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u/AttacksKing 9h ago
why do i get such low frames on a 5090 and 9800x3d? obviously depends on the location but still only getting 150 fps.
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u/Turtvaiz 8h ago
150 is low? I thought a comment like that would be about something like raids dropping to 40 fps
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u/AttacksKing 8h ago
idk maybe my expectations are too high, just got this pc and haven’t really played yet besides running around to see how it felt. my old pc would drop to 30 fps in raid lol
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u/Arcalmh 11h ago edited 11h ago
A couple questions:
Do realms matter anymore?
I wanna make a new character but with the warband, cross realm, cross faction and all that... Does it matter with realm I choose or nowdays are all servers conected?
Any sales on the horizon? I wanna get TWW but right not it's too expensive and I won't be able to afford it for at least, a couple months. Is there any fixed date for sales?
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u/zani1903 9h ago
Do realms matter anymore?
The only part of your realm choice that matters is your ability to get stuff crafted by other players.
Anything else can be dealt with cross-realm either completely normally without you needing to even think about it, or via the Warband system.
Guilds aren't locked to realms anymore, nor is Mythic raiding, you can transfer gold and items across realms without restriction, including to your other characters...
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u/Urwake 19h ago
I have been away from WoW for a long time, i quit during WoD.
IF i want to play retail again, do i need to buy all expansion so far or just the latest?
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u/homebase99 1d ago
So what's the difference between non-bountiful and bountiful delves?
No guaranteed Champion gear at the end if you don't use the key? Less Delver coin? No Gilded Crests at the end of 11s that are not bountiful?
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u/New-Juggernaut3016 1d ago
There’s no bountiful coffer to even use a key on in non-bountiful delves. No gilded chest, as you said. Brann doesn’t earn XP. But it does count for vault completion.
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u/homebase99 1d ago
Is there any reason to do bountiful 11s when you already looted the 3x Gilded stash for the week? Or can I just do 8s on the rest of the bountifuls for the week after I get my gilded?
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u/New-Juggernaut3016 1d ago
I don’t personally see one, tbh, but if you need to level your Brann it could be worth. AFAIK he gets more XP from 11s vs 8s.
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u/Cyloo91 2d ago
How required are talent builds as a healer? Or can I just pick the ones that look good to me? Been wanting to come back and heal as a mistweaver monk
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u/assault_pig 1d ago
the talent trees are full of options that perform far better in particular situations; you don't need to slavishly copy a build necessarily but for the most part the best options for given content are pretty well figured
that said if you're doing easy stuff you can play pretty much whatever
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u/Gangsir 2d ago
I'd say you're always best off finding an actual build that's been simmed and tested. Some nodes are entirely preference and amount to a 1% difference, others will absolutely brick your output if not taken.
Also: Don't fall into the trap of exchanging actives for passives - while it can reduce button bloat, you often lose a lot of utility or similar from dropping it. For some classes, it's a massive output difference.
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u/TheJunkyVirus 2d ago
What's the easiest way to farm veteran gear?
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u/Korghal 2d ago
If your Delver’s journey is high enough you can just buy Veteran gear from Sir Finley for undercoin. Besides that you could probably farm Bloody Tokens in war mode as I think you can buy Vet gear with them.
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u/TheJunkyVirus 2d ago
Can you catalyst bought gear? I was thinking of getting the set so I can catalyst them when season 3 hits.
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u/sandpigeon 1d ago
If it’s just for catalyzing later you can wait until the .5 patch and there’ll be easy cheaper veteran gear from the nightfall event.
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u/Korghal 2d ago
I haven’t tried it personally but purchased gear is usually valid for the catalyst so long as it is at least Veteran or higher. Last season Sir Finley sold Adventurer level, so it could not be used in the catalyst.
Alternatives for farming Vet gear would be your first two weekly caches giving one piece of Vet. And if you no longer need Champion gear, you can run T5 Bountfiul delves with coffer keys to get Vet gear.
