I decided that I wanted to master the Maven fight before the league ended. After u/subtractem put out a comprehensive video a few days ago on how to kill the Maven, I bought a few Maven's Writs and went to work. The first one was a brick. The second was a very, very scuffed kill that required all portals. But as I was attempting her more and more, patterns started to emerge and priorities formed. I wanted to share this as a guide coming from someone that started PoE this league and potentially help others who have yet to kill Maven or struggle doing so every time.

A lot of the guides I've seen so far do not mention how you can make the fight easier. For example, all guides mention that the beams are bad. They are, but some builds are not affected by them, at all, and the life recovery debuff can be completely negated by using bubbling life flasks. It's advice like this that I want to bring to the table that is not often mentioned but helped me tremendously.

I am playing a Toxic Rain Champion and I have invested heavily into defense but before you say that the reason I ignore a lot of the mechanics (mostly projectiles) is because of the Champion ascendancy I want to say that I have only 3500 health and 900 energy shield. Most builds have almost double that so even if you take double the damage (which you probably won't) you still will not (likely) die. Having said that, this isn't a build showcase, the Maven, like Sirus, is a fight that can become trivial once you know what you're doing.

My build in case you are curious: https://pastebin.com/Le9DNRpv

Phase 1:

You enter the arena and walk underneath the Maven and about 10s after that the fight begins. She always teleports instantly but sometimes she teleports in the same place, so if you are playing something like toxic rain it is still worth it to fill the area with pods to squeeze in some dps. Otherwise just see where she goes and start damaging her there. Now, at this point there are a bunch of projectiles/orbs flying around that may look threatening at first and cause your movements to be inefficient. Those things don't do much damage. They merely damage you a little bit and can only be threatening when you actively go around to eat all of them and combine that with a cascade of pain or something.

Speaking of which, this is the first attack the Maven will do. She will announce "A cascade of pain! Ha!" and start a barrage of projectiles. Unless you try extrem

The cracked screen fizzles in the darkness.

It’s the only thing still working in my immediate vicinity. It’s littered with dead pixels, and a faded magenta bar strikes down a segment of the screen’s left half, but the visuals and the sound are still quite clear.

“Welcome to Mr Sunny’s FUN-HOUSE RETREAT!” warbles a cartoonish voice, and a soundbite of cheering children rumbles out from the speakers along after it.

Sparks burst from a distended cable to my left. It hangs from the ceiling, with exposed and dangerous wires.

The screen shows me the POV of a camera, one held at the height of a child. The viewer is taken on a compressed, fade-cut tour of the Fun House Retreat.

It’s an amusement park. The sun is shining and all around are smiling children and happy families, eating ice-cream and running from ride to ride. Colorful arches stand tall overhead, and friendly faces sell popcorn and stuffed animals from path-side carts and stands. A rollercoaster whooshes by overhead to the sound of thrilled screams and cheers, and the camera pans across the food gallery: inviting-looking restaurants and milkshake bars.

Mr Sunny himself appears on-screen. It glitches for a moment as he does so.

Mr Sunny is a costumed character. He has an orange, humanoid body and a large, soft yellow head. It looks like a grinning sun.

The expression is fixed, of course. His mouth does not move as he speaks.

The grin is stretched just a little too wide.

The eyes are staring, and dead.

It is impossible to tell who is wearing the costume. There is no exposed skin.

The voice is masculine.

“Where the sun ALWAYS shines!” he boasts, putting one hand on his hip and throwing the other out in a comical wave, high-fiving a young boy who scampers past him.

“Collect an autograph from ME for a FREE Mr Sunny stuffed buddy! Have ya seen me yet today? Be sure to keep an eye out and come say HI if you do!”

He chuckles.

The camera spins round in a circle, showcasing the best that the park has to offer as another rollercoaster flies round in a spiral in the near-distance.

The camera completes its spin and Mr Sunny is closer.

“Unless of course I SEE YOU FIRST!”

He laughs.

The screen glitches again. It shows us more of the park. More well-tendered trees and clean pavements. Posters adorned with grinning characters and immersive, interactive games and stands.

The camera shows us the Retreat’s water-park. Large sprinklers send out blasts of raining water, and children s

This is a newspaper clipping from Tacoma's News Tribune, dated August 25, 1974, celebrating the wedding of Kathleen Clara D'Olivo and Daniel Howard Swisher. D'Olivo was a student at Central Washington State College when she had a chance meeting with one of the most notorious and vile serial killers of all time, Ted Bundy.

