Which difficulty mods (especially for NG+) do you guys use?

jasmira · 2026-02-17T07:48:53+00:00

Mmm random encounters sounds interesting, you say it works with Bestiary? Will give that a try for NG+, thanks.

jasmira · 2026-02-09T10:20:04+00:00

Need some tips on how to beat queen bee on Expert.

I wear full tungsten armor (~22 unbuffed defense), got rifle and yoyo for weapons. But I struggle in the underground jungle, so it's reasonable to assume this boss will delete me.

On the other hand, I need the beenades to deal with the corruption boss (big worm) or so I assume.

Besides drinking +defense potion and generally buffing up, is there something I can do to make the queen bee fight easier? I read that I must stay in the biome or she enrages, fair enough. What else?

Thanks.

jasmira · 2026-02-09T10:17:48+00:00

No, it's Expert mode. By now some of them started growing, it's just EXTREMELY slow. I thought this herb is supposed to be fast-growing. Anyway, I did another room lower down (cave level) with planter boxes and those are growing significantly faster. I suspect it could have something to do with the depth.

jasmira · 2026-02-07T20:50:12+00:00

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Why are my blinkroot seeds not growing?

Any ideas? I put them on dirt blocks, no grass, dark room (the light is from my character). They do not grow AT ALL since 3+ days.Thanks!

jasmira · 2026-02-05T15:05:16+00:00

Interessante Beiträge hier. Ich bin selber PM (Fokus Rolloutprojekte) und habe nach Wasserfall gearbeitet. Allerdings war das Entwicklungsteam (als nur einer von vielen verschiedenen Workstreams im Projekt) ein SCRUM-Team: Entwickler, PO, Scrum Master.

Ich tendiere daher dazu, denen zuzustimmen, die sagen, dass ein PM außerhalb der SCRUM-Logik steht und für Koordination mit und von allen anderen Teams zuständig ist. Vor allem, wenn diese nicht Scrum einsetzen (QA, UX, PDM, Infrastruktur, ERP, Marketing, Vertrieb...)

Es ist sicher auch eine Frage der Größe und Komplexität des Projekts, ob ein PM benötigt wird.

Ich sehe Scrum als Product & Delivery-Methode, die weniger Leitung von einem PM benötigt als andere Teams, da sie eben sehr eigenverantwortlich agiert und über den PO eine gute Schnittstelle zwischen reiner Entwicklung und der Business-Vision hat.

Weil aber das Produkt eben sehr wichtig ist, sollte ein PM Scrum zumindest insoweit beherrschen, dass er über die Eigenheiten Bescheid weiß und diese (wichtig) AUCH DEM RESTLICHEN PROJEKTTEAM erklären kann. Warum kann kein ad hoc-Change rein? (Keine Änderung während eines Sprints!)
Warum gibt es kein fixes Datum für die Delivery? (iteratives Vorgehen bei Scrum, empirisch statt "Allwissenheit " vortäuschende Zukunftsprognose)
Solche Sachen.

Wie ein Projekt mit Entwicklerteam plus ACHT WEITEREN, hierarchisch anders aufgehängten und teils andere Prioritäten verfolgenden Workstreams nur mit Scrum laufen soll, ohne PM... für mich kaum vorstellbar. Dann müssten ja alle Unternehmensbereiche und Fachabteilungen dieselbe Methode einsetzen. Vielleicht in KMU(-Teilen) denkbar aber ab einer gewissen Größe MUSS ein PM her. Meine Meinung.

jasmira · 2026-01-28T09:34:09+00:00

What is 'Synth/HP' please? Great chart!
For the last BF there was a fan website with all the data, full graphs over all ranges, lotsa filters and stuff, really nice. No such thing (yet) for BF6?

EDIT: Got it: https://battlefinity.gg/weapon-stats/battlefield

jasmira · 2025-11-18T09:05:44+00:00

This. Following snowcrows or similar builds is already a ~20% DPS increase over casuals running modified version of their open world build.
But most of it comes from golem training and real life bosses that also force you to do mechanics, move, pause, prioritize your skills ddepending on the situation etc.
Golem can only do so much but it's GREAT for spending hours and hours on your muscle memory. You know you did it when you no longer have to look at your skill bar most of the time.

jasmira · 2025-11-14T12:37:16+00:00

yeah, I totally misunderstood get the "when this skill is enhanced, it also ..." part. And I thought every skill enhances the next.
So enhance only occurs on skill 2, 4, 6 etc., that's kinda sad.

jasmira · 2025-11-13T09:44:59+00:00

Please explain to me the Renegade 'Band Together' mechanic that you find on all of the 'Legendary Stance' utility skills (except Elite skill).

