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Post by Rouccoco on Feb 27, 2019 22:30:39 GMT
Biotic Apostate, those are some great pics. This game is really nice looking on PC. It started out pretty good on PS4Pro, but has gotten less impressive with each update. That’s always the way with Ubi games on console. They release them with great visuals, but then scale back a bit more with each patch. It sucks. And it's not even the high setting. But it's surprising that the quality on ps4 is going down. Usually console versions are way better optimised than pcs. Still, Ubi's pc ports suffer too. Odyssey (and from what I've heard, other Ubi games too) is smashing the CPU like crazy. The multiple layers of DRM are making the game run far slower than it should.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 28, 2019 0:17:58 GMT
Clearing out forts and camps is going much faster this time. This PT is going to be a 100%. Or at least I'll try to, I always skip the huntress camps and quests I find not worth the time. I'm presently doing Odessa quests. She doesn't struck me as cute in the first PT and she still isn't. I'm rather tired of her "I'm going to be great. I don't have the chance to do something great!" lines. Can you be quiet and start doing things that will make you who you are, what you want to be, what you want to do. If you're always blaring out those lines to people you know, people you meet, bludy hell, no one's going to have the patience for you. Of course they'll tell you'll never be what you want to be because you're not doing anything except trumpeting about it! If you ignore Odessa's quest after meeting her in Kephalonia you will be sent by a cultist to kill her. The cultist (jerk in Attika with the slave) tasks you with it either way, but you won't get to the part finding out it's Odessa if you did her quests since the game just flash forwards you to a convo with Socrates and you kill the cultist anyway. Oh I remember that one. It was Odessa? I never take the cultist's offer. I just straight out killed him. So the magistrate was a part of the cult, an underling.
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 1:46:45 GMT
Biotic Apostate, those are some great pics. This game is really nice looking on PC. It started out pretty good on PS4Pro, but has gotten less impressive with each update. That’s always the way with Ubi games on console. They release them with great visuals, but then scale back a bit more with each patch. It sucks. And it's not even the high setting. But it's surprising that the quality on ps4 is going down. Usually console versions are way better optimised than pcs. Still, Ubi's pc ports suffer too. Odyssey (and from what I've heard, other Ubi games too) is smashing the CPU like crazy. The multiple layers of DRM are making the game run far slower than it should. I have a relatively new PC and it has no issue at all running Odyssey on High and Ultra setings, CPU never gets above 50%, GPU never above 65c and FPS is locked at 60. The lighting in particular I find fantastic in ACOD:
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 1:47:52 GMT
Clearing out forts and camps is going much faster this time. This PT is going to be a 100%. Or at least I'll try to, I always skip the huntress camps and quests I find not worth the time. I'm presently doing Odessa quests. She doesn't struck me as cute in the first PT and she still isn't. I'm rather tired of her "I'm going to be great. I don't have the chance to do something great!" lines. Can you be quiet and start doing things that will make you who you are, what you want to be, what you want to do. If you're always blaring out those lines to people you know, people you meet, bludy hell, no one's going to have the patience for you. Of course they'll tell you'll never be what you want to be because you're not doing anything except trumpeting about it! Odessa is OK, first romance option in the game IIRC, wasn't going to skip that.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 28, 2019 1:55:22 GMT
At least you don't have to sleep with Odessa to recruit her or keep her alive.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 28, 2019 2:08:34 GMT
Mine is this. Clearing out forts and camps is going much faster this time. This PT is going to be a 100%. Or at least I'll try to, I always skip the huntress camps and quests I find not worth the time. I'm presently doing Odessa quests. She doesn't struck me as cute in the first PT and she still isn't. I'm rather tired of her "I'm going to be great. I don't have the chance to do something great!" lines. Can you be quiet and start doing things that will make you who you are, what you want to be, what you want to do. If you're always blaring out those lines to people you know, people you meet, bludy hell, no one's going to have the patience for you. Of course they'll tell you'll never be what you want to be because you're not doing anything except trumpeting about it! Odessa is OK, first romance option in the game IIRC, wasn't going to skip that. I would find her more acceptable were she humble and sincere, I would encourage her. Instead, she was coming across as loud, desperate, arrogant; that because she was descended from Odysseus, it followed that she must be as great. She's not as innocent as she made herself out to be but there was no third optional choice so it had to be she's "innocent". I'm certainly not choosing the magistrate is right. I wouldn't put it past her to speed up her father's demise so she could go off to do "great things".