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This is a passage from The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History by Kevin M. Sullivan which describes D'Olivo's encounter with and narrow escape from Ted Bundy.

>On Wednesday, April 17, 1974, Kathleen Clara D’Olivo dropped her roommate off close to downtown Ellensburg and drove out to the campus of Central Washington State College, where she was a student. Arriving just after 8:00 P.M., Kathleen parked her car in the designated parking lot and entered Bouillon Library, using the main entrance. “It was a clear night,” she remembered. “I don’t remember it being extremely cold or extremely warm.” And, like the missing women of western Washington (women who disappeared over one hundred miles to the west over the Cascade Mountains), her hair was long, dark, and parted in the middle.
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>But this was Ellensburg, clearly off the beaten path. Indeed, for those living in the high-population areas of western Washington, everything to the east of the Cascades is off the beaten path. But the Cascade Mountains are a divider not just of people but of weather as well. For those inhabiting Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and all points north and south, the rains (at least for much of the year) seem to be an ever-present reality, while people living on the other side of the mountains have a drier, and to some, more pleasant existence.
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>For the next two hours Kathleen would remain on the second floor, studying in an area known as the curriculum laboratory. But when the twenty-one-year-old saw the clock on the wall approaching 10, she started gathering up her books. It was time to phone her fiancé, something she had done ritually every Wednesday at this same time. Descending the steps leading to the first floor, Kathleen left through the front entrance, immediately turned right, stepped off the concrete patio area at the front of the building and began walking across the grassy area. She stepped back onto the sidewalk and continued walking towards Black Hall and the parking lot where her vehicle was located.

I just paid a quick visit to the sanitation workers in Chula Vista (San Diego county) who have been picketing since December 17, 2021.

They don’t know who you are, but your spirit encourages them—they know that there is a group out there of over 1M sharing and understanding their plight and spreading the word. They were already in good spirits, but their eyes brightened up after hearing about you.

According to workers on the picket line, the scabs emerging from their ranks number less than 15% (which strikes me as quite low, considering the length of time that the strike has lasted). Management hardly has enough temp-scabs to keep the streets from being barely impassable. This is all thanks to the reviews being left; thanks to people faking interviews; thanks to people being encouraged to research their potential employers; thanks to groups commiserating; thanks to folks just like you.

Having dealt with the holidays and heavy rain through the course of this strike, the cities with contracts with the company have PUBLICLY POINTED TO THE COMPANY’s obligation to the contracts. An offer was delivered to the workers, which has been declined by the workers—democratically.

These workers often work 6 days a week for 11 hours a day.

They don’t have equipment that is capable of keeping up with the work that is assigned to them. Trucks seem to be the main culprit (workers are assigned their own trucks and are also supposed to have access to general use backup trucks). When trucks break down on the job, there are not enough mechanics to keep the equipment in safe and functional shape that would allow workers their shifts on time. When workers are given the replacement trucks, they are NEVER in the shape that will perform in the manner that might allow a worker to finish their shift on time. Workers are expected to be happy for being ‘paid to wait.’

These workers are paid 30% less than people doing the same job less than 350 miles away in an area with a significantly lower cost of living (Nevada compared to SoCal).

Oh, and Cascade Investment (Bill Gates) owns approximately 1/3 of the company. The CEO was compensated with over US$12M last year. This company is the second most valuable publicly traded waste management company in the US.

These workers perform a top-ten most hazardous job in the country (lol, they deal with more injuries and deaths per worker than cops).

Feel free to look up Republic Services reviews in the San Diego region.

Of course, all t

At 40, I've only in the past handful of months realized that I am autistic and am still going through the cascade of related realizations and "oh THAT's why I do/did that" moments and re-framing my entire life, etc. I've only ever really talked to one IRL person about it in detail so far. It's been scary to open up beyond that.

But today I took a risk and it went so well, I just have to share!

So I'm taking guitar lessons, and last week my teacher gave me a metronome-related practice to try. It broke my brain, I just could not handle hearing the metronome while thinking about my fingers. It was the same brain attack that makes me want to scream when someone talks to me while I'm reading, or has a television on "in the background."

Success #1: I recognized in the moment what was happening and why it was so hard/painful for me, and was kind to myself about it. A year ago I would have pushed myself to ignore the discomfort, head down eyes closed try harder to the point of breaking (and then feel like a failure when I break), because that is how I have always handled everything.

