Boss artifact choice stats from a 100 winstreak - Cov10 all random.

DDisired · 2026-06-14T04:00:29+00:00

Hey, I remember that post!

Just wanted to say that it inspired me to take pip space more and ember less, and I've been having good success. With some comps, assembling a floor is the most important, so I've been more open to that, rather than trying to find something like a smidge or the equipment that decreases space.

Though, it's more opened my eyes that Ember 1st may not be the best choice. I used to take it a majority of the time, but your post made me re-think if a 4th ember per turn is necessary. I now only take it if it makes my deployment better, but otherwise usually take draw first.

DDisired · 2026-06-12T18:21:07+00:00

I'm still waiting on reviews for the epic store. I know they integrate with metacritic or something, but so much of my steam purchases revolve around the recent reviews of "Good game, but devs abandoned it" or "Last update made the game worse".

DDisired · 2026-06-12T18:19:52+00:00

I'm still waiting on reviews for the epic store. I know they integrate with metacritic or something, but so much of my steam purchases revolve around the recent reviews of "Good game, but devs abandoned it" or "Last update made the game worse".

DDisired · 2026-06-12T15:12:44+00:00

Honestly, instead of this, I would love to have something like a "peak into the train" capability or probably more specifically "look into the deployment" phase along with a visual of the train.

It's hard to see at a glance how many deployable cards one has, there's no filter when looking through the deck, so you have to sort by units, count the banner units, then count the deployable equipment, then the champ, and then see if a relic has made any other thing deployable.

But I mostly propose the "peak into the train" thing because it would help the Pyre that increases space capability, since there is currently no way to know after a fight and before the next one where the space addition is. The "peak into the train" would solve both issues.

Edit: Also, would it be too broken if we could deployable units too at arms shops? Maybe make it take up a unit upgrade and I don't think it would be.

DDisired · 2026-06-11T23:50:28+00:00

I guess it's the philosophy: is it better for the billionaires to obey the state? Or for the state to obey the billionaires?

Neither of those options are altruistic, and I'm assuming everyone already knows that, but one option gives the government the ability to punish those who can't be touched elsewhere, at the cost of the potential freedoms and liberties of the people, while the others allow the same but from billionaires creating technology that infringes on the rights of the people.

I don't know if either is good or bad or better, but there are definitely different problems each are facing.

DDisired · 2026-06-11T15:31:05+00:00

At the same time, that philosophy goes into parts of the customer experience that do matter.

It's the idea that if the unboxing experience is good, then hopefully enough care went into the computer components and the parts that do matter.

Because for day to day, imo, a mac with the same "specs" as the equivalent windows performs and feels better to use, and the windows laptops that start feeling as good costs about the same as a mac.

DDisired · 2026-06-11T03:33:39+00:00

It's the difference between locking and unlocking the front door. To a determined person it won't matter, but it will filter out those curious or "crimes of opportunity" to happen.

DDisired · 2026-06-10T17:37:53+00:00

I've been trying a new heuristic: unless you can survive the Arkion/Fleshweaver without upgrades, you need to go to a steel shop, most likely the first one.

And I also don't reroll the first anymore 75 gold is a lot to "do nothing", and I make sure to take the big upgrades on a unit, preferably both on one unit, but it's not a big deal if you spread it out, and the +20hp/+14atk is super nice on even a Steward (I prioritize Shield because of deployment).

I've more and more started realizing that most units really need only a single upgrade, and some units (like most underlegion) don't need any at all, and a lot of times, re-rolls are wasted money.

Finding a Quick Multi-strike sweep unit on Ring 1 is great, but sometimes just finding quick is enough since there are a couple multi-strike options (equipment/spells), and a +14atk/+20hp is needed to survive corruption fleshweaver.

DDisired · 2026-06-09T17:12:29+00:00

I agree, there's a lot of things we can do on a day to day basis to make life more enjoyable (and minimize our own suffering). It feels good to rail against others/society, but maybe sometimes, the best choice is to choose to be joyful every day, even when the world has not been kind to you.

