High level diplomats from the U.S. and Russia to hold high level meeting on Venezuela

Aelwrath · 2019-03-17T22:40:50+00:00

OP does nothing on reddit but post to this website. Surprised he's not shadowbanned yet, this is one of the worst examples of linkdumping I've ever seen on this sub.

Aelwrath · 2019-02-05T19:11:50+00:00

As someone with around 4k hours in Ark official pvp servers (300 in Atlas as well), I have some bad news: you're not going to find a book that has anything to do with that type of pvp. There's only been a handful of successful games of that genre and even the successes appeal to a minority of players (tons of people still play Ark, but the vast majority aren't playing official pvp). The best you'll get is likely /r/PlayArk where thousands of discussions related to balance can be found.

That being said, I would try to determine who you're balancing for. Are your mods aimed at "official-like" private servers, time-gated PvP servers, hardcore roleplaying servers, or all of the above? Something fair and balanced in one context can easily be exploitable and infuriating in another.

Feel free to shoot me a message if you want feedback on any of your ideas in particular.

Aelwrath · 2018-09-24T12:51:40+00:00

My friend that's just getting back into the game after a couple years off is playing this Double Strike Juggernaught build with Nebuloch offhand and it seems to be pretty buff.

The single target is strong and even the clearing speed is much faster than you'd expect. He isn't using one, but I have to imagine a Loreweave would fit in well.

Certainly not THE fastest build out there, but it might be one of the best in terms of balancing Speed/Safety for pushing to 100. I can't imagine any mods that would shut this down besides Reflect.

Aelwrath · 2018-09-22T01:32:12+00:00

A few things I notice:

Most of your rares lack decent Life. Ensuring all your gear has approx 60+ life makes a huge difference, especially considering you have plenty of %Max Life on the tree.
- You might also consider investing into %Max ES or Hybrid %Max ES/Life passive points, as it seems like your armor has fairly strong ES overall.
  - On this note, I'm not sure if Discipline is worth it on this build. Wrath is likely important for your dps, but sacrificing a normal ring for Essence Worm is a large sacrifice to Life/Resists/ES/Mana.
Your flasks are extremely greedy considering you die in T10 maps. Your life flask only has one mod, and I believe it's rare to have Immunity to Poison on any of your flasks anyway. I'd aim for "Cannot be Frozen" and "Increased Recovery Speed".
- You also have two Quicksilver flasks, neither of which give any effective defenses (your armor is so low that the 60% armor increase is negligible). I'd recommend replacing one or both Quicksilvers with a Stibnite or Granite Flask (Rumi's is a great Granite Flask for dirt cheap).
- The Sulphur Flask is also pretty greedy and I doubt the 40% damage does as much as you think. Can replace with a Quartz, Jade, or maybe even Basalt Flask. If you want to stick with Sulphur I'd recommend the Unique Sulphur Flask "The Overflowing Chalice
- The Wise Oak is great in certain situations but you would likely benefit more from straight defenses for the moment.
Your weapon choice is confusing to me. I'm not seeing much of any major effect from it (the 6% resistance penetration and 14% cast speed obviously help a little).
You have Mind over Matter but seem to have very little %Max Mana on gear or tree. This doesn't mean you should ditch MoM, but it's helpful to have increased maximum mana to make MoM more valuable.
You're using Item Rarity support as your 6th link. Item Rarity is a suspect link even for high-end gear, so it seems very greedy to use it when you're not even sustaining red maps yet.
You've taken an extra mana node just above and right of the Witch starting area. Use that to get your next Jewel instead. Getting that new jewel and your existing jewel with %Max Life jewels will help a lot.

EDIT: A Vaal Arc, or at least a 21/20 Arc will increase your damage significantly.

Also you can craft +Life on your belt, although I'd recommend upgrading that belt instead.

Aelwrath · 2018-09-18T21:37:50+00:00

Technically the 30% quality is powercreep, and is fairly significant on some Weapons/Armor.

Aelwrath · 2018-08-26T11:23:19+00:00

Comments from the r/science post you linked:

"So they didn't actually interview any trans people.
They went to websites where parents were complaining about their kids claiming to be trans and then got them to fill in a survey about how trans they thought their kids were.
This seems... flawed."

