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Did you read your own review? "Everything was great. Game was a letdown."

I find it hilarious the country that changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico and wants to rename Greenland to Red and Blue Land is threatening to close their consulate in Johannesburg over the change of a street name

Yes you are right, I misunderstood the point.. i read in diagonal sometime

i'm not quite sure if i understood you correctly, or you misunderstood boeroer but I just want to say that effectively Bullet Time doesn't work. It says -100% reload time, but there's a minimum reload time for all reloading weapons. If you're extremely slow, you'll notice a speed up, but if you're close to the minimum reload time (not hard to hit when dual-wielding with dual-wielding style) there's barely a difference. but boeroer's basic point is that once you're recovering from a non-reloading weapon, you're stuck waiting for recovery, so I don't quite see how a reload time adjustment would be useful here.

Ja Rule and me are appalled. It was weird to see the crowd moving like that, but so far no one saw or recorded what actually caused it. The sound cannon from the pictures I saw should be fairly obvious, but I wouldn't put it past them...

in fact, IIRC, the increased damage bonus from ascending is universal, so not just weapon damage. so even if you forget, you still will be doing more damage across the board than a normal cipher. though tbqh i would kill for a mod that puts a gigantic dialog box or message the moment you ascend, i do agree that it can be rough to remember in casual situations (e.g. outside of using a weapon ability that basically guarantees you max focus)

It would be hilarious if they got hit with the Brown Note: Brown note - Wikipedia I wish we had that here.

Besides not noticing, your problem might also be that Rod + Blast has a very long recovery time. You ascend from the shot + Blast - but then you have to wait for a long time until the recovery of the rod is finished before being able to cast. And that cast will also have animation time. For an Ascendant it's best to ascend with a shot from a reloading weapon (or from a weapon you have short or even 0 recovery with). The reason is that reloading - unlike recovery - can be canceled. So for example you would shoot with an arquebus and ascend - and then start casting a spell immediately (preferably one with only 0.5 secs casting time). You could still use a Rod + Blast at first but switch to a reloading weapon once you suspect that the next weapon hit might ascend you. In general you want to speed up animation time and recovery times, too - in order to squeeze as many spell uses into the Ascension phase as possible. You can prolong your ascended status with more INT and with items that do "+X% beneficial effects duration". Those are Strand of Favor (amulett) and Cabalist's Gambeson for example. Easiest is to find some +INT items and pit them on - and then maybe get a +INT Litany from your party's Priest. If you have a Priest you can later extend Ascension with the spell "Salvation of Time". And if your Ascendant casts "Ancestor's Memory" (Power Level 7) on the Priest then the Priest can prolong your Ascension for the whole fight. At that point all the recovery/reloading/whatever doesn't matter much anymore. You will cast all stuff for free then. PS: not noticing being ascended isn't that bad imo. Unlike other Cipher's Soul Whip which turns off at max focus, yours will even do more weapon damage while ascended. So once you have a good DPS weapon (like Frostseeker) it's not so bad to just keep firing with increased damage.

Nobody would have expected this to happen!

Hah, I thought the same.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/19/ukraine-war-briefing-russian-drone-strikes-immediately-follow-trump-putin-talks

What do you mean? Didn't you see that the democrats wore matching pink blazers and waving paddles? Ignore that some rogue texan senator stood up and shouted at trump, he's been censured. The Democrats are complicit. Plenty of people are angry about it, but they're probably busy sending angry messages on twatter or meta. They either need to start a general strike or use the 2A, neither of which will happen.

Hey all, just to update here - We are working on pushing this patch live very soon, we are just waiting for final word on certification and then we should be good to go. Thanks for understanding and apologies for the long timeline on this one, we just wanted to be extra sure we got all the platforms in line and gave plenty of time for folks to get eyes on the beta. Will update soon!

Combat: The combat actually feels pretty good. I like being able to mix and match styles. It severely lacks depth for me. Once I hit level 20, which was maybe around halfway, I'd seen everything there was to see and it became boring. Quality of gear should determine the stats/enchants of said gear which affects the damage received/inflicted to/from enemies. I do not like the current design. I also found it quite strange that parry was in the skill tree. Items/Gear: I do not like the quality system/ upgrade system in this game. I like accessories, boots, gloves, uniques. I also think upgrade materials are too scarce. 1 merchant in each zone that sells an unlimited supply of the previous zones materials would've made me happy. Food is pretty strong in this game. The ranger upgrade for the better recipes has some pretty insane buffs. Exploration: Gorgeous maps to explore that have been well designed. Great hiding spots for the treasure. It was fun looking for them when I hear the sparkle. It started to feel like a chore to get resources to upgrade the gear though. Audio: Music was great, sound design was great I have no complaints. Story: I enjoyed the story. It didn't hit like Tyranny did. The writing wasn't as mature. It was a good premise however and I enjoyed being in the world of Eora again. Sidequests: A certain beast of a certain season didn't appear in a certain game. A lot of the side quests were actually rather uninspiring and I finished every sidequest 0.3% on steam baby. I hate to say it because I love Obsidian and I love the Pillars franchise but Avowed was a let down for me.

https://apnews.com/article/serbia-sonic-device-protest-vucic-e5a6f8c2aad995764c424a6f0d619887 Serbian gov used an area of denial weapon against peaceful protesters. This is some crazy ****. Video: