Boeroer

Yes, SC Monks are awesome. SC Casters can be very good in general. There's not much that comes close to stuff like Great Maelstrom or Missile Salvo etc. Most of times I don't multiclass Aloth. Also because then I reach my favorite spells like Miasma a lot sooner. SC Ranger can also be very powerful with particular builds. Try one with Driving Flight and Twinned Shot with the BoW scepter Current's Rush on some mobs and see what happens. Or with Hand Mortar/Blinding Smoke with Twinned Shot and Avenging Storm and so on. Chanter's high level stuff can also be very nice. Dragon Summon has awesome tanking capabilites for example. Eld Nary's Curse is great, too. Try it with encounter-wise empowerment from Sasha's Singing Scimitar as a Bellower. Barbarians can also be great as SC because of the PL9-yells which are awesome. Furyshaper's Blood Ward is extremely good because it drains from everything, even every DoT tick. Paladins and Fighters: better with multiclasses imo. Ciphers, too - although I like Shared Nightmare. Multiclasses often impress earlier in the game because they tend to be frontloaded. And of course you can have nice and interesting synergies.

Yeah, nice - but it comes so late. Is it worth it to plan around that? I mean you can export it...

World: *ironic sarcasm* Skarpen: Germany: 160.4 cases in 7 days per 100K Poland: 149.8 cases in 7 days per 100K Population density in Germany: 233 per km² Population density in Poland: 123 per km² --- Total cases in Germany: ~2 million Total cases in Poland: ~1.4 million Total death count in Germany: ~45k Total death count in Poland: ~32k Population in Germany: ~80 million Population in Poland: ~40 million --- Skarpen:

Not really

Your engagement slots have a big impact on your capability to hold enemies. I always bring a dedicated tank like Edér or somebody similar with 5+ engagement slots. If I unstealth the tank first and wiat a few seconds enemies will cumulate around him which is one of the most convenient "resourceless CC effect". Usually enemies you are engaged don't run away from the tank as they did in PoE. Stuff like Guardian Stance and Overbearing Guard to help. If an enemy breaks engagement I can pull back with Into the Fray (but I rarely have to do so). Having a large shield is benefical for every party member imo. Not that I do it with every party member - but in certain fights you will receive a lot of ranged attacks (for example bording fights) and the large shield modal is very good against that. I most of times use Cadhu Scalth on my main tank because in combination with high AR and the large shield modal almost no AoE dmg comes through. That's also true when I use my own friendly fire spells on the area where the tank stands. I often use a Swashbuckler because high Reflex from buffs and shield in combination with Adept Evasion makes AoE hits from enemy and friends alike even less likely to deal damage. Also the passive appliance of Persistant Distraction to 5+ enemies at once is really neat. That way I can very calmly set up the rest of my party for the "perfect" combination of buffing, debuffing, CC and finally damage while the tank occupies most enemies. A few might slip through - but since I seldomly play with supersquishy glass cannons that's not much of a problem as long as it's not the whole bulk who's rushing at me. While a Herald for example has great damage-soaking/avoiding capabilities, passive healing and good support - he lacks engagement and thus can't tank as well for me. At leat not until he gets some engament+ gear. Some Barb multiclasses (esp. with Paladin) can do the trick for me as the Barb can get +4 engagement with shout and passive alone. He can also stack some nice AR (again: with Paladin) so a shield isn't that necessary - but still great to have. Hauana Furyshaper/Goldpact tank with Reckless Brigandine, Kapana Taga and Cadhu Scalth is quite cool imo. Tons of engagement, tons of AR, great defenses, good debuffing (stagger, shaken) and great CC via fear ward. And melee dmg isn't even than bad for a tank.

If the urge is uncontrollable - why can't I see the picture?

Uarrrgh! Somebody said "cooldown" on the internet which immediately fills me with nausea.

Did I dream this or isn't Rymrgand the guy who's grinding the weak/fractured souls to essence so that the gods can feed off of that? Wasn't the hanged animancer dwarven in PoE say something like this? And before the wheel was build there were also fractured souls in the cycle but their deterioration served no real purpose - and now since the wheel is running Rymrdude is just in charge of that "new and better" process?

Following some people's argumentation using an elevator isn't a problem as long as you don't engage in sexual intercourse, don't lick, sing, cough, spit or yell. Because droplets can't fly and this is not Toy Story. Also everybody who enters an elevator will be tested and is not infected anyway so you're totally safe.

Skarpen: "Could never happen in Poland". World Corruption Perceptions Index:

In terms of defensive capabilites Cadhu Scalth on average is unmachted imo (if you are willing to invest into Athletics and Metaphysics). Best Defense is an offensive shield but its offensive capabilities are pretty meh. Bashing shields don't scale their offensive stats (dmg, PEN, ACC) with quality like weapons to.

