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Rentahamster said:
This is pretty effective for sparks. I can host a boosting party if you guys want to try this in a party.

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I just upped my sorc gems to 46, but I won't be able to play until tomorrow, probably. Mythic RNG is not on my side this season. A starless skies would be good for both sorc and rogue, so I'm thinking of going the crafting route. I'm missing some runes so I might try the tributes.
 
So I made it to T1 yesterday after being on holiday and I'm hardly seeing any 800 powers dropping? Wtf, have they been nerfed

Also 'new boss mechanics' means can't hurt bosses for a bit then spam the floor with shit you can't see!!
 
cormack12 said:
So I made it to T1 yesterday after being on holiday and I'm hardly seeing any 800 powers dropping? Wtf, have they been nerfed

Also 'new boss mechanics' means can't hurt bosses for a bit then spam the floor with shit you can't see!!
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If you need a gear boost I have a bunch of extra GA items I can give you.
 
cormack12 said:
Anything for a chain lightning sorc? Using the maxroll build to transition to if I ever get drops
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I might have some in the stash. I'll probably be online in about an hour or so, if everything goes as planned. Send me a msg when you see me online!
 
I've sent an application to join the GAF's guild/clan (FjimDx) but do regions matter or? Because I'm in Europe.

So far done a couple of seasons, the longest I've done was sixth with the broken Spiritborn but I don't think I managed to gear it up to to do crazy pits like above 100. I'll try the broken Rogue now, let's see if I can stick with it.

I'm lvl 35 and still playing. Helltide is still here I see.
 
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Got a Doombringer for the Rogue. Now I "only" need 4 Ohm runes to craft a Starless, or get a lucky drop.
For the Berserk currency, I noticed Nightmare Dungeons gets you a bunch of them.
 
Gods of RNG smiled my way. Dropped me a Starless skies with Attack Speed GA, plus upgrades for Eyes in the Dark (pants) and even Doombringer. Some lucky masterwork hits as well.
Got Pit lvl 90 done with about 7 min to spare, but need more damage to go 95+
I think NMD are better for Obducites than Infernal Hordes this season. I got about 4500 from a 10 rounds Horde while a quick 4 min NMD got me about 2k? I'll have to check this tomorrow.
 
omegasc said:
Gods of RNG smiled my way. Dropped me a Starless skies with Attack Speed GA, plus upgrades for Eyes in the Dark (pants) and even Doombringer. Some lucky masterwork hits as well.
Got Pit lvl 90 done with about 7 min to spare, but need more damage to go 95+
I think NMD are better for Obducites than Infernal Hordes this season. I got about 4500 from a 10 rounds Horde while a quick 4 min NMD got me about 2k? I'll have to check this tomorrow.
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Yeah for obducite alone NMD are pretty good, but I like doing IH because if you fight a lot of aether lords, it gives you a bunch of seasonal reputation.
 

Nice one as well. The one I'm using is a bit clunky to get momentum after I put Starless Skies, but it's a BIG damage boost after it clicks. Might try this one later.
 


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Diablo IV Patch Notes

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Vessel of Hatred

Game Updates

Spiritborn

Skills

The Protector

  • Damage increased from 80% to 140%.
  • Barrier amount increased from 15% to 30% of Maximum Life.
  • Rank 5 Upgrade Thorns damage increased from 100% to 150%.

Passives

Adaptive Stances

  • Core Stat bonus increased from 50%[+] to 75%[+].
Vital Strikes

  • Vulnerable damage bonus increased from 45%[x] to 80%[x].
  • Healing amount increased from 2% to 5% Maximum Life.
  • Vigor generation increased from 5 to 10.
Prodigy's Tempo

  • Skill Rank bonus increased from 2 to 4.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Tortured Gifts of Mysteries in pre-Torment difficulties didn't drop appropriate equipment for Spiritborn.
  • Fixed an issue where enemies behind a locked door in the Vile Hive Dungeon could damage the player.
  • Fixed an issue where Subo's Seeker perk could mark untargetable objects, such as totems in the Hall of the Penitent.
  • Fixed an issue where the Damage over Time effect from Gorshak in the Dark Citadel could persist after the boss was defeated.
  • Fixed an issue where the Hold your Ground event in the Field of Giants could fail to progress between waves.
  • Fixed an issue where visual effects of Akarat could persist after defeating the Harbinger of Hatred.
  • Fixed an issue where the Necromancer's Bone Spirits could not damage Wolf Pack's Gateways during the Harbinger of Hatred encounter.

