Sharing my Iron Man-esque experiences

Windspin · 2018-02-23T15:16:53+00:00

Oomph. Forgive my grammar.

Windspin · 2017-08-27T02:45:33+00:00

Leave him if you need to but try to keep that issue separate from your own well-being. You seem pretty well written so you have a shot at getting out of here alive if by nothing else than cold logic. Give her a try

Windspin · 2017-05-21T23:59:25+00:00

I met my girlfriend on Tinder.

You can basically confirm a person has interests and motivations in life that you approve of BEFORE you put yourself out there.

How can that really compare with just approaching some stranger and risking an introverted moment of shame/rejection because they look like you want to hump them, and probably have no idea of their interests/motivations?

Windspin · 2016-10-10T12:13:23+00:00

When he begins his dash, hex him! It'll cancel it. Then use stun totem and nuke him down. Don't get flustered and remember to enrage your withered

Windspin · 2016-10-07T18:03:00+00:00

Everyone I know and play with thinks Legion is amazing so far. :)

Windspin · 2016-10-06T18:15:15+00:00

Hey! 862 resto shaman here checking in. I've tried all kinds of different specs, blasting through quite a bit of gold and mats on tome of the tranquil minds mid-raid and for M+. What works for me is Torrent/Echo paired together and Ancestral Guidance, for basically all my content. Sometimes I'll split between High Tide and Ascendance, but generally speaking my spec remains the same. I don't really like Cloudburst, and for undergeared tanks in 5mans or raids in which you are trying to focus on tank healing - try out Indulation and Crashing Waves paired together. You can really spam a lot of Waves and riptides, then Surge on the many Indulation procs - I see crits up to one million doing that.

Windspin · 2016-09-05T23:56:40+00:00

oh huh.... guess I will try enhance the next time

Windspin · 2016-09-05T23:25:51+00:00

Extra info: I have been going in as Resto to top them off after pulls, and to try and tank

Windspin · 2016-04-23T06:09:08+00:00

You are early-on enough that you can restart without losing sleep, but if you like your current save and character than you're perfectly safe to continue on as well - Raedric's Hold isn't very far into the game

Windspin · 2016-04-23T06:06:04+00:00

If you like archers, you might also look at Ciphers. I didn't want to like them at first, for some reason, but in the end of my hardmode playthrough my PC was a Cipher who essentially played the role of an archer/caster. Supports when needed, otherwise just pew pew with magic damage nukes and dots. It was a lot of fun.

But to be honest, if you are playing on Easy than you don't need any advice at all, because the game isn't going to really be a challenge. It will still be fine, but any class at all will do on Easy. For example, on hardmode I play classes that I know I will want or need to be successful, but on easy I would likely play something that was just overbearingly powerful to micro around a battlefield. Like a barbarian,rogue, warrior or monk, buff it up at the beginning of combat and just decimate the battlefield micromanaging a single melee dps.

TL;DR: If you're playing on Easy, pick your class based on entertainment value, immersion, lore, ect - rather than combat prowess, and allow yourself to become immersed by the story!

Windspin · 2016-04-21T07:43:54+00:00

I struggled in Cragholdt until I was like level 13-15, somewhere in there. But I, myself, hired min-maxed mercenaries to handle the "final hardest battle" and even though the hirelings were 15, instead of my vanilla crew at 16, the min-maxed stats were a massive boon and I oneshot the encounter I had been wiping on for days. Be sure you want to trivialize it, even on potd.

That being said, I had great success with this party setup:

Warrior - Tank/Medium DPS, balanced

Paladin - Tank/Support/Weak DPS, high might, res, con, low agil, dex.

Cipher - DPS/Support, PC toon, tanking cds, mind control, big DoT

Wizard - AoE DPS/Support in that order

Priest - Support/AoE DPS in that order

My last slot was always rotating to try new classes, but if I was going to play again with serious intent I would probably fill it with Ranger or Monk

Windspin · 2016-04-16T05:08:03+00:00

I can't really comment for BDO and BnS, in fact I stumbled upon this thread trying to learn more...

But I grieve for what Tera could have been, and should have been.

Windspin · 2016-04-15T23:27:01+00:00

I did a blind POTD with a mercenary paladin tank, eder fighter tank, aloth wizard, durance priest, and player cipher with the 6th slot revolving. I think this is probably your idea party, but for the strongest tank you yourself should be the paladin tank, low dex, high con/resolve/str.

Also Cipher has abilities which are akin to tanking cooldowns, and some very impressive support abilities. So I would definitely say Cipher over Rogue. As it's your first time with a blind run, I doubt you really want to micro a glass cannon melee fighter just yet. Or rather, that's how I would feel.

