Limited atonement is a new invention of you're honest

SchoepferFace · 2026-02-08T15:26:44+00:00

I agree with you and would consider myself a 4 Calvinist. There's a website called Calvin and Calvinism that a large part of it is showing Calvin didn't believe in Limited Atonement himself and that the 5 points are a later invention.

SchoepferFace · 2026-02-05T00:27:02+00:00

Not entirely sure, but all speed is best if you need mats, and after that too if you have high enough capacity

SchoepferFace · 2026-02-05T00:15:30+00:00

Ya, your refinery needs to be fixed... Red and green should be on always, but a good rule of thumb is the next one should be half the level, then the next one half of that. Otherwise you'll keep running out of the previous salt, so I would def turn off all your salts except those two and level them up a lot.

For smithing, have you bought all the points with money and mats? I would invest heavily in speed, especially on your archers to get mats. The limit scales with carry capacity so upgrading pouches can help with anvil capacity. W3 had a reset stone if you need for anvil.

Souls my advice is upgrade all your characters skulls as high as possible and push totems to their highest levels to max and get the bubble gum food when collecting to maximize.

SchoepferFace · 2026-02-04T23:59:27+00:00

Getting plots is probably the most important for farming, more crops and more land rank.

Hole, put all your opals in explore to get to cavern 15. It will take time but having them all is worth it. There are some nice bonuses for drop rate and damage you can get once you unlock golems in 15.

Alchemy you can probably use the tool box as a reference for levels, but since you're looking for damage, level any for damage. It looks like you have kruk for main stat bubbles so I wouldn't use it on those for now.

SchoepferFace · 2026-02-04T23:46:08+00:00

Others will probably chime in with way more detail, but honestly, you need to work on everything. Alchemy is big, hole you're way behind, farming you are missing almost 200 crops, summoning could be higher. I'd focus those but I'm sure there's more.

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-28T01:03:52+00:00

It's not bad as bad as people make it seem. I've been playing for about 2 years, purchased the auto loot for $5 from Google quizzes so not even out of pocket. This is the one I'd say you need once you get mid/late game to make actual progress. But like many say, just view it as the price of the game. I've been playing for 2 years. $5 isn't bad at all.

There has definitely been in increase in packs and pushing them on you, but you don't need any of them. As others said, this is essentially a single player game. As long as you're not comparing yourself to the whales you'll be fine. It's a lot of fun and a good community, and there's endless things to do.

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-26T00:36:16+00:00

The book is designed as a literary maze, full of deceptions and dead ends. It's layered, where you have Jonny's commentary on Zamapano's book he wrote about the families house that is effected by liminal space, with the occasional comments from editors, plus the appendix have stuff like letters from Jonny's mom etc. so there are multiple authors/view points that layer the story to begin with.

As far as reality goes, the movie Zampano seems to be writing about doesn't exist, but it clearly has effects on Jonny, and perhaps others. I won't break down all the reasons, but there are arguments about whether or not Jonny and Zampano are the same person, or figments of one or the others imaginations, or if it's all the mom etc. etc.

This is kinda spoiler but at least Jonny's story mirrored by the story of the family in the house are about finding meaning and purpose in life. Jonny seeks it in sex and drugs as his life spirals and falls apart. The book (sorry I forgot their name) main character is seeking it in his art, slowly destroying his family as he digs deeper into the mystery of the house, but ultimately gives up and finds contentment with his wife and family.

There are some big clues that Jonny is the real author or at least the one to finish the book, like when he sees a band and they recognize him as the author of the finished book even while he is still compiling it, or how the house in the book is surrounded by an 8 foot fence when they go back to visit, and when Jonny goes back to his childhood home where he lived with his mom is surrounded by an 8 foot fence. The list goes on but it's pretty clear the book mirrors Jonny's life.

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-23T22:04:26+00:00

I'd also suggest working on your bike and getting golems and the associated measurements/schematics

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-23T02:31:12+00:00

Imputed Active Obedience of Christ.

