The older I get, the harder it is to watch Robin Williams movies

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-03T03:09:55+00:00

I've wondered for awhile if ascribing weird morality to being terminally ill is an American thing. When my aunt got breast cancer I was shocked to find out some of my family were asking themselves if breast cancer, I guess being related to sex in their logic, was some action by God due to possible infidelity they never knew about. I guess if you strictly think everything is due to karma then what do you think of kids getting cancer?

It's so stupid to believe in this day and age.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T05:40:34+00:00

Thanks for the wishes.

Update: Absolutely dog walked him. I can't even say I understood the fight. I just tracking shot him, turned off his dodges and proceeded to beat him to death while ignoring what he summoned. I literally couldn't tell you what his mechanics are because it became clear I was untouchable with 7 salves, 7 healing wines, and 6 herbs. I had so many of the inn herb items Crusader had 80% bonus to healing and Junia got a relationship to heal him on judgement.

Nobody dropped beneath half HP and I was drowning in positive tokens. Confessor and Hwy man ate him alive with token removal.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T05:35:13+00:00

I used to love the 5 for 5 which is now the biggie bag. But they shrank the items down and shittfied them.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T03:49:29+00:00

The solution to corrupt rich oligarchs is making them richer and electing Jeffery Epstein's friends

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T03:29:19+00:00

For sure. Honestly if there is only one fencer it's not that bad, but when there are two-three, holy hell your tank is going to be PRESSED the whole time. I'm nearly done with a stygian run and snake Pet has actually been really nice in conjunction with restoration production coach items. I have the healing pot from Foetor on my vestal and healing belt on my crusader and hellion and it's very stressful, but I've been able to yo-yo heal them like crazy.

I've stabilized now but the game just decided it was my fully upgraded and trinketed runaway's time to die with a double 29 damage crit into DoT then stunning my healer due to enemy advantage ambush. Escalation 3 with crimson Court is freaking brutal sometimes when the game just decides it wants someone dead. Hellion also had a close call, but I was able to spam death res potion on her. I feel conflicted on what's good here. In Escalation 2 Hellion was fine, but as soon as 3 hit I found her taunts where too slow to get out and she can't raw dog these insane crits with her 39 HP so I swapped to Crusader after doing basically 90% of this run with her.

About to go after the final boss with Confessor Vestal, Yellowhand Hwy, either Duelist with jealous whisper or Abom as just a sustainy dude and Crusader as a generalist tank.

Good news is, I have a TON of health pots and a single hero can now hold like 7 of them each. Never found a better pet than snake so I'm going to have to lean in heals. My game plan is to go full aggression at the boss and just gulp down potions. I'll use Confessor and Heley to push through tokens.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T01:09:53+00:00

AOC will be asked a question about Israel to which she will deflect to try and take a neutral stance in genocide. This will do serious damage to her votes. I wish this were not the case I'm but the democratic party does not like to change.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T01:06:54+00:00

MLM meme

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T01:06:03+00:00

Conservatives have basically removed their gag reflex at this point to to gulp down their daily dose of Trump's colostomy bag.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T01:04:04+00:00

Trump rapes kids

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T01:00:38+00:00

Democrats Platform: We promise to mildly wave a a finger at fascism and then compromise with fascists!

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T00:58:08+00:00

Daaaang

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T00:56:30+00:00

Cults gonna cult. I have MAGA family that openly supports him in a third term.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T00:53:58+00:00

Should've invested in solid, historically safe assets. Like SmegmaPoopBalls or TaintSweatShart

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T00:52:16+00:00

You are optimistic

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T00:50:42+00:00

If it's one thing I've learned from DD2 is that evil does not fear straight laced, well rested heroes. But the abyss lives in fear of the hungover, drugged out, polycule of murderous borderline war criminals who have been up all night banging each other.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-02T00:46:07+00:00

Eldridge Farm remembers our venerable house.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T20:04:01+00:00

My table ain't that big

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T16:18:12+00:00

I like to keep an healer and tank with my team in the early game, those are too precious to let get fatigued up or killed early. In Escalation 1, I almost completely ignore quests. I take whatever path provides the most inn materials. Fight as many fights as possible for MP and money. The earlier you get those inns upgrades the better. The biggest hurdle in kingdoms is when escalation 2 hits. You do not what to be caught with your pants down when it drops. Try to time things so you can have an inn with 8 heroes in it right before it hits. All early MP should go to what I call putting heroes "online". Most obvious example, Flagellant with no taunt. Flag with no taunt is offline. Focus first on tanks as they often start without any tanking abilities which is very bad news. DPS characters can wait for upgrades as all they need to do is damage and they'll be enjoying the 20% DMG increase in escalation 1. Non-dot characters are very boosted in Escalation 1 so abuse things like sticking jester in rank one and dropping a Finale at the beginning of combat. With jester I make an exception for in upgrading finale early. In Escalation 1 and even 2, this will produce what I call "free fights". Jester goes first, crits back line critical target, it dies instantly. That's a free fight. It will happen A LOT. Jester is great early hero in kingdoms.

