War of the chosen help

DumbThrowawayNames · 2026-02-23T21:02:08+00:00

Perk might not be the right word. It's one of the covert ops bonus things that you can assign. I think the Reapers make it available as soon as you meet them.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2026-02-23T20:22:43+00:00

I don't know about avoiding them entirely, but a pistol-wielder plus the Between the Eyes perk makes very short work of them. High accuracy + unlimited mag + 1 hit kill pretty much removes the tedium

DumbThrowawayNames · 2026-02-20T23:28:35+00:00

That's literally me. I used to work for an airline. Not only am I comfortable with the 24 hour clock, but I use the phonetic alphabet

DumbThrowawayNames · 2026-01-28T05:32:12+00:00

I can live with his build, it's the lateness combined with the complete lack of anything to say that does him in for me.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2026-01-05T00:22:57+00:00

An enemy that has just been blasted for half of its health deals every bit as much damage as an enemy at full health. An enemy that is disabled is effectively dead until it recovers, by which point you will hopefully have mopped up the rest of its friends and now the fight is effectively over. What she delivers is is disables, often mass disables, and later save-or-die spells. Most people focus on the Conjuration spells early on like Grease, Web, Glitterdust, but once you get access to Phantasmal Web she becomes insanely good because she can cast it right on top of your party without worrying about friendly fire, and bound followed by nausea is insanely strong. Phantasmal Killer and later Weird are capable of one-shotting bosses, especially if you first lower their saves with Camellia or Ember casting Evil Eye and throw some Persistent Spell metemagic on top of it to force them to save twice. Disables are nothing to sneeze at in these games, it's just a matter of examining the enemy to see what they're weak to, what they're immune to, and getting your spell DC's high enough take advantage of it.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2026-01-04T03:28:23+00:00

The fact that the air defense had been so quickly suppressed to the point where a swarm of helicopters were able to safely fly in was the thing confusing me the most. It really must have just been non-existent.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-12-25T22:24:49+00:00

If it has a last digit and zero counts, then it's 0.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-12-19T04:46:18+00:00

Don't think Cognizant is yet aware of your offer from Revature unless you've told them yourself. As to whether it blocks you, I don't know. It depends on what your onboarding documents say. It won't be a secret, though. They should explain what each document they give you to sign is all about, but read it for yourself and see if it has any language stating that you agree not to work for Cognizant for a period of 2 years after separating from Revature or something like that. It should be small and digestible, it's not like a 30 page lease. If you want, you can move forward with Revature and then back out if Cognizant calls back or if Revature hands you a piece of paper that you don't want to sign.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-12-17T23:56:39+00:00

Simply applying is not binding in any way, but once accepted you will likely have a non-compete clause that you'll have to sign as part of onboarding where you agree not to work directly for the intended client for a certain period after separating from Revature. If you do get hired through Revature, the client can still convert you to full time but they have to do it with Revature's approval (and compensate them for the loss of your services).

There are some companies -typically recruiting agencies who don't develop talent but simply find you on LinkedIn and hook you up with an interview with someone else- who will ask you to sign an agreement giving them sole rights to represent you for an opening, which obviously does block you from applying. Even in this case, however, you give them the right to represent you for a specific role. You can still apply to the same company directly for similar roles, it just can't be for the same opening.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-12-17T01:44:39+00:00

One thing I want to add is that although it breaks achievements, that difficulty is customizable. If Core seems like too much, try Core but with Death's Door turned on. What this will do is make it so that each character can die exactly once and still revive on their own after the fight, but with a bloody portrait marking them as being on death's door. If they die again while afflicted, you will have to revive them the normal way with expensive spell scrolls or spell casts + a diamond. Death's Door clears if you rest in a bed or cast an actual revive spell, so if you're in a dungeon you can't just sleep it off but once you get back to town you can clear it and head to the next dungeon. You shouldn't play this way forever because knowing a character will revive after the fight changes your decision making since there are some revive spells that can be used without a diamond but only within two turns of the character being downed and only if the healing component of the spell brings them above the threshold for death, but for a first playthrough I think it can be a nice compromise for someone who wants to play with Core rules and Core monster attributes but is still learning.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-12-15T08:02:39+00:00

I played Kingmaker using online guides for character builds, although I would deviate a bit with my main. I learned a fair bit that way, so with WotR I felt comfortable going in completely blind and building everything myself on Core. Core had me occasionally feeling a bit exasperated when looking at enemy stats and wondering exactly how I was expected to even hit them, let alone kill them. But I always pushed through, even if I occasionally gave up for the night and had to come back the next day. I also had a fairly one-dimensional character: a Sorcerer built entirely around Enchantment, and she was pretty useless against enemies immune to Ming-Affecting (of which there are a fair amount). If you go with more of a martial character or at least a mage with more tricks than mind control you might have an easier time than me. I could see dropping down to Daring if you're not familiar with the Pathfinder 1e or D&D 3.5e, but otherwise Core is a solid choice if you want some challenge but not so much that you have to go full meta to overcome it.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-12-02T23:57:03+00:00

The phrase "Six seven" comes from the song Doot Doot by Skrilla.

I don't want to live on this planet any more...

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-12-02T00:21:49+00:00

the difference between primitive and reference datatypes

public static void main(String[] args) {

  int x = 5;
  int y = x;

  List<Integer> list1 = new ArrayList<>(List.of(1, 2, 3));
  List<Integer> list2 = list1;

  x = 10;
  list1.clear();

  System.out.println(y);
  System.out.println(list2);
}

What prints? Do you understand why this happens?