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 2:35:38 GMT
Mine is this. Odessa is OK, first romance option in the game IIRC, wasn't going to skip that. I would find her more acceptable were she humble and sincere, I would encourage her. Instead, she was coming across as loud, desperate, arrogant; that because she was descended from Odysseus, it followed that she must be as great. She's not as innocent as she made herself out to be but there was no third optional choice so it had to be she's "innocent". I'm certainly not choosing the magistrate is right. I wouldn't put it past her to speed up her father's demise so she could go off to do "great things". You have a better GPU than me and more RAM I believe plus not sure what your chips are but mine aren't top of the line they're i7-8700 @3.20GHz. This however is the best PC I have owned and my benchmark was done on Ultra High settings, yours is at "Custom" so not sure what you have reduced. Re Odessa, yeah I don't really like her but as I said first romance option in the game, needed to be done.
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 3:00:24 GMT
So yesterday played ACOD and did the Daughters of Lalaia quest, ho hum. If they are going to roll new quests out they need to be better than the existing main quests in my opinion. This quest was pretty boring, short and so predictable!!!!! Moving right along!!!!!
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 28, 2019 3:06:45 GMT
You have a better GPU than me and more RAM I believe plus not sure what your chips are but mine aren't top of the line they're i7-8700 @3.20GHz. This however is the best PC I have owned and my benchmark was done on Ultra High settings, yours is at "Custom" so not sure what you have reduced. Re Odessa, yeah I don't really like her but as I said first romance option in the game, needed to be done. i7-8700 @3.20GHz 3192MHz 6 Cores 12 Logical Processors (look in your system info). i7-8700 is 6 cores. The difference between yours and my rig is GPU and ram. I was offered the RTX 2080ti during the time of the upgrade last year but I declined after a look into performance benchmark against the 1080ti. 1] the difference is not that much apart, just a slight improvement 2] ray tracing depends on the power of the PC, it's presently not utilised in games but will be 3] the price is too high I never buy the latest or the newest, always the card before. That's the 1080ti. As it turned out, I was right not to buy the RTX. I was told a week later those who bought it had to return it due to problems. Graphic setting for AC OD. I reduced from ultra; shadows - very high volumetric clouds - very high environmental details -very high The rest of the settings are set as high as they can go. I may switch the environmental details back to ultra. The first two I feel are not necessary because I hardly notice the clouds nor take much note of shadows. I turn down the three due to the UPS taking umbrage now and then. It's very finicky. It shrills during the loading screen of AC Syndicate. Only that. Why, I have no idea. All the settings for AC Syn are set to highest. It's crazy. The only reason I can think of is, the loading screen is not optimized. It hardly shrills for OC OD after I made some adjustments in Jan. I think I'll switch all back to ultra and see if it screams. If it doesn't, it means Ubi devs made adjustments in their patches. Before the game came out, I was eager to try all the romance options. But as it turned out, I'm repulsed by some of the chars' personalities. That's just me. Then there're likable ones like Kyra which turned out not so good. Rox is a good char but then, I wasn't interested in romancing her. I prefer to be friends which the game then pop a pie in your face later on for refusing to sleep with her. Alrighty then. Nothing came out of the flings so the inclination for romance is not there. It's not like Bioware's romances where there're several steps to take to build the relationship before they're permanent. They're all leaves flying in the breeze in AC OD except for the one in the DLC. When I started the NG+ run, I decided to look at the club awards. I never bother with it because I thought I have to spend real money in it, like the store. As it turned out, I found some free stuff and saw I do have sufficient club awards to buy something. So I grabbed the free stuff; free Evie for lieutenant, got the Origin chars and a new ship colour. The Babylonian thingy. The amount to upgrade the ship is crazy. It's nuts! I didn't rack up a million so I upgraded the hull first and leave the rest for another time.
