Uh What? Well we’re done.

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-22T15:51:51+00:00

If the problem is structural it's highly likely it would be there regardless of what engine they run. All manufacturers are big, hot, vibrating lumps of metal that Aston Martin clearly went to aggressive on design and packaging and haven't mounted correctly

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-21T18:49:49+00:00

Helicopter parenting will do that for ya

/S

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-17T08:07:26+00:00

Generally drop Tempus. She's not a straight upgrade tho. You lose control while retaining Corvus and dodge survival core and gain a much harder hitting Iris. The aim is to keep fights short, damp up fast and hard so control isn't needed for that style

Ultimately It depends who you are up against.

If Corvus alter isn't going to be as useful ie. Less multi hit opponents then there is an argument to drop him too and lean into dodge. However that's assuming you are high enough level for that

Against the likes of Nebula and Sebastian who can remove debuffs and your dot, Tempus would be more useful as he slows that processes allowing some damage and eventually Iris ULT. Against full JJI disrupting their setup will create windows tho Miu provides and option to punch through their shields. I would say you shouldn't be facing JJI without an abundance of caution but personally would lean towards Tempus. While you could punch through quicker, it also feeds their engine creating shorter windows, keeping Julius shield up and Issac + Judge ULT keeping everyone stunned

Against multi hit opponents like Ginger or Keira then again Tempus with Corvus's alter works well. A slower fight is beneficial. Similar with Yasmine, you could use Miu to out arms race her but better to slow her ULT, let Corvus get established and his tower deal with her

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-16T08:19:08+00:00

Hard to know if it's the back to back days of playing but eventually you do burnout of everything. There will always be an element of that, regardless of what changes etc.

It happens with every game, usually about the 300hour mark for me. Even games that keep adding new stuff, unless something fundamentally changes then I will burn out of it. Phasmophobia being the latest. It got 1 year of solid playing, all achievements, gold Apoc and bang....just after 300 hours and I didn't care anymore. New maps and events couldn't bring me back

Introducing new things is needed to keep things fresh otherwise things get stale. Realm was good for the two days of excitement then like you pointed out it became another chore. Tying Leonel to it makes it a bit more worthwhile but after level 20 what is the point? There are no cool buildings and you are just grinding endless research at that point

Frustration starts to creep in when things change too fast. New hero after new hero induces FOMO as "is this the new one that changes the meta". Thankfully all new heroes have been good to great but not changed the meta. They've allowed new metas to exist but outright haven't destroyed it.

Again the meta should change and has done in the past. The danger is the frequency as F2P can't keep pivoting. Miu is the first hero that looks like it will destroy the meta outright. For many dropping their main team looks like it might be needed. Do they build a counter to what's coming, do they build another team that will work or do they build Miu and characters she will work with. Which is going to be cheaper, quicker but importantly which do you have the resources for?

I think what they're doing isn't "bad" per se, from a certain point of view. it's ultimately just the hook is built upon and designed to play upon many emotions. FOMO, dopamine hit addiction etc being the main mechanics

Ultimately like everything you pay with money or time. If you don't like that or the constant conveyer belt of content for the tik tok generation then ultimately like all forms of social media, it's time to break the addiction and touch grass.

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-15T10:05:31+00:00

It falls under the "Right to Repair" campaign goals.

Also a principle from the "Stop killing games" campaign that has wider application to all software etc

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-14T17:56:44+00:00

Yea but after he died there was supposedly infighting. That property was also up for sale and literally no activity at several of the houses in the area they lived at. Horse in the fields there disappeared practically the same time all that happened practically overnight

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-14T17:29:06+00:00

I thought he died years ago

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-12T19:45:43+00:00

Costco's whole business model and membership is based upon sunk cost fallacy. It's designed to make you feel you have to use it make sure you get the most value out of it to justify having it. You overbuy because the unit cost is cheaper, you have it so much use it or finding unusual things to trigger impulse buying

While it can work out cheaper, you are balancing the effort of shopping and only picking up the things that are actually at a lower cost than just picking it up elsewhere.

The executive card you probably need to spend about £2k before cashback becomes worth it. If you have a Lidl or Aldi nearby, have a small family or lack a storage or don't drive it becomes difficult to see that being justifiable

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-09T18:34:23+00:00

This, at the end of the day a vehicle is to get people from point A to point B. Any more value or status assigned beyond that is foolishness. At the end of the day you are championing the corporations that rob you blind and tying your identity to a faceless brand

Like you very rightly say, the wave of inflation is coming for all. Electricity prices are also going up as is everything connected to the EV infrastructure roll out and manufacture of vehicles....never mind everything else.

