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DrizztLink posted...

I was doing WORK with a Shock Kaos and a Transformer.

I ran that on Zane, since going full berserker rush towards enemies just boosted his power, and let me swap places with the Clone for more damage. Definitely a fun playstyle.

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MrKapowski posted...

I don't like Torgue guns unless they have the stickies. I really like being able to stack damage and control when it gets applied.

Some of them can be 'fun' utility weapons. The Echo comes to mind: hitting a target causes followup explosions to occur center-mass, bypassing physical shield obstacles.

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DrizztLink posted...

I have somehow ended up inside Iron Cub.

That could be the April Fool's Day effect. Last year pets were turned into a mini form. This included an 'Iron Cub' before Iron Cub was officially a thing.

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At least some of Earl's categories are 'once per player profile', like the weapon skins and trinkets. If you play in Mayhem with Lootsplosion active the Eridium rains down wherever you go anyway.

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I forgot to watch the episode last week, so I have both set to record tonight. I'll have to duck out to avoid spoilers, but I see praise for Mammoth vs SMEEEEEEEEEE, so that's great.

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DrizztLink posted...

Cloning Maddening Tracker. Wrong Anointment but still neat.

It's a nice 'convenience' grenade, depending on your build/character.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Is Morrowind a dice roll for if your sword actually hits the target? Because I never liked that it felt like I was swinging a wet noodle at things. I quit everytime I rerealize that's what melee combat is. Literally sitting on top of an enemy and my attacks do something once every 10 swings. Which I assume was just cause the wet noodle caught their eye or something

Yeah, it's possible for a Seyda Neen Mudcrab to be tougher than the player. Oblivion traded RNG hits for ridiculously variable damage. Skyrim then dialed in the variance a bit.

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Kaldrenthebold posted...

Oblivion actually has the vastly superior faction quests.

Yeah. This is a reason to play through Oblivion.

It's a bit of a PITA to access the college for spell customizing though; barring 1 or 2 days a month when the gates open for a few hours.

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Touch posted...

You can do that? <_______<

Yup, the hitbox moves with the emote. You can also use it to hide under the surface of shallow water, or inside certain stone platforms.

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CommonGrackle posted...

manuals for various items need extra pages to tell you're they're in compliance with California environmental standards or that this or that might (MIGHT!) be carcinogenic.

It's more notices on the doors of every business which serves coffee or fried foods due to acrylamide.

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AssultTank posted...

, "The noises of the city keep you awake and prevent a rest."
"The inkeeper barges in and says you need to change rooms due to a fight downstairs that damaged the support beam beneath your room"
"A drunk stumbles in thinking it is his room, disturbing your rest."
He got pretty convoluted to the point where it was obvious he was just denying us any chance to recover abilities.

Reminds me of a story where a DM punished a Rogue that stole from a shop by having the shopkeeper transform into a dragon... That sort of convoluted nonsense is why DM versus the players doesn't really work. The DM gets to pull anything and everything straight from their butt.

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mattymad posted...

There are such things as terrible DMs. They see it more as "DM versus the players" when that's not the case at all, the DM is merely the vessel the story is told/regulated through. If he's gloating about it and purposely putting players at a disadvantage, he sounds like a terrible DM.

Very true. As the DM is responsible for the entire world outside of the players, the very concept of 'DM versus the players' is downright insulting.

When done correctly, the DM is an adjudicator there as part of a cooperative storytelling process; where neither side is exactly sure what will happen from moment to moment.

To better facilitate that process better DMs will have a pre-game discussion with folks, even briefly, about what it is they want their characters to do/accomplish or what aspect of the game strikes them as a player. Sometimes this includes a Session Zero, which helps establish the characters in the world; this is easier if the characters have short backstories that leave some open gaps that the DM can use to plug in with other player characters or the setting.

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Sackgurl posted...

best case, the DM understands how deeply underpowered sorcerers are in 5e

Spell selection and metamagic are PARAMOUNT for Sorcerers.