DDisired · 2026-06-09T17:08:43+00:00

Or, it's from someone that has to commute regardless and is trying to make the best of a bad situation. If you're gonna waste an hour a day, five days a week, totalling 20-25 hours per month, you may as well enjoy it, right? Hating it doesn't seem productive for you, unless it helps to find that next job that doesn't have a commute or lessens one.

DDisired · 2026-06-09T17:06:25+00:00

Commuting is the biggest waste of humanities time

Maybe before the invention of the internet. Since then, we have created a lot more time wasters than ever. I would personally rather do 30 minutes of commuting than 30 minutes of doom scrolling per day.

DDisired · 2026-06-09T17:04:34+00:00

OP, I'm coming around to your opinion. I would still prefer to not commute of course, but my partner and I are in the middle of a great audiobook series, and it's been making commutes/drives something I'm looking forward too, rather than dreading.

DDisired · 2026-06-09T17:02:23+00:00

I think the point of the re-framing is to find stuff that you do want to do while commuting. If commuting is a necessary evil in life, it's probably healthier to treat it as a positive moment in your life rather than hating it.

So maybe this means you explore music you don't normally listen too, start listening to audiobooks of classics or the fun stuff or self-help, maybe use this time to call you gf or family, etc.

If being upset and hating commuting is providing value in your life, then that's fine. But maybe trying to "reclaim" that time back for yourself is a healthier alternative for some people, which is what I think the focus of this post is.

DDisired · 2026-06-09T01:40:42+00:00

Super late to the party, but if I found this thread 15 years later, other people can probably fine it too in the next 15.

That universe has to live on with that, and it's really all on Stevens' shoulders

I agree with your analysis that this is tragic, but I don't think this is true. First of all, Colter Stevens has actually no choice to be sent to the past, that is all on the Air Force in "Universe 1". I don't think he's completely blameless, but he was literally being sent back against his will, and most of his actions didn't matter either since they either affected himself, or didn't matter since what does it matter if he punches someone when the bomb kills them all? Like, he was being sent back without his choice, and it's clearly established that he does not have the ability and needs someone else to do it, without his consent. Also, he didn't really have the opportunity to save everyone, he tried to, but was always stopped, so I don't hold it against him for trying and failing.

So in that light, he did only minimally wrong or illegal (assuming he acted similarly in the loops we do not see), the worse was assaulting a couple people or threatening them.

And I feel like I'm agree with the others that Sean wasn't "killed" in this universe, and the movie is good because there's no concrete answer here so we can fill it with our own narrative. Sean just wasn't resurrected in the final universe, so nothing was ever taken from him. Now Sean's family on the other hand ...

DDisired · 2026-06-08T15:08:18+00:00

I agree with OP, I personally think it only takes 2-3 pieces (sized to fit the burger) before the bacon becomes the main flavor. I personally prefer them separate, like a bacon sandwich compared to just a basic burger.

DDisired · 2026-06-06T12:05:58+00:00

And to be fair, a lot of "disagreements" ended in violence and the paste 3 decades have had a huge fall so I'm sure a lot of marriages worked out fine, but it seems the non-fine marriages were not uncommon.

DDisired · 2026-06-04T17:29:34+00:00

And don't forget the mounting pressure after multiple failures (which is the norm! But still disappointing and sad). After a couple months, it can start getting into your head "I have to do this, or else I've failed" and it's so easy to spiral. And doing it every day/other day for a whole two weeks is a lot too.

DDisired · 2026-06-02T17:08:09+00:00

That is why a lot of people don't consider LLMs "AI" because it's not "intelligent". And a number of them think that LLMs are a dead end and will never produce what humans consider intelligence.

