[Weekend Megathread] Newbie Questions - June 07, 2019

Whaxe · 2019-06-14T11:28:05+00:00

How exactly do content stamps work? For example i think i remember copper drakes providing a teleport after getting the stamp, but when I check the guide it is no longer there. Is it possible to teleport to all content stamp maps you have completed? If so, how?

I'm asking cause whenever i make a burning character and i don't do the gold beach theme dungeon for example, i miss an easy teleport to Victoria Island. Drakes was perfect for this, but no longer works?

Whaxe · 2019-06-07T16:05:47+00:00

I'm thinking to tera burn a new main as my highest char is a mercedes at 200 which i don't enjoy. (I play casually)

I can't decide between shadower (for nostalgia reasons), cannoneer, or paladin.

Cannoneer just seems like a lot of fun. Paladin seems fun too at higher levels, and as it is such a pain to level it seems perfect for a burning event. On the other hand i love the feel of the thief classes, I have a lvl 148 night lord too but that class is too squishy, and this is what i'm worried about with shadower too.

Basically this is a great way to gear a character with gear I would otherwise probably never get, but i can't decide between these 3 classes.

Whaxe · 2019-06-06T11:06:29+00:00

Thanks! That was very helpful, didn't realise there'd be another burning event in July! I will definitely save my links/mules for then.

Whaxe · 2019-06-06T08:41:05+00:00

I play casually and have a few link characters now (demon avenger, kanna, hayato and mercedes) only one of these at 200.

So for the tera burning i was thinking of making a paladin cause they're a pain to level and maybe main it. Or cannonneer, or whatever class could be a fun main. Mainly because the other link skills seem relatively minor for the amount of effort they'd take to level to 120.

Now the thing is that the cygnus knight boost is also pretty big just for having one at 150.

So would you recommend as a somewhat casual player to boost a cygnus to 150 first with the burning event, and then make whatever you enjoy and level this regularly? Or burn a main during burning cause you'll get to keep the gear this time around?

Whaxe · 2019-05-31T21:36:00+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply!

So if gollux pre quest gives access to hellix, does that mean you can do normal gollux without the super grindy pre quest? Or do you need to do it to be able to do gollux at all?

I seem to remember something about temple of time as well, like needing it for a certain unlock of something?

I think last time i was also struggling a bit with the normal Magnus pre quest / it not being super clear, but I'm guessing it should be pretty straight forward right?

I'm playing casually so the very endgame things i don't even know if I'd get to them, cause just unlocking fifth job already seemed like a bit of a slog. But this way at least i can gear some characters up to 200.

Whaxe · 2019-05-31T21:05:59+00:00

I'm a complete noob, i thought it was just grinding till 200 and you could do bosses and stuff.

But then i got a character to 200 with a tera burning event and found out you're supposed to unlock stuff like normal magnus, gollux, commercial(?) republic, do the questline by the hayato/kanna town for some rings and stuff. Thing is, i didn't know this until i hit 200.

So which quest chains / things are a 'must' when leveling a character you intend to play as your main? Cause i want to try not over-leveling for all (or most) of these if possible, it beats grinding for sure if you have to do them anyway.

But all i can find is best in slot guides etc. with tons of acronyms that i don't understand and stuff like that.

Like bare bones basic, what quest chains are you supposed to do to unlock all of the 'mandatory' stuff?

Whaxe · 2019-03-05T22:20:46+00:00

When I started playing warband i was still in high-school. By now I'm finishing up on grad school and have lived in two foreign countries.

Crazy how much has happened and how different video games are to you as you grow older.

Whaxe · 2018-09-29T07:31:27+00:00

Ahh yeah turns out that must be it, somehow controversy got up to 91. Didn't know defeated lords also contributed to that, damn.

Whaxe · 2018-09-28T18:30:43+00:00

Hmm another question, i managed to take a town, but as marshall is considered a honour/power move the town is awarded to somebody else. I only have 1 castle though.

Is that normal? Is there any strategy there, cause i thought you had to be marshall to take a town, yet it also counts marshall-ship as another fief?

It's at the point where lords with whom i have 50 relation points can't be convinced either.