If in doubt, take Twinned Spell and pick up Haste and Polymorph. Spells like Banishment can work too, since each failed save removes an enemy from the fight(permanently if they're extraplanar).

If you want a blaster type for whatever reason, pick Quickened spell and choose some of the useful channeled spells like Sunbeam(IIRC): it's decent damage and the target must save versus blindness but every turn during which you concentrate on the spell an Action can be used to deal the damage again(Undead have Disadvantage on the save, IIRC) and there are a few instances where sunlight affects specific enemies/encounters. That way you fire it twice on the casting turn, and then have the option to cast other spells alongside repeated damage pulses.

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I think that is part of why Cleric has these amazing spells: people sleep on the class because they don't want to be stuck 'playing the healer' and so enticements are offered to try it out.

5e is designed in such a way though that healing in combat doesn't really keep pace with damage output. There are some great options to heal after a fight, such as the healing spirit 'conga line' where the party gathers around a healing totem for a minute to recharge their HP, but during a fight it's mostly done at that point where a few HP can make the difference between a party member getting dropped or being able to fight for one more round.

It's also worth noting for people that want to multiclass that taking 1 level of Cleric grants a lot of baseline benefits and proficiencies depending on the Domain selected; this can include martial weapon and armor proficiencies.

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mattymad posted...

damage mitigation/boosting usually outweighs raw damage/healing spells

Still a good idea for someone to pack Healing Word though. That lets you get party members back up with 1hp from range.

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DrizztLink posted...

Doing the Weeaboo Western one again because with the exception of Rose it might be my favorite. The music is fantastic.

Yeah, playing that reminds me of playing Bastion; lesser known title that also features a responsive narrator and great setting with music.

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ColZach posted...

Plus, the new book that came out is basically a book that finally says do what you want. Its legal

It also provides an entire suite of 'easy to run' summoning spells to encourage DMs to actually work with the players that want to use them. :P

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Sackgurl posted...

the big thing that got under my skin was the absurd imbalance of fireball versus lightning bolt versus every other damage spell up until that point

Wizards has stated that they know it's imbalanced, and have left it as is since it is considered a 'signature' spell for D&D. Level 5 is also where melee classes get Extra Attack. So level 5 is a big milestone that marks the transition from Tier 1 to Tier 2. You could also pair that with other spells like Haste, which will make martial classes all that much stronger(crazy speed, higher AC, an extra weapon attack, etc.).

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marthsheretoo posted...

But my biggest complaint is the death system. It's way too easy to stave off death with enemies playing wack-a-mole. Single player deaths rarely happen in group fights, it's either a win or a TPK. Something feels off and overly forgiving.

IIRC a monster that hits a player while within 5' feet of them auto-crits and causes them to fail 2(out of 3) death saving throws. It's rather easy to kill players in that sense if the DM wants to do so. At that point it could go either way on the player's next turn as to whether they die or live. DMs can leverage that too for more dramatic tension. E.g. have a group of minion creatures move towards the body with weapons raised in a menacing manner, indicating to the party that the downed player is about to be torn asunder.

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DrizztLink posted...

Didn't die because of damage, but died 5 times because the dumbass platforming refused to let me climb up a rock.

If that's the fight in the hedge garden, I never bother with the platforming. You can usually see the crystals from the main area and snipe them from safety. I'd rather parkour the hedges as necessary to see the crystals than take chances with an instant-death pit.

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Gotta say, I wasn't the least bit surprised at who made it to the final to determine the 'bounty hunter'. Both were solid bots.

As for Bronco, I can't help but find myself agreeing that they are both legends and dinosaurs at this point. Heck, even Tombstone is looking long-in-the-tooth these days.

For next week's episode, I wouldn't be surprised if Skorpios and Hypershock are fighting to determine who will take on the gas-guzzling Icewave.

I dunno if it'll happen, but there would be a lulz factor if Gigabyte survives to take on Son of Whyachi. The battle box would become a giant pinball arena.

