[–] [S] 1 point 2 hours ago

https://nitter.click/Fubgun/status/2118872387655741462#m

Exilecon reveal Summary:

Path of Exile 2:

  1. New Class: Shadow, high mobility class with stealth/traps/dagger skills. Looks extremely fun
  2. act 5 and 6 coming with 1.0 - 24 new areas and 18 new unique bosses.
  3. 1.0 League: Conquerors of Wraeclast. Base building with gameplay similar of total war or other games like it (massive battle vs battle). You can also join 1 of 3 factions (every player makes this choice). The better your faction does the more item rarity you'll get in the sieges. You start recruiting your army during the campaign and in the endgame as well.
  4. Atlas passive tree revamped, less nodes overall but more meaningful choices (70 total nodes but most of them are multi-option). And overall less time to fully complete your atlas.
  5. Can directly teleport to the league mechanic areas to start their quest instead of having to slowly travel from map to map.
  6. Big buffs to almost all support gems, lowering penalties or just increasing the effectiveness.
  7. New crafting as well, you directly select the mods on your item to replace and get new random ones in return, these mods are also fractured. Can select 2 modifiers.
  8. Uniques are vastly improved, reworking every unique that is low power/not interesting, most of them are getting new abilities tied to them.
  9. Passive skill tree reworked, jewel meta should be gone.

Path of Exile 1:

  1. Massive endgame overhaul, scarabs are removed from the game. Atlas tree revamped and now contains a lot of effects that scarabs used to provide.
  2. Most League mechanics now work together, creating more randomness from map to map. For example if you do blight and rogue exiles together, it can make exiles spawn from your blight portals.
  3. You can chose 3 league mechanics to put on your map at a time, juicing from 1 to 8 difficulty
  4. Drops now directly scale with the map difficulty, so higher difficulty is now always more rewards (can also juice pinnacle bosses for better loot).
  5. Mirage is core and presumable shrine belt with it. Can roll mirage and wildwood on your maps.
  6. 3.30 league: Covens of umbra. You slay bosses and take parts of their body to give yourself bonuses (for example killing oak and using his power gives you 1% life regen). You can only use 4 different powers at a time. Also allows you to enhance/juice pinnacle and uber bosses for even greater rewards, these bosses also give insane powers in return.
  7. Tiered rares added into the game and you can drop simplex (no longer comes from heist). The best base types are now just extremely rare drops.

A lot of endgame changes in general for poe1, but these were the biggest.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 hours ago

    The preshow has started. This is the 3rd ever Exilecon. The first one was in 2019 and the second was in 2023. The first presentation starts in 10 minutes.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    I don't have any preference for Tucker Carlson. The point of my comment is that no user should have the expectation that they like every post on the website. There are ton of posts that I don't like and I don't comment on them because not every post is for me.

    Why does it annoy me when people complain about having to observe right wing figures? Because it discourages people from posting. Everyone is always discouraging people from posting. It discourages discussions. Why aren't you encouraging posting? It makes me feel discouraged for posting interesting things because I think people might react badly.

    By the way, the Hexbear algorithm highly favors posts with comments. The more that you post in the thread, the more visibility it will have. I simply don't comment on posts that I don't want to see and then they disappear naturally.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 day ago* (9 children)

    I think users shouldn't act like they own the entire website and if you don't like seeing somebody else's post, you should click the "hide post" button or report it if it violates the website rules.

    There shouldn't be some kind of moral righteousness that you feel about observing the outside world. Tucker is still a notable and influential figure, even though he's a massive bigot. He still has a huge following on the right wing.

    There's things that you could learn about this post. Maybe it's kind of interesting that Russian public media is reporting Tucker Carlson. Maybe you could notice that Tucker is trying to create a split into the Republican party and that he said he believes that Trumpism has ceased to exist.

    You have to know how your enemy thinks to defeat them. It's baby logic to think that if you don't see something then it doesn't exist.

    Instead of complaining about people who post, you should make posts that you like.

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    Missile Administration Test-fires Newly-developed Air-defence Missile

    Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- The Missile Administration of the DPRK test-fired a newly-designed advanced air-defence missile system to confirm its technical specifications on Nov. 4.

    Full General Kim Jong Sik, member of the Central Military Commission and first vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, guided the test-fire together with leading officials of the administration and national defence science research field.

    The test-fire proved the technical specifications and reliability of the new material and intelligent multiple guided mode of the projectile, target identification and tracking capability of the air-defence missile system and its detection information processing device.

    On the same day, a firepower sub-unit under the long-range strategic cruise missile unit in the eastern area gave a fire strike drill demonstration.

    The sub-unit involved in the drill perfectly performed its mission to strike a virtual airport target with a long-range strategic cruise missile.

