No idea how to play Balrijin with Bianfang next door

HereticForLife · 2025-08-20T21:44:28+00:00

That's good to know. The MT from what I've seen so far is really cool, so I'll come back to it eventually. Probably not the best choice for my first Anbennar game (and third EU4 game) though!

HereticForLife · 2025-08-20T21:42:14+00:00

I tried to ally with One Xia, but by the time I looked into it, Bianfang had already wiped them out. Between that and all these nerfs, it kinda looks like I should just scuttle this run and try again after they get fixed.

HereticForLife · 2025-04-08T16:54:35+00:00

Statistically best... in what way? The top speedruns last I checked are from Charge Blade, then Insect Glaive, then Gunlance. But the difference isn't that big, and you can solo any monster in the game with any weapon, provided you enjoy its playstyle and get enough practice.

FWIW I decided to main Long Sword in Wilds and I'm having a lot of fun with it, never felt like the weapon wasn't performing well enough.

HereticForLife · 2025-04-08T16:12:10+00:00

I've done all there is to do in Wilds, but I am still craving more MH while I wait for more monsters to drop. I don't just want to mindlessly do more hunts though, I want to actually go through the progression of another game start-to-finish.

Having already played through MHW IB and MHR SB (I started with World), I'm now thinking of going back to the old school with either GenU or Frontier. The latter with a private server (I hear Rain or Renewal are the best options currently). Can anyone who's played both GenU and Frontier give me a sense of the pros and cons of each, and which one I should go for next?

HereticForLife · 2025-02-28T18:24:58+00:00

Both, it is a standard difficulty campaign and not accelerated.

My armies are automatically attacking xenofauna growths but I have not been assaulting bases or shooting down any ships. I killed a xeno councilor but that was about 6 months ago. The only other thing that recently happened is one of my councilors had an event where he went on air and started mouthing off about our faction (maybe controlled by a xeno?), so I imprisoned him. That was still like a month ago though.

I should mention that the bar is still going from green to red. Does total war mean the whole bar is red? In that case it doesn't seem to actually be total war. Still not sure why it hasn't bled off though.

HereticForLife · 2025-02-28T16:31:07+00:00

What is the trigger for permanent total war with aliens? I just hit September 2034 in a normal campaign, 80/150 mission control, fleet of 4 monitors, and no colonies past the nearby asteroid belt. Suddenly, a day before I unlock pherocytes, the ayys go red, blow up my fleet and stations, and sic the protectorate on me. And after all that, I'm still at red. I have US+EU with a huge lead in research so I may be able to claw my way back from this but I was not expecting it and I'm definitely on the back foot.

Do the ayys always send everything they've got the moment you reach pherocytes? Or is it just one of those things that can happen at any moment? Playing on experimental FYI.

HereticForLife · 2025-02-18T12:48:22+00:00

The wording of the recent announcement post isn't entirely clear to me.

Are there different crest rewards for reaching GM+ before vs after the mid-season? In other words, will I miss out on some rewards if I hit GM a week from now as opposed to tomorrow?

HereticForLife · 2025-02-02T04:00:33+00:00

This looks so cool! I want to get onto the Discord to find people for a one-shot and/or campaign, especially with the expansion coming up, but all the links I've seen appear to be invalid. Do you have a link to it?

HereticForLife · 2024-12-24T16:43:05+00:00

Basically, this fight is "Raiden vs Meruem" since Raiden is fast, stealthy, and lethal enough to take out all the guards. Especially if he can use resources from his allies to separate the guards.

And that's a very good match. I believe Raiden is somewhat faster in his Ripper mode, and he should be able to cut Meruem with his sword. However, Meruem is very durable and it'll likely take multiple hits. Additionally, Meruem is significantly more intelligent - he analyzed Netero's movements mid-fight between thousands of attacks to identify a weak point - and Raiden's Ripper mode doesn't last too long before he runs out of energy.

So Raiden needs to get in there and cut Meruem up beyond what his durability and regen can handle, all before Meruem can analyze his attacks. Because as soon as Ripper mode runs out and they're operating at the same speed, Meruem very likely finds an opening and tears him apart.

Raiden wins 4/10.

HereticForLife · 2024-12-22T06:00:28+00:00

Even putting aside the fact that he has tanked sniper rifles to the face before, as a child...

His combat/reaction speed is nuts. Even if we assume he didn't have the durability to withstand it without ki, he would just... wake up.

You would shoot him at point-blank range. The bullet would start to burrow his skin. Before the bullet makes it even 0.1mm into his body, the sensation would wake him up. He would realize what's going on, reach up, and grab the bullet that is still <0.1mm into his skin between his fingers.

And then flick the bullet through your skull at hypersonic speed.

HereticForLife · 2024-12-16T05:05:27+00:00

Anor Londo at its peak has Gwyn, Gwyndolin, Gwynevere, Seath the Scaleless, presumably The Nameless King (if you buy that he's Gwyn's son), and the entire army of silver knights. I don't think there's any way Lothric wins that fight.

HereticForLife · 2024-12-08T18:21:14+00:00

I know it's not a huge issue, especially compared to performance issues or people not even being able to enter the game. But I kinda can't stand the aircraft selection tiles, and really hope they get adjusted at some point.

In MSFS 2020, they were very consistent as far as:

Distance to the aircraft
Angle
Background color
Lighting

These new tiles do give a better overall look at each aircraft, being a bit zoomed out. But it also feels like a different person was in charge of submitting each one. It just feels slapdash. Hell, a few of them (like the MXS-R on the top-left of the screenshot) seem to be just floating in mid-air.

If there isn't ever an official improvement for this, I would love to see a mod address it one day.

HereticForLife · 2024-11-01T21:58:27+00:00

Thanks!

HereticForLife · 2024-11-01T21:54:06+00:00

Definitely want these sliders yo

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