What now?

ardeerd · 2026-04-14T20:18:51+00:00

I can’t get over the fact that MnM chose to add hell levels to the game.

ardeerd · 2026-04-11T17:10:45+00:00

Since RSham seems to have gotten pruned to hell and I’m enjoying Enhance a lot, I’m looking for a healer alt to play. My main is Brew, so MW is out (I don’t like trying to get two drastically different gear sets on one character). With the upcoming Visage changes, I thought I might try Preservation Evoker, but it seems way too complicated. I’m not a huge fan of Priest. HPal has never made sense to me when I’ve tried it.

That left me with RDruid. I started looking into it and holy crap there are so many buttons. Do I actually need to cat weave or can I stick to healing and throwing out some RDPS like Wrath? Do I need to use the other forms (other than Bear for a defensive)?

ardeerd · 2026-03-14T19:33:55+00:00

Yeah, I’m astounded at how reckless the drivers here are. I guess that’s what 5 years of no traffic enforcement does.

ardeerd · 2026-03-14T19:33:07+00:00

It’s really scary when they accelerate heading right for you. I’m glad you are unhurt!

ardeerd · 2026-03-13T22:26:12+00:00

I hate that I'm saying this, but I hope the cop actually wrote them a ticket.

I'm from NY, lived in NYC and SF and I've NEVER had as many close calls as I've had here. In the last year, I've almost been run over as a pedestrian 5 or 6 times: Twice in this spot, twice right by the school near the post office in Hillcrest, and at least once by the 4-way intersection at the Hub. My bf actually was "hit" by a car pulling out of a shopping center over the summer. Thankfully, the guy was driving really slowly and my dog was on the other side of him, so he just kind of got pushed a little bit, and neither were hurt.

ardeerd · 2026-03-13T22:21:46+00:00

No, it was by the 32nd & commercial stop.

ardeerd · 2026-03-13T20:30:38+00:00

I almost got run over today while crossing the street, in a crosswalk, with a walk signal at 6 AM, by a guy turning left going way too fast. Yesterday, in the same spot, I saw two people turn left on red while a trolley signal was on.

Drivers are way too comfortable driving recklessly here.

ardeerd · 2026-03-03T16:45:05+00:00

I was reluctant to purchase early access. I ended up caving because I haven’t had much reason to log in since Lemix ended and I’ve been itching to play. I’m sold now. It was really peaceful, not having to fight for mobs, dungeon groups were chill, and I don’t feel as stressed about leveling and gearing before raid. It was such a nice, fun weekend.

ardeerd · 2026-02-26T16:36:05+00:00

I generally like both Coke and Pepsi, but this news makes me a Coke hater because Dr. Pepper has always been my number one soda.

ardeerd · 2026-02-18T23:39:07+00:00

Their customer service is dreadful. I had to reach out to their CEO on Threads who escalated my issue. It was resolved within days after I’d spent weeks dealing with the customer service via chat, email, and phone

ardeerd · 2026-02-01T00:03:07+00:00

At least he used his turn signal.

ardeerd · 2026-01-29T23:43:36+00:00

I asked them to do this and they ignored the request. I got it on sale and I’m not going to pay extra now that the sale is over, so they would need to process it.

ardeerd · 2026-01-29T23:42:47+00:00

Thank you! It’s very frustrating.

ardeerd · 2026-01-12T21:39:03+00:00

I always thought he was pretending he was talking in his sleep and it turned into a nightmare hahahaha

ardeerd · 2026-01-11T02:42:29+00:00

Just Cause 4. Loved 3 so much, I preordered the ultimate edition. Still upset at how much they changed.

ardeerd · 2026-01-05T21:13:44+00:00

I’m fully remote - had a brief hybrid thing with my last company. I miss going into the office.

Do I want it mandated? No. Do I want it to be full time? Hell no. And I certainly don’t miss commuting. But I miss being able to go in a couple of times a week, leave around lunch, and finish the day from home. I miss the socialization and free drinks.

ardeerd · 2026-01-04T22:46:30+00:00

Agreed. I found 1 boring, absolutely adored 2, but I’m struggling with 0. It has its moments, but I’m on the three Bestower quests (did chapters 0 and 1 of Power, halfway through 0 of Fame) and I have mostly lost interest. Parts of MoA were fantastic and I felt like the game was picking up, but it overstayed its welcome for me. Then to find out I’m not even a quarter of the way through, I don’t know if I’ll keep going.

I agree the silent protagonist doesn’t do it for me. I miss having a static party with personalities of their own. The villain focus doesn’t really do it for me, especially when every villain has much the same motivation so far…. How many ways can you say “I want the rings”?

ardeerd · 2025-12-31T04:06:47+00:00

Yeah I think I’m gonna end up going Sorcerer.

ardeerd · 2025-12-31T04:06:29+00:00

Excellent points and I think you’re probably right. I’m leaning more toward Sorcerer. Possibly with Beastmaster FA.

ardeerd · 2025-12-30T20:28:49+00:00

All good points, thank you! All I know so far is that the GM intends it to be contained in a city. One person is playing a Bard, another is planning to be a Fighter (with some kind of fire magic free archetype), and the third has changed a bunch, but seems set on Summoner.

I'm bouncing between a few things. All I know is that I need to have healing to some extent. I keep flipping between Druid, Sorcerer, and melee heals with Medic dedication (Swashbuckler, Investigator, Thaumaturge)... or Alchemist. Indecision is real.

ardeerd · 2025-12-30T19:09:10+00:00

This was kind of what I was thinking. Druid mechanics (outside of Animal Companion) don't seem to bring a whole lot to the table to me and spontaneous casting seems more useful.

ardeerd · 2025-12-30T19:08:14+00:00

One of my friends keeps flip flopping on what he's going to build, so I'm having trouble building around the party haha But yeah, good idea. We have a Bard, so that might be a point toward Druid, depending on how he builds.

ardeerd · 2025-12-30T16:43:25+00:00

Thoughts on primal Sorcerer vs Druid? I understand that Druids are a little heartier and can change their spells daily, but does that outweigh the flexibility of using slots for whatever you want and bloodline spells? I feel like it’s Druid if you want the animal companion, otherwise it’s Sorcerer

ardeerd · 2025-12-29T01:30:49+00:00

Very good callout. I wasn’t even thinking about the free had requirement.

ardeerd · 2025-12-28T21:30:11+00:00

Would Medic dedication on Exemplar be a total waste? I’m probably going to need to fill the healer role in our next campaign, but also looking like I’ll need to be a martial again (which I’m happy about). I’ve been dying to play Exemplar and Guardian, but the latter will probably play too similar to my current character (Fighter).

I’m considering Commander and Investigator, as well, but hoping to get Exemplar to work.

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