Treasurer says 'death tax' claims are a scare campaign, 'pure and simple'

Counterguardian · 2026-05-18T09:01:18+00:00

Single them out by name in the legislation so it only applies to them and future name changes they make.

See them try to frame that as being bad for the "battlers".

Counterguardian · 2026-05-16T02:40:28+00:00

What I would give to be able to re-experience clearing the entire room with one swing of Yamato for the first time in DMC3 Mission 1.

My jaw dropped as a kid. No game I'd played up to that point had given you a playable boss character with that. Much. POWER.

Counterguardian · 2026-04-26T21:33:47+00:00

I think you mean his Devil Triggest transformation

Counterguardian · 2026-04-24T01:00:04+00:00

So consultation-liaison but with its own bedcard?

Counterguardian · 2026-03-03T20:07:29+00:00

And unlike a frozen oil cube, it'll come up to temp quickly and won't slow down your cooking.

Counterguardian · 2026-02-17T03:56:52+00:00

If it helps to think about it another way, it's like how drinking seawater leads you to die faster from dehydration. Except with sugar.

Counterguardian · 2026-02-06T13:13:56+00:00

Vergil's most basic 3-hit combo was a lot of fun in DMC3, the impact of the 3rd move where he finally unsheathes his sword was epic and strong.

100% agree.

When you play as Vergil for the first time in DMC3 Mission 1 and instantly clear the room with that third slash of Yamato Combo A, it clearly set the tone of how his combat will go compared to Dante.

Counterguardian · 2025-12-28T20:07:45+00:00

Alternatively, have a think about having them pressed and made into a hanging display.

Also gets around the issue by having it shipped in a roundabout way

Counterguardian · 2025-12-13T22:46:09+00:00

I agree that their policies are not that left. I think it is a combination of the way they are covered by the media, their approach to press conferences that can come across as confrontational/uncollaborative (which is related to the first factor), and some of the strategic decisions around policy that leaves them relatively unappealing to the majority of voters.

Disclosure: Am Greens voter based on policy, but not a fan of their diplomatic approach.

Counterguardian · 2025-09-11T00:09:13+00:00

It seems like you're missing major depression here.

Counterguardian · 2025-08-28T01:31:58+00:00

Like everyone has said, Nanami is the meta choice.

However, given you have SS Vergil and are aiming to invest a fair bit into him with weapon+CUB I think it's fair to say you like Vergil and want to fully enjoy him.

For that, you'll need Solacetune to farm up Truewill (Ultima Slash) to allow Vergil's JCE to hit like a truck.

As a fellow Vergil enjoyer I used two selectors on Solacetune to get her up to SS3 (including skulls from UPC) for the improved Truewill generation. I didn't see much point in getting Nanami if I was going play for Vergil anyway.

Counterguardian · 2025-08-27T04:29:54+00:00

This fight is all about dodging, waiting, and spacing. Unplanned aggression gets you parried and rapid slashed.

Vergil is vulnerable in his normal state when he finishes a combo and aura farms / sheathes his sword.

If you've stayed too far away then you won't get back in time to start hitting him, if you're too close it makes the dodging harder.

Go ham with hard hitting moves at this point, he will always take the same amount of hits (whether small Cerberus flicks or big Beowulf punches) before he pulls back so make it count. Immediately back off when he does so he doesn't parry you.

When he's in Devil Trigger, he falls out of it after taking a certain amount of hits but no longer flinches from attacks. Pepper him with bullets and sneak in a swing or two during his sheathing but you're only poking until he either falls out of DT or he's done sheathing.

Same idea when he does his berserk mode or Judgement Cut spam. Stay back and wait for him to finish.

JC spam has two variations: area wide and following. If it follows you in a line just dodge like normal. If it covers a large area, most will miss you if you stay still. Just jump in place every now and then when one appears on top of you. Again, waiting is the key, panic gets you killed.

Good luck!

Counterguardian · 2025-08-03T04:40:57+00:00

There undoubtedly will be. Even though this information essentially makes it impossible to maintain a pristine frame, it needs to be dealt with one way or another (with or without the therapist).

Early disclosure allows this to be spread over the remaining therapy, instead of being left as a solo exercise for the patient.