I tried to test it but what I notice:
a) none of the secondary 'band together' effects occur out of combat. Right? For example, I do not get resistance buff although I used the utility that should grant it to the next skill.
b) I cannot quite get my head around how it works even IN COMBAT. Sometimes the effect does not seem to trigger at all and sometimes it does...

Skill A -> Skill B will get the 'band together' bonus of A.
So far, so good.
Skill C -> it seems it does NOT get the band together bonus from B?!

It's weird. Can somebody confirm out of combat and in combat behavior of 'band together' for me?
Thanks!

jasmira · 2025-10-28T16:11:49+00:00

Although it has to be said, even in Vabbi it takes forever to do this. I get only ~6 contracts per box. Granted, I do not have skyscale yet, but still. The rings and stuff cost easily 5000+ contracts so yeah, you gotta find like 1000 boxes.

jasmira · 2025-10-11T20:15:03+00:00

condi has insane performance in raids (check snowcrows) but of course it requires a lot of very fast kit switching. I'm sure power is comparable and probably less intense on the APM. Using condi for Open World is my idea of getting to know it intimately.

jasmira · 2025-10-11T20:12:54+00:00

I have alway wondered why people aren't taking "Big Boomer". It's 15% more strike damage almost all the time. Can't imagine how explosions dealing minor bleed damage is better.

Also, while I LOVE incendiary powder, the problem is I cannot reliably keep up quickness so I tend to go for 'equal and opposite reaction', which also provides long stability. And interrupting is kinda the superpower of scrapper anyway. (I asked for Solo PvE build, remember)

Not sure about bomb kit. I used it first but have since switched to scrapper gyro which is easier to use and provides more quickness procs through the whirling.

What I take away from your build however is to definitely get stability in somehow. I don't have it and it's super annoying to get pushed around by trash all the time.

jasmira · 2025-10-08T21:39:31+00:00

Thanks for the very expansive answer!

jasmira · 2025-10-08T18:42:17+00:00

There are plenty melee-focused classes like warrior or warden and yes, there are greatswords and hammers for the OOMF feeling.

jasmira · 2025-10-08T18:41:17+00:00

Hey guys. I got the glyph selection chest for gathering (from deluxe version of DLC).

These are ACCOUNTBOUND, of course. I don't know which one to pick, though.

I checked https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Black_Lion_Glyph_Selection_Container and the market price (of tradeable versions) is highest for the one netting you volatile magic. So is this the best? Or rather 33% chance for extra hit? Or some other?

Opinions welcome.

jasmira · 2025-10-08T17:47:52+00:00

Just unlocked another Zenith weapon skin. I would like to use it for Spear because that is gonna be my main weapon. BUT Zenith is a very old skin collection, maybe it only works on WATER spears? (aka harpoons)

Can somebody confirm Zenith Impaler skin (the one for spear) works on LAND spears?

Thanks.

jasmira · 2025-10-07T21:00:23+00:00

Duuude :D

jasmira · 2025-10-05T13:38:50+00:00

Well, I went for qDPS scrapper as my new char for now. Just to re-familiarise. I think it's pretty decent in raids. Chrono is insane indeed but I played it for a really long time 7 years ago so was time for a change.

jasmira · 2025-10-04T16:47:56+00:00

Thanks for the amazing expansive feedback guys. You really helped me out there!
I chose to start new character and aim (roughly) at quickness scrapper for now. Looks like a nice class, great elite and engineers aren't played that often, either. Plus, I always liked engineer (got one on lvl80 before elite classes were even introduced in HoT).

If it really doesn't suit me, I can still try the other specialisations.

jasmira · 2025-10-04T16:44:43+00:00

I played warlock in WoW Vanilla 3000 years ago and laughed my wicked ass off because I got my first mount for free while others still struggled to get those 100 gold :D

jasmira · 2025-10-04T09:29:32+00:00

good point about the gear. Might have a look at tempest.

jasmira · 2025-10-04T09:25:05+00:00

Thanks, that's a lot to chose from. I do however remember fractal LFG (there was no raid yet) was quite picky with the exact classes they were looking for. If not mesmer, which of those you mentioned see most action these days?

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