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I'm also waiting for Breathedge to to release. I played with it a bit in beta and it is a bit odd. Definitely more quirky and silly than Subnautica. I got really into Below Zero a few months ago. I think it might be even better than the original when it comes to base building, and I like the brief above ground stuff and the fact there is actually other people alive out there somewhere. They definitely know how to pace advancement in these games, I always feel like I'm about the build something awesome. Below Zero is much smaller in terms of map, but it is still pretty sizeable. Handmade maps with biomes and very well crafted areas are so much more superior to the randomly generated maps that some survival games go with. Conan Exiles has the same attention to detail and it just makes it way more engaging for me.

Honestly I'd love to see all party members be horny bisexuals but all of them are completely uninterested in the player.

can't keep your eye on the ball, eh? the post you quoted included our observation that the trial were political and the law were a side show aspect. the conclusion were never in doubt. trump's acquittal were a pyrrhic victory. is unclear how devastating to the republicans were the loss. depending on how the covid and economic situation is the next couple years will be more significant than the trump trial, but again, the point o' the trial were never to change hearts and minds o' the mob. there were never any chance 17 republicans would do the right thing if the evidence warranted a conviction. decisions to acquit were made before the trial started. the acquittal were never in doubt. is why in an earlier post we observed how matt gaetz would actual be a superior choice for trump's defense 'cause were never 'bought lawyering. the point o' the trial were to make trump actions appear indefensible to some % o' voting republicans and then have republican senators need defend the indefensible. didn't need convince a large % o' republicans neither. were never gonna change the minds o' the base or other gibbering maniacs we all have come to know these past +4 years; you all know who you are. the aim were to change the pov o' a small percentage o' republicans and based on the recent election which trump lost, at least a few republicans with college educations were open to changing their minds. gonna remind you and others that enough republicans had recent chosen not-trump and that were before the chaos at the Capitol on january 6. the goal o' the trial for democrats were to cement for many republicans that they made the correct choice not voting for trump in 2020 and to make certain republicans in washington had to announce their approval or disavowal o' trump. the incompetence o' trump lawyers were clear to most, but it never needed be obvious to all. not apparent to skarp_one? big shock, eh? lindsey graham, in spite o' being spineless, were correct on one point. the trial and the excuses made for defending the indefensible has a serious chance o' haunting republicans in the years to come. the republican party is divided and the trial forced republicans to polarize further, which will make it more difficult to win in 2022. not impossible by any stretch. again, covid and the economy will be much bigger issues. ... however, am gonna admit call trump's acquittal "pyrrhic" is unfair... to pyrrhus. the greek general were a brilliant battlefield commander. hannibal included pyrrhus in his extreme short list o' the greatest military commanders in history: alexander, pyrrhus, himself. the field general efforts o' trump's lawyers do not make one think o' hannibal. maybe gideon pillow? gomer pyle perhaps? HA! Good Fun! ps we mentioned pillow with a certain self-aware irony 'cause as incompetent as he were on the battlefield, am understanding he had some success as an attorney after the civil war. perhaps pillow were a slip-and-fall lawyer? dunno.

There's a reason why I use an Assassin/Bleak Walker as a solo mule to farm all the gear I want to export. You can just kill anything (although in fights where you can't hide it's tricky).

It makes me feel really sad & old that the person wrote "that guy from Pink Floyd" rather than "David Gilmour" so that people would get the reference.

I will say this for Star Trek Beyond, it was at least better than the dumpster fire that was Into Darkness IMHO. You know, I became a Star Wars fan years before I became a Star Trek fan, yet when Star Wars became a steaming pile of garbage, it didn't hurt that much. When Star Trek lost its heart and soul and became yet another dumb action franchise, that really hurt. Oh well, they're both dead as far as I'm concerned now. To those that enjoy those franchises these days, more power to you. I've moved on.

