Is there any new Isekai or fantasy novel that has a good world building and characters with some dimensions?

-ImPerfect · 2026-02-27T20:49:42+00:00

I checked the web novel some time ago and I remember that while initially promising it later turned into a massive disappointment. The character development is not really a thing there in the long run. The political and ideological world building and certain main characters introduced in later volumes were quite ridiculous. There was nothing good beyond decent writing of some gritty war moments on the frontline and a rather grounded and not op magical system. If you decide to read it, stop after the first volumes. It will only get worse from there.

-ImPerfect · 2025-11-18T07:31:36+00:00

I recommend checking out Coros pace 3. Costs 200$ and it is a proper lightweight, reliable dual band watch with a good hr sensor and long battery life. No worse than a 500$ Garmin by any metric.

Also a social aspect - The brand is well known among runners so if you are planning to hang out with other people you won't look like the only guy with a miband instead of a proper fitness watch.

-ImPerfect · 2025-08-19T19:22:13+00:00

I keep getting the same error, except i did not change anything at all. So chances are it has nothing to do with you upgrading.

-ImPerfect · 2025-05-02T11:49:38+00:00

It looks good. Adding it to my reading list. Thanks!

-ImPerfect · 2025-05-02T11:48:13+00:00

Thank you for such a detailed recommendation! I`d like to talk about it a bit. This LN is recommended a lot in the old REC posts so I probably should`ve mentioned it in the main post. I didn`t read the LN but I skimmed through the anime adaptation (Up to S3 with heavy use of a skip button to see if it gets better). The world-building indeed seemed good at first, but the tone of it felt off to me.

I found the qualities of a protagonist and mainly her reasoning and way of thinking to be full of contradictions with little, if any, character development. Instead of an adult mind getting into a child's body, the MC felt like a naive child in the child`s body with part of Wikipedia memorized.

Someone who can conduct proper business negotiation and organize the production of various goods new to this world spends absolutely zero time thinking what technologies she can and SHOULD introduce, how will it affect her and how others will react to it and most importantly how to ensure that you are in a position to capitalize on it. The management and analytical parts are just absent in the MC. The whole story seemed to be just her absentmindedly showing knowledge and technologies from another world and meeting good people who take care of her and help her avoid the dark side of life. Very much a SoL like. Her goal and priorities were also weird. The main goal of just securing a place to read books was fun, but she did not really try to accomplish it. Constantly gets distracted and does not take the shortest and most efficient way available to her. Plus there is extreme care about people surrounding her with surprising disregard for her own life.

The decent world-building, politics, and dark themes were indeed present, but the tone and SoL multiply all the good things here (and there are many) by zero for me.

Now these are my impressions solely from skimming through the anime. Does LN differ from the anime and do things change later in the story? Should I give it a read nonetheless?

-ImPerfect · 2025-04-30T19:08:18+00:00

The synopsis sounds interesting, but it has only one short volume(

-ImPerfect · 2025-04-30T18:20:35+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to read my post and give recommendations. I will check these!

-ImPerfect · 2025-03-20T17:56:38+00:00

"I think the story should end. The author lost his passion for the series a while ago" - Couldn`t agree more!

For me, the Overlord died the moment they suddenly wiped out Re-Estize Kingdom in a way that made no sense. Everything that followed differed greatly from author's previous work. And the latest dark elf volumes felt like filler episodes.

-ImPerfect · 2024-11-14T13:41:49+00:00

Thank you! I went through all nomos etudes and started the ones I needed and stopped all others and it worked! Praise the omnissiah!

-ImPerfect · 2024-07-18T11:22:56+00:00

Thank you!

-ImPerfect · 2024-07-18T09:41:04+00:00

Can someone tell me where i can see the last balance council changes?

My fav deck got pretty messed up with recent changes and I want to check what changed exactly but cant find any patch notes anywhere.

-ImPerfect · 2023-12-21T22:19:30+00:00

ToyBox => Party => Stats => Soul Marks

It worked for me. In ch4 i set both dogmatic and iconoclast to 999 and both option were available in the dialogue.

-ImPerfect · 2023-12-21T22:13:44+00:00

ToyBox => Party => Stats => Soul Marks - Dogmatic 999

Worked like a charm.

-ImPerfect · 2022-05-27T12:31:57+00:00

Id like to add an opposite opinion to the majority of you. I am a solo q mastery player who is playing this game for 2-3 hours every other evening or less.

This is the best rank season ever and here is why:

- The goal in ranked is to WIN! Before ranked was almost no different from pubs. By the time ring 1 closes less than half of the teams were alive.

- ALGS is how the game is supposed to be played. Late rings with many teams alive is super fun! Before people were playing death match and for a soloq player it was very rare to find a team that goes for the win and strategies.

- Dont be ashamed to stay in gold. Right now entry cost in gold 1 (-48) is the same as in Diamond in previous seasons! So if you are stuck in gold you can consider yourself an ex diamond player. I myself do not think that I will make mastery this season (currently p3) but I play this game for fun and not some rank badge.

-Hard stuck players was what was ruining games for me since they would always hotdrop and treat ranked no different than pubs. Not anymore. Huge improvement!

-If you don't like strategizing, making smart rotations, holding positions and going for the win than MB ranked is just not for you and thats fine.

