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  1. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Warlords are good but I think players overvalue them for the stamina regen buff they bring. It's pretty minimal (+1 Stamina every 6 seconds). Warlord's better utility comes through their group HP regen (very useful when fighting enemies with AoE damage as no other class has an AoE heal until...
  2. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Both are instrumental in groups because they stop you from getting wiped by a bad pull or adds. I think the game needs more Marshalls (because they can tank as well) but either class is a great choice.
  3. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    A word of warning: don't try to run ember vein dungeons with scrubs. You might be able to get your bag back but the brain cell losses are permanent.
  4. Kriptini

    Flesh and Blood

    Some of the cards that have been getting spoiled recently are nuts. Where are my cool Wizard cards?!
  5. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Join the Discord server and make a post following the format in the #apply-here channel.
  6. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Duelist buffs, bug fixes, class distribution statistics, Halloween event, upcoming content, and more: October 27th; what's new?
  7. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Some of us are lumped in with them.
  8. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    I counted 29 players online right now in the FoH guild.
  9. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    I should get on that. I'm 15 and XP sources in Northreach have really dried up. I've noticed that overall, grinding outside of dungeons seems to be faster XP than grinding inside of dungeons. Mob density is too spread out inside of dungeons and ^^^ don't give enough additional XP over ^^ mobs...
  10. Kriptini

    What game(s) had a final area/boss that ruined the game for you?

    I summoned every single poundmate I had access to for that fight and also kept a musician on full-time defense buffing duty and it still wasn't enough. I know I could beat them if I went and grinded the 10 level difference for higher stats, I just don't want to do that.
  11. Kriptini

    What game(s) had a final area/boss that ruined the game for you?

    Yakuza Like a Dragon, the double boss fight with Goro Majima and Taiga Saejima. This feels like an endgame superboss that they throw as a major roadblock to completing the game's story. They are both ten levels higher than any other enemy in the dungeon in which they appear, and they also have...
  12. Kriptini

    Final Fantasy 16

    I think they might have given away too much of the story in that trailer. I compare it to FFXV's marketing campaign which made a point not to give any spoilers past the first chapter of the game.
  13. Kriptini

    Home buying thread

    The one advantage to the seller doing the repairs is that they can happen before escrow closes. Depending on what needs to be done, it can be a bit of a bummer to have to wait until after close and the seller moves out before you can do what needs to be done in order for you to move in. I think...
  14. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Each specialization has skills that are more geared towards certain roles than others. Defenders Juggernaut: AoE/offense-oriented tank Knight: Defense-oriented tank Marshal: CC tank Strikers Berserker: DPS with AoE skills Brigand: DPS with CC abilities (this is closest to your EQ Enchanter)...
  15. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Class diversity comes from mechanics, not aesthetics.
  16. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Class diversity seems fine, it's not super impressive but the 9 specializations all feel distinct without being too niche. Yeah it's low range but that's fine because as a healer I need to be in range of my tank to heal him anyways. The thing packs some serious punch for its level.
  17. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Camped the ancient bear for about two hours today. Finally killed it and got an insane crossbow for completing the quest! The ancient bear itself has no drops so there's no reason to kill it if you're not on the quest.
  18. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    My favorite thing in this game are how the specialization trainers roast each other.
  19. Kriptini

    Embers Adrift

    Anyone in the FoH guild have invite permissions? My toon name is Kriptini.
  20. Kriptini

    Flesh and Blood

    The new Mechanologist gun looks fantastic. The Ranger bow could also be a gamechanger for Azalea, depending on what aim counters do. So far I'm not really excited about any of the Wizard cards (the weapon looks awful), but there's still many unrevealed cards for the set so there could be some...
  21. Kriptini

    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    The 2e ruleset has been settled for about three years now. It's good. I've never wanted to go back to Pathfinder 1e since picking it up.
  22. Kriptini

    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    Correct. Pathfinder 1e is not balanced. When Wrath was announced, I was really hoping they would switch to the 2e ruleset, which is much better balanced and palatable for new players. 1e is so dense with nonsense that I haven't been able to resume my playthrough in Chapter 4 because I forgot my...
  23. Kriptini

    Home buying thread

    No thanks, if I want to hang around unoriginal sucking machines, I'll go to a vacuum store.
  24. Kriptini

    Home buying thread

    Exactly this. My day-to-day work is full remote, but in my industry, you don't get hired off of resumes; you only get hired off of recommendations. Gigs tend to last 6-8 months before I need a new one, so I have to keep up with sucking dick until I get to a place where I will get a steady stream...
  25. Kriptini

    Home buying thread

    God no, I'm not a filthy writer.
  26. Kriptini

    Home buying thread

    I'm a freelancer in television so I pretty much have to be near LA. Although what I do specifically is full remote, I need to be around LA for networking purposes.
  27. Kriptini

    Home buying thread

    I closed on my starter home in southern California a couple weeks ago. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car connected garage, 1.5k square feet priced at ~$330 sq. foot. I've put quite a bit of work into it but it wasn't really being sold as a "fixer-upper;" it was liveable, if dated. This is about an hour...
  28. Kriptini

    Deathloop (PC, PS5) (Bethesda)

    This game rocks. I actually didn't like Prey all that much and consider Dishonored 2 to be Arkane's best new imsim (obviously excluding Arx Fatalis), and I'd put this right behind it. The PvP invasion system works so much better in this game than it ever did in the Dark Souls games because of...
  29. Kriptini

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    From what I understand, group play is the core focus but there will be some classes that are naturally good at soloing.
  30. Kriptini

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Downgrade? We have more important things to prioritize. I consider it an upgrade to have better things to be doing than watching 29 more Hellraiser movies.
  31. Kriptini

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Don't expect PvP from this game. I know some people commented that the team says they might do it with no support but everything I've heard from them was a strict "no."
  32. Kriptini

    Flesh and Blood

    Skullcap never turns on against Wizards anyways, we're really good at always keeping our life lower than our opponent's (even though Storm Striders means our life is never truly lower).
  33. Kriptini

    Flesh and Blood

    His list is very interesting, he's basically just running the most efficient attacks possible and racing the aggro decks with those plus usual Iyslander disruption.
  34. Kriptini

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I believe their goal is to make their proof-of-concept fully playable, which includes a city and its overland zone, one or two dungeons, several playable races, and several playable classes. Then once funded, they would more or less just be adding playable content.
  35. Kriptini

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    To be fair, 16,000 subs is a very reasonable number.
  36. Kriptini

    Flesh and Blood

    I wanted to rep Iyslander at the calling at worlds, but I can't fit it in my budget. Such a shame, this will probably be Iyslander's best meta ever; I imagine other heroes will gain very competitive support in Dynasty and she won't gain much.
  37. Kriptini

    Flesh and Blood

    Young Prism almost made it to top 8 in New Zealand nationals. That hero is so cancer.
  38. Kriptini

    NVidia GeForce RTX 30x0 cards

    EVGA has the best customer support of any United States component manufacturer, and no one else comes close. They cross-shipped me a new 1080 when my old one broke on the day I reported the problem, and expedited it so I had a new GPU in my hands the next day (living close to their warehouse...
  39. Kriptini

    Cobra Kai

    I agree that this feels like a series finale. They left it open just enough for a movie, but honestly the series could end here and I'd be content.
  40. Kriptini

    Rift: Planes of Telara

    Hammerknell was great but please let's never have 22 minute-long boss fights ever again.