I can’t seem to find an answer to something that’s bugging me.

I am using ‘cast on shock’ to cast ball lightning. Can I add support gems to ball lightning somehow? Do I just stick them in the sockets for ‘cast on shock’ along with the ball lightning skill gem? Does that work?

I’m following a build guide that says to use ‘deceleration’ support gem so ball lightning moves slower. If I try and place that support gem in a socket of ‘cast on shock’ along with the ball lightning skill gem the game says the support gem doesn’t work with cast on shock, which is correct…. But that’s not what I want anyway, I want it to be supporting ball lightning.

I tried experimenting by trying with and without the support gem socketed and I couldn’t really notice any difference in the speed of ball lightning, which makes me think it doesn’t work.

Anyone got any idea?

How’s your season going? What are you enjoying? What are you not enjoying?

I’m having fun! There’s a few things I’d like to discuss.

First is the spiritborn. Oh boy is it OP. I mean SERIOUSLY OP. I thought the lightning spear sorc last season was OP, but the spiritborn is magnitudes more powerful. It crushes everything.

I expected it to be powerful but not as powerful as it is. I realise that blizzard wants to sell VOH expansions so they’re gonna make the new class powerful but I don’t think even they realised just how crazy it was gonna get.

Obviously it needs some nerfing for next season but I hope they don’t nerf it into the ground so no one ever plays it again after this season. The items need some work too, most builds are all centred around the rod of kepeleke/midnight sun combo at the moment and it would be nice to see more variety.

The season theme is meh. The realm walkers are boring and the rewards are nothing special.

The undercity is good for target farming but the gameplay itself is nothing special, especially as they made it easier with the last patch.

I tried the citadel for the first time lastnight, it was ok but not as fun as some ppl had led me to believe it would be. It’s difficult though. In the random party I was in we got full group wiped about 6 times before we managed to work out what we were supposed to do. That was the second wing of it I did, in the first wing I still have no idea what the objective was… we just completed it somehow. In the last wing I played with a clan mate and followed his lead, I think that was actually the longest and most fun wing.

I’m liking the new levelling system. At this point I’m usually considering making an alt to try another build but I kinda want to stick with my character this season and see if I can get it to 300 paragon, I’m currently around 250 I think.

How’s it going? What build are you playing? Are you struggling or slaying?

I’m having a lot of fun. The infernal hordes are manic when they really get going, had me whooping out loud a few times! The ‘slaying hellborne invigorates you’ is my fave boon, attack speed goes crazy with that one. I’m gonna miss them when the season ends. They make it so easy to get gear, gold and master working mats this season. The only thing I’m struggling with this season is boss mats, I never have any exquisite blood, distilled fear etc. Soon as I have enough I go do a tormented boss to try and get a mythic unique.

I started as chain lightning sorcerer then switched to the lightning spear build. It just deletes everything. I killed Lilith for the first time ever this season and every single tormented boss. I got mythic uniques that actually work for my build for once too.

Now levelling a barrage rogue with the intent to switch to andariels build if I get an andariels visage.

…and just the fact that it existed.

It was literally just puppets dancing to pop music.

I don’t know how to stop dwelling on this.

Video is by Chris Cunningham, who also did the video for windowlicker (and come to daddy)

I’m Installing the game to play for the first time, it also has some dlc called ‘Echoes of the eye’. Should I install this as well or wait until I’ve completed the base game?

Does anyone here use a purely magic build? I’m experimenting with it at the moment but would like to hear what others are doing.

What foods do you eat? I’m currently using 2X Eitr and one stamina but it leaves me with very little health.

Do you wear the full mage gear or mix and match with some heavier armour? I’m using the full mage set at the moment.

I do fine against regular seekers but fights with soldiers take longer than if I just bashed it with a melee weapon. I took down a gjall but it was pretty sketchy and took a while too. Hits from its fireballs popped my protection bubble almost immediately so I spent a lot of time dodging and recasting the bubble.

I don’t have the frost staff yet so I’m guessing that will make things a bit easier by slowing enemies.

How do I search posts within a community, is that possible?

Also, is it possible to just browse through communities? I know I can search for communities but I’d like to just be shown a load of them and browse through them to see if anything catches my fancy.

It’s nice to see valheim on Lemmy but it’s kinda quiet here at the moment so I thought I’d ask what you’re next planning to do in valheim?

I’m currently just kind of idling whilst waiting for the latest update to leave beta. I don’t really want to explore any more of my map until it’s released. In the meantime I think I’m going to try and defeat yagluth (no spoilers please!) so I’ve been preparing for that, raising an earth wall around the area, brewing meads, making a safe area to rest if I need it etc.