FishToaster

The presidential debate is next Tuesday (Sept 10) - anyone know a good place to watch it while either celebrating or drowning my sorrows, depending on how it goes?

I'm just about to wrap up my Honor Mode run (knock on wood), at which point I'm probably setting aside the game for a bit. Looking back on this and all my prior runs, I'm realizing there are a number of things I which I'd known earlier. Here's mine:

1. Don't sleep on the "Volatile shield" ilithid power. You can apply it out of combat (lasts until a long rest), and when it bursts, it stuns nearby enemies. Stun is a *ridiculously* helpful condition, and this gets you some stuns pretty much for free. And since you can use volatile shield every short rest, you can apply it to a few people even if only one person has the ability.

2. Pets/summons/familiars are underrated. That 1-health,

I'm nearing the end of Act II in honor mode and I'm realizing that, for the first time, I *don't* feel compelled to do *everything* in Act III. Once I'm level 12 and reasonably geared, I'll probably just go for the finish rather than risk my run on optional areas.

So what optional stuff do you *always* hit in Act III?

My current thinking is:

1. House of Hope for the great loot (amulet of greater health, gauntlets of hill giant strength, staff of spellpower, and more)
2. Sorcerous Sundries for the best wizard gear in the game
3. Ansur for the Giantslayer sword

What else?

I'll be going in for my 4th run soon and I'm thinking I'll start replacing companion classes, just to keep combat fresh. It'll also give me a chance to play some stories I haven't had a chance to see all the way through yet without worrying about party composition.

I was thinking maybe Asterion->monk, Karlach->paladin, and Wyll->sorcerer, but I haven't really through it through a ton yet.

What are your best classes for various companions that differ (either in subclass or main class) from the default?

Whelp, I've hit the default cap of 1 million cims, so now it's time to show off! Meet "Detachtest2", the city so boring it doesn't even get a real name beyond the original save file name I started with. :). It's 100% vanilla and no DLC, with the one exception that I used the "81 tiles 2" mod to buy more squares.

It fluctuates between 90-92% traffic flow, which was my ultimate goal so I'm pretty happy about that!

It looks like a grid, but it's a bit more complex.

Detachtest2 is built on a system of isolated RCI pods. Each pod contains a bit of residential, in