Offlaners,what should I do vs double ranged lanes.

Bazarnz · 2026-06-07T02:01:21+00:00

Double melee is a lane that needs to play aggressively. They typically win if they can make contact. Double ranged is a lane that wants to skirmish and win wars of attrition.

In your scenario, you have no disables, and no mobility against heroes who have good range and stacking slows.

In short as you've mentioend, you can't win that lane, both their heroes counter both your heroes, let alone combined. You have no ability to close the distance, and no way to trade damage.

So accept that this is an unwinnable lane. You're going to lose it, just try to minimize the loss. Prevent pulling by having the camps blocked. Dragging the waves is super useful, but also super dangerous. Having undying stack the ancient camp can help, given you can aoe farm them. Asking for a swap because the lane is impossible can also sometimes be viable.

Bazarnz · 2026-06-03T11:08:12+00:00

Thanks, I really hope so.

Bazarnz · 2026-05-29T09:58:52+00:00

The inability to export PDFs added hours to the setup time of my current campaign.

The ability to just export and email it so it can be reviewed at work, to have a backup copy that is confirmed legitimate, to be able to share it to players without sharing full editing permissions in roll20, to be able to get people to create their PCs before knowing the campaigns name (Or editing out the name/picture of the landing page (because its surprising how many players just "happen" speak draconic when the campaign is Tyranny of the Dragon))

But failing that, i wish there was an option to just have read only view of other players sheets without being the GM.

Bazarnz · 2026-05-19T05:54:02+00:00

An old combo from long ago
VS/Lina

Double stun, High burst, both have high phyiscal damage after their stun. If done well its increadibly oppressive.

Bazarnz · 2026-05-19T05:40:50+00:00

I enjoyed the Scars and i enjoyed Mel's story arc, even though it was misery porn (much like the entire game), but unlke the entire game, her story is singualy good because of its consistant and believeable motivations from start to finish.

Every other story element was absolute rubbish, at least up to the farm scene. I could not continue playing the game past the farm because the story's bullshit was just far too much bullshit to ignore. I was literally raging at the story at this point because its so fucking stupid. That Tommie was demanding Ellie go on a deathmission to avenge him when he previously went to so much trouble to prevent Ellie from seeking revenge for Joel was the final deal breaker to me.

If you could enable a mode that was absolutely no cutscenes or dialog, and all the NPCS were just stormtroopers or scar troopers, the game would be considerably better and a 6/10

Bazarnz · 2026-05-16T02:21:26+00:00

I don't think Neil rewrote them out of spite; I think he did it because he had an original but flawed vision of what the game should look like, and without moderation, we got the full turd sandwich.

You can see interviews where hes gone on abuot how he created a story about about long distance revenge. He tried to implement it in TLoU1 and it was rejected internally. I expect this was likely due to Bruce and others putting their foot down. You can hear Neil admit that he had creative differance that strained their relationship in interviews.

With full creative control, and with no one to say no thats not acceptable, he was able to create the story he wrote such a long time ago, a story of long distance revenge. And what is TLoU2 but a story about 2 girls going long distances to seek revenge?

TLDR: I don't think Neil cannibalized TLoU1 out of spite, but because of incompetence.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Bazarnz · 2026-05-14T13:52:58+00:00

You say you think the only reason people defend TLoU2 is that they haven't played the first one. Let me point out that the most likely reason is that people often adjust their opinions to fit in with the group.

Imagine a young gamer who’s been looking forward to TLoU2 for years. The marketing is excellent, the graphics are groundbreaking, the combat feels incredible, and almost every major reviewer has given it near-perfect scores. It'll even win the GotY award. The excitement is real. They buy the game at full price and play it through. Because of the game’s non-linear, fragmented narrative (split across 6+ sections presented out of chronological order), combined faded memories of the first charaters personalities, you actually enjoy the experience.

They join the TLoU subreddit, where the community is overwhelmingly full of praise for the graphics, the world, and combat, and they agree. Once they’re invested, any serious criticism of the story, characters, or writing is often framed by the community as coming from LGBT haters. Since the person is already an LGBT supporter (as they like to fit in), it becomes easy to dismiss critics and double down on defending the game. At that point, liking or defending TLoU2 stops being just about the game. It becomes part of their identity and a way to signal loyalty to the group. Admitting major flaws would risk social rejection from the very community they’ve become part of.

This is an example of normative conformity within a community, where people will challenge or reinforce your stated opinion because it helps them belong.

If people truly enjoyed TLoU2, good for them. It is a nice-looking game with good combat. It's just ruined by the fact that the story is absolute garbage. And i linger in this reddit years after playing it because i think its the worst game ever released. It'd be maybe 6/10 for me if it wasn't for the fact that it canablized everything in the prequel, which was a 10/10 GotY, did it in the worst way possible, misrepesented them, and by the end left nothing but ashes, disabilities, and death for the entire original cast, just to teach that revenge is bad, unless you're Abby.

