Dumb questions thread

[DarthNihilus]

How does the Talent cathegory level working?

And someone PM me how can I access the items on Dreadfell lvl 5 it's not diggable.

[Omega Blue]

Your actual talent level is the level of the talent times the category level. So if you have a talent at level 5 and the category level at 1.3, the actual level would be 6.5. You can increase category level by spending category points on unlocked trees.

[Umbrall]

Also the items in Dreadfell (And btw they're randomly generated so where doesn't mean anything) are probably in a vault. There's a nearby door or a diggable wall somewhere

[tylor]

Vaults placement is often quite bad, especially for big vault. Often their entrance is buried in stone.

[Mewtarthio]

However, it's fairly easy to figure out where to dig: If you mouse over a wall, it'll tell you whether or not the wall's diggable. The undiggable walls are generally the outer walls of the vault, so if you just dig through the adjacent stone, you'll find the entrance eventually.

[Crim, The Red Thunder]

This PROBABLY doesn't exist, but I can hope. I have net issues where my connection 'hangs' after a short amount of time trying to do anything. (In tome, it's between 1 and 5 minutes, typically. Downloads, streaming music, etc, tend to hang within the first 5 seconds of loading.)

Thing is, the game doesn't REGISTER that it has lost connection to the server, it just stops transmitting/displaying chat/achievement/death, and presumably stops uploading characters, or getting random event pushes. The oly way I have found to make it reestablish it's connection is to disconnect the ethernet cable (either from computer, or router it's plugged in to), wait for tome to say 'connection to server lost (takes about 10-15 seconds) and THEN plug it back in. Obviously, this is a TREMENDOUS hassle to have to do over and over... Back to the original point, is there some command or method ingame through which I can force it to disconnect from the server, so that it can then reconnect? (Like I said, probably not, but maybe there's a simpler way to fix this I'm not seeing.)

Thanks in advance, even though I doubt there's help forthcoming.

[piranhamoe]

I can't seem to use the far portal to Charred Scar. I'm in the wastes of Eruan, I've beaten one of the orc prides (the Rak-shor), I've talked to the paladin standing nearby and I've even made sure I wasn't wearing anything with the arcane disrupting effect in case that mattered. I've tried walking on every tile it's comprised of and checking for the next level option but nothing pops up... Sorry if this has already been asked or if I'm just an idiot, I'm a level 33 dwarf bulwark and I broke the the far portal in the Sher-Tul fortress if that is relevant. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[Mewtarthio]

Use the Orb of Many Ways.

[bouchacha]

Is there any way to change the "pop-up" font to classic instead of fantasy?

Similarly, is there any way to lenghten the pop-up messages' persistence? I feel like they disappear too quickly.

On another similar note, the on-screen message log only displays the last 4 lines. Is there any way to increase it?

[lukep]

On another similar note, the on-screen message log only displays the last 4 lines. Is there any way to increase it?

I don't know the first two off hand, but you can increase the size of the message log by customizing the UI (click the "lock" button on the menu), and also increase the time that it stays on screen for in one of the option screens.

[bouchacha]

On another similar note, the on-screen message log only displays the last 4 lines. Is there any way to increase it?

I don't know the first two off hand, but you can increase the size of the message log by customizing the UI (click the "lock" button on the menu), and also increase the time that it stays on screen for in one of the option screens.

This seems to be only an option using "Minimalist" UI. I would use that except it doesn't display my character's stats the way Classic does. Any way around that?

[Dragatus]

How exactly does damage affinity work?

Let's say I have 25% affinity to Darkness. Does that mean that I'm now immune to Darkness damage and instead get healed by 25% of teh damage I would've taken? Or do I take the damage as normal, but then get healed for 25% of it?

And in case the second scenario is true, is the healing based on the damage before or after resistances?

[stinkstink]

The latter. You heal the damage you would have taken before resistances, but the heal happens after you take damage (so you can still get killed.)

[tylor]

Are there sources of damage affinity besides Fiery Choker?

[stinkstink]

Umbraphage, Telos' Spire, Frostdusk, and Shivgoroth Form.