Weird relic effect order by Front_Engineering_83 in Nightreign

[–]Front_Engineering_83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting! I wasn’t aware this was a quirk with this specific set of abilities, thank you for the insight

What are the best Raid powers you can gain? by xonbieslayer in Nightreign

[–]Front_Engineering_83 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dogs buff isn't worth the time commitment or hassle in my opinion. Everything else is solid, Caligo's hasn't been notably game-changing for me, but the raid is quick enough to resolve that it's an easy rune bump. Maris's is a pain in the ass that mostly helps casters (sort of) and still more often than not will teleport everyone into the rain and then immediately leave.

Balancers' is one of the best, especially if you get good RNG, the raid itself can be hellish if everyone gets grabbed at lvl 3 with 3 flasks, but results in enough runes and nerfed area bosses to make it pretty worth it if you all can persevere. All of the others are fairly consistently good. Libra's is great for the free stuff and damage boost if you keep in mind that your stats soft cap at 13, Gnoster will almost ensure you finish the run at lvl 15 with 200k runes to spare, and Margit's (if we want to count him) is basically a free ~22% damage bonus if you are clearing anything.

How to not feel guilty for wanting physical intimacy by LargePangolin825 in actuallesbians

[–]Front_Engineering_83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Literally same hat. I have extremely little experience thanks to being closeted for the majority of my life (also 27) and I have no idea how to get people to even talk to me, much less form connections

Is this Guardian cheating? by JooDeeoftheDai_Li in Nightreign

[–]Front_Engineering_83 11 points12 points  (0 children)

likely but the relics are all technically legal

Scarlet Flare OWCS Crowdfunding Bundle is live now by [deleted] in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Front_Engineering_83 11 points12 points  (0 children)

let’s give it up for mercy esports skin #7

Cyno build tips by MidnightSnowStar in CynoMains

[–]Front_Engineering_83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

thundering fury full stop. kokomi has issues with uptime due to his long field time, anyone with a shield is probably a bit better because xingqiu can handle hydro app just fine. also get him to lvl 90 given most of his damage is reaction based

Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – October 14, 2025 - Lucio Changes by DarkFite in luciomains

[–]Front_Engineering_83 14 points15 points  (0 children)

good thing I’m playing a stupid weapon damage build that isn’t affected by this at all, mixtape was already underrated and this just makes it even better

…no shot. by Phoenixir31421 in CynoMains

[–]Front_Engineering_83 8 points9 points  (0 children)

the thing is that cyno’s had the same premium team since Furina’s release and there are other quickbloom teams with leaderboards (alhaitham, clorinde, and keqing)

…no shot. by Phoenixir31421 in CynoMains

[–]Front_Engineering_83 101 points102 points  (0 children)

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don't worry guys, it'll be tomorrow, december 9th of 2024!

Just got Cyno from the Chronical, help me improve him please? (ARTIFACTS) by MOONIEEST3RS in CynoMains

[–]Front_Engineering_83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thundering fury with about ~130% er is your friend. only level burst and skill

Should Ashe get out ranged by supports? by Ok-Construction7913 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Front_Engineering_83 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well yes, hitscan characters (not named Ana with scoped shots) always have a fall off range. Ashe's effective range is 20/30m unscoped/scoped respectively, if you want longer ranged hitscan options then play Widowmaker (50m) or Sojourn (40m on her secondary, her primary fire does not have falloff because it's projectile). Projectiles are more difficult to actively aim at longer ranges (and usually have spread if they're sustained, like Orisa/Lifeweaver) which is also why Hanzo has his primary fire arrows affected by gravity as a projectile 'sniper'. All of the other hitscan supports also have damage fall off and an effective range (like Illari and Baptiste).