Base Game

Balance Updates

Barbarian

Items

Ghor's Devastating Grips

  • Damage bonus is now based on the damage per second rather than damage per tick.
Developer's Note: This results in a roughly 100% damage increase.
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  • Explosion Cooldown Reduction when Critically Hitting increased from 0.2 to 0.4.
Twin Strikes

  • Damage increased from 70-100% to 110-140%.
Aspect Of Dire Whirlwind

  • Now also grants the same amount as Critical Strike Damage while Whirlwinding.

Druid

Passives

Earthen Might

  • Critical Damage bonus increased from 50%[x] to 70%[x].
Perfect Storm

  • Damage bonus increased from 60%[x] to 80%[x].
Humanity

  • Now also reduces damage taken by 2% per rank while in Human Form.

Unique Item

Gathlen's Birthright

  • Required Critical Hits reduced from 400-200 to 300-150. Boss Critical hits reduced from 80-40 to 60-30.
  • Movement Speed while in Human form increased from 17.5-23% to 24.5-30%.

Necromancer

Book of the Dead

Skeletal Priest

  • Damage bonus increased from 30%[x] to 50%[x].

Items

Aspect of Reanimation

  • Damage bonus increased from 25-45%[x] to 40-60%[x].
Sanguivor, Blade of Zir

  • Inherent Summon Damage increased from 60% to 400%.

Rogue

Skills

Poison Trap

  • Poisoning damage increased from 540% to 612%.

Items

Band of Ichorous Rose

  • Poison Trap upgrade bonus boost increased from 50-100% to 50-150%.
Aspect Of Contamination

  • Previous: Poison Trap bursts for Poison damage when it triggers. If this burst Critically Strikes, you deal 20-40% increased Poison damage for 5 seconds.
  • Now: Poison Trap bursts for an additional 10-30% of its total normal damage when it triggers. If that Critically Strikes, you deal 20-40% increased Poison damage for 9 seconds.

Sorcerer

Passive

Shocking Impact

  • Now triggers on Stun refresh.

Items

Hail of Verglas

  • Increased damage per hit from 1.5% to 2%, up to a maximum of 75% to 100%.
Glacial Aspect

  • No longer requires Blizzard to be cast, allowing it to be active from effects like Blizzard enchantment.

Game Updates

Season 8: Belial's Return

  • Sayeena has become a vendor that sells Oath Scrolls in exchange for Spectral Ash. Oath Scrolls can be consumed to gain Unveiler's Oath reputation. Sayeena can be found near the Reputation Board in Tarsarak.
  • The following Boss Powers have been adjusted.
    • Sinerat's Flames: Increased Main Boss Power damage from 50% to 75%.
    • Hatred's Embrace's Haste: Modifier Boss Power no longer falls off when switching weapons.
  • The icon for Apparition Incursions has been adjusted to be more easily visible.
  • Betraying eyes now spawn more consistently near the Apparition Boss.
  • Another objective has been added to better communicate that season's reputation can be acquired from both the Apparition Incursion event and defeating any boss across Sanctuary.

Miscellaneous

  • Having player names read aloud by the Screen Reader is now a toggleable option. This feature can be found under Accessibility Settings.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

  • Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn't mention the type of currency used when reading Reliquary items.
  • Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn't continue reading while progressing through Reliquaries menus.
  • Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader couldn't fully read certain error notifications.
  • Fixed an issue where Belial could escape the trap set during the Masked Truths quest.
  • Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn't read anything when first opening the Armory.
  • Fixed an issue where the compass could overlap the player character's head.

Season Journey and Seasonal Questline

  • Fixed an issue where the rubble pile in the Buried Hope quest didn't display an interact tooltip.
  • Fixed an issue where Buried Hope quest descriptions would stop updating properly in the middle of the quest.
  • Fixed an issue where the Belial's Unveiling quest (previously Belial's Apparition Incursion) could display as finished when it was not yet finished.
  • Fixed an issue where progression for the Chasing Lies quest could be blocked if Belial was defeated too quickly.
  • Fixed an issue where the Season Journey objectives for defeating various Belial variants didn't specify which Belial variant was required to complete the objective.
  • Fixed an issue where the Season Journey Objective for killing Elite enemies was also gaining progress when defeating any enemy.
  • Fixed an issue with the Spanish dialogue audio quality in the Belial's Return seasonal questline.

