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Im playing Assassins Creed Valhalla now, the last time I played an AC game was in 2021 and that was Odyssey which I thoroughly enjoyed Ubisoft games like Far Cry and AC are always the same for me, you have lots of fun initially and there always engaging side activities but then I start getting bored and I just focus on finishing the main narrative Valhalla is fun so far, I like Viking mythology and culture and Ubisoft always delivers on recreating a believable historical world @Gorth I am sure when you read this post you were immediately concerned. We have had numerous discussions through the years about the terrible historical injustice, slavery and Colonialism your Viking ancestors inflicted on my Anglo-Saxon ancestors What if playing Valhalla triggers me and creates RL trauma for me from what happened in the past? Do you think I will be okay I suppose I can just stop playing if it becomes too painful and emotional

This is my concern, it makes sense for the US to occupy various islands in the Straits to reduce the ability of Iran to attack ships But whats stopping Iran from then bombing these islands? Iran wouldnt do this on Kharg island because that would destroy there own oil infrastructure but the other islands they could

Hi, a dual pistol Paladin may not need the good defenses he or she naturally comes with, but it's not bad to have a ranged Paladin standing among the backline/behind the front line. Stuff like the zealous auras and also White Flames (healing in Flames of Devotion) but also Shared Flames (burning lash for your party members who stand near) work better if your party members don't move too much - which usually is the case with fellow party members with ranged weapons. And you will be standing among them. One of my best Paladin characters was a dual pistol Kind Wayfarer (single class) and it was a LOT more practical than I imagined it first. Arcane Archer is a great class imo. It has a little flaw though (if you are not using the Community Patch mod): the damaging imbued shots (Missiles, Fireball) don't scale their penetration. This makes them lackluster in the late game. However, I personally think the other, non-damaging imbued effects (Binding Web and Pull of Eora) are much better anyway. Other classes that work well with pistols and might bring a "magic bullets" kind of vibe in combination with a Rogue: Cipher: the accuracy bonus from Borrowed Instincts work very well on addition to the pistol modal Rushed Reload, which is excellent if you can balance out the accuracy debuff Wizard: the Essential Phantom you can summon will carry all your items, including the pistols, in Deadfire. A Wizard can also prolong all benefical effects on them with Wall of Draining. There is a special pistol in Deadfire that gives you a stacking recovery bonus. If you prolong each stack you can reach incredible shooting and casting speed. Chanter: Sure-Handed Ila works with pistols and applies its -20% recovery bonus twice (!) to reloading weapons. It doesn't stack with Rushed Reload, but you can then achieve similar reloading speeds without the accuracy loss. If you pick a Troubadour with enough INT you can overlap Sure Handed Ila and Aefyllath Uses Mith Fyr which is a great DPS boost for you and any other party member who attacks with weapons, especially ranged ones and extra especially the ones with reloading weapons. All these have the benefit that they have more options than pure shooting which adds a lot of versatility. I think I personally would like the Kind Wayfarer option best. The healing while shooting is very useful and leads to great action economy. The accuracy of Flames of Devotion (especially if combined with the early Ring of Focused Flames) is enough to balance out the accuracy loss of Rushed Reload. So you will have a fast shooter with high reactivity who's also doing high dmg per hit and can do support and healing (on the fly and actively with Lay on Hands etc.), too. It's a complete package and a good combo imo. Also a Rogue/Paladin will be more sturdy/have better defenses than most other Rogue combos and most backline/ranged characters - which usually leads to less enemies targeting you. That means they won't bother you as much and that can remove a lot of potential frustration where you'd have to heal yourself, run away etc. Cheers!

more oil facility hit at russia new middle east war certainly greatly changed power dynamic of eastern europe too wonder how it will play out

I think almost every state in the union is subject to some sort of potential natural disaster. We've got hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, wild fires, earthquakes, floods, blizzards, tidal waves, droughts, landslides, dust storms, and so forth. One of the few states that seem a little safe is Michigan, at least until the next ice age.

