I’d thought I’ll never reach that point, but finally I can take on a blue troll. It takes time, as I can only can deal damage with crits. But at least I can outheal troll’s damage. Unicorns are even worse, since I don’t have a defence from their lightning, and they can be hit only with a spear. One thing you can give credit for: it’s a rare RPG that gives you a reason to use something besides swords.
Reached Act 3. I understand what they did, but I don’t like it: random quest in Act 3 gives you more XP than your final quests in Act 2, two chests on the first map give you more money that you could have accumulated in the previous act as well. It brings you up to speed, but while I killed blue trolls an hour ago, I can’t kill a random guard now, and die to a bunch of rats as well. Diablo 4 level of bullshit.
At one point you need to sneak past banshees, because they are too powerful for you. The problem is, they move in unpredictable manner, and have 360 vision.

Also, during the escape half of my armour got broken, including pants, and you can only repair them in town. So I fought mindflayers bareassed.
Day: June 24, 2026
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Evil Islands
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HifiMan Edition XS
A few years ago, everyone praised HifiMan Edition XS for their sound, but they cost 500GBP, so I bought Sundara for 180GBP instead. Now XS cost 180GBP, so I had to buy them.
Strangely I prefer Sundara headband. And not only me, as there are even mods that let you glue your own. Otherwise, they do start to put pressure on my crown. They weight 415g, not that far away from Shure Aonic 50 at 330g, that extra 85g makes a difference.
How do they sound, though? Like Sundara, I’d say. The positioning is better, not necessarily due to drivers, but more due to their shape. And maybe the separation is clearer too, but you really need to look for it.