That was squarely on him though. Star Trek: Beyond was Beyond crap, in my opinion. I have no idea how he fanboyed a decent movie into that dumpster fire. I actually contemplated leaving the cinema after that opening. I wish I had, at the end. Plot so dumb makes me dumberer for look at screen with eyes.

Been thinking about and testing my previous thought that the Tempest is better than the Beastmaster and have re-evaluated. I think that the Tempest is convincingly better than the Beastmaster in easy or average/run-of-the-mill fights. But the Beastmaster comes out ahead when it comes to taking out especially tough enemies: because of its accuracy and (this shouldn't be understated) Concussive Tranquilizer. CT utterly trivialises fights with enemies who use buffs for survivability, including many bosses but also enemies such as fighters spamming Unbending/Vigorous Defense who the Tempest could struggle to deal damage to. The Tempest is who you want when there are a bunch of trash mobs to smash, but the Beastmaster is who you need when there’s a problem. I’m also struck by just how squishy Berserkers are. Partly because you want your Druid to have high Might, so the self damage is pretty bad, but also because you can’t see their health while they are off smashing. More than once in not-too-much playing, my Tempest has died while the other characters were pretty healthy because I didn’t even know he needed attention. At this point I don’t think I’d declare one better than the other overall. Both are good builds which adopt the respective strengths of Barbarians and Rangers – Barbarians are good when they can get a lot of killing blows and Rangers are good at taking down especially tough enemies. You can argue that this makes Barbarians worse on balance because on-kill effects are essentially win-more while the Ranger's strengths have the opposite dynamic (they help you when you're struggling, not when you're already winning). But sometimes what you need is someone who can cut through a crowd with prejudice.

No way, yeah. Discovery and Picard I think finally killed Mike's capacity to endure anything. Used to be they sat through all Resident Evil films for some fun on Half in the Bag, but those days are gone, I guess. And I get it. Who wants to watch stuff like that all day, not even for money.

The Snyder Cut Justice League trailer is out. Here's my synopsis: In the darkest dark of the dark a dark will dark the darkest dark dark dark. DARK! *EVERYTHING EXPLODES* Fun fact: That synopsis fits for multiple Zack Snyder movies.

SyFy put the first two episodes of that new sci-fi/comedy Resident Alien series on their YouTube channel. I don't know if they'll put up any more, but I watched those. And it's great. I mean, it's totally silly, but great. To quote one of the top comments under the 1st episode: "Alan Tudyk is an intergalactic treasure that must be preserved". Such an adorkable hottie. Also, he's killing it in terms of the fish out of water alien in human disguise mannerisms. The whole cast is pretty good, humor is right up my alley. I hope they don't cancel it mid-season or something. At least finish a full season first.

I said before I side with the memes, but fishing is fine too. Better post this here than in the funny thread, just in case.

I always preferred reading about games, than watching videos about games, sooo websites going bat****crazy about whatever politics really was big letdown for me You know, I still rather read review from you guys here on OBS board, than to go watch something