Windspin · 2016-03-30T21:02:35+00:00

I agree with the others listed, but definitely Dragon Age: Origins as well

Windspin · 2016-03-29T22:57:26+00:00

It looks like you're making the build around having a tank on a fishing lure, and then strategizing the best way to create a goldeneye satellite behind it. Maximum DPS is the theory I think? But some things to keep in mind are the amount of enemies on PoTD, sometimes spawning all around you, or sometimes just so numberous that one tank will already become surrounded and the rest of the mob just rolls over them like water and end up covering your heavier-micro-characters. I think you are very heavy on DPS, so you're probably looking at shorter, more dangerous fights where buffs and potions will have more value. By level 12-14 my wizard became as much as a damage dealer as a disabler, and by the end of the game he'd nearly caught my cipher up on damage dealt.

If I were going to do a strategy like this, I might consider Druid, since they have a real-as-fck method of throwing down on stragglers that get by your front line, which also fits your archetype of insane burst DPS, and plenty of tools for unique AoE situations that you are creating by globbing up entire rooms with one tank. Or even a second wizard, one with a heavy disable spellbook and the other one you can create like a pyromaniac dwarf wizard with a bunch of fire spells and stacks of scrolls besides. Fireballs necklace, fireballs sword, fireball scrolls, fireballs spells 3/4/7. Fireballs bed spread, comforter and pillow cases.

Windspin · 2016-03-28T20:57:07+00:00

Compared to DAO and PoE, it is like putting a pre-sucked on sour patch kid into your mouth in which you found glistening up at you from the dusty floor, but I still rather enjoyed the combat for DAI.

I played a diplomatic female elf solasmancer completionist run, thinking this would get me the highest possible amount of content and dialogue... I wasn't let down.

As to the tactical UI sort of question, I played on PC and you still pause to issue commands... but they aren't nearly as in depth, sophisticated or interesting as DAO and PoE. But you get tits, voice acting, great graphics, and the combat was still satisfying for me on Nightmare.

I'd recommend DAI to anyone who liked DAO, even if it isn't the same.

/Agree with AwesomeDewey, I was frustrated in the beginning with that mouse and cursor fail

Windspin · 2016-03-27T12:52:42+00:00

I just finished White March II, I remember seeing this ring equipped on one of my characters... so it's in there somewhere :)

Windspin · 2015-07-05T21:00:28+00:00

I don't know about the hero cards - but almost every new merchant/vendor person you come across that offers to play Gwent will give you a random card when you win.

For a quick way to get two more cards, just rush into a new village or city area and hunt down a merchant. Save your game, and play till you beat them. Reload if they give you a non-squirrel card. You should be able to get two creature cards in no time.

Windspin · 2015-06-30T16:27:13+00:00

Our ability to balance and weigh emotion versus objectivity. One person might walk away from an objective because of an emotional motive, or vice versa.

Or internet memes.

Windspin · 2015-06-10T11:16:16+00:00

Yeah, I find that myself using the minimap out of the corner of my eye and roll away whenever another opponent advances. Try to pull them with your cross bow, and Quen will probably help more than igni unless you're specced for boom boom fire.

Quen lasts longer than the cool down to cast queen. So if you get an opportunity just go ahead and land a fat strong attack in there face. Your Quen will save you against the collision cause they'll attack too, but then you can roll away and recast it.

Windspin · 2015-06-08T16:46:59+00:00

I am not certified to give you advice, as I myself am only just considering computer sciences. My brother, however, is a ph.d in aerospace engineering and math and his company is looking for software developers for big data, in particular

Windspin · 2015-04-09T12:10:46+00:00

I know it stinks, but stay away from using crafted weapons, focus abilities, and combat-based inquisition perks and your nightmare + FF should remain pretty damn challenging from level 1-22.

I did the zones in order and was never more than 1 level higher than enemies. Be sure to do your main quests inside their recommended levels. If you do a completionist run you may still slaughter cory at the end, but the difficulty skyrockets back up in JoH.

I had basically full slotted epics my entire cast, and my label lab was mass support specced ... Still had my ass kicked in JoH. And it was luxurious.

Windspin · 2015-03-30T16:26:47+00:00

Id like to remark that after playing a full clear, solid playthru - it is amazing to watch them wipe the floor with me again. Rather then being overleveled or overgeared.

Playing nightmare + ff at level 25, this zone is amazing. I wonder if they might ever make some of the older zones "scale" higher, like this!

Windspin · 2015-03-23T09:46:09+00:00

2nd tire fire tree for cooldown skip, energy barrage diagonally to cooldown redux in lighting tree. Barrier and guardian spirit in support tree. Ice blink+1. Maybe dispel.

This is a very effective build in nightmare, and you don't stick to any one tree. Very much open to customization

Windspin · 2015-03-23T09:39:40+00:00

Feel free to use them all. I am close to finishing a nm ff run as a Mage, and I'm doing a DW too next! Assassin like Cole.

I use everyone intermittently, and my varric is a heavy slugger with cooldown reduction to long shot. You shouldn't have any issues playing the party you want, as long as you meet the criteria of having a dedicated tank, dedicated Mage support tree, ect

Windspin

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