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Post by Rouccoco on Feb 28, 2019 3:28:53 GMT
I have a relatively new PC and it has no issue at all running Odyssey on High and Ultra setings, CPU never gets above 50%, GPU never above 65c and FPS is locked at 60. i5 8700 is a hexa core, almost brand new processor that alone costs as much as a PS4... This is pretty much the higher end. I've seen a lot of people even with 6700 complain about 100% CPU usage. With a dual core like me, you're out of luck. I have a very meh PC, but with a GTX 1050, odyssey was the first game I played on it to be bottlenecked by the CPU and not the GPU.
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 4:40:35 GMT
I have a relatively new PC and it has no issue at all running Odyssey on High and Ultra setings, CPU never gets above 50%, GPU never above 65c and FPS is locked at 60. i5 8700 is a hexa core, almost brand new processor that alone costs as much as a PS4... This is pretty much the higher end. I've seen a lot of people even with 6700 complaint about 100% CPU usage. With a dual core like me, you're out of luck. I have a very meh PC, but with a GTX 1050, odyssey was the first game I played on it to be bottlenecked by the CPU and not the GPU. Yeah its a Hexacore, it cost $480 AUD I am not really up on the tech stuff, but MEA causes my PC far more problems than ACOD. just watching my CPU while playing now and funnily enough just roaming around it was sitting around 30% to 35% then when I fast travelled it hit 80%, then just bounced around while I stood there between 35% and 60%.
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 4:48:43 GMT
You have a better GPU than me and more RAM I believe plus not sure what your chips are but mine aren't top of the line they're i7-8700 @3.20GHz. This however is the best PC I have owned and my benchmark was done on Ultra High settings, yours is at "Custom" so not sure what you have reduced. Re Odessa, yeah I don't really like her but as I said first romance option in the game, needed to be done. i7-8700 @3.20GHz 3192MHz 6 Cores 12 Logical Processors (look in your system info). i7-8700 is 6 cores. The difference between yours and my rig is GPU and ram. I was offered the RTX 2080ti during the time of the upgrade last year but I declined after a look into performance benchmark against the 1080ti. 1] the difference is not that much apart, just a slight improvement 2] ray tracing depends on the power of the PC, it's presently not utilised in games but will be 3] the price is too high I never buy the latest or the newest, always the card before. That's the 1080ti. As it turned out, I was right not to buy the RTX. I was told a week later those who bought it had to return it due to problems. Graphic setting for AC OD. I reduced from ultra; shadows - very high volumetric clouds - very high environmental details -very high The rest of the settings are set as high as they can go. I may switch the environmental details back to ultra. The first two I feel are not necessary because I hardly notice the clouds nor take much note of shadows. I turn down the three due to the UPS taking umbrage now and then. It's very finicky. It shrills during the loading screen of AC Syndicate. Only that. Why, I have no idea. All the settings for AC Syn are set to highest. It's crazy. The only reason I can think of is, the loading screen is not optimized. It hardly shrills for OC OD after I made some adjustments in Jan. I think I'll switch all back to ultra and see if it screams. If it doesn't, it means Ubi devs made adjustments in their patches. Before the game came out, I was eager to try all the romance options. But as it turned out, I'm repulsed by some of the chars' personalities. That's just me. Then there're likable ones like Kyra which turned out not so good. Rox is a good char but then, I wasn't interested in romancing her. I prefer to be friends which the game then pop a pie in your face later on for refusing to sleep with her. Alrighty then. Nothing came out of the flings so the inclination for romance is not there. It's not like Bioware's romances where there're several steps to take to build the relationship before they're permanent. They're all leaves flying in the breeze in AC OD except for the one in the DLC. When I started the NG+ run, I decided to look at the club awards. I never bother with it because I thought I have to spend real money in it, like the store. As it turned out, I found some free stuff and saw I do have sufficient club awards to buy something. So I grabbed the free stuff; free Evie for lieutenant, got the Origin chars and a new ship colour. The Babylonian thingy. The amount to upgrade the ship is crazy. It's nuts! I didn't rack up a million so I upgraded the hull first and leave the rest for another time. Most of that tech stuff goes over my head. I too tend to try and buy the 2nd best as there is always a huge difference in price, this time I went a bit lower with the card to upgrade the PCU, the case and the chips. It was a package from a shop but they didn't have it available so they built it with changes for me. Yeah I don't treat them as romances just as flings, so I do all of them except when I stuff them up. I think I only stuffed up the Doctor one with the choice of not letting him kill the mother. I like Evie on the ship, I currently also have Bayek and Aya from Origins with Alexios. The ship upgrades I need to look at, I am sure I will be under resourced as usual and I only have about 1.1million drachmae so will have to pick and choose what I upgrade.
