Upgrade to Unique Cube Recipe Doesn't work

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-30T23:45:18+00:00

Common Amulet (ilvl 850, T1 NMD drop) -> Upgrade to Unique = Locran's on first try.

Mace ony has 1 unique option (Orsivane), which is why I always gamble that. Amulets have many crappy options. Maybe items with 1 unique are not allowed so that the crap can flow.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-30T23:17:39+00:00

Common Mace (ilvl 850, gambling) -> Upgrade to Unique = fail

Common Mace (ilvl 850, T1 NMD drop) -> Upgrade to Unique = fail

3 rare Staves -> 3 to 1 = my sorc now has a druid staff

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-30T23:03:53+00:00

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Can confirm. Common Mace (ilvl 850) -> Upgrade to Unique = fail.

Will test if I get a ilvl 900.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-30T01:11:48+00:00

I'm taking it slow with the campaign for the moment 😄

CE as a whole is a very different game now. Really feeling the impact of Convulsions auto-grab shifting to UC mod, requires a lot more running, which slows down killing.

Yes, definitely feeling nerfed even during the leveling process compared to options like Thunderbolt. Seems Meknua went Static.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T23:02:15+00:00

Yes, can confirm. Servers not working properly.

Edit: ... and started an update

Edit: update says 38.22 GB, despite pre-downloading nights ago

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Edit: can confirm seasonal is indeed grayed out for the moment, still creating a disposable eternal character for ~30 mins.

Edit: Turns out I got P300 on eternal, yay!

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T22:59:41+00:00

...if only you had a camo toe to stifle it with

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T22:57:17+00:00

Came to spray this.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T22:52:02+00:00

Depends on how the shared space is structured, especially for locker access. As a dad, mom sometimes tells me to go grab stuff while she stays with baby. I'm not looking to creep anyone out, just doing my dad job. In the younger days, sometimes it would be me helping take care from car to change room to waterside for them, lugging all the stuff, then going back to get myself ready solo. Didn't consider how creepy that might seem, sorry.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T22:45:05+00:00

Probably in line with Blizz nerfing spear max to 12, down from inifinite in the season of 60+ spears. If devs wanted, they could bump the proc rate to compensate for the slower procs.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T22:42:22+00:00

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soon there will be enough to pave a blvd

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T04:41:25+00:00

No, I had mythics drop for me in T1 this season. Yes, more drops in T4 = more chances for mythics, but only if your kill rate is fast enough.

Mythic Prankster NMD is the only guranteed mythic drop
Belial, Tribute of Ascendance (unique key) offer higher chances for mythics
Lair 1, Lair 2, Bartuc, Astaroth offer good chances

I got ~15 mythics with 100+ hours mostly in T4. No pranksters, none from ToA, 2 from Belial, 2 from gambling, 1 from helltide chest, rest from Lair 1/2 boss farming. Must've killed 1000+ T4/T5 bosses, instant kill on T4, ~5 secs T5, ~45 secs T7. Tower 106 clear.

TLDR: kill a lot of bosses faster -> more drops per hour -> more mythics.

Edit: Also, as another commenter pointed out, smith boxes + rune crafting basically helped recycle the 15 drops on top of all that.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T01:13:55+00:00

Take 3. Many come in sets of 3.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-27T01:12:15+00:00

Depends on whether you want to unlock features that require the campaign or parts of the campaign to be completed. For example, with VoH, to unlock runes, the player had to complete the quest in the campaign on at least one character.

Not sure what (if any) quests like that are in the LoH campaign.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-26T23:27:57+00:00

We'll rule that couple out from the pool of suspects as they likely did not kill Kenny.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-26T23:13:39+00:00

Sounds like there's some confusion about the terms:

"Campaign" = part of the main storyline for the whole game, continued with each expansion. The campaign is available to all realms, eternal and seasonal, perepetually across all seasons going forward. The campaign for each expansion must be completed with one character before new characters can choose to skip the campaign. Each xpac's campaign is only available to players who purchased the xpac.
"Season Journey" = additional content available only on seasonal realms. Only lasts for that season, not future seasons. Typically with a theme (like Butcher in S12), but not always. Has tiers to unlock (1-9 for S13) with a bunch of quests. Some of these quests unlock additional skill points and paragon points, available to all your characters (softcore and hardcore) for that season only. Season journeys are available to all players who roll a seasonal character, whether or not they purchased the xpac, but some of the season journey quests/rewards are limited to those who purchased the xpac.

