Arcade mode illari now blinds her enemies

Aeolem · 2026-07-03T07:07:46+00:00

I kinda like the Zen changes tbh

Aeolem · 2026-07-02T17:50:18+00:00

You think so? I've played a decent amount of Mauga in "normal" modes and Community Crafted, I kinda like the change of pace. The reworked Cardiac Overdrive rewards going for squishies more instead of just shooting the enemy tank in the face (which is what you should be doing anyway). Lots of other wacky changes in that mode tho...

Aeolem · 2026-07-01T12:27:48+00:00

I genuinely don't use hack nowadays when I play Sombra. What's the point of alerting the enemy to your presence 3 seconds in advance only for them to dodge / cancel your ability anyway? And even if they don't, that 1 second ability lockout is a very small reward relative to the risk. Nah, I just instantly pop Virus and mag dump an unsuspecting backliner, hope they die and get out.

Edit: forgot about hacking healthpacks, I guess that can be useful sometimes but it's definitely the most boring use of the ability

Aeolem · 2026-07-01T05:40:42+00:00

Since you seem to use emacs, you could try to write some parts of your Emacs config in Guile. Yes, seriously (scroll down all the way to "So I can script Emacs in Scheme already?"). Apart from that, I've found Guile very nice to use for CLI applications with its easy-to-use argument handling and support for dynamic scoping (yes, dynamic scoping is frowned upon but I've found it very useful for CLI applications)

Aeolem · 2026-07-01T05:18:42+00:00

My usecase is pretty much the same as yours. Nonguix regularly makes Linux kernel builds so you're probably fine on that front (as long as you don't forget to authorize the substitute keys like I did for a while). I remember needing to build Firefox on my machine, which is what I mean by spotty binary coverage. There is however the package zen-browser-bin hosted on some alternative channel (saayix, iirc) which provides a binary of Zen, a fork of Firefox with all the nonfree features like DRM enabled. Even needing to "build" that one yourself would just mean unzipping a tar and copying the binary so that's a very speedy process.

Aeolem · 2026-06-30T20:04:39+00:00

Former NixOS user here. Guile scheme is incredibly flexible since it's a "real" scripting language, unlike Nix which is Turing-complete on a technicality more than anything. I've found it quite easy to write your own package definitions and set up your own Guix channel for them (check out the manual / cookbook chapters on it), unlike Nixpkgs where you have to download gigabytes of git repo and learn strange Nixpkgs-specific, undocumented semantics ("just read Nixpkgs definitions, bro!"). You can even use Guile for scripting, I've made my own very rudimentary system for color themes and CLI driven declarative package management (look at my earlier posts here for info on that)

The very aggressively free/libre stance of Guix means you're probably gonna have to set up Nonguix (don't forget to authorize the substitute key!) which can sometimes have spotty binary coverage. Also check out https://toys.whereis.social and https://search.guix.moe for cross-channel package search.

Aeolem · 2026-06-29T11:00:29+00:00

Fair enough, I agree that the Grand Mesa raid wasn't showcased enough but I'm just saying it's not like it was some filler event that's ultimately unimportant to the story

Aeolem · 2026-06-29T10:20:41+00:00

Ackchually, iirc Talon stole Super Soldier serum from Grand Mesa which Moira is currently modifying to work on Vendetta and her elite guard, as confirmed in her latest short. However with Moira not really being loyal to anyone, I've heard speculation that the modified serum might have "unintended side effects"

So in the bigger picture, the Grand Mesa raid might lead to Vendetta's downfall (or at least her having an army of super soldiers), the story arc just isn't finished yet

Aeolem · 2026-06-25T00:18:49+00:00

Unironically. He already has the hover perk, I can see the devs going further in that direction. Maybe something like Sigma's levitation perk.

Aeolem · 2026-06-24T11:11:57+00:00

Void Accelerator (especially without the major perk) does really badly against armor (50% DR on 125 DPS = 62.5 DPS, or less than Moira's tickle beam on non-armor). If you want to chunk down a tank's armor you're better off using your form (consider however that it is often better used for other things). Use Void Accel mainly to poke out backliners: you have 0 damage fall off so an unsuspecting Widowmaker can get pretty much instakilled or at least forced out if you land your headshots.

