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[mapuc]

I play a little Farming Simulator 17 on my older laptop.

Otherwise I have stopped playing my other games like ETS2 ATS

Reason since some month back I started to have shaking arms and hands.
(Tremor or something else)

I tried to play ETS2 well I drove like I had enough to drink.

Markus

[Skybird]

Whats up with you? Cause known? Gets it treated?

[les green01]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I play a little Farming Simulator 17 on my older laptop.

Otherwise I have stopped playing my other games like ETS2 ATS

Reason since some month back I started to have shaking arms and hands.
(Tremor or something else)

I tried to play ETS2 well I drove like I had enough to drink.

Markus

better get it check out Markus could be Parkinson's disease.

[Threadfin]

A month has gone, and in that time I've played just three games


Fallout 76 -- I'm done with the solo/quest content and have entered the 'end game'. Not nearly so compelling, but there's a hook in there somewhere. I still find it fun and usually play a bit every day. Not full burn like when I had all the content ahead of me. But I like to pop in and stir stuff up

PGA Tour 2K23 -- I have a society (which is public and free to join by the way) and we stage a four-round tournament every week.

Baldur's Gate 3 -- I'm a big fan of the Original Sin twins, which I consider the best examples in the iso RPG genre. I'm having a great time with BG3. Got 70 hours out of Act 1 and now in Act 2. This game will always be compared to DOS, and honestly I'm not sure I think it is better, but it's really good.

[Otto Harkaman]

Pike and Shot : Campaigns

[Threadfin]

Another month has gone and here's what has been in my rotation

-- Baldur's Gate 3. I have two runs going, one on Balanced in Act 3 with my party maxed at level 12. And a second run on Tactician around level 5. Tactician mode made the Divinity original Sin games for me. In BG3 it does make the combat more difficult, which is what I want, but it is not the same concept as it was in Divinity, which is a miss.

Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous -- Much more dense and complex than BG3 is. Pathfinder 1E rules are much more complex than D&D 5th Edition. Whether that is good or bad is subjective. Wrath is more old school, and has way more combat. And the combat can be hard. I had started on Core difficulty and actually turned it down a notch to Daring. This RPG will kick your butt if you are overly ambitious. I would recommend BG3 to anyone, but only recommend this one to RPG grogs.

PGA Tour 2K23 -- New online tournament every week going on a two years now. I run the events so if anyone's keen drop me a line.

Forza Horizon 5 -- Hadn't played since last December but there has been much added so I gave it a look and have been having a blast with it once again. Using my full wheel and seat setup is way better than the controller I had been using before.

Fallout 76 -- Haven't been on much over the past month, but I drop in for short bursts every few days.

[Platapus]

The Wife Unit purchased BG3 for me and I have been enjoying it.


My problems with games like this is that I have a very hard time focusing on one class. I have seven "main toons" and that's not counting about 5 that I made and deleted.


Every class I have played offers something different and special.


Currently, I am forcing myself to focus on my warlock. It can melee and cast quite nicely.


Darkness and Devil Sight are a game changer for big battles.

[Otto Harkaman]

Janes IAF Israeli Air Force

[Threadfin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

My problems with games like this is that I have a very hard time focusing on one class. I have seven "main toons" and that's not counting about 5 that I made and deleted.

Completely understandable, and I often start a second run having gotten used to a game like this. However, in BG3, respec is cheap and easy. As long as you have Withers in your camp you can respec any character at will for 100 gold. No need to start anew, just respec and try your ideas while you progress through the game.

And of course you can multi-class. If you are having a good time with a warlock, you can multi-class it at any point, as you are probably aware. I played a warlock in my first run and really enjoyed it.


Warlock, being Charisma based, plays well with either a Paladin, Bard or Sorcerer multi. Although in my first run I did Warlock 10 / Fighter 2 so I could get action surge. The Eldritch Blast cantrip scales to player level, not class level, so if you dip in to other classes you still get all your EB beams. If you are playng a melee warlock, you should go Pact of the Blade, if that wasn't already obvious.

The best multi-class I've used is mixing Assassin 5 / Gloomstalker 5 / Fighter 2. This is an amazing multiclass that gives the character so much damage potential. He is using a bow called The Dead Shot with increased crit range. Crit range bonuses stack in 5e. Incredible focus firepower. There are a number of ways you can alter this build slightly depending on how you want it to lean. I really like Uncanny Dodge so went 5 levels in rogue, but most players tweak that slightly and go lighter in rogue class it seems. Like 4/5/3 so they can get Battlemaster. My gloomstalker doesn't melee so I don't care about having maneuvers on him.

My whole party is built around first-turn destruction. This gloomstalker build gets several first-turn bonuses which just wreck. With high initiative he always goes first and can eliminate one or two enemies before anyone else has had a turn. He killed Lorroakan before anyone else got a shot. Very strong multi, this.