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  1. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Poise is the main benefit of heavier armor and its pretty huge. But it takes major investment to get to the 80-100 poise where you really see a strong impact. Other than that, resists are nice in certain cases, especially the one that resists bleed buildup since every fucking enemy in...
  2. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Its situational. Tiche is great if you need some damage and are spamming bleed. Mimic is best if you just need a tank distraction, especially if your main character is tanky with a decent weapon art. I also like mimic for costing HP so I can manage my magic pots in certain situations. I ran...
  3. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    LOL what weapon is that?
  4. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Concur with this, but if you are into daggers the one you get from the Alecto light boss early on is pretty solid now that they unfucked scaling. I mean on paper, winged scythe is my second hardest hitting weapon (I am L128 and just starting to explore the capitol), it just does next to no...
  5. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Alecto is easy if you know the trick. Equip a moderate stamina weapon with reasonable stagger (spears are a good choice). Lure her to the edge so she is wedged next to a rock and a cliff. Spam R1 and never stop. Dumb as shit, but easy way to beat her as mele. That first born of the void...
  6. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah I dont PvP and even I have 30 in Vitality and wear the hp amulate constantly. Everyone seems to have a hardon for alpha strike, probably because the birdfarm combined with the removal of item durability has eliminated all downsides to dying in PvP as an invader or summon.
  7. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I transitioned to a couple of different weapons myself for this reason. I had been heavily leaning on the Gold Halberd with a magic pike as my backup. Now I rotate between the Sword of Dark and Flame, Tree spear, a holy ring toss enchanged Naginata, and Wing Scythe depending on what I am...
  8. Phazael

    The Mandalorian

    Joruus C'Boath would be an awesome choice, actually. And people forget Lloyd can be a serious actor when he wants.
  9. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I died a shit ton to Godrick because I was way underleveled and undergeared. Once I got him down and was able to equip the gold halberd, going back and helping others was a way to git gud and now he is a chump. Hardest part for me in this game has been getting used to the fucking move cancels...
  10. Phazael

    Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

    In the original FF1, there was a lot of tech littered about from an advanced civilization that had previously existed on the world. There is a whole quest to learn their language and an area where the hardest enemies in the game (Warmechs) can be found. That said, the biggest problem with all...
  11. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I had been rocking the Gold Halberd continuously from the moment I got it, but have since moved on to the Tree Spear. Does not hit as hard, but better defensively, faster, and much better reach. Its also better in tight quarters since it mostly imitates the pike move set. Alternatively, if...
  12. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah I wish you could disable the L3 dismount. Fucking gets me gacked fighting the overland dragons. And the ferryman boss is probably the easiest one in the game, especially when you can use the horse. Summon literally anything to keep his skeletons busy, run up and whack until his boat...
  13. Phazael

    Miniature Painting

    Yeah when we were still playing Kings regularly, my wife used that terrain set for all the dioramas for her Basilean (angels and nuns) army. Its a really great kit.
  14. Phazael

    Ms. Marvel

    On the one hand, a bit of walter mitty escapism and an odd 80s teen romcom vibe could work. On the other hand, durka durka woke shit is all they are going for and they will fuck it up beyond belief. Kind of want to watch it just to see if it can surpass Another Life as the worst woke show ever...
  15. Phazael

    Gloomhaven

    Yeah remember that now. Plus he doubled down when the backlash hit. Not a surprise, but he doubled down super hard and alienated a lot of his original backers. We cancelled and we were far from the only ones.
  16. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    The big one will be the bird farm camp. Lot of people miking the shit out of that one. But usually they mostly tackle PvP issues, which means the Death/Madness spam and similar stuff will get nerfed hard. I expect the super laser mage one shot stuff to be next, since it trivializes any boss...
  17. Phazael

    Gloomhaven

    Nope. The designer literally told people who did not follow BLM could and should get a refund because he did not want to sell it to such people. Take a wild guess what happened next. Dude literally rewrote content and has publicly talked about rewriting the base game to be more "diversity...
  18. Phazael

    Gloomhaven

    Their backing got raped when they went full on woke. They are also getting cornholed by supply chain issues like everyone else, I am sure.
  19. Phazael

    Favorite Awesome and Absurd Action Movies

    That movie tanked that guys career so bad most people never saw him again until he played Eddington on DS9 decades later.
  20. Phazael