Hey guys, The idea of creating this topic is so that we can give suggestions that are grouped and easy to find. If we have a concentrated topic of information and supporting new ideas, it is easier to mobilize producers to add the ideas 1. New fruit trees for the backyard: With the new fruits, it will be possible to extract sugar, peels and food. Thus it will be possible to create bombs, traps and materials to change the colors of the base and model of the backpacks. It will also be possible to create new items of ornaments (furniture, pictures and clothes) 2. New plants and flowers in the yard The possibility of adding other types of flowers that can be useful for creating clothes, backpacks, paints and insect traps. In addition to being used in some armor. It would be interesting to have new types of grass and new plants that provide us with stems. 3. Chance of climate change The temperature was colder at night. There were rainy and hot periods. Thus, clothes and heating for each climate would be necessary. with rain it is necessary to be able to create new items for displacement and protection in the yard. In addition to strong winds that can topple the base or cause damage. 4. New insects and animals Predators that have their own location and times. Be common in hot or rainy weather, day or night. For example: Small frogs, common at night, next to the logo and which are more common when it rains. From it we can use leather to make armor, the tongue to make rope or a better bow, gladula to make bombs and arrows and food. Scorpion, common near stones and woods. Predator of insects such as flies, ****roaches, crickets, grasshoppers, rats and rival of the Spider Wolf and Mantis. We can take his armor bark from him, tweezers to make spears and daggers, legs to make chairs, tables and climbing hooks. Praying Mantis, strong and aggressive predator. Common on top of plants. In addition to flying for short spaces, he can climb the base and other places. Two more new types of ant camponotus and Solenopsis richteri. A common ant in trees and wood, ideal for expanding the scenery and another very good for creating new colonies. Sometimes the 03 species of ant in the game war with each other and with other animals in the game. Important candles collect grasses, petals and foods that fall in the garden. Crickets, great prey for spiders, scorpion and mantis. Also a challenge kills them since they can defend themselves with jumps. From it we can collect the legs, head and meat. With it we can create a new ax, helmet, climbing hook. Grasshoppers, great prey for predators. Flying and jumping insect like cricket. It is bigger and more aggressive. It is common to see him eating grass and leaves. The base is constantly attacked by him. ****roaches, release an odor that scares your predators (or not). It is aggressive and common around the house and woods. Night and day butterflies, Constantly flying in the yard. Food for predators. From it we can collect the Wings, legs, head and flesh. Dragonflies, common in puddles in the backyard. Food for predators. From it we collect wings, legs, head and meat. Earthworms and centipedes, common underground and present in rotten tree trunks. Termites, common in woods in the garden. Ants rival. Extremely aggressive 5. New fish and aquatic animals New species of large and small fish, possibility to find fish eggs in the lake. The lake becomes more difficult and hostile with frogs, fish and a more lively and aggressive biome. Water spiders and leech, present in other places in the garden that have water 6. New species of birds hummingbird, present in the place of flowers. Aggressive and fast. sparrow, flying through the yard and making nests. Their eggs, feathers and feces are easily found. Insect predator 7. New weapons and armor Possibility of creating new weapons such as ax, ropes, daggers, spear arrows, crossbows, swords, mallets, hammers, bombs and traps. Creation of armor such as cricket helmets, scorpion armor, fins with parts of fish, ****roach or bedbug perfume, ant perfume. Harpoon and rope, ideal to be used in the lake for hunting. 8. New clothes and models of backpacks. With new flowers and fruit trees, as well as other insects and birds, it will be possible to create clothes for the climate, in addition to just changing the look. Create backpacks with models of insects, fruits and feathers and with different colors. 9. New items Extract oil from nuts and petals. Extract sugar from fruits. Parts of new insects. New foods thrown in the garden. 10. New buildings Parachutes built from parts of butterflies and other insects. Hang Gliders, created from the wings of dragonflies and feathers, as well as other parts of insects. Scaffolding to be used in zip lines. Thus it will be possible to transport resources throughout the yard. Vertical scaffolding, to automatically climb ridges to the highest part of the building. Canoes, should be used on rainy days and move around the lake. Useful for hunting fish and other animals in the backyard that lives in the water. 11. Grounded fixes. The fish armor, being made of bone and scale, must be the toughest in the game. Insects and animals must have their exact location in the yard, however it must be common to walk elsewhere. Reason, make nests, own and hunt prey. Aggressive insects must attack other insects, as well as having their prey eaten. Be common insect fight in the yard.

