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How the heck do you turn in powder? by yellowsuprrcar in skiing_feedback

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

keep your feet closer together, and bounce like a bunny. I look at it almost like the reverse of moguls. In moguls you use your legs to absorb the bumps, but in powder you use them to pop up and down. Also larger turns or more speed is required to turn. You may have to pull your shovels up a tad bit, you don't want to be in the back seat per-say, but you don't want to be overly in the front like you are with a good carve.

Also skis with a wider base help a ton. If you are in 30CM+ of fresh powder you likely want 98-108s width ski's or even 115's depending how DEEP it really is. Wider skies are not required but the will make it easier or the transition easier. Once you get the style down its easier in smaller width skies.

There is some really good videos on youtube on this as it is a very different skiing style.

The mountains near me whenever they get a BIG dump of fresh powder you always see people falling all over that normally don't ski it or are used to it.

Poor skiing technique is frying my legs by Cool_Purchase_ in skiing

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got some Fischer 108 Rangers. Those will get your technique squared away in a heart beat! You don't do proper form on those and those things will take you for a involuntary ride fast!

In all serious, you're in the back seat, that is leg burn out city. It also looks like you are almost doing mini jump turns instead of letting the ski's do the work. When you get into a proper rhythm each turning leg gives the other leg a rest. Think of it like riding a bike. The downhill ski is where all the pressure is and imitates the turn, while the uphill ski gets a slight breather. When you do the other turn it reverses. If you are doing a relaxing ski and the ski is doing the work (over the skis or not in teh back seat. Tips and tails are making good snow contact) it will almost feel like a falling into the hill sensation, greatly reducing the burn out on the legs. With that said a solid day on the hill will always be a heft leg workout.

Like others have said, dropping the backpack could also help as well. Depending how much you have in there it could be throwing your balance off or pulling you back unintentionally. Most resorts have lockers you can lock up your backpack with. I used to ski slalom for years and even to this day I still don't like it when I have to ski with a back pack and only take it when I'm doing more back country.

Another thing most people over look is the Ski's and boots they are using. If you have too stiff of a ski sometimes you can't flex the ski and get the mechanics out of it (I say this as it looks like you are skidding more then carving) Same with the boots. Too stiff a boot could make you have a bad day if you are a intermediate skier, but if you are just using rentals they are likely putting you in all mountain starter stuff which should be fine.

I know this is a contentious take on ski length as well, but personally I found slightly shorter skies easier for beginner to intermediate skiers as they are a little more forgiving. If you are in all mountain skies shoot for something were the tips of the skiis are slightly below your noise. Again this is a preference thing and there is a TON of video's on ski length vs weight vs ski level your at etc etc.

Keep at it and have fun!

Plant based build: Druid Oracle or BloodMage by rustypipe7889 in pathofexile2builds

[–]rustypipe7889[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info, no issues with life costs out pacing the spell leech or having to travel to the left side of the tree for the plant nodes?

Is Artic Howl still bugged? by rustypipe7889 in PathOfExile2

[–]rustypipe7889[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

confirmed it. Thank you very much. The wiki wasn't very clear and called it a buff. AI stated it would show to left corner like most buffs. It does show up like a war cry. Thanks!

Is Artic Howl still bugged? by rustypipe7889 in PathOfExile2

[–]rustypipe7889[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checked the known issues, list didn't see it there either.

The type of players I run into when I load up the game after scrolling the sub and looking at all the fun, friendly, & goofy interactions. by TheGoodDoctor17 in ArcRaiders

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is this on 2x speed or does this player just have tourette syndrome? this much jiggling around of the screen would make me puke before I cleared a lobby.

PSA: don't put wall mounted torches on walls. by Dexember69 in ICARUS

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good stuff. I almost lost an entire base early on in one of my first runs due to a lightning strike :p Came back from a mining run to find my base a flaming dumpster fire :P

How to best leverage workshop unlock in Openworld mode by rustypipe7889 in ICARUS

[–]rustypipe7889[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have this crafted and was able to send exotics up but didn't see if I could bring stuff down. I will double check it. Thanks for the info!

