27 August 2026
24 August 2026
August post #7 assorted DayZ baloney
I still had a holdover Survivor from May so ran around as them for a bit. I still had a bunch of gear so was a bit gear fear'd. I stayed in Solnech and managed to kill 3 people before killing that character in full view of a random freshie near the town train station. I had been logging in and out for a few minutes at a time and was bored senseless, I had everything.
Spawned back in near Elektro I think and ran all the way back to Solnech. I was decently geared by the time I got back to my body - gone, of course. That's fine. I ended up hanging around Solnech again not doing much, then one day I killed a guy in a house with a pistol. My pistol jammed so was trying to fix that when a girl appeared out of nowhere with only her underclothes on - she managed to punch me out. I woke up to see her wearing all my clothes and she finished me off. Why does no one double tap?
Cue the old guy. I seem to alternate between old guy with white hair and little redhead girl. Anyway this was the run I managed to make it Tisy, but I got most of my gear from the NWAF. Tisy was disappointing actually. Then I ran all the way back to Solnech and hung around the industrial yard. I love playing King of the Hill here and players love to play too. They were getting increasingly smart though, shooting me through the walls and floor. I even got knocked out briefly by a guy with a P1 and nothing else on him; again he didn't double tap so I was able to hop up and punch him out! Insane! That made it all worth it. I had racked up 12 kills before a Russian dude managed to shoot me with a very powerful gun through the walls/floor. Not even mad; I'm almost certain he had people with him nearby as I had seen a humvee drive up nearby.
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Is this the end of DayZ Szn for a few months? I was almost about to set out and wander the countryside with my trusty CR and tons of ammo but then that happened. I'll probably hop back on the server again tomorrow and see where I spawn in and what I can do. I am also halfway through a Kingmaker Challenging playthrough so that is September Kingmaker Szn covered. We shall see
22 August 2026
August post #6 Karlach Origin #5 part 5: Act 3 finished = Honour Mode finished 8 times
It's over. Honour Mode cleared 8 times in 2026. Time to give it a rest; I was playing it less in August anyway but had to finish off this run. Managed to clear it in one final 8 hour session.
The party
Karlach Barbarian Giant 12
Shared-MVP with Lae'zel, probably edged her out overall. Had 25 AC in the end thanks to high Dex, Graceful Cloth, no armour and 23 Con from the Amulet and other sources. Just throw and kick stuff!
Lae'zel Barbarian Berserker 12
Solid, just wallop stuff with Sword. Writing this I realise I forgot to grab Silver Sword off Voss after HoH, oh well. Soulbreaker is just fine. Started to run out of strength elixirs by the end.
Shadowheart Barbarian Wild Magic 12
Nothing spectacular, I moved around her gear dropping armour in favour of Barbarian Clothes and she performed a bit better. Solid but unremarkable, the Wild Magic features are benign but fairly weak.
Jaheira Barbarian Wildheart 12
I didn't bother doing her personal quest and acquiring Minsc. I was very boring and just had Bear aspect so when I did rage, lots of resistance. Dual-wielding menace.
Timeline
21st August 2026 - cleared the House of Hope; looted everything I could and managed to free Hope relatively painlessly, then kill Raphael et al. Quickly took care of Ethel next but was probably a waste of time; then Orin I believe who managed to almost wipe me out. Jaheira ran away and revived everyone. I blame rustiness on my part. 1 Long rest in act 3 after all this.
Went back and killed Orin then charged the Gortash coronation yelling objection. Giant clusterfuck! Painful waiting for a small army of enemies to resolve their turns. Had to retreat and come back. Gortash didn't heal from the barrel pile I left at his feet so was not too hard, I just kept going up and down the stairs. Not very forward barbarian of me but would have been wiped. So Karlach kicked Gortash to death and took all his stuff, then had to go back to grab his corpse and bring it to camp to resolve her personal quest, dodging small army. Sigh.
Anyway was done so went to Morphic Pool after buying as many vendors stuff as I could; squid Karlach (messed up my stats a bit as usual) ; final fight was GRAND good use of haste spores and Globe of Invulnerability wiped out the Emperor's Dream Squad (had freed Orpheus), could not finish off the dragon so ran around and took out the Illithid artillery arcanists and into Brain. 4 rounds, 3 rounds dealing damage. Fin.
Assessment
43 hours to do this; it was fun and saw some different stuff but time to give Bg3 a rest. I want to do a Shadowheart All-Cleric run and a Durge III pure evil run but they can wait. In a better place atm so don't need my new comfort game as much BUT 2026 has certainly been the year of Bg3.