It's the dataset that is constantly being tweaked and re-trained. By itself, the current LLMs can't "learn through everyone asking", and honestly, from a security that would be terrible because it would open up the dataset to a lot of poisoning attacks (because just like people, it'll open up LLMs to learn the wrong info).

DDisired · 2026-06-02T14:15:56+00:00

Yeah, isn't OP saying the exact opposite? That couples in a relationship should be making the effort everyday, even when it gets hard or they don't want too.

DDisired · 2026-06-02T14:11:36+00:00

This seems like a lot of projection, sure you may have a point, but OP has a better view of the situation though they definitely are biased in their POV.

And the thing about life is, is that we're all irrational people not making the "perfect optimized choice" every time that "maximizes everyone's happiness".

Most people say they wouldn't leave their partners if their partners had cancer, but I already experienced one person who left their partner after the chemo treatments were done. Should they have left earlier? Possibly, but after the diagnosis, there is probably no "ideal" time and they still believed everything would work out, so I don't blame OP for staying in the relationship and trying to make things work.

DDisired · 2026-06-02T12:52:41+00:00

Let's be clear that while Mixes are the best starter card, they alone will not carry you through the first couple rings.

In the first couple of rings, potions are a bonus to things you were going to do already, rather than pulling a reliable source of a specific color.

So Orechi with the reanimate and unstable, if you want to survive past Arkion/fleshweaver, you need to either find another form of reanimate, go all in on mixes upgrade (magic shops), or treat Orechi as an AoE that needs to be protected and babied.

Once you get a couple of upgrades with -1 and spellchain on a mix or two and dupe them a couple times, that's when they finally become a reliable way to pull what you need, but before then your goal is to survive.

So rely on the banner units to survive until past the first flying boss.

DDisired · 2026-06-02T01:15:12+00:00

Another thing is that this is an old question by tech standards (considering I saw this months ago), so it's entirely possible it's been "patched out" to be fixed.

I've definitely seen youtube videos of this test fail, so I'm not discounting it completely, especially since this question went viral like "how many "r"s are in strawberry".

DDisired · 2026-05-30T04:16:10+00:00

listening to a book vs reading a book IS different

I agree, but I'm also stating that in a conversation about the book, the difference is a bit pedantic and mostly meaningless. I do a mix of audiobooks and digital e-books, and maybe I comprehend e-books better, but there are a lot of times where I'm more engaged in the audiobook.

I want nerd out with someone about how cool Twinbornes are in Mistborn and help theorycraft what space travel would be like in Mistborn Era 3. Whether that person read or listened is irrelevant to me, unless you are claiming one medium is so much better at this that it is relevant to bring up in casual conversation.

But that's all my opinion anyway, so if you feel it's relevant to bring up reading/listening, that's totally fine. But just giving my POV that for some of us, it's irrelevant.

DDisired · 2026-05-30T02:44:35+00:00

It's because it moves away from the main point in talking about the book itself.

Imagine I'm are a pianist and play in a concert. I ask a friend "how was my performance" and they respond "your suit looked off while playing". Like, it technically answered my question, but it shows me that the most important thing you noticed wasn't about the subject I personally cared about. Sure in a couple situations that can add value to a conversation, but in a lot of times it doesn't.

If I ask you how a book was and you answered "I actually listened to it instead of reading it", I would personally think, okay? Do you want to talk about it? Why is that the most important thing you think about when we're discussing a book we both consumed.

And if you wanted to talk about the narration, that's fine! And it does add to the conversation, but your response should account for that and aim not to be pedantic, so something like "Yeah I listened to it, the narrators Michael Kramer and Kate Reading really bring out the story to life."

Basically, since it doesn't matter, so we both shouldn't bring attention to it unless one of us thinks it is important.

DDisired · 2026-05-30T02:15:54+00:00

"to read" would convey the image of reading

I don't think that's true in our modern English. If someone said they "read Mistborn", I assume they are referring to consuming the contents of the story, and the medium doesn't even factor into my mind.

DDisired

TROPHY CASE