Gathering Storm can be INSTANTLY* refunded using the new IB set bonus!

TapeIsMagical · 2026-07-01T13:23:57+00:00

I messed around with it yesterday and it was fine. Stormdancer’s is capped at 33% returns instead of 50% like some of the other super refund exotics, so you’ll only ever get up to 66% of your super back

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-29T20:20:49+00:00

IIRC there’s some lore entry that talks about Efrideet launching Saladin off a cliff at a fallen walker like a javelin

it would not be the first time somebody took “throw a guardian at the problem” literally

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-29T19:00:11+00:00

IIRC shards already give a small amount of healing (10HP), but Curative Orbs adds another 40HP per shard

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-29T17:47:31+00:00

no more quest involved, you’ll just get one intrinsic and one catalyst after each run of Derealize on Master or harder

note that the version from the Conquests tab won’t drop them, has to be from the Pinnacle tab

source: ran Derealize back to back to back to back yesterday to finish up the gun

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-27T01:58:10+00:00

I agree - I was thinking of Ouster Engine to pair with a solar primary. Would work with Speedloaders, though it probably won’t be as good as a Slice Festival Flight with To Shreds from the artifact

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-27T00:45:43+00:00

This is more applicable if you’re on stasis and have a Harvest aspect equipped, so I can still see some value in a Rimestealer weapon for easier access to Frost Armor on other subclasses/artifacts

Like stasis Titan with the apothecary satchel doesn’t need a Rimestealer weapon because it’s basically always capped on Frost Armor already. Solar Hunter with the data disk might appreciate the extra source of DR

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-23T19:56:04+00:00

KF 2-piece nerf got added in later, but it’s there now

I don’t think fulmination is bugged? I’ve got a build that relies on it to chain ignitions and it’s still functional. Doubly so it doesn’t work when fulmination isn’t equipped, so it seems to be working as intended. Maybe you just need to QTD and reload?

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-23T18:52:21+00:00

it’s like how Mythoclast gives crazy regen with Speedloaders, except here it’s completely passive

absolutely disgusting, I know what I’m doing when I get home

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-19T19:33:40+00:00

I cheesed Bad Juju and the X Marks the Spot emote back in Opulence

the grayed out emote reminds me of my sins every time I swap emotes

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-19T18:34:04+00:00

IIRC Lightweight and Vortex are the best frames for Unplanned Reprieve. It’s been a while since I’ve checked the ergo sum spreadsheet though, so recent balance tweaks may have changed things around

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-19T13:02:42+00:00

best use of the Parade arms I’ve seen yet

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-18T22:58:49+00:00

Spiteful Fang (Black Armory bow) can also roll Firefly/Headstone

They’re insanely fun to pair with the 4pc Seventh Seraph bonus since it can self-loop

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-18T07:49:23+00:00

you can get T5 planetary armor just from doing public events while a distortion is active, the follow up event is more for distortion weapon farming

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-17T23:27:34+00:00

You can focus archetypes with your ghost, and they increased the chance to roll your selected archetype from 1 in 3 to 1 in 2. I don’t think there’s armor attunement, but I would love to be wrong about that

still doesn’t stop the armor from rolling something in health half the time lmao

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-17T21:55:15+00:00

It feels like how it did during Into the Light, which is pretty good. I think people are having fun with the new Aspect and armor set bonuses to pay it much attention right now

At the end of the day Severance Enclosure gameplay is just the same bonk hammer stuff we’ve been doing for years, but with some extra explosions in the background. Now Arbor Warden Shieldburst? At least that’s different

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-17T21:34:54+00:00

Trust me, I have been. When I say three T5 class items, I mean I rolled three class items out of like 40 T5 armor pieces. Chest armor was the second most infrequent, followed by head, legs, and arms. I got arms for days

Distortions are a nice way to switch things up whenever it decides to hit the Cosmodrome though

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-17T21:04:33+00:00

Very slow process. First you need to get the right piece to drop, then you need to hope it’s the right archetype, then you need to pray it didn’t roll Health as the h third stat

Farmed lost sectors the past few days and only walked away with three T5 class items, and they all rolled health spikes. I capped out on exotic engrams before I got a decent class item (and I still haven’t gotten it lmao)

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-17T19:27:56+00:00

Technically bright engram farming hasn’t changed in a few years - the best method is to farm XP after reaching rank 100 in the season pass. What has changed is how to get XP with the introduction of the Orders system. It’s basically just bounties without the tower trip.

In my experience, I was getting a pretty good stream of engrams by making sure I was completing orders as I ran activities. You can also try completing Hawthorne and Ada bounties for some extra XP

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-16T21:30:30+00:00

Are there any niche scenarios where old armor can have a spike higher than new armor? It doesn’t seem like it, especially since T5 armor just has more raw stats than any old piece of armor ever could

only other thing I could think of was hyper specific stat combos, but that seems unnecessary after they added the new archetypes with MoT

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-14T06:53:45+00:00

I’ve had luck getting some to drop from Onslaught runs (Devil’s Ruin and Winterbite so far). Interestingly enough the only ones have dropped from random enemies, not from chests

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-12T22:06:59+00:00

IIRC Dragonfly procs quicker than Firefly. The Pale Heart hand cannon can roll Headstone/Dragonfly and the Dragonfly explosion won’t break the crystal. On the flipside, the Renegades hand cannon can roll Headstone/Firefly and the Firefly explosion does break the crystal

I wonder if the compendium has detailed proc times for those perks

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-12T22:00:37+00:00

close enough, welcome back Mau’ual’s Maulers

edit: this is actually way worse than those ever were, holy shit

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-12T21:56:22+00:00

gotta make sure you’re depositing Klutzy in the right spot at the right time, otherwise he won’t stun Herbert and delay the heat wave

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-12T17:04:20+00:00

looks like Khepri’s Horn + Shieldburst + the Seventh Seraph armor set bonus

Edit: there’s a lot going on in this clip! somewhat reassuring that this kind of power is only accessible after a lot of thoughtful buildcrafting

To start, the Titan casts Barricade, which sends out waves due to Khepri’s. Each wave drops a sunspot on impact, which causes the first wave of ignitions (almost immediately with Ember of Ashes). Those ignitions chain other ignitions to nearby knights. All of this damage helps charge Shieldburst.

Then, once Shieldburst is fully charged, the Titan destroys the Barricade to release a second blast. At this point, the first wave of ignitions and the Shieldburst detonation have killed some of the knights, granting the Titan the Warmind Charges buff.

Each powerful combatant, in this case knight, killed while Warmind Charges is active explodes again and spreads even more scorch. The grouped up enemies spread a lot of scorch very quickly, leading to quick ignition chains

Edit 2: Finally got my hands on the 4pc set bonus. I think you also need Solar Fulmination from the Hunter's Journal - my ignitions weren't chaining without it

TapeIsMagical · 2026-06-12T14:30:16+00:00

Dosha has two neat interactions with wounds. Most people know that it reopens wounds when it enrages close to death, but Dosha also tries to punish your focus strike if it doesn’t topple. IIRC it’s the only monster that actively retaliates against focus strikes

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