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    Dune: Part Two (2023)

    I get making Feyd look more "Harkonnen" for the movie but he's supposed to be peak male genetics. He was supposed to father the Kwisatz Haderach with an Atreides daughter. Pale and hairless I can believe from a life on Giedi Prime but he better not have any mutations or other disfigurements. I...
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    It doesn't help either that most of the quick start guides take you to Caelid and Dragonbarrow very early since there's no keys needed and, as mentioned, there's good loot/xp and some easy cheese bosses. That's fine if you're on a second playthrough but if you're following one of those guides...
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I got the game quite a bit later than most so there were plenty of guides out there that I tried to avoid while still looking for tips on which builds were not obviously gimped or OP. It's pretty hard to tell from an ashes name or +0 stats what's going to be good at +10 or +25. One thing I did...
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    No Man's Sky

    I realize saying "millions" is usually adequate when describing something massive, but No Man's Sky is orders of magnitude bigger than that even. 256 galaxies, although almost everyone is in galaxy 1 "Euclid." Within each galaxy there are 4.2 billion regions (unique glyph addresses on the...
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    Top Gun: Maverick (2020)

    Because the F-22 was designed for Air-to-Air. It barely snuck in before the pentagon made all procurements one size fits all. It dominates F-35s in dogfights and only loses when they design fights to maximize F-35s situational awareness and stealth.
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    Top Gun: Maverick (2020)

    If you want the "in movie" reason for the 18s, it's because they claimed 35s are too reliant on GPS and satcom and stuff like that which was jammed and/or spoofed over the target area.
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Are you dying at 123 or getting overwhelmed? If the former, once you hit 122 you can usually go hide in the corner and you'll get to 125 waves without dying. And yes, save the pylons for high 90s-100s. Especially speed if you have a hard time dodging green meteors.
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Added bonus that the Gloves of Worship also works on the Father potion power. I run follower with double gem hat, nemesis bracers, gloves of worship, Flavor of time (works with normal GR pylons but not the father potion), and two pieces of Cain's with RoRG. I'm never short of death breaths so...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Do you mean a second staff, because it's worth it to make at least the one for the altar. The staff isn't consumed opening the whimsy gate though so if you haven't already you can make the staff for the altar but before you turn it in you can farm for what you want. The rainbow sword should drop...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I obviously know how to convert gem color. It's pretty much mandatory when the extra gems from broken crown are diamonds. The problem lies in that I've been doing almost all my nightmares in groups so while I've probably looted 12-15 nightmares myself I have close to 50 whispers. But like I...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Would be nice if every GR above 80 or so gave some additional percent to Ancient and/or primal drops. IIRC all loot except blood shards maxes out at GR90.
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    My bottleneck is the opposite. Got plenty of Whispers of Attonement from group nightmares but my colored gem production is barely keeping up even with broken crown follower. In reality though it's not a big deal since my Tal Rasha push set and my GoD speed farm set are fully augmented so it's...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I'm guessing it's all the quality of life upgrades on the altar but so far this season has done the best to keep me playing after finishing the journey. Normally I'd be done within 5 minutes of hitting Guardian. This season I'm on my 4th class now fucking around with different builds. The only...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Not really any benefit going past 125 except that xp continues to grow exponentially so there's no harm in continuing unless you're HC. A bandit shrine also spawns somewhere after wave 125 for a bit extra loot but if you're going for that you probably need to save conduit or you won't kill it in...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    That's why I order tortas
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    In reality your xp should be much higher than +41% this season anyway because much more of your kills will have x4 massacre multiplier on top of the xp pool bonus. You should also, at least while solo, have the Enlightment Shrine effect if you're potting on cooldown with gloves of worship for...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I got my first (and only so far) non-automatic ancient right around p800. Long after I finished everything else on the altar and the journey. Sucks to be finished with everything and need 4 ancients still. Granted, with the unlimited xp fountains and massacre bonuses P800 isn't what it used to...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Depends on the class but for most everyone the shrine effect on potion is easily on par with a primal weapon. I could see putting off the other two potion upgrades maybe for a primal weap but it depends on your motivation I guess. For me it's finish the altar and get the cosmetics so having a...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Everyone has their own roadblock each season. Mine this time is primals. Would be nice to try out the primal upgrade but at p800ish my one and only primal was the free gr75 one. Finished both the season journey and the normal altar nodes a long time ago so farming just for primals is killing my...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    One piece of advice if, like me, you never bothered to make a Staff of Herding before. Before you turn in the staff to the altar farm the rainbow level until you get the rainbow portrait and rainbow sword. The staff isn't consumed making the rainbow portal and you can make them as many times as...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    How does auto salvage screw rare upgrading? I guess I always just crafted the rares I upgraded rather then rely on getting drops of whatever item I was looking for. The auto salvage should, in the long run, be much more crafting materials than what you'd save only upgrading drops.
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I have the worst luck with ramaladnis gift. Usually take me a few days to get one and since that's before the challenge cache I'm gonna open the first cache and level like normal. You only have to wait until Monday to get the next cache anyway so unless you're really grinding I don't see the...
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    Hopefully the success of the game leads to some quality expansions. That might make the mechanics pacing feel better since instead of getting major skills near the end of the game it would be more in the middle. Doesn't help us now but might help future replays. Hopefully too some other good...
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    It's supposed to get fixed next patch, but in reality there's no reason to clear bandit camps prior to unlocking beasts, which also opens up the biscuit quest. The reward is always a trait which you can't use until you gets beasts anyway so unless you just like fighting that much, skip them...
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    It's possible I'm mistaken but I think all the demiguises are behind locked doors. Since you get alohomora on the same quest that demiguises start showing up you'll at least have blue locks to help you find areas you haven't cleared out yet. There's also a voice prompt when you enter a room...
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    There is a swimsuit outfit but I won't spoil your disappointment at what it looks like.
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    That's kind of the overriding plot for both the main HP stories and the fantastic beasts movies though. "Evil" wizards want to use their superiority to rule/enslave/destroy muggles while "good" magic wants to stay as hidden benevolent co-existers. I'm not saying it makes the most sense but it is...
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    There's also quite a bit of efficiency gained by busting through the main line before doing much else. I know for most everyone the initial playthrough was consumed by exploration but how many eye chests, locks, and other required-spell puzzles did you discover but couldn't finish and now have...
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    You can also Y (on xbox) through the intro fairly quick. Took less than 10 minutes to get to sorting hat as you can skip almost everything except the walk where you learn how to climb and shoot.
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    I'm not sure how I feel about leveling. It's nice that you're never held back on the main quests (at least as far as I've progressed). Compare that to something like Witcher or Fallout where it'd be pretty hard to do main quests only without some side quests to level up. We are probably atypical...
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    1923