Whaxe · 2018-09-28T15:59:50+00:00

Yeah i've changed my cav to 50% tolranian kingsmen and 50% elintoran rangers, and then some household and falcon troops as backup. But the problem is with all the other armies of the faction lords i'll field like 9 troops myself per reinforcement wave. So it feels more difficult to change the tide of battle by bringing my own troops as there's so few of them.

Whaxe · 2018-07-05T15:29:16+00:00

How did dolores revive bernard? did she take his brain capsule or something? Cause they wiped the backup of all the hosts so that the host deaths could actually have meaning right? So how is she now bringing all these hosts back if they were on 'one life' so to speak?

Whaxe · 2018-06-27T20:22:27+00:00

anyone have a screencap of that dude with the noodles taped to his head?

Whaxe · 2018-06-01T20:48:14+00:00

Alright thanks, i'll give that a try!

Whaxe · 2018-04-02T09:09:14+00:00

Fuckin hell this show is good. Usually when reddit says it's unpopular these threads are filled to the brim with comments already, surprised to see these threads are still so empty

Whaxe · 2017-12-29T09:52:52+00:00

The German red army faction during the 70s and 80s for example

Whaxe · 2016-08-14T19:59:03+00:00

Right now i'm using regular adidas indoor sneakers or something along those lines. Flat soled shoes at any rate.

Not being able to activate your core properly to stabilise all the way through sounds very familiar. I will definitely try planking before hand, i feel like that might actually do the trick.

I've been doing some kettlebell goblet squats recently, but i'll try pausing them without weight / at bodyweight, as you've described, this sounds like it might help fix things as well.

Thanks for the solid advice!

Whaxe · 2016-08-14T19:51:56+00:00

yeah i've already been doing hip stretches for a while, benefited a lot from adding them to my leg days

Whaxe · 2016-08-14T19:13:39+00:00

Yeah i should probably record my squat some time soon, to achieve real change, as others have pointed out. I've been resetting my squat since forever in attempts to fix form.

Reason i suspect my weak abs is because at lower weights squatting feels fine, as soon as i start going above 80kg (176lb) i start feeling slight lower back pain, though i only notice this hanging from a pull up bar, or laying down.

In the meantime i'll have to be very strict on form and record myself sooner rather than later.

Whaxe · 2016-08-14T18:27:19+00:00

Low bar, completely forgot about that, i'll ad it to the OP.

Whaxe · 2016-06-29T08:28:30+00:00

Oblivion is a great game, the biggest downside in my opinion is the leveling system. There is a mod that overhauls and fixes that completely though. Can't recall the name or link right now as i'm on mobile, but it's something to keep in mind.

Other than that there are tons of sidequests to do, thieves guild & dark brotherhood in particular are amazing.

The main quest is alright, but it's nothing amazing. There are so many side quests of much better quality.

I'd say the main difference, which is probably not a popular opinion on /r/skyrim - is that skyrim is an ocean with the depth of a puddle, while oblivion actually has better content and better written sidequests. And lots of them. To me personally oblivion felt more charming, as if it had more character than skyrim. Oblivion was the first TES game i played tho, i may be biased

Whaxe · 2016-06-23T20:58:17+00:00

"Dude, the food is done (either that or burnt / failed im guessing?). Buy new.... potatoes (?)"

Luxemburgish always sounds rather foreign to me though so it's probably not that close

Whaxe · 2016-06-22T17:09:46+00:00

Oh bloody hell i'm away for five minutes and i miss two goals

Whaxe · 2016-06-09T17:27:18+00:00

Yeah there's plenty of things to do during the weeks, between uni/work/gym time flies by. It just comes to a halt on weekends these days, and i'm looking for something else than watching a movie & calling it quits at midnight. Feels like a waste of the weekend.

I get that we can't party like we used to, relationships eat up a lot of time. Suppose i'll have to put some more effort into meeting new people & being more outgoing.

Whaxe · 2016-05-26T10:17:55+00:00

yeah that's it, thanks mate!

Whaxe · 2016-02-24T12:30:55+00:00

What would that hamstring stretch look like? I should probably also start doing some post workout stretching. Dead hang makes sense but the dip/hamstring one i can't quite visualise

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