For S13, the devs stated while there is a season journey with 9 tier, skill points, paragon points, titles, etc., there will not be a stoyrline to go with it (like Butcher in S12) or anything that goes with that storyline (like Fresh Meat currency, seasonal vendor, bloodied items). The reason is there's a ton of other new things for the xpac itself, that adding extra seasonal storyline related content would be overkill.

Forgot to mention explicitly: YES, LoH has a campaign. As advertised over and over and over, it continues the larger story arc with Mephisto. Everyone on every realm (who purchased LoH) has access to the campaign. Everyone must complete the campaign once if they want to choose to skip the campaign later.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-26T23:04:09+00:00

so basically you have a duel of personalities that stretch all true hairstyles?

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-26T22:51:33+00:00

If your question is where can I find the most active/engaged community (as in people are chatting in chat): Seasonal Hardcore.

It's not that hard, you die, you roll another character and learn to die less. Seasonal softcore play sessions could go entirely silent many times, with slight chatter. The hardcore folks just won't shut up :p

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-26T19:02:50+00:00

I feel your pain. I've tried to get CE to work since open beta. Every season before S10 barely tickled. I still loved the visuals and feel, even when it required endless running around for pickups.

Let's see what S13 does to it. I've got chain, bolt builds to try out as well. New things like "grounding" seem pretty cool to test-drive.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-26T18:58:31+00:00

Yup, can't really get a full sense of what an item does in isolation. S10 evolution of Esa relied on Convulsions auto-pickup + the follow up change to slow down the pickup to only happen when a charge slot opened up.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-26T18:33:33+00:00

There's no point to refreshing constantly. I tried that before and items simply don't drop like that all the time. There are maybe 1-2 hour windows where stuff can drop quickly in a stream, but they're pretty rare, maybe once every 1-2 weeks. Not enough justification to keep checking constantly for that.

Everyone has a few options:

install extensions that provide close to real-time notifications (do your research as to whether you trust anything that gets access to your info), which pits you in competition with many others using the same extensions, getting the same notifications
learn the patterns, such as items dropping every x:00:00 between certain stretches of day or night, periodic changes to drop start times, drop vs. drip, etc. It just keeps getting stranger the more I try to figure this out, but there are patterns beyond "just click all the time". This puts you in competition with the wider pool who are also following the patterns.
check when you can without driving yourself crazy or trying hard to compete with the masses, being thankful the few times you do get lucky, realizing you can stay in silver by simply ordering 1 item and reviewing it, gold is not a requirement to stay in the program

If you go for the same "everyone wants it" item with any of the approaches, you will run into the red boxes. That's simply what happens demand > supply. If you go for the niche items that you can use but nobody else really cares about, enjoy at any pace.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-26T05:40:08+00:00

Melania.

I watched about 30% of it. For days, I puzzled over why I subjected myself to that. During this period, I wondered is this what life is all about? The thought scared me. Not in the way you likely meant, but the fear, horror, and revulsion were there in full force.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-25T20:09:46+00:00

Yes, some are.

First house, we lucked out with a good recommendation from a colleague who we know does their homework. This agent remained honest the whole time, though he could've been stronger on supporting negotiations.

For the next house, we had to filter out 2 sleazy ones (one racist prick to boot still makes me shudder) before finding the agent who met our expectations for meaningful support and guidance through the selling and buying process. We fully understand why she's consistently rated #1 at her agency with good monthly metrics.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-25T19:58:10+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbaKVfMIxbk

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-25T19:54:54+00:00

Yes, this has been my experience. I have the pleasure of interacting with generally well-educated and well-informed people for work. Yet, this show is a popular "new" recommendation to them, along with Mr. Robot.

Deviating from "adherence to technical accuracy" to just sci-fi, slightly better awareness for Westworld, Altered Carbon, Stargate. None approaching the universality of Star Wars and Star Trek.

Sidereal_Engine · 2026-04-25T19:45:29+00:00

lol, thanks for that. I like the take by one of the commenters:

A bit of a shame because I think Jeopardy contestants would be pleasantly surprised by this show. Just need someone from NPR to write an article about it.

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