    Make a show called Rainwater and have it tell the indian story. That could actually be a pretty compelling as there's no shortage of drama to be had. As it stands right now there's nothing that makes it Yellowstone in 1923 other than her last name.
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    1923

    I enjoy the story of Spencer's journey home. The problem is they've predicated resolution of the Montana plotlines on Spencer's return so much that it detracts from his story since you just want it over rather than enjoying it like you could in the first couple episodes. I thought Benjen did a...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Once you know what you're doing with petrified screams it's pretty easy to get 125 gems from it so you really shouldn't have any caldesanns less than 125 even it you're only actually clearing 100ish GRs. Put the double gem helmet on your follower and getting the colored gems for the recipe is...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    The reality is, unless you're really pushing for world firsts it's easy to get power leveled if you wait a couple hours after season start. It's been even faster the last couple seasons as T6 is almost instant after hitting 70 so the pl offers have been quick and plenty day 1.
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    I thought it was obvious the oggaboogas didn't use wands because they haven't evolved to simple stick tools yet. I mean chimps use sticks no prob but Ugandans are still working on it.
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    I guess I count as one of those 100k. Had him muted low res in background while downloading to get the twitch loot since he was first suggested stream on loot page. Hate the game not the player.
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    Screenshots don't do the dark arts robe justice. If you're role playing a good wizard it probably isn't the right look but it's a good looking robe.
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    Hogwarts Legacy

    Cause Rowling is an old school terf and speaks out against crossdressers
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    For me the worst part of the season is the step from 2 piece Haedrig's to a full set. Once you get 6 piece of anything you can faceroll at least T6 which allows you to farm with moderate reward. As a result I tend to look for a class that has a smoother power curve given the season Haedrig's...
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    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    Chiefs better hope for a Sunday game. Trevor is undefeated all time on Saturdays.