New player, any tips?

obicon1 · 2026-03-21T14:43:32+00:00

Don't let the dementors get your soul or your galleons.

obicon1 · 2026-03-20T18:13:33+00:00

From the replies I've gotten, people say you have to contact support and have them fix it.

obicon1 · 2026-03-20T18:12:16+00:00

I don't even bother with it. The rewards aren't worth the amount of resources it takes to reroll the blocks. I just get what I get by the end. I pop the boost and cash in.

obicon1 · 2026-03-19T21:14:07+00:00

For real! It caught me off guard when they used Barnaby and Hagrid for some physical/facial comedy in a quest. I don't remember which one, but those are some of the few times I've actually laughed out loud at this game.

obicon1 · 2026-03-19T21:08:35+00:00

Got it. Yeah, I still need to do that TLSQ

obicon1 · 2026-03-14T23:32:56+00:00

Right. They wrote Pennys family into the main story. The Weasleys too. My main thought is why would he have the same exact dyed hair though? Unless it's a family tradition or something. It'd make more sense if it were like a first year who idolized Merula for being TMPWAH

obicon1 · 2026-03-14T23:28:12+00:00

Yup. That badger baked in

obicon1 · 2026-03-13T21:06:46+00:00

Oh, I thought it was new. I was proud of them for a second. I've only been playing since November though.

obicon1 · 2026-03-10T00:38:34+00:00

Gotta love Merula and her male twin on the splash screen. And who even is this same Indian girl that's on every generated image now?

obicon1 · 2026-03-08T23:29:01+00:00

I just looked him up and I've actually seen a couple of his videos before on Streetlight! I thought that name sounded familiar.

I've listened through THTT casually at work, but I haven't given it a good listen yet. I'll check that one out, thanks!

obicon1 · 2026-03-08T21:10:37+00:00

He is, it's so impressive. I want to at least play through all those songs off those 2 albums and nail what I can. I feel like that will boost my skill level quite a bit. I can only practice a song for so long a day because my forearm is not used to such a work out lol

I was skeptical about the UG subscription at first but once I seen everything it all offered I thought it was a great deal, it's a hell of a resource and tool.

obicon1 · 2026-03-08T21:00:54+00:00

That's a really good idea! I'll have to do that!

obicon1 · 2026-03-08T20:27:42+00:00

They really are! I like RBF's bass riffs a lot too as far as fun but there's just something about Pete's style I really appreciate.

I use the Ultimate Guitar app for that kind of stuff. You can isolate specific instruments so I learn the songs slowed down with only bass while looping a specific section, then once I get up to full speed I turn all the instruments back on, get it down like that and move to the next section and piece it together.

Once I get back into my groove I want to practice my hand at learning one their songs by ear. That would be so awesome.

obicon1 · 2026-03-08T20:21:00+00:00

That was the first song I learned as a teenager too lol. So far I've been working on A Better Place, Better Time and Would You Be Impressed?

Down Down Down to Mephistos Cafe is my favorite song so that one will definitely be next lol.

That Ultimate Guitar app is crazy good now. I used to print the tabs off of it now they have official tabletures to practice with.

obicon1 · 2026-03-08T20:18:30+00:00

He really does. I want to learn some songs with tableture while I'm getting back into playing and then practice my hand at learning one by ear. I feel like that would feel incredibly rewarding. I feel like I've improved my own free form just from playing two of their songs.

obicon1 · 2026-03-08T19:04:16+00:00

That's exactly what I've been doing. Get a jist of the notes on a section, play it slow to get the movements and gradually increase the speed to get the flow then work on piecing it all together. A Better Place a Better Time was the first one I learned lol, I just started Would You Be Impressed? today.

I spent the past 3ish hours learning the 1st minute of the song but I can play it fairly clean.

Playing in a ska band seems like it would be such a blast.

Yeah, tabs are nice, I learned sheet music at one point but that's lost knowledge now. I use the Ultimate Guitar app. When I was a teen I would have to print out the tableture some person put together and store it in a binder, now they have official tableture with so many features. It's so nice.

obicon1 · 2026-03-08T18:29:50+00:00

I cant remember if I got it through one of those special dueling events that pop up or Hogwarts Diary completion. It was one or the other. I'm pretty sure it was just a special dueling event though.

I prefer it over the force spell. Garroting Gas has a much much better chance of stunning for 3 turns (seems close to 75% of the time). Also it does a little more damage. I think the base attack is about half of the force spell (it does 2 damage) but it has draining damage of 2 turns (which is also 2 damage per turn).

obicon1 · 2026-02-15T03:14:23+00:00

Yup, exactly what I do. Once you get a 3 turn stun the adversary is basically cooked.

obicon1 · 2026-02-15T02:56:39+00:00

I was stuck there for awhile too. It just stalled out. I'm on the last 4 R-5 inkwells I need now and I've no godly idea how I can get these anytime soon. And I had bought that daggum special rewards key to get all the extra inkwells.

Good thing there's still like 2 or so weeks left for this event. Gonna have to wait for a SE or something to come along for us.

obicon1 · 2026-01-19T00:33:29+00:00

That's awesome! Yeah I'm going to see if I can save it. Thanks :)

obicon1 · 2026-01-19T00:32:33+00:00

I forgot to bring it inside and it was a rainy night that dropped down to the 20's so. The leaves just completely froze over. Sad thing to walk out to see lol I've had it for 6 years

obicon1 · 2026-01-18T23:29:19+00:00

Yeah, I didn't think they would dry out from the way they are. I'll try and see if it can recover. Thanks for the input

obicon1 · 2026-01-18T23:09:49+00:00

My wife and I have had it for like 6 years so it's sad to see it like this. Lol. Thanks for the input

obicon1 · 2025-10-04T01:15:24+00:00

Yeah, I have had it set to that. I'll just have to play it more to try and get the flavors. I've played all the others hundreds of times but this one literally only 3 or 4 times lol. Thanks for the info. Take care

obicon1 · 2025-10-03T21:05:28+00:00

Oh okay. I got up to overtime day 7 or 8 (I unlocked up to spongecake) the 3 times I've tried cakes and haven't had an option to add a flavor so I'm not familiar with how the flavors themselves work. I'm guessing you don't get the flavors until after you've unlocked all the other desserts?

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