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Imo the free spellcasting is better in general. Yes, Ascension can be prolonged with Salvation of Time, Wall of Draining, INT, +x% to beneficial effects items, Ooblit and so on. Good point. I actually don't remember because it has been so long I used the sabre. I suppose it only works for weapon attacks then. Didn't test it lately so I cannot be sure. The synergy with Skald is that it grants +1 phrase point for each kill (not only with the weapon, with any kill, for example via invocation, too) and that Skald's offensive invocations often only cost 2 phrase points. It allows the Skald to spam cheap invocations more often despite not being in melee (doing melee crits). Besides that there is not much (except of course its healing proc etc. occurs more often bc. of Driving Flight). I personally wouldn't multiclass Ranger and Priest. I don't see effective or entertaining synergies (except high accuracy for offensive spells). I like SC Priests best. Summons are one of the most impactful things in the game. Even if they don't deal any damage they are still a potent CC tool that requires no attack roll and usually last a long time. Essence Interrupter lets you put summons on the field which don't count towards the summoning limit (you can have a proper summon and the ones from Essence Interrupter at the same time), cost no resources and no action time or recovery. Just summons "on the fly" on top of the positive effect to have removed an enemy permanently. It has two damage types (shock and pierce) which are different from other bows,which is always nice. Especially good against certain high AR constructs like Steelclads which have low shock DR. It has a shocking or burning lash which grows with Metaphysics -lashes are multiplicative damage bonuses. Its attacks count as elemental attacks so it can be used by the Arcane Archer with no drawback (no acc penalty). And it comes exceptional which is very good that early in the game. Hunting bows in general are good because of their modal combined with their inherent +5 accuracy. With Rapid Shots you get -50% recovery time for overall "only" -10 accuracy. -50% recovery is huge.

Not sure you can read much into Medvedev's rage posting all that much. And with Trump, stuff is great once you don't look too closely at it.

Yes, maybe i'll stick with high PER. IIRC 20 PER is what you need to detect everything in the game, right? I like the flavour of this combat pacing, ie. being a Ranger while not ascended, then turning into a Cipher on steroids once you are. But the thing is, as an Ascendant (never played that subclass before), you basically have to chose between benefiting from giga Soulwhip while ascended by keeping up your attacks, or switching to spellcasting ? Is it possible to extend the ascended state's duration ? (SoT, INT, ... ?) Adaptative reads "+2 ACC/stack for all weapons", is it known that this is actually universal and not weapon-only? I read that Blightheart's AoE tick is considered an attack and therefore qualifies for proccing effects like Avenging Storm. But iirc that spell is only available for Tekehu SC... Are there any other synergies with this (aside scrolls of Avenging Storm)? What about Priest then ? I'm mostly looking at Skaen (and Itinerant feels right RP-wise), but i'm always a bit hesitant to multiclass a Priest (except maybe Contemplative...) Lastly, I have a slightly off-topic question regarding Essence Interrupter, it is often mentioned as a great weapon but I can't quite figure out why. Is it mostly because it can fill the battlefield with summons? Big thanks again for the detailed answers, much appreciated!

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/medvedev-says-trumps-actions-are-like-an-act-war-against-russia-2025-10-23/ Man the Russians are really butthurt about the latest US sanctions, the dream of Rusmerica really is over " Trump, who has described Russia as a "paper tiger", said on Wednesday he had canceled a planned summit with Putin, and the U.S. Treasury slapped sanctions on two of Russia's biggest oil companies. "The United States is our adversary, and their talkative 'peacemaker' has now fully embarked on the warpath with Russia," Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, wrote on Telegram, referring to Trump. "The decisions taken are an act of war against Russia. And now Trump has fully aligned himself with loony Europe."

You don't know what you missed. The experience is something...

lolol radical left. Trump is in charge of everything, is he the radical left now? What a ****ing post-truth nazi state.

I would say so. But keep in mind that PER also influences your ability to detect traps and secrets and the official companions usually don't have very high PER either. Not to me, it depends on how you play them (which spell selection etc.) though. I for example would play Serafen mainly as a Will and Fortitude debuffer with Spirit Frenzy, Secret Horrors and morning star modal. The MC I would use for fast-cast powers and damage I think. I run Aloth as SC Wizard most of times. I think it's the best option. Instead of Ghost Heart I would do vanilla Ranger then. Sharpshooter isn't good for this kind of playstyle (too slow) and Arcane Archer doesn't really fit thematically imo. Stalker is not good if you move around quickly and change from ranged to melee and back a lot. Instead of Cipher you could certainly do Troubadour or maybe even better Bellower ("ARRR"). This would also be a good opportunity to use Sasha's Singing Scimitar. With Scordeo's Edge Skald is also a good option, even though you won't get anything special from the shooting first. Most invocations have short casting time but longer recovery, which is great for shortened recovery effects. Ranger/Skald is very good with Blightheart (soulbound arquebus). The Skald doesn't generate phrases from crits then (because ranged), but every kill (no matter how) grants +1 phrase with Blightheart - and Skald's offensive invocations are so cheap that it makes a big difference. With dual blunderbusses instead of a pistol there's the Streetfighter of course. With Serafen's two mortars Monk is always a strong option. Stunning Surge + AoE + INT bonus is fantastic, paired with Driving Flight. In both cases there's no casting though. I don't really see a Paladin here. Thematically I mean. Principi and Paladins kind of clash in my head. Although Goldpact always works as long there's pay ofc.

