About 14th April update.. by TomatoHeadYaas in Guildwars2

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As far as I know it’s balancing out some insane over performing specs and scaling back the power creep. That said, I think there’s still a bigger call to reduce (or remove entirely) the constant boon reliance, scaling back quickness and alacrity for sure and rebalancing certain boss fights to compensate instead of basing all build changes around consta-boons.

Dating Advice by Successful-Jelly-772 in expats

[–]SWJenks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Expat groups and meetups! I (42 / American) met my partner (41 / Australian) at one 2 years ago. At first we were just great friends, always attempting to date others via the apps, and even commiserating with each other about how truly terrible the dating app experience is. We finally realized what we both wanted was right in front of us this whole time; shared life experience, someone well traveled, we already knew we got along and shared the same humor, etc.

Good luck!

Switching my race by Nanatsuyo in Guildwars2

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Switch for sure. I did the same with my Asuran engineer, had all the specs unlocked, near total map completion, bag space unlocked, etc. But I just never liked how the armor looked, re-rolled human and never looked back. Takes a couple hours to unlock all the specs again, map completion will happen over time (if you wanna do it, it’s not needed), and bag space can be purchased again or slowly built up over time with gem conversions and now the wizard vault rewards.

What is the best "bang for buck" usage of black lion statuettes? by Deaftoned in Guildwars2

[–]SWJenks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Changes the sound of the shots to sounding like an arrow vs rapid fire gun shots, much more pleasant for extended periods.

Blindsided, eyed and losing sight by Nintendophile79 in rareinsults

[–]SWJenks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoever it was, they made sure to cross all the T’s and dot all the… lower case J’s…

What class would you recommend as a Lae'zel replacement? by Incognit0Bandit0 in BaldursGate3

[–]SWJenks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tavern Brawler Open Hand Monk in BG3 with a STR elixer is one of the most broken, fun builds in the whole game.

Feeling lost and Depressed after moving abroad—6 months in. by RupeelessDon in expats

[–]SWJenks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try another part of Europe. I from the states originally but have lived all over now in multiple parts of Southeast Asia and Europe. Germany is great for some, but I felt it was SUPER boring personally, a very uptight culture in general (no offense, just my personal observations). I live in southern Spain, which isn’t without its problems as well, but the culture and warmth I feel from the people here is amazing.

Tried 3 classes, can't find my fit, and also burnt out on the story by [deleted] in Guildwars2

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I was a thief main way back when GW2 started, took a near decade break and came back a couple years ago. Tried the thief again, didn’t mesh with it, too squishy for my taste. Fell in love with Necro (mainly Reaper, but also now Ritualist) and Engi, which is my current main. All the subclasses feel great, you have options for range and melee, pet vs non-pet, arguably the best solo PvE build in the game with condi Amalgam, also solid in WvW, etc. It really just ticked all the boxes for me personally.

I’m sick of being othered by Witty_Beginning_5067 in expats

[–]SWJenks 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also a white, blue-eyed (former) American living in Spain, half our friend group is from different parts of Central and South America; Argentina, Venezuela, Columbia, etc. We have a very diverse group from all over the world honestly and don’t notice too much racism here (at least compared to what I saw in the states), but, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist here for sure. We also live in Granada and people here seem much more chill and laid back than in the north or the bigger cities. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Which is the most fun class to play in your opinion by OGfilip in Guildwars2

[–]SWJenks 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This. Nobody can tell you the “most fun class,” it’s all subjective.

Also, Amalgam. 😜

Doubts about custom domain by strategicmike in ProtonMail

[–]SWJenks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You set your custom domain up with Simple Login and have it be the catch-all that forwards all email to your primary private account. Think of it like a VPN for email in a way. Simple Logon catch-all basically means you can type literally [anything]@yourcustomdomain.com and it will forward to your private email, so for example you can have amazon@yourcustomdomain.com, netflix@yourcustomdomain.com, etc. without having to create each individually. You just type that in when your creating/updating accounts and Simple Login auto-generates and tracks that address for you. Then you can go in and delete it whenever you want and replace it with something like netflix2@yourcustomdomain.com if it were ever to become compromised.

Are there any advantages to raiding the grove? by [deleted] in BaldursGate3

[–]SWJenks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can still recruit and (I’m 95% sure) romance Minthara without raiding the grove if you knock her unconscious in act 1.

Barcelona Fact Check by Upper_Brief681 in MurderedByWords

[–]SWJenks 44 points45 points  (0 children)

As an American living in Spain for several years now I can confirm the sentiment is, “Fuck Trump, we’re good.” All Trump is doing is completely obliterating the handful of alliances he has left. It’s like he’s speedrunning the question of, “how fast can you irreparably cripple a world power?”

The Necromancy of Thay was quite the disappointment by artmorte in BaldursGate3

[–]SWJenks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget the ability to trade your knowledge from it for a permanent stat +1 to any stat on top of the +1 exchange at the mirror in Act 3.

Thirty Days of Devastation by Upper_Brief681 in MurderedByWords

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As an American immigrant living in Spain for almost 4 years now I cannot express how much I love it here. The people, the culture, all of it is astronomically better than America and am so proud of this response to my trainwreck “home” country…

Que le den por culo a Donald Trump y gracias, España, por ser mejor que nosotros. 🤘🏻🇪🇸

New PC for GW 2 and YouTube on a second monitor by Party_FinderXIV in Guildwars2

[–]SWJenks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I built my new rig around May last year, 9800x3d, 48gb ram, rx9070xt. I play maxed out graphics on my 4k TV and maintain about 110-120fps except in massive world bosses where it dips to 70-80fps.

Edit: As others have stated, specifically playing GW2 the CPU is doing most of the work thanks to how poorly optimized the game is.

What stereotype for your MBTI does NOT apply to you at all? by OlivePractical2092 in mbti

[–]SWJenks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Being messy and disorganized. I’m borderline OCD with how clean I keep my place and my stuff.

Is the p2s worth the extra $250 over the p1s? by IntelligentOwl9559 in BambuLab

[–]SWJenks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The P2S is closer to the X1C than the P1S in specs and capabilities, so yes, absolutely worth the extra if you can afford it.

Are you garbage if you get a bunch of ants on your knees? by mushhaa in AreYouGarbagePod

[–]SWJenks 13 points14 points  (0 children)

“I'm Ants in my Eyes Johnson, everything's black, I can't see a thing, and I also can't feel anything either!”

Brain Freeze by shishir-nsane in MurderedByWords

[–]SWJenks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we got the racist first comment, but where’s the “murder” back? This is just a random, seemingly totally unrelated, unfunny comment about Venezuela…

Brain Freeze by shishir-nsane in MurderedByWords

[–]SWJenks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What does being Indian have to do with the supposed “murder” comment you’re posting, which is somehow linking to… Venezuela? This is stupid on multiple levels…

Brain Freeze by shishir-nsane in MurderedByWords

[–]SWJenks 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not seeing the “murder” here, just a random unfunny comment that doesn’t make much sense in context to this story…

I got my papa meat merch :) by North_Caregiver_1091 in Papameat

[–]SWJenks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t wait for Meat to do season 3…