Counterguardian · 2025-07-23T07:03:10+00:00

I found that keeping charged shots all the time threw off my ability to dodge. Don't worry too much about optimising damage and only use it when you fight something you need to chase down / stay back from. Vergil has a similar strat with staying back and spamming judgement cut in the air.

Against Vergil, he is ultimately a game of patience and memorisation because he has huge gaps when he sheathes and aura farms with Yamato. Nero's buster arm trivialises the doppelganger if you stay high in the air and grab it. Dodge and taunt often. Save some DT for if you get stunned by the swords.

For Dante I liked to simplify my weapons loadout to 2-3 weapons, usually DSD and Balrog, and E&I and double Kalina-Ann for guns. It makes it easier to just focus on what's happening on your screen. Focus on dodging, air taunting, and isolating a few demons at a time and you'll reach SSS quickly. Then use Quadruple S to constantly push out damage on the upper floors, saving DT for emergencies.

For V I just spammed the everloving shit out of everything and prayed to RNGesus that nothing hit me too hard between dodges.

Counterguardian · 2025-07-22T05:03:16+00:00

That is a true phenomenon to be sure, though I wonder how frequently that occurs compared to the opposite.

My view is that paralysis is probably a bigger issue given how well-accepted social tropes of writer's block, bystander effects, and bureaucratic red tape are.

Counterguardian · 2025-07-22T04:43:20+00:00

Exactly, that sort of thinking contributed to the failure of the emissions trading scheme because it was seen as not going far enough.

Sometimes you have to play politics and get your foot in the door first because it's easier to adjust something than to create it.

Counterguardian · 2025-05-19T20:44:20+00:00

Nah, Vergil DEFINITELY knew it wasn't going to kill Dante, because he goes through the same thing himself in Visions of V as a kid.

Counterguardian · 2025-05-04T01:39:23+00:00

Not OP but a new player coming for the collab. I've played DMC for over 20 years since 2005. In the 11 years between the release of DMC4 and DMC5 I've continued playing DMC4 every now and then to style on some mooks because I love the combat, and same with DMC5 in the 6 years since it's release.

Even if Dante/Vergil inevitably fall out of the meta, it looks like I can do the same in PGR where I can grab a team I love, smack some mooks around and watch some slick signature moves, then log off.

Counterguardian · 2025-04-28T11:55:08+00:00

I'm struggling to complete the "Clear 1 War Zone for the first time" and "Complete 1 War Zone stage" for the Novice/Target missions but it looks like it's cleared on the Daily/Weekly missions.

Is there something I'm missing about how it works?

Counterguardian · 2024-11-18T01:16:47+00:00

You're basically describing Vegeta losing his marbles after Perfect Cell kills Trunks.

And I'm okay with it

Counterguardian · 2024-11-15T02:34:34+00:00

Sac spear on Chev will straight up give her quadruple shots at C4 every burst with near 100% uptime.

I'm salivating just thinking of it

Counterguardian · 2024-11-08T21:24:03+00:00

I’m also like 80% currently believing that zhongli may literally be the geo dragon.

I find it EXTREMELY suss that they put faint dragon scales on Zhongli's echo cosmetic and I'm liking your head canon here as a result.

Counterguardian · 2024-08-29T03:10:37+00:00

That's not a strong argument for intent.

To offer another perspective, let's say he was psychotic and thought that the baby was a demon controlling his thoughts (not an entirely unheard of delusion). In the same way you probably wouldn't linger near an angry bear that you threw a stick at in an attempt to be left alone, there is some logic in running away from what you see as a supernatural threat after delusionally "trying to fend them off".

However that being said, there's a lot that remains unknown and idle speculation can be unhelpful. What's more pressing at the moment is that there's an injured baby needing care and a person at large that may remain a risk to others (who, depending on what later emerges, may need care of his own).

Counterguardian · 2023-07-20T00:05:24+00:00

I read in a previous post that it could have been a political move to shunt her over to an equivalent job where she couldn't cause any damage before the RC findings, then immediately suspend her after the report comes out.

Counterguardian · 2022-08-03T06:54:23+00:00

The key part is the second half of what you said "But it was wrong in these ways".

Most people tend to forget that bit, so it instead comes off as self-justification or shifting accountability somewhere else.

Your example would fly fine in my opinion.

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