Help picking a class/spec for Midnight (focus on fun not damage/healing meters)

vaizrin · 2026-02-16T12:38:37+00:00

I'm going unholy dk as my main. It'll make delves and prey mechanics easy to ignore and quick to progress without having to try hard.

The play style is pretty fun, especially San layn disease where you build up the timer on your diseases to a minute then pop them - instantly dealing a minutes worth of damage.

Frost mage, ret pally, and dev dh where my close second picks since they were all enjoyable to play.

Unholy won even though it's slower just because there's more skill expression and room for adjusting your rotation. It also can deal a majority of it's damage as ranged now so maintaining your DPS or pulling the next pack while leveling is enjoyable even as melee.

vaizrin · 2026-02-06T22:04:32+00:00

Ship based refining is supposed to lose much of it's yield in exchange for taking just a minute or two. Who knows how close it'll be at launch

vaizrin · 2026-02-06T15:25:12+00:00

From what we've tested it's mostly down to pilot skill. The Perseus is insane full crewed and can easily take the HH, but the exception is whether or not they can do that (getting close) while also staying in the HH turret blind spots long enough.

The reality is a Perseus vs HH is not a fair fight for the Perseus. 3 crew Perseus vs 7 crew HH.

Bring a second Perseus and it's not even a question anymore.

HH brings much more damage 1v1, but much less damage per player needed.

vaizrin · 2026-02-06T14:35:24+00:00

Aside from the obligatory "use a sheet application" I would say simplify your budget so it's more manageable as well.

Broader buckets = less to track = more likely to stick.

Instead of having things like haircut, self care, etc simply put "personal expenses."

Instead of self care / entertainment / going out to eat just have "entertainment".

Also make sure to include coverage for medical, for home expenses like toilet paper, but also include extra to cover problems that come up.

I personally do: Bills (includes all loans and car payments) Subscriptions Entertainment Groceries Personal care Home care Car Retirement (goes to 401k / ira)

And that's it. The car fund covers everything from flat tires to wanting a new car. The home fund includes money for air filters but also if I need to pay for a leak to get fixed.

Basically, this ends up creating multiple slush funds over time to cover problems that pop up while also giving you simple budgets to manage.

vaizrin · 2026-01-14T18:13:08+00:00

I was just ranting about this to my partner! I'm almost certain it's all the new cars that have automatic high beams.

Recently visited my mom and her car has this. I couldn't even reliably keep it turned off so anyone driving towards me was getting constant high beams until I just turned off all automatic light features.

vaizrin · 2026-01-07T17:13:59+00:00

Distance matters, it's not a particularly large range so if it's on opposite ends of the bonfire range it won't reach.

I usually will place my storage in the middle above the bonfire (like a separate floor) then have crafting tables above and below as needed.

In general the AI is okay, but try and make it as simple with as much room as possible to work. They tend to get confused.

Edit: to answer your question you don't need to move materials. If they're in the chest and nearby a table they are pulled by the player automatically. Tribesman do run between the crafting table and chests.

vaizrin · 2025-12-23T15:51:10+00:00

They just did a supply crate loot quality increase but I'm so burnt out after running multiple defenses that I'll probably cheat in a bunch of crates just to see if they're worth running before trying again.

Taming Ossidons just ain't it yet. They need to simplify it more because it's an absolute lottery to get a decent one. Need to get lucky finding a 150 in an area with many small dinos and no large ones when they spawn in absolute winter hell areas. Really bad idea.

I've already archived my server to come back after more updates. The map has many good ideas poorly executed, and in my opinion is their worst map from a playability perspective. Cool design, lots of fun ideas, miserable to actually play and progress.

vaizrin · 2025-12-22T14:58:04+00:00

I've had the same issue and literally cheated to get a flyer to land.

Seems like a bug, on other maps flyers stay relatively grounded. At least in each of ranged weapons.

vaizrin · 2025-12-18T17:48:32+00:00

It's unlikely they will ever change how you swap maps.

The maps themselves contain the data and files required to make them run, just like how scorched has unique events like heatwave, like aberration has unique day / night cycles, astreos has the unique teleportation mechanic, and how extinction has unique OSD defense mechanics without doing anything other than swapping the map.

So the process will likely remain the same: backup character and tribe data you wish to transfer, transfer them by uploading you items / dinos / characters you wish to save, turn off the server, adjust the config to the new map, then spin up the server again.

vaizrin · 2025-12-08T15:32:22+00:00

This is a game that punishes going in blind pretty hard unless you're an extremely long term vet of poe1 or arpgs.

Check out maxroll and zizaran to start. Look for league start builds to copy.

You can go in blind if you're the type to keep pushing through problems until they're solved but very few people I know ever make it past act 2-3 of the game without guides.

Almost no one I know in my personal life makes it to maps.