    The relevant test and drill are an extension of obligatory activities of the national defence and military sectors at all levels to put the combat systems on a technically high level and improve the combat reliability of the strategic weapon. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/64d61c9ad217ceb07f4257b2aea2dc39

    https://archive.is/KwUXP

     

    Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK

    Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement on November 4:

    As already mentioned, the continued hostile signal of the U.S. to our state compels the DPRK to reconsider the U.S. entity in various aspects.

    The so-called "cryptocurrency hacking case by the DPRK" is no more than a tip of iceberg that shows the essence of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK.

    Recently, the U.S. again called for someone's "denuclearization" at a tripartite diplomatic gathering with Japan and the ROK and has set new records of anti-DPRK hostility day by day in all aspects of denuclearization, human rights, cyber, sanctions and military affairs, evidenced by the staging of joint military drills under various missions, the imposition of unilateral and multilateral sanctions and the publication of "Trafficking in Persons Report".

    We do not regard the "Binance" hacking incident as any accidental and sudden case or isolated private scheme, but as an extension of Washington's invariable hostile policy toward the DPRK.

    Clearly, the U.S. malicious attempt to get a political and strategic profit by abusing the case is producing a political side effect.

    We have already and repeatedly clarified that the U.S. abandonment of its hostile policy toward the DPRK is a major premise and key to solving all problems, and in this context it is needless to say that the U.S. recent act is a clearly retrogressive one.

    It is our clear stand that we have no need to sit face to face with such unreliable and hostile persons who refuse to abandon their policy of confrontation while talking about dialogue, prefer war drills and strengthening of military alliance to peace and evade respect for the sovereignty, rights and interests of the other party while preaching about improved relations.

    To the hostile signals that the United States continuously sends, we do not know how to respond otherwise.

    In the present reality when new records are being set in the implementation of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK, it is natural that new records should be created in our reflective counteraction.

    The choice for peace includes dialogue of course, but this is not surely equated with national interests for us. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/547d4372853b197db4d1c73810d70768

    https://archive.is/20qzY

    related post from yesterday https://hexbear.net/post/9944750

    [–] 13 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    The Costco $1.50 hotdog combo is known as a 'loss leader'. Costco loses money on hotdog sales but it makes you go into the store to buy more things.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    DPRK is operating on an ancient proverb, "whoever smelt it dealt it". The US media was very quick to blame DPRK, without investigation. That is suspicious.

    The reasons I would believe that the US was behind the Binance hack is because the US has conducted false flag attacks in the past and false flag hacks in the past.

    The US government has previously blamed China for hacks and China reported that it was a false flag conducted by the US. An example is the hacker group named "Volt Typhoon". The US alleged that Volt Typhoon had hacked City Water Systems in the United States.

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    Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK

    Pyongyang, November 3 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement on November 2:

    Recently, the cryptocurrency worth billions of U.S. dollars was stolen at the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange "Binance". As regards this extra-large incident, the U.S. has made a trite provocation of linking it with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea again.

    The FBI is trying to brand the DPRK as a "cyber criminal state", claiming that it obtained information that a hacking organization "supported" by the DPRK was involved in the incident.

    But the U.S. assertion is an absurd rhetoric and nothing new.

    This is not the first time that the U.S. has attempted to spread misunderstanding of the DPRK in the international community, blindly linking the DPRK with the "cyber crime" incidents whenever they occur on an international scale.

    Last year, the U.S. also tried to blame the DPRK for the hacking incident at the cryptocurrency exchange called "Bybit".

    It is a grave political provocation against the DPRK that the U.S. misleads the international public opinion as if all the cyber crimes in different parts of the world are our deeds.

    This is a sinister attempt to damage the international image of the DPRK and undermine its dignity and national prestige and another grave violation of the sovereignty of the DPRK in the new sphere.

    It is the consistent policy stand of the DPRK government to resolutely oppose all sorts of malicious acts in cyberspace, the wealth common to the mankind, and resolutely reject any attempt to politicize the cyber issue and use it as a means of interfering in the internal affairs with other countries.

    The international community needs to recall once again the fact that as soon as the present U.S. administration took office last year, it announced that it would confiscate illegally stolen cryptocurrency assets and use them as a state's strategic reserve.

    If it carefully examines who will get the large amount of the so-called stolen cryptocurrency when the latter is retrieved, it may get a clue about who is behind the hacking incident.

    On this occasion, we confirmed Washington's hostile attitude toward the DPRK once again and are closely monitoring a variety of persistent provocations of the U.S. against our state.