It's a really cool weapon. I'm a bit angry that it comes so rel. late. It's not as overpowered as some other stuff that comes far earlier. I just did a quick cheasy playthrough to get to SSS asap and get that pike so that I could export it with a character and then later import it into a new playthrough.

I didn't understand the complaints about her (my first defeat was with a solo PotD melee Geomancer and it was quite easy) until I realized that most players just don't use interrupts. Maybe because in PoE interrupts were nothing too special (just added a little bit of recovery time - the most impactful ones "only" 1 sec, the weakest ones 0.3 secs.) - and all casting times were much shorter - so why bother? In Deadfire an interrupt is significantly more impactful (casts take a lot longer on average and interrupted enemies will not only lose time but also resources and it's annoying af if you get interrupted). So while I was using interrupts most of times* I initially didn't think about how fights might be if you just ignored them. )* I really value Thrust of Tattered Veil in Deadfire: a level-1 fast-cast auto-hit interrupt? Yeah! Take this tough nut boss! Llengrath's Safeguard my ass!

Remember: It's always good enough to scare the kids!

I guess Frankfurt is very happy about that?

Nice headline. Made me think... I thought about what else one could use for screaming...

Exactly!

Long periods of time: Christmas parties aren't long at your place it seems. Shorter than eating at a restaurant maybe? Also your party location must be well ventilated.... during winter. Determining if somebody is infected or not is difficult since 50% of infections will come without symptoms. If party guests didn't all get tested you can never be sure that there isn't a superspreader among them. And even then there's room for error. No test is 100% precise. You wrote about tested family members, cool - as if every party guest on Christmas did do a test... You want to claim everybody did that and thus Christmas parties are no problem at all? Sure, if everybody is healthy then nobody will get sick and we won't have to stop parties and can burn our masks! Nice prerequisite in a pandemic... very realistic. If weddings, mass and birthday parties are spreading events (and they are) then Christmas parties are as well: You also wrote Covid-19 only transmits via droplets that fall down: But Covid not only transmits via droplets but also transmits via aerosol (which you even quoted after claiming that Toy Story nonsense above) : Check the definition of "suspension". You also suggested that wearing masks ist not helpful. Which is not true either as you can read on the very site you linked. What you did was read some stuff on the WHO page and then interpret it in a biased way to support your narrative - when it in fact it does not.

Merkel's now considering to propose a shutdown of public transport as well because the curve is still not flattening - like... at all.

Oops, I forgot Paladin's Inspired Beacon (+40%) and Ranger's Takedown Combo (+100%). Also Barb's Blooded (+25%) works with spells. Inproved Critical passive, too.

Only in PoE, not in Deadfire. The combat log will say something like "<char> (Fireball) hits <enemy> for 70 burn damage (Deathblows)" - but if you then hover over it and press shift you will see that no Deathblows damge got added. Maybe it was taken out at some point during development.

I believe it's very difficult to track an infection back to public transportation - while it's easier to track it back to work, home, restaurant (especially if you have to register like in Germany so an infection can get backtracked)? So there might be a lot of infections coming from public transport - we just wouldn't know?

It says so in the source you linked: "The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose in small liquid particles when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe heavily. These liquid particles are different sizes, ranging from larger ‘respiratory droplets’ to smaller ‘aerosols’. Other people can catch COVID-19 when the virus gets into their mouth, nose or eyes, which is more likely to happen when people are in direct or close contact (less than 1 metre apart) with an infected person. Current evidence suggests that the main way the virus spreads is by respiratory droplets among people who are in close contact with each other. Aerosol transmission can occur in specific settings, particularly in indoor, crowded and inadequately ventilated spaces, where infected person(s) spend long periods of time with others, such as restaurants, choir practices, fitness classes, nightclubs, offices and/or places of worship. More studies are underway to better understand the conditions in which aerosol transmission is occurring outside of medical facilities where specific medical procedures, called aerosol generating procedures, are conducted." "To limit the risks of getting COVID-19 follow these basic precautions: Follow local guidance. Check to see what national, regional and local authorities are advising so you have the most relevant information for where you are. Stay at least 1 metre away from others, even if they don’t appear to be sick. Wear a mask, especially when you can’t physically distance. Read our Masks and COVID-19 Q&A and watch our videos on how to wear and make masks." Did you even read that? Turned out I could prove you wrong. Easily. Next: Skarpen saying that Christmas party at home isn't the same as spending long periods of time with others idoor... After that: Skarpen saying that when they are all healthy they can't spread the virus at the Christmas party. Too bad that 50% of spreaders show no symtoms and appear healthy.

And one about masks (and why they work):