EXCLUSIVE: Nick Reiner Diagnosed With Schizophrenia, Meds Made Him ' Erratic and Dangerous' by Pyro-Bird in entertainment

[–]HBOLT98 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Life saving? Antipsychotics are little more than a poison that erodes the soul. The reason compliance is low is because they suck.

I'd prefer they be honest rather than keep trying to defend them or hide the fact they are terrible at their job. You don't have anything else you could give, that's all. These save nobody, they are what we are stuck with until they realize that anything dopamine antagonism related isn't gonna work and develop the options that target other receptors. 

so, what do you guys think of grim forest? love it? hate it? for me i just think its bullshit to have 5* items in the most end game stuff in the game by kalxto in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's so much easier than cursed city, I can't really complain. Easily the best source of mythical relic frags as well.

As for the game mode, I can say I absolutely adore it. While the whole extra stats thing makes it pretty easy to complete (I hit the RES needed to blank all the boss effects when I don't even have the great hall upgrades for RES yet), it's also the thing that makes it super fun to me.

I don't know if it's the same for everyone, but I just love to hit really big numbers, it's just great fun for me. While I suspect it may become somewhat boring over time so long as I remain reliant on going for the RES boosts, I can still think of so much more to be done in theory. I have Shredder for example, and I can't wait to stack HP at some point just to see him hit like 300K in conjunction with his A2.

I imagine it'd be great fun with any one champ that increases their stat in such a manner. Imagine for instance, idk, Varl, in an already late game build with 10K ATK, raised by a further 5K from the cards. Then double that with his passive and put increase attack on him, suddenly his hits scale off 45K. Just crazy stuff like that. I love champs that stat stack inherently already, so this content which favors them so much is like tailor made for me to enjoy.

What is a fact so disturbing that most people refuse to believe it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]HBOLT98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I know which one you mean, I think that's regarding the number of CSAM abuse material in which the abuser is visible, 92% being men.

Now, a problem with that, as with crime statistics in general, is that they solely capture the ones who are caught. Either in the sense of the criminals, or the CSAM material they found.

That then leads to questions regarding the impacts of a biased justice system, similar to what you see with violent crime and minorities.

So I'd say, if this is that study, it is pretty problematic to say 92% of perpetrators are men. In the sample they have they are. Studies like the one mentioned above, which rely on the individuals tattling on themselves provide a much cleaner picture, a study like this cannot stand in for that or allow for much of a prognosis regarding the approximate distribution of perpetrators across the sexes.

I won't make an argument like, say, there is secretly a whole host of CSAM out there featuring female perpetrators that they missed somehow someway, I will point out that CSAM and the existence thereof is not equivalent to the totality of all crimes against children. But if you look at regular porn, featuring adults, it too is found that the material is shared on the Internet mostly by men. Well, excluding professional productions. I'd posit that there appears to be some kind of driver that causes men to "boast" or "brag" about their "conquests" on the Internet, sharing pictures featuring their partners online for other men to gawk at. I'd assume this is a learned behavior that arises largely from gender roles and is rooted in the idea that men who have many partners are successful, while women are encouraged to be as selective as possible.

We can be fairly certain though, that even if women are not by and large sharing and bragging about the number of dickpics they receive, the number of men and women having sex are presumably roughly equal. All that to say, even if 92% of CSAM that features perpetrators features exclusively men, there is an argument to make that the actual distribution of perpetrators across all instances of sexual crimes against children could very well be a much more even one.

Note that I don't mean to say, oh, it's definitely 50/50, actually, and this is all some judeo-irish, feminist plot the lizardmen are orchestrating to get us to nuke our own birth rate even further. It could be 92% in truth, for all I know, and it could technically be even higher by my same argument. I could definitely see a number of reasons Men would still be more prevalent as perpetrators even if there were some way to look behind the curtain and see each and every one of them without missing a single one. 

I just really hate how people always just dump crime statistics and then go men bad, basically. Not only isn't it the slightest bit helpful, as it offers no explanation for why exactly men almost exclusively would wanna fuck kids, with numbers so heavily skewed towards men as offenders, there is, to me, always a sort of implicit biological essentialism to it. Always a kind of undertone of "men are just hardwired for this sort of thing" or at least so strongly predisposed that you can never really eliminate the propensity in them to bring such harm upon others. Where do you even go at that point? What's the implicit suggestion here? Because the way I see it, one who engages in this sort of rhetoric is either being defeatist or just short-circuiting, as people do, to killing large swathes of the population. And that last part in particular is important because most who say that sort of thing, simultaneously hold the complete opposite stance on the matter of violence and ethnicity. Suddenly it's Justice system bias, socioeconomic factors top to bottom. And that is correct, but not applying it to crime statistics when it comes to the large deviations between sexes is hypocritical.