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Thanks @Calwings .

Also, if I'm reading the brackets right, SMEEEEEEEEEE is facing Mammoth at some point? That should be a hilarious fight. If Mammoth can hook SMEEEEEEEEEE just right I imagine it could catapult it up into the light fixtures. That would be amazing. Well, that or the fight could be a total flop, but I'm hoping for something funny.

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KalimariX8 posted...

Can't have a raid boss if everyone is one shotting it

TPS was like that with its 'raid boss'. Well, technically you were one shotting each phase.

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If you find it on sale and have a free afternoon, sure.

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codey posted...

Is this a humorous twist on the old Baldur's Gate console games?

The first two Dark Alliance games were a bit like Diablo. Other series existed with similar gameplay like Champions of Norrath(an Everquest take) and some Marvel games where the name escapes me at the moment.

This though... It looks like some terrible over-the-shoulder knockoff of God of War. Bleh...

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Yeah, as an AS Iron Bear just innately scales with Mayhem. It also fulfills that power fantasy of jumping in a mech to wreck shit, as you can tear through entire rooms with the right builds. Tanky too if you have the Vampyr skill leeching armor with every explosion; assuming that hasn't been patched out.

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@DrizztLink
When the 300/90 anointment was introduced it ALWAYS did 300% damage unless one special condition was met: it was the final hit point bar of an enemy, that bar was a red 'health' bar, and it was less than 90% filled.

Now that anointment is more: if the enemy hasn't taken 10% of its total hit points in damage you deal 300% damage.

So a 300/90 anointment is great in the normal story mode, since you can outlevel content and deal a lot of damage. But in Mayhem Mode where single shots just don't do it anymore(unless you're running a Fl4k with Fade Away and maxing out those wild crits) the anointment loses effectiveness against bigger foes.

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Starks posted...

Black Dragon made an excellent case for compartmentalized batteries with firewalls being a must for next season.

It's a bit strange that more bots don't do that. It's been a part of naval ship design for, well, a long time.

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The 3rd DLC is sort of a Space Western with a bit of Asian architectural flair. It has a narrator that voices over quest events and the like. Also, oddly enough, I've had some good luck finding legendary weapons in the vending machine in town.

The 4th DLC takes place in Krieg's head. So expect some of weird trippy stuff seen in the deeper parts of Claptrap's psyche(if you played TPS's DLC). It's a bit on the short side though. People also don't like the inflated health pools of some of the bosses.

It's still far ahead of the 'second season' content though....

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300/90 isn't nearly as good as it used to be: when first introduced it always worked unless the final hit point bar was specifically 'health'. It also has bad synergy with listed pellet counts, since each pellet checks for the 10% loss of a bar to disable the effect. Side Note: When it was first introduced I found that on a pre-nerf Yellow Cake that I gave to Moze; the damage it dealt basically erased anything I pointed the weapon at while also having nearly infinite ammo thanks to Moze..

As such, a lot of people just flock towards the U-Rad effect: when under 50% health your attacks deal a bonus 150% Radiation damage.

Depending on your Amara build though the ASE types can be handy. She can have short cooldowns on her AS and layer bonuses for that from her weapon, grenade, and shield.

Do take breaks between farming sessions though.

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thronedfire2 posted...

forced story sections actually make complete sense storywise

Storywise, I guess.

Gameplay wise though, find the guy that shot me with an arrow while I was diving in a body wingsuit at 800 meters of altitude and bury him in an Olympic sized pool of Bliss. To the guy that somehow hit me when I was flying in a plane though, somehow bypassing the laws of physics, tell him to smack whatever dev thought that was a good idea.

At least when you're on the ground though you can see the hunters that fire the arrows, and even fight back for all eternity if you're properly barricaded in an interior space(at least until your ammo runs out).

Well, I say that but only one region actually lets you fight back for a time. The rest just "Lulz, story mission time!".

