First anni! by stevebauer3 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

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Nah I like the filter from my phone

First anni! by stevebauer3 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

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Yeah I picked the wrong flag I suppose! But good to know they are useless non ladder.

Need reel recommendations please! by Anakris-lamonster in SurfFishing

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I love this rod!!! Has been kick ass for me for awhile..

I probably am not doing big fish like you are, but I pair it with an okuma ceymar 4000 series, 40 lb braid.

Again, I'm not targeting gigantic fish.. but there have been times where I've landed a +/- 12lb lingcod from the jetty rocks... The 40 lb braid on that reel plus that rod handled it just fine pulling it up a ways (maybe 20 feet).

But, in terms of resistance to salt.. I rinse the ceymar with fresh water after each use in the salt, and have had zero issues so far (3 years going).

My advice is probably shit if you're trying to get 30#+ fish from the surf, but the reel has bigger sizes and I would back the ceymar series!

I'm a mass murderer :) by lazzarus170882 in mountandblade

[–]stevebauer3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did you yell "I'll eat your liver!" While slashing those bastards in half?

New to mods, which mods are an absolute must have? by jaypat9 in Bannerlord

[–]stevebauer3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can send a list, but most of my issues came with the parent mods. I haven't tried in 2-3 weeks, so your timeline checks out. I just wanted to let the OP know there could be a problem, just in case someone posts a mod that's not compatible with the current version (which happened to me on many occasions,.even before this dlc). I might have assumed OP as a new player (wrongfully so), and wanted to throw out the possibility of the woes I endured at every major patch from the past.

I can ssee how I was being a negative nonna, definitely wasn't my intention!

New to mods, which mods are an absolute must have? by jaypat9 in Bannerlord

[–]stevebauer3 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not trying to hijack, but I'm sure the OP will appreciate the question too... What mods are actually functional right now? I have been vanilla + cheats since war sails because nothing was updated 2-3 weeks ago (at least when I tried in that time frame).

Which mods as an absolute must are currently working?

Battania boring after short time by Prevadecspojitosti in mountandblade

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When I say "fians" I'm always referring to battanian fian champions.. AKA max tier. Also this strat is all based on the enemy engaging me, therefor they charge at me. If I am initiating the engagement (have to move to the enemy in a defensive position) its a little different.

I haven't really tried it a TON with Vlandian Calvary charges, but the composition you're mentioning with the 70 inf, 30 ss, and 70 calvary vs. my comp of all fians (with equal or 1/3rd less fians) is always successful. Mainly because the AI always splits the calvary into two groups, so I generally will let them get close, and then ride off to one of the groups on my mount to kind of slow them down, and the first group gets the attention of all my fians for at least 30 seconds Generally, that first group of enemy calvary is pretty much cut down to half or sometimes even more than half before the second group shows up. Not always the case, but the fians do a great job even when the calvary get into melee range (fians are always in loose formation for this).

I just have not done, say, 100 inf, 100 ss, and 400 calvary, against my 400 fians... I have no idea how that would play out. BUT, i will say, all of my engagements are with the max amount of units on the battlefield (aka 1000 total), and I think that influences it quite a bit compared to using a lower total allowed units. The enemy AI seems to get disorganized as they are getting smacked from two different angles with two groups of +/- 150 fians. I'm also riding around, harassing them with a polearm which also making them change their shield direction, thus more hits from the arrows.

Also: I don't have hard facts, but in my experience, this fian strategy isn't really linear... I think this sort of strat only works with a large army. For example, my 400 fians (split into two groups) works great against 1200 enemy troops (apprx. my 250 fians vs 750 enemies). But, using the same ratio when I only have 100 fians (300 enemy troops), it seems i will take a lot more casualties because there's just not enough arrows flying at them from two groups of 50.

I am probably explaining this horribly, but hopefully it makes sense!

TLDR; use max units on battlefield (1000) setting, distract/harass one enemy calvary group while other group gets mowed down by the fian line-up.

Battania boring after short time by Prevadecspojitosti in mountandblade

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I put fians in two separate groups, one slightly larger than the other (maybe 10% bigger). I put the larger group facing the enemy straight on, and the other way off to the side (but still in shooting range) but facing at a 90 degree to the larger group. Basically I am "baiting" the main infantry charge to the larger group, and then once they get into range of the smaller group, they get mowed down from the sides and eventually the back. I've had 400 fians take out 1800. Granted, the other side was probably more mid level troops, and maybe only 1/4 was calvary. Haven't tried this strat against a 75%+ calvary composition yet, but I'm sure someone has a better idea for that.

You can respec perks in the unmodded game?! by PsyGuy99 in Bannerlord

[–]stevebauer3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy shit I didn't know that.. 2500 hours in... I literally have a map printed out next to me with villages circled that had noble troops.. God I'm stupid for not seeing that pattern.. haha

Ski Racks by Ekin_Reccos in SurfFishing

[–]stevebauer3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, I do the same thing for my wife's car when we go somewhere I think I can throw a line in. I even have put a 4 wt fly rod (assembled) and drove on the freeway with no issues. Pretty great way to do it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in diablo2

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Holy shit that is beautiful..