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  1. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Thanks. Was pretty drunk last night and couldn't think of it.
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    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Midnight Tides is definitely unique in the Malazan world. It's like a completely different storytelling style. Instead of 5-10 different POVs it's just two, and you've met the characters before, and are seeing their backstory. I'm at the climax of Memories of Ice. Knowing that Whiskeyjack is...
  3. Valorath

    Survivor

    Man I thought this season was gonna somehow avoid all the “identity politics” shit that we had last season. So far it really had. But tonight at tribal the nogresses made it about race and then wanted to act like everyone else was just blaming them for things outside of their control. Meanwhile...
  4. Valorath

    Wheel of Time

    Maybe Elayne will be a top-tier Thot and we can forgive the two uglies who've been cast as Rand's other bitches. Edit: Though who am I kidding? They're all uggo nasties. Albino nogress for Aviendha instead of some warrior godess of middle-eastern descent. Shit's weak and has been since episode 1
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    2022 NFL Offseason Thread: Looking forward Tua better future!

    You said you didn’t get out of the car until after the cops came. Presumably your friend Andre was struck by the vehicle while you waited for the cops to arrive. So.. the assumption is that you saw your friend hit by a car, and then sat in the car waiting for the police. So while you were...
  6. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Slowly working on my reread, getting toward the end of Deadhouse Gates. Was over at my buddy’s house playing dnd tonight. Most of them have read through six or seven of the books and put the series down for whatever reason. So I start telling them where I’m at in deadhouse gates, the end...
  7. Valorath

    Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

    Not usually my type of reading, but someone that works at a bookstore gave me an early copy of it. I really enjoyed it. The way they “science-d” everything out was cool.
  8. Valorath

    The Delicious Candy Thread

    Lol.. this is a nice necro. I’m over here going through the first page reacting and then I see 2013… oof. Im just glad Mamba’s and runts are on the first page. Those and Sweet Tarts (of any kind) are my favorites. Dunno about Altoid Sours but the Icebreaker Sours (or knock offs) are very good...
  9. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    You guys are still talking about this?
  10. Valorath

    Lost Ark Online

    Haven't played it yet, but from the discussion a few days ago, I believe the consensus was that it's pay for conveniences, not for power.
  11. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Well, I finally have both of the extreme mounts. I’m stubborn and didn’t want to wait for the next patch so I could buy one with 99 totems… so I’ve got 175 clears on the first extreme (got mount at 166), and 19 clears on second extreme (got mount on 5th clear). Now that that’s done I’ll have to...
  12. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    I really liked Forge of Darkness. No, there weren’t any soldiers bantering through the whole book, but I thought it was great world building. Fall of Light really dropped the ball, though.
  13. Valorath

    Monster Hunter Rise

    Picked this up last night and have been playing most of the day. Have finished all the three star village quests and started working on the four stars. This seems easier than World. I haven’t failed a quest yet, and only just got carted twice in a hunt for the first time. Got cocky against...
  14. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    When the Ministry of Truth decides that you aren’t allowed to read books on your e-reader because of some words you said on the internet, you’ll be glad you’ve got a shelf full of hard copies! Seriously though, some people collect cards, some collect movies, dvds, old vinyl records, or whatever...
  15. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    So I’m interested in these, but I’m not sure I want to have to fight the masses every time they’re released. If I get in on this 1000 copies, will I be grandfathered in for the rest?
  16. Valorath

    Monster Hunter Rise

    Where is @Jin_Furai to show us some super fast kills on hard stuff? Still on the fence with buying this one. Don’t wanna be the only one playing it amongst my friends, and was also hoping for a follow up to MHW/Iceborne, as that was my first MH title.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I've been watching llamatodd's stream for a few months now. He's on kinda late-ish EST. He never has that many viewers, and he's not the most entertaining of streamers. The stream is really chill though, and he does savage and ultimate raids. At the end of ShB he was running through savage...
  18. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Finished The God is Not Willing today. Erickson is back on form. No fucking idea what he thought he was doing with Memory of Light. This book was fantastic. Like many of you, im gonna go ahead and start rereading the series now that I’ve finished this.
  19. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I don’t think there’s really much in the way of tips on this one that are gonna make a big difference, the way the First Extreme tips seemed to help. For light wave 2, you are gonna make a Z around that center Crystal. That was the big thing that really made it click once I saw and understood...
  20. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Thanks for the info on the Sub Press release. I’d like to get matching copies of the books, so I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes peeled for when these go on sale.
  21. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Nice collection man! I see those leather bound Sanderson books down there. I wish I had gotten in on the Stormlight leather bound stuff when it started. At this point I don’t know that I want to shell out the money to buy them third party, and I don’t want half a collection. So guess I’m just...
  22. Valorath