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pogo_rabid posted...

Far Cry 3 has aged horribly. I played it last year and the pacing/quality of life improvements the series has gotten since it came out has made it a frustrating experience by today's standards.

Yeah, in that sense Far Cry 4 is a better game. Well, barring the mystical levels... That's some right bullshit.

Far Cry 5 dials in the gameplay loop, but mucks things up with forced story progression and in taking the prize for the stupidest ending to a Far Cry game yet.

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DuranOfForcena posted...

Most Overdesigned Bot would have been a more appropriate award for them.

Over-engineering things is what they do best. Even then, from what they said, they used a pneumatic system to make the bot walk. Thus, they couldn't even scuttle for the full 3 minutes. I'm sure there's something to appreciate in there about how all the legs successfully interact to move, but there has to be a cleaner solution to achieve similar results.

For the matches in the finale though, good stuff all around. The judges made the right calls as well, and I'm sure plenty of people cheered when the villains fell. :P

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No. AI in the real world, despite being able to be trained for specific tasks, is notoriously not intelligent.

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Do they still run a racket where you get less sauce per chicken nugget when you purchase the larger boxes of nuggets, requiring a separate purchase of sauce?

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Bethesda has always had their worst ports on Playstation. They just never things right.

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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...

Lrn2youtube

Which is accurate, since anything with an 'educational' tag is allowed.

Anyway, I remember when I saw a video like that back in health class one student said moments before, "This doesn't look real." Then a wave of amniotic fluid washing out shocked them into silence.

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Zikten posted...

Titan Quest had its 2nd and then 3rd dlc like over a decade after its first

Different company too.

The original devs of Titan Quest, and the Immortal Throne DLC, moved on to make Grim Dawn.

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BK it shit posting for free advertising, eh?

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Gamerguymass posted...

So much so that a number of years ago the government mandated by law that every single car must have a dashboard cam.

Yeah, you'll see videos of people melodramatically flopping onto the hood of a stationary car and then hamming up fake injuries.

People in other countries should install dash cams as well. It makes it easy for the other party in an accident to dig their own grave before footage of what really happened gets presented.

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Racism is racism regardless of the speaker. Flip a few words around and you might as well post Trump's speech about Mexicans being rapists and drug dealers. It's also not a good look if you want to secure cooperation in ending institutional biases.

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Calwings posted...

anyone else besides Hydra >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hydra

Yeah, they're still the villains of the league. If someone can catch the flipping arm out of position the bot will be forced to run around and bleed off additional aggression and control points.

As other people said, and has been completely crystallized in the performance of Tombstone, old guard designs are falling to the wayside. It's time to innovate or die.

Oh, and though they lost, props to Gigabyte for making a total tank of a full body spinner. Somewhere Captain Shredderator should be crying robo-tears after witnessing such a spectacle of durability.

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A shift of 5% to 10% to be closer to other countries could eliminate crippling medical debt, pay for massive infrastructure upgrades, and more. You could also shift funds away from flagging portions of the military budget as needed.

But, yeah, for profit insurance has no business existing for medical expenses. Beyond that though, the pricing for medical procedures varies a wild amount and is basically set as high as profit-driven hospitals wish them to be. It's a predatory system, to be sure.

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In first world countries medical issues should be as simple as, "Greetings citizen, the personal cost for your medical care is zero. Have a nice day." Usually that's when someone comes around calling for exemptions. But blatant recklessness should be the only possible exemption.

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That was also the age where Playstation had demo discs for games, where you'd get 6-10 game demos on a disc that let you try out a level or two. I vaguely remember other combat racers from that time, like a rollerblading one of all things.

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Some good matches based on that bracket.

I feel like Ribbot might get a taste of the receiving end of its berserk rampage from a few episodes back. One hit from Uppercut might tear it to pieces...

You can definitely feel the spinner meta coming off the bracket. Whether it is horizontal or vertical most of the bots are sporting them.

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