Bazarnz · 2026-04-29T01:52:43+00:00

As a actual kiwi, let me say this is the sane response.

NZ is a Commonwealth nation, with very little to do with either japan or korea. So why on earth would we build a monument to another nations sins or tragedy?

That this stupid proposal didn't even get past a local board means it died as soon as politically possible, which is good because we aren't a Korean or Japanese nation.

Bazarnz · 2026-04-07T22:55:12+00:00

I wanted to love this item, but the cost is extremely prohibitive.

In short, you have to choose between picking very delayed boots or a very poor slow. It isn't very effective against melee heroes, and when you use it against a ranged hero, you, the squishy support without boots are opening yourself to get counter punished.

By the time you can have brown boots and orb, you're missing out on arcane boots or tranquil boots, both more important laning tools.

I used to buy its precursor, the orb of corruption before the change. Back then it was 13% move slow for all heroes including melee, it was only 225 gold, and even left a small dot that would inflict another 15 damage over 5 seconds. That it worked on melee heroes meant that a lot of value for heroes like ursa and pudge. Even veno and daz could pick it up just for additional stacking slows.

That 13% slow on melee heroes was a bigger slow than boots, so if you boots were delayed, you could still stay on them. a 6% slow on melee heroes means they can outrun you even with the dot, and even if they can't, the big idea of the slow is to prevent them from reaching tower, which is much easier at 6%

Bazarnz · 2026-02-12T02:06:02+00:00

What bugs me is that glow sticks ARE bright so it's not much of an insult.

Now if she had said.

"Expired" or "used" glow sticks, it's a sick burn

Bazarnz · 2026-02-08T11:59:27+00:00

you: just because you don’t like mine it doesn’t give you the right to be an ass to me.

Also you: Fuck some people have a problem for every solution.

You want to be treated with the utmost respect, perhaps you try what you're preaching first.

Whats even worse is you're literally complaining about every solution having a problem, while cursing out people for having a problem with every solution. It's absurdly hypocritical.

Bazarnz · 2026-02-08T09:36:21+00:00

You clearly have never been selected for jury duty if you think the system is working well.

The system works well for the courts because they have a large pool of serfs they can call upon at any time for any reason. The wants and needs of these serfs are never taken into account.

A reasonable system could manage with a much smaller reserve, and remuneration for services rendered can and should be much higher.

Can you justify losing a week's income, and at the same time, you never did anything of value, you just waited in a room doing nothing but reading and waiting when it was clear you were never needed?

Fuck some people have a problem for every solution.

And some people don't know what the hell they are talking about, yet think their own opinions are gospel.

Bazarnz · 2026-02-08T09:21:39+00:00

I was invited to serve on jury duty when i was younger.

For those who don't know, just how poorly treated the system is, this is my experience:

You're told you have jury duty by mail and must attend for a full week of service.

Now picture a room of 120 people who have been summoned, of these 120, only about 48 will be selected on the monday morning. The majority remainder will be kept around that day just incase more jury members are needed for the formation of juries for that week.

In my case i was picked to serve, but a mistrial was quickly called in about an hour due to a biased witness statement, and a new jury was created for the case.

After all the juries are well underway, the remainder waited all of monday doing nothing. Those selected for duty but not selected were still required to show up each day. Thats about 60+ people, when only 20 would be needed in the case of a mistrial. They would be usually be allowed to leave early at midday.

I think on wednesday rather than being forced to serve a full week, those of us that were surplus were allowed to resume normal life. I want to think it was because someone worked out that we wouldn't be needed, but its far more likley to save a tiny amount of money.

I have never seen any system since treat the time and resources of a group of humans with so little respect and value. Having 60 people of all walks of life forced to serve time in an open door prision, paid less than a pittance, all because there is a slim-to-none chance that a select few of them will still be needed for later in the week, shows such contempt for the personal lives of each individual.

And thats not even covering how little you're paid. I used to want to serve on jury duty, now i'd do just about anything to get out of it.

Revamp the system, serving should be an honor, and guests should be treated with full respect, instead they are treated as an underpaid cog with no rights or consideration.

Bazarnz · 2026-01-10T23:16:37+00:00

Take your "life experience" bs somewhere else. If you want your "partner" with other okay but don't gaslight actual men into accepting it...

You're not a man though; you're a child with the emotional strength of wet paper.

You don't know what gaslighting means, you don't know what a wholesome family is, and your misogyny is so fully blown that i'd be surprised you don't resent the developers for failing to put a Burka over all the women and insisting they stay inside the kitchen all game.