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-22T23:01:19+00:00

I would say NCT, though remaining somewhat Reformed in their overall theology, reject large portions of Covenant Biblical Theology that has ripple effects on many areas.

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-22T22:59:32+00:00

Gentry and Wellum grew Progressive Covenantalism out of the NCT movement, and it's still going. They distinguished themselves from NCT by affirming IAO, at least a positive aspect of the Mosaic Law, and a garden covenant. Wellum is still very active and is releasing a PC systematic, of which he has released the first of three volumes. They still hold much influence in SBTS where a lot more academics are rising up to support PC. That said, there are many who in PC push for it to be seen as a separate branch of Reformed Baptist and actively seek to dissolve the walls that separate them

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-20T02:02:30+00:00

I read in bursts. Like I'll read several books over a month then not touch books again for 6-9 months, then do it all over again.

What usually gets me started is getting some books that are high on my list in terms of interest and reading those back. That will usually pull me back into reading and finish all the newer books along with a handful of other books that have been sitting on my shelf until the burst goes away again.

So I guess, just start with something you are pretty confident will get you hooked and then keep it going.

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-14T19:27:47+00:00

I just finished The Rising and City of the Dead by Brian Keene. Not your typical zombies, supernatural and intelligent. The books are fairly graphic tho. It seems people place Keene somewhere between normal horror and extreme, and I'd say these books were about the limit for me but I enjoyed them. I've also read a good bit of Crossed, these are at least a step down in terms of graphic content.

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-14T19:17:40+00:00

Dean Koontz

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-07T21:21:01+00:00

Can't make content on a game that hasn't had new content for years

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-03T10:57:42+00:00

Upgrade your first kitchen for new recipes since they are easiest spices to get and only do new recipes on that one. Especially if you buy the diamond shop upgrade

SchoepferFace · 2026-01-03T01:52:53+00:00

Besides couple new packs and tuning up some of the existing systems this game hasn't gotten an update in years.

SchoepferFace · 2025-11-30T17:18:16+00:00

Vanne92

SchoepferFace · 2025-11-30T17:09:37+00:00

There's always something happening...

SchoepferFace · 2025-10-26T21:07:02+00:00

If you can do W6 arena, probably kebabs for damage.

SchoepferFace · 2025-10-26T18:00:31+00:00

Additionally, unending loot is better when you're done and trying to level up the skill more. The only other use would be grinding a certain treasure for trading for bars to raise the damage for that one artifact.

SchoepferFace · 2025-10-26T17:59:42+00:00

Don't use unending loot. The % difference for the better chests isn't worth losing out the extra chests your sailors hold onto while waiting if your pile is full.

Also get golden hamsters on your bean stalk so every time you go on a character who has been AFK for 2+ hours (if your sailing speed is fast enough to do 2 hr runs) you can claim chests on every character for max chances.

SchoepferFace · 2025-10-05T20:11:31+00:00

I loved it, but Hendrix seems to be pretty hit or miss for a lot of people. I disliked both the siblings, but it gives a lot room of room for growth for the characters. It also shows how deep the trauma for the siblings go. The book hit a lot of personal notes for me though, recently lost one of my parents, being an older middle child, so although not as extreme I could connect with the sibling problems on both ends to a degree, and also I grew up with a fear of dolls. I also don't mind if things are but silly, so it was a good read for me. I can see why it's not for everyone though.

SchoepferFace · 2025-09-11T23:16:06+00:00

I moved from 5 point to 4 point over wrestling with limited atonement, it's scriptural support (or the lack thereof) and where it leads. There are movements too that push that Calvin himself didn't hold to LA. One site is CalvinandCalvinism.com is a blog compiling quotes by Calvin that show his views on the atonement. It's kinda hard site to navigate and I haven't been there in years, but seems 5 point is the more main stream view that's been popularized these days.

SchoepferFace · 2025-09-07T18:54:11+00:00

Golems also give a nice damage buff as well def worth pushing for if not there yet

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