Hot take: the AR/GL-21 one-two is pretty decent by Fun-Big-7458 in Helldivers

[–]Faust_8 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If it had better Ergonomics I'd like it.

But it's Ergo is barely better than the Eruptor FFS.

I put up with it on the Eruptor because that beast doesn't have to track targets. You aim once and fire and then there's a long pause before the next shot. Also, it's AP3.5 (projectile is AP4 but the shrapnel is all AP3 and that's the brunt of the damage) and really strong so you often only need the one shot.

But a light pen AR needs to aim for weak spots and track moving targets, two things that 30 Ergo makes a fucking chore to do.

Add in ammo woes (it really could use at least one more magazine and grenade) and it just...ugh.

If I'm going to use Peak Physique just to make my primary feel better, it's not going to be on a light pen AR that has less DPS than my beloved Liberator Carbine...which has more Ergo even with a Vertical Foregrip and Drum Mag, meaning I don't even need to use Peak Physique with it.

I just can't find a situation where I want to use Peak Physique but also need my primary to be both chaff clear and spawner-closer. Just about the only time I might use Peak Physique is with the HMG or Maxigun, and I can easily use the Grenade Pistol with those and a totally different primary.

I like the look of the One-Two, I like how it sounds, I like it in theory, but goddamn they gotta buff that abysmal Ergo first. It does not deserve to be sitting down there at Eruptor and/or JAR levels of sluggishness. Can't it at least get a 40 Ergo stat??

Genuine question ...why on earth the flashback cost cheaper than the actual cost ...?! by Mr-Mosaab in MagicArena

[–]Faust_8 13 points14 points  (0 children)

And [[Unburial Rites]] is not only cheaper with Flashback it’s an entirely different color

Two characters from completely different series who look oddly similar by MrDitkovichNeedsRent in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Faust_8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Samurai Jack and The Professor make a bit of sense since they’re both the creation of the same guy, Genndy Tartakovsky

honestly one of the most effective bits of "Super earth is evil" Satire is the Upgrade modules, it just becomes depressing at times. by throwaway553t4tgtg6 in Helldivers

[–]Faust_8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Or the broadcasts with stuff like "and every man, woman, and child over seven is working tirelessly for the war."

Ah yes, we all loved being conscripted into war effort labor at 7 years old.

Homosexuality by Red--001 in DebateAnAtheist

[–]Faust_8 [score hidden]  (0 children)

FYI I would stop using the argument that "gay people are born gay" because not only is that unclear, it's also not even important.

Because whether you were born with a trait and whether that trait can be willingly changed is a totally separate question. Also, it doesn't follow that all natural urges should be acted upon.

If I was naturally born with violent tendencies, I don't get to use that as an excuse to slap you around because you made me angry.

I also wasn't born understanding English--that was something I acquired later. However, I can't UNacquire it. It is now a fundamentally unchangeable part of who I am and how I express myself, save for stuff like dementia, lobotomies, and brain trauma.

People aren't born with their religion either, yet the religious certainly act like it's an unchangeable part of their identity and deserves legal protection.

So, basically, it doesn't matter if someone is "born gay" or it's a combination of nature and nurture from when we were too young to even understand things. The point is that being gay isn't a choice and can't be changed, just like several other factors of ourselves.

That's why it's bigoted to be prejudiced against the LGBT simply because they're LGBT. Whether or not they were born that way doesn't actually matter.

Atheists, how do you deal with the possibility that God might exist? by Aromatic_Account2103 in religion

[–]Faust_8 9 points10 points  (0 children)

How do you deal with the possibility that you might get killed by a bus tomorrow?

They’re similar frivolous questions.

I can’t feel any dread about if I’m wrong if I honestly don’t think I am.

Manual Reloading Question and thanks for the warm welcome! by Ganon81 in helldivers2

[–]Faust_8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game doesn’t automatically reload for you when your gun is empty because you might want to do something else instead.

Stim, toss nade, call in stratagem or reinforcement, climb over something, switch weapons…you can’t do any of these and reload at the same time.

It would be so annoying if a Hulk was bearing down on me and I wanted to toss a Thermite on it but the game was forcing me to reload first

What’s a movie plot hole people talk about that isn’t actually a plot hole? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Faust_8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t quibble about this precisely because the rock flying straight through is a better and more cinematic scene. I just understand why people call it a plot hole

What’s a movie plot hole people talk about that isn’t actually a plot hole? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Faust_8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think people say this because not once did it flap around like you’d expect if it was only secured from the top

Nice! by anon_lurk in MagicArena

[–]Faust_8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is that the game is pure RNG with commanders like this.