are there console commands so we can fix this ourselves ? edit: there is the console enabler (SML) on nexus mods that you can download as for quest names im still looking.. edit2: also found the quest name 0604_pq_thearchive but no commands worked trying to restart it... I tried this (pressed ` twice to open the full console) StartQuest 0604_pq_thearchive it does not give an "Command not recognized" error but the quest stage is not reset either.... I suspect the console commands for questing do not work... this is how I found the quest name : I used Fmodel and opened The Outer Worlds 2\Arkansas\Content\Paks\Arkansas-Windows.ucas (72GB) and then for this file Arkansas/Content/Exported/BaseGame/Localized/enus/Text/Text_enus.uasset I used right click - Save properties in json format (a folder Output will be created with the json file) oh and also for this to work you also need to download TOW2 Unreal Mappings .usmap for FModel (nexus mods) and in Fmodel settings - General - Mapping File Path you browse for that file.. maybe someone else figures this out... funny enough I actually spent more time on this then if I loaded the game and played though the thing again (30m~) But its a thing of principle.. this is a MAIN QUEST AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN !!!

Hello! I just completed PoE1 and absolutely loved it. I played a pistolero Rogue and wanted to keep that going in the sequel as well but I'm having some real bad choice paralysis and would appreciate some tips and pointers. The character fantasy I'm looking for is something like the Freelancers from the ICON ttrpg if that says anything to anyone. TLDR gunslinger with magical bullets or attacks. The first thing that came to mind was Arcane Archer Scout but I'm a bit iffy on the animal companion (Even though something like Ghostheart would fit with Freelancer's astral chain gimmick.) That is at the moment my most favoured pick but I'm still a little hung up on actually making it work. Holy Slayer seems fun and fairly functional even with dual wielded guns since flames of devotion counts as a full attack. Bleak Walker seems the optimal pick for the free sickened but the rp flavour is a little restrictive so I'm leaning on Kind Wayfarers. I'm a bit worried a backline or even mid-range gunner might be wasting Paladin's excellent defenses and I'm not really interested in playing a tank. The next option I was thinking of was Spellblade with either enchantment or illusion but I'm a little scared it might end up with too little support for the guns themselves. Could still potentially be interesting. For weapons I'm mostly fine with all types of firearms, though dual wielded pistols or blunderbusses are calling me. I am also aware of the Street Fighter/Blunderbuss modal interaction but I'm a little wary of friendly fire since I'm not doing a solo run or anything. Every opinion and tip helps!

Started a fresh playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas on PC after years of playing it on PS3. Got the Ultimate Edition as well.

The sniper thing from stealth or invisibility is nice at the beginning but doesn't really hold up later imo because the damage per shot isn't climbing as much as the enemies' health pools are. Assassin is really good in combination with spellcasters though. The high accuracy from stealth/invisibility is very useful then. If you want to maximize the damage per shot from stealth/invisibility you can try Assassin/Bleak Walker and pick up Dragon's Dowry and the Ring of Focused Flames. The second option Streetfighter/Kind Wayfarer works very well right away because it's pretty front loaded with good abilities. But it also keeps getting good new abilities on the way. Great damage dealer and good healer rolled in one.

Alexander Brandon the composer of many all time classic soundtracks, including Deus Ex, Tyrian, Mask of the Betrayer, Storm of Zehir, cannot get a full time job. https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/its-brutal-out-there-deus-ex-and-unreal-composer-says-hes-submitted-50-resumes-and-gotten-one-interview-in-the-last-year/

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So, the 'big gift' Iran gave Trump was allowing ten ships (from friendly to Iran countries) through Hormuz. Or in other words Trump just got manipulated into admitting Iran controls the Straits. By a strategem that's barely better than 'pull my finger' or giving him a big beautiful gift of updog.

First: Thanks for the detailed input! Really put some ideas in my mind. Rogue(Assassin)/Ranger(Sharpshooter) | Arquebus Rogue(Streetfighter)/Paladin(Kind Wayfarer) | Blunderbuss Would be the combinations i'm most interested in. Which would you say is the better option? Or rather, likely to work better? The first has some nice sniper vibes, which i enjoy!

Possibly. Just like the woke detector rubes that think they affect game sales, vocal minorities tend to inflate their impact. Hogwarts Legacy is a good example of this, since it got hit by both sides of the argument. The reality is it was a very good game, critically acclaimed, sold well, and still ended up in trouble because WB is bad at business. The controversy around it had little effect.