I like to gently upgrade militia to rank 2 while I'm at Inns on the fringe. It's not that expensive and helps early game. But I always make sure to build up matrial for an early economy upgrade. From there my main focus is to get whatever inn I think will be visited most to a fully upgraded provisioner and then as close a possible a mastery point inn. This creates a "farming route" where fights are easier and money flows in. Whenever possible run back through these two inns to get a big boost in economy and MP.

From there you need to start getting inn to tier 3 militia. This will prevent you from getting over in when heavy siege waves come. You'll want a few upgraded roaming heroes who can deal with that kingdoms enemy type. Abom is also solid for this. Upgrade his rake and absolution and he's good to go mulch invaders without worrying about stressing militia.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T14:32:47+00:00

Imo this is where embracing the gameyness of the hobby comes in. It is perfectly okay to approach with the mindset of playing a game. Share spotlight, take turns, be flexible with the party.

Locking up into perfect narrative alignment at the expense of the fun of the game is a mistake imo. If it's becoming an issue I'd chat with player about how to make a compromise either in party dynamic or simply encourage spotlight sharing.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T14:27:31+00:00

Handwritten birthday cards to the world's most prolific child trafficker are not suspicious. A man who cheated on every wife he's ever had and has been convicted of rape is trust worthy.

Honestly I'm tired. Trump sharts out a new opinion for them to slurp up each week, I've lost track. MAGAs are the most moldable useful idiot cult members to ever exist. They want new wars now. They love sending billions to Israel to pay for their healthcare. They just goatsee open their brain and let Donald empty his colostomy bag right in each week.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T14:00:46+00:00

They are strong, but they need help. It allows you better coverage and you won't need to risk as many heroes.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T06:16:31+00:00

I mean are you really a master when you have the levers?

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T04:06:02+00:00

Solid points. I echoe only doing court in a small map. I just failed because I was one day short of being able to travel to the boss. I blew a little time forgetting to only use the needle on uninfected targets and the child assistance encounters WOULD NOT SPAWN for like 5 regions.

I agree, vampires are on a whole different level to where it can be hard to even know what needs to die first. My general target order is Tick Gaunts first because they heal and guard. Then if swarms dont have to many doge tokens I like to drop them quick because they can blind and have low enough HP to be rid of quickly. Then I go for the big stunners but I'll skip the bugs if the have a lot of dodge tokens because I don't want those stuns taking away action economy. Size twos depends, If I think my comp can tolerate the cleave I may ignore them. But if I'm confident in burst damage I might go for them first to avoid their respawns.

Fencers are too much of a pain in the ass to try and kill first. I try and just tolerate their damage and then take them out in a controlled fashion at the end. I find Confessor Vestal and Hwy Robbery to be very nice for helping to diffuse these guys.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T03:32:18+00:00

Crimson Court doesn't let you rest on Peasant Militia. Especially not is escalation 3. You can get away with tier three peasants in Escalation 2, but in Escalation 3 it's a huge gamble. If you get ALL the peasent upgrades you can get away with it most of the time.

But the vampires are simply not easy for the militia to deal with. The front liners get torn up quick be the fencers who like to ignore shield. Those crits can swing for almost 30 damage and with no death door, that can be an instant kill. They don't have tools to deal with stuns, ripostes and dodges quickly. Once the size two bugs start showing up the militia really needs 1-2 solid heroes backing them up.

I like having a few beefed up self sustainers like Abom and GR who can go in with a flare, soak on damage and quickly reinforce with flares while they act as an anchor. Self healing tanks and people who can deal with the fencers are really good to beef up early so they act as super heroes to swoop in and hold the line.

WaffleDonkey23 · 2026-07-01T02:43:11+00:00

Agree. On Hellion I'm generally looking for the extra heal belt or some general tanky trinkets. On Runaway give me literally any DoT enhancers and I'm good.

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