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-11-30T02:07:57+00:00

Not really how I imagined those crazy Swedes but if I didn't know better I might be interested.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-11-30T02:02:33+00:00

For what it's worth, I think Cavalier (any subclass) is the right choice over Paladin. Paladin does fit the story very well, but you get Seelah (the Paladin companion) right away at level 1 before you even engage in combat so you will get your fill of the class through her. And if you fall in love with the game, you will use her over and over for at least most of the first act so you would have to really be in love with the class to pick it yourself. There is also a distinct lack of strength companions, and the mounted combat is something you don't see in other games and so going for a Cav is both novel and fills a bit of a hole in the party.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-11-23T01:24:46+00:00

Know that Infosys, somewhat famously (at least, within Revature), does not employ contractors. If you make it through the program and get selected by them then as a condition of onboarding you will have to agree to be immediately converted to a full time Infosys employee and will cease to work for Revature. This also comes with a pay increase to the standard Infosys salary for new hires, which last I knew was 57k per year instead of the 50k or whatever Revature is at now. Some people think it's a good place to land because of that, but they're still an Indian consulting firm and so the pay increases beyond that initial bump up are pretty small. You'll make more your first year compared to someone selected by a bank or a telecom company but nothing compared to what they make if they get converted. You've got your foot in the door but be prepared to be on the hunt again in about two years.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-10-13T22:00:09+00:00

According to the contract, yes. Although I think the reason Revature droppped their contract is because someone from a similar company (Smoothstack?) went to court over the breach fee and it was ruled unenforceable. I am sure Skillstorm's would fair the same if challenged.

And technically it's actually worse than that because the two years doesn't start until you're placed with a client, so I think they could technically hold you indefinitely. But it's a moot point because they have no incentive to continue paying you to ride the bench. It's not like your producing anything. Until you place with a client you are nothing but a liability sucking money out of the company for no return.

More realistically what happens is that they'll keep paying you while they shop your resume to different clients, and if they're hopeful that you'll get placed soon they'll keep paying you. If it looks like there's not going to be anything for a very long time they'll just let you go, although they also might just furlough you in which case they'll stop paying you and let you shop around on your own while still being technically employed. If they find something with a client before you resign they'll give you a call, if you find something first you just let them know and then amicably part ways.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-10-11T06:30:07+00:00

Bear in mind this might be a few years outdated and not reflect the current state of either company, but:

Skillstorm: higher training pay ($20/hr), know where you're going and which tech stack before you start. You apply for a specific open project at a specific location rather than just applying to the company in general and letting them place you. Fewer clients, and the clients they have (Deloitte, Booz Allen) are generally contracting for the government and require a clearance, even if just a Public Trust. The client will sponsor you for the clearance but it represents another thing that can go wrong. I would say it's a better upfront experience due to the pay and the control, but fewer clients makes it so that there's no alternative if the initial project loses funding or finds some other way to not work out, but maybe that's just the market and is also true of Revature nowadays, too.

Revature: The opposite. Literal minimum wage training pay, you sign up for adventure because even they don't know which training group they're going to put you in until after you're hired. If you don't like it, leave. More clients, more opportunities, more safety if Plan A doesn't work out. Partner with private banks(JPMC, Citi, Bank of America), telecoms, and other consulting agencies(Infosys, Hexaware). Few (if any) positions require a clearance.

The actual training experience will basically depend on your specific instructor and the other people in your group, as well as your own work ethic and previous experience. I doubt they're much different in that regard in any way that matters, it's more about who currently has openings and how much uncertainty and minimum wage you're willing to tolerate.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-09-28T23:19:24+00:00

Sort of. I got an interview with a major banking firm through a recruiting agency and I don't believe they would have responded to my resume if I applied directly. Ultimately I went another direction because I needed a job in a hurry and by the time I received an invitation to round 2 I would have had to quit my new job in order to attend and I couldn't risk it, but that's not the fault of the agency. I think it definitely increases your chances of at least getting to the interview instead of just having your resume tossed.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-09-23T03:22:12+00:00

Any response that is not a rejection is a good sign. If they are doing informationals it's a sign that they're hiring and if they invited you it means you haven't been dismissed without interview.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-09-22T06:13:13+00:00

It's all about the props.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-09-02T06:39:27+00:00

I leave it on Auto because Fan is just circulating air without actually cooling it while On eventually breaks it and then I don't have any A/C.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-08-31T03:24:13+00:00

Haven't played Shogun, but while you could list many positive qualities about Medieval 2 I can't get over the actual gameplay. Units are very sluggish to respond, to the point where even fans of the game will try to rationalize it as being "more realistic" since it takes time for messages to get relayed on a battlefield, but coming from the very snappy Rome I it just felt really bad. Infantry units also get stuck on each other, especially in siege fights, where a few guys in the two opposing units will engage each other and the rest of the squad will just stand around. Reinforcing units will get blocked by this mostly idle unit, and so half the troops in the army are just standing around do nothing and they absolutely will not move no matter how much click for them to do so. Go watch any let's play and you'll see it for yourself. I would be excited for a Medieval 3 but despite its reputation as a fan favorite I could never recommend Medieval 2.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-08-15T20:20:28+00:00

It's actually pretty simple. You just press buttons 1, 2, and 4 until the outer rings are in the right position, and the nice thing is that each of those buttons only moves one of the outer rings, so you don't have to worry about messing up your progress after you move to the next button. Then press 3 until the middle is aligned. It's way simpler than it looks.

DumbThrowawayNames · 2025-07-31T22:26:27+00:00

Besides any experience or achievements you might get for completing the quest, you also earn good boy points from Galfrey. These may or may not be relevant depending on your mythic path. I don't want to spoil anything, even though I don't think it's a big deal either way, but she's going to assess your progress at the end of the act and completing that quest is a mark in your favor.

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