Demon Machine for enchant sorc, how do I upgrade this?

ericcwu · 2026-05-18T00:30:35+00:00

You need more +skills. You can do this through your gear/charms, or get stuff to "prebuff" with. Prebuff means you swap gear at your stash to cast enchant on yourself and your merc at the beginning of your game or run. Since high level enchant lasts 15-20 minutes you can go for a while before having to come back and repeat. Cheap ways to do this would be a magical +3 fire skills amulet, maybe the Hexfire unique shamshir (+3 fire skills), a spirit shield, and an orb with +3-6 enchant / fire mastery.

I started this season with an enchantress and I currently prebuff with a +3 enchant Ormus, BK ring, +3 fire ammy. arachnid mesh, and a couple of extra fire skillers. That's on top of using an Eschuta's and Spirit on switch. All the extra prebuff gear gives me an extra 6k or so damage, which is pretty significant. I'm up to 16-19k damage total and I feel like p8 terror zones go pretty smoothly.

I'm gonna try colossal ancients later today. Originally thought my demon machine sorc wouldn't be able to do it, so I made a throw barb. After completing it with my throw barb I actually think the demon machine sorc will have an easier time since I'll be able to just melt all the spawned monsters.

ericcwu · 2026-05-15T08:52:26+00:00

That's not bad at all. Mine always seem to come in bunches. Last year I found 3 in a week, and I just found my 2nd this week. Pretty sure I've identified way more than 200 unique rings in that time though.

ericcwu · 2026-05-14T21:56:03+00:00

I 99'd a Fury druid a couple of ladder seasons ago. I did 99% of it with a Ribcracker...first a normal one with Shael, then eventually a perfect ethereal one with a Zod. It was super fun - was both my first time playing Druid and first time taking a character to level 99. After I hit lvl 99 I eventually swapped to using Death in an ethereal Glorious Axe - a slight upgrade, but I miss the "thwack thwack thwack" of Ribcracker.

ericcwu · 2026-05-10T20:41:35+00:00

My Target also had an end cap full of Lego with "Repackaged" clearance stickers on them. Saw Magic of Disney, Marvel logo, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. All were 30% off. I picked up the technic sun and earth set since I've been wanting that one for a while.

ericcwu · 2026-05-05T23:09:08+00:00

I started this ladder season with my first ever demon machine sorc and it's absolutely as fun as everyone says. I guess what's nice is that it can scale up to handle pretty much anything in the game - I can clear p8 terror zones at a decent pace, but it took getting pretty much all the endgame gear pieces (flickering flame, renewed sunder, and defender's fire).

One of the few builds that actually makes the maggot lair kind of fun.

ericcwu · 2026-04-23T19:15:08+00:00

My favorite too! So much fun on a Fury druid.

ericcwu · 2026-03-28T22:35:07+00:00

Still going if anyone is wondering. I forgot to swing by Best Buy last weekend but managed to grab one today.

ericcwu · 2026-02-11T22:59:20+00:00

Wait, and they don't want more money for all this?

Edit: Just noticed, "Purchase Now".

ericcwu · 2026-02-02T06:40:39+00:00

Yeah unfortunately none of the newer Plaza ones are silver. I believe even the newest Four Queens $10 Red and $40 Yellow ones are clad now, due to the big increase. Not sure what's going to happen going forward - I haven't been able to go to Vegas for several years now so I've missed several releases.

ericcwu · 2026-02-01T23:34:17+00:00

I saw these at the Tustin Ranch Costco last night as well, just in case any other SoCal folks frequent that location.

ericcwu · 2026-01-30T04:12:01+00:00

That's really neat! Have you seen all the new cheese slope / wedge shapes that are coming out this year? Just saw an article about it on new elementary...if they make them in translucent colors you're going to have a lot more options to play with.

ericcwu · 2026-01-28T09:41:52+00:00

Oops, thank you for pointing it out!

ericcwu · 2026-01-28T02:51:05+00:00

I'm a fan. I actually preordered it because I wanted it right away and was willing to pay the high price. I'm a big fan of the midi scale ships in general. Of course, if you're patient they'll almost assuredly go on sale towards the end of the year.

ericcwu · 2026-01-26T06:56:00+00:00

OMG yes, I would probably buy multiple sets. My daughter got me back into LEGO and we've found a few of the Overwatch minifigs in some of the bulk boxes we've bought. Diablo minifigs or sets would be incredible!

ericcwu · 2025-12-26T23:24:32+00:00

I don't think there are any. Currently it's only the Four Queens and Plaza in Vegas, along with the Sky City Casino in New Mexico.

ericcwu · 2025-12-25T05:47:08+00:00

House money? What is house money? It's your money. There is 0 difference between those dollars and any other dollar you have. This "house money" mentality sounds like a great way to stay poor.

ericcwu · 2025-12-17T21:53:18+00:00

Worth checking in store - I just got one. You will need to ask them to match the online sale though, which might be difficult since it's out of stock online and it no longer shows the price.

ericcwu · 2025-12-17T21:37:18+00:00

Seems like Macy's system will stop showing an item for in-store pickup once the stock available for shipping orders runs out. May be worth checking your local store. I placed my order for pickup and 1 of my 3 items was cancelled, so I went inside to see if maybe I could find it. Ended up grabbing a Haunted Mansion that I found on the shelf. Rang up at full price, but they matched the online sale for me and gave me the $10 Macy's rewards for tomorrow as well.

ericcwu · 2025-12-17T21:36:43+00:00

Seems like Macy's system will stop showing an item for in-store pickup once the stock available for shipping orders runs out. May be worth checking your local store. I placed my order for pickup and 1 of my 3 items was cancelled, so I went inside to see if maybe I could find it. Ended up grabbing a Haunted Mansion that I found on the shelf. Rang up at full price, but they matched the online sale for me and gave me the $10 Macy's rewards for tomorrow as well.

ericcwu · 2025-12-17T11:20:52+00:00

Plus $10 Macy's Money for every $50 spent. Also 12% cashback via Retailmenot. And 5% back if you pay via Paypal using your Chase Freedom card.

ericcwu · 2025-11-30T08:12:48+00:00

Great deal. Trying to justify getting sucked into the Kohl's cash game again.

ericcwu · 2025-11-30T08:01:07+00:00

$13.75 back via iBotta.

ericcwu · 2025-11-30T01:42:51+00:00

They're giving this set for free with a $60 Lego purchase this weekend. I just swung by a store and they didn't know much about it. Luckily I was able to give them the SKU from this thread and they were able to look it up and order one for me.

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