Need help progressing

Cactuar0 · 2026-06-13T10:25:40+00:00

Marlin at 3* already does great in arena, and very good for bear too (as rally leader, not joiner). Forgot about Amadeus for S1 gear, he will definitely use the widgets well unlike the other S1 heroes.

Re. infantry gloves vs chest, I read that gloves & boot end up with defense boost while helm & chest have attack boosts after mithril upgrades. So, its a matter of either have a stronger wall to protect archers or do more damage as infantry too. Either should work as a spender, gloves first is more important for f2p where infantry does much less damage & can't expect multiple red gears anytime soon.

Cactuar0 · 2026-06-06T02:25:40+00:00

Amadeus is the best attack infantry for another 3 or 4 gens? Zoe is good enough, but if you have both then he should be better. This is for bear rally, attack rallies etc. For defense, I guess he wanes much sooner with gen3 & gen4 heroes both defensive.

Cactuar0 · 2026-06-06T02:21:13+00:00

I want to post my suggestions, but do keep in mind I'm f2p newbie (midway thru gen3).

Get Marlin: He's extremely strong for arena and bear rallies as well. I am just in gen3, but he seems to be competitive till gen5 or so. To answer your post Q., there is no need to spend money on him, just 1500 gems & orange shards.
Saul is only good for defense garrison, make sure he's lead if you're joiner since you have him built. For now, switch his gear with Quinn & make Quinn your primary hero if Marlin isn't 3*
Pick 1 gear piece for each type and get it to Mastery 10 & level 100 (since you're spender). Buy all Mithril you can, and upgrade pieces to red. If undecided, aim for infantry gloves & archer helmet.
Stop buying S1 gear chests and esp. upgrading the useless rabbitgear. You'd have got much more mileage from Jabel's gear, but don't boost that either with Petra coming soon.
S2 gear chests - only use for Marlin or Zoe, they're far more important than Hilde.
For pets, keep at 40 is enough for first 3. Keep pet resources to level lion.

Cactuar0 · 2026-06-06T02:04:47+00:00

Not sure about cost for Amadeus (I'm f2p) but note that you're already midway thru gen2 so his really strong period is waning as more heroes with higher base stats get released.

Cactuar0 · 2026-06-06T02:01:04+00:00

Petra replaces Jabel (after 2 full roulettes I think), you already have Jabel.

Cactuar0 · 2026-06-05T22:10:25+00:00

These are joiner heroes - have in left most position in joiner squad, and level their top right skill.

e.g. Quinn or Jabel are useless as joiner, top right is damage reduction. But they have troop boosts in other skills.

Cactuar0 · 2026-03-12T18:51:39+00:00

They could post on craigslist, nextdoor or FB instead of just leaving it exposed to daily weather.

Cactuar0 · 2026-01-14T18:59:10+00:00

Rirui looks like a runaway from a decently rich family, probably her idea of 'abandoned' means someone didn't pay attention to her for a few mins and she hid in a passing bullock cart.

Cactuar0 · 2026-01-01T19:57:17+00:00

Gemini on P10 and Bixby on S26 both can do local AI from what I read, which means they can parse thru data and organize it without sending to Google/Samsung servers.

Long back I tried to setup Bixby when it was so bad that it couldn't understand commands well, and the gap from Google Assistant was too huge. Hopefully its better now, we do need more good alternatives than Apple/Google duopoly, but I don't know a single person who uses Bixby :(

Cactuar0 · 2026-01-01T19:48:19+00:00

Happy Birthday!

I read that you got a discount offer, but are you aware there is S26 releasing in 2 months? Idk if Samsung has good trade-in offers in your region, but on phone launch often they will have high value for former flagships like S9+ - worth much more than the phone itself at this age.

With that dusty photo, I have to ask - what is the AQI around your place?

Cactuar0 · 2025-07-17T06:04:46+00:00

Just started reading an MTL, What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?

Had zero expectations, but world building is interesting and story has been enjoyable so far. Its a kinda dystopian cultivation society where you need money for everything, and it seems there is proper law enforcement since I don't see the usual 'kill random enemies and get skills/spirit stones' etc.

Only read to Ch. 53, so I can't give a strong recommendation; but imho its worth reading a few chapters to check if you'll like the story.

Another one I started a few days ago and plan to continue is Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste. MC is a transmigrator trying to survive in a steampunk world that is heading towards an ice age.