Apparition Incursions and Belial Encounters

  • Fixed an issue where Wargs summoned by the Apparition of Beastmaster appeared before the boss spawned.
  • Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Beastmaster didn't drop potions as expected.
  • Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Blackmailer didn't drop bombs in the intended way.
  • Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Allek's feathers could delay progression of an Incursion.
  • Fixed an issue where Apparition of Kirma could teleport out of the boss arena.
  • Fixed an issue where Apparition of Kirma could get stuck on ladders.
  • Fixed an issue where a Betraying Eye would remain present but couldn't be interacted with.
  • Fixed an issue where Belial could appear prematurely when being summoned in an Apparition Incursion.
  • Fixed an issue where players could escape during the Rage Phase circle of a Belial Ambush encounter.
  • Fixed an issue where dying to Belial during an encounter after defeating another boss could cause Belial to not properly reset.

Boss Powers

  • Fixed an issue where some of the Barrier granted by Blackmailer's Sabotage persisted for an indefinite amount of time, instead of the intended 6 seconds.
  • Fixed an issue where Varshan's Life Steal Main Boss Power didn't spawn its stream correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where Belial's Eye Beams Modifier Boss Power didn't consistently apply Overpower. The bonus now lasts for 2 seconds after entering stealth.
  • Fixed an issue where Beastmaster's Training Main Boss Power only caused summoned entities to stun if another one was already active.
  • Fixed an issue where Andariel's Flaming Skull Main Boss Power inconsistently damaged enemies.
  • Fixed an issue where Harbinger of Hatred's Volley Modifier Boss Power would trigger off automatically cast Basic skills.
  • Fixed an issue where Barbarian's Iron Maelstrom didn't consistently trigger Beast in the Ice's Sleet Main Boss Power.
  • Fixed an issue where Aspect of Unyielding Hits would not properly increase the damage of Varshan's Life Steal, Belial's Crystal Decoy, and Ashava's Poison Modifier Boss Powers.
  • Fixed an issue where the Haste Modifier Boss Power from Hatred's Embrace expired when switching weapons.
  • Fixed an issue where the following Boss Powers could be activated while mounted.
    • Skerg's Toxins
    • Avarice's Explosive Ore
    • Lord Zir's Blood Pool
    • Varshan's Life Steal

Boss Lairs and Dungeons

  • Fixed an issue where bosses could rarely regain health.
  • Fixed an issue where Tormented Echo of Varshan's arena-wide attack sometimes didn't deal damage when expected.
  • Fixed an issue where staggering Tormented Echo of Varshan when he summons minions could cause the minions to lose their functionality and cause Varshan to not use that power again.
  • Fixed an issue where poison projectiles coming from the walls while fighting Belial, Lord of Lies could be avoided in certain positions.
  • Fixed an issue where Effigies of Anguish, while fighting Andariel, could be feared by Necromancer's Paranormal Sever and move around.
  • Fixed an issue where Effigies of Anguish could start to move while the player was stealthed.
  • Fixed an issue where Belial's Hoard could not be opened when playing on controller.
  • Fixed an issue where Duriel could become invincible if too much damage was dealt to him before he first begins burrowing.
  • Fixed an issue where the gate in the Flood Depths could be opened manually without using the Gate Release.
  • Fixed an issue where the Skeletal Construct in the Sunken Ruins and Maulwood dungeons could be destroyed prematurely, which would block dungeon progression.

General

  • Fixed an issue where certain elite enemy affixes could damage players in town.
  • Fixed an issue where the visual effect from the Hellhammer did not match the area of effect for its damage.
  • Fixed an issue where Barbarian's Leap did not avoid damage when jumping over puddles spawned by Belial.
  • Fixed an issue where Druid Werewolves and Ravens attacks would not grant stacks of Anima of the Forest when using Storm's Companion or Stormcrow's Aspect in conjunction with Gathlen's Birthright.
  • Fixed an issue where Cold Skeleton Mage's Upgrade effects randomly stopped working.
  • Fixed an issue where Skeleton Reapers would sometimes fail to generate Corpses from their upgrade.
  • Fixed an issue where Poison Trap would consume Combo Points even without using Bands of Ichorous Rose.
  • Fixed an issue where the Damage Reduction against enemies affected by Trap Skills affix, granted by Scoundrel's Leathers, applied even when the enemy was not affected by a trap skill.
  • Fixed an issue where the Accursed Mark effect did not reset after using an Accursed Altar and then teleporting away.
  • Fixed an issue where the experience bonus from incense would disappear after teleporting or moving between zones.
  • Fixed a rare issue where a Vessel of Hatred exclusive item could be acquired when imprinting on a rare item.
  • Fixed a rare issue where the player was not able to revive.

User Interface and User Experience

  • Fixed an issue where materials didn't consistently update in the materials tab.
  • Fixed an issue where some Infernal Hordes bosses didn't have icons on the minimap.
  • Fixed an issue where the description for Forgotten souls did not indicate that they could be acquired from Whisper Caches.