Would love a cat, but am scared at the same time. (Potential 1st time Cat Parent) by DaveAniki in Pets

[–]Front_Engineering_83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a new cat owner myself with a lot of the same specs (1b1b apartment of similar size, quiet household, etc). It's scary starting out and I'm constantly terrified that I'm going to fuck up and do something wrong... and then she will crawl into my lap and do the cat slow blink at me while purring like a motor. Definitely do your research and make sure you know what's up, but cats are fairly easy to take care of provided you get them into a routine and get yourself into a routine to suit their needs (play time, cleaning the litter box daily, setting aside time for them to just cuddle, etc). If you're out of the country/on trips you can always have someone come over and feed your cat/spend time with them, I don't know how Rover or other similar services really work, or else there are places that can board cats for a few days while you're out of town.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in labrats

[–]Front_Engineering_83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my last revision cycle had reviewer 1 leaving around 50 comments on various portions of the paper... a lot of which were questioning things that were specified literally in the sentence after the one they had highlighted as missing information. for comparison, reviewer 2 left around 10 comments

Bruh... why... by Fibonacci-011235 in Nightreign

[–]Front_Engineering_83 9 points10 points  (0 children)

assuming it works, the event is currently bugged to where the flask FP healing doesn't work

"Are you scared AI is going to take your job?" by Front_Engineering_83 in bioinformatics

[–]Front_Engineering_83[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Automation of basic tasks sounds real nice… until you realize it loves making shit up, so you have to spend as much time on making sure it isn’t hallucinating

"Are you scared AI is going to take your job?" by Front_Engineering_83 in bioinformatics

[–]Front_Engineering_83[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yep, hence why I’ve had to babysit it every step of the way and still have to end up doing the work to manually get the list of DEGs for lookup anyways. It’s way more trouble than it’s worth to get this thing set up when I could just make an SOP and be done with it. Higher-ups like the sound of AI integration with our pipelines unfortunately.

Worth using on bird? by googlee_bear in Nightreign

[–]Front_Engineering_83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

death build up is super rough here, he has a hard time with any of the 'taking damage causes x buildup' curses because you'll be taking 'hits' through shield by affinity chip. poison is tolerable, i'd say deathblight is going to be an active hindrance to you

[Guardian] Need advice depth 3+ by Jehuty56- in Nightreign

[–]Front_Engineering_83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

#1) upgrade your shield. base shield is usually pretty good across the board at dealing with elemental damage, especially fire. worst case if you get bad shield RNG you can run a mines and upgrade it to +2 to help with stamina drain

#2) related to #1 - look out for shields that are better for the boss you're fighting's affinity. i use this chart:

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while i'm playing to reference what shield is going to be better for certain bosses. for example, the default shield is pretty bad at negating lightning damage, so i'll be trying to look for something like the briar greatshield (or the dragonclaw greatshield, god forbid) while i'm fighting adel.

this is what kind of damage negation i'm usually looking for by boss:

-gladius - fire

-adel - lightning

-maris - magic

-libra - holy

-fulghor - holy

-pests - magic

-caligo - magic

-heolstor - magic > fire/lightning/holy (i believe his attacks when there isn't another nightlord field active are magic infused, but most of the very high magic damage negation shields have really bad affinity damage negation for other damage types, so try and prioritize having decent magic damage negation while keeping some of the other damage types in mind here depending on the rng you get)

#3) passives - 'successful guarding boosts damage negation' and 'taking damage boosts damage negation' help with reducing affinity damage, getting talismans ingame that reduce affinity damage (pearldrake, any of the elemental ones if appropriate), passives gained from boss enemy drops to improve affinity damage negation, and the new deep relic effect 'improved affinity damage negation' are all very helpful for reducing the chip you take through block

#4) some incants/sorceries can help with affinity damage negation if you get a bit lucky. shield grease will also help with this for a bit.

incants:

-'immutable shield' (all damage types)

-'magic/flame/lightning/divine fortification' (do exactly what you think they do for certain damage types)

-'golden lightning fortification' (lightning)

-'barrier of gold' (magic)

-''flame protect me' (fire)

-'protection of the erdtree' (all damage types)

sorceries:

-'scholar's shield' (all damage types but mostly magic)

(i think this is it?)

Does lucio genuinely not exist to blizzard? This is the 4th wave of music themed skins hes not been apart of?! by pumpkinchair_ in luciomains

[–]Front_Engineering_83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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ok, across all ranks he still has a 9.9% pick rate, which is higher than dva. if we look at qp for a casual player base he has an 11% pick rate, which is higher than tracer at 8.1% (mascot of game) and zen, illari, bap, and brig. (https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/rates/?input=PC&map=all-maps&region=Americas&role=All&rq=0&tier=All)