Success #2: When my teacher asked how it had gone, I honestly told them how hard it was for me AND sort of why -- I didn't say Autistic but I did tell them I have sensory processing issues and honestly describe the specific issues I was having with the practice. AND AND AND -- they were so cool about it! They didn't chide me, question the validity of my experience, tell me to shut up and work harder, suggest music wasn't for me, or make me go sit at the weird kids' table. They told me that they understood, that their partner has sensory processing issues as well, and then suggested two things for me to try that might help.

So now I have two concrete, non-self-destructive steps to try, and my first "I was honest with someone outside the family about my needs and the world didn't end" experience under my belt to help me be brave next time. I am very happy.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Even though I’m cutting it close, I wanted to make a quick concept that is a sort of prediction on the general structure of the void rework; however, this means that I’ll be adding a few of my own ideas and altering and combining existing nodes to fill in the gaps. While some of my additions don’t have direct parallels, most are based on in-game concepts, from the past and present, and design philosophies discussed in TWABs, articles, and podcasts.

Like in my Solar 3.0 concept, I won’t be specifying fragment slots, damage numbers, AoE sizes, duration, or buff/debuff effectiveness. I’ll mostly stick to explaining specific interactions to clarify their intended use. Since every variable can have a cascading effect on an ability during play testing, something far out of the scope of this concept/prediction and my ability, any concrete numbers stated here would be meaningless.

Void Verbs: These are copied directly from the Void 3.0 TWAB. The definition of verbs and keywords per element is likely to facilitate the creation of perks, enemies, and mechanics in the future. With the Light 3.0 reworks, similar buffs and debuffs are likely to be standardized to match the sets of distinct verbs per element and allow for better synergies with their respective elements, similar to Ager’s Scepter and Cryosthesia 77k benefit from stasis aspects and fragments.

Negative:

• Suppression: The target is knocked out of any active abilities and can’t activate any abilities/movement modes as long as Suppression persists. Afflicted enemy AI combatants can’t shoot their weapons.
• Weaken: The target takes increased damage and has their movement slowed. Enemy AI combatants fire their weapons with decreased accuracy.
• Volatile: The target is afflicted with unstable Void energy and will explode upon taking additional damage or on death.

Positive:

• Void Overshield: A protective barrier of Void Light which reduces damage taken from combatants.
• Invisibility: You vanish from sight and do not appear on enemy radar.
• Devour: You feast on the energy of your foes. Kills restore you to full health, grant grenade energy, and extend Devour.

I’m pretty sure that every subclass will get access to all of Void’s negative verbs but I’m not so sure about the positives. Currently it seems like each class has a major specialization, Nightstalker has Invisibility, Voidwalker has Devour, and Sentinel has Void Ove

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! After a while of waiting, my newest story is complete! Consider it a late Christmas present haha

Big shoutout to u/gr33n_power for the idea!

Hope y’all enjoy! And if you’re new, feel free to checkout my profile for more just like it! (If this gets popular enough, I’ll probably do a Part 2!)

…

“Something’s in the Air”

Tonight, Ash chose a rather precarious new spot to do some reading. Having grown sick of his cramped apartment, he had walked out onto the balcony and hefted himself up onto the roof. The climb up had required the use of a wobbly foot stool, as well as an exorbitant amount of his upper-body strength. As Ash tumbled over onto a gravel surface, he held his ribs tenderly, sore from where they had pressed into the concrete ledge. Thankfully, nobody had been watching his pitiful attempt to access the roof, and Ash was glad to be alone up above. He slowly rose and peered over the edge.

He was only ten feet higher than his balcony, but combined with the lack of a guard rail, the fall to the street down below seemed deadlier than usual. The sidewalk and cars he had grown used to seeing every day took on a dangerous aura in the orange street lights. One wrong move, and they would be the last thing he ever saw… or felt. Ash carefully retreated from the ledge, to what looked like a brick chimney with two turbine vents sitting atop it.

After managing to get as comfortable as he could while sitting on coarse gravel and leaning against stubborn brick, Ash pulled out his book; it was a paperback novel that had been stored in his rear pocket throughout the entire ordeal. In the streetlights’ soft glow he read the cover, “Clara and the Darkest of Days.” Below the white stylized font, on a pure black background, a figure was drawn emitting sunshine. Looking closer, Ash made it out to be that of a female, undoubtedly the titular Clara.

Ash took a deep breath… and cracked open the cover. The novel smelled new, a fresh scent amongst the city’s worn and tepid odor. He flipped to the front page and let himself be whisked away.

