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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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AggroChat #509 – Surfing Witches

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2025/01/26

Hey Folks! We are down a Tam this week but start off the show talking a bit about our various mental states with the happenings going on out in the world. From there Grace talks about Rusty’s Retirement a delightful idle game that has a lot of the same functionality as Stardew Valley but runs ... Read moreThe post AggroChat #509 – Surfing Witches appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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The Season Seven Paradox

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2025/01/24

Good Morning Folks! This morning I am going to spend some time talking about something weird happening with Diablo IV right now. Season Seven aka the Season of Witchcraft is without a doubt peak Diablo IV. This is the best seasonal mechanic we have ever had and the game has more content than it has ... Read more The post The Season Seven Paradox appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Best D4 Season Ever?

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2025/01/23

Good Morning Folks! I hit level 60 last night and officially entered the endgame. I am exceptionally happy because I essentially did not change any of my gear since around level 40, and did only a minimal item swap in a few slots when I hit 60… and was pretty much able to roll straight ... Read more The post Best D4 Season Ever? appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Farming the Witchtide

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2025/01/22

Good Morning Folks! Yesterday was the launch of Diablo IV Season 7, and last night I rolled the Necromancer that I was planning and started leveling. If anyone is wanting to play along at home, I am mostly following this guide on Maxroll because I do not want to think about anything right now. I ... Read more The post Farming the Witchtide appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Minion State of Mind

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2025/01/21

Good morning folks. I am still playing quite a bit of Path of Exile II while also alternating between it and Last Epoch. I am playing Minions builds in both games currently, and seem to be going through a phase where that just seems to be what I want to do. There are few things ... Read more The post Minion State of Mind appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Minions For Days

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2025/01/20

Hey Folks. This is an extended weekend for me due to MLK Jr day here in the United States and as such I am getting a much later start at sitting down to write words. Additionally it also happens to be inauguration day, but we are not going to talk about that part. I’m still ... Read more The post Minions For Days appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #508 – It’s Really Real

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2025/01/19

Hey Folks! Welcome to our actual first show of the year since we did Games of the Year shows for the last two weeks. We start off with being shocked that the Nintendo Switch 2 leaks and rumors were actually real. From there we talk about the Path of Exile II Patch 0.1.1 information, Elon ... Read more The post AggroChat #508 – It’s Really Real appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Path of Exile II After Patch 0.1.1

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2025/01/17

Good Morning Folks! I talked about Path of Exile II Patch 0.1.1 on Monday after its reveal over the weekend, but yesterday afternoon/evening it finally dropped. So of course last night I had to dip my head back into the game and check out what it felt like after the patch had landed. First I ... Read moreThe post Path of Exile II After Patch 0.1.1 appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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I Love Murderbot!

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2025/01/15

Hey Folks! I appear to be on this short book kick right now. One of my goals for this year was to not have this massive gulf where I was not really reading anything. Essentially last year I went through this period from the launch of Dawntrail in the summer through to November where I ... Read more The post I Love Murderbot! appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Last Epoch is Cozy

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2025/01/14

Good Morning Folks! Since Path of Exile II is awaiting a patch, I figured I would spend some time doing something else. Sunday I started an Acolyte and turned her into a Necromancer going down the path of doing a fairly common minions build since that is what I played almost 300 hours of in ... Read more The post Last Epoch is Cozy appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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POE2 Patch 0.1.1 Announcement

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2025/01/13

Good Morning Folks. Yesterday afternoon Grinding Gear Games released an announcement trailer for the changes that are going to be landing this week in Path of Exile II Patch 0.1.1. This was then followed by an over two hour long Tavern Talk with Darth Microtransaction and Ghazzy TV where they talked with Mark and Jonathan ... Read more The post POE2 Patch 0.1.1 Announcement appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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