Miscellaneous

  • Fixed multiple instances of visual intensity increases for multiple skills didn't behave properly.
  • Fixed an issue where a quicklist Party Finder entry couldn't be made off of the Helltide icon on the map.
  • Fixed an issue where the Chimimoryo pet could become unstoppable and run away from the player. (That Schnoz has a mind of its own!)
  • Various visual, audio, UI, stability, and Reliquary improvements.
 
omegasc said:
I have yet to get one of those Tributes, solo or united.
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Have you done the questline? They don't start dropping until you've completed it even though you can run the undercity.

I need to farm living steel and distilled fear. Need ancestral fists of fate from Beast and Axial Conduit from Grigoire. Any ideas on quickest ways to farm? Or if anyone comes across a set while farming would be appreciated.

Speaking of which I've applied to the clan again. It resets every season for me for some reason - does it happen to everyone else?
 
cormack12 said:
Have you done the questline? They don't start dropping until you've completed it even though you can run the undercity.

I need to farm living steel and distilled fear. Need ancestral fists of fate from Beast and Axial Conduit from Grigoire. Any ideas on quickest ways to farm? Or if anyone comes across a set while farming would be appreciated.

Speaking of which I've applied to the clan again. It resets every season for me for some reason - does it happen to everyone else?
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I just got a united one today from the WB.
RNG doing RNG stuff.
Grigoire I believe Helltide chests are good. I'm not sure about the fear, though. Whispers, I guess?
edit: I have one GA atk spd Fost of fate if you want. 265% unique effect, 8.3 crit chance... 3.8 lucky hit lol
 
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cormack12 said:
Have you done the questline? They don't start dropping until you've completed it even though you can run the undercity.

I need to farm living steel and distilled fear. Need ancestral fists of fate from Beast and Axial Conduit from Grigoire. Any ideas on quickest ways to farm? Or if anyone comes across a set while farming would be appreciated.

Speaking of which I've applied to the clan again. It resets every season for me for some reason - does it happen to everyone else?
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That's weird. I approved you.

If you need gear I have extra stuff, or I can run you through some T4 bosses.
 
Dumb question: do you have to start a new seasonal character to access all of the seasonal quests and bosses? Or is it all on eternal realm now, too?
 
Rentahamster said:
Seasonal quest and boss power stuff is only for seasonal characters. Eternal should have the boss fight changes tho.
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Thanks - I wasnt sure cos there was no pop up on the login screen like before. And Belial is there on the map so I thought that was it.
 
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Rentahamster said:
That's weird. I approved you.

If you need gear I have extra stuff, or I can run you through some T4 bosses.
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Yeah it's proper annoying!

I'll be on in 20 mins. I need the mats more tbh. Running undercity with Tributes etc but getting nothing. I get 3 runs at each boss lol in T2

Steel and fear for those drops
 
cormack12 said:
Np, omegasc omegasc got my glyphs a nice boost tp Legendary until I ran out of diamond dust.

I did get an Axial drop as well but the stats aren't great. Slow progress but progress. Need the crown from duriel next, then mythic shako etc
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Gem dust is a pain, especially if you're leveling more than one char. Hordes is probably a good farming place.
 
A few things:

1) They are charging 30% for the Berserk items than they are worth to me.
2) Running this on a 9070XT card is complete garbage. I have to run this in 1080p window to get to 72 fps on ultra settings. I don't use the 9070xt as my main card but I built a pc for my nephew and was just testing games out. This is the first one I have run on the card and just hoping it is a Blizzard issue and not a card performance issue. Downloading a few more games to test out but was very shocked to see this. I added a few of these cards to machines at work and they perform fine for those tasks.


Overall not hyped for this season at all based on running it for 5 minutes. The video card disappointment may not be blizzards fault but the buy in on the skins most certainly is. I never complain video game price stuff, I am a whale for sure, but for whatever reason I was completely put off by these prices.

I'll settle in on my normal pc for a few hours tonight, hopefully that spark comes back for me!
 
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Miyazaki's Slave said:
A few things:

1) They are charging 30% for the Berserk items than they are worth to me.
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I've used somne of the free coins i got to buy two armors from the collab, if i played all seasons i might been able to buy everything but i'm tired of Live Service games. No skin is worth $25.
 
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Draugoth said:
I've used somne of the free coins i got to buy two armors from the collab, if i played all seasons i might bee nable to buy everything but i'm tired of Live Service games. No skin is worth $25.
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I don't know why I am hoarding all my coins, I could get all the armor so resources are not the issue…for me it's the amount of resources they want for these items.

