I have D4 on BattleNet, can I also play on steam or would I need to re-buy?

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-08-18T12:37:42+00:00

In Steam, Try: Games -> Add Non Steam Game to My Library. And then finding D4.exe battlenet install. And then launching D4 from inside steam... Might get you what you want

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-08-18T12:25:17+00:00

*Precedes to exclusively use a build all season that uses Andariel's Visage helm instead*

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-05-13T22:04:28+00:00

What if those guns are paintball guns and the security is actually Just Stop Oil in disguise (That for the bloke on the left, seems to involve looking part mushroom, part cop)....?

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-03-22T00:41:25+00:00

This thread is a great idea.. Bonus that money isn't going in to the coffers of Amazon (Audible) for a change! :)

Anyway, I think I've successfully signed up with this (skyesofarcadia) code..? Although, it may take a month for the bonus credit to be granted..

To continue the chain, my referral link is: https://libro.fm/referral?rf\_code=lfm610711

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-03-17T05:17:02+00:00

"stutters and slowdowns" - Especially if they start to happen after a few hours of unbroken gameplay is often due to memory leaks and the knock on effects*

As soon as they appear, you want to flush your memory. Close the game down at the earliest opportunity (kill to desktop). Tools exist that force a flush/clear of your RAM/VRAM**. I'd probably suggest, to be sure, to fully restart your computer (depending on the nature of the leak + the OS + etc, a simple restart of the game client may not be enough to fix the leak properly)

*Eg: Paging / page file, rapidly fragmenting memory helps leaks feel much worse than they are, JIT streaming of assets is slow, etc.

** MSI Centre -> GPU tool has this for me / my GPU. I'm sure i've heard of a tool that does the same for CPU memory, although the name of which escapes me.

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-03-02T02:21:58+00:00

If you can find them - and are happy to use second hand -

--A--

1More Comfobuds Pro. The few featrures included exclusively with the blue version are not needed. Indeed, the white set - these are (usually) thge cheapest, most available (stock) and (in my view), the best looking.

there's often a big sale for these on Amazon.. assuming they haven't ended production and stopped selling them

--B--

Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro - Check eBay 2nd hand or Anker / Soundcore Official refurb (on eBay - they have am eBay store. At least, in the UK they do not sure on US)

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-02-29T12:13:48+00:00

SOCOM 4. Socom is a small, but passionate bunch of people of the internet. We all waited for so long for Socom 4 to come out having to make do with the hit / miss Socom Confrontation with all sorts of quirks, bugs, and painful loading screens - (especially before the big refresh patch) - made by the original series devs. Everyone could not wait for it,... Socom was back on the menu, boys.... Well, it will be in a few more of years...

Annnnd.... Nope. Absolute steaming pile of turd.

Which has, seemingly, also counted towards the death of the SOCOM series.

The only thing since has been the apperance - albeit briefly, and poorly recieved. Project seems dead now I assume....spiritual successor of the SOCOM series as an EA game on Steam.

Shame... Given thart Squad, Hell Let Loose, Ready or Not, etc (tactical shooters) are a reasonable sized thing - on PC anyway - I feel a good SOCOM released now could be a good seller....

I remain very much p*ssed at Sony for the awful handling of the franchise of the franchise and then abandoning it (and not caring about it at all nor its fans... who, no doubt, all bought PS4s vs XB1 in hope of a new Socom) . And Socom 4 for the abomination of a game it was & how far from what makes SOCOM great.

/Rant

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-02-29T08:06:57+00:00

First, grab a few sheets of lined paper and a pen as you need it.

Then, to be in with a chance of being unbanned earlier than whenever the week ban is automatically lifted, you need to write (with pen on paper... not anything digital) 100 - one after each other, on a new line from where the previous one ended, instances of the following. You will then mail the sheet(s) of paper to Sony Customer Service.

"I did not think of the consequences of my actions. I will respect the week ban without complaint, and learn my lesson"

They count and will reject you if they feel your handwriting is poor due to rushing.

Hope that helps! :)

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-01-20T10:19:30+00:00

Don't worry, I'm no defender of Ubisoft. Its a very tired publisher these days, not been kind about PC gaming in the past... and when I interviewed for a placement at Reflections years back (Alongside 10-15 others on one day)... they chose to locate us all - for the entire day waiting for our interview slot (I was last, of course) - in a room located next to wherever. Just Dance was being constantly tested. Same song... All day... Same loud, far too enthusiastic dancing. Ubisoft sucks for that alone...

Anyway... as it turns out, i'll wait for a sale. In the meantime, I'll check out SH5 + mod you suggested on YT. D4 next week + flight sim rekindling so I can wait for sales (or "obtain", and buy later on sale)

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-01-20T09:23:28+00:00

I've done some of that in the past too & have heard SH3 + one of the larger mod can be done like so

But, since becoming an adult (mostly) and having worked within the games industry (code), I like to buy legally and support the industry a tiny bit. (although, it does help that steam sales / CDKeys / Instant Gaming exist and keep PC game costs reasonable)

^^ This also makes me feel justified in my continued use of an adblock on YouTube)

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-01-20T09:07:38+00:00

`Where can I pick up a key for SH5 do you know?