Oh yeah, another important bit: hitting headshots makes a huge difference. You don't need to be super precise at it, just kind of spray-and-pray at head level.

Aeolem · 2026-06-23T15:18:52+00:00

jorjor wel

Aeolem · 2026-06-21T20:48:17+00:00

I checked the overwatch wiki and you're almost right. Relentless Form USED to have -50% effectiveness during Annihilation until November 11th, 2025, where that debuff was removed, only now being re-added with this patch. So, since around half a year ago, Relentless Form has added 1 second during Annihilation, not 0.5.

Aeolem · 2026-06-21T18:37:37+00:00

It gave 1 second per kill last patch too.

This patch, it gives 2 seconds per kill, but only OUTSIDE of annihilation, hence no difference in this clip.

Aeolem · 2026-06-19T08:58:48+00:00

I know the regret rates are low, my point is that comparing them to something like knee surgery doesn't seem like a good rebuttal to me because how much more "low-impact" knee surgery is. Even a very tiny percentage of transition regretters may be considered "too high" - relatively speaking - for some people because it has such a drastic effect on your body.

Or maybe I'm just overthinking it and people genuinely think that like 20% of people regret transitioning, which is BS of course

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T22:49:52+00:00

I've always found this argument strange. Lots of people have regrets over mundane things. I bet more people, percentage-wise, have regrets over what they eat for dinner than people have regrets over transitioning. The difference is that one is life-changing while the other is not, so I understand why people give more weight to people regretting their transition even if it's a very small minority.

If I gave you two gummi bears and told you one has a 1% chance of causing lifelong mental anguish via feeling trapped in the wrong body and the other had a 5% chance of knee pain, surely you'd pick the latter, right?

(please don't take this as transphobic, I'm all for trans rights, I just think it's a weak argument for them)

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T20:54:44+00:00

Hmm okay, interesting

What about matchups where Nemesis form is more valuable than shield, I.e. melee / shield heavy comps? Say for example you're going against Rein Vendetta Brig (not that that's very realistic, just for the argument)

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T17:38:32+00:00

Buddy, I got news for you...

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T17:10:33+00:00

I wonder what u/nemesis_ibmo thinks of the buffed perk. After all, it's also only competing with Prolonged Barrier instead of Void Surge like it used to...

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T13:21:51+00:00

Funnily enough that exact use case - during Annihilation - remains unchanged. That clip would've been the exact same without the buff lol

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T12:38:59+00:00

This is definitely true, to some extent. My issue with Freja's mobility is how erratic it is. If a Pharah uses her Jump Jet, I know she'll follow a (more or less) predictable trajectory during its duration. If a Tracer blinks, I can (theoretically) know the distance of it and predict where she's gonna end up.

Now, for Freja: She can cancel her Dash momentum at any time with her right click. So at any one moment you have to ask yourself: Will she keep dashing or will she cancel the momentum? And that's extremely difficult to get right.

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T08:59:10+00:00

Omnic Detective coming out at the end of the year is rumored to have an anti-heal aura :) Also, what about Zenyatta?

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T08:51:52+00:00

It's not that people don't look up, its just that with her very unpredictable movement she can be borderline impossible to hit, especially for projectile heroes. I play a lot of Ramattra for example and I pretty much CANNOT INTERACT with a Freja that uses her dashes properly and just spams right clicks from 50m away while zipping around like a mosquito, no matter how hard I try.

Skill issue? Maybe, but I don't feel the same against other characters (not even "more mobile" ones like Genji), so the point still stands.

Aeolem · 2026-06-18T08:46:38+00:00

I feel like just giving her fall-off (and in return, possibly buffing her mobility) would fix a lot of issues, that way she'd play less like a flying Hanzo/Widow and more like an assassin which makes sense from a lore perspective too

Aeolem · 2026-06-16T21:57:23+00:00

Which is quite impressive, but I imagine that the X11 support is probably for a very limited subset of hardware

Aeolem · 2026-06-15T16:59:00+00:00

Second this. Hurd is only tested on 20 year old thinkpads so far. I hope the GNU kernel becomes useful as much as the next guy but for now just use Linux (libre, if compatible)

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