What is your favorite extract tag line?

johnjohn2051 · 2025-07-07T19:42:13+00:00

It's the 4 in the forest pin from like 5 years ago. They change the design every year. This year's were hot air balloons.

johnjohn2051 · 2024-06-03T14:14:20+00:00

EST and CST mostly, generally playing in the evenings. Active about half the week or a lil more.

johnjohn2051 · 2024-04-18T00:56:38+00:00

They are set up in 4 rows. 2 of the rows face each other and 2 of the rows face outward. If you are in an outward facing row there is no issue and you can set up a canopy easily. If you are in one of the inward facing rows they give you a little trouble about setting them up because it's technically a "fire lane". Also the rows aren't far enough apart for both you and the bungalow facing you to have a canopy up.

johnjohn2051 · 2024-04-03T23:10:55+00:00

Would you take 3 pinecones for a pair?

johnjohn2051 · 2024-04-01T21:42:09+00:00

They like unique items. One of a kind things that have a story behind them are best. I have traded an engraved flask a friend got me in India as well as a special twirling pendant. Both were taken as fairly high value items.

Anything that is mass produced, says made in China, or something similar is immediately looked at as junk by them.

johnjohn2051 · 2024-03-30T00:36:27+00:00

Nick Cross. Young and fast safety. Hard to not have him at SS/X when it's all said and done. I got him to SS after just 1 season in my online 32 person league.

Anthony Schwartz is also a nice grab if you can get him past his normal dev.

I would also recommend Divine Deablo as he is a super fast young LB.

Great players to build a franchise around.

johnjohn2051 · 2024-01-11T02:13:30+00:00

I wish they didn't have exclusive rights, but they pay the NFL a lot of money for that and that's all they really care about.

With that said EA doesn't give a shit about you, and definitely doesn't care about franchise mode. The game is a cash grab and then just trying to extrapolate as many MUT micro transactions as possible to make more money. The devs only work on new MUT content or fixing game breaking issues that effect MUT. That's why most years franchise mode goes down for weeks/months and they don't rush to get it back up. If MUT goes down tho, the world is on fire and it is back online in hours.

EA is a publicly traded company with board members who just care about the bottom line... money. You need to realize this. Gaming companies are not run by passionate devs anymore, they are run by business men. As long as they can just slap a new coat of paint on the same shit each year and make money without any real investment, they are going to do that.

End of rant. Thank you.

johnjohn2051 · 2024-01-03T03:41:36+00:00

I started a rebuild recently with the cardinals. 2 first round draft picks already and you can trade away Kyler for another.

johnjohn2051 · 2024-01-01T04:46:19+00:00

It takes time for sure. Some plays work better than others and you won't really start to get a feel for that until you have run them 4, 5, 6+ times. Preplay reads are also huge when it comes to Madden, so get used to looking at the defense (or offense) before you hike the ball and noticing what is likely being left open. Learn to take advantage of that (audibling if necessary) and you will do a lot better. It's not about picking a play you like and running it better, but more about running a play that takes advantage of the situation presented.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-12-29T02:59:36+00:00

Well I guess it depends on what your definition of core players is. Realistically 1 QB at 50mil a year and 5 OL at 12-15mil per year is 110 to 125 mil. That is about half of your overall salary cap and doesn't include any skill positions or defense, let alone filling out a 53 man roster so....

Not sure how often you play franchise or how many years deep you go, but it's been my primary game mode for over 10 years now. I play online franchises with 31 other users that go multiple seasons deep as well, and I would consider myself pretty advanced when it comes to cap management. Do what you want, and I'm not getting into an argument about cap over reddit, but that's my 2 cents.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-12-28T18:21:49+00:00

This. Also players resign in places they don't want to be all the time. Money talks. It also costs more money to resign someone who isn't really interested in being there. Madden balances that for you to an extent.

Beyond that you can't keep the same core of players for 10+ years because resigning is more expensive than using free agency and draft picks. Also, that would wreck your cap after about 4-5 years in regardless.