    Favorite Awesome and Absurd Action Movies

    Pain and Gain was a work of genius.
  21. Phazael

    Favorite Awesome and Absurd Action Movies

    Hudson Hawk is actually one of my favorite movies on many levels. I introduce friends to it regularly who all end up enjoying it. It was a victim of hollywood media ant some bad timing and press. Disclaimer, seeing it on acid turns it into a god tier movie.
  22. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    The normies survived four kings, Dancer, False King, Ornstein and Smoag, and Godrick. This too shall pass.
  23. Phazael

    Miniature Painting

    Obscure mini, but love it and it has been my unicorn since the beginning (bought and repained three times this is the first attempt):
  24. Phazael

    Miniature Painting

    Also older news with this army, though I special painted a new hero for it. But a few old school 8th edition WHFB guys wanted to do a one day tourney this weekend and I got specifically asked to roll out this list again. Its my old comped soft to the stupid Swedish system Unicorn based army...
  25. Phazael

    Miniature Painting

    One of my favorite old school models and characters. I have used the old pewter mini as part of many conversions.
  26. Phazael

    Who do you think is the greatest actor?

    Time waits for no man, sir. We all got old. I mean, Wrath of Khan is 40 years old this year.
  27. Phazael

    Who do you think is the greatest actor?

    No I got the title wrong, it was Continental Divide. Great movie.
  28. Phazael

    Who do you think is the greatest actor?

    Dude was amazing right out of the gate with What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Boys Life, and Basketball Diaries. There was never a time where he was not an amazing actor. Sort of like Pachino or Jack before they started phoning it in. Thats one thing about Oldman, Leo, and Pitt they never phone it in.
  29. Phazael

    Who do you think is the greatest actor?

    Comedians can often make really good actors in serious roles for a variety of reasons. Recent examples would be Mike Meyers in Studio 54, Luis CK in American Hustle, Bill Burr in Mandalorian, and so on. Lots of good examples in older movies, too like Bill Murray in Where the Buffalo Roam, John...
  30. Phazael

    Who do you think is the greatest actor?

    In no specific order because they are good in different ways: Gary Oldman, early career Depp, Leo, Al Pachino, and Brad Pitt. All very versatile actors who (at least some in earlier in their careers) really did multiple different kinds of roles. And they are all almost always the most...
  31. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I am biased to more strategic methodical combat mechanics plus I like having variety of options in how to play, so I have never replayed Twitchborne more than the initial time and never once touched Seikero. While I feel that this game has some aspects in combat that I hated BB for, the variety...
  32. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Jesus christ fuck those stupid bears. Finally downed them around L35 after beating Godrick and they were still a huge pain in the ass. Hyper agro, infinte poise, bouncing all over the fucking place, big AE swings (sound familiar? Its like 90% of the bosses in the first part of the game it...
  33. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    So I took time off since the wife is out of town to play this more. 16 hours later, I got Godrick down and am back cleaning stuff I missed or skipped before that point. I have not pulled an all nighter for a game in years. This may be the best action game I have ever played. Couple nitpicks...
  34. Phazael

    Favorite Awesome and Absurd Action Movies

    Lots of movies in this category, but I will narrow down my top five: 1) Big Trouble in Little China 2) Dusk til Dawn 3) Last Action Hero 4) The Seventh Day 5) Last Man Standing
  35. Phazael

    The person you miss the most.

    Get out while you can. They will, no joke, turn your wife against you.
  36. Phazael

    The person you miss the most.

    Agro mechanics were based on a number of factors, of which actual spell damage was one of the least impactful. Anything diseased based and long duration (things DC had quite specifically) generated massive amounts of more agro and the one tick of damage kept you bumped on the hate list. DC was...
  37. Phazael

    The person you miss the most.

    @Lejina Yeah that nerf to DC almost made me quit the game, as it was literally the one thing we had at the time. I remember them trying to nerf CD the same way, but it broke the game in too many other ways so they gave up. By the time I packed it in (end of PoP) we were nothing but a low rent...
  38. Phazael

    The person you miss the most.

    I played a Shadow Knight all through EQ. The old SK boards used to love making fun of how much Rangers complained, especially given our class was forever shit on by the devs. @Lejina can confirm this, as I think he posted on those boards under the same handle back in the day, if I am not...
  39. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    This. Even the trash enemies are doing feints and cancels in this game. And the autotracking attacks/pivots are dialed up to 11 even compared to DS3.