    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Yea I think there were three or four out when I started the series. Imported the rest from England in their weird “big” paper back format.
  23. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Nice man. I spent an hour working on P1S in a PF group. Got to fourfold or whatever it’s called a few times but couldn’t quite figure that mechanic out. Can someone explain how the loot works in savage? I know the number of chests is reduced based on how many players in the party have already...
  24. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Finally tried the first extreme as a solo healer last night. Went pretty well on my end, got all the CDs for phobos and styx figured out. Got four kills. I think at this rate I’m gonna have 99 totems before I get the mount, been rolling poorly and only seen four of them. Chris, I think the...
  25. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yea. I had to turn down non-party members spell effects when I started really grinding out there before EW.
  26. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    My brother mentioned something about warrior threat when he was tanking Pandemonium last night. I figured he was just drunk or playing badly. But he said basically the same thing.
  27. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    It can’t be said enough, Expedient is fucking baller in the current extreme trials. Do you need it? No. Does it help immensely while learning? Yes. I am also mostly pugging the ex’s and will be doing the same for the savage next week. Have got 6 RL buddies playing, but a couple don’t seem...
  28. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Has anyone done the first trial extreme with just one healer? I got my AST up to 90, 575 the other day. Healed six or so clears of the extreme last night. Man that Macrocosmos move is perfect for the six hit stack mechanic (styx). I felt like I was doing most of the healing. May try to 1 heal it...
  29. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Gonna be teaching my buddies the second extreme trial tonight. The only thing I’m confused on is the lightwaves (not 1 and 2). How does the tank decide which side of the arena to take the group to for the stack up followed by the spread during lightwaves toward the end of the fight?
  30. Valorath

    The Video Thread

    Anyone know where I can buy something like these? I think it'd be a cool gift for my mom for Christmas.. I'm late buying stuff as usual, kinda figured I could just order it and tell her it's in the mail.
  31. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Anyone tried leveling 80-90 in Zadnor or Bozja? One of my buddies says people are leveling that way. My AST is 83, was planning to just spam dungeons, but if Zadnor is faster then that’s what I’ll do.
  32. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Lol my go to is “hey boys and catboys”
  33. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Couple of tips for those: on the second lightlwave, you’re going to make a Z pattern around that center Crystal. You can identify which side to start on by looking to see which wave spawns first as she finishes casting lightwave. For the chakrams, you’ll want to position yourself between the...
  34. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Looking forward to data center visits so I can play with y’all. I’m oh Crystal, which kinda sucks, but at least the queues aren’t like the other data centers.
  35. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I spent a few hours yesterday learning the second primal extreme. The group I got the clear with took about 4 hours to do it, but we weren’t on discord. I’m not sure which of the two I think is harder. Second one requires quite a bit more individual responsibility. First one you can just follow...
  36. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I put some time in on the first trial extreme today. Any tips for finding the safe spot when the snakes are in play? That seems to be the last mechanic that I can’t quite figure out fast enough. Maybe the snakes are visible earlier than when I’m looking for them, I dunno. Spent 3 or so hours...
  37. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Role quests unlock at level 85 in the MSQ. You can’t miss them, it takes you right to them and has a dialogue box to click through about them.
  38. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yep same here. I hit a roadblock at 88, needed to do one dungeon to hit 89 and continue MSQ. Otherwise just mainlined MSQ
  39. Valorath

    Blizzard dies and Bobby rides

    It’s incredible what quality music can do for player enjoyment.
  40. Valorath

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Really glad to hear that. I’m going to finish up MSQ tonight, leveling AST is next on the list.