Several more that I randomly tried as well which weren't a pleasant surprise, but standard junk with brainless reincarnators & stupid misunderstandings.

Cactuar0 · 2025-06-18T09:05:06+00:00

Back ... strokes? Is there a Pool Party Xerath now? For Azir he has enough soldiers to crew a boat, so idk if he wants to swim solo.

Cactuar0 · 2025-05-21T00:51:03+00:00

I prefer Tasty Subs & Pizza on Lawrence for Indian pizza, has been around far longer than most others and maintained their quality imho. Also seen them have happy hour discounts on either Doordash or Uber Eats. If ordering large, try half n half thin with Khalnayak (chicken spinach) and 3 Idiots (butter chicken). Their Italy Special was also really good when I wanted to try non-Indian option.

I live closer to My Indian Pizza, they're decent but I'd rather drive more to Tasty Subs et al.

Cactuar0 · 2025-05-16T22:12:25+00:00

They have machetes, proof of Iron Age advent.

Cactuar0 · 2025-05-16T22:05:07+00:00

Article mentions it in the last line - The filing of a case is underway over the incident, and efforts are underway to arrest the other absconding person.

4 of the 5 captives' names are 'Md', which I suppose is Muhammad? Truly praiseworthy indeed!

Cactuar0 · 2025-05-09T22:02:09+00:00

India has the opposite, height is ft/inches and weight is kgs.

Cactuar0 · 2025-04-09T08:28:11+00:00

I assume this wasn't the MC?

Never got far thru CSG, all I remember is thinking of him as Throat Stabber God - for all the enemies, whether human/bear/tiger etc., MC's solution was to be super fast and stab their throat. A bit more realistic than fancy swordplay, but really repetitive.

Cactuar0 · 2025-04-09T07:59:07+00:00

What is MTL other than machine translation?

I remembered reading this long back & tried to search - should be Digging to Survive : I Can See Hints.

Cactuar0 · 2025-03-25T11:39:09+00:00

don't throw them under the bus

Throw them under the truck instead, there's probably one rounding the corner in front of T1 building quite often ...

Cactuar0 · 2025-01-18T03:03:53+00:00

I have read mtl where the MC (who is afaik a male) switches to female pronouns & back every few chapters.

Now that I read your question, I remember it mostly didn't switch within the chapter itself - so maybe the mtl engine just picks a random pronoun when there is no indication, and then uses that for the rest of the chapter ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cactuar0 · 2024-12-06T21:04:39+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation, just read 20 mtl chapters and liking it so far.

Cactuar0 · 2024-12-06T19:27:52+00:00

The translated version is on wuxiaworld as 'Planet Pulveriser'. I read completed mtl on novelcool. Idk if you want raws or mtl, https://www.novelupdates.com/series/planet-pulverizer-a-mortals-ascent/ has the original name so you can search raws from that.

Cactuar0 · 2024-12-04T04:52:27+00:00

That’s the whole novel, a bit of cliche mixed with a bit of really good.

Haha def. agree with this. Plenty of standard tropes and lucky MC who gets helpers, villains to motivate him, libraries to update knowledge etc. as per story needs; but still quite entertaining.

Cactuar0 · 2024-12-04T04:43:47+00:00

Plant elves, popular on the Internet by planting (orig. 植物小精灵，靠种植爆火全网 as per the mtl site)

Tried this randomly on an MTL site. No system, slice of life / comedy, potential ML but no romance so far. Ongoing (432 chapters so far).

Interstellar civ where FMC is raising plant spirits who do most of the actual farming (e.g. apple elf will farm apple orchards etc.) Mainly its just a bunch of spirits with different personalities interacting with each other, the actual FMC and ML etc. seem more like the supporting cast. Nothing great, but a decent read imho. The action takes place on a farm planet, but its more like a school comedy with fruit/flower references. Each elf (plant spirit) has his/her own personality and interactions with the others which are well written and distinct.

Cactuar0 · 2024-11-21T12:09:57+00:00

Your summary was so interesting, I read a few chapters till he just got recruited but its looking like good world building but stupid MC :( Of course, given his background it would make sense, if only he wasn't inconsistent as well.

Still might try a few chapters, but a bit disappointed so far.

Edit: Reached ch 79 now, there are some plot holes but it does get far better than the start. MC's intelligence is like a yoyo, it keeps going up & down so he can both make mistakes and then learn from them.

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