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Post by olnorton on Feb 28, 2019 7:33:29 GMT
I have a relatively new PC and it has no issue at all running Odyssey on High and Ultra setings, FPS is locked at 60. I'm not sure I would consider that locked at 60fps dazk It shows 56fps average and 14fps minimum 54 average with a 28 minimum is the lowest I have seen with my GTX1080. (but then I don't play any other new games) Though I play @ 2560x1440, the fps drops are from the CPU and not the GPU. It shows custom settings because I have adaptive quality set to 30. I'd rather lose a few fps than the anti-aliasing effect. i.imgur.com/ppQcOIv.jpgAnyway, I thought I'd found another unique female lieutenant, but I'm not sure. It's Kleio, the hetaera you escort to Mykonos. i.imgur.com/TwZZzDq.jpgThere is no dialogue to recruit her, and I couldn't knock her out with the E key, but I did with a paralytic arrow. However, after I assigned her, she didn't show up on deck. Anyone want to try and hire her and see if she shows up for you? (She'll still be on the dock at Mykonos.) Edit: She showed up after restarting the game, still wiping the sleep out of her eyes. I did the Seduction of Brothers quest. It was... just a quest. I didn't like that if you told the poet brother that you weren't interested in killing him a deer to have dinner with him, the quest just stayed open until you went back and changed your mind. The quest should have just closed if you told him you weren't interested.
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Post by saandrig on Feb 28, 2019 7:39:36 GMT
At least you don't have to sleep with Odessa to recruit her or keep her alive. But I thought it's the Ancient Greece way 😍
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Post by saandrig on Feb 28, 2019 7:52:59 GMT
mine aren't top of the line they're i7-8700 @3.20GHz. And I have just a 1080Ti GPU sadly... Complaining about a 8700, lol. I would have called you out on this 6 months ago, before I got "just" a 8086k. At 1080p and 60 FPS (your settings, right?) I am certain the game performance of both our CPUs will be the same.