Good old Recep Tayyip Erdogan going a bit mental at everyone having completely asterisked up a hostage rescue operation*. It's everyone's fault apart from his, especially his domestic Kurdish political enemies and the US. Probably Gulen, Israel, Iraq, students, gays, Syrian refugees, Greece, Armenia and Iran too. Coincidentally Turkey's economy is going down the gurgler as the funny money fiscal policy and building bubble burst, and he's getting publicly bent over by China over vaccine supply and being forced to abandon support for the Uighurs, not exactly a great look for someone who has tried to make themself the poster child for pan Turkism (despite Erdogan being ethnic Georgian, not Turkic, himself). Ultimately that's the problem with using military adventurism to boost popularity artificially- it's temporary, so you have to do it semi constantly with diminishing returns; and if things don't work out as you want it has the reverse effect and you lose popularity. He'll probably try and ban the domestic Kurdish party soon, though overall that shouldn't have too much effect since HDP voters will 99% go for CHP over the pro Erdogan alternatives. *while the headline says the victims were civilians, as claimed by Turkey, they were definitely non civilian police and army personnel. And there are a lot of rumours that the hostages were not executed but died either in a drone strike or during fighting. After all they had been held long term without execution prior to this.

Yep very true in late DLC fights, but you can hide and play around with your targets in so many ways. With max Arcana and Deep Pockets, you could for instance use Withdraw 30 times, each time completely removing you from the fight for 30+ sec. Of course it's not a fun way to play and Withdraw has a dangerous recovery time, but I'm just making the point - knowing that you are the king of DoT, it's potentially OP to be able to wait around for the DoT to do its job. It is also a unique way to force stealth after casting a ticking spell like Greater Maelstrom or Meteor Shower that would break your stealth otherwise. I've also trivialized Arena fight with like 2 Earth Talon scrolls to shut down a healer and 2 Plague of Insect scrolls to eliminate their pals. I know (and appreciate) that you don't like scrolls. But it's just so good with an Assassin! A lot of fights can also be done in a very different way if you approach with a full stealth mindset. For example, the FS Oratory fight: you can stay out of combat for a long time as long as you don't go either side where the enchanted armors are. You can stay on the bridge, withstand the oculus attacks, kill one obelisk with an arquebus, then kill the 2 mirror images that spawn on the other side, all in stealth and renewing resources. Then start the proper fight at your convenience by either going one side and kill one batch of animated armor after the other, or decide to aggro everybody by unexpectedly shooting the last obelisk still from the central bridge. Maybe it's something that everybody knows already, but I liked decomposing this fight in a very different way with this build than I had before.

Hi @dgray62 I'm so glad you're enjoying this build! I know you've played your fair share of optimized toons in Deadfire so it's great to hear . It sounds like you've had the same kind of jaw-dropping moments that I had when a stealth attack perfectly falls into place. As far as skills, for most of the game I think it's nice to reach (all permanent bonuses included): 13 Mechanics, so with Burglar's Gloves and occasionally Thief's Putty you can open everything in the game, including the Mechanics 18 lock in Splintered Reef that doesn't have a key. Maybe you won't open everything in Forgotten Sanctum but who cares. Diplomacy 13 let me handle everything I wanted to handle in a diplomatic way. You have of course items and consumables if needed if you want to go further. Something like 10-12 in Athletics and Survival. With the occasional item if needed to pass checks (Burglar Glove etc). Stealth in total at 8 is more than enough. When it is time to shift gears with the end game DLC fights, go crazy on Arcana. You can easily reach 22 or 24 Arcana with your skills and gear. That's a lot of PL scaling on those mean scrolls to let you dominate thos big fights .

Another good reason to go through with this build....exporting gear for future runs.

I'm getting to experience snow and a hard freeze or the first time. It sucks.

Not So Clever Hound, I'm really impressed by how powerful this build is. I have not previously played solo or a assassinate from stealth sort of build, but I am amazed by how well it works. Having just reached Neketaka, where skill checks abound, I was wondering how high you recommend that one invests in the various skills. I know that you recommend investments in Arcana, Athletics, and Mechanics, Stealth, Diplomacy & Survival, but I was wondering if you could be more specific in recommending how many points to invest in each. Having never played solo before, any advice here would be most helpful. Needless to say, I'll get visit all the trainers ASAP and will consume an Luminous Adra Potion, and will keep the various unguents and gear with skill bonus on hand. With these bonii in mind, how do you recommend investing the limited skill points available?

I hope you didn't miss the after credits scene.

