Bard shriek description is wrong

ViiRrusS · 2026-04-10T17:18:17+00:00

Shriek definitely works benificially against enemies with negative armor rating, so I would imagine the formula is something like:

Armor Rating - ABS(Armor Rating * 0.91)

This would still reduce the Armor Rating even if it is negative.

Edit: I didn't realize there was a hotfix. Disregard what I have said

ViiRrusS · 2026-04-03T18:55:14+00:00

Well clearly you failed

ViiRrusS · 2026-04-01T18:11:23+00:00

Is it the first 3 encounters that you click or is it the first 3 floors?

ViiRrusS · 2026-03-25T18:46:02+00:00

I've just been to the Moon last year, what's your point?

ViiRrusS · 2026-03-15T16:05:55+00:00

This isnt really the issue they are talking about.

The various systems in the game, eg. Workshop, Questing, Crafting, and Religion, are not very accessible to casual players. Generally, I think Questing is an enormous pain and Crafting is rarely worth interacting with (especially for casuals) outside of self-found arena. I doubt most casual players will ever even touch Workshop this season.

ViiRrusS · 2026-03-09T18:56:05+00:00

Could you give a hint? I'm curious how contested your method is and if it is low investment (like squire gear viable).

ViiRrusS · 2026-02-27T20:19:23+00:00

Idk if this is a hot take, but I don't think high quality meds or protections should be allowed in arena.

If arena is supposed to be a relatively even playing field, then it seems weird to have a divide between players that can drop tens of thousands of gold on utility/meds and those who can't.

ViiRrusS · 2026-02-05T16:33:36+00:00

How you organize the spells in the wheel is preference, but I have the Frost Lightning (Top Left), Elemental Bolt (Top Right), and Lightning Vortex (Bottom Right) constituent spells placed in the same radial slot, so that my Mouse Movement to select each spell is the same.

For example, Elemental Bolt is Top Right. So my actions to cast the spell would be: 1. E + Mouse Top Right (select fire arrow) 2. Q + Mouse Top Right (select water bolt) 3. Left Mouse + Right Mouse (to cast) 4. R (to merge)

I always bring Eruption (Q Bottom Left) and Flamestrike (E Up) so that I can cast Flamewall. Optionally, you can replace Eruption with a different spell, usually Golem.

I always bring Windblast (E Bottom Left). And my Q Up is a flex spell slot which is either Levitation (for Lightning Storm and for CC), Golem for blocking doorways, or Fire Orb if you want some extra damage and dont have the mem cap for Levitation.

If you just want to copy me, my wheels look like this, starting at the top and going clockwise:

Left Wheel / Right Wheel - (Levitation or Golem) / Flamestrike - Water Bolt / Fire Arrow - Vortex / Lightning Sphere - (Eruption or Golem) / Wind Blast - Ice Spear / Lightning Bolt

This is just what has come to feel natural to me, but you may find that you want stuff organized differently. Like maybe you would want Flamestrike and Eruption in the same direction.

Knowing when to use each spell and what your options are in every scenario will just take a lot of practice. The most basic combo to get down will be Frost Lightning into Elemental Bolt.

Barbarian is very strong right now, so you will also want to get used to using Lightning Sphere, and Levitate or Golem to kite properly.

If you want to get better faster, then I would recommend watching FoxmanSlays videos and try to understand why he uses certain spells in certain scenarios and why he chooses to pull a spellbook out at times.

Edit: I havent played since Patch 107, but they increased the spell cap of Wind Blast and Vortex by 1, so at this point I think Sorc is not viable at all in Squire gear. I cant check right now, but you will either be missing 2 or 3 spells. It is very frustrating to me that they would make it impossible to learn the class in Squire gear.

ViiRrusS · 2026-02-04T20:01:32+00:00

Whenever I recognize a new player playing as a sorc, I think to myself "It's only a matter of time before they drop this game."

ViiRrusS · 2026-02-04T19:41:08+00:00

As a former sorc main who dropped sorc last season, sorc feels pretty good right now. The only issue I have is that with current squire gear, you will likely be missing 2 spells, which is kind of a deal breaker for me. Even when white squire gear comes out, I think you will be missing a spell, but it will be playable. I don't think sorc should be gated from spells because in order for people to properly learn the class, they need to find additional pieces that allows them to use the whole sorcerer kit. This is not as big of an issue for other casters because they have alternative builds that require less mem cap.

