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Endgame is a Moving Target

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2024/08/14

Good Morning Folks! Yesterday was a hellacious day for me, and today I am off… so since I did not get a chance to blog I am dropping a mega topic on you. Mostly this is something that I had been kicking around in my head for weeks but I simply did not feel like ... Read more The post Endgame is a Moving Target appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Friends Save the Weekend

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2024/08/12

Good Morning Folks! Sunday was amazing and helped rejuvenate my batteries quite a bit. Last week was fucking awful… full stop. Saturday was also sort of awful because I woke up and went to go get donuts like I always do… and my truck would not start. I was able to get it jumped but ... Read more The post Friends Save the Weekend appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #489 – Kodra the Dreamer

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2024/08/11

Hey Folks! This week we are taking a break from the Dawntrail topic because Ammo was not available. As a result, we dive into a normal topic load starting with Grace talking about their experience playing Diablo IV Season 5. From there we dive into a mega topic of Kodra and his recent trip to ... Read more The post AggroChat #489 – Kodra the Dreamer appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Vaal-y Girl

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2024/08/09

Good Morning Folks! Yesterday I pushed through the rest of the campaign on my Widow Hail Elemental Hit of the Spectrum Deadeye. I feel like it is very important to preface this build with the statement, that for this experiment I was purposefully trying not to follow a meta guide. Those exist, in abundance for ... Read moreThe post Vaal-y Girl appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Elemental Hit Widowhail

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2024/08/08

Good Morning Folks. Last night I got my baby Elemental Hit of the Spectrum Deadeye up to a high enough level to try out my Widowhail nonsense. For the uninitiated this is a unique bow that has no real damage stats of its own… but instead inherits whatever stats you have on your quiver and ... Read more The post Elemental Hit Widowhail appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Blaugust and Large Language Models

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2024/08/07

Good Morning Folks! My morning has been a bit on the odd side. I had to get up super early, run into the office, do a few things, and then get back home before an 8:30 meeting. As a result, I am getting a bit of a late start to the day. There is a ... Read more The post Blaugust and Large Language Models appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Return of the King

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2024/08/06

Good Morning Folks! Last night I dinged 97, and is often the case when I have freshly dinged and no longer worry about experience loss for a bit… I decided to try a few things. One of these was the new version of the King in the Mists fight that originally debuted in the Affliction ... Read more The post Return of the King appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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A Weekend of Upgrades

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2024/08/05

Good Morning Folks! I played a heck of a lot of Path of Exile this weekend and a lot of that time was focused on gold acquisition to feed the league mechanic. I did some Photoshop magic to create a single screen that shows all of the parts of the town that I have maxed ... Read more The post A Weekend of Upgrades appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #488 – Dawntrail Spoiler Show – Part One

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2024/08/04

Hey Folks! For years we have had this tradition of recording a full spoiler show once all of the folks who are actively playing Final Fantasy XIV have completed the content. We knew this would be an epic undertaking given that we never got around to recording a post-Endwalker show. This is absolutely going to ... Read moreThe post AggroChat #488 – Dawntrail Spoiler Show – Part One appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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A Week of Recession League

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2024/08/02

Good Morning Folks! Yesterday I did my obligatory “First Day of Blaugust” post and today I am back to my usual nonsense. As of today… specifically about seven hours from now… it will have been one full week of playing Settlers of Kalguur League in Path of Exile. During that time I have made a ... Read more The post A Week of Recession League appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Tour of the Aggronaut

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2024/08/01

Good Morning Folks! However, by the time I actually finish this blog post, it might be afternoon. Today is the very first day of Blaugust 2024, and this year one of our mentors had a pretty great suggestion. Magi thought it might be pretty great if everyone dedicated one of their early posts to introducing ... Read more The post Tour of the Aggronaut appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Blaugust 2024 Eve

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2024/07/31

Good Morning Everyone! It is almost time for Blaugust and in fact at the time of writing it… it is probably already Blaugust for our Oceanic participants. Timezones are weird. Anyways as is often the case before the official start of Blaugust I release various bits of information about the event. Namely this morning I ... Read more The post Blaugust 2024 Eve appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Fully Specced Betrayal is Wild

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2024/07/30

Hey Folks! Tomorrow is the start of Blaugust and with it will come some more Blaugusty-themed posts, and probably a few days without proper league updates. Not that I think anyone out there is hanging on my words wanting to know what I did the day before… but you know I can pretend right. At ... Read more The post Fully Specced Betrayal is Wild appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Settlers League is Great

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2024/07/29

Good Morning Folks! I am a bit late getting a post started today because work things got in the way early early this morning. Friday was the launch of the Settlers of Kalguur League in Path of Exile and I have been having a blast. I was a bit slower going through the campaign than ... Read more The post Settlers League is Great appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #487 – Wraeclast Trading Company

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2024/07/28

This week we dive into the brand new Path of Exile league as we assist the Settlers of Kalguur. We talk about our experiences with the exceptionally detailed league mechanic so far. Tam contrasts his experience with this league with his experience playing Last Epoch. We talked a bit about our league starts and how ... Read more The post AggroChat #487 – Wraeclast Trading Company appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Many Smol Possums

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2024/07/26

This morning I had a delightful experience. For a few months, we have been getting up at 5:30 and going for a walk before things heat up. Part of this experience is feeding the outdoor feral cats that visit our home. Generally speaking, we have Greybie, Skippy, Big Boy, and Blackie waiting on us out ... Read moreThe post Many Smol Possums appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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For The Cat

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2024/07/25

Hey Folks! Last night was a bit of an odd night. We got started a bit later than normal and I also did not sleep for shit Tuesday night… which put me in a bit of a funk. I came close to just begging off of shenanigans but I am very glad that I did ... Read more The post For The Cat appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Four Oneshot Fights

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2024/07/24

Good Morning Friends! Yesterday was the raid reset night for Final Fantasy XIV and with it came a visit back to my main character over on Cactuar. It is funny… I don’t really mind playing a Roegadyn until I spend time on my Lalafell. I am pretty sure once we hit level 100 and our ... Read more The post Four Oneshot Fights appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Cold Criminals

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2024/07/23

Good Morning Friends. It has been a few days since I last gave an update on our progress on the Dynamis server Kraken. Once again fair warning that I am going to talk about spoilers for ARR and Heavensward during this blog post, so be forewarned. The first thing that honestly shocks me is how ... Read more The post Cold Criminals appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Settlers League Looks Amazing

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2024/07/22

Hey Folks! On Thursday we had the reveal stream for Path of Exile Settlers of Kalguur aka 3.25 and it was nonsense. The patch notes are over 30,000 words long and involve some big shakeups to existing metas. The biggest thing is that melee may now be back on the menu because all melee-focused abilities ... Read more The post Settlers League Looks Amazing appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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