This is just a personal disappointment on my end, I'm sure they will sell gang busters. I see the skins on lots of players in Koyvshad (however the hell you spell that).
 
I used the coins every season to buy the battle pass, as a "discount". But I'm not sure I'll get the next. Most cosmetics don't suit my taste, and it seems ashes are not part of it anymore (or never were and I thought it was)
 
I'm not feeling positive about the new changes to MTX either.
What I'd like to see with regard to cosmetics -

More of the unique items in the game have more interesting models. Especially the mythic uniques. They look very bland. Doombringer looks like a plastic toy.
A method of being able to earn cosmetics from previous seasons through gameplay.

It feels bad that the only way to look particularly cool in this game is to spend more money even though we already bought the game. I can understand when free to play games do this, but it shouldn't be the case for full price games.
 
Miyazaki's Slave said:
A few things:

1) They are charging 30% for the Berserk items than they are worth to me.
2) Running this on a 9070XT card is complete garbage. I have to run this in 1080p window to get to 72 fps on ultra settings. I don't use the 9070xt as my main card but I built a pc for my nephew and was just testing games out. This is the first one I have run on the card and just hoping it is a Blizzard issue and not a card performance issue. Downloading a few more games to test out but was very shocked to see this. I added a few of these cards to machines at work and they perform fine for those tasks.


Overall not hyped for this season at all based on running it for 5 minutes. The video card disappointment may not be blizzards fault but the buy in on the skins most certainly is. I never complain video game price stuff, I am a whale for sure, but for whatever reason I was completely put off by these prices.

I'll settle in on my normal pc for a few hours tonight, hopefully that spark comes back for me!
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I was thinking the exact same thing with prices - theyre about 30 % too high for comfort. But its the same price for most of the other skins they already have before, so its a general thing.

Blizz are selling signature cards and different levels of heroes in Hearthstone also at an extortionate price. I dont understand who are buying these things at that price. Its not that I cant afford them, but a bad deal is a bad deal no matter how affluent you are.
 
£25 for a per class skin is robbery. This isn't a f2p game. On the plus side, the characters are so small and angle so steep that I've never really seen anyone dressed 'cool' or thought a skin looked amazing. The only screen that makes me interested is the loading screen on group content. The pets are kinda cool looking though
 
Rentahamster said:
I'm not feeling positive about the new changes to MTX either.
What I'd like to see with regard to cosmetics -

More of the unique items in the game have more interesting models. Especially the mythic uniques. They look very bland. Doombringer looks like a plastic toy.
A method of being able to earn cosmetics from previous seasons through gameplay.

It feels bad that the only way to look particularly cool in this game is to spend more money even though we already bought the game. I can understand when free to play games do this, but it shouldn't be the case for full price games.
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maybe itll get a bit more interesting when sets come back. maybe they wont do sets but yeah it's a bit stale in terms of aesthetics.
 
Orbital2060 said:
I was thinking the exact same thing with prices - theyre about 30 % too high for comfort. But its the same price for most of the other skins they already have before, so its a general thing.

Blizz are selling signature cards and different levels of heroes in Hearthstone also at an extortionate price. I dont understand who are buying these things at that price. It's not that I cant afford them, but a bad deal is a bad deal no matter how affluent you are.
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I don't know why I expected the price to be different and tbh i should have expected it but for some reason it just didn't sit well with me.

Hopefully we are entering a time in gaming where the purchase at least feels worth it if not great (Clair Obscur for example…and hopefully the new mafia game as well is more bang than the buck)!
 
Interesting short video about Infernal Hordes min/maxing. I'll test it later to see if this is actually correct.

TLDR - ignoring all the spires will cause the game to not give you any options for spires when you choose your next boon/bane, and repeatedly choosing to buff the elites is actually better than the Hellborne options because of some bug that repeatedly gives you the best choices for elites.

 
I bought the ultimate edition on release day and hadn't triggered the premium battle pass, to this day. I've looked every new season what it offers and every "premium" skin is so boring. Always something with a lot of spikes and crap. And now I see my battle pass activation token is converted into "silver" coins and I don't even have enough to get a skin from the shop.

What a game.
 
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SolarFry said:
I bought the ultimate edition on release day and hadn't triggered the premium battle pass, to this day. I've looked every new season what it offers and every "premium" skin is so boring. Always something with a lot of spikes and crap. And now I see my battle pass activation token is converted into "silver" coins and I don't even have enough to get a skin from the shop.

What a game.
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Wait...is that true? Not that I don't have any reason to not believe so. Bush league stuff.
 
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