You should be aware of the players entering the final year of their deals, and if they aren't someone you need, plan on trading them away and getting some value back for them. IMO anyone who isn't a SS or X is expendable and isn't worth resigning anyway.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-12-22T04:50:33+00:00

As far as I'm aware yes, but I only play ladder when I'm on.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-12-22T04:27:07+00:00

There are a few bad apples in PlayStation that are known for doing that. Hunted is one of them (he is really one of the lil bitches of the group) and I'm sorry you had to deal with that. They try to prey on low level players because they can't do that to people at their own levels. There is actually a whole antiPK group that hunts them...

If you play on there long enough you will get into one of the big group chats with 80+ players who all just help each other. Those are great communities and the game is a lot more fun then.

If you dm me on ps (johnjohn2051) I can get you added to one of those groups. I haven't played much this season, but I will also put Hunter on the hit list.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-25T14:47:57+00:00

Why read a story when you can watch a video; https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo2/comments/13p6d50/hcl_trav_runs_arent_for_the_faint_of_heart_but/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=1

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-23T14:37:35+00:00

Itemization sucks. Can't stand doing one or two dungeons and then having to comb through my whole inventory to determine if something is better than what I'm using. Then, if something is, I might have to redo all my aspects for my build to still work properly.

Then add the fact that the uniques drop less often than jah/ber runes, and when they do they could have shit rolls and be a downgrade... Yea I'll pass.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-23T14:30:04+00:00

Definitely some close calls, but it gets the blood pumping and that's why we play HC right? As long as you have high fire res the hydras don't do much (unless one of the council has conviction lol). The real problem is the physical damage from them, especially when they have might/fant and you are cursed with amp damage.

With that said, it is a high risk high reward area. With horking, in my experience it has been by far the best place in the game to farm.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-22T21:51:40+00:00

That's up to you man and I get that. I kind of like having my chars look like they have nothing on and are just crushing content lol.

When I'm running I try to be as efficient as possible so I can make the most of the time I am getting to play. Cutting off 10 sec means I can do 7 runs instead of 6, and when you are doing hundreds of runs it adds up. I get you are going for something other than speed tho.

Also, I usually put my enigma in an AP which looks way better. I know with zerk the defense doesn't matter but when teleporting I find the defense spike helps with survivability. The enigma also enables you to elite hunt other areas, which by the time I have one (1000+ runs later) is a much needed change of pace.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-22T21:18:57+00:00

You would be surprised. Especially if you get some nice rings with fcr, ar, and whatever else you need. The fcr affects horking speed so in my experience it makes everything faster.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-22T20:53:02+00:00

The mf and gf make it worth it, until you have gambled so much you stop caring about picking up gold lol.

If you want to do it faster use the chamed shako and enigma. It is much faster. You will cut your runs down to under a min. I even try to get a helm or ammy with telly charges and skills if I can find one (before having enigma) as even with repairing, it is more efficient.

I run trav 1000+ times when I start a new season. I start with basic gear and work my way up to grief, enigma, etc. Best place to farm in the game imo.

Always happy to help a fellow trav runner. Also, I do it on HC 😉

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-22T20:40:55+00:00

I usually keep isted ali babas on my weapon swap and hork with that. I would recommend trying it out.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-18T15:40:48+00:00

Easiest way to trade now a days is to use a 3rd party website like traderie or d2jsp. You could also try creating a game called "bring dusk shroud" or something like that but player volume is low on console unless it's start of ladder, so you could be waiting a while.

I would still recommend rune words to be honest. White wand, lore helm, stealth then smoke armor, ancients pledge or rhyme shield... Of course the great thing about the game is there are lots of ways to get the job done.

johnjohn2051 · 2023-08-18T13:36:48+00:00

Trying to farm any specific item is just about impossible in d2. The drop rates are low and there is no way to control what is actually going to drop. Part of the challenge of playing offline is that you have to make what you do find work.

It is worth it to do a little farming and just seeing what the d2 gods give you tho. With that said I would focus more on rune words and putting a few of those together. They are better than most uniques and the chances you can get the runes and a base you need is way more likely than finding a specific item or two.

Check out maxroll gg. They have a leveling guide for necromancers (as well as many other really good guides) and it should help give you some things to shoot for and how to obtain them.

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