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Work has been insane this week and I haven't had a chance to log in at all...hoping to get some time this weekend.

Mantid wrote:

Yeah, don't sweat it tomaytohead. I've ignored peanut in my teapot too. :D

I'm like the fairy tale gnomes. I sneak in to make the shoes when you're not looking.

peanut3141 wrote:
Mantid wrote:

Yeah, don't sweat it tomaytohead. I've ignored peanut in my teapot too. :D

I'm like the fairy tale gnomes. I sneak in to make the shoes when you're not looking.

I was thinking small and insignificant. Like a peanut.

I will say, a peanut in a teapot reminds of the terrible tragedy of southern food that is boiled peanuts.

I also caught peanut sneaking in and out of my teapot last night. Fear not, it was consensual.

mrtomaytohead wrote:

I will say, a peanut in a teapot reminds of the terrible tragedy of southern food that is boiled peanuts.

Mmmm, peanuts in food are great. Panang curry and pad thai are prime examples. Boiling doesn't sound like a great approach, but I'd give it a try. Some of the best food I've had didn't seem very promising, and I was very happily proven wrong.

peanut3141 wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:

I will say, a peanut in a teapot reminds of the terrible tragedy of southern food that is boiled peanuts.

Mmmm, peanuts in food are great. Panang curry and pad thai are prime examples. Boiling doesn't sound like a great approach, but I'd give it a try. Some of the best food I've had didn't seem very promising, and I was very happily proven wrong.

Maybe you don't know what boiled peanuts are. Just plain, soggy, gag-inducing boiled peanuts all by themselves. I've tried them and noped out super quick. Something like pad thai is great.

So for the first time ever, this game is requiring me to be in co-op to progress. It's the requirement to buy one item from a teapot salesman in another person's realm in the teapot handbook.

When I got to the AR level where Co-op was enabled I started getting random join requests popping up all the time, and promptly found the setting to deny all requests. What to I need to do to enable it so that, say, I only see and and join people here?

You don't actually need the other person around. Check the posts upthread about opening up your teapot for others, but if you go through your friends list and check each of our details you'll find most of us have our teapots set to allow you to visit regardless of whether we're there or not (or even playing at the time).

I recommend my teapot, by the by! Aside from being pretty happy with the layout I've put together, there's good commercial reason as well: I bought the shiba inu that was for sale, but there's a wild forest hog that I probably won't get around to buying, so first come first serve!

You're assuming that I have anyone on my friends list. I have 0 friends. Is there a list somewhere of who to add, or do I give my character name or some code here and have you guys request me?

Tscott wrote:

You're assuming that I have anyone on my friends list. I have 0 friends. Is there a list somewhere of who to add, or do I give my character name or some code here and have you guys request me?

Either way.

There's no list that I'm aware of, but my UID is 604329918.

Tscott wrote:

You're assuming that I have anyone on my friends list. I have 0 friends. Is there a list somewhere of who to add, or do I give my character name or some code here and have you guys request me?

It's probably easiest for you to post your UID here. We can add you next time we log in.

Okay I added you, zeroKFE. My UID is 622471333

EDIT: Yay. And now I have 2 friends. It took a while, but I finally figured out how to request to join another's teapot.

zeroKFE, that wild boar is mine now.

So how do I check my teapot settings to see if I've enabled friends to join it whenever?

Tscott wrote:

So how do I check my teapot settings to see if I've enabled friends to join it whenever?

Yeah, it was a couple pages back. Not the most obvious placement for it, but honestly the UI is a little messy in this game all around.

I am in prologue part 3 am I all powerful yet? I dunno the game isn’t bad but I am not sure if it will keep engaging me. I want some more decisions on my characters and hope it comes soon.

Well, I've finally reached 15k adeptal power or whatever it's called in the teapot realm, but I think it will be a while before I can reach that final 20k tier. I've got nearly a full trust rank to go before I get that third outdoor area unlocked, and I refuse to do the meta thing of cramming a ton of screens into a single room -- I will have every space be genuinely functional, damnit! So at this point it's going to be down to making smaller improvements indoors (tweaking the kitchen, maybe adding seating to the upstairs corridor or something) and fleshing out the second outdoor area a bit.

I will say, I'm actually quite impressed with the system they've built here. Even with the somewhat limited pieces available, it's surprisingly easy to make spaces that feel natural, warm, and inviting. I just wish I could get a bit more load available in the outdoor regions (if I could just add maybe three or four more items to my market area my first outdoor region would feel very good), and maybe another room or two indoors (maybe those upstairs corridor doors will be come rooms in a future patch?).

If anyone is around the next couple of hours, I could use some carrying in the twisted realm to get more coins there...

When does the event expire? I might pop on for expeditions and whatnot sometime this morning, but I can't really play until the work day is over I'm afraid.