There are a few things you're supposed to be able to eat at this stage...applesauce, soft overripe bananas, warm milk, jello, yogurt...but I have a condition called reactive hypoglycemia that means I really can't eat sugars unless I can balance it out with solid protein. Essentially, the more sugar you eat, the more your blood sugar decreases due to having overactive insulin that corrects too hard for it - ergo, fasting is actually better for me than trying to eat most of the stuff they recommend that you eat after removing your wisdom teeth, though it does mean I'm feeling a bit woozy and don't have a lot of energy right now. As a child, I used to show all the normal symptoms of low blood sugar, so adults would keep trying to make me eat more carbs/sugar, e.g. a cookie, and I'd argue and refuse to eat anything of the sort due to having learned the hard way that it just makes me worse. They'd get really mad at me, but lo and behold, I learn that it's a real thing as an adult. Nope, to fix low my blood sugar, I have to...not eat any sugar and instead eat eggs, beans, or meat. Even stuff like milk and peanut butter has too much sugar compared to their protein for it to balance out for me (also, I became strongly lactose-intolerant out of the blue last year anyways). I'll be better off once my gums stop bleeding and swelling and I can have something like soft scrambled eggs or refried beans. Thanks for the well wishes - I haven't been too bothered by the pain yet, day 3 tomorrow, just taking an ibuprofen and tylenol here and there so far. Honestly, I have way worse chronic pain from my busted-ass neck, which has bothered me more - especially as I'm supposed to keep my head elevated while sleeping, which as someone who mostly sleeps on their chest, is not something I really do very much.

I had mine pulled before covid, honestly can't remember when. It was not a great time, hopefully you can still eat dairy or something filling in the meantime @Bartimaeus

I was 17 when I had mine out. I remember thinking I could easily handle the pain without painkillers, so I went to bed without taking them. Spoiler alert: I could not. I hope you feel better soon.

I'm a couple of years past the suggested/recommended age range myself, mainly because they've never bothered me and I'd never had a dentist tell me I should get them pulled until recently. I'm unsure if that played into why the roots were deeper than normal. The bottom ones in particular were pushing my teeth together a little too tight, which would make cavities likely in the future...at some point. Better now than later, my dentist said. Despite them having to cut up my gums and sew them back together, the bleeding is close to stopping and the pain really isn't too bad yet, so it'll just be a matter of dealing with the swelling and avoiding dry socket/infections, I think. And being hungry for the rest of this week, since I'm not supposed to eat anything.

Ha, weird. Maybe they've obfuscated the main exe to make the launcher compulsory then. I've previously used custom shortcuts for EU4 to avoid the launcher and (not Paradox, obviously) FO4 to direct to a mod/ ultrawidescreen enabled exe with no problems. I've also used the argument function to skip those annoying long and unskippable startup videos some other games have. I don't have vtmb2 though so can't check my end. (Since you're having problems running it otherwise I'd suggest verifying the install if you haven't already, it's always possible- not likely though- that something has gone wrong in the download/ extraction)

Not sure why but I'm getting Shadow Warrior vibes from this.

Looks like more sanctions on Russia https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0290 Aside, lol at the "radical left" crap on the top of the page.

I have tried both, the root folder and the "\Bloodlines 2\Bloodlines2\Binaries\Win64\Bloodlines2-Win64-Shipping.exe", executables with the same result. The "Launch.." shortcut directs to the launcher more clearly. True.

The magic of triple A titles on launch

It's pretty trivial to avoid Paradox's launcher if you want to. Redirect the shortcut (for non galaxy) to the main game executable rather than launcher.exe or use manage installation-->configure-->features-->custom executable (from the game's page) in galaxy to do the same.

the nfl thread is out of date, so am apologizing in advance to europeans and others who will need suffer a moment o' puzzlement. HA! Good Fun!

I have the game and here is a screenshot of the only gameplay I have experienced: The Paradox launcher mildly annoys me, but the firewall is handling it and the issue above is more significant. I suspect it is the usual UE5 thing (kindly, may Lumen and Nanites be gone), so I will try with Steam Deck later (not entirely sure how to install GOG games on it, but will try). I'd be more upset about it if I did not purchase it 5 years ago for a fraction of the current price. As is, I am just disappointed. --- Found the pre-rendered videos: Banu_BladedHand.mp4

I got my wisdom teeth out around 35 years old and it was not a fun time. Good luck with the recovery.

What a great game between OKC and Houston last night. I wasn't heavily invested in the game but I was rooting for Houston, who lost in double overtime after KD fouled out. I like OKC well enough, but for some reason I don't really care for SGA.

My spider buggy keeps glitching my game, and its web attack cannot hit close range. Buggies should be upgradable and have effect in the update

I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. My dentist and the surgeon thought they would be simple pulls because they'd all surfaced fully and without any major impacting, but they ended up having to cut into my gums and drill them apart because they had gnarly deep roots and refused to be pulled. 20-30m procedure turned into 3x that. Fun. The worst part so far was the anxiety leading up to it (I decided I'd be IV sedated...and that was almost certainly the right choice), but we'll see over the next few days.

There used to be a lizard boss in Grounded 1 and it would be a good idea. The could make somethin like a lizard claw blade. Instead of a frog mount, there should be a cricket one.

Make a multi element weapon and bring back the widow blade and prod smacker