Hi, gonna make a chanter with this weapon for my next playthrough and i'm really wondering which class combo i should use for reliable/efficient phrase farming. Don't have much time to run test them so maybe will you be able to help me with advice. Weapon set 1 : Sacha singing scimitar (refresh empower point for more use ) + slayer claw (+1 tier might inspiration for barbarians/pala/fighter) or Kitchen stove (if hellwalker multi) Weapon set 2 : Blightheart Strat is simple,start fight with weapon set 1, get hit by a might inspiration, cast empower eld nary, then switch to weapon set 2. Bellower vs Skald Bellower as a much highter ceiling for damage (those PL bonus are not negligeable : +6 for eld nary = +3 jump, + 30%damage + 2 Pen (with amulet of power)), but skald's invocation are cheaper and skald should be better vs boss cause you can swap bligheart for your melee set and go crit farming. 2. Helwalker vs berseker vs assassin vs bleakwalker Hellwalker : Pro : Getting 35 might and 30 intel will be easy, allowing more damage and duo chant (myth fyr+the reload one). Accuracy bonus + fire lash + elec lash + T2 might inspiration + Dex inspiration is cherry on top. Con : stunning blow is the only special attack usable at range and is not a great finisher. -> If you equip bligheart and flagellant path to an ennemy, will the crits work for skald's phrase generation ? Berseker : Pro : T2 might (becoming t3)+ no recovery on kill make an easy kill farmer. Barbaric blow is an amazing finisher; Con : Lesser might/int than hellwalker = no duo chant and less powerfull invocation. Assasin : for this one i'm not sure how eld nary's bounce take assassinate in consideration does they keep the bonus after the first bounce? Pro : Hight accuracy/pen from stealth, Finishing blow + deathblow make near death target easy kill; Con : no might and no dex bonus. You will exaust guile quite quicly. Not sure it work with eld nary. Bleakwalker : Pro : Sworn rival + FoD is nice for finishing near death ennemy (cheap, and hight accuracy+damage). Eternal devotion lash apply to invocation; Con : no might and no dex bonus. Cruel gameplay (RP > all). Not sure which composition of these class will be the most effective/fun on a full playthrough (POTd upscalled). Any preference ? Edit : corrected slayer claw for barbarian

Interesting. I just tested this and Assassinate works perfectly well with Killing Bolt, as the Blightheart lash and any other DMG goodie I have. By the way, to your earlier point about Minoletta's PPB: it can reach a PEN of 33 on crit with Assassinate, potentially more. Guaranteed overpen on all enemies with up to 16 pierce AR, which means more DMG and more lash from Blightheart. EDIT: Actually with Crusted Swordfish you can reach 36 PEN with Minoletta PPB! I just got the overpen bonus on Ikorno who was at Pierce AR = 18. Cool!

I noticed something weird with Killing Bolt when I wanted to combine it with Ranger's Takedown Combo (+100% dmg): while all other single target spells I tried worked normally (meaning they got the +100% bonus for the dmg roll just fine), Killing Bolt's log entry said it got +100% - but the rolled dmg wasn't doubled. More like +50% or so. I didn't investigate further because I went along playing that Geomancer and forgot to - but now I remember. Maybe Assassinate + Killing Bolt might have the same problem?

No worries - the important point (Blightheart on Chanter = 1 phrase per whatever kill) was made - so just go wild.

Most builds are better as MC than as custom adventurer because you can get some story-talents etc. and in case of priest and paladin also better Holy Radiance/Faith and Conviction. In this case it's pretty fitting to make it MC because most of the story talents you can get and which give you a bonus need pretty evil decisions - and a Priest of Skean has no problem with making those decisions. But all in all it's not a big deal. A priest will always be a great addition to a party no matter if MC or not. It's just a little bit of a plus what the MC gets compared to the hireling. Not game changing by any means. Also a lot of people don't like to play an evil MC - so using an evil hireling (who has nothing to say anyway) is a good alternative. Background doesn't really matter. Pick what suits you best.