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 9:16:57 GMT
I have a relatively new PC and it has no issue at all running Odyssey on High and Ultra setings, FPS is locked at 60. I'm not sure I would consider that locked at 60fps dazk It shows 56fps average and 14fps minimum 54 average with a 28 minimum is the lowest I have seen with my GTX1080. (but then I don't play any other new games) Though I play @ 2560x1440, the fps drops are from the CPU and not the GPU. It shows custom settings because I have adaptive quality set to 30. I'd rather lose a few fps than the anti-aliasing effect. i.imgur.com/ppQcOIv.jpgAnyway, I thought I'd found another unique female lieutenant, but I'm not sure. It's Kleio, the hetaera you escort to Mykonos. i.imgur.com/TwZZzDq.jpgThere is no dialogue to recruit her, and I couldn't knock her out with the E key, but I did with a paralytic arrow. However, after I assigned her, she didn't show up on deck. Anyone want to try and hire her and see if she shows up for you? (She'll still be on the dock at Mykonos.) Edit: She showed up after restarting the game, still wiping the sleep out of her eyes. I did the Seduction of Brothers quest. It was... just a quest. I didn't like that if you told the poet brother that you weren't interested in killing him a deer to have dinner with him, the quest just stayed open until you went back and changed your mind. The quest should have just closed if you told him you weren't interested. Sorry "capped" it after doing the benchmark. EDIT: Locked was the wrong word.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 28, 2019 13:42:19 GMT
So I was wondering if the devs kicked up the spear level for NG+ They didn't. Kass just went through the motions of upgrading it. So no additional spear level but they should grant a ability point for going through all that trouble. After all, the mastery upgrades take a ton of points. I guess the rest of the cultist shards don't mean anything in NG+
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 21:04:24 GMT
So I was wondering if the devs kicked up the spear level for NG+ They didn't. Kass just went through the motions of upgrading it. So no additional spear level but they should grant a ability point for going through all that trouble. After all, the mastery upgrades take a ton of points. I guess the rest of the cultist shards don't mean anything in NG+ That's disappointing re the spear. I accidentally ran into the Number 1 Merc in tier S4 and he had the skull icon above him, so I hesitated then thought what the heck and attacked him. He has a Lynx with him which was my undoing, I thought I had killed it and had the merc down to almost no health but my last hit hadn't wiped out all the Lynx's health and it blindsided me. Anyway went after him again and this time had a tough fight, took out the Lynx first then took him down but was extremely disappointed to move up one spot in the rankings to the top of tier S2!!!!!! WTF. I just beat the guy rated the best in tier S4????
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Post by colfoley on Feb 28, 2019 23:14:56 GMT
So I was wondering if the devs kicked up the spear level for NG+ They didn't. Kass just went through the motions of upgrading it. So no additional spear level but they should grant a ability point for going through all that trouble. After all, the mastery upgrades take a ton of points. I guess the rest of the cultist shards don't mean anything in NG+ That's disappointing re the spear. I accidentally ran into the Number 1 Merc in tier S4 and he had the skull icon above him, so I hesitated then thought what the heck and attacked him. He has a Lynx with him which was my undoing, I thought I had killed it and had the merc down to almost no health but my last hit hadn't wiped out all the Lynx's health and it blindsided me. Anyway went after him again and this time had a tough fight, took out the Lynx first then took him down but was extremely disappointed to move up one spot in the rankings to the top of tier S2!!!!!! WTF. I just beat the guy rated the best in tier S4???? I was kind of under the impression thatthat was how it worked though. That you couldn't really 'skip' a tier of the mercenaries in other words. Hadn't actually experimented with it, but yeah, not surprised.
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Post by dazk on Feb 28, 2019 23:27:29 GMT
That's disappointing re the spear. I accidentally ran into the Number 1 Merc in tier S4 and he had the skull icon above him, so I hesitated then thought what the heck and attacked him. He has a Lynx with him which was my undoing, I thought I had killed it and had the merc down to almost no health but my last hit hadn't wiped out all the Lynx's health and it blindsided me. Anyway went after him again and this time had a tough fight, took out the Lynx first then took him down but was extremely disappointed to move up one spot in the rankings to the top of tier S2!!!!!! WTF. I just beat the guy rated the best in tier S4???? I was kind of under the impression thatthat was how it worked though. That you couldn't really 'skip' a tier of the mercenaries in other words. Hadn't actually experimented with it, but yeah, not surprised. Yeah I knew that is how it works inter tier but I thought I'd previously beaten people in a higher tier and at least moved up into their tier. I think it is wrong that I move up one position, if I am the lowest ranked boxer in the world and I beat the number 1 ranked guy, I become the number 1 ranked boxer, that's how I think it should work but hey its a game.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 1, 2019 0:31:14 GMT
dazk, you made the same mistake I did in the first PT. I beat the #1 mercenary. Yay! .... yay? Well shucks, I have to mow through everyone in front of me.
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Post by dazk on Mar 1, 2019 1:05:02 GMT
dazk , you made the same mistake I did in the first PT. I beat the #1 mercenary. Yay! .... yay? Well shucks, I have to mow through everyone in front of me. I don't think I defeated the number 1 in the original tiers until I was in the same top bracket. Was her name Tyrda or something, I just remember I wanted the circlet she had and when I got it I realised I had a better one anyway?
