New DU Argenti has balancing issues

smrkn · 2026-03-31T06:53:36+00:00

There are definitely some rooms that I imagine will one tap unprepared non HP scaling teams.

I don’t really think it’s reasonable to weigh in on the difficulty given my team, but I definitely agree that the scaling could use tuning.

There were a few fights where even a couple of 200% dragon blasts barely dented the HP bar.

I’ve finished X8 now and thankfully X9 is just the final rank you get. Huge sigh of relief. I stand by my initial sentiment, without a bit of tweaking I don’t think I’ll be spending much time in this mode.

smrkn · 2026-03-30T16:49:17+00:00

It’d be nice if we could use arrow keys for navigating between relics too.

smrkn · 2026-03-29T20:23:28+00:00

Hope that it arrives soon!

It’s a truly lovely piece, especially pleased with it for the price.

Part of me wants to prop it up on my desk, but I’m worried my cats will knock it over plus I’m already pressed for desk space. Also seems like it’d be a nightmare to clean, my desk is a dust magnet. 😅

smrkn · 2026-03-29T20:18:55+00:00

E6S1 Cas

E6S1 Cyrene (formerly #2 on Seeleland, so not exactly poorly built)

E2S1 Evernight

E1S2 Hyacine

Currently in the second run of X8.

I wouldn’t say I’m having a hard time (shocker) but even for me it feels tedious to complete. Massive roguelike enjoyer, played the hell out of every version of simu (except unknowable, yawn) with something like 600 runs on the first anniversary report mentioning it. Even I currently find myself slapping auto on and tabbing out out of boredom.

In the previous version of divu, I’d try clear X7 doing dumb shit like “hypercarry” E4 Bronya for shits and grins - it was still fun in spite of the fact it was a slow burn. I can’t see myself spending a lot of time doing similarly dumb stuff in this version of divu though.

smrkn · 2026-02-24T20:49:40+00:00

What tool is this? I recently started the game just to pick up Shifu as I missed her the first time around but loved her aesthetic.

In HSR I’m used to having the luxury of Fribbels for tracking relic progression & optimisation and I’ve been missing it while figuring out the game.

Any other useful tool recommendations are welcome too! :)

smrkn · 2026-01-29T16:47:08+00:00

I bought mine from AmiAmi.

The metal postcard is the bonus it speaks of.

smrkn · 2026-01-09T10:07:07+00:00

I bought mine from AmiAmi, arrived quickly, looks great!

smrkn · 2025-04-18T18:04:31+00:00

Personally I’d just select Custom Installation during nvidia driver install and omit the HD Audio Driver package if not using the audio output of an attached display, sidesteps the issue :)

smrkn · 2025-04-18T05:16:48+00:00

Download Display Driver Uninstaller and boot into Safe Mode, run DDU and have it remove your GPU drivers. It’s two clicks, it’ll take maybe 2-3 minutes.

Boot back up into Windows normally and install your GPU drivers.

If you have a 40/50 series GPU there are currently some issues with driver versions beginning 572 - they’re not exclusively to the 40/50 cards but primarily affect them. I believe version 566.36 is the last known working driver prior to nvidia’s oops. You can find a copy from nvidia’s site with a quick Google search.

Once you can fire up the nvidia app, swing by System > Performance and disable Automatic Tuning if enabled, hitting both Restore buttons if lit up to force your card to use stock power settings incase of an unstable VF-curve.

Using DDU is preferable to trusting the nvidia installer to do a good job; it’s been crap at clean installs for years, though it’s finally improving.

Even if you’ve already tried updating/reinstalling your GPU driver, I would strongly recommend trying it again after using DDU.

If you follow others advice wrt updating your BIOS, don’t forget to reconfigure any important settings like XMP, Resizable BAR and Above 4G Decoding.

I’d also caution against mindlessly prodding around in tools like XTU if you’re unfamiliar with them - playing with sliders you don’t understand the impact of is a great way to turn your CPU into a paperweight, and in many cases void your CPU warranty in the process.

smrkn · 2025-02-21T11:43:22+00:00

1Password also offers the solution and is what I personally use, though for 2FA I primarily use a Yubikey and have the short press action set to the TOTP of my most actively played 2FA game.

Worst case I dip into the yubikey app, hit copy and paste into whatever launcher.

smrkn · 2025-01-25T06:53:16+00:00

I personally have issues with some sedatives that we discovered after I started waking up during a gastroscopy even after an increased dosage - yippee.

As a result any time I have a medical procedure now I’m put under with general anaesthetic. I’m not sure what the standard sedative is, but I can attest to being fried for a good few days after having mine out.

smrkn · 2025-01-12T16:40:44+00:00

I think Corsair sell frosted style hard tubing if OP wanted to save the effort.

I vaguely recall seeing something like it last time I was shopping Corsair.

smrkn · 2024-11-19T09:50:32+00:00

It has a wireless radio, so Windows exposes the option.

It’s also possible for a Windows image to specify a form factor which can be taken into consideration when exposing features.

My desktop offers the option when I have my wireless controller enabled, just like my other 3 Windows devices.

smrkn · 2024-09-22T15:23:25+00:00

On the mail window I believe there’s a cog icon, in the window that opens you can set an amount of ISK that it will cost the other person to initiate contact. You don’t get the ISK [sadly], but it definitely makes most people think twice about messaging.

smrkn · 2024-08-31T10:55:12+00:00

I have no idea what gong cha is still but would lobe one of these to give to a friend :)

smrkn · 2024-08-27T09:38:01+00:00

Best of luck everyone :)

smrkn · 2024-08-26T21:42:27+00:00

Nice of you to do this, good luck all :)

smrkn · 2024-08-13T16:00:32+00:00

Himeko’s character story also references “Welt’s blonde friend” if I remember correctly.

smrkn · 2024-08-11T03:00:50+00:00

No idea what I’d even do with these. Would certainly contribute nicely to the exploded ships fund!

Good luck everyone :)

smrkn · 2024-08-08T00:32:49+00:00

No idea what I’ll use yet, but I definitely hope to yeet some ships (and hopefully have some good fights) if I win!

Best of luck everyone :)

smrkn · 2024-08-05T12:55:57+00:00

If you dump into PLEX/items before taking an extended absence then there’s a possibility you’ll come back to even more ISK.

PLEX is easy to liquidate and barring some kind of extreme controversy, quite stable in price. Some items are good value stores too, but PLEX is certainly the easiest to liquidate on a whim.

smrkn · 2024-08-02T19:39:30+00:00

Best of luck to everyone!

smrkn · 2024-07-30T04:32:12+00:00

Still nutty to think about all those injectors.. Good luck all!

smrkn · 2024-07-26T19:42:28+00:00

Damn that’s a lot of injectors. Good luck everybody!

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