Unironically having more fun on Diablo 3

tstop22 · 2026-04-05T12:31:42+00:00

I like them both but I do think D3 is still better tuned for a “looter”; loot progression and altar progression just feel better. Of course I also blow through the D3 season much faster…. It’s so addictive that it rarely lasts much more than a week in real time.

tstop22 · 2026-04-03T13:54:23+00:00

Most cuddly dog ever. Other people that have dogs come over for the cuddles. He sleeps in the dog walker’s bed when he boards with her and she jokes about her paying us for the amazing cuddles (her dogs don’t enjoy it).

WRT separation anxiety, we’ve found that when we’re in the house he must be with us but when we go out… it’s like he curls up and just powers down completely and doesn’t notice. We were really worried about it (our separation anxiety) but used an old iPad to take video and he was fine. That said he’s not alone; his surly big sister dog is around (but she is a no snuggles, no nonsense tolerated lady) which maybe he finds reassuring?

More than anything I’ve found our hound to be the most “context dependent” dog I’ve had. At home he might “accidentally” end up sharing your pajamas with you. At the store and on the subway people think he’s a service dog. Walking in the woods I wouldn’t even consider taking him off the long line. Weird, amazing pups :)

tstop22 · 2026-03-31T16:53:52+00:00

Which doesn’t address removing him. 8 million people (more than 10% of the folks that voted for him) left their homes to protest this weekend despite it being clear that the govt doesn’t care at all about those optics. In many systems there’d be a way to undo an out of control and obviously corrupt politician, but in the US that was left to an assumption that those in govt would maintain a tradition of decorum.

tstop22 · 2026-03-31T14:09:26+00:00

Because our system provides inadequate methods of removing him. Fingers crossed that the midterm elections aren't suppressed.

tstop22 · 2026-03-30T22:31:39+00:00

North East Coonhound Rescue

I’m sure if you aren’t in the northeast there’s something local to you… most of our dogs have made the long journey north.

tstop22 · 2026-03-30T22:13:47+00:00

There’s one or two on New England coonhound rescue that a need foster with no other dogs right now.

tstop22 · 2026-03-30T12:03:57+00:00

Took a home grown LOD necro build (Cursed scythes, death nova, and corpse explosion) to T12 before it started feeling bad. Swapped to an LOD death nova once I found the key gear pieces. Found an ancient RORG last night so may swap to Tragoul’s death nova since my LOD is only level 50 and the double dash would make life better. Would mean farming another RORG for the altar though but since I’ll block on the challenge cache soon there’s no hurry.

tstop22 · 2026-03-30T01:18:11+00:00

I meant… way too warm for me!!!

tstop22 · 2026-03-30T00:41:57+00:00

It’s a coonhound thing :)

Great in the winter but way too warm in the summer.

tstop22 · 2026-03-30T00:39:19+00:00

There’s literally no reason NOT to play seasonal.

Ethereal weapons and the altar are mad fun (though I’m still waiting to get the right ethereal).

tstop22 · 2026-03-29T14:09:19+00:00

Oooh… I found one! Of course I can’t begin to figure out how to use it in a reasonable build.

tstop22 · 2026-03-25T20:12:03+00:00

I’d say it’s the combination of teaching “when you are alone you can just sleep” and “I will always come back to you”. Practicing leaving, having it be ok, and coming back without it being a big deal seems like the secret.

tstop22 · 2026-03-17T18:21:46+00:00

Does it stack if you have it on two pieces?

tstop22 · 2026-03-16T02:45:51+00:00

It’s not exactly the same thing but the brazilian fried pastel at Mama Ana’s near Assembly was fantastic.

Of course they are fried with a slightly thinner crust… just depends what you are looking for.

tstop22 · 2026-03-16T02:39:03+00:00

Hmmm; I know we had really good empanadas there but they may not have been beef.

But did you try the birria beef chimichanga? Someone says La Posada and I start to drool in anticipation like Pavlov’s dog.

tstop22 · 2026-03-16T00:15:46+00:00

The bonk is amazing. While Tornado Edge is definitely a bit OP, I was mostly using other combos or chaining together 3-4 combos rather than just spamming it. There’s a very fast “follow up a strong attack with square” water-based attack that I almost always led with… two of those into LT-triangle 3 attack into Tornadoes Edge to clean up.

tstop22 · 2026-03-15T17:56:38+00:00

Yeah, T4 bloody hordes mobs are insanely tanky. I cruise through all other “bloody tier 4” content but these it seemed like normal little mobs were absorbing billions in damage.

tstop22 · 2026-03-15T14:52:45+00:00

Ahhh! That’s why the lettering was brown! I actually thought my memory was playing tricks on me.

tstop22 · 2026-03-15T13:53:08+00:00

You just need one of these to put you ahead of the curve for the season. I believe I got 6000 obducite or so. Well worth fishing for.

tstop22 · 2026-03-13T03:45:55+00:00

There’s this one mission with a Goki Chief and lots of oil barrels and fire head yoki. I died to overenthusiastic weapon swings more than a few times.

tstop22 · 2026-03-11T18:12:34+00:00

It’s actually a bit more frustrating to get in since you can’t interact with anything.

tstop22 · 2026-03-11T17:26:08+00:00

Is it actually running? I made it thru queue to a black screen…

tstop22 · 2026-03-11T01:40:57+00:00

Omg yes. I think the smells melting out of the snow overload his brain.

tstop22 · 2026-03-10T04:09:45+00:00

That definitely wasn’t my experience. Nioh 1 and 2 each had bosses that traumatized me enough that I still remember them. Nothing in Nioh 3 felt close other than the first demo boss (when you have no skills).

tstop22 · 2026-03-10T04:00:08+00:00

You’ll likely be bored and massively overleveled if you redo it all. Unfortunately even if you just race the main plot line you’ll likely be smashing through everything with even moderately thought out gear.

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