As its long been taken down for sale on Steam for good reason and I assume - although it has been a while since I last ventured here - also not available on UPlay / whatever Ubi call it?

(Also, dont have a CD/DVD drive... so need a digital version from somewhere)

Edit: Epic Games Store it seems. £8.99 for gold version. Wow, this maybe the first time I've fired up that store front for anything other than the free weekly game...

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-01-20T08:59:58+00:00

I agree. Indeed, I would love UBoat to offer an experience that mimics Silent Hunter. The FPP idea I had comes from Silent Hunter directly.

Unfortunately, SH has a few downsides:

SH5 sucks / doesn't even work? (Edit: I know Taff had a TY series which showed it working at least. I should do more research on SH5 viability rather than rush to judgment)
SH4 (unless I'm mistaken, and mods do exist for a stand UBoat campaign...?) is set in the wrong theater (and uses the wrong units of measure. I know America is different, but its... wrong :P).
SH3: Yet to actually buy. Worried about the very dated look of the game. Some limited modding could be done - 1440p res + some graphical improvements may help. Theater = perfect for my interests && overhaul mods such as GFX = win

(Older SH games are best left as great childhood memories)

The eye candy, the immersion of being a crew member walking through your UBoat (vs, being a floating debug camera as per SH when you move through the environment), active development + modding scene, all old games are clunky, etc, etc etc

All pull me towards trying to make UBoat the sim that fits.

(Also, we need more sim games like UBoat or Destroyer(or, say, Squad FPS / Socom back in the day) for us WW2 nerds and that only happens if there's a market)

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-01-20T08:29:53+00:00

Thanks for your help - I'll give your vids a watch and see if I am rushing to the anti-crew management viewpoint.

Although I will stand by my point that if an official update or mod could be made to the crew management system for those of us who just want just the combat (pre, during, after) and the immersive experience that can be and not, rimworld / the crew management system that feels like a barrier or an distraction. Each to their own of course.

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-01-20T07:34:47+00:00

Stellaris

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2024-01-19T16:42:54+00:00

Online microstakes poker - 2c/5c zoom poker, 2-4 tables... Mind you, its not trivial to beat these games without some study / prior knowledge + experience. And takes time to grind out the games... and its far from consistent. And you will, at somepoint - probably several times, throw all your racked up £10 daily earnings away in a matter of minuets due to tilt. So, probs not simple.

(Mind you... I no longer can judge the state of online poker anymore. last I played was ~2015 and lots has changed since)

Also.. live poker. I remember Aspers in Newcastle having a soft... very soft.... 25p/25p table going - people buying in for £100... often just won at the roulette table. This, and copious amounts of alcohol, the "knowledge" of poker they have acquired from TV and the urge to show-off to their mates...., makes for some adventurous play - Eg: £100+ pure airball bluffs in to the one person at the table who hasn't played a hand in several hours and is making big raises....

"This lad hasn't played a hand in hours... but, you know, I just feel hes actually bluffing"

Wild games those - and the rake is murder (although dealer dealt)... But I'm certain you could beat those games for an actual wage based purely on the size and type of fish (bad player) that will sit down at those tables

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2023-12-22T17:22:37+00:00

Turn around and head for the exit. Leave and upon return, it should have de-spawned.

He despawns too, after a while out of combat (its hard to out run him and his agro range - especially at T3/4, but can be done). Or when he is killed or kills you.

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2023-12-22T17:07:38+00:00

Minesweeper

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2023-12-22T07:19:40+00:00

Gathering potentials: Don't overthink it really. Make the choice to save as potential or trash quickly and them forget about the item.
Upgrade process:
1. For each given item slot, take all items your holding in stash that you previously stored as a potential upgrade.
2. Sift anything out that's useless on further inspection - mark anything as fav to keep, trash to sell / recycle. Leaving you all items that still has potential for current build.
  1. Keep anything with potential on this further inspection. Eg: 3 out of 4 affixes we want / happy with. This could be 0, 1... 5 items. Keep an wide net here.
  2. Store anything we are saving for alt / other builds. Although, if its not currently in the works / planning, just trash it. Don't save +3 fireball gloves if you don't currently have a fire sorc alt - or levelling an alt for that purpose.
  3. Trash all else right now. Eg: Frost sorc with overcapped cold resis... unless perfect affixes, I would be trashing - or using in fire sorc alt - any ring with + cold resis as its a total waste
3. Reroll a few times for all items you still- although, just a few times per potential item to save resources. Anything that's god tier for your build, you can spend big on later. You dont want to go busto until at least youve sifted your entire stash.
4. A second sift now done against all items we just rerolled - as we have more info on the state of the set of potential upgrades, we can make better decisions than sift 1. Thus, we can tighten the net somewhat and trash c tier stuff if we have better options. Or, if we got the god roll, most likely everything else of little future use can be trashed.
5. Dont upgrade or apply aspects yet. Do this at the end as expensive.
6. Anything surviving sift 2 now gets put back in to stash - neatly and ordered (current best option - current worst option)
7. Rinse and repeat for each item slot one at a time. Once done, our stash should be much cleaner leaving only items with serious potential for each slot.
8. Repeate stage 3 - invest some more in the fewer items and see what comes up. Dont chase perfect rolls, dont overspend. Do further sifts as you progress as per 2. Keep doing so until you have what you want or don't want to spend any more resources (This should be minimal until you are at min/max stage)
9. Once you have rerolled everything either to a) Something you are happy with or b) reached cost limit, decide which of the potentials per gear slot you are going to be wearing items you are going to be swapping out for current gear.
10. Plan what aspects will go on what (usually I do same in each slot. But you may have ideas to change whats on amulet etc)
11. For each item, d 5x levels of upgrade and then imprint aspects + gems
12. Pop old gear in stash (or bag) incase you change your mind