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u/homebase99 2d ago
Does the Underpin random encounter (or planned encounter, if you use that radar jammer thing) become more difficult the higher the delve level?
Or does the Underpin's HP and damage stay the same regardless of whether he shows up on a level 2 or level 11 Delve?
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u/JeebusJones 2d ago
In Darkflame Cleft, in the RP part before the last boss where you're all riding in the minecart and throwing dynamite back at him, do you need to lead him with your targeting circle -- meaning to target the area in front of him so that as he runs forward, he hits the (apparent) AoE of your dynamite -- or should you place the targeting circle directly on him?
I've been leading him, but I'm not sure if that's correct given wow's occasional jankiness where physics and projectiles and such are concerned, and it's a bit hard to tell from his healthbar since five people are throwing dynamite at once.
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u/Korghal 2d ago
In my experience, you can throw the dynamite right at yourself on the cart and it will still hit the Darkness because it does an arc before landing. That said, the final boss will always spawn with a minimum of 90% HP, meaning that hurling dynamite past that threshold doesn't really do anything.
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u/KarlFrednVlad 2d ago
I'm not sure what add-on it is (probably LittleWigs), but I get a counter for how many dynamite hits I get during that section and compares it to the rest of the group. I am frequently at the top or close to the top with leading shots, so I assume that's the optimal way to do it.
However, I'm not sure how much it matters? I have never failed that section and it seems like the boss retains a standard amount of health when you actually fight it
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u/ryleylol 2d ago
Can someone ELI5 the second boss of DFC to me? The boss initially does an aoe that blows out the candles, then you want to light as many candles as possible? and then do you want to put out candles after that or no? It just confuses me slightly and I'm not sure what to do.
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u/hutoooooooo 3d ago
If I lower a resilient keystone manually to a +10, will it still be resilient and not drop below 10 on failing to time?
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u/Lying_Hedgehog 2d ago
No, if you lower it below 12 then it'll downgrade as usual if the key fails.
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u/aspieshavemorefun 3d ago edited 3d ago
I'm looking for a specific addon I remember from years ago. Basically, you have a tooltip that comes up when you mouse over an enemy. The addon adds information to this tooltip, namely, it shows what items you have ever looted from that mob, the drop rate of that item, and possibly how many you have looted total.
This information, to my knowledge, was only from your own character (or at least account) and not from some central database. It never gave you more information than your own characters have gathered.
Can anyone help me out in identifying this addon?
EDIT: Found it, it was Mobinfo2
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u/Ougaa 3d ago
I just have to get confirmation: do everyone get like 10s lag to dragonflying when switching zones? This has been the same way for me for 3 years, where game doesn't register new clicks, it pauses the ones you've just done, and then once game has loaded new zone, finally "releases" your last click.
It's more than mildly annoying but I'm mostly interested why have I seen nobody complain about this, not once? Makes me think game doesn't behave this way for everyone? Has Blizz ever commented on whether this is fixable issue?
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u/Blubkill 3d ago
some zone transitions have a hidden loading screen (like flying down from dornogal or entering the cave during dragonflight)
sounds like you'r computer is too slow to load the zones and thus u have lag when transitioning.
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u/Ougaa 3d ago
So you're saying you don't have any of this? It happens on literally every zone change. My game isn't unresponsive, just dragonflying goes "on pause". But it probably is related to game loading new area slowly. But sounds crazy this takes 10s to me but it's not noticeable to someone else? In my case I can't dragonfly during that period, I can plan to go higher beforehand so I can keep speed going down, but the active buttons do nothing in that 10s. It's the same in every expansion, complete dead zones, like flying out of wotlk Dalaran.
Computer is from 2019 so probably explains most of it.