Finished watching For All Mankind. This was great. It's an alternate timeline where the Russians get to the moon first and the space race doesn't end and eventually both Americans and Russians have a moon base each. A lot of historical footage used from the likes of JFK, Nixon and Ted Kennedy. They play on how the Russians had the first man in space as well as the first woman in space. The woman aspect is well done with the Americans playing catch up. And then it turns to the race to get a base on the moon first. The science is pretty accurate, even with the ice on the moon.

Just finished R.

You just used "SyFy" and "good" in the same post. You can bet dollars to donuts that it ends up being cancelled.

I think this is false. Even ufologists have stated so. Somebody requested information about crashed UFOs and got an answer but there was nothing specific about UFOs, I think. After my disappointment with the recent X-Files episodes, I started following UFO related news (it's basically the same mythology, they put the same things in the X Files, like human-alien hybrids, secret planes, etc). This "disclosure" is quite a mess. They say the government was forced to acknowledge UFOs exists after those videos were leaked, but that makes no sense. The videos were low quality and have been debunked. The Pentagon could simply say they were drones and nobody would question it, except the people who already believed in UFOs. So it seems the government wanted to announce this and so have more people believing in this. Maybe to disguise secret airplanes? But then why do something so elaborated, with pilots claiming to have seen objects that are essentially warping space and now even senators are talking openly about it? And the funniest part is that the majority of the public continues to not care at all. lol It reminds me of something I read in Blindsight, a sci-fi book about first contact:

Being escapist from everything, taking a step away from the RPG slice of things to swim around the ocean in Subnautica. I seem to have slid into that batch of survival / build games of late...

Depends on what the sediment is. Lime deposits are neutrally buoyant for example. Iron deposits can leave you with clear water but scale residue once it evaporates. These kinds of suspended solids are not harmful in the quantities you are likely to have coming from a natural water source. But they definitely affect quality. A 100 micron filter would likely eliminate 95% of suspended and fix the taste. so long as your water is not too acidic. If it IS acidic that is what you need to fix. You could test the PH pretty easily. anything below 7.2 or above 8.4 is not going to taste good. If the water is too "soft" or too "hard" a water softener will fix that. The fact that you only notice the difference in the summer leads me to believe it's environmental rather than chemical. For example in the summer the ground isn't frozen so rainfall causes collected metals, carbon and calcium in the soil over the winter to filter into the aquifer. So filtration is likely all you need to worry about. If you don't mind throwing a little money at the problem a reverse osmosis filter will cure almost all water problems. Low volume RO's are cheap but but one for the whole house will set you back more than a few Euros. But I suspect a more dense filter will fix your problem based on the way you described it.

To be fair Biden also had his big day when one of his staffers had to resign for abusing a female reporter. Go Biden. Now you only need a sexual assault and pedophilia charges to complete a Democratic Administration bingo. And it hasn't been a month.

Look at you guys complaining about Kingmaker's Kingdom building minigame even though it went through several patches and now actually works. Back when I played we had to hike up a mountain backwards every time we wanted to go to school. No, actually, it was so broken you constantly had to edit the save game to fix the variable states for upgrades and promotions to work properly (and even then most of the craftsmen didn't show up for me). And it made the secret ending unavailable, what with that curse research counter not doing what it should (for me, my game was a mess of bugs). Tides of Numenera just had a handful of encounters, and almost all of them were optional. They realized that PS:T's combat elements hurt the game, but created weird interactive novel with stats and a whole caracter system that felt wasted by not doing any encounters, and said encounters were often cumbersome and slow. Not to mention buggy. Oh, and it was unecessarily verbose and overwritten. Still liked it better than Pillars of Eternity: The Quest for Balance. As for gameplay of the IE games, my experience was slightly different, but at that point I had some years of playing AD&D games under my belt. Having the manual for the game was nice because I finally got to read how all the stats are calculated and all, but I figured out how to, uhm, approach stats and magic in AD&D from games like Eye of the Beholder by careful observation and experimentation (it's not like I understood a lick of what was on the screen in Eye of the Beholder, I was nine or ten at the time). And boy was I happy that my characters ate without me having to click on food in Baldur's Gate. Worst mechanic ever, or maybe tied with money taking up inventory space or having weight. Or both.