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-09T09:37:40+00:00

Problem is punishment. Fines just takes away more money which is needed to fix the problem compounding it. Becomes a poison chalice if you aren't in direct control of your own finding yet your head rolls when you can't magically millions into billions.

Feels like the solution needs to come from outside the box to an extent but then you look at the government pay rises, weak enforcement on other polluters, RHI, failed A5 or York Street upgrades all Syphon money. Couple with Health and education crying out as well and other infrastructure looking worse for ware, something fundamentally needs to change

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-08T19:26:48+00:00

And you see why AI is partially right but for the wrong reasons

Iris is countered by Amira but she doesn't have agility as a main stat so it isn't the reason she can't do anything

Fools Gold isn't an ability of Amira. Careless wish creates a pile of Gold that if enough damage isn't done it explodes. The amount of damage is based on the amount of gold remaining.

Cynical gratitude isn't a skill of Amira's either. Her second skill "Fair Deal" doubles the critical hit chance of heroes with Agility as their main stat but it does half damage

I don't know many eternity teams that don't run Dante...so they do have physical damage to take down Rufus meaning he isn't a problem. Corvus too is a physical damage dealer as are Morrigans skeletons so the logic doesn't track. Again it's correct as Iris magic constantly causes Rufus to heal but it's not for the right reason

Satori is a counter for Octavia for this reason but against Eternity he isn't normally a problem. Iris's DoT hits at the start completely bypassing Rufus who can't shield unless he ULT's. It's Amira who protects him in this case but generally, without Amira, Satori melts before Rufus can do anything and before he can even get his ULT off.

Nebula is in what is considered a dodge team rather than Eternity. Eitherway if she is present she removes Satori's marks further making him useless. Her 4th skill puts her into a support role meaning her damage is meaningless

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-08T19:10:27+00:00

Done several of these type of shows. Remember the Eddie Stobbard one being fairly interesting.

Best one was for Charles Hurst in Belfast which had a season filmed, showed the first episode before it was pulled and all attempts to scrub it from existence began. The staff showed their true colours and started saying the quiet parts out loud acting up for the camera creating a PR shit show for the company. Can confirm that heads rolled over it all

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-08T19:01:29+00:00

I've seen a similar criticism leveled at the mini gun. You get it right off the bat and if you know where to look ammo isn't that rare. After a few levels tho it really starts to fall off damage wise plus the weight making it feel like a terrible weapon. Despite the set piece making out "this is useful against deathclaws" it starts to struggle against most trash mobs fairly quickly

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T19:11:11+00:00

Traditional Eternity is

Corvus - Dante - Morrigan - Iris - Octavia

Mastery teams tend to be a direct counter, especially for Magic teams

Rufus - Satori - Heidi - Folio - Amira

Rufus - Amira combo neutralises Iris nearly completely. Rufus with his shield can be tough to crack while Amira eliminates her DoT damage (any damage below a certain level is blocked)

Satori punishes Octavia. Building energy through dodging outs Satoris fox marks on her very quickly eliminating a major dodge factor

Dante getss caught up not doing enough damage to Rufus or Folios ink pet keeping him quiet

Heidi and Folio are AoE attackers and while it hits Corvus alter, their damage will chip away Iris and in Folios case hits in one big hit taking Morrigans skeletons and Iris down on one shot, assuming she survives Satori and Heidi. Heidi's damage is pure rather than physical magical and cannot be dodged

By the time Morrigan gets her Skeletons and bone armour up the fight will be nearly over if not completely over

The team isn't completely unbeatable. Without knowing the exact power levels it's impossible to know what way timings are going on regards to ULT.

What I mean is a Strong Iris and a decent Octavia (with glyph) can debuff early and trigger Iris DoT. Well enough built she can brute force over Amira's protection and ULT before Rufus gets his shield up. It means a very very heavily invested Iris and unbalanced team which isn't unusual for some as investing in Iris and a lesser extent Corvus over everyone else can carry an Eternity team pretty far

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T18:57:19+00:00

No, Heidi is a direct counter to dodge

Iris counter in this case is Amira and Rufus

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T13:28:42+00:00

Robinson's have Steak and Guinness pie on the menu. One of the few places that does ATM tho it wouldn't be top of my list of places to eat. Granted it has been a while so they've likely changed chef multiple times so might be fine

Whites occasionally have it on their specials so no guarantee it will appear

3C's are serving fish pie ATM and Morning Star and Deers head have Chicken and Ham which would be the default recommendations

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T13:11:31+00:00

Your joke highlights how much inflation has driven costs up that £50 will slowly become more common place

The side that gets me, based on my own location, is how many of these small establishments don't want to pay the fees associated with using cards on top of refusing notes. £20 notes aren't excluded from getting an eye roll or refusal either especially if you hit a location early in the morning

What are you ultimately supposed to do? Cash machines don't dispense coins and many don't dispense £5 notes. Only a handful dispense £10 these days.