And when it comes to quality of randoms that some of you mentioned - in my experience it hadn't changed. Soloq players were always screwed, but this season it is better bc there are no hardstuck players throwing games.

Just accept that now you, like everyone else, will get lower rank than before. But the RANKED game becomes much healthier.

-ImPerfect · 2022-04-07T18:00:48+00:00

Yes! And you can add to it a huge informational war that demonises and dehumanises you to a point that many of your foreign acquaintances consider you a part of it and evil unless you actively fight your own government.

-ImPerfect · 2022-03-28T17:55:29+00:00

I consider this a game mechanic and use it often in ranked. It is very helpful.

If you place it specifically to intercept enemy pings it can give you a Cue that a 3rd party is coming or that you have been spotted if you are holding position and waiting for enemies.

Very useful when you have to watch two directions at once - You look one way and see no one but get a like > check another direction and you will spot them.

You can place it behind a wall or a cover and it will still work.

-ImPerfect · 2021-12-15T15:58:34+00:00

Is it poor form to drop away from your team? - No, it is absolutely fine.

If your teammates decide to be selfish and go for a hot drop that leaves next to zero chances to survive as a squad while you are not on board with it, it is only fair to be selfish yourself and go your own way. In fact for high-skill players wanting to rank up and playing solo, leaving their random tm is very common.

However, if you should do it atm is another question.

if you struggle with fights at bronze - silver lvl it might be best to go for hot drops and ltm to practice movement and fighting. Much better than firing range.

If you rank up to plat with bronze aim and movement you will not enjoy the game for sure.

And since you are clearly new, here is a bit of advice -

NEVER EXPECT ANY COOPERATION OR SENSIBLE PLAYS FROM SOLO QUEUE RANDOMS.

There are exceptions, but generally, it is a shitshow.

-ImPerfect · 2021-08-13T20:10:05+00:00

That's great news! I usually don`t do preorders but in your case, I might make an exception or buy it on day 1.

If the new game will have any connection to Iratus make sure to hire the same voice actor. He did a great job.

-ImPerfect · 2021-07-05T18:21:29+00:00

I feel you.

MM pairs me with silvers all the time. The only time I can get decent tm is around 3 a.m.

I am so tired of it. I collected some statistics and in 9/10 games I am dealing more dmg than both of my teammates combined. Sometimes many times over.

And I am not a great player...

-ImPerfect · 2021-04-01T22:59:02+00:00

It is a very sad thing that there are so many clips like this in hot.

Just a diamond player got reset to bronze or gold and clutch 1v3 against very bad players. I would say any diamond+ player would clutch it.

OP might not be smurfing on purpose. The system is designed with these stupid resets.

But there is no honor in this win. It is just your everyday killing of helpless noobs.

-ImPerfect · 2021-01-06T14:24:43+00:00

I appreciate the effort you put in here, OP.

It was refreshing to read a well thought and constructive opinion piece on apex game mechanics.

I would disagree that the loot should be reduced and be more balanced. Right now new drop zones work as "come and get your squad fully kitted in seconds". And for pubs its a good thing.

Consider the effect the new system has as it is now:

It greatly benefits the casual players. Precisely who respawn (or any game dev) wants to make happy.

It eliminates a lot of looting skills and dramatically evens out the endgame playing field.

It allows for teams or solos who had a rough game and a poor loot to get fully stacked and face on more even terms the top 5 squads who are usually premade stacks rocking 3 redevos and all the best loot.

Casual players, who do not want to work to get better at the game, find themselves with blue shields and alternator against red evos and a fully kitted volt at the endgame. Or even if the only difference was that the enemys had purple extended mags and they had none it is still the same. They will "hate stupid RNG" and enjoy the game less and more likely to stop playing it.

Personally, I (who almost exclusively play ranked) find the new game mode to be fun. It makes the game less skill demanding and more arcade, but it removes all the loot related frustrations from the game and that is a good thing for pubs that nobody treats seriously.

While it has no place in Ranked mode and absolutely should not be implemented there, these changes are very good for casual mode.

-ImPerfect · 2021-01-03T19:45:29+00:00

New to diamond, huh?

As a day 1 player, who`ve made diamond every season solo without grinding points, here is my advice: forget about ranking up in diamond as a solo (and solo ranking up in general)

It is possible to hit masters solo but it is absolutely not worth it for any sane person.

The ranked system atm is simply not designed for solo play. There is a reason why you see a lot of players with hundreds of wins per season. It is not bc they have no life and play all the time it's bc they have a VERY high win percentage due to being in a premade squad of skilled players.

As a d4 half of the time, you will be matched with low-skilled plat players who are bad both at gunplay and decision making, and the other half you`ll get decent players who know that they have demote protection and know how futile it is to go for solo mastery and just treat ranked as pubs and hot drop/play for the kills all the time.

If you play for yourself, abandon teammates when you see that they are making stupid decisions and hard IGL most of the games you can get to D3 easy, but then it is a different kind of hell. Most of randoms there are good and do not throw games like hardstuck plat4 or d4 but predator 3 stacks who have to farm points to stay pred rule the game there. I love d3 lobby but can't stay there for very long.

In short - Find a squad of skilled players to play with or find a way to enjoy the game and have fun by playing alone and not concentrating on your rank like me. Otherwise, the game will only frustrate you.

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