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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Late to the party, but finally a use for this stupid image that's been living in the back of my head for a WHILE.

Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So one of the music streams I have on youtube had been going for a year+ and finally shut down. Video is obviously not available, but holy crap I don't even want to *TRY* parsing that number.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sometimes my brain just goes "bwehhhhh" and I have to sit there and accept it.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Huh... y'know, it feels REALLY weird that the two games on our permanent Flex Day rotation got bundled like this. Logically I know that neither groups of devs even know I exist or stream their games, but still. Weird.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I kinda forgot that Guild Wars 2 had the Emotional Support Dragon Plushy backpacks. They even added a title for collecting the entire set. Unfortunately they ARE time-locked to various seasonal events so I'll be stuck at 1/6 for a while... but at least I finally grabbed Kralky before the event ends.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It took a few years, but I finally got 100% map completion for base game of Guild Wars 2. I got INCREDIBLY lucky with three of the original end-game maps already having their events completed, which was one of the big stopping points when I last played.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Rumi is unhappy to have to actually work at the base like a normal pal and NOT just murder everything in a five mile radius.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I showed you my overpowered partner skill, please respond.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

... So yeah, that "hide ally pal auras" setting exists for a reason.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Say hello to a new part of my general exploration/running around team! Whirlie isn't QUITE finished, and won't be summoned... but she doesn't need to be to commit war crimes. That partner skill procs off of dodge rolls and air dashes and uses the PAL's attack. I can just tackle enemies to death now.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I teased her earlier, but here's what'll likely be our new bunny's final form. She is spec'd to be our main combat partner and also a bit of a glass cannon. Twin Edge and Destruction give her a LOT of attack but shred her defenses. Hopefully the regen+lifesteal from Immortality make up for it.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Ah, so Awakening in Palworld just makes your pal go Super Saiyan. About what I expected.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Well, Palworld certainly lets you know when you manage to roll a Mutant egg...

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Oh! They redesigned Verdash! I noticed a few old pal designs got some adjustment for 1.0 (Fenglope/Lux for example) but I definitely like this one in particular.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Oh hey, I finally have a reason to use this again... especially knowing the original text on this image...

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Huh. I accidentally'd a rare bird on the Disc 2 map before stream.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Well well, turns out I *do* have access to an EXP farming enemy. There's a "cursed jar" that can sometimes spawn and only has 4 HP like most of them. With a little wiggling I can clear it before it runs.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Tomorrow: Putting an old grudge to rest. (And showing just how bad I am at shmups...)

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I finally have an excuse to bust this out again.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I solved our money problems in FF12. I also may have gone a bit far in a few places.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I really wish I could keep myself honest about stopping stream when I say I'm going to stop. Such is the danger of streaming a game with so much side stuff like FF12... Ow.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

At one of the more popular farming spots in Toram and the mobs stopped despawning their models on death.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The joke is run so far into the ground it has reached the earth's core.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Getting a lot of use out of this one lately... Brain fried but can't sleep.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Whew, you know Bungie's desperate to get people back when they put all but the current expansion to Destiny 2 up for a bundle under $10... I won't lie, it's tempting, but all of my remaining money outside of the Emergency Fund is set aside for the Barony DLC (which should be within the next week).

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Nobody. Not one single soul. Paypal: "HEY, YOU AREN'T WASTING YOUR MONEY FAST ENOUGH!"

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

And so the Rogue's faction story comes to an end... and with it my desire to keep playing this character for now. Don't get me wrong there's a lot you can do with a manaless build, but I ended up having to largely abandon the trapper stuff because it just took too long to set up between fights.

A screenshot from Outward of a character in "ninja" like attire wielding a glowing katana in one hand and a dagger in t he other.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Insomnia kicked in, so I spent the last six hours grinding out survival mode attempts on Remnant. The goal was just to get enough glowing fragments to buy a few fancy items... instead I passed the goal to unlock them freely and only died because I intentionally threw the next boss attempt.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

No, Epic. I think I'll pass this week.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

*Screams Exponentially* Why can't anything just... work? Why do you have to add pointless BS on top of pointless BS? If I wasn't legitimately concerned about a bank hijacking most of my money in fees or closing my account for inactivity I wouldn't even be USING this stupid service.

A screenshot of an email from paypal with the header "Meet your AI Copilot for holiday shopping".

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Found where my original Remnant 2 save from launch ended up. Slapped it in the Steam folders and everything worked perfectly. Think some stuff got changed/reset with the DLCs, but it's largely how I remember leaving it.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

So SWTOR decided to slap more FOMO on their game by making it so players don't get the freebie premium currency for having a security key on their account unless they log in once a month. Yeah, no, think I'm finally done with this one.

A copy of a steam announcement reading: "Players who have a Security Key tied to their account will only receive their Cartel Coin grants when logging in if their last grant was more than 29 days prior. To add a Security Key to your SWTOR account, go to your account page on our website. All commonly used authenticators are accepted, so get your free Cartel Coins and help protect your account from being compromised."

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Oh cool, Youtube made the browser version even worse. Now a grand total of two (2) videos are clearly visible on the right by default instead of the 6-ish without scrolling. It looks so bad too, it's absurd.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Considering your ever-increasing collection of Catgirls and your FFXIV main, the match is clear.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Druid Deer got her Reincarnation 9 clear, finally. Drift Shard (the new bow) is probably my new favorite weapon and I think I've just about pushed it as far as I can with the seasonal buffs. Pivoted from an auto-damage build when I saw the double-tap rolled on this copy and was not disappointed.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This run ended up taking a fair bit longer than I wanted, mostly because the game refused to give me the max rarity/power effects on any of the seasonal buffs. Still, kinda cracked the code on how to make nearly any character work provided I can get 1-2 specific buffs.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I was inspired. The big thing about the pupper is that he has a passive that lets him throw grenades equal to his current stock for free at random... and another that doubles all grenades thrown for free. What's funny is, this wasn't even CLOSE to how busted this build could get in theory.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

So... I may have gone a bit far in a few places. Went for a wing slap build with the bird for Reincarnation 9. Got the permanent damage boost per kill early and paired it with bonus damage depending on my use capacity and the crit multiplier on my weapon. The final boss hit every invuln in one slap.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Tried out the new kitty on Gunfire Reborn as my first serious Reincarnation 9 attempt. Ended up with a crit-focused build via the seasonal buffs and ended up with a lot of auto-executes via their secondary skill. Really fun run, really fun build.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

So funny but related story, my Mom was taking so many Melatonin at one point that they just stopped working. She went to the hospital and found out that it was just kinda stuck in her system without metabolizing. Not saying it's the same thing, but... uh... yeah.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Won a Bun Run in Gunfire Reborn. Only Reincarnation 8 so not pushing difficulty just yet, but a good trial run for the new bow. Turns out, it's more like a non-reloading burst fire weapon with a Missile Massacre alt-fire, which works VERY well with some of the seasonal buffs.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Barring any last-minute issues, our next Saturday stream project will be Remnant: From the Ashes! With us being right in the usual window for our yearly soulslike (and Stranger of Paradise running horribly on PC) it's time to finally clear this one from the backlog.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Turns out I WON'T be doing any final off-screening for Star Ocean. Despite making it look like you have a little more time before the disc one Point of No Return they lock you into the city. It's even more annoying because a bunch of new crafters unlocked right after the cutscene before this.

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Rain @rainnero.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

This may be an overreaction to last time's shenanigans...

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