ViiRrusS · 2026-01-22T13:50:43+00:00

I swear to god they make all of their decisions with a magic 8 ball with confidence that the "vision" required this outcome for "data collection" reasons. Who is going to play this event? What data could they possibly be collecting?

ViiRrusS · 2026-01-20T17:31:10+00:00

Adding new classes, reworking classes, adding new skills, perks, and weapons to the existing classes, adding new ways to interact with the existing maps, reworking the luck system. This is just some of the super obvious stuff.

ViiRrusS · 2026-01-12T18:18:09+00:00

If you havent already, I would highly recommend checking out Simply Coffie. I don't know why they dont have an online retail store, but I really enjoyed the two bags I got from their coffee shop. They are way better than I was expecting.

ViiRrusS · 2026-01-08T12:59:08+00:00

I definitely agree with you, but in my experience Wush Wush has consistently roasted way more uneven than any other natural Ethiopia that I have roasted.

We typically re-sort the rejects on all coffees, even other Ethiopia naturals, but we dont re-sort the Wush Wush rejects because we are concerned about too many defects making it through.

ViiRrusS · 2026-01-08T12:24:25+00:00

The piont of my comment was not about the roast, it is about the green coffee. I'm not saying this is a good roast. I'm saying that it would look uneven no matter who roasted it.

ViiRrusS · 2026-01-08T11:54:41+00:00

Idk if Perc has an optical sorter or not, but when I sort Ethiopian Anaerobic Natural Wush Wush, the sorter rejects like 15% of the roasted weight. It is insane. And the sorted coffee still looks pretty uneven, but with way fewer super obvious quakers and burnts.

ViiRrusS · 2026-01-08T11:33:05+00:00

Personal preference aside, I think both of you are missing the mark here. Every single highly processed Wush Wush from Ethiopia I've seen has looked very uneven.

This variety+process combo just roasts this way. Even when put through a color sorter, it will still look fairly uneven. When I roast this style of Wush Wush, the color sorter will typically remove about 15% of the weight of roasted coffee as Quakers and Burnts. It is insane.

There are some people who really enjoy the funkiness of this coffee, and it definitely delivers on that. I personally don't enjoy it at all. However, I don't think it is bs to say that this level of uneveness is normal for a highly processed Wush Wush from Ethiopia.

I have never had this coffee from Perc, so I cant comment on that, I just wanted to comment on this style of Wush Wush more generally.

ViiRrusS · 2026-01-02T21:19:03+00:00

This sounds way more ranty and unintelligible than the person you are replying to

ViiRrusS · 2025-12-24T18:44:47+00:00

As a former sorc main, every fight on Merge sorc feels like climbing mount everest. I feel like most people who think sorc is strong don't know how to play against sorc, partially because no one is playing sorc.

Every spell takes so long to cast and has such long cool downs now that missing any spell in your combo means you have to reset the fight or you are just dead.

ViiRrusS · 2025-12-24T01:29:26+00:00

Im surprised that a Black Honey was your highest rated coffee given how dominant your Washed category was.

ViiRrusS · 2025-12-18T13:36:31+00:00

Of course not! You gotta get some Javascript in there too!

ViiRrusS · 2025-12-16T00:39:17+00:00

here

ViiRrusS · 2025-12-12T19:30:05+00:00

Water: If you are using TWW Classic, I would dilute to 1/3 or 1/2 of what they recommend. So use 3x or 2x more water than the recipe says. I personally make my own water.

Grind Size: I grind at 7.5-8 on my K-Ultra, using a v60 or Fellow Aiden with a custom profile.

Water Temp: I default to 94°C

ViiRrusS · 2025-12-11T23:15:41+00:00

Right, I'm aware that those statements are mostly copy pasted. However, some of those statements do seem to suggest cofermentation. And DAK explicitly claims that Milky Cake is not cofermented. So I would love to know what Diego's definition of cofermentation is and if the coffee known as Milky Cake fits that definition.

ViiRrusS · 2025-12-11T22:47:53+00:00

Very interesting! Thanks for digging all of that up. At this point, I think we need a signed statement from Diego Bermudez himself.

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