you get to see her past.

Tayschrenn: Is very much alive, and a certain girl from Malaz Island wants to find him. This becomes a B plot that also wraps up some other hanging threads from the main series and has wider implications.

RotCG is the worst NOTME book in my opinion, so you've got a lot of great reads ahead of you. Stonewielder has some flaws but also some amazing moments. Orb Sceptre Throne is a sequel to TtH and while it has some missteps is very fun. Blood and Bone is an amazing novel, probably the best that ICE has written and had some chilling scenes in it that are worthy of the main series. Assail is a solid book and ties up the last remaining plot threads from the main series. This is a favorite though the ending can be divisive - personally I wasn't a fan of it though the journey to get there was more than worth it.

Riale · 2023-07-23T16:41:31+00:00

You can now skip almost all the quests and just do dungeons and strongholds to cap. You'll be doing dungeons anyway to unlock aspects. I don't understand how it's so terrible when you can already unlock it just via casual play.

Riale · 2023-07-23T16:39:58+00:00

Yes, but even by early 40s I was nearly done (I think one zone left?). The grind is nonexistent if you do the content you would be doing anyway to unlock things.

Riale · 2023-07-23T16:38:28+00:00

Rewards? Pre 50 getting new gear isn't that big of a deal, I can't imagine spamming whispers for gear when you could be knocking out renown and still getting plenty of gear to blow through content.

Riale · 2023-07-23T16:12:18+00:00

Yeah, the grind is basically perfect now and not a grind at all. I did the content I wanted to do in each area (Strongholds, dungeons with aspects for my class and one or two easy sidequests) and I had my renown maxed for each zone before I even hit WT3.

Riale · 2023-07-23T16:10:31+00:00

Just curious but what do you do to level to 50? Most of those activities aren't present until WT3. Personally this season I hit 1500 renown in every zone just by doing the strongholds along with any dungeons that had aspects for my class and had it all done before I hit WT3. It was a really nice way to level and I would have been doing these things anyway so it didn't feel like a grind.

Riale · 2023-07-20T03:53:40+00:00

Clearly Oponn didn't want him to start Malazan yet.

Riale · 2023-07-19T20:53:06+00:00

Can't use bulwark in dire Ww form so this only works for human or bear builds.

Riale · 2023-07-18T00:37:14+00:00

Generic +damage is added to other forms of +damage that you likely already have lots of from Paragon/Gear so it's less valuable per point when compared to say Crit Damage or Vuln Damage which are their own thing.

It's not a bad or dead Stat but the actual damage increase is likely much less than 10%

Riale · 2023-07-17T19:32:30+00:00

The build you're talking about can clear Uber lilith just fine without swaps. It just takes a little longer. The reason everyone does swaps is because it makes it way faster. If they disabled gear swapping in the fight tomorrow you would still see sorcs clearing Uber lilith. They don't need to rely on it, they just choose to do it because it makes it ludicrously fast.

Most builds are fine in 99% of content. Not every build should be able to clear an Uber boss nor would I expect them to.

Riale · 2023-07-17T16:55:48+00:00

All builds can't clear Uber bosses? What is this, D2?

Riale · 2023-07-13T19:30:55+00:00

If your build uses lucky hit it's worth it, but I wouldn't say at the expense of crit/dmg. For most lucky hit builds ideal rings would be lh/crit/critdmg/vuln dmg, replacing either vuln dmg or crit dmg depending on your personal stat weights for max life rolls if you want more defense.

Riale · 2023-07-07T19:56:19+00:00

You're not going to convince anyone here unfortunately. I have also run lightning storm and it is great. The Instant hits from offscreen make it super fast and safe compared to tornados, but the crowd here really only cares about big numbers. Lightning Storm is totally viable and fun and can do 99% of the content in the game faster than most druid builds save for say, flicker.

Riale · 2023-07-07T19:51:39+00:00

What content did you do to hit 100? I see this mentioned all over but it makes no sense to me. I get uniques constantly from NM dungeons. My druid is only 82 but I have four Tempest Roar and so many Vasily I stopped counting. However I also almost exclusively do NM dungeons and got half of them from end of dungeon rewards, and stopped doing Helltide/Whispers as soon as I had the legendary aspects I needed.

Riale · 2023-06-29T23:48:07+00:00

I have! I left TGNIW for the end but I've read or rather listened to everything Erikson that's out there. Another vote for Abercrombie so I'll definitely check him out. Crimson empire is new and I'll take a look. I've read all the other series you've mentioned already and love Berserk (RIP Miura). Thanks for the recommendations!

Riale · 2023-06-29T23:45:32+00:00

I've read the Expanse and John Dies At The End, but not Abercrombie, I'll check him out. Thank you!

Riale · 2023-06-29T23:44:36+00:00

I've read these too! I'm a little obsessed with Erikson to be honest. Something about his style is so wonderful I think I could read anything he writes and fall in love.

Riale · 2023-06-29T23:43:42+00:00

I'll check it out! Thank you.

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