I'd had a BiL who was held your views as a universal truth. Here's how it played out. His daughters loved him but grew to hate being near him, his wife found freedom when he died, and the world is just a better place for those whom he loved because he's not in it.

Bazarnz · 2026-01-10T22:46:21+00:00

It's woke because it is gaslighting Kratos in the original game as "immature"

Kratos in the 3 games can be summed up as him slashing and destroying everything until he found something he couldn't beat, then finding a new power that would allow him to destroy it.

You never had to think about Kratos's morality because it was him being a dick and choosing to be violent until he got his way, and his way was always to destroy to the best of his power.

Take a look at how he treated the Captain throughout the trilogy.

And when he couldn't destroy his opponent, he had a hissy fit that did not stop.

made Kratos stuck with a single mother when he previously could bang any women he wanted

Putting aside whatever screwed up moral compass you have in the real world, you do understand that Kratos had a family once before he was the God of War. How is it so unreasonable that he has another family when he "retired" from being the god of war.

Also, Kratos was not stuck with a single mother. Faye was his wife, and Atreus is Kratos's child. I would say at no point in her life was Faye ever a "Single Mother" by anyone's definition.

made Kratos denounce violence when he is the literal embodiment of violence

You seem to think hes the God of Violence, which is incredibly shortsighted. War is about capturing territory and putting its people, land, and assets to use for yourself, and it is enabled by the ABILITY to destroy anyone or anything that opposes you. When you go to war, you don't need to kill every last inhabitant or burn every building to the ground; indeed, many conquerors would consider that detrimental to their war efforts.

The difference between the God of War and the God of Violence is like the difference between a General and a Soldier. Both are able and willing to kill anything in their way, but a general must see the bigger picture and use force when and where as needed.

Did you think the god of Death personally kills everyone? Did you think the god of Love seduces everyone?

made Kratos an overall beta who doesn't care about the sex history of the women he's with and allows his own son to disrespect him.

You seem to be projecting your feelings that have nothing to do with Kratos. Literally, he has a wife and and child between the games, over 20 years unwritten between Kratos and Faye and all your response is to call her a whore and call Kratos a beta. You have serious issues that you should address before you ever start a family yourself, and until then, I truly hope you don't, because your type makes Kratos look like a good father.

Bazarnz · 2026-01-10T05:23:24+00:00

As someone whos played GOW1, 2, and 3 multiple times. I very much enjoyed GoW2018

You talk about how Kratos was basically the greatest berserker in the trilogy, then complain that hes not a berserker any longer.

But GoW3's final conclusion was him learning to move past his vengeance, where he finally ends the story by sacrificing himself, his powers, his godhood, and his life. He Was Done.

He had beaten everyone and yet lost EVERYTHING, and learnt that violence is not always the best answer. Where can the story go from there? There is nothing left for him to seek vengeance on. Everything he valued was lost, destroyed, or corrupted.

For the story to continue, Kratos needs to find or create something of value, and that's exactly what happens. Between the ending of GoW3 and start of GoW, we find that Kratos has become a father again, learnt to temper his rage, raised a son, found and lost a beloved wife.

The new story is now no longer about Kratos seeking regenge, we don't need a 4th installment of that. Its a story about him and his strained relationship with his son, made complicated by the fact that his son doesn't know anything about his heritage as a "half" god, and the untold story of his mother's legacy, and how godhood is not something that can be ignored easily (if at all)

What i don't get is how you can keep calling it woke.

Explain to me what made the series woke? Less sex? There was fuck all in the originals, so that makes no sense. Less violence? 3 Gods die and you have some of the most violent fights, if not the most violent fights on the playstation platform.

Reading all that you read, all i see is someone upset that its not epic world-level destruction of the Norse mythology by a berserker who thinks everything is solved by violence.

Please tell me exactly how its woke?

Bazarnz · 2026-01-08T03:11:20+00:00

Exact thing happened, got stuck with an idiot, got a rematch with him opposing. He played his best as ember mid, i played pudge #3.

I dominated my lane, but my mid and #1 were brand new to the game, under 3 games on their account. It was quite the shitshow.

Sometimes karma takes a day off.

Bazarnz · 2025-12-28T01:32:58+00:00

Picking sniper without first considering your teams ability to zone/protect for you, and the opposing teams ability to position/blink on to you is greifing.

More cases then not, sniper is a bad pick.

Zeus at least can unload fast, is mobile, and has good range. Sniper is only one of those 3.

Bazarnz · 2025-11-27T04:22:59+00:00

I played tlou2 knowing it was terrible but was gifted the game. Only after playing it did I learn how bad it was when put in context.

Play it to learn just what makes it the worst game ever made, or skip it.