Played a mission in Troubleshooter that went very bad very soon. 12 bosses to defeat. After each the option to retreat. Lost 4 of 8 SWAT support and 3 out of 8 of my characters (+ my beastmaster's pet) before I took out the first boss. Retreated when the boss suiciderushed someone with high melee damage and counter attack. Game gave me an EXCELLENT mission ranking. They keep using that word. I don't think it means what they think it means.

Is anyone still caring about game journalism? I haven't checked out game reviews in years.

I've enjoyed Beastmaster Shifter for a couple of playthroughs! A nice tech is Scordeo's Trophy with Strategic Blitz. With Gunner+Driving Flight you can get 4+ stacks of Strategic Blitz in a heartbeat and then shift without needing to wait for reload. Massive attack speed increase. This works on any Shifter build, but Beastmaster makes the most of it. I'm currently running a Shifter/Berserker (a more min-maxed version of the last Tempest build I posted here a while back) and so far I think it's stronger than the Beastmaster (though can't say definitively yet). I've also played a Helwalker/Shifter and that was pretty crazy, but most of the damage ended up coming from spells so it'd have been better as an Ancient. I tried a Trickster up to maybe level 11 but it wasn't as exciting as I was hoping...maybe when it gets deathblows it'd knock my socks off? @theleereading about your disruptor theurge build in your guide, I want to see if the current Tempest can get in on some of those shenanigans late-game with Slayer's Claw giving it Energized. Those pulsing Druid spells interrupting on crits sounds like a great time!

Another OP build is Berserker/Troubadour or /Beckoner with Grave Calling ench. with Chilling Grave. You summon Ancient Brittle Bones, start Berserker Frenzy and attack one of your own skeletons. It will die and proc Chilling Grave (foe only Chillfog normally but you are confused, making it cause friendly fire) which will kill all the other skellies, all triggering more Chilling Graves. The replacement skellies will get summoned automatically - which will also die instantly and proc more Chillfogs. Meanwhile Many Lives Pass By will summon a big skellie every 3 secs (or 6 if Beckoner) which automatically runs towards the enemy and dies from the chillfogs, triggerning another chillfog. All chilling graves profit from weapon quality and weapon dmg bonuses (like legendary, One Stands Alone, Blooded, Bloody Slaughter, Killer's Gloves and whatnot). The paralyzing effect "Grave Bound" also gets tirggered by the chillfogs so you have perma-paralyzed enemies who stand in dozens and more chillfogs, dying. This all happens in a matter of seconds (and will freeze your GPU if it's too weak). If you want you can also cast Avenging Storm because every hitt roll of those Chillfogs will trigger it (official weapon attack) - but it's totally not necessary imo. Things die superfast anyway.

He is not a troll, though, and his response to your original post was quite justified, even if it was harsh. If you read your original post again, you should be able to notice that it is not particularly reasonable: it is petulant, right down to the vocabulary you use (feces, grey and boring, boring weakling, etc.). You can be mightily dissatisfied with Obsidian's approach, and there's nothing wrong with that, but if you choose the tone you chose, you can't really complain if others think you're quite childish.

There are plenty of extremely overpowered builds left - but since you chose to post in a 5-year-old-is-pissy way I don't feel particulary inclined to share them with you.

Thinking of going back to the beginning....

I think the saddest thing would be not getting an end to what was supposed to be a trilogy. Deadfire is very unsatisfactory as an ending. So many unanswered questions. Maybe avowed will answer those? But I doubt they would confuse new players by having it be a sequel to deadfire. If we never get a POE3 then I hope avowed or an eora based game eventually does answer those questions