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As many of you know, Akstar is due as part of this month's SE. He represents the next big power leap in physical chaining, far superior to the likes of Hyoh and Jecht. Self imbue, imperil, abilities boosting his main chaining ability before nuking etc.
More importantly is how he also marks a point where the TDH meta freezes until it defrosts ever so mildly during CG Rain's debut. This is coincidentally the same time where the game decides to introduce a new meta - True Dual Wield or TDW as we call it.
TDW is exactly similar to TDH, just under a different flag so to speak. We get core units like CG Lightning with her 100% TDW materia and later on CG Bartz with his 50% TDW accessory, much like how we got Cloud and Elfreeda introducing the TDH meta last year. And sadly, we will most likely not be able to stack CG Lightning's TMR.
The main difference between TDW and TDH meta is the adjustment of the chaining mechanic wherein the chain modifier for TDW units goes from 4x to 6x to match TDH units with 2h weapons that provide a certain degree of damage variance.
The other difference is the cap. Unlike TDH, TDW is capped out at 200% (for now). In our current list of units, you might have already noticed some units like Aloha Lasswell giving some small % of TDW with their TMR/STMRs.
The transition from TDH to TDW is quite massive. You start to see modifiers skyrocketing. Like REALLY shooting into the stratosphere. Just when you thought Akstar's 90x modifier after his LB was insane, CG Lightning gives Akstar a run for his money with her damage pretty much on par or edging his out depending on what gears you have. Then comes CG Bartz with his 125x modifier after all his multiple power up boosts.
The damage race starts increasing at an exponential rate before you know it. CG Onion Knight's modifier goes up to 129x ish and you'll start to see more 3k ATK units in your companion list. What does this mean? Content needs to match the prowess of the new units.
By now, you should know that the game's life is centered around damage dealing and pumping out units that do more along with content that is more difficult. Pause that and everything stagnates. Players lose interest and start leaving. Problem one.
While the game does breathe some life into older units like Hyoh and Jecht with ability enhancements, they eventually fall off your team when you get better, shinier units to play with.
The bad news is, with the shini
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I will be rolling a hunter. As far as I can tell, the actually-useful engineering items don't really start appearing till the ENG-level 200 mark, and even then, not really till you go Gnomish (or goblin). On one hand, I could just pick up mining or some other cash profession and save money till 60 then powerlevel it all the way up. I imagine others are doing this, though, which will put a large demand on the lesser-number of people who are leveling mining at lower levels and thus pushing up prices beyond what they were at server-start.
On the other hand, I am a HUNTER, which means I can spend literally nothing on gear and still level fast. I can probably afford to level engineering as I go and still afford a mount pretty easily. Moreover, if I plow money into engineering and semi-power-level it at lvl 30-45, I could get some useful trinkets that will be nice to have as I level up and up.
Anyone have input? I am asking two questions: one regarding financial efficiencies, and the other regarding whether leveling-as-I-go is even worth it given that many of the nice items (parachute cloak, nice goggles, nice gun, gnomish items, etc) are only available near end game
So I've been to Keasbey Nights a lot lately, a mix of the Catch 22 version and the Streetlight one, and each time I listen to this song 2-3 times in a row it's just so good! I don't know what it is about it that song that make it so good, but wow it feel like I forgot about this song and now I just can't get over it. On that, thank you Tomas for this masterpiece.
I've been having a hard time lately. I decided to sell my house back in July. My husband died about two and a half years ago. It was sudden and he died at home. At the time, I felt like it was our home and i couldn't imagine leaving. But eventually the house started to remind me of his death and my loss more than actual memories of him. It was time to leave so that I could have a future. The minute I started to pack my shit up the house felt like a death trap to me. It's empty now and I'm living with my boyfriend. When I go to pick up mail and check up on things I have these intrusive thoughts about lieing down on the floor where he died and stabbing myself in the heart with a butcher knife. What the fuck is that about? This is just life. Shitty stuff happens, people die and our hearts beat on. I know it makes no sense. I don't want to die. I was seeing a therapist but she's kind of terrible. I've left messages with a couple new ones to set up appointments. I have a psychiatrist and he added a small dose of Prozac on top of my Wellbutrin. I feel scared and anxious, when I don't feel like I'm wearing a wet wool sleeping bag of depression. I'm starting to feel as though his death has handicapped me, and I never felt like that before. I wonder if this is the thing that defines the rest of my life. And I feel so guilty for abandoning our dream. My boyfriend is...emotionally unavailable. He is also depressed because he lost his job back in May. Early on in dating my boyfriend I surprised myself by having feelings for him. I said I love him like three months in. He...said he liked me a lot. And that's where we've been for the last year or so. Im at love (or was) and he's at Iike you a lot. We had a great sex life, so that was a source of validation, but then he got depressed. So pretty much, things are kind of grim right now. My brain is churning out a steady stream of defeatist self loathing sprinkled with intrusive suicidal thoughts. I've put myself in a relationship with someone without the confidence and mental resources to deal with disappointment in the relationship...and my house has not sold. I could move in with my mom...but she has her own mental health issues. I could rent a place...or I could drastically reduce the price of my house so it sells fast..but I am stubborn, and I want to stick with the plan. So I'm just gonna get through it.