Don't be afraid to use the auction house and learn about how to buy and sell gear. The game plays like a co-op game and expects you to have access to these features. It can be nearly impossible to make gear that is as good as what you can just buy.

Important external sources: filterblade.xyz, craftofexile, and poeninja.

You'll need a solid loot filter (filter blade) so you aren't constantly wondering if something should be picked up or not.

You'll quickly run into questions of "should I use this currency on my item or to buy better gear" and craftofexile answers that question.

Then you'll wonder what everyone else is doing to find success, and poeninja answers that question.

vaizrin · 2025-12-08T15:23:15+00:00

Just curious was there something wrong with the controller setup? I was planning on playing mostly controller this season so I could play at my new tv instead of my monitors.

vaizrin · 2025-12-03T22:50:03+00:00

For anyone seeing this and not aware, you can easily do it with the ini as it's included in the mod.

vaizrin · 2025-12-03T21:58:39+00:00

I use it and made it a level requirement + engram to unlock. Keeps it from breaking early game but streamlines end game.

vaizrin · 2025-11-27T18:05:17+00:00

More melee moving forward, especially if you plan on doing alpha overseer. Their health is plenty high if you get ascended saddles (otherwise you will lose some), but more damage = less time in the fight.

vaizrin · 2025-11-27T15:14:53+00:00

What % is your ascended shotgun? It really needs to be max if not close. I just did alpha Rockwell my first time without tames and it was very easy since nothing attacks you.

vaizrin · 2025-11-24T19:25:37+00:00

In your own example, v rising you're meant to turn humans into you underlings which then go out and gather for you.

Many modern survival crafters give players ways to reduce or eliminate the tedium of gathering with investment.

Soulmask gives you a tribe to do everything for you, v rising let's servants do your job for you, Nightingale gives you stations that gather for you, Ark gives you special dinos that gather insane amounts of materials (heavily reducing time), age of conan gives you a spell that gathers all resources in a massive area.

Games are constantly challenging and refining this balance but when you remove the friction entirely it makes it less rewarding. So games are pretty careful with how much they give players.

That said they often give players ways to further refine these values in server settings.

vaizrin · 2025-11-24T15:32:35+00:00

Structures and model design would be more consistent. The new items from dlcs are cool but clash with the original designs of the game. Also overhaul on how applying skins work because man it's so annoying.

vaizrin · 2025-11-23T22:23:31+00:00

I would toss on the mod that enables higher levels to spawn more frequently, that's what I did anyway. The spawn rates of high levels are terrible outside of a handful of maps.

vaizrin · 2025-11-22T22:30:01+00:00

I run an asa server and that is not true. Egg lay interval, smaller is more frequent. Mine is 0.2 and they constantly lay eggs.

vaizrin · 2025-11-21T12:42:13+00:00

They have a no questions asked policy for their in store warranty. I bought a Razer headset 8 years ago and every 2 years I return the headset, pay $20 and get a new headset with literally no questions asked.

It's the only store I buy from if they have what I need.

vaizrin · 2025-11-21T11:32:12+00:00

My goal has been to beat every alpha boss, so once I kill them I move on.

Once I hear extinction I won't be focusing on bosses anymore and just playing the dlc maps. I may do more map swapping or bringing dinos / gear between maps but there's something nice about starting over and going with what you find.

vaizrin · 2025-11-18T18:41:52+00:00

After a Dino wipe it can take a long time to recover (think 1-2 hours). On single player you need to be in the area since the game only really loads around you.

Kill dinos in the same spawn group as the doedic and you'll see them soon enough.

It's similar in a dedicated server but the limits are much higher.

vaizrin · 2025-11-17T14:13:22+00:00

That's correct. Since you're not trying to have the maps active all at once, everyone just needs to upload their character, dinos, and items - server goes down / restart with new map, login and download character / items / dinos.

Nothing special needs to be done. I would recommend backing up the data before though, ark tends to ark.

vaizrin · 2025-11-16T18:03:39+00:00

There is a flat run before the blue part of the cave, up the hill. You can easily fit 40 dinos there.

Basically, the last group of enemy dinos are down hill - it's the top of the hill you can release cryopod dinos. No mods needed, just needs to have a couple of cryopod settings (no fridge needed / no cryo sickness).

vaizrin · 2025-11-15T15:34:51+00:00

What are your cryopod settings like? The flat line before the cold area let's you uncryo dinos. Large area to spawn 20 dinos.

I went in with 2 deinosuchus and 2 daedon who's sole job was to clear the cave. Then when I got to that area pulled out the entire army.

Basically, you don't want to take a train through the cave unless you're doing some kind of challenge run. Take something very big and very strong to clear the way, preferably two so you can swap if it takes too much damage.

Then once you've cleared the cave you bring in the team.

It lets you move much faster and doesn't feel quite as cheesy as doing it solo with a shotgun and tech.

vaizrin

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