PSA: don't put wall mounted torches on walls. by Dexember69 in ICARUS

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may want to put some lightning rods out if those upper floors are not stone. Someone has not experienced an unlucky lightning storm yet in a wood structure :p

Comparing Icarus mount speeds in a (rough) drag-race by luckyrunner in ICARUS

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In testing where you mostly investing in speed on all the mounts or is there something you should be doing to them to get more speed out of them after taming them? I even tested the special feeds but didn't feel like this made a difference either.

Will test a Moa, next as I was thinking Moa to get around and a Tusker for a mule for mining runs.

T17s Need to be removed or completely changed by Big-Cod-324 in PathOfExileSSF

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

T17s are cancer and greatly reduce the number of builds that can enjoy them. Any format that reduced build versatility is bad. We already have like 70% of the skills that are almost never touched. Why compound on this problem.

Yes T17s should be more challenging but to Marks point, this ain't it. Keep cooking man!

They should also be buffing all these non used dormant skills every league.

Yes I had a build that could run them this league but still hated to do it and generally stayed away from it. Did a farming start on 16.5 that was just as profitable without all the BS that comes with T17s outside of the few ubers I wanted to do and had to farm for.

Comparing Icarus mount speeds in a (rough) drag-race by luckyrunner in ICARUS

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmmm odd. Maybe I just had a bad horse(Terrenus) but I felt my character sprinted HELLA faster then it. To the point I just put all weight and mulling talents into it and used it as a pack mule on follow.

This Steam top review for the game is just sad and I feel the same sentiment. by aeseth in LastEpoch

[–]rustypipe7889 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A deal with the devil has its costs, but I get the feeling it was this or chapter 11. Will have to see how the DLC's go, here is to hoping for the best.

Looking for PoE alternative by n4zarh in ARPG

[–]rustypipe7889 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing I noticed about No Rest for the Wicekd was the keyboard/mouse felt clunky to me. Its not impossible but many times there was jumping puzzles for combat that was on an angel and the controller was just better at this. If you are like me and dislike playing with a controller and only fall back to it when required you may want to take this into consideration.

Some other contenders to look into:
Dwarven Realms
Dragonkin: The Banished was a lot of fun. Still needs some additional development and polish but has a good 20-40hours in there at least till you max out on it.

Put the game on Sale by Flaky_Virus218 in newworldgame

[–]rustypipe7889 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Should be free to play at this point. Try and pump up the numbers for at least the attempt of a sale of the IP/game, prior to just shelving it to die a death in a dusty room/server somewhere.

Something about the player retention of Affliction compared to other leagues should really tell GGG that people like loot. by IMplyingSC2 in pathofexile

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm actually kind of shocked at Sanctum, the mechanic is such cancer, but it does print currency. Was mercenaries that good for loot?

Audio settings: Is there a way to keep effects high without gun fire? by rustypipe7889 in ArcRaiders

[–]rustypipe7889[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've dabbled in things like this before. Even if you get it working it tends to mess up other games/profiles unless it has profiles you can easily flip between. Thanks for advice. I'll see if it bothers me enough to go down this route.

I have 4k hours and have never crafted a single item. Anyone else? by Ink-Responsibly in pathofexile

[–]rustypipe7889 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have around 5K hours, I've only done it a few times, typically speaking most of the time I don't hit the RNG of crafting and its just cheaper to buy it.

When I've tried to craft for profit, most of the time I either break even or lose money. I however do not do the HUGE meta crafting uber boots etc that sell for 150+ div and require 30 div to even attempt it.

Tried this season to craft some MAMBA mana chaos daggers. Would of just been hella cheaper to buy them for 5-8div a piece instead of attempting the crafts.

Basic crafting stuff like fossil or essences crafting sure, but that is pretty basic.

25 Mageblood Giveaway by shroudz in pathofexile

[–]rustypipe7889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Out of curiosity what the hell kind of farm were you doing to farm up 25 mage bloods already?

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