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 1, 2019 4:20:22 GMT
I played a bit more Odyssey tonight. I did a handful of bounties for orichalcum and drachmae. With about 1.8M, I headed to the Myson Cave blacksmith and “learned” a few 10-Star engravings. They were as insanely priced as I expected; maybe moreso. I ended the session with several engravings fully upgraded, and only 103K drachmae. It’s funny how broke I feel. I linger in the neighborhood of 100K for quite a few levels “early” in the PT (45-55, more or less?) before rewards and wealth really takeoff.
That new shark sail ship cosmetic looks pretty good. I wouldn’t mind having it. It’s been a long dry spell at the Oikos. I bought the Athena priestess from Sargon for 100 orichalcum. That seemed a bit high. It made me check the Store price. Those lietenants are way too expensive. There are three available free in the Club, and unlimited potentials in-game. Why price them so highly? Of course, everything in the store is too highly priced.
I’m looking forward to replaying as Kassandra after wrapping up LotFB. While I don’t have the Amazon set with Alexios, I do have both the red and orange alternative versions. I think I’ll use the orange one quite a bit in the early game. I will use the dark Traveler sandals; some leather vambraces in silver (they have a worn leather appearance); and no visible headpiece, since demigods don’t need helmets.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 1, 2019 10:02:16 GMT
Went to see the Oracle. I always bully her because despite the danger she was in, the blood of many was in her hands. Of course she ended up killed because I always killed her guards. This time however, I decided to sneak in. It took about 10 minutes for mercenary who I killed later and the guards to move away from the building. I still bully the pydia btw and I left without killing anyone. She didn't turn up to be tortured when I went to the Cultists HQ. After meeting Herodotus at Leonidas's tomb, Kass sailed out to Andros. The way out was jammed with Spartan, Athenian and pirate ships having a merry go at one another. I took a risk and went for the pirates, making sure I have clear LOS with no Spartan or Athenian ships around. They were very helpful firing on the pirate ships that came after me.
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 2, 2019 5:26:21 GMT
I accrued a ton of drachmae and XP, today. Alexios is up to Level 72.
I spent over 100K upgrading new gear for a Poison Dagger Warrior. It was pretty powerful for the time I tested it. I also tinkered with my Assassin gear and came up with my “Murder Hobo” build, so named because of his hobo clothing* and his skill in combat. It’s an Assassin primary with really strong Warrior performance independent of elemental damage. The Hunter Damage is solid, too; but I’m picky about that. If I’m not one-shotting at least the mooks, then I don’t bother. Still, it’s solid when I want to plug a few arrows into a dangerous elite.
* Hobo Aesthetic: Persian Circlet from LotFB (not at all hobo); Pilgrim Chest (full hobo); Nemean Lion set Waist (nice pattern and colors); Odysseus Pack bracers and greaves (85% hobo). Alexios ends up looking like a street tough from the wharves.
I forgot to mention that I found the final two viewpoints I’d not located (of the 22 new ones). They were in unnecessary spots, so I’m not surprised I missed them the first day. One was a tower in Keos’ harbor. We already had a viewpoint and zip line atop Xenia’s temple-fortress. I’ll keep using that one. The other was on the northern bluff above Chios’ eastern harbor. That one’s more useful, I guess. Still, nothing on Salamis? Seriously dude?
Now that they aren’t useless, there are a few Store Lietenants that I’d like. I suspect that they’ll eventually appear in the Oikos. I think we will likely see a couple more released, so they can build a Pack #3. 🙄 There are actually a handful of items I’d like to get by the end. We’ll see how the Oikos treats us. I love new cosmetics, but I miss the days before microtransactions. I’ve probably spent an extra $10 in that store since release. I don’t begrudge the money at all, given the ongoing support. I still feel dirty for supporting something I complain about and hate. Sigh.
I feel like I had more to share, but I’ve lost my way in this post. (Probably because of MT-driven self-loathing. 😆)
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