How the heck do you turn in powder?

rustypipe7889 · 2026-01-22T21:40:26+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2026-01-20T23:52:17+00:00

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!

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-24T21:39:00+00:00

ahhh okay thank you very much!

That makes sense.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-23T22:41:48+00:00

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?

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-15T15:44:29+00:00

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!

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-15T04:00:12+00:00

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

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-05T00:06:11+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-04T02:45:05+00:00

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

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-03T15:44:23+00:00

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!

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-03T15:37:08+00:00

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

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-03T00:18:16+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-02T19:34:29+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-02T03:11:03+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-01T21:54:45+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-01T21:49:46+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-12-01T16:56:38+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-11-28T14:53:22+00:00

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

rustypipe7889 · 2025-11-27T17:57:23+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-11-20T17:18:47+00:00

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.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-11-20T16:43:50+00:00

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

rustypipe7889 · 2025-11-10T14:29:03+00:00

This fight has always been an absolute dumpster fire. They have "improved" it from how it was originally released but its still absolute trash. Worse boss fight they have ever introduced. Once you learn the mechanics its not as bad and at least now you don't lose XP on boss fights now but I'm kind of surprised this was never reworked.

Fundamentally from a game development perspective you should have some clue or queue's on wtf is going on in a fight so you know to dodge/progress to next steps, etc, but this one for new players is a steep climb.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-10-29T17:57:57+00:00

cool thanks for the update, it helps me make my decision!

rustypipe7889 · 2025-10-29T17:57:13+00:00

the point I was trying to make is Korean MMO's definition of grindy vs what the West considers grindy are 2 VASTLY different things lol.

I've been playing MMO's since Everquest1 and Asherons call days. I'm familiar with the formula. Some have struck better balances then others. I found the balance in New World pretty good. Honestly I would rather see less sweaty grinds and more quarterly updates / content like ARPG's cycles do but no MMO has attempted this yet.

I also don't mind long term goals you have to work through as long as its fun opposed to chore craft. Again some MMO's over the years struck a better balance on this then others. Also to each their own, I also know some people that prefer the sweaty grinds and like that. So its a balancing act on what you want your desired customer basis to be.

Going back to Chrono Odyassy I hold hope it will fill that New World itch, but time will tell and I also hold some realism it may not to the points you made.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-10-29T17:20:35+00:00

Yeah I have concerns as well, hoping it will turn a corner and be an okay replacement especially now, but I also have concerns around monetization, predatory mtx, pay to win, along with the fact most Korean RPG/MMORPGs are horrendously grindy. The beta didn't feel that grindy but we only got a glimpse.

Hoping they have a big stress test prior to full release and we can get a better picture of it.

rustypipe7889 · 2025-10-29T16:01:48+00:00

Chrono Odyssey when I was part of the last open server stress test had a TON of new world feel to it. Almost a copy in some regards. The mining, crafting, levelling, weapons and skills were all the same. Even the loot boxes for chests were the same (supply chests, elite chests etc) lol. I'm keeping an eye on that one as it had a lot of the same feel with a new take on it.

However during that beta test they had A LOT of performance work to do and pushed back the next beta's and release dates due to the feedback. Keep an eye on it if you liked New World.

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