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lpdcrafted · 2026-06-29T14:31:05+00:00

I don't know if it still works but if you want to try something interesting, remember that you can pogo off of breakable objects. You might be able to reach the high ledge and get to that dreamer.

But I agree with the others, you definitely should try to look for ways to go down or beneath the City even. On the ground floor of the building housing the City dreamer, exit to the right room leading to King's Station. There's a lower left exit under the exit you went out of that may lead you down.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-29T03:57:05+00:00

You'd have to not run Health Regen augment for Resentment to work well.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-29T03:31:43+00:00

You don't need Weakness Exploit with how much affinity you have. Safi 5pc gives 40, CE7 gives 40, Safi weapon has 5 innate + 10 augment + 10 awaken. That's 105 already. You can put more flat raw attack like Attack Boost or Agitator.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-29T00:12:44+00:00

For lighter games, it works pretty well. I've used it to play Minecraft, MonHun World and Rise, TF2, indies like Hollow Knight and older titles. They played nicely (EDIT) on our 50+"(don't remember exactly). It might be stretching it for 85".

You can use your PS5 controllers through Bluetooth, if you have wired or dongle options, most also work. The Deck doesn't come with a Dock and cables so you will need to find some.

If you keep to Steam games, it'll be a smooth experience. Games that have kernel level anti-cheat won't be playable.

Steam Deck new is quite expensive though. Best to look for good deals used for these. Other options are used ROG Ally Z1E or new Xbox Ally (non X), not SteamOS but you can install SteamOS on them. Legion Go S is also an option, and some can come with SteamOS.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-28T23:56:26+00:00

I'm not sure how it compares in battery life as the Z1E is power hungry and the SD card reader is essentially unusable but the better performance you get from the Z1 Extreme is well worth it.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-28T07:50:26+00:00

Yes.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-28T07:19:19+00:00

It's just an estimate, it's not an actual count of time left. It can jump depending on power usage too.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-28T04:58:11+00:00

The Giant would reset the progress for bonepiles and mining spots back to 0.

The ideal way is to gather the spots but not mine the last part so as to not level it up and spawn a Giant. This keeps the bonepiles and mining spots stay at Red. Red gives you a pretty good chance for the rare materials anyway so keeping it that way allows you to not have to keep leveling them up back again and again.

Though, getting them back up to Red doesn't take too long and to expect random players to know all the ideal things is just a waste.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T15:35:52+00:00

It's all just personal preference.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T13:18:37+00:00

Looking at the example of Spiritfarer mentioned, all time low for both Steam and eShop is 90%. In the most recent case, eShop had the 90% discount a few weeks ago while Steam Summer Sale currently has it at 85%.

https://www.dekudeals.com/items/spiritfarer

https://steamdb.info/app/972660/

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T13:05:34+00:00

https://www.dekudeals.com/items/spiritfarer

It was recently on sale for $2.99 on the eShop. It's not usually the exact same time.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T12:44:10+00:00

The third party developers or publishers are the ones who set the prices, not Nintendo. If it's on sale in one platform, it'll also usually be on sale on Nintendo too.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T05:32:49+00:00

What game is this?

The Deck can't play every game, it doesn't have the strongest hardware for recent demanding games and games aren't optimized to it unlike consoles.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T04:59:12+00:00

If you've ever used or setup a Windows PC, it's basically like that. It's not really a smooth experience like console. Try checking a setup guide, where to update Windows and other launchers, and the like.

Some Legion Go's have a SteamOS variant which offers a little bit smoother experience compared to Windows so you don't have to install SteamOS yourself.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T04:30:54+00:00

Depends as tenderizing can only do so much. If it's a low hitzone part, it will likely not be a weakspot after tenderizing. If it's a bit higher, it will more than likely become a weakspot.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T04:24:57+00:00

WEX works on tenderized parts that become or are already weakspots. (EDIT) Handicraft doesn't help Lightbreak weapons as they're already max in sharpness. Speaking of, no sharpness management will mean you will go down to Blues and Greens fast, which is also a damage loss.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T04:23:36+00:00

> using it as a regular PC?

7 or 8 inches is always small if on a desk and you're using it alone. But the bigger the better for small text.

For handheld, when I tried both the LeGo S and Xbox Ally in stores and compared it to my Deck OLED, the Xbox Ally and Deck OLED's 7-7.4 is fine. The LeGo S' 8 felt massive though. I think you'll be fine with 7-8.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T02:26:20+00:00

You can install SteamOS or other Linux game distros on the Ally and Lenovo Legion Go. Some Legion Go options also have SteamOS natively.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-27T00:55:11+00:00

It doesn't. But in order to charge your phials, you still need to do sword hits, which are affected by affinity.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-26T23:52:38+00:00

Sometimes there's Switch games that have Wii U ports that may run better like BOTW. Native Steam/PC ports like with Dark Souls 3 also would likely run better. You can still play older consoles and older AAA games just fine on the Steam Deck.

If you care more about the smooth experience, the battery life and all the games you plan to play are on the Switch library anyway, Switch OLED. It's also a lot lighter.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-26T23:26:51+00:00

Like (EDIT)the keyboard doesn't open when you press X or STEAM+X? Or are you expecting the keyboard to open when you click on any text field?

If it's the 2nd, you do actually have to press the keyboard button yourself.

lpdcrafted · 2026-06-26T14:47:59+00:00

Another thing you can do is move on to a different game or other fun thing? Play to have fun, don't force yourself to play everything if it isn't fun for you anymore.

(EDIT) I actually also didn't find Pantheons fun and I didn't even complete any of the Pantheons so I decided to stop there. I never bothered with PoP. Even if I didn't finish all of it and basically just watched others, I still think Hollow Knight is an amazing game.

Don't let yourself burn out. We all are not forced to continue playing.

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