Hm... depends on the difficulty. On anyting lower than PotD I think it's fine - as long as you don't try to be the main tank. Arcane Knight is a pretty strong class combo in general due to the combination of Wizard's self buffs + Paladin's passives. On PotD it's more difficult to tank enemies without a shield because the enemies' accuracy is higher and also their penetration. So a bit more experience is good to have in that case. I think for a first playthrough something like Herald or Crusader is pretty forgiving no matter the difficulty setting.

Hi! Besides Cipher there are lots of good options: Ranger - obviously Chanter - Sure-Handed Ila's -20% reload/recovery time bonus is applied twice to reloading weapons such as guns, which is very good Paladin - especially Kind Wayfarer with dual pistols or blunderbusses: White Flames procs twice when dual wielding. Nice damage and nice healing at the same time. Monk - extremely good with your possible companion Serafen's hand mortars: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/133662-class-build-the-mortar-monk-bombed-aoe-disabler-and-atomizer/ Rogue - in general but especially Streetfighter with two blunderbusses + blunderbuss modal "Poweder Burns": Powder Burns distracts the shooter which automatically unlocks the Streetfighter passive "Heating Up" which reduces reloading time by 50% and gives +50% extra Sneak Attack damage, very potent And then any mix of those. For example Arcane Archer (Ranger)/Troubadour(Chanter) is one of my favorite combos because Gunner and Sure-Handed Ila stack their reloading speed bonuses and Driving Flight + Aefyllath Ues Mith Fyr do improve damage per hit a lot. Real nice with arquebus, especially Dragon's Dowry packs a good punch and is relatively fast that way. The Red Hand is always great. Streetfighter (Rogue)/Helwalker (Monk) with dual mortars and a focus on using Stunning Surge is also very good. I don't find Fighter particularly good with guns except some gimmiky builds. Other classes such as Barbarian also don't make too much sense with guns . It's doable but there are no good synergies. For example Blood Thirst doesn't work with reloading weapons and that's a pity. Single class Druid has one special build with Avenging Storm and hand mortars (or regular blunderbusses) which is very good - but only works at high levels, before that it's nothing special. Wizard can use blunderbusses and an Essential Phantom (it gets your weapons) in combiantion with Combusting Wounds - which is pretty nice but feels a but one-trick-pony-ish. But then on the other hand: a Wizard/Ranger with Driving Flight and hand mortars + Combusting Wounds would be pretty devastating against certain mobs. Priest can work but has nothing special for guns.

Dollars to donuts that it's in the single digit percent.

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My family rewatches the movies yearly, usually around the holidays. We also have wands and a few items that we've taken to Universal Studios a few times. I'm not sure I'm into an HBO series though. It seems very early for a reboot, but maybe I'm wrong. HBO also seems like a strange place to launch a show that is really supposed to appeal to young people first and foremost. I mean that was the brilliance of the books and the movies. The superfans basically grow up with the characters. Granted JK Rowlings has alienated a good chunk of the fanbase, but like with Hogwarts Legacy, the IP has outgrown the author quite a bit.

Hey! First time playing PoE2 and i really, really enjoy some guns in my fantasy setting! x3 So what classes/multiclasses could work well with guns as their main focus? I used a gun/cipher in PoE1 and want to do something different now. Been looking at Chanter, Rogue or some Fighter combination? Paladin? Rogue? Not sure, as the system is just sooo different from everything else i've been playing. I'd also appriciate some rec's for the Statspread and all! ^^

You think this build is decent for first playthrough? Thanks :)

Archaeologists may have found the grave of the legendary "fourth musketeer" - Ars Technica

I've reported more than 100 videos as 'ai slop' over the last month, and the algorithm is starting to give me VHS rips like these instead. Not sure what the hillbilly vibe is about, I'm definitely a city slicker. I don't hate it, especially compared to the slop. Behold, It's whole seminar.

If redacted does deploy US troops to the small Iranian islands, they are probably going to have to stay there for a lengthy deployment. They will be subject to bombardment from the mainland, plus defending against raids and drones. It could be a steady hemorrhaging from troop fatalities, which will tank public support. I don't see this turning out well.