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u/Blubkill 3d ago
nope, not at all, even in those hidden loadin zones i mentioned i can keep on pressing the surge forward spell and it works just fine.
just yesterday i leveled an earthen from 1-70 by just exploration, i literally did nothing but fly through zones across different expansions. no lag at all.
may not just be the PC could be internet aswell, but even among guild/friends haven't heard your issue.
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u/x-1-o 4d ago
How do you gear up while leveling? I was doing alright with what the game is giving me while questing, but now I've jumped from level 44 to level 52 pretty quickly and mobs are now slapping me around something fierce.
I'm i195 at the moment, should I just keep questing hoping to get gear or is there another method? I looked on the auction house and there's nothing that's higher than what I've got. I haven't tried dungeons because I'm assuming no one queues for TBC era dungeons, as that's my current Chromie campaign.
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u/Blubkill 3d ago
gearing during leveling doesn't matter much, dont look at the AH everything there sold for lower levels is purely cosmetic stuff nowadays.
you should get pieces dropped every now and then aswell as some quest rewards that should be enough.
also, chromie time is for all levels, so if you queue up for BC era dungeons you will be matched with others from level 1-70 that are leveling in BC. just try it out and see for yourself.
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u/Tipster123 4d ago
Are those Delve keys you get from the first 4 weekly stuff lost at the end of every week if you don't get them? Or say if I miss 1 week I can get 8 keys next week?
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u/homebase99 4d ago
Warlock in keys tips? Feels like my damage relies heavily on how big's the pack pulled. Small packs outside infernal cd, I'm just using Cataclysm + Channel Demonfire + Rain of Fire, and most of the time the other classes with more instant bursts just erase the adds before I can even get my 2nd or 3rd Rain of Fire in.
I'm currently doing my 8s.
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u/Gangsir 4d ago
Fairly normal. Some DPS have backloaded damage, some frontloaded. Backloaded classes (like warlock, DK, etc) like larger pulls of tankier enemies, that's where they shine.
Conversely, burst classes really like smaller pulls of weaker enemies that they can just delete quickly before their temporary buffs run out/run out of CDs and they fall back down to their "resting/baseline" of like 1 mil dps lol
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u/CthulhuSlumberFest 4d ago
Anyone else lose their Pandaria legendary cloak out of their bank? Both my characters lost theirs. My Paladin can buy the cloaks back from the vendor, but not my priest since the vendor is bugged it seems. My priest got the cloak from https://www.wowhead.com/quest=33104/a-pandaren-legend but not the Chapter V achievement which is why the vendor is bugged I am guessing.
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u/soligen 5d ago
Do you guys still run delves other than 3 T11 for the gilded crests? My main is closing in on 660 and mostly just do M+. I don’t really enjoy delves but will do them if there’s any other benefits.
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u/JeebusJones 2d ago edited 2d ago
I'm 655 or so, and I've been doing the 3 bountiful T11s and then 5 T8s, just to fill out the vault slots with 649 hero-track pieces. But I'm playing a class (monk) that some of the delve trinkets are very good for, and I'm also hoping for a heroic-level helm so that I can catalyze it. For the T8s, I've just been spamming Sidestreet Sluice since it's very quick and doesn't require much travel time to get there.
In your case, if none of the delve gear is useful, you could definitely skip going beyond the T11s for crests. But if you're still hoping for catalyst items or a weapon or something, you could just do one additional 8 to get a second vault slot to 649 for not too much more effort.
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u/assault_pig 3d ago
There are some trinkets in there that’re nice for certain specs but you may or may not want to farm or those.
Mythic plus is a much better source of gear/crests all else equal
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u/homebase99 5d ago
Is there a timewalking raid this week that rewards heroic-level gear? Or is it just doing the 5 dungeons for the Dornogal quest giver?
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u/absolutely-strange 6d ago
Haven't healed since DF S1. Is it me or are resto druid just very busy in M+? Always struggling to play catchup? I find my HoTs tick for so low, but damage is so high and spam regrowth isn't fast enough. After applying rejuv to the party, I apply other HoTs, then reset again. And then big ass aoe damage and my HoTs don't do much. There's no time for anything else. If convoke is down I feel helpless lol.
