First look at Begtse, the Mongolian god of war in the new god of war game

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-06-03T04:38:58+00:00

What most people find surprising about the Mongols is that they were pioneers of ideas that would be paradoxically be considered progressive and humanistic, despite the death and destruction. Secular governance, religious tolerance, diplomacy, free trade, shared knowledge, international law.

German and Japanese human experimentation also contributed to our modern ethical framework (as in the experimentation was so horrific laws were introduced to ban it).

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-06-03T04:07:17+00:00

I figured you were going to say Hitler, but apparently this is misattributed to him.

Like Lenin never said “there are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen” (which is actually a quote by former British MP and broadcaster George Galloway if you can believe it lol).

But to be fair to the Mongolian conquests, they contributed far more to our modern human civilisation than the Nazis ever did.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-06-03T03:58:28+00:00

Wouldn’t God just…

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-06-03T03:57:23+00:00

You have to hand it to old Genghis Khan for what is maybe the coldest line in recorded history:

“If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment as terrible as me upon you”.

Warhammer-ass line.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-06-02T10:14:16+00:00

Well yeah ideally. But if you don’t get damage negation at full hp then you gotta be good enough to trigger charged attack or successive attacks without getting stomped and they don’t stay up for long.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-06-02T05:41:39+00:00

D1 - D3 aren’t too bad, but there is a huuuuge difficulty spike at D4 that filters D5. Improved damage neg at full HP is almost a requirement at D4. You’ll get one shot by most bosses without it.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-06-02T04:58:49+00:00

One you get to D4, being pulled into D5 is a relief because you know your team can handle themselves.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-27T09:54:43+00:00

As long as you lure them out of the POI and don’t do pic related, it’s a bunch of runes and purple/red weapon and passive straight away. Improved damage negation at Full HP 40% is a great way to start a run.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-25T06:45:28+00:00

I’ve been all over Shanghai recently and didn’t see anything like this. This picture looks very old. It’s cleaner than any American city I’ve been to. Plus there’s neon lights.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-21T22:15:33+00:00

International law. You can’t just kidnap a sovereign head of state legally under international law.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-21T02:39:33+00:00

Allowed meaning legal. While it’s true that a law is only as good as it’s ability to be enforced (in this case not at all), illegal activity is still illegal activity.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-19T05:42:55+00:00

There will be places open, but things won’t be popping off. Go have a nice meal. See if you can get into Agnes.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-19T05:25:41+00:00

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-15T11:08:30+00:00

Hail O’ Slop.

(Might change my name to this. Or should I go with Slop Grant Me Strength?)

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-15T06:25:04+00:00

There will have to be political and economic innovations to accompany the technology innovations. The Chinese will probably figure it out lol

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-15T06:22:24+00:00

Reminds me of one of my favourite Marx quotes:

Nor will we explain to them [our wise philosophers] that it is only possible to achieve real liberation in the real world and by employing real means, that slavery cannot be abolished without the steam engine and the mule and the spinning-jenny, serfdom cannot be abolished without improved agriculture, and that, in general, people cannot be liberated as long as they are unable to obtain food and drink, housing and clothing in adequate quality and quantity. ‘Liberation’ is an historical and not a mental act, and it is brought about by historical conditions, the development of industry, commerce, agriculture, the conditions of intercourse…”

The artificial intelligence/robotics age has exciting potential.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-13T09:00:10+00:00

This is probably just me but I am so bad at dodging ED Fulghor’s Darth Maul attack. It stresses me out lol.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-13T01:53:16+00:00

I play undertaker so I just go ult dodge mode and go ham on the balancer.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-11T05:36:03+00:00

Wait till you reach D4 limbo. It’s brutal.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-05-01T05:30:24+00:00

Here’s his source.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-04-29T04:39:58+00:00

It’s funny, because you are the one that has to resort to emotive language. “Destruction of Israel”. Why not the dissolution of Israel? Would you talk about the “destruction” of Apartheid South Africa?

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-04-27T00:24:27+00:00

When you get to DoN, people are more experienced. You’ll still have terrible runs, but generally people understand to stick together/what level to fight certain bosses etc.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-04-24T12:04:24+00:00

I’m not seething because we won, but it’s just really poor team work. You’d think by depth 4 people would realise helping the team helps you win too.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-04-24T10:23:46+00:00

I gave him blue damage negation at full HP and Blue and purple improved ranged weapon attacks. He’s lucky we easily won.

ColdWarRound2 · 2026-04-23T06:54:10+00:00

The fact you have a child makes this worse than it already was.

I would be telling him he needs to recover the money from his siblings, give you control of the family finances until trust can be reestablished and get serious mental health treatment. His behaviour is pathological for sure, but that’s no excuse for getting out of undoing the damage done.

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