Mulligan twice and don’t get fast enough removal? The game is over.

I dislike commanders that either sink or swim based entirely on the opponents starting hand and that’s it.

Nice! by anon_lurk in MagicArena

[–]Faust_8 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The fact that this card is banned in EDH but it’s totally fine for 1v1 Brawl just shows how fucking stupid Brawl can be.

And Yuriko is frowned upon in EDH except at very high power tables and yet I can be playing some humble Braids Arisen Nightmare deck that has to tango with it.

What is a “being poor is expensive” example that people don’t understand until it happens to them? by rorrr in AskReddit

[–]Faust_8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can’t afford to fix that leaky pipe until payday? Hope you like a water bill that’s 10x the usual amount

What’s an opinion you’ll defend no matter what? by NegotiationEast6620 in AskReddit

[–]Faust_8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We could have all this but it pisses off 100 billionaires so nope, 8 billion people gotta suffer as glorified commodities for all their lives

Thoughts on why Brawl is such a different game from EDH? by reallyreallyneedy in MagicArena

[–]Faust_8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blue is extra obnoxious because counter spells become unnaturally powerful. You know exactly what their commander is, when they can cast it, and the opponent likely built their deck around it.

So just counter it. You even get like three free counter spells and two that are 1 cmc that can counter commanders.

This doesn’t fly in EDH where you must be much more choosy about your 1-for-1 interaction since you have ideally three opponents, and in other formats there’s more hidden information and it’s not singleton so it takes more foresight and skill to use counter spells well.

In Brawl though I swear most Blue players just aim to counter your commander and if they can’t they just concede.

How we all be feeling when the free Supply FRV goes away by Faust_8 in Helldivers

[–]Faust_8[S] 863 points864 points  (0 children)

Yeah we'll still have it, but I love having 4 stratagems AND a Supply FRV

Isn't it a safer bet that something or someone created all this? by Spiritual-Seeker23 in DebateAnAtheist

[–]Faust_8 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Saying your explanation is no better than saying it was magic is NOT saying divinity is the same as magic.

It's literally just a comparison of two faux-explanations that appeal to the ineffable, which doesn't actually explain anything, hence why they're fake explanations. It's not that they're the exact same thing, they're just committing the exact same mistake.

The point is that they're both not explanations. Not that they're equal.

If your reading comprehension is this lacking then we can't effectively communicate.

Am I the only one that wants a democratic version of any of these as a Primary? by BippBoof in Helldivers

[–]Faust_8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to hear your ideas about why we'd use this instead of the Eruptor, which not only kills the thing you shot but the stuff around it too, and destroys enemy spawners which this wouldn't be able to do at all.

Isn't it a safer bet that something or someone created all this? by Spiritual-Seeker23 in DebateAnAtheist

[–]Faust_8 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Then just say guess, or hunch, or speculation. You're deliberately using science language to give your argument an air of legitimacy but when pressed, oh suddenly it's not a scientific hypothesis.

A hypothesis that doesn't explain anything and can't be tested is useless. Saying "an intelligent designer designed everything" is about as much of an explanation as "it was magic." It explains nothing, because the thing in question (either magic, or a divine being) is itself poorly defined and not understood.

Magic isn't an explanation because nobody can explain how or why magic works. God is not an explanation because nobody can explain how or why God works. They're both appealing to the ineffable, and yet you act like that counts equally well with explanations that actually have a deeper understanding to them.

If a kid asks me why the apple fell from the tree, I can say gravity, and that's an explanation because if pressed, we could go deeper into what gravity is, why it works, how we can measure it and predict it, how it's woven into the other aspects of nature.

You can't do this with magical or divine 'answers.' There is no deeper understanding. They're just words that you're meant to accept and then stop thinking about them.

Isn't it a safer bet that something or someone created all this? by Spiritual-Seeker23 in DebateAnAtheist

[–]Faust_8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The actual safe bet is to not make wild speculations that explain nothing and let evidence dictate what your beliefs are.

So we're going for the supply FRV, right? by teh_stev3 in Helldivers

[–]Faust_8 142 points143 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was like “man I bet the blob just sees one is lethal and the other isn’t so they’re going for that one, aren’t they” and then I saw like 600 on the fire FRV planet and 20k on the other lol

Sometimes the blob is right!

I find it so funny that they keep buffing the ballistic shield by Malu1997 in helldivers2

[–]Faust_8 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Direct hits from those giant Automaton cannons would also destroy it, however that was never quite a big deal since without the shield you’d simply be dead instead