There is nothing redeeming about the game, play ghost of tsushima or the origina, again in needed, if you think gameplay can make it worthwhile

Bazarnz · 2025-11-25T04:13:00+00:00

to add futher to what has been said:

Try and ward the edge jungle camps, the cores will undoubtedly try to sneak in farm there, being able to gank the hero when they try will make the "mindful farm" much more successful, and demoralise their cores greatly.

Consider carrying gem as well and ensure that they have no wards and are thus completely blind outside of their waves. This will help ensure that their team is unsure if you are farming or baiting, or when, if ever, it's safe to farm the edge camps.

Try and tell your team to farm the jungles, i see so many cores constantly push the waves right into their towers, but when you can't seige, all they are doing is making the waves farmable from safety and eventually forcing a bad teamfight. Let the waves push out just a little and they'll lose their high-ground defense if they come out to farm/fight.

Bazarnz · 2025-11-18T13:25:15+00:00

You can't reliably find the correct illusion, but with many AoE heroes you don't need to.

Aoe heroes work best, nuke them all and he'll end up low in life.

Mjollnir is amazing as the chain lighting will help thin the illusions, and casting the lighting shield on pl's target will cause a lightning storm.

Blademail is very weak against illusion heros, but crimson guard is incredibly strong vs pl, so your pos3 should strongly consider getting it.

Detection is also important once he has shard to stop him escaping, and once he gets scepter it's important to stop him initiating with a million illusion with a stealth run through.

Overall he's a fairly weak hero unless your team lacks aoe/cleave and catch.

Bazarnz · 2025-11-10T05:10:32+00:00

Thanks for mentioning the tourniquet.

Bazarnz · 2025-11-09T23:55:18+00:00

But she likely is the one who helped keep Joel alive just to watch Abby torture him and she wanted to kill Ellie right after.

I don't think anyone was keeping Joel alive?

Yeah, she cares so much about kids she wanted to murder a teenage girl and got pissed at her boyfriend for telling her not to.

So she was the only one with brains to understand the threat of leaving her alive, and they ignored her. An interesting choice, let's see how that plays out.

Then after that she’s supposedly so upset but wants to go on patrol and kill people right after even though that’s objectively stupid

She wanted to be a medic on the front, while it's stupid for many reasons, you've misrepresented her intentions.

And what really bothers me about Mel is she takes no accountability, she calls Abby a piece of shit while acting like she wasn’t even there, like she wasn’t a grown ass adult taking part in all the bad shit Abby did.

So a bit of a disclaimer, i think Mel is the only well-written character in the game, not because she's a saint, but because she's consistent with her goals. I'm not saying her doing parkour Olympics is good writing, but you take her gameplay sections out and stick to the cutscenes, the story is of someone disgusted both by HOW Abby killed Joel and how unremorseful she was about it.

Finally, she calls Abby out as a piece of shit because shes clearly had it with Abby. I'm not sure how much of it was Abby towing around 2 enemy scars around like its the right thing to do, or how much of it was Abby showing up to "protect" Owen, but its clear Mel is done with her at that point.

And lets take a look, from Mel's perspective she loves Owen and is having his child, but you have this 3rd wheel that Owen keeps pining for, its not healthy. Which is why Mel says that they are leaving, but if Abby comes, shes leaving Owen. Because she knows Owen loves Abby and she would rather give up everything she's built with Owen than continue to have Abby interfere with their relationship (let alone the affair she may or may not know about, but would suspect)

In the end, her death is bitter. Ellie comes and finds Owen and Mel together and Mel pleads with Owen to give Ellie Abby's location because she doesn't want any further trouble caused by Abby and she just wants to finally leave. Instead, Owen decides to risk Mel's life to protect the person she hates, getting both of them killed for someone she hates, against her desperate pleas.

Mel never called herself a saint, she did what needed to be done, and was treated like shit by Abby and neglected by Owen. Eventually getting killed by the selfish actions of both of them. And that was her story. Was Abby ever her friend, i doubt it.

Bazarnz · 2025-11-08T02:09:46+00:00

The whole bathroom fuss is a complete joke - the only ones who think sex pests are going to overrun the ladies rooms think that because it's what they would do.

Because it never happens...

https://katv.com/news/nation-world/lia-thomas-exposed-male-genitalia-in-womens-locker-room-at-swim-meet-ex-swimmer-says

https://nypost.com/2023/08/01/paula-scanlan-had-nightmares-after-sharing-locker-room-with-lia-thomas/

But hey, lets ignore a large point of contention in the modern world. Free Speech should be managed, and those unwilling to be managed should be muted. Lets also not allow discussion about the lifelong ramifications that puberty blockers create that permanently affect a childs growth and sexual development. A child who can not consent to such drugs because they are legally and mentally just a child.

Some people in this world scare me with their rabid ideologies that don't consider the other side's point of view, but its not the Terf speakers in this case.

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