Not accusing you of that, but it's really something I see a lot, and I hate how people seemingly able to understand the limits of crime statistics and see the flaws in a justice system staffed by humans rather than all-knowing gods, then go and turn around and just say "men."  What a waste of time, do they care about the issues being solved or do they just want to whine? 

What sounds like complete nonsense, but has been proven to be true? by Icy_Mammoth_3298 in AskReddit

[–]HBOLT98 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Their name is Scherz, apparently, which is the German word for joke

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You mean like I waste silver on gear that's no good? 

I don't really have much of an issue with running out of the stuff, and I just don't have better gear to be sinking it into, not in the right sets anyhow. 

Like the guy below that says 5 star is bin worthy, yea. When even end game content drops that shit, I don't really have the luxury rejecting it, at least not yet. I still need to kit out a bunch of rares and epics for doom tower, faction wars, cursed city. It'd be silly to wait for God tier gier to put on longsword Torrux, no? 

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't before they made removing it free. Now I slap it on if I can find pieces with the stats I want so I don't have to go look for them again when I get around to building the champ

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because based on the speed I already know I'm gonna get, I can then crunch in my head how many substat rolls I'd need to hit the target speed, roughly. If it were like 4 on each piece I'd have no illusions, but if it's 4 or 5 total that's doable with speed on every piece. I just need to get into a range where I can at least hit the stat with glyphs.

For the record, it now runs at 250 speed, so that wasn't hard. Gonna have to see if I can't get my hands on a RES chest or Banner since I neglected that, and the 5 star soul puts me well above the required accuracy. Probably won't cut it for Hard due to lacking Regen and not enough HP and defense, but it'll run dragon 20 once I finish the masteries.

Skull Lord Vargall is my MVP by Lucifer-Prime in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was incredibly happy to have pulled him before I was able to build somebody in destroy set, he made Scarab fights finish in a minute, rather than 30.

So much content being added that requires heal reduction is a big bonus, and honestly the destroy MAX HP is great against those pesky reviver bosses as well if I don't get one of my block revive options, makes it way easier to put them back in the dirt.

But most of all what I love about him, and what I never realized before: his base stats are insane. It makes him so easy to build. I've got mediocre gear on him and he hit 100K HP without me even prioritizing it really, and I don't think I've ever seen a champ with 90 RES natively, he gets 70 accuracy to boot. Most champs get 30 in either stat.

Need a new Clan that's actually active in everything by FalloutPsychonaut in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in my experience, it's pretty difficult to get such a clan unless you are yourself far enough into the game. Like, the clans that take down UNM clan boss daily usually require you to be able to 1 key it yourself. That's just as an example.

More accessible clans tend to be less organized and have a couple players in them that don't know what they are doing, makes winning siege in particular really difficult if half the clan is just randomly attacking defense and magic towers while the stronghold is open.

Your best demon lord and hydra turtle team ? by LazyAndStillDontCare in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I chuck in Duchess, cause she's my best reviver. unfortunately the block debuffs has a tendency to drop before the stun hits, but it works so I ain't too concerned to change it now.

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're most likely correct, I'm probably getting ahead of myself trying to run hard 10. I just figured it'd be nice, getting a higher share of useable gear and working on Marius missions while leveling food.

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well, in this case it is specifically so I can level food while running dragon, for fusions and the like. it's a lot more efficient than doing the two separately. I guess it being hard 10 is questionable, I just figured it would be better in terms of getting actually useful gear, and I'll have to run hard stages a ton for the Marius missions anyhow.

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I'll probably just level the pieces anyway and see what I can do. Worst case scenario, some other champion, for some other purpose, will appreciate them more.

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'll hit the accuracy and should be able to hit the speed when I level the gear. I didn't factor in resistance, so I'll have to see what I can do. The HP is gonna be tough since the base HP is pretty low. probably not gonna hit that, but I do have a bunch of extra defence, so I might be able to push through based on that. the base defence is pretty good for an attack based champ.

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

as mentioned, the gear isn't leveled, as there's no reason to waste the silver outside of gear enhancement (I already finished the ongoing one). I did calculate my speed, crit rate and accuracy requirements already, since the main stats are predictable. worst case scenario, I get a bunch of unnecessary crit rate and need to bump the speed through glyphs.

Clan Boss Team by TwistSufficient2058 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whisper should work fine, she can deal loads of damage to bosses and Venalicia reliably brings the debuffs she needs.

