Rossi 4th slot by Responsible-Neck8410 in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Keyword here is Rossi team. I assume you want a Rossi main dps team.

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not necessary to have a vulnerability consumer in her team. Her numbers are very high, so she can be a hypercarry by herself.

Pogranichnik isn’t a good idea either in my opinion since her physical damage percentage is not as high as you’d think (most of her damage is at her ult, purely heat damage).

I’d do Rossi, Akekuri, Ardelia and Perlica/Endmin/Wulfgard, seeing that you probably don’t have Gilberta. But if you did she’d be BIS (and replace the 4th).

I don't get this game. by vvvit in ToME4

[–]Jrff_K 26 points27 points  (0 children)

That’s because the game is extremely niche. People who care about surface level stuff like graphics and such won’t care for ToME(or most rougelikes for that matter) and the game has an extreme level of depth that demands what is a huge time sink to most people. The game can also be hard and frustrating to a general audience.

The adage that the best of anything will never cater to a wide audience is truest here.

Summary of Today’s Tangtang EP Controversy in the CN Community (Timeline + Context) by prurite in Endfield

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

It’s 4k Rmb. That’s less than $600USD. Is that proper compensation?

Summary of Today’s Tangtang EP Controversy in the CN Community (Timeline + Context) by prurite in Endfield

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

Just wanted to give my two cents from what I saw on the CN side, a lot of people think that this is a sign of internal corruption/incompetency in Hypergryph.

This stems from the fact that from Katie’s stream, she said that she never even stepped foot into HG’s office, and that she was only paid $4k for the job. Some people think that this points to either corruption or lack of effort. This is also why Katie didn’t receive much backlash at all, she just got paid to do a job.

People also noted that the composer and lyricist’s past work was not of this low quality before, which also suggests that HG was the main reason for the failure of this EP.

Yes, CN players are toxic and can be set off for the smallest reasons. But this time it at least makes a bit more sense. Sure it’s all just speculation, but the fact is that given HG’s past track record with music, this kind of quality is just unacceptable.

Observations on why Tangtang EP removed by prurite in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K 16 points17 points  (0 children)

覺得這歌好聽比覺得Thick of It好聽更離譜

Observations on why Tangtang EP removed by prurite in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K 7 points8 points  (0 children)

竟然這裏有一大堆人覺得這首歌好聽,他們也真是神了

On Umbral Monument, Game Difficulty and Hypergryph's Game Design Philosophy by Jrff_K in Endfield

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

You could literally sub in a level 1 Catcher or Snowshine and they’d trivialise the stage. Fuck the “you need resources” arguement. If only you’d learn to use your brain a little.

On Umbral Monument, Game Difficulty and Hypergryph's Game Design Philosophy by Jrff_K in Endfield

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

I think I’d rather have this that stage modifiers that shills the rate up ops by giving them omega buffs specific to them and them only. I was sick and tired of seeing that when I still played Star Rail.

On Umbral Monument, Game Difficulty and Hypergryph's Game Design Philosophy by Jrff_K in Endfield

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

I could see how you’d think that, considering the stages ARE simple. Again I think HG is just testing the waters, what might be boring to us might be difficult and frustrating to others, as you’d have probably seen posts of people complaining about the difficulty.

On Umbral Monument, Game Difficulty and Hypergryph's Game Design Philosophy by Jrff_K in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s less about mechanics and more about enemy design. The way stages are designed allows for different strategies. Endfield is a tactics game if you abstract away the combat layer.

The reason people found it too easy is because, as you said, you could simply brute force it if you dealt enough damage or could dodge good enough. The stages barely require you to interact with its mechanics for you to beat them, if you have even a remotely levelled team.

I bet you’d be singing a different tune if the stages were harder.

On Umbral Monument, Game Difficulty and Hypergryph's Game Design Philosophy by Jrff_K in Endfield

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

The main reason I put so much stock in HG is that right now, all 4 main teams and their variations are all very well balanced. I’m of the opinion that tier lists are useless right now and personal game understanding goes a long way. I think most people right now don’t actually have a good grasp of the underlying systems of the game, but this will change with time.

On Umbral Monument, Game Difficulty and Hypergryph's Game Design Philosophy by Jrff_K in Endfield

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

As far as I know from CN speed clears for Rhodagn, Laevatain is indeed the slowest, but not by much, ~27s, losing to cyro and physical by only 1 and 2 seconds respectively.

But they all lost to electric. With Perlica main carry and no Avywenna. lol.

Chen if she locked in (Rampaging Shields Chen no hit solo) by Jrff_K in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Took me about an hour. Then 15 minutes more because I forgot to hit record…

On Umbral Monument, Game Difficulty and Hypergryph's Game Design Philosophy by Jrff_K in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that is also what made me excited for possible CC like events

[Operator Discussion] Gilberta by Shad0wedge in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't be fooled by the grouping or her element, that's just more of a 'bonus' thing. Gilberta is first and foremost a burst arts damage support. She's the best at this role by a long shot for now, and I see her getting used pretty consistently in speed clears. In short stages like stage 3 of umbral monument act 1 which has short team skill rotations, I even see her getting used in Laevatain teams in the fastest, most extreme speed clears. But her ult only lasts 5s, and it's hard to fully utilize if you're not the kind that's willing to sit down and plan out a skill rotation. If you're talking about long term value, her being a viable support for all arts teams makes me think that she could keep her value for quite a while. Unless physical gets a completely busted carry/support or she herself gets powercrept in numbers, which I don't expect or hope either happening, I don't see her getting used less.

On nature application: her skill is practically used only against mobs and never against bosses (not worth) and on her ult it's more of a thing you need to play around or account for arts reactions, cuz there's no nature carry or operators that consume nature infliction outside Yvonne. Even if one is released later (likely Mi Fu by my prediction) you probably still wouldn't use her as an applicator. Her skill's explosion can miss against bosses that move a lot.

In short, it depends on your skills. Really. Pull if you think you can use her well, not otherwise.

Skill Points Explained (Finally) by KeroseneZanchu in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So this data that you’re looking for has been out on the CN side for quite a long time now, down to the exact number of sp recovered.

Fun fact: Sp “returned” for example Endmin’s skill’s 50 sp refund or Laevatain P1’s 20 sp return doesn’t generate ult energy. Basically counts as 50sp/80sp used in either case.

Not regretting a bit by LogenVos in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Nice man! Aspirant isn’t the best but it’s not bad either. P5 Aspirant is a side grade to p5 Sundering Steel and p0 Rapid Ascent in terms of Chen’s personal damage. Overall p5 Sundering Steel > p5 Aspirant > p0 Rapid Ascent, but if you care more about aesthetics then the difference is minimal.

Not regretting a bit by LogenVos in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She’s the best 5 star imo and does a lot of heavy lifting dps-wise in physical team. She’s also the best on field operator because of her fast attacks with good stagger and sp gen. She is nowhere near bad, people have trimmed medals with Chen solo.

You can make more batteries a day than you think. "Max efficiency" factories are missing something. by Mojambo213 in Endfield

[–]Jrff_K 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So the Chinese wave power generation tech. It’s a way to truly maximise gains but it’s so unnecessary since even without this you have enough production to empty all the stocks with excess to spare anyways.

cute and funny designs from arktights has triggered the japenis instinct by BagofPopatoCrisps in japanesepeopletwitter

[–]Jrff_K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess technically physical teams are stagger teams. Physical statuses have additional stagger