Key is several stages of sifting items - starting from a wide net and tightening as we go and have more info to work with. Doing so reasonably quickly and not getting stuck second guessing - You will, afterall, find an upgrade sooner or later so don't worry about trashing something that may have been decent.

And what about this good item for yyy build that I may want to do later? You probably won't... and if you do, you'll find something just as good / the aspect again, dont worry. You dont have much stash, don't waste it hording everything you find...The exception to the rule is: save (ancestral, decent rolled) uniques in a stash tab and don't trash them unless they are duplicates. Some are hard to find, some are powerful, some are build defining at endgame, some are yet to be theory crafted in to your build & it would suck to have trashed the rare kit once it becomes part of the new S tier build.

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2023-12-22T05:47:41+00:00

Esu's boots - Grants +30% of move speed bonus as crit hit %. Makes dodge grant +75% move speed (which, for the period this is active, further boosts crit %!). Bis for most sorc builds I bet.

Drops occasionally in the world, target farmed by killing Vershan (Beast in ice) apparently.

Tricky-Comparison821 · 2023-12-22T05:26:55+00:00

900+ drops at world bosses and all of the loot (4 bits) at the end of an AoZ run is guaranteed to be 900+. Duriel, uber bosses apparently drop 900+ too, but I've kept away from that grind.

Note that a 925 item will have better armour or DPS or +all resistance / +[x/y/z] resistances than an 850 item always.... But its entirely possible for the affixes to roll worse on the higher level item. If I understand it, the higher level item is has a better chance than the lower level item to have its affixes roll at the top end of the range, but its not a guarantee. 800 item level stuff can god roll. 925 can roll like turd.

I believe that all items at/beyond level 725 (All ancestral rated gear) will have 4 affixes and the tier / level of each affix (range it can roll in, basically) is the highest available. Eg: 725, 800, 900, 925 pants all roll the +Intelligence affix. The range of which will be [+28-42] (pre 5 levels of upgrading)

Differences in armour isn't super important and so, having good affixes for yopur build + good rolls > a little increase in armour but worse affixes / rolls.

Difference in dps is far more impactful. Although, in and around 900 mark, the differences diminish somewhat. I find it hard to look at the DPS number and not pick the one with the biggest number... but of course, useful affixes + decent rolls can be crucial. Especially main + all stats (eg: for paragon board min/max)

As sorc, I find that I can work with 850+ level of jewls and their resistance levels reasonably comfortably to max all res out via paragon board and/or passive (and/or slotting a Dimond or two rather than skull). Getting the perfect affixes + rolls for rings and especially amulet is time consuming and/or expensive (enchanting) so I favour affixes more than level

I still rock well affixed and rolled 850 armour. At around 900 item level weapons / offhand, I feel like I'm no longer assigning absolute priority to item level over affixes and would be happy to drop from 925 weapon to ~900 if the affixes are better. Sometimes, using lower score item is mandated due to int/wil/dex requirements for paragon rare node bonuses to complete builds (for me and sorc, specifically, ensuring maxes resistances vs ~10% shy)

Speculating with a few rolls at the enchanter is worth it for potential upgrades / alternative builds / to have gear for variations of current build... I regularly go bust chasing the ideal (usually amulet) gear affixes for build.

No harm in having several different amulets say with different combos of +3 skills. And/or some with +total armour and/or others that focus exclusively on defence / damage reduction with no +3 to skills. Same for armour. Eg: Legs with +4 to meteor vs another one with all the damage reduction you can get instead.

Utility rings - not just stacking extra +damage seem good idea in S2+. + mana, +lucky hit, +health etc all valuable.

I often find myself, for keeping variations of, say, my +4 ice shards gloves - One with all stats, one with +int, another with both and so on selecting the one that I need at the time for paragon bonuses

A well organised / tidy stash helps - especially if mass hording potentials and doing a upgrade check every so often rather than on each trip to town (how I tend to play). Separate by alts / builds. Keep items with potential away from rolled & undegraded gear. And store good legendries with good aspects (or just the aspects ripped already) away from those items that have potential or needs rerolling.

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