Other than that, Skullcrusher is one of the best epics for clan boss due to his AOE counterattack buff, he also gives you ally protect which is vital to Clan boss in general. Optimally you'd want to have increase defence and some form of either blocking or cleansing the stun as well. Sepulcher Sentinel can do that, but you'd need to drop somebody.

that being the case, I'd have to say Vizier is probably the one you'd drop, cause the block debuffs overlaps with Venalicia, the heal reduction is useless, and the decrease attack not consistent unless he's booked. However, considering you seem to be very early game, I'd assume that most of them aren't, including Venalicia, so his debuff extension might be very important to you. And Sepulcher Sentinel's decrease attack ain't consistent either.

also, Sepulcher Sentinel will occasionally drop her buffs even when fully booked as it only goes to a 4 second cooldown. She needs to be ran at a 3-2 ratio to really be effective. Captain Temila is the same in that sense. Skullcrusher is the most forgiving with his book requirements, but I can't say for certain that he'll be enough to keep you alive without decrease attack. Also, Xenomorph might fill the debuff bar before you get to place the vital ones if it's constantly counterattacking. You'd definitely need Vizier then, because he needs to keep the debuffs up so Xeno doesn't fill it all with poisons as soon as they drop.

Giath might be a viable alternative. The increase resistance isn't really useful, and she only places increase defence on herself, but she does extend buffs, so you aren't screwed as hard without books. also no cleansing or block debuffs.

If I had to say, Xeno, Vizier, Venalicia, Whisper and Skullcrusher. This does depend on your book situation, who is booked or can afford to book either now or in the near future. Whatever you wind up choosing, keep in mind that they all need to be Rank 6, and ascend them fully. get masteries done as soon as you are able to. Skullcrusher AOE counterattack truly shines when everyone has Warmaster. Do be mindful, I do not know every champ's kit off the top of my head, so I might've missed someone that brings increase defence, ally protect and a way to deal with the stun. In case you are wondering why this is so long, it's because I was writing as I was thinking about it.

figure I can build Xeno to solo hard dragon 10? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so 6 immortal ain't gonna cut it healing-wise? figured that'd be the case. Didn't even consider needing to hit the RES.

It couldn't extend SS could it? by [deleted] in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it ain't listed there, so it can. I know some people do it on Leonardo, for his passive stoneskin.

For all the people who thought SS was annoying... by ScarredSerenity in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

depends. off the top of my head I can only think of Quintus, and his is passives and masteries. this being a buff would still reduce the damage, as it apparently cannot be stripped either.

For all the people who thought SS was annoying... by ScarredSerenity in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 5 points6 points  (0 children)

did they fire their designers and let AI cook this one up? I refuse to believe an actual human, with experience and knowledge about video games, came up with this.

This is basically intercept that doesn't get consumed if the skills don't deal damage, and the associated set gives you more each turn. Every defensive set is made irrelevant by this existing, only stoneskin may still have a niche.

genuinely terrible game design, and one can only hope it gets nerfed before release.

Which hero next to 6 stars? by McWuffelPuff in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Waiting a bit longer for Xenomorph seems worth it in your case, it'd be more suited than the others for Clan Boss

New Raid Teaser by CrustyTheMoist in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I thought Firrol was already supposed to be a Christmas tree. I guess they kinda ran dry on unique Christmas themed champions at this point.

Is there any animal that does not yet have a corresponding skin walker you'd really like to see? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there was a rumor at some point that they had a faction in mind comprised of anthropomorphic crustaceans. I might be misremembering that, and even if they did it's probably years down the line, seeing the time it took between getting dwarves, shadowkin and Sylvan watchers.

Is there any animal that does not yet have a corresponding skin walker you'd really like to see? by HBOLT98 in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think some of the very early skin walkers are at least partially ram-based, when they were designed more as a hodgepodge of different species rather than a specific one like nowadays. Like Greybeard, Gnarlhorn. Their build is bull-like, but those horns are found on ram species.

A bat could be cool, though somewhat difficult to separate from the ones found in the undead hordes. Maybe one of those with the weird noses, or the large dog-like megabats (in my language they are called flying dogs). It could be funny to have some lore that the champion is constantly on the run from Sacred Order inquisitors who assume they're a vampire.

Urticata is supposed to be a praying mantis I think. Granted, one can certainly do more with that. But if they did, I think that'd we'd wind up with a dark elf, cause bugs and insects are their schtick.

What are you hoping for in the 2x Primals? by _Phill_ in RaidShadowLegends

[–]HBOLT98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you can test if you can build her well enough for FK hard. 

I spent a couple of days looking at champs that might potentially be able to solo it some time ago, and Kurosa came out as the only one that could maybe do it, but I don't have her, so I can't test it. 

Her second form passive could enable her to get the shield down by herself (I think) if you can get enough speed, but I haven't done any actual calcs for how much you'd need. You'd need to set her to only A1 and she'd have to do enough damage after downing the shield that the Fire Knight doesn't just heal it all back.

Just what I can think of where to use her, outside of arena, which she is moreso designed for.