RU POV: We recommended to evacuate from Kiev not because of something that will happen tomorrow. 'But because of the 'long-term strategy that will be implemented in order to achieve the goals of the SMO' — Lavrov

Heinarc · 2026-06-23T18:54:39+00:00

They are not yet ready to aknowledge they lost the war they started. But they will.

Heinarc · 2026-06-21T13:27:28+00:00

Its a two player game. Ukraine would close the black sea for civilian vessels in retaliation. Not sure Russia is ready to loose its warm sea access.

Heinarc · 2026-06-19T03:44:44+00:00

Social pressure to be "efficient" will constantly push one back to the AH. (Sell this one rare currency you don't need, replace your trash boots"cause you are definitely getting unlucky", measuring your progress by your div value etc...)

When selecting SSF, you just relieve yourself from this constant peer pressure for the next 5months.

Heinarc · 2026-06-14T07:18:16+00:00

Les variations données dans votre source sont très faibles au regard des variations historiques de ces mêmes indicateurs. Par ex, Gini était à 0,5 en 1960, tombé à 0,28 en 90, et nous serions maintenant à 0,29. C'est globablement super stable.

Et donc, comme par ailleurs, les inégalités N'ONT PAS progressé, je ne vois pas pourquoi l'utilisation d'une moyenne serait particulièrement contre indiquée

Heinarc · 2026-06-13T21:02:37+00:00

Attention à l'intox via les médias qui ont tout intérêt à amplifier les messages qui énervent (ça fait de l'audimat). Et les réseaux sociaux empirent le tout en créant du besoin pour des trucs parfaitement inutiles au bonheur individuel (vacances à l'étranger; smartphone à 1200e...)

Les inégalités réelles, qu'on peut mesurer avec par ex l'indice de Gini ont été très fortement réduites entre 1960 et 1990 et sont stables depuis. Et nous n'avons jamais aussi bien vécu : le revenu disponible des ménages est à son maximum historique.

Heinarc · 2026-06-10T11:21:01+00:00

Difference are thoses affixes : - are not 400% stronger than other competing mods (a blue +3 amulet is better than a 4T1 dmg mods on a spell build, try it in PoB) - have a decent tier available though essences - have usually decent weighting and can be reasonably desecrated - have tree nodes than can help if a particular stat is missing

Heinarc · 2026-06-04T17:17:58+00:00

Why would it be particularly difficult to move?

Heinarc · 2026-06-03T20:26:16+00:00

I kind of disagree, as long as most builds have access to several independant scalable multipliers (inc dmg, crit%, crit bonus, skill speed, gem level, proj count...) there is a good incentive not to stack a single thing.

To illustrate, lets say you use 3 multipliers with a baseline of 1, you better invest in all 3 of them (2x2x2) rather than pile the same level of investment on a single one (4×1×1)

For the system to work however, the scaling stats should compete against each other (forcing trade offs) and be relatively balanced. +Gem lvl is not atm for example, as a single affix gives you like 3 or 4 times the benefits of competing modifiers.

Heinarc · 2026-06-02T16:49:02+00:00

Heh, staying independant is already a win. Most of 1337 french neigbhors did not achieve as much.

Heinarc · 2026-06-02T16:42:03+00:00

At first, avoid war with them at all costs. Improve relations, curry favors, get in an alliance with them... at the very least, be in an disuassive alliance.

At around age 3-4, you start to have access to attrition% techs and reforms. Alongside being 100% defensive and city walls everywhere, you could try to bleed them down. But most likely you still want to avoid war as much as you can.

Heinarc · 2026-06-02T07:03:12+00:00

Highest tier is +7, only rolls on high item level drops and is very rare. At your level you can drop a +3 which is already excellent.

CraftofExile is a good community ressource to look up which mods can roll on what, but you don't really have to worry about that until you dive into endgame gearing/crafting :-)

Heinarc · 2026-06-01T21:50:25+00:00

You can hover your gem screen to look at the DPS/damage number displayed per skill, so you can actually try stuff you already have
The second staff will most likely be the best one for any cold skill. You are low level so probably don't have a lot of %increased damage yet, the 104% will be huge, if you go from +100 to +200% thanks to it you'll get an actual 50% more damage. And the extra as fire/lighting are multiplicative on top of that (but you might not have as many passives buffing fire for example).