What's next
I had started a Challenging Run on Kingmaker for the first time so will try to finish that, am in Act 3 and its relatively smooth.
I was not too into DayZ for DayZ Szn in August but then my May holdover character died and suddenly all was fresh again. So that's kind of my chill mid-week game.
Need to play something completely new to mix things up, not sure yet what that is.
19 August 2026
August post #5 DayZ 'win loss record' of sorts
I keep decent records of stuff and decided to take 30 minutes to go through old screen shots plus notes I kept myself on my first few playthroughs of DayZ back in August 2023 and managed to compile this list.
I think this is fairly accurate; maybe missing a few quick runs that ended ignomiously (killed instantly, died of starvation etc)
18 August 2026
August post #4 Wrath of the Righteous initial impressions
I played WOTR in April 2026 and found it underwhelming.
I was playing a Sylvan Sorcerer from the start assuming my companions would form a balanced team, nope. Every new companion I seemed to acquire other than the excellent archer Wenduag and the strong mounted (!) paladin Seelah was a gimmicky spellcaster or niche class. I needed strong warriors not another perosn who is really good at one specific kind of spell or skill.
tbc
17 August 2026
August post #3 Karlach Origin #5 Honour Mode #8 part 4 Act2 done; Act 3 half finished
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The party
Karlach Barbarian Giant 12
Superb when Enlarged, good when not. Throwing Nyrulna now so everything simply dies.
Lae'zel Barbarian Berserker 12
Soulbreaker Sword is just so good.
Shadowheart Barbarian Wild Magic 12
Solid but I hardly ever use the rage effects, they add very little especially at this stage of the game.
Astarion Barbarian Wildheart 12
Have him sorted as a pretty damn good archer; he can also dual wield well.
Timeline
9th August 2026 - I cleared Act 2; I cleared Rivington minus Ansur and Gortash, went to Lower City and managed to kill Dolor immediately, Lorroakan easily enough, cleared the Shar House and then Cazador; I couldn’t convince Ast to stay good so we had to fight him to death. Jaheira now has all his stuff, oh well. Halsin is on Orin’s desk and I’m thinking I’ll either accidentally kill him like I did Lae that one time or I will forget to free him and he’ll walk. I’ll collect some more good gear then work on the Coronation battle.
Assessment
Just need to attack Gortash on sight. I managed to walk passed it earlier so will return in a bit;
07 August 2026
August post #2 Karlach Origin #5 Honour Mode #8 part 3 Act2 75%+ done
I cleared the end of Act 1 and most of Act 2 on August 1st & 2nd; I managed to do a small few bits a few other days during August
The party
Karlach Barbarian Giant 9
Throw Returning Pike twice and maybe kick people. Repeat.
Lae'zel Barbarian Berserker 9
Very good at whacking stuff with her Soulbreaker Greatsword.
Shadowheart Barbarian Wild Magic 9
She's just sort of there; solid all-around though.
Astarion Barbarian Wildheart 9
Have barely used any of the powers, he's just a really good archer.
Timeline
1st August 2026 - played for ages; beat Phase Spider, Ethel (took Hag hair and Mayrina) Flind, Tyr paladins, hook horrors, could not find Bulette; Duergar on beach; Myconid king; all of Forge minus Grym; made it to level 6 and went to monastery/Creche; sent Lae into the pod this time and almost lost her, the doctor aggro’d the next room over but not full creche.
2nd August 2026 - cleared creche, moved into Act 2 and did almost all of that; got halfway through Trials and am almost level 9; it’s getting testing not having magic and so on.
5th August 2026 - I googled how to get a scroll of knock in Act 2 and turns out there is a guaranteed one in the Mason’s Guild so I got that and got to the end of the Trials; cleared the Library fight, then the big Shadow Mound to get to level 9; and Yurgir (auto-hostile, no talk because I was in menu at the time? Apparently it’s because I went in the wrong way) but he was easy even with all his servants, and took almost no damage. Stopped again after an hour; will finish next time.
Assessment
Trucking along fine, slightly more amusing than the all-fighter run.
I have 3 or 4 rage charges on everyone left so will probably burn through them before the restoration pod (I will not be long-resting in Act 2). Maybe the Inn fight, Moonrise entrance, Ketheric, lab fight? Then restore pod and fight Myrkul and the gith ambush on way to Act 3, but whatever.
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