    We have issues to reconsider in diverse aspects as regards the very unpleasant U.S. hostile attitude. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/873496f71f6ab3e667a4271b5a4cf4c6

    https://archive.is/uuxaB

     

    The everdark of Umbra… comes for you!

    🎥 Live Reveal - ExileCon 2026 - November 6 12:30 PM PST
    🩸 Play on PC and consoles - November 13 11:00 AM PST

    Watch live at twitch.tv/pathofexile | piped.video/@playpathofexile

    https://nitter.click/pathofexile/status/2117006675354009627#m

    teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrqHag06Qds

     

    Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, a major shakeup in the final stages of a top battleground race that could determine which party controls the Senate.

    “Hey, Michigan, as you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens said in a video.

    “And he’s right, and that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today,” she said. “I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign.”

    The congresswoman’s announcement marks a whirlwind turnabout from just days ago, when she said she would support her party’s ticket and planned to attend a campaign event on Sunday to support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

    But leading up to the rally, Stevens and El-Sayed released dueling critical public statements, prompting concerns from Democrats that the spat was a distraction from what is widely seen as one of the most competitive Senate races.

    Stevens had said that she expected El-Sayed to condemn an ad from an outside group that she said was antisemitic. El-Sayed responded, accusing Stevens of being “intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago.”

    NBC News reported Saturday that El-Sayed’s campaign had asked Stevens to no longer attend campaign events following the dueling statements.

     

    Defence Science Research Institutes of DPRK Test Major Weapon System

    Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted a test on October 31 to assess adaptation to combat and power of a cluster-bomb warhead to be tipped on tactical ballistic missiles.

    Full General Kim Jong Sik, member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, oversaw the test.

    The Ballistic Missile System Institute and the Warhead Institute of the Missile Administration announced that they confirmed that the Standard Type 2 cluster-bomb warhead is capable of turning into ashes a target area of 12 to 13 hectares with its highest-density power.

    The general director of the DPRK Missile Administration said: "We classify the cluster-bomb warheads into four categories according to special and standard purposes. Within this year we will enable units to select and use all those types according to operational aims and specific features of targets."

    The Missile Administration said that the test is a part of regular scientific research activities aimed at boosting the power of combat systems. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/4934d6d26c57abc3d1aba40b7ace6c8f

    https://archive.is/S3Dy3

     

    Talks Held between DPRK and Swiss Foreign Ministers

    Pyongyang, October 31 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, held talks with Ignazio Cassis, foreign minister of the Swiss Confederation, at Pyongyang Assembly Hall on October 30.

    Present there from the DPRK side were Jong Tong Hak, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Jo Chol Su, DPRK ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and officials of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, and from the Swiss side were the Swiss foreign minister' party and Astier Sylvain, head of the Swiss diplomatic office in the DPRK.

    The talks discussed the issue of promoting dialogue and cooperation between the diplomatic fields of the two countries and exchanged the appraisal and views of the international situation of common concern.

    The talks proceeded in a friendly atmosphere. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/5cf516330f8f9fdcb8c62622a7741aa9

    https://archive.is/1KJPZ

    Secretary of WPK Central Committee Meets Swiss FM

    Pyongyang, October 31 (KCNA) -- Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, met and had a talk in a friendly atmosphere with Ignazio Cassis, foreign minister of the Swiss Confederation, who paid a courtesy call on him, at Pyongyang Assembly Hall on October 30.

    Present there were Jong Tong Hak, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, Jo Chol Su, DPRK ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, the Swiss foreign minister's party and Astier Sylvain, head of the Swiss diplomatic office in the DPRK. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/9d935ccaaf5140f312cf19abda63afae

    https://archive.is/YbxVV

     

    The Holy See Press Office confirmed on Friday that Pope Leo XIV, an American citizen, has voted in the US midterm elections.

    “Pope Leo XIV has exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen, whenever he was eligible to do so,” according to a statement.

    The Press Office confirmed that, “in keeping with this long-standing practice of civic participation, he has submitted his mail-in ballot in Chicago.”

    “The Holy Father has also confirmed that, during his years of residence in Peru he exercised his right to vote whenever he was eligible to do so,” noted the statement. “The Holy Father expresses his belief in the right and the duty of citizens to participate in democratic processes.”

     

    Ignazio Cassis the Swiss FM

    https://nitter.click/ignaziocassis/status/2115788847866937770#m

    https://nitter.click/ignaziocassis/status/2116063377365532777#m

    Swissinfo is a news agency funded by the Swiss Government. The article refers to DPRK as "Kim Jong Un’s regime".

    https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/ignazio-cassis-in-pyongyang-to-re-establish-a-diplomatic-presence/92302732

    This post has reporting from DPRK about the Swiss FM arriving in DPRK. https://hexbear.net/post/9911155

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