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Starting Scavenger

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2025/02/21

Hey Folks! The Legacy of Phrecia event is live in Path of Exile and yesterday I followed the Path of Pohx and rolled a Scion. I’ve only ever played one Scion in the entirety of all of my time playing this game, and it was only to unlock the handful of achievements that are associated ... Read more The post Starting Scavenger appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Snowmageddon and Ferals

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2025/02/20

Good Morning Folks. Today is the launch of the Legacy of Phrecia event in Path of Exile, and I will be participating this evening whenever I get a chance to log in. However this morning since I don’t have much gaming wise to talk about, I am going to share the current state of my ... Read more The post Snowmageddon and Ferals appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Legacy of Phrecia Plans

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2025/02/19

Tomorrow is the start of the Legacy of Phrecia Event… which honestly at this point might as well be considered a league. It feels like we are going to have the bulk of Path of Exile players returning for this thing, which will probably create a very normal trade economy. The Pohx League event has ... Read more The post Legacy of Phrecia Plans appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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The Exile Faction Wars

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2025/02/18

Good Morning Folks. Sometimes I sit down before you to talk about what nonsense I have been up to lately. Other times I act as an internet anthropologist and document weird things that I am seeing happening in games and their communities. This morning we are going to be wearing that second hat as I ... Read more The post The Exile Faction Wars appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Avowed Midpoint Thoughts

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2025/02/17

Good Morning Folks! Last week I dipped my toes into Avowed, the new Elder-Scrolls-Like game from Obsidian… the studio that brought you Fallout New Vegas, Knights of the Old Republic II, Neverwinter Nights 2, The Outer Worlds… and probably my favorite of the batch Tyranny which is criminally underrated. I was going to always play ... Read more The post Avowed Midpoint Thoughts appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Avowed and Brothers Gift

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2025/02/14

Yesterday I decided to give Microsoft $25 to access Avowed early. Essentially I noticed that Battle.Net was showing it as available through Gamepass but only the Deluxe edition could start playing early. I would honestly love to see Microsoft migrate all of the Gamepass PC games over to the Battle.net launcher, because really it feels ... Read moreThe post Avowed and Brothers Gift appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Spud is Eepy

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2025/02/12

Hey Folks. I have to fight the urge to open with morning, because by the time I end up posting this it will be afternoon. Yesterday was a weird schedule which meant that I never got around to posting anything, and then this morning… I sat in front of the screen and was just not ... Read more The post Spud is Eepy appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Voidstones and Third Atlas Tree

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2025/02/10

Hey Folks! I spent most of this weekend playing Path of Exile while listening to audiobooks, which is a pretty freaking great time. I am still progressing slowly, because I die way more often than I would like on this character. However given that I am playing in a semi-private trade environment the items that ... Read more The post Voidstones and Third Atlas Tree appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #511 – Closed Loops

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2025/02/09

Hey Folks! This week we are down an Ammo which throws Ash off a bit. We start off with a discussion about the changes to the death system and multiplayer in Windblown. From there we talk about the most recent updates to Utopia Must Fall. Citizen Sleeper 2 has been released and Tam shares some ... Read moreThe post AggroChat #511 – Closed Loops appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Fullscreen Frostyboom

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2025/02/07

Good Morning Folks! Since I finished the season in Diablo IV, I am now much more focused on Pohx League. I am very only likely to be dipping my toes back into Necromancer fun times when Ace wants to play, and particularly as we work on some of the seasonal objectives for them. In Pohx ... Read more The post Fullscreen Frostyboom appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Season Seven Complete-ish

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2025/02/06

Hey Folks. Getting a bit later of a start today than I normally do for a blog post. I had a weird day with a weird schedule… but things seem to have calmed down enough for me to sit down over lunch and make a proper post. Last night I spent some time hanging out ... Read more The post Season Seven Complete-ish appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Lunar Awakening is Not Great

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2025/02/05

Good Morning Folks. I had taken a break in Diablo IV because I knew the Lunar New Year event was right around the corner, and a lot of my remaining achievements for the seasons journey would simply require me to grind a ton. I figured if I was going to be grinding, I might as ... Read more The post Lunar Awakening is Not Great appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Trickster Stabilized

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2025/02/04

Good Morning Folks. Yesterday was the 4th day of Pohx League and I’ve gotten my Ice Trap Trickster to level 87 and mostly stabilized the character. It is nowhere near as tanky as my usual RF Chieftain fair, but not too shabby. If I can swap out my gear for higher Evasion/Energy-Shield bases it will ... Read more The post Trickster Stabilized appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Pohx League Shenanigans

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2025/02/03

Good Morning Folks. This weekend I allowed myself to get sucked back into Path of Exile. Given the disappointment for Path of Exile 1 players last night, our hero Pohx decided to take matters into his own hands and throw together a league event. When I wrote about this on Friday, it full at 9500 ... Read more The post Pohx League Shenanigans appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #510 – Death From Above

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2025/02/02

Hey Folks! This week we started with a single topic… and by the time we were finished ended up having to bump half of the assembled topics to next week in order to keep the runtime down. We start off with Bel talking about the bad news for Path of Exile players, and how there ... Read more The post AggroChat #510 – Death From Above appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Goodbye Hillock

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2025/01/31

Good Morning Folks! I am still terribly bummed about the Path of Exile news, but yesterday I knocked out an achievement that I have been working towards for literal years now. There is an achievement called “Beginner’s Luck” for getting a drop from the beach at the beginning of the campaign, an area that cannot ... Read moreThe post Goodbye Hillock appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Performative Transparency

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2025/01/30

Good Morning Folks. It is a bit of a rough day for the Path of Exile community. More specifically it is a rough time for the folks who were Path of Exile 1 players looking forward to the 3.26 League. While there were not hard dates surrounding it, comments made by the development team around ... Read more The post Performative Transparency appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Big Boisterous Boss Bonanza

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2025/01/29

Morning Folks! The truth of Diablo IV is that it is not necessarily the most compelling game on the planet, but it absolutely nails one aspect. It is easy, seamless, and non-punitive to group up and do content with your friends. I think above all else that is the main reason why this is going ... Read more The post Big Boisterous Boss Bonanza appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Season Seven Steam Subsiding

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2025/01/28

Good Morning Folks! Since I did not do my normal weekend recap post yesterday, I figured this morning I would start out with a bit of a progress post on Diablo IV Season Seven. I have to admit… I am starting to run out of steam. I had a pretty great first week, but now ... Read more The post Season Seven Steam Subsiding appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Two Years of Gamepad

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2025/01/27

Good Morning Folks! The weird thing about having a fixed schedule for your blog posts, is that you feel really weird changing it. As such I contemplated making this blog post over the weekend on Saturday, because the 25th was the second anniversary of Gamepad.club the Mastodon/Fediverse server that I assist with. That sounds rather ... Read more The post Two Years of Gamepad appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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