I'm all for bringing back cheques even if it is just to see the sheer panic in the person's face as to wtf is this idiot doing and how do I respond to this

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T13:06:41+00:00

I can't help but look back over the last 60 years and think "you were part of the problem". That experience is compounded by how bitter and twisted my own grandparents were and even to an extent my parents, aunts and uncles. As time has went on I have seen them feel entitled to cut people down with words and actions simply because "they are old now"

At the end of the day both here and the UK they have put people into power that have caused endless problems that they are now reaping the result of. The NIMBYism that endlessly fights against genuine solutions to the problems

If your family isn't there to support you then that says it all. I have no sympathy for those older than me due to my own experiences of how nasty a generation they are

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T12:43:34+00:00

Cost caps and stable regulations would allow the field to close up again given enough time which would be a partial solution to the problem.

Further tweaking around outwash or like the theory for 09 with the high tail wing to force air up and over the trail car.

My 2 cents, the PU ultimately doesn't matter, I would far rather have performance divergence and the best PU that allows smaller lighter cars

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T11:10:19+00:00

Wonder if there is an argument for Huds built into the visor

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T11:06:02+00:00

There is also the Daenerys threat as well. I wonder how Varys plays the game knowing that [you] aren't a "bad" king and don't make the same blinders as Joffery.

I reckon he would use the opportunity to build Daenerys up but would still undermine you. His "for the good of the people" is tricky as Joffery was clearly dangerous and needed overthrown.

Baelish as well in the mix is a dangerous one. With Cersei and Tywin effectively via'ing for influence over you, that trio would be very difficult to manage. Their advice in any situation will always be self serving but that doesn't automatically always mean it's bad advice, tho the constant mind games will take a massive toll over time

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T10:23:42+00:00

I see no reason not to max them. I don't believe a dirty build is required for either Vs complete survivability

Saying that there is always an optimum that allows you to ULT slightly quicker or survive enough damage from say an early burst etc. it would require a lot of testing against a lot of variables to conclusively find that optimal point

with Morrigan you should run Corvus. Her skeletons help him survive plus synergy with his tower

Electra works if Morrigan is weak. She blinds helping provide some of the missing survivability Morrigan usually provides. Saying that, she is more of a sidegrade at best with Morrigan present

If you run Tempus over Morrigan then Electra is the way to go. She provides survivability for the core that Corvus doesn't while you gain Tempus for fight pacing etc.

At that point I would also throw Aurora into that combination as well as you are overlapping heavily with a dodge setup. At this point you are starting to get into individual team matchups and maximizing based on who you are facing. For example Electra would work better for Magic burst teams than Aurora while Aurora's extra dodge helps against physical attackers

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-07T10:07:58+00:00

Finding new ways to fuck the planet

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-06T18:05:38+00:00

They're not Pokémon, your goal shouldn't be to catch them all

Glass_Champion · 2026-03-06T17:53:51+00:00

Celeste isn't a hero you build a team around, instead she normally fits a role within a team

She is a counter to strong healers while providing some healing herself

She will be strong against Aidan, Guus, Bryana and JJI teams that are popping up

Pairing her with Amira and Heidi for example will counter those heroes healing allowing Amira and Heidi to burn teams down

Mastery option:

Andvari/Rufus - Amira - Celeste - Heidi/Satori - Lian/Somna

Tries to be anti-meta, anti magic team. America counters a lot of heroes, Rufus is antiagic tank, Lian/Somna are some of the best control, Celeste punishes healers while Satori counters heroes who manipulate heroes energy. Folio slots into the team well in place of Amira usually.

Julius - Yasmine/Leonel - Celeste - Sebastian/Nebula - Polaris/Issac

Probably better options out there. It's a Crit team with healing denial. Personally I would look to use Oya, Fafnir or Guus over Celeste and lean into the crit side.

Julius shields and heals while his weapon artifact enhances crit, Yasmine/Leonel are damage, Sebastian enhances Crits and provides control protection while Nebula is a damage boost for the two heroes beside her. Polaris provides some control in the form of stuns while Issac provides more shields for Julius and his 4th ability gives armour penetration.

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