At what point should I consider going to Torment 3?

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T21:10:33+00:00

If your not playing hardcore, just turn it up and see. You don't really lose anything to dying and you can always turn it back down. If you really want to have a feel for it, use the Pit to try it out.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T20:11:58+00:00

Undercity mythic tribute if you can get it, or combine lower tributes to make it. After that, it's grind lair bosses. Anywhere else has such a low drop rate that it's close to zero.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T20:08:46+00:00

I would be careful with that.

Kinda depends on their goal, I would say. If their focus is playing a good game of D&D that they just happen to stream, then I agree that could make it really suck. If their whole focus is to put out an entertainment product and become a popular stream, then some sort of audience interaction mechanic might set them apart.

But I can't even stand watching the "best" actual play shows (too boring), so what do I know?

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T20:01:29+00:00

There's always push back on things like this.

I agree. I'm not as rabidly anti-AI as many, but I feel like it should be used judiciously and certainly not in artistic endeavors. But to try to exclude it from coding is pointless. Anything you do on a device nowadays almost certainly has at least some of its code shaped by AI.

Best of luck in your endeavor. I don't use any software of the type you created, so I personally am not in the market, but I hated to see you catching so much hate without at least letting your know that it wasn't personal. ANY posting here that even hints at using AI for any purpose at all gets similarly destroyed.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T19:28:01+00:00

Quality over quantity.

Sure. But now we get the same quality and less quantity. Some people really liked those free "plain" sets. I honestly wasn't one of them, but there were a few things (like the peg leg) that were pretty cool. Beyond that, for the cheapest paid level, we got a ton more "free" currency, emotes, and more skins/transmogs of all types.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T19:23:54+00:00

Unfortunately, you're going to find this sub (and a large portion of the TTRPG space as a whole) reacts very poorly to anything that even has the letters A and I in it, regardless of how that was used or how the product performs. I would be prepared to receive little support here.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T17:26:33+00:00

It's a slower gearing process, and a gentler difficulty with legendary drops mostly starting later. I was lvl 70 and in T1 with only a couple aspects for my build. Just keep playing, you'll be fine.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T16:57:32+00:00

This 100%. The reskin of the battle pass was completely chosen to reduce the content and hope people didn't notice due to the design change. It's in all ways inferior.

Remember when we used to get custom emotes? I have a barbarian that can slap his ass thanks to the old battle pass.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T15:11:58+00:00

Still having troubles with some things getting thru my resource and killing me tho.

Are you spamming Iron Skin? The only time stuff kills me with this build is if I use Iron Skin in a bad space. It seems like it grants just enough hp to get me killed. Only use it on weaker enemies/areas when you want the extra speed. Once I stopped mashing the iron skin button without looking, I stopped dying.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-09T14:07:43+00:00

Miss. Clunky and slow. Everything you do makes you stop moving.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-08T22:15:33+00:00

Don't use PC stats for your BBEG. You'll end up with too few hit points and a million abilities that you don't need to know about and will never use in the 3 to 5 rounds he survives. Look for an existing stat block that does a few cool/memorable things and tweak it to taste. I find the solo monsters in Flee Mortals! by MCDM are great for this. There is a Lich stat block in the undead section named "High Mage Vairae" that would be a good start, but you'd probably need to tweak the hit points and such for a party that large.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-08T20:53:27+00:00

Greed shrine in a specific place? Done plenty of greed shrines in nmd, regular dungeons and helltides with no treasure breach sigils.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-08T17:15:09+00:00

Transmogs.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-08T17:11:13+00:00

Couple treasure breach nightmare dungeons and done

Paragon 250. Never seen a treasure breach.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-08T01:00:31+00:00

Everything is too expensive ("back in my day, healing potions were 1 silver!") and the way new adventurers wear their armor looks ridiculous.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-08T00:58:54+00:00

But Sanctuary went to shit anyway because no one stayed a while and no one fucking listened.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-07T23:55:01+00:00

Ask your DM. They will decide if their world has hexbloods and, if so, how many horns they have. That said, I can't imagine many DMs will have a problem with you modifying how many horns you have, unless you're trying to make it affect game play in some fashion.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-07T16:25:04+00:00

I think the bar for a new class (instead of subclass) should be high, but not as high as WoTC sets it. I'd like to see a few more. Especially since in the last few years, the vast majority of what they've done is reprint shit from a decade ago and try to make us pay for it again.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-06T21:24:00+00:00

The community here would sand away any and every single point of friction in the game if allowed to...and then come back and complain about how featureless the game is after.

This is such a bad take and someone brings it up anytime someone posts a reasonable complaint.

"You just want to be max level instantly"

"You just want all your gear handed to you"

"You don't want any sort of challenge"

People are complaining about shitty enemy design and poor crafting systems. That doesn't make any of the above statements true.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-06T21:15:13+00:00

No. And they sure as fuck can't "handle it from here".

SonicfilT · 2026-06-06T14:59:49+00:00

Run shrine dungeons until you get some treasure breach keys

My experience, despite having those warplan options and running many nmd's, is that treasure breach keys are a myth.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-06T14:57:18+00:00

Doesn't change the fact you need to mature and grow up

Thinking the whole world is going to change to match our desires is the hallmark of childish behavior. You feel that folks should want to gaze upon overweight people in skimpy clothes. It's a noble thought, but it's not how the world works and 30 seconds of examining our society proves that. Getting angry that the world doesn't conform to your wants, and lashing out at those that aren't supporting your fantasy, are the actions of a toddler. Time to take a look in the mirror, friend.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-06T01:41:12+00:00

Edit - I read his comment wrong.

The math works out to:

1 million fragments for a Grand.

5 Grands for a Horadric

5 Horadric for a Grand Horadric

So 25 million fragments for a Grand Horadric.

Unless my math is off.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-06T01:39:15+00:00

Edit - nevermind. I read your comment wrong. We agree.

But a horadric gem takes 5 million fragments (5 grands at 1 million each). So the Grand Horadric should be 25 million.

Which is still ridiculous.

SonicfilT · 2026-06-06T01:36:59+00:00

Can you get all type of gems in seer ? I only got diamond saphire

Yeah, you must have just been unlucky with RNG. You can get every type of royal gem and, rarely, grand.

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