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Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

edit: nevermind.

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Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Man I can't tell if the Doombringer starting zone is hard or I'm just rusty after not playing for like 5 months because I have died like 4 times trying to get a character out of it...

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Have the chrono twins always been susceptible to drowning? I teleported back to rest up after they nuked me and they both died on their own.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

So yeah, this is stating nothing new but I can't get over how loving absurd Doombringer is. Just scored a win so easy it made my oozemancer victory look like it took skill. Last bosses went down in two hits each, and so did the post-game boss. What a joke. I'd post my profile just to show how I wore random gear and threw my stat and skill points wherever I felt like and still easily won but it won't update.

I also got a single regen infusion near the beginning of the game and never ever bothered upgrading it, or even used it much at all. Same with my wild infusion and teleport rune (which were used a grand total of 8 times over the course of the game)

:hellyeah:

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

ProfessorCirno posted:

Out of curiosity, even with no profile, how? I'm getting ripped to shreds in the first two levels (one decided to spawn a level 30 enemy on top of me) and I'm, uh, well, bad at the game.

Yeah as alarumklok said, don't bother with the statues. Even if you kill the mob it spawns you get no loot or anything, sometimes the statues can give a buff but its like a 10 turn damage boost aka useless.

I'm sure any way you build a doombringer is OP but I ended up focusing heavily on str over magic. You want to max incinerating blows, share the pain and abyssal shield kind of early because they are really absurd. I unlocked the wrath tree and went 1/1/5/5 as well. Didn't bother with the heart of fire tree until towards the end game when I ran out of stuff to put points in but it is also absurdly powerful.

I did end up dying a couple times but besides getting splatted by an ambush very early on, basically all my deaths were just due to me not playing in 6 months and doing stupid poo poo. (like running head first into vor armory, and not being careful around the backup guardian of Daikara) I could easily do it on roguelike now that I'm back in the groove of things.

Oh and, it goes without saying that reckless strike is a no brainer 5/5 because 369% weapon damage strike that ignores all armor and resistances is pretty much the best.

EDIT: oh hey my page updated: http://te4.org/characters/20244/tome/8896d73b-84f2-423b-9e0e-795483f40a78

No clue if my two prodigies are even any good, I literally chose them at random.

Ibram Gaunt fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Oct 28, 2014

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

jsoh posted:

now do lilani



Took 4 of her lives out before hitting a wrong button and moving foreward and dying, revived and finished her off in about 5 turns.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

There's a third class added in the expac? How do you unlock it?

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Is the "can't start in an alt zone" a relatively new thing? I remember starting in alt norgos a few times back when they were added.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

What's getting changed about Wyrmic?

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

What was changed about Wrymic

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Avalerion posted:

What's a fun class/build if I want to actually hit things with psiblades?

Oozemancer.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Looks cool.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Did anyone elses unlocks all reset? I haven't played since the last expac dropped but I had all the classes and races and stuff but now the game is acting like I'm a freshly made account. I'm logged in and everything.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

I feel like I'm doing something wrong but the first area for the new classes keeps kicking my rear end.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

So this expac has gotten me to get back into the game proper (Entropy Cultist is alot of fun as an aside, really cheesy with the entropy gift mechanic but I enjoy it)
I haven't really played much since the ashes expac. (Bought the orc campaign but never played it). Curious about a few things since I've definitely been out of the loop for a few years at this point.

1. Are exotic weapons still jokes? I always found it odd that they existed yet had no actual abilities tied to them and the mastery just made you do more damage with them, Tridents and whips are cool..
2. Are brawlers good now? From what I remember they were really not great and relied on you vaulting very specific glove artifacts on another char to really get them off the ground. I always enjoy punchclasses in games.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

I guess my next question would be have any other of the old classes gotten reworks that are worth looking into? I don't recall others being in dire need of any but mostly just curious.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Is there any trick to keeping your worm that walks alive? Or is it just making sure their gear is good cuz I love my little buddy to death but he sure explodes instantly the moment we run into a room full of enemies.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Magitek posted:

A PSA regarding the Arcane Might prodigy and the Writhing One class: While it does add an additional 50% Magic stat modifier to the tentacle offhand like you might hope, the prodigy has the side effect of breaking bump attacks. The tentacle will not be used in bumps, so no offhand damage, cleave or Insanity generation results.

The prodigy does make all your abilities that utilize the tentacle hit much harder so it's probably still a net gain, but be warned.

Hrm, that sounds like a bug. I have that prodigy and I'm still cleaving on bump attacks.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Well. Found the new ring that gives you a free prodigy in exchange for summoning an invincible horror that'll follow you around forever on every floor of every dungeon, effectively making auto rest and autoexplore unusable. You're supposed to be able to take it off when you're out of combat but it seems to be busted cuz nothing counts as out of combat anymore. :(

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Any tips for playing a Psyshot? Decided to try one out (and the orc campaign proper) after I manage to snag this victory on my current guy.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Any tips for Demonologist? I dunno what I should be investing in, the shield sustain that drains vim every turn seemed like it wasn't really doing much.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009



RIP

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

The ending screen still mentioned living happily ever after with her though. :v:


"New" Brawler is uh. Well, something alright. Effortlessly scored a win just now.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

How long is the orc campaign? Just finished up the gates of morning on my steambucher and I regret not having any way to remove magical effects because Martyrdom sure did make the high paladin fight take way longer than it should have.

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Lunchmeat Larry posted:

It's fairly short, you're probably nearly halfway through? That's definitely one of the hardest fights

Ah, cool. thanks



On that note is there any gem shops or anything in the orc campaign? I need a few specific gems to make the steam armor and haven't found any.


edit: also I dunno where to get Mechanical Cores

Ibram Gaunt fucked around with this message at 00:19 on May 23, 2018

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Well I beat the orc campaign. Last boss was annoying but overall I enjoyed it.

However it seems I can't fight the postgame boss in the pocket of distorted time...There's just nothing there and all I got was a lore. What a bummer. :\

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Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

Do you have to unlock tinker escorts? Never seen one.

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