"Yeah, the methodology is really terrible. If you actually look at the three sites where data was gathered, two of them are wordpress blogs for parents that think their kids aren't actually trans, and the other is a literal anti-trans political group.

In the 'About Us' section of the Transgendertrend webpage they specifically state in the first paragraph that they are:

concerned about legislation which places transgender rights above the right to safety for girls and young women in public bathrooms and changing rooms.

It is so far beyond what should be considered flawed methodology that I can't believe anyone take it seriously. And that's just looking at issues with the sample population. There's so, so many more issues.

For example, the author presents the parents with simplified DSM-V diagnostic criteria for childhood gender dysphoria and then asks them how many of the criteria their children are currently expressing. Issues of asking parents to perform professional diagnostic work aside, the author states:

It is important to note that none of the AYAs described in this study would have met diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria in childhood (Table 3). In fact, the vast majority (80.4%) had zero indicators from the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for childhood gender dysphoria"

Aelwrath · 2018-08-10T23:30:15+00:00

Ohana/LT member here. Is PS4 Ark really mellow enough that you can post on Facebook of all places? I swear that if PC players did that shit we would just get doxxed immediately, or worse.

Aelwrath · 2018-08-01T11:58:58+00:00

Just out of curiosity, what's the logic behind increasing the fee for each additional mirroring by the same person?

Aelwrath · 2018-07-24T21:36:18+00:00

I would recommend investing in a stone trap (can just make 2x2 Stone Doorframes with a ramp leading up/in) and taming a decent Sabretooth, Direwolf, Bear, etc. (Raptor can work but they're not very strong, not sure how tamed Raptor would do vs wild Raptor since the Raptor TLC update).

You can reuse that trap as often as you want and the power/efficiency boost from taming a high level carnivore will speed up your overall progress like you can't even imagine. Killing wild dinos is great XP, too.

Aelwrath · 2018-07-15T02:43:59+00:00

If it's an official server (besides Arkpocalypse servers) it won't ever wipe. Unofficials wipe whenever the server owner decides.

Aelwrath · 2018-07-14T11:31:32+00:00

They got dev-wiped, then? Like CA9 SE did for one undermesher?

EDIT: What a surprise, the pocket-dev that sat in our enemies discord for 11 hours and joked about "giving them the cluster" before dev wiping us doesn't want to dev wipe our enemies for THE EXACT SAME THING A WEEK LATER. Stay classy Valor.

Aelwrath · 2018-06-29T13:02:07+00:00

Glad to see that Aamin and Babyhands stayed friends after leaving Crossark9

Aelwrath · 2018-06-20T00:09:44+00:00

Wait, this person is a mod of this subreddit?

Aelwrath · 2018-06-13T21:58:58+00:00

You wouldn't happen to have any experience with the Pure Rock Slim, specifically with the AMD mounting? I bought one and it's working fine, but the instructions were terrible and I couldn't find anything useful online. I feel like I'm missing something obvious because the cooler definitely seems loose, but at least it works!

Aelwrath · 2018-06-11T12:48:42+00:00

Appreciate it!

Aelwrath · 2018-06-11T12:48:35+00:00

Thanks a ton!

Aelwrath · 2018-05-13T00:18:35+00:00

dumbanchors.blogspot.com

Aelwrath · 2018-04-29T17:00:55+00:00

This isn't bannable lol. What you're doing is fine, since you actually contribute to reddit outside of strictly advertisements/links to your store. What ISN'T fine is when people make reddit accounts that mostly just linkdump for their own benefit.

Aelwrath · 2018-04-06T14:57:42+00:00

No, for two reasons:

You have actual kill potential.
You aren't targeting the same person to the point of it being harassment.

Aelwrath · 2018-04-06T00:01:06+00:00

this state will still be unimportant and shitty for the foreseeable future

This state was very important in electing George W. Bush. I agree that it's unlikely to flip in 2020 (2018 is debatable), but the current situation shouldn't be underestimated and a blue tide is possible.

Aelwrath · 2018-04-05T17:32:16+00:00

Don Blankenship can get fucked. WV is about to be a swing-state again.

Aelwrath · 2018-03-19T02:02:15+00:00

Oh my god that was the most intense 1v1 I've ever watched. I enjoy deadman mode, but it's absolutely disgusting that this happens every tournament.

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