jontree255

TL:DR: This TWID is all about IRL community related stuff you can participate in to get emblems and other swag. I am personally not very interested in that kind of stuff but check it out if you are as some of it looks pretty cool and goes to good causes.

I really wanted one of these when they did the limited release but couldn’t justify it at the time. Glad the brought it back and improved upon it.

It’s a strange pedal and probably best for ambient effects or backing tracks. The DBA side is probably the most “usable” of the modes for more traditional guitar work. I have to play around with it more.

I tried something weird by having it between my distortions and almost blew out my eardrums with the feedback when I turned on the plumes.

TL;DR:

• Episode 1: Act 2 Livestream recap
• In Episode 2 all story content will release at the beginning of each act instead of weekly.
• Two new battlegrounds available July 16th. Third one on July 23.
• New and Returning Weapons:
  • Solar Rocket Sidearm
  • Arc Two-burst Pulse
  • Perfect Paradox (the GOAT)
• New artifact perks. Very sniper heavy.
• Some balance tuning changes mentioned that are coming in early August. Only a few specifics. Probably will be covered in another article in more depth.
  • Big thing to note is that Still Hunt+Celestial is getting a 25% dmg nerf.
• Solstice Armor lookin' hot this year. More details about the event in a future TWID.
• Havok Hardware in Crucible labs next week. Mayhem but for Special and Heavy drops.
• Next collab is RecRoom but only in that game.

Super late with this post

TL;DR:

• Episode 1 Act 2 starts July 16
• Iron Banner will now be two weeks instead of one.
• Khvostov getting nerfs to recoil and ricochet rounds in PVP only.
• Red Death is getting Pulse Rifle recoil instead of AR recoil.
• Speaker's Helm is getting it's orb generation disabled in Crucible only till a more proper fix can be implemented.
  • For those who didn't play Trials the last two weeks this helmet combined with Khvostov was one of the most toxic things I've ever seen in PVP. Whole teams of warlocks throwing heal turrets every single round bouncing buffed ricochet rounds across my whole team.
• More PVP changes coming with the mid Episode patch.

TL;DR:

• Surges are getting removed from Raids and Dungeons next week and HP and damage values are being adjusted to compensate.
• GMs and Salvation's Edge go live June 25th.

Starting my Necrons with the KT box. I wasn’t sure about the color scheme till I painted the blue lines which made it come alive.

Still not sure what to paint the bases other than black to get a good contrast. Open to any ideas.

We can finally see the Raid weapons on light.gg so let's look at what they're packing.

Origin Trait: Collective Purpose - Gain bonus range and handling when near allies. Bows get better draw time. Swords get better charge rate. Stacks with more allies.

Critical Anomaly - Stasis Aggressive Sniper Rifle:

• First Column:
  • Reconstruction
  • Chill Clip
  • Rewind Rounds
  • Keep Away
  • Opening Shot
  • Quickdraw
• Second Column:
  • Bait and Switch
  • Headstone
  • Chaos Reshaped - Gains bonus damage that stacks the longer the wielder is in combat. Periodically heals the wielder.
  • Explosive Payload
  • Triple Tap
  • Firing Line
  • Snapshot Sights
• Combos:
  • PVE: Reconstruction/Rewind Rounds + Bait and Switch/Headstone/Triple Tap. Chill Clip Headstone.
  • PVP: Keep Away/Opening Shot + Snapshot
• Thoughts:
  • Chill Clip seems interesting if you combine it with headstone.
  • The new perk might be good but I think it's going to do better on primary weapons.
  • If snipers ever get good for DPS again this might be able to compete with Succession.

Imminence - Strand Lightweight SMG:

• First Column:
  • Demolitionist
  • Slice
  • Enlightened Action
  • Dynamic Sway reduction
  • Pugilist
  • Perpetual Motion
• Second Column:
  • Hatchling
  • Kill Clip
  • Chaos Reshaped
  • Target Lock
  • Desperate Measures
  • Firefly
  • Strategist.
• Combos:
  • PVE: Slice/Demolitionist/Pugilist + Hatchling/Kill Clip/Chaos Reshaped/Firefly
  • PVP: Slice/Enlightened Action/DSR/Perpetual Motion + Kill Clip/Target Lock
• Thoughts:
  • Get ready for another SMG in PVP.
  • Many ways to run this for PVE. I'm most interested in the new perk Chaos Reshaped to see how it performs.
  • I list hatchling on all the weapons that have it because of how it fits with Strand but I personally think it's a bad perk and needs a buff to be relevant.

Non-Denouement - Arc Precision Bow:

• First Column:
  • Archer's Tempo
  • Dragonfly
  • Opening Shot
  • Shoot to Loot
• Second Column:
  • Voltshot
  • Chaos Reshaped
  • Explosive Head
  • Desperate Gambit - Hipfire precision hits grant a massive draw speed bonus.
  • Moving Target.
• Combos:
  • PVE: Archer's Tempo + Volshot. Done. Maybe you could argue Dragonfly but why would you?
• Thoughts:
  • So they're just giving us legendary Trinity Ghoul?
  • Bows are annoying in PVP.

Forthcoming Deviance - Void Rapid Fire Glaive:

• First Column:
  • Reconstruction
  • Replenishing Aegis
  • Demolitionist
  • Grave Robber
• Second Column:
  • Chain Reaction
  • Chaos Reshaped
  • Destabilizing Rounds
  • Close to Melee
  • Desperate Measures
  • Vorpal
  • Unstoppable force
• Combos:
  • PVE: Any perk combo listed above. I'd personally go Reconstruction + Chain Reaction.
• Thoughts:
  • I find glaives to be really not fun to use. I guess this one gets rid of my biggest problem which is their piss poor reload by having nearly all reload bypass perks in the first column. I'm thinking chain reaction will help you keep the shield energized with AoE kills.

Nullify - Solar Heavy Burst Pulse Rifle:

• First Column:
  • Rapid Hit
  • Heal Clip
  • Subsistence
  • Demolitionist
  • Firefly
• Second Column:
  • Incandescent
  • Chaos Reshaped
  • Multikill Clip
  • Adrenaline Junkie
  • Vorpal
  • Desperate Measures.
• Combos:
  • PVE: Rapid Hit/Heal Clip/Subistence/Firefly + Incandescent/Chaos Reshaped.
  • PVP: Not really seeing much here.
• Thoughts:
  • Personally I'm going with Firefly + Incandescent. I got Adhorative last season which has my Heal Clip + Incandescent PR covered.

Summum Bonum - Arc Wave Frame Sword:

• First Column:
  • Tireless Blade
  • Relentless Strikes
  • Attrition Orbs
  • Unrelenting
  • Strategist
• Second Column:
  • Chaos Reshaped
  • Chain Reaction
  • Bait and Switch
  • Whirlwind Blade
  • Surrounded
  • One for All
  • Vorpal
• Combos:
  • PVE: Lots of options. I'm not really a sword guy so I don't know what to use in the first column but I'm sure as shit using Chain Reaction or Bait and Switch in the second column.

Covers what to expect with Episodes for the next year. D2 Codename: Frontiers is coming in 2025, no other details on what that is exactly.