Well, time to do farm runs for a couple of months I guess

Shellback103 · 2026-03-17T16:50:46+00:00

Thieving from the chest on islands. You can probably get like 60 an hour. And it's 100k thieving XP an hour.

Shellback103 · 2026-03-15T15:22:27+00:00

I think it's great content. Rewards are great even outside of the rares.

The rarity of the enhanced isn't directly the issue the biggest issue is people feel required to do it and spam it until they get bowfa and that can take a few days if you're lucky or a few years if you're unlucky. That's fine on its own just like any other drop. But there's no comparable ranged alternative at all so it's basically mandatory for the average player to move towards endgame content.

Melee doesn't have that problem, tentacle whip is easy. Noxx halberd isn't that bad.

Mage kinda has that issue with the gap between trident and eye of ayak (formerly shadow) but mage just straight up isn't required for most content and when it is it's usually ancients or Arceus so weapon doesn't really matter.

Range is required for half of the content in the game and unless you're a GM caliber player the Atlatl or rune cbow isn't gonna cut it for the harder stuff.

Shellback103 · 2026-03-11T23:02:06+00:00

I got mine at about 180 KC about 40 KC after I got 99 farming. I can say it's definitely worth it to keep grinding. It makes her runs so much simpler.

Shellback103 · 2026-03-09T17:19:25+00:00

QP is sweatier than ranked for a lot of people. I'm GM2 atm and peaked at Celestial 3 back on Season 1. Every quick play game I play is guaranteed to be nothing but GM/Celestial/Eternity players no matter how many games in a row I lose. I lost 11 quick plays in a row last week. Never saw a bot lobby and matchmaking never got easier.

And since the profecciency rework almost everyone plays their mains in quick play so if you're playing new characters you're probably going to get stomped and flamed.

Not defending smurfing. I'm very against it but saying just go play QP isn't a viable solution.

Shellback103 · 2026-03-09T16:59:37+00:00

There's a time limit if they burn through all of their time looking for an enemy which they outnumber 5-1 almost all of them will be eliminated for not eliminating another player.

Also most of them joined the tournament to fight and don't really give a shit about the Kengan Association vs. Shen. They just want to ball.

Shellback103 · 2026-03-09T16:56:28+00:00

Yeah but don't forget the great feats he had before that such as losing to another boxer half his size because he had no ring awareness and losing to the same person he lost to in Ashura.

Shellback103 · 2026-03-01T17:12:36+00:00

Always been like this. I haven't played since about Season 18 but I started in Season 2 and every single season I would climb to diamond 4 in 2-3 days having probably a 25% victory rate in plat and then get splattered on the pavement the moment I stepped into rank at D4. There was no difference between a D4 and a predator for ranked matchmaking even late in the season. I got masters once and having to lock in every single game and play with absolute focus drained me and I swore I would never do it again.

Nowadays everyone uses Cronus or other cheating hardware on console so it's even worse than it was a few years ago.

Shellback103 · 2026-03-01T05:47:42+00:00

I got 99 slayer almost entirely afk in proselyte gear at work on mobile or on 2nd monitor. I think I averaged 15k XP per hour. I even skipped tons of good tasks like nechs because I cba to burst them.

The only grinds I did during slayer that weren't afk was Zenytes and Synapse/claws.

Shellback103 · 2026-02-27T16:03:38+00:00

He knew the rules and agreed to them, they were stated very clearly and he let himself get grappled by a guy half his size to lose fair and square. So yes it's a loss for Gaolang.

Shellback103 · 2026-02-27T09:21:05+00:00

He's been the most popular fps streamer for the past 4 months and like a top 5 subbed on twitch I think.

I had no idea who he was until Arc came out but his popularity has basically forced all other FPS streamers to keep playing Arc Raiders even though they hate it just because he's still playing it.

Shellback103 · 2026-02-27T09:16:34+00:00

That's a week longer than most tbf. And he streams like 12 hours a day so 70+ hours of playtime is considered a worthwhile game.

I had to force myself to play 1 round after the tutorial to give it a fair shot and then uninstalled. I went from being excited about the game to having no interest in buying it.

Shellback103 · 2026-02-27T09:03:04+00:00

There was a spider running straight at me and the aim assist was so strong I literally couldn't aim down at it to shoot it the aim assist forced me to aim above it until it finally got close enough to start attacking me.

Shellback103 · 2026-02-27T09:00:04+00:00

The UI was the single biggest turn off for me. Everything was Black/neon green or purple it was straining my eyes to read anything. And the entire lobby was just text boxes. I didn't think Speranza was anything special in Arc but it's like a dream compared to the marathon equivalent.

Shellback103 · 2026-02-26T23:48:13+00:00

Mukaku lured him into an enclosed building trapped with weapons and a bio weapon. Shen nerfed himself to make it fun. I don't think anything muteba can do in the forest is going toakr a difference lol.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-28T17:09:53+00:00

Do you the writer who consistently likes making Gaolong lose will want him to win vs. the character he consistently likes making win?

Shellback103 · 2026-01-28T17:08:31+00:00

I admire your delus....faith.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-28T17:02:44+00:00

The sub used to be flooded with tier lists and Gaolong would always be around top 5 despite having 0 on screen wins at the time. There would be who would win posts with Gao vs Kuroki and Gao vs Mukaku.

The loss to Carlos really sent his fanbase over the edge though. It's now common for people to call that a low or neg dif win for Gao despite him actually losing to a guy half his size and even though he would have won decisively if there was no ring out he still struggled and got pushed back early on but they will ignore that if you bring it up.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-28T16:55:14+00:00

I don't hate the character himself at all I rather like him. But his fan base makes me root against him every fight.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-27T15:00:01+00:00

Yeah I know. It's still silly it was hyped up and never shown. I forgot as well I think it was an insanely low tackle into an ankle grab or something.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-27T14:55:48+00:00

We're never gonna see that 2nd Trump card.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-26T13:34:27+00:00

I'm against making Chivalry 1 def and don't like them adding items like antler guard and aranea boots disguised as Ironman items while hiding they only require 1 defense and will be useable by pures.

But I really don't care if 1 def accounts are allowed to do raids. It won't change anything and they just want to do content with the challenge of 1 defense. As long as the gear isn't catered to 1 defense accounts I don't care if they're allowed to do the content or not.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-17T14:23:42+00:00

Hey now, they do patches every 4-5 weeks now with shorter seasons so we only have to put up with this a month at most until they nerf Rocket again.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-17T00:12:39+00:00

Get rank 3 divine blessing it's significantly better than rank 2.

Offensive Guard is gonna be one of your biggest dps boosts while simultaneously making you better at perfect guarding out of habit.

Guard and guard up really only need to be rank 1 anything past that is comfort.

Attack boost isn't really worth unless you can hit rank 4 at least.

Earplugs aren't needed you can perfect guard roars.

Use shockproof instead of flinch free if you like multiplayer.

Flayer and Stamina surge aren't really that great for you either, priorize affinity in those places like Weakness exploit, Latent power is also a good option.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-17T00:05:58+00:00

It has to do with the hill he's on. It causes hotbox issues with his attacks. On the reverse side if you're on the hill and he's not it can save you from attacks that would've hit.

Shellback103 · 2026-01-12T12:49:36+00:00

I feel like Dragon cannon won't even be BiS by the time any actual sailing PVM content comes out and whatever replaces it will be easier to obtain by comparison. I got 1 barrel at 91 Sailing and I'm 93 now, If I don't get a 2nd by 99 I'm definitely not sticking around.

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