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Random stuff that, for the most part, is too boring to put on Mastodon, Bluesky or Instagram. This is mostly to let Future Me have a look at what Past Me has wasted his time with. // 

Still not sure what nonsense I want to post here.

A website that you build on the side offers the opportunity to incorporate all the stuff you usually don’t use – or need. So here are unnecessary CSS masks, some sticky business, scroll-driven animations, fancy typo, an AI joke & an old-school shoutbox. Needs some fine-tuning though, but published is better than perfect.
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What?! Did Dinosaurs get nerfed? I don’t recall having that much trouble getting to ten wins with Dinosaurs. (If they nerfed Dinos: Good call.)

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory, with Dooley and a Dinosaur Destroy Build

Finally here. It took me 20 hours to get to the DLC of »Lies of P«. I replayed the first nine chapters on normal difficulty. And that Green Monster Of The Swamp is still no fun. I heard the DLC is annoying as well … #LiesOfP #LiesofPOverture 

Screenshot: Entering the DLC of »Lies of P«

Phew. After a nothing-start I pivoted to a Tortuga Build. Got a Darkstone Engine. And, more importantly, the Sharpened Steel Skill (After you use a Weapon, Adjacent items gain 12% Crit Chance for the fight). That resulted in a slow start, and then two Tortuga hits for 3400 Damage pretty fast one after the other. That blasted everyone to the bottom of the sea.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory, with Vanessa and an Obsidian Tortuga Build

What now?! That Platinum Fiery Poppy Field in combination with Toxic Flame (When you Burn your Poison items gain +4 Poison for the fight. When you Poison your Burn items gain +4 Burn for the fight) is a beast. That scales really fast. I was so convinced it was absurdly overpowered. And I still lost against a Lifesteal Weapons Mak. Unbelievable.

The Bazaar. My Poppy Field Mak vs. Lifesteal Weapons Mak

Holy Swish! The Langxian is still valid. This one got me from day 1 to day 12. There are not many who can survive a 3216 Hit with a 110% Crit chance from an Obsidian Langxian after around 6 seconds. Tick tick tick, crit, dead. Hehe. 

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory, with Vanessa and an Obsidian Langxian Build

Yepp. Dinosaurs are still highly unfair.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Perfect Victory, with a Dooley Dinosaur-Destroyer Build

Just had my first run with a Mak quest item. Got this Idol of Decay early and stuck with it. I ended with nine wins. Not bad. I really like the quest mechanic.

The Bazaar: 9 Wins, Silver Victory, with a Mak Poison Build

Oh, it’s BYOBR – Bring Your Own Bass/Guitar Rap. I like. Just a bit too short.

Well, look at that. Finally a win with a Temple Relic. And probably the first time I won with an Atlas Stone active in the build.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory, with a Pyg Weapons Build

Wow. Burn Core is still is a viable option. Hell yeah!

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Perfect Victory, with a Dooley Plasma-Rifle-Burn Build

Holy crap. I didn’t have much hope for the end game. But this Tech build got really fast. Overwhelmed in seconds.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Perfect Victory, with a Dooley Tech-Railgun build

I didn’t think a Freeze Build could work with Dooley. Boy, was I wrong. Took some time to get the Nitrogen Hammer to Platinum, but after that you reach high Bonk damage pretty fast.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory, with a Dooley Freeze Build

Look Ma, no dinos! Dooley is the GOAT right now.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Perfect Victory, with a Dooley Tech build

Ok, maybe dinosaurs are too strong. Every dino build I had so far got me to ten wins. Maybe that changes as soon as more people get their dino expansion.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Perfect Victory, with a Dooley Dinosaur build

I love the new season in The Bazaar. Heavy Firepower for my overpowered Dinosaur/Relic build? Sure, gimme. (Heavy Firepower: If you have 5 or fewer items in play, your Weapons have +75 Damage.) 

The Bazaar: The ability »Heavy Firepower« is offered

Rooooaaaaarrr. My first (forced) Dooley Dinosaur Build was a smashing success. At first that Dinosawer looked rather weak, but this item was the MVP. With some valuable support from Tanky Anky and the Metronome. This is a fun extension.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory, with a Dooley Dinosaur build

I am finally back in Krat for the weekend (and probably the next few weeks). The DLC is a fine occasion to replay #LiesOfP.

Screenshot: The player – Gepetto’s puppet – in front of Hotel Krat

This was a fun one. A working Burn Build for Vanessa. But with Solar Farm, Calcinator and Restorative Fire Claw. What a wild mix.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory, with Vanessa and a burn build

Whoop whoop. Another perfect win thanks to this nice little Obsidian Railgun. The 28% Crit on this was helpful as well.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Perfect Victory, Obsidian Railgun Tech build with Dooley

Ok. A Jabalian Drum build is quite boring. But this one was thrusted upon me. The Slow enchantment made this really unfair. A Heavy Jabalian Drum should not exist. I mean, with five multicast weapons and a Yo-Yo this was unbeatable.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory, with a Heavy Jabalian Drum build

I was quite happy with my overpowered multi-attack weapons build. Till that 559 Burn (in combat) Fiery Subscraper overpowered me.

The Bazaar: Overpowered by a nasty Burn build

Like cutting through butter. I rarely use the Railgun or the Atomic Clock. But a Shiny Railgun and a Turbo Atomic Clock with six Ammo just blasted through the competition. (I just shouldn’t have picked a fight with Lord Arken. I couldn’t handle his Vitality Potion.)

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory. With a Dooley-Railgun-Tech-build.

Uh, another wild mix. I threw away a nice Toxic Grenade + Powder Flask + Silencer + Orange Julian + Crow's Nest combo. Just because I got an Obsidian Tortuga. This worked fine with Bill Dozer and Electric Eels. Even though I had no healing. Can’t believe this ended in a perfect win.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Perfect victory, with Obsidian Tortuga + Bill Dozer + Old Saltclaw + Heavy Electric Eeels

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