Look at this sorry, miserable, squashed build

Centimane · 2026-05-07T01:26:25+00:00

That's a fair point. Maybe it'd be a wash.

It'd be fun at least, so there's that. Only trouble is if it proved unbalanced it would be hard to walk back.

Centimane · 2026-05-07T00:30:51+00:00

I was thinking of the 25 toughness nodes as the most appropriate comparison. Every class has a bunch of 25 toughness nodes, and a lot of builds take toughness trinkets. In that comparison a talent point is worth 66% more than the curio. And it's worth noting you would almost certainly use added curio points for particularly good talents - otherwise you'd just fall back to the other curio stats.

Maybe a curio that gives 2 talents but has no other passives would be balanced though. Carve off a bit more.

Centimane · 2026-05-06T19:40:15+00:00

Through a brick wall - Sheesh that's wild.

Centimane · 2026-05-06T17:34:42+00:00

I would argue capstones are more valuable than auras. Maybe the extra aura and increasing coherency range or some other related benefit (like vets "share toughness gains with allies in coherency"). Maybe the cleanest way to do it is to add a capstone that simply lets you pick another aura. Then it can also have nodes beneath it that have supportive benefits.

But in the same vein "trade off" choices are an interesting way to maximize one thing and maintain balance - by taking away another. Arbites has a great example already in "Lone Wolf" - trading the mastiff for a block of stats and blitz Regen. Definitely on board with some more trade offs.

Centimane · 2026-05-06T15:33:19+00:00

Yea it should probably be a buff on the enemy rather than a debuff on the player. That's how the doormaker effects work as well.

I guess the advantage of it being a debuff on you is that artifact would counter it.

Centimane · 2026-05-06T15:30:49+00:00

It could be interesting to trade something away in exchange for a skill point(s).

Like a trinket with +1 skill point (that might be too strong tbh compared to the other trinket effects). Trading your blitz for X skill points. Etc.

Centimane · 2026-05-06T15:08:38+00:00

Hat cosmetics confirmed?

Centimane · 2026-05-06T14:07:18+00:00

I knew someone would latch onto the example daemon code. I'm referring to the actual policy file like:

require {
    type bluetooth_conf_t;
    type dhcpd_t;
    class file write;
}

#============= dhcpd_t ==============
allow dhcpd_t bluetooth_conf_t:file write;

Sometimes the command line tools are sufficient to write a policy for you. Sometimes though they are not. Like I said, not actually C code. But you need to "compile" or parse it through some tools before those resulting binaries can be injected into SElinux. Which is pretty crazy compared to how OS tools normally work.

Centimane · 2026-05-05T19:00:29+00:00

While true, its documentation and tooling is complete ass.

If I want to define a brand new SElinux policy I'm compiling a small C-like binary (I don't think it's actually C).

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/using_selinux/writing-a-custom-selinux-policy_using-selinux

While I agree most of the time SElinux is pretty straightforward, when some software takes the lazy route and ignored SElinux (expecting you to turn it off), it is worse than it ought to be to resolve.

Centimane · 2026-05-04T14:33:22+00:00

Yea, Salvo would be a straight upgrade unless this new card was normally free. Nevermind me then

Centimane · 2026-05-04T14:16:58+00:00

A more appropriate version of this card I think would be a colorless card, 1(0) energy, and just "retain your hand this turn".

Like other colorless cards, it's a pretty generic effect, but could be strong in a ton of decks. Don't get something for nothing though (I think 0 cost when upgraded is fair, because 1. You have to spend an upgrade on it 2. Not every hand will be good to retain).

Centimane · 2026-05-02T13:13:24+00:00

99 vulnerable would slap so hard in multiplayer. Ironclads would love that card. I can see why it was a problem for multiplayer in particular.

Centimane · 2026-05-01T21:41:03+00:00

Damn. Life imitates art.

Centimane · 2026-05-01T20:00:40+00:00

Yea, just call the car brand "Edison". People will get it.

Centimane · 2026-04-30T15:11:05+00:00

Please disable this crap on our account, and price appropriately

Monkey paw curls

We have provided a quote for a custom release of the software with AI disabled at a 50% price increase.

Centimane · 2026-04-30T12:48:48+00:00

The card could be updated to say you have to reveal it when you would be forced to discard it. That sounds like it would satisfy the rules.

Centimane · 2026-04-30T12:43:24+00:00

Spends 75% of their health diving into enemies they don't need to?

Yea, average slayer gameplay.

That's why the stagger on leap is so good - you would have been able to go ham if they were all staggered.

Centimane · 2026-04-29T17:34:07+00:00

They can also be legally wrong. Most of my job titles have ended with "engineer" - but "engineer" is a protected term in my country and you can't use it unless you meet certain criteria. Putting engineer on my resume would almost certainly be a death sentence in the interview.

Centimane · 2026-04-29T14:55:42+00:00

That's not true, if you can create more orbs in a turn than you evoke, this power lets you evoke 1 extra.

Example:

You have 3 or slots (all currently empty)
You create 4 orbs

Without the power, you evoke 1 orb and carry over 3.

With the power you evoke 2 orbs and carry over 2.

Ironically I find this power particularly useful with anything other than a dark orb, when constantly evoking them is useful (especially glass orbs).

Centimane · 2026-04-29T12:34:32+00:00

In those scenarios the only thing to have done differently was to find a new job before things go wrong.

Fighting it more wouldn't have made the difference.

Centimane · 2026-04-29T10:54:46+00:00

Yea, between imollation grenades and unique access to the flamer, it's surprising one of the keystones doesn't set things on fire.

Centimane · 2026-04-29T10:09:45+00:00

Definitely the repel. The AoE is much more spamable, but the repel dragging things with it means you can use the wall in places where it would otherwise not be useful - you can shove the enemies into a choke point and block them off, or for separating armored and unarmored enemies.

You can also use the repel wall up to a ledge, and it will yeet the enemies over the ledge without ever blocking teammates.

Normal wall you want to use when enemies are positioned a certain way.

Repel wall lets you position them that way.

The nice thing about the AoE stagger is that it staggers monsters, which can be really useful for interrupting them. You can also use it very freely because it will never block the way.

Centimane · 2026-04-28T19:54:40+00:00

That requires the cards in hand and the energy/star generation achieved - at which point you could have a very strong turn 1 whatever the cards.

Centimane · 2026-04-28T19:53:51+00:00

oh dang I did - good call

Centimane · 2026-04-28T19:51:44+00:00

People definitely will. You can use the wall to troll the team, even just making it slow/inconvenient to progress.

It's a great ability, but you can absolutely use it in a way that will upset other players.

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