u/TowerOfSisyphus

I like the modern IFTTT style interface of Buzzkill but I'm wondering if there's a FOSS alternative with more customizable triggers.

Is anybody creating "corruption builds" where you maintain a level of corruption on purpose over a long period of the game? I understand that corrupted weapons can do multiplied damage if you carry some corruption. It's so easy to avoid taking corruption, to purge it when I get it, and to fill up my health bar with aether and still have high damage from other sources that I haven't needed or wanted to explore any advantages that would come from carrying a load of corruption long term. Even moderate use of the power weapon clears it out AND does devastating damage so it's just turned out not to be the big deal I thought it would be when I started playing.

Are there cool "corruption builds" I'm missing out on? Do you have to use your power weapon less to keep corruption in your system? Anyone using the mods to increase the corruption you take? Anyone get that trophy for taking maximum corruption and living? What are the upsides of doing so?

I am a long time daily "power user" of RSS with hundreds of feeds on a wide variety of topics. My RSS reader is my happy place and a key way I stay ahead in my field and up to date with my various interests. Having a solid and powerful RSS reader is a critical part of my personal and professional life and I'm willing to pay a reasonable fee for a good one.

I know there are LOTS of good RSS readers around (and even more coming every day now that we're all vibecoders 🤪) but I still think the big names - Feedly, Inoreader, Newsblur - are what I'd call "feature complete" readers. These have extensive quality of life features that make them stand out from the many open source, minimalist, and newer RSS readers.

I used Feedly Pro for years, then decided to switch to Inoreader Pro, and recently did a trial on Newsblur. The features I look for include:

- Mobile, Web, and cloud sync

- Algorithmic feed curation to improve reading experience (removing duplicates, prioritizing high interest stories, etc. )

- full article fetching live

- customizable reading modes and layouts

- creating custom outgoing RSS feeds of what I've been reading

- Monitoring different news sources (RSS, Reddit, YouTube, newsletters, custom Web search queries, monitoring changes in non RSS enabled pages, Google News and keyword searches, Fediverse, etc )

- Paid ad-free plans

- No enshittification or crippling of features to force me to pay more

- I could take or leave AI summaries

It's a long list of requirements, but that's kind of my point. These are all things that all three of these readers do really well. I'd really like to try out any other RSS readers that are in this top-tier class of feature completeness.

I just discovered Tessera News today and it seems to tick a lot of my boxes - still evaluating it but it shows a lot of promise. I had been trying SmartRSS but while it's a great young project, it's not yet ready to be my daily driver. Both of these are also very attractive because they are a one-time license fee rather than an ongoing subscription.

Which other full featured readers do you know of that would belong on this list?

The Arven DLC is now out on Steam! If you backed Fallen Fates on Kickstarter you can claim your code for the Arven character DLC through the Hibernian Workshop discord. The game is also having a free weekend from now until the 18th and is on sale for 60% off. Details of the new prowess reworks are in the link as well, hope you all have a great day :)

Prominence seems to be raw stopping power while dispiritor is great for spreading damage all across a chaotic room. I've been defaulting to dispiritor lately and have been surprised that it just passively clears out rooms (like the EPD did in Returnal) whereas prominence is great for a focused blast of power, especially with vacuum bomb.

What's your best thinking about these?