…

Ten blocks west, Brooke Daniels was following a high-speed police chase. With one leg, she pushed off the ground and launched herself several hundred feet into the sky. The city’s warm air disappeared as she rose higher than the apartments and offices, into the fresher winds above. She looked down, and her eyes focused on the line of flashing red and blue lights speeding through the streets. Ahead of t

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

And boy are my arms legs.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

Calcium, nickel, neon

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Guardians

My mind stood still, choosing to neither fight nor flee, remaining in a state of perpetual attempted comprehension of the scene playing out in front of me as I remained motionless, petrified in place. It began to rise up, uncoiling its gigantic serpentine body as the writhing mass spread its gyre out from the podium. As I craned my neck back in abject awe, the sheer size of the thing was only overshadowed by the absolutely magnificent display of colour reflected from every inch of its surface, a display I instantly recognised from the immaculate carving still nestled in my bag. As my eyes adjusted and the luminous glow of the worms fully encapsulated the absolutely massive being, the brief realisation came full circle as its gigantic head came into view, opening its two massive, enchanting eyes, staring straight into my very soul.

It was beyond words, terrifying yet majestic, completely and utterly imposing yet genuinely serene. The gigantic serpent a spitting image of its statue, which itself was carved of the same brilliant, shimmering material that made up every undulating scale that covered the entire beasts elongated body.

For what felt like eternity it stared menacingly, emanating a low, reverberating growl, when my knees finally gave out. Falling backwards, my bag hit the ground first, the contents spilling out over the stone floor as I followed a moment later. The serpent swung its focus passed me to the now exposed carving, shining in all its rainbow glory, it looked straight back at me with a bizarre expression not even five meters away as I nervously glanced a look at the statue, my mind reeling. Turning back, I almost had a heart attack as it had silently moved in barely three feet from my face, its eyes narrowed, delving deeper into my being. In a moment of clarity I scampered back, reaching for the statue, I held it out in front of me, offering back its likeness in a vain attempt at a peace offering

The beast’s eyes widened slightly as it stared at me for a long moment as if reading my intentions, before, after for what felt like an eternity, it opened its eyes back up as the bizarre snarl ceased and it pulled its head back. Standing up tall on but a fraction of its length, reaching almost halfway to the ceiling, it suddenly jerked its head over to the left then back to me, I stood, dumbfounded as it repeated the action, seeming almost frustrated or impatient. When I finally snapped out of my trance, I shot a look back to th

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

I designed this concept based on my predictions on Void 3.0, using the August 26th TWAB as a guideline. I modularized abilities like Stasis and standardized positive and negative verbs as described in the Void 3.0 TWAB. My reason for creating this concept, and what I suspect is one of Bungie’s reasons for the 3.0 subclass reworks, is to try and define the specific playstyles, key concepts, and core philosophies behind Solar, Arc, and Void before getting into more Darkness based elements to avoid overlap down the line.

I won’t be specifying fragment slots, damage numbers, AoE sizes, duration, or buff/debuff effectiveness. I’ll mostly stick to explaining specific interactions to clarify their intended use. Since every variable can have a cascading effect on an ability during play testing, something far out of the scope of this concept and my ability, any concrete numbers stated here would be meaningless.

Solar Verbs: As I did in a previous concept I am starting with a core set of keywords or verbs used by perks and abilities. These verbs, although they will appear on weapon perks and exotics, should feel distinct from element to element with lines being drawn when these concepts get too similar. With this in mind, I replaced Melting Point since it is almost identical to Weaken. I expect Bungie to do this since they already did something similar in the past when they removed invisibility from Bladedancer in the transition to Arcstrider. Trying to stay within the guidelines of 3 positives and 3 negatives I created Expose. It's essentially just a single target debuff version of Truesight. Since Truesight wasn’t stated to be one of Void’s verbs I felt I could get away with it. Also, given that one of gunslinger’s play styles is trap focused, I thought Expose would elevate that specific power fantasy while giving myself some creative freedom when creating aspects, fragments, and abilities. That being said, let's get into the keywords properly.

Negatives:

• (New) Expose: The target shines with solar energy, revealing their location through the environment for a few seconds. Exposed enemies will burn when damaged enough, but solar Explosions do this faster. {The effect itself would just be a brighter, ‘fire-y” version of Truesight. Also, the burn after a damage threshold is similar to shattering frozen enemies and was added because otherwise Expose w