Any tips? Or maybe gear issue? Doing +2 at 616.
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u/buggirlexpres 3d ago
You've got the wrong priority on your hots. Rejuvenation is fairly low impact, and should be one of the last hots you apply. Once you have 4 piece tier set, rejuvs will largely be applied automatically, so you hardly have to hit the button.
Your priority for your spells is:
- Lifebloom 2x
- Efflorescence
- Wild growth (right before damage)
- Swiftmend (after damage)
- Regrowth until everyone is topped
Only if you know there's going to be lots of incoming damage (like the Bloodwarpers in Operation: Floodgate) should you begin manually applying Rejuvs, and even then it shouldn't come at the cost of applying the other hots in your toolkit. You would apply the rejuvs after Efflorescence, but still making sure to wild growth right before the damage comes out.
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u/Nizbik 5d ago
Doing +2 at 616.
Thats the main issue - thats barely even HC dungeon gear from S1
Get some 629 stuff crafted or do M0 world tour to get a quick ilvl boost, but once you start to get some S2 gear it will feel a lot better
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u/Isolated_Hippo 5d ago
thats barely even HC dungeon gear from S1
wat S1 dungeon was 580. Heroic raid was 610
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u/absolutely-strange 5d ago
I see. I'll give healing another try again when I get better gear then. Thank you!
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u/Korghal 5d ago
If you do the Undermine main story quest you get the quest to kill Gallywix. You can do it in either LFR or Story Mode (by talking to the innkeeper) and it will reward you an Enchanted Rune Crest which you can use via work orders to get a weapon crafted to 658, which should be a big boost to your power.
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u/homebase99 6d ago
Is the third catalyst this reset? Or another 2 weeks?
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u/SkwiddyCs 5d ago
3rd baseline charge this week. Anyone with AoTC or 2000 M+ rating has an extra one.
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u/homebase99 6d ago
Warlock rotation, do you spend a lot of time spreading that DoT individually or is it just on your priority target + Cataclysm does the DoT for everyone else? Hellcaller build, talking about Wither.
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u/Lostpandemonium 6d ago
Mostly just cataclysm, if you have some big targets that are going to be up for like 10 second then you can spread it manually if needed
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u/SetStndbySmn 6d ago
Does anyone know if there is a way (or addon) to move these pet timers for warlock? https://postimg.cc/JDtcrfP7 I wish I could attach them to my personal resource display under my character's feet, but just being able to move them away from the player frame would be good too.
On the topic of the personal resource display, what does this option for it(https://postimg.cc/nMjY6tX0) even do? There is zero difference to my hud whether it is checked or not, it sounds like it should show cooldowns of things like demonic tyrant attached to my personal resource display, but it does not for any cooldown. As shown here, https://postimg.cc/PC4mmX7r, my major cooldowns are rolling, but none are displayed on my personal resource display under my character, despite the option being checked.
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u/Nizbik 6d ago
Im not sure on moving them, but if your goal is just to track them better than I would suggest looking into WeakAura's for Warlock (Unless you are allergic to addons)
Something like 'Luxthos Warlock' will have everything you could possibly need, but if thats too much info then you can try and search for specific things you want to see
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u/SetStndbySmn 6d ago
I did try luxthos for a little bit, but it wasn't clicking for me how the duration of the summons would take priority over cooldown, leading to me thinking one was the other at times; I couldn't figure out how to edit it to show only one or the other, or make them display simultaneously in different places, so I ended up disabling it (love using his WAs on my warrior though).
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u/Kanaxai 6d ago
Question for Disc Priest mains: In dungeons, how do you heal stray casts that hit a dps for 60%+ of their health?
Uniform damage is pretty easy since you just use AoE atonement and do your rotation as normal, but when someone goes really low, I struggle a bit.