I can't now either, but I could help tonight with Twisted Realm tonight. I don't think it expires until the next reset.

Does anyone else need help? Tscott maybe? I'm guessing hitting 20k solo is pretty tough as a newer player.

I'm down to help tonight as well if needed. Getting the points needed to clear all the rewards seems a lot easier than it was during the Hypostasis event.

peanut3141 wrote:

I'm down to help tonight as well if needed. Getting the points needed to clear all the rewards seems a lot easier than it was during the Hypostasis event.

Yeah, but we all also now have a few more months of character building under our belts too.

I suspect that in both cases the events were tuned so that hitting the top tier of rewards solo required teams with significant investment, but we just have that now where we didn't before. Feels like they structured the rewards such that newer players will still be able to get the most important items without much trouble, but as Dyni says, they'll need coop help to clear the event store.

zeroKFE wrote:
peanut3141 wrote:

I'm down to help tonight as well if needed. Getting the points needed to clear all the rewards seems a lot easier than it was during the Hypostasis event.

Yeah, but we all also now have a few more months of character building under our belts too.

I suspect that in both cases the events were tuned so that hitting the top tier of rewards solo required teams with significant investment, but we just have that now where we didn't before. Feels like they structured the rewards such that newer players will still be able to get the most important items without much trouble, but as Dyni says, they'll need coop help to clear the event store.

Everything you say is true, but there's more room to optimize this time. During the hypostasis event, each phase had 3 (or 4?) characters with increased damage and you could pick the buffs/debuffs to suit your team. For the twisted realms, the buff/debuff selection is still present, but we now have the ability to choose our shard buffs to work with your preferred team. Losing the per-character buffs also gives more freedom.

The first day was a bit of a struggle, as the shards were geo based and geovishaps are awful. Then the second day unlocked a set that was perfectly suited for cryo/charged/freezing that made Ganyu based teams hilariously OP. I was able to go back to the first challenge, permafreeze those assholes and get a much higher score. Finally, the 3rd set of shards revolves around insane energy income and constantly throwing out bursts. Putting together a team full of short CD bursts and ignoring energy costs made it even easier.

Dyni wrote:

Does anyone else need help? Tscott maybe?

I'd be up for some co-op here tonight. I've only managed to get 2000 per area (maybe less than that in the last one). You'd have to bear with me as this would be my first time in co-op.

I've added a few of you guys to my Friends list. I am very new to this though - just started last week, only reached AR 28.

I like it so far. There is so much to do, it's hard not to get lost and distracted.

My UID is 626113412, please feel free to add me.

Tscott wrote:
Dyni wrote:

Does anyone else need help? Tscott maybe?

I'd be up for some co-op here tonight. I've only managed to get 2000 per area (maybe less than that in the last one). You'd have to bear with me as this would be my first time in co-op.

The co-op system here is pretty chill. Most of us have at least one or two stacked DPS machines by now, so 20k in co-op shouldn't be an issue.

Of course, in saying that, I have just doomed us to fail. Apologies in advance.

Hedinn wrote:

My UID is 626113412, please feel free to add me.

Will do. If you're a high enough AR to do the current event, feel free to join tonight as well.

FYI, the Twisted Realm is available till the beginning of the 17th, so we still have the next weekend to get together if need be (the event store is open till the 24th). This means we will have two events going on for a few days.

Not sure how I feel about Windtrace still. It's a light PvP event (hide and seek), but still requires some competition. They don't allow you to collect rewards in Co-Op, so strangers it is. Previous events certainly have shown random players are willing to pitch in and help others, so we'll see how it goes.

Dyni wrote:
Hedinn wrote:

My UID is 626113412, please feel free to add me.

Will do. If you're a high enough AR to do the current event, feel free to join tonight as well.

I would join but, most likely, I will not be able to - it's my birthday today and my family is preparing dinner and other festivities and jubilations

When are you guys planning to go and how do you communicate?

Hedinn wrote:
Dyni wrote:
Hedinn wrote:

My UID is 626113412, please feel free to add me.

Will do. If you're a high enough AR to do the current event, feel free to join tonight as well.

I would join but, most likely, I will not be able to - it's my birthday today and my family is preparing dinner and other festivities and jubilations

When are you guys planning to go and how do you communicate?

happy birthday!

Hedinn wrote:

When are you guys planning to go and how do you communicate?

Discord, start a temporary voice channel.

Hedinn wrote:
Dyni wrote:
Hedinn wrote:

My UID is 626113412, please feel free to add me.

Will do. If you're a high enough AR to do the current event, feel free to join tonight as well.

I would join but, most likely, I will not be able to - it's my birthday today and my family is preparing dinner and other festivities and jubilations

Happy birthday!

As Mantid mentioned, the event is available until the 17th, so we can try to help you another night.

I should be free around 8 EST for anyone that is available and wants help.