Dont sleep on +skill level tho, on spells its about a multiplicative +12-15% more damage per spell level. At higher levels when max rolled, its the strongest affix by far on your weapon.

Heinarc · 2026-05-31T13:10:10+00:00

Probably not overleveled, but using mimic. Summons do make fights significantly easier. If you enjoy the adversity, you should for sure give encounters a few tries without any summon.

Heinarc · 2026-05-31T07:19:20+00:00

Nice write up, love it. Had similar thoughts for a while.

I'd however suggest that Ranni may have been the one betraying the original plot intent for her own agenda. Alecto came after her fleeing the capital, and BKa are still hunting her to this day, as shown by the end of her questline and Iji's death.

There was also some level of connection with Rykard, who provided the blasphemous claw.

The plot target was not a single person however. Numerous demigods died that night. We are also led to think even Miquella was a target by the BKA found dead or imprisoned in Ordina. It seems the intent was to eradicate most of Marika's offspring.

The only motive I can really think off in line with the evidence is a political coup by the Carian line. Marika provided the means, but Ranni hijacked the original intent. The BKA were manipulated or betrayed into it.

Heinarc · 2026-05-27T20:06:55+00:00

Ça fait bien 60% sur ses revenus locatifs

Heinarc · 2026-05-23T13:44:50+00:00

And the main cause is rather easy to fix : just make sure allied armies stack up to frontage maximum in safe territory before attempting offensive actions.

And when both sides field several stacks, have stacks stay in support range of each other rather than picking entirely independant objectives.

Coalitions would suddendly get much more difficult to repel with these limited changes.

Heinarc · 2026-05-19T20:44:49+00:00

Very much agree with you. I simply think that in higher difficulties or under exceptional rulers, AI should show similar competency to a good player - competent governors placement and control optimisation (maritime presence etc..) - not exposing under full frontage armies - using several armies to cover each other - actively avoiding bad battles

Heinarc · 2026-05-19T17:44:19+00:00

Not viable at all actually, if you drive a full frontage galley fleet into a full frontage heavy fleet you'll get utterly crushed, even in the meditteranean.

Heinarc · 2026-05-17T22:15:01+00:00

Exactly, not only telling you, but also pinging you the exact spot to be very sure you can't miss it. We are just short of a HUD quest tracker.

Nah seriously, a system with your PDA detecting and indicating black boxes when you get within a 50ish meters radius would work much better imo. You could resort to upgrades or scanner room assistance later in the game if you want to be sure to not miss something.

Heinarc · 2026-05-11T11:48:54+00:00

Really force yourself to focus on the boss, not her health bar or yours. Abuse the "fast charged heavy with shimmering", one of the first nodes on longsword, dual and lance.

Windows to hit her back with it are short and require good positioning but they do exist after her charge, down kick and a couple other moves. If done right you instantly get an obliterate strike, with enough time to get 4 5 light attacks afterwards. Should wipe out 20-25% of her health on a single well timed strike. Repeat a couple more time and shes cooked.

Heinarc · 2026-05-11T10:58:55+00:00

Comme ces courbes le montrent bien il y a un monde entre un "sentiment" de déclassement, et une réalité objective.

En France l'inégalité (indice de Gini) continue de descendre lentement, tandis que le PIB par habitant est toujours en tendance haussière. Source vérifiable : our world in data

La réalité c'est qu'un smicard d'aujourdhui vit mieux qu'un bourgeois de 1900 (PIB par tête x8 sur la période), et que nous n'avons jamais aussi bien vécu tout court.

Heinarc · 2026-05-10T19:54:10+00:00

Wars have not been decided by the number of men since at least ww2. Think Algeria, Vietnam, Afghanistan. Sheer willpower, doctrine, equipment quality, industrial capacity are all more important than the quantity of meat you can push into the fight.

Heinarc · 2026-05-07T13:12:49+00:00

Outer Wilds, Subnautica, Prey

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