So far, the best I came up with is just using PW: Shield on them and hope they live long enough for my damage rotation to heal them, is that the correct way?
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u/Gangsir 6d ago
Yeah, generally just shielding and continuing to deal your damage rotation is enough. If they just stood in a random circle and got chunked by it, they aren't going to be taking further damage. If you're geared, a shield should be worth a solid chunk of a DPS's hp.
If they got hit by something that leaves a DOT (or otherwise guarantees more taken damage afterwards), you might have to more directly heal them (eg use a flash heal or shoot penance at them).
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u/Nizbik 6d ago
If you know the damage is coming, then can Pain Supp or Shield ahead of time
If you dont expect the damage and other AoE stuff is happening, then likely just shielding and continuing damage is best - they can always use health pot/personals to survive if needed
If you dont expect the damage and there nothing else happening, then can just send Penance into the ally instead of using for damage
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u/Flashy_Tomato377 6d ago
I've played lots of MMOs, but never really got to give WoW a chance. I got pushed into playing a little bit with a group of friends like 10 years ago, but they rushed to end game and I didn't really have a good time so I quit after like 2 months.
I'd like to give it a try again on my own this time, and play at my own pace. I've seen in a few places that WoW is in a pretty good place right now, would you agree?
I know there is a dungeon finder - is it still possible to find groups for lower level dungeons?
I basically plan to just start a new character and level up the old fashioned way - by exploring and questing, and doing the occasional dungeon when I come across them. Will I be able to do this solo?
Do I have to buy all of the expansions individually or how does that work?
Thanks!
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u/Nizbik 6d ago
I've seen in a few places that WoW is in a pretty good place right now, would you agree?
Yes, but this all relates to the current expansion and endgame and wont really impact anything before that content
is it still possible to find groups for lower level dungeons?
Yes, you can do dungeons anytime from level 10 if you want to
by exploring and questing, and doing the occasional dungeon when I come across them. Will I be able to do this solo?
Yes, the default leveling will be Dragonflight (The previous expansion) as it introduces newer systems and has all of the QoL included
Do I have to buy all of the expansions individually or how does that work?
The subscription gives you access to everything that isnt the latest expansion (The War Within) so you dont need to buy anything before that
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u/IAMA_Drunk_Armadillo 6d ago
Is Meerix and Steelvein bugged? I finished the speakeasy part of the quest but nothing seems to have triggered or finished not sure if there's more after that.
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u/crazymonkey202 4d ago
Trade chat is still faction specific, so try making a character of the other faction and run it to a main city to check trade chat. Guild orders are also cross realm, so joining a big active guild would probably help
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u/Financial-Maize9264 6d ago
Does anyone know if these unimplemented Exile's Reach shield and glaive transmogs were ever made obtainable?
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u/crazymonkey202 6d ago edited 6d ago
Several of them have come through on the monthly trading post. But if you've missed them it could be a while before they come back to it
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u/BLCeee 6d ago
Hi, I'm a previous player coming back to content in TWW, my group didn't struggle at all with late season 1 m+ content (most of us joined about a month and a half before Undermine), but in S2 we can barely even key at all. I'm playing Brewmaster and feeling like it's a lot of my fault we're falling behind. What's the best way for a tank to learn dungeons instead of floundering while the group relies on you?
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u/Nizbik 6d ago
keystone.guru for routes (Assuming you use Mythic Dungeon Tools addon)
I assume you will have BigWigs/DBM by default, if not then get them too
Would also advise getting the TWW Dungeons S2 WeakAura to help with trash abilities and timings
Quazi has some short guides for each dungeon as well
Other than that practice and comfort of the dungeons is the most useful
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u/_fishysushi 6d ago
what is the best way to gear up so I get accepted to M0? I recently came back and have 620 ilvl, wanted to do the weekly 4 m0, but nobody would accept me
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u/TravoltaJohn342 5h ago
Any consensus on best Brann curios in season 2?