Anyway, I just needed to get this out. Thank you for reading my post. This place is a comfort to me when I feel al
... keep reading on reddit ➡This is a very unpopular opinion that I have no idea how to word well. I don’t have the gift of eloquent writing and the ability to put my opinions into words, but here we go. It’s time to take Pikachu off of the massive pedestal that its been held on for so long. I understand Charizard. “Everybody’s first pokemon, the quintessential starter” and whatnot. Whatever. But how many people ACTUALLY use pikachu as a viable option in terms of stats and battles? Sure, hes adorable. Yeah, he is OP as anything in the anime. But in the games, he is actually not that great of a pokemon. He may be the face of the franchise, but in my opinion, he is a low tier pokemon. I have no clue how else to explain it other than that he is just unnecessarily held to such a high honor all of the time.
I'm sorry if this question doesn't belong here, but as a member of Gen-Z I am beyond envious of you guys holding Bitcoin. Owning even 2 or 3 is crazy to me! Mostly because I am of the belief that it will end up at $10 million within the next decade. So what I want to know is, are those of us too young to invest just SOL? I am expecting there to be some gains to be made in other cryptos once Bitcoin has finished its bull run, but none that will match the ROI and ease of just buying and holding BTC.
We know that the dropsite massacre was an AL plan (or at least its implied, I'm fuzzy whether it's outright stated or attributed to the AL in universe). With one stroke, the traitors inflicted significant damage to the layalist forces and reduced the Iron Hands, Raven Guard and Salamanders to a state where they would be almost incapable of playing a major role in the coming war, effectively turning the 8 vs 9 conflict (the Thousand Sons were yet to declare for Horus) into a 8 vs 6.
Now, many look at this and say, how can you believe the AL to be anything but traitors with their track record?
I think it would have been much, much worse if Horus had been left to devise his own opening strategy. I think the AL sacrificed three legions knowing that it would ultimately be the lesser of two evils.
Horus Modus Operandi was simple: Go for the throat.
It's stressed several times that Horus was prone to decapitate his foes in a single or at least very few crushing assaults, terminating the enemy leadership and then just mopping up the rest.
If Horus hadn't followed the Alpha Legion plan, his opening strike would probably not have been to kill off a sizable portion of marines. He would have gone for his brothers.
Just think about how easy it would have been for the Warmaster to order his loyal brothers to one point in space, maybe call for a muster on a space station and then just ram a battleship into said station as Lorgar did with Calth?
He could have taken out several major players, Guilliman, Russ, Lion, Corvus, Ferrus... Sanguinius even, had he wanted to kill him. And hell, afterwards he could have put on a mourning face and used the confusion to pick off the legions themselves.
I think Omegon (who I believe to be the loyal brother, but that's an own post for itself) devised the Isstvan strategy in order to have a scenario he could sell to his twin and to Horus without rousing suspicion. It was ultimately a scenario in which a primarch stood a solid chance to flee and, considering that it relied strongly on a numerical advantage, where you could not hit too many loyal legions at once or risk being defeated. Had they thrown the Wolves and the Blood Angels into the fray, then it wouldn't have been such a clean kill. Hell, maybe Sangy, Russ or the Lion would even have killed Horus, who knows?
Also, the backup had to be 100% traitor for the play to work.
They killed off the most expendable forces while leaving the really dangerous players mostly unsca
... keep reading on reddit ➡2 months since BU, 1 month NC. Had an amazing weekend, went on a date, played a new sport, went to the gym, finally felt like I was getting back to being me. Then I'm getting ready for work brushing my teeth and all of sudden a tear starts streaming down my face. Sometimes a wave will cause a little ripple, this caused a tsunami. You know the ugly cry where you just stare at yourself in the mirror, yeah, happy Monday. While a lot of tears were shed this morning, not once did it cross my mind to message her, because there is nothing to be gained from the outcome of that conversation that is if she even responded, it's just not worth losing all the progress I've made. Have a great week everyone, we're all in this together.
I see in a lot of youtube videos where a skimboarder goes into a big wave, turn arounds , the drops is huge , and it's all sand on the landing. You seriously could hurt yourself. I've fallen pretty hard like this just swimming in the ocean. It freaking hurts and you have a large amount of water that sucks you under after.
In the Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Core Rulebook, page 219 there is a section about ‘riding the wave.’ It suggests that a vampire may voluntarily succumb to frenzy in order to maintain some level of control over their actions. It is suggested that storytellers let the player remain in control of their frenzied character. I like this mechanic a lot but I had a player let me know he was entering frenzy when I had not provoked a frenzy test in the first place. I allowed it as at the time I had never even heard the rule, and now after having reread it a couple times I feel it might only be effective when the frenzy test has been issued, rather than something you can simply call upon at any time.
I am happy to be told I’m wrong as I felt it added a lot to the drama but I’d like to know the definitive ruling on this. Can you enter frenzy to ride the wave sans frenzy test?
Went to therapy today, was told I’m hypomanic right now. I think it’s probably and exaggeration, but holy crap I feel so good right now. How can I be hypomanic if I felt like shit literally two days ago I don’t understand. I’m also on abilify and an SNRI , but I may or may not have forgotten to take my meds a couple days ago I should really get a pill case thing. Like 90% sure I took it.
Anyone else go from feeling like shit to hypomania in 2 days flat?
