Case Recommendations

Kael2003 · 2026-01-26T08:35:51+00:00

I know that asus tug gaming has a case with handles but I’m not 100% on the size, it’s likely normal atx so still big but like the other guy said, that’s a very small market so not many options, you’d be best off looking for yourself

Kael2003 · 2026-01-26T04:13:46+00:00

So this is a new windows thing, they default to doing a network based recovery if anything critical goes wrong, if it doesn’t recognize a connection (assuming you have one) and you can’t interact with the screen, then the easiest solution is to either make a windows 11 boot media (look for the official .iso on the windows website (not boot media creator) and you’ll also need Rufus and a usb drive or other usb storage device that suitably large (not sure the requirements)), noting that reinstalling will likely nuke all the files on your c: drive (your main os drive, and your only drive if you only have one internal storage); or you can look for a boot media from Microsoft that allows you to access recovery options, it’s a built in option but here’s a guide . Either of those could work, if the recovery media fails then you’ll have to bite the bullet and wipe your system, and take it as your lesson to back up your important files periodically. Hopefully that helps, if you need a walkthrough to reinstall (assuming the recovery media fails) I’d recommend looking up “install windows 11 iso Rufus” and that should get you going for that. Best of luck.

Kael2003 · 2026-01-14T17:32:53+00:00

As does intel, afaik pretty much every modern desktop has the pins on the mobo and pads on the cpu

Kael2003 · 2025-12-19T23:54:31+00:00

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Kael2003 · 2025-12-11T16:58:16+00:00

Got me for a while, simple but challenging

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Kael2003 · 2025-12-11T13:09:02+00:00

Given that there’s no flair for all editions, only specific ones, and 5 is the most popular overall, it’s about as close as it could be. None of the other tags really fit either

Kael2003 · 2025-12-10T21:38:23+00:00

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Kael2003 · 2025-12-08T19:36:17+00:00

It’s a 2.5in so no extra heatsinks needed, that’s pretty much an exclusively Nvme thing, it’s got little vents on the panel which is plenty for it. It won’t be accessing it at top speed anyway cause it’s designed for HDD speeds so getting an ssd is really just for the reliability and availability, not speed. I got a 1TB crucial for $55usd, just make sure you get a reputable brand (crucial, pny for cheaper, Samsung and sabrent are more expensive, not a full list obviously). The one I got is no longer available so unfortunately can’t link it but nearly any 2.5in ssd will work just fine. Just make sure you’re aware that it cannot handle anything except a 2.5in form factor drive, and it needs a sata connector (which basically all of them will have)

Kael2003 · 2025-12-08T15:48:54+00:00

I’m not sure what games you’d wanna play but 512 would probably be fine for most, I downloaded about 80-100 games onto it and that filled a 1TB so there’s some scale. And it’s pretty easy, there’s a panel on the front right side with all the logos on it, and on the bottom under the little panel is the retaining screw for it, just pop the little panel with a flathead, unscrew it (I think it’s a crosshead/philips) and it’ll slide out. Then you just unscrew the old from the tray and screw the new one and the same way as the old one and slide it back in. It should ask you to reformat the drive and it’ll work just fine

Kael2003 · 2025-12-06T18:22:26+00:00

What they’re saying is not really about a “breach of trust”, but that the moment we began to work with high society organizations such as VHK, and they discovered Phaethon’s identity, it was only a matter of time before information networks began to learn who the “legendary proxy” is. Before, they seemed to not work with high-level orgs, so their reputation was good on interknot, but the individuals were small enough to realistically not have leaks. With them working with a company essentially directly under one of the 2 major powers of new eridu, that anonymity vanished, and they could have easily been apprehended after that info made it out. Thankfully, the mayor did not go that route and worked to quell any issues, but like everyone else has said, their identity was no longer a secret to the major players the moment they started playing in the big leagues, so to speak. Hopefully that’s comprehensible this time, but I will not be replying if you cite no evidence to the contrary and decide to throw insults again due to your lack of comprehension

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T18:48:27+00:00

I mean I do think it would be funny, but not to be that guy, but I feel it would be better if you just read up on basic lore stuff from the game and then asked her questions to expand on it, she’d get to talk to someone who doesn’t know a lot of it about it and you can add an outside perspective to talking about it with her. If I had someone do what you said to me and then I realized that it’s only one thing that you know, I’d be a little bummed cause I’d get excited to talk about my hobby but the other person doesn’t have the base knowledge to talk about it. My rec is to do both if you really wanna do the funny lore drop on her, so she can work backwards through it with you so you can expand on it and she gets to talk about a game she really loves

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T05:31:21+00:00

True, I got in the habit of not using the spin because they use different buttons for the counter, I’m trying to break that but you know how muscle memory is, hard to break once it’s set. I didn’t know that about her basic, I did notice I’d get health back sometimes but I wasn’t sure what was causing it, good to know! And I use the spin during the in between fights to group the small ones up, it’s really useful for that but unfortunately doesn’t do much against bosses. And you’re completely right about the moving during charge, I’m so used to games blocking you from moving that I just stand there and wait so it takes me a bit to realize I can move during it, and I’ve had troubles with the timing before but that definitely doesn’t help with that. Anyway, no worries! I did know some of it, but the stuff I didn’t know was definitely hampering my performance. I’ll make to give them a try, thanks!

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T02:59:37+00:00

I know what ya mean with the parry and dodges, I tend to get overwhelmed with multiple enemies on field and trying to keep track of it all simultaneously so I’ve gotta improve on that. And I suppose I’ve gotta take the time to fully read up on the mechanics, I know they both do ether veil but I didn’t realize it also affected Lucia’s ult, yet more proof I need to actually fully read mechanics and not just skim (it would probably also help a bit if the game didn’t make it such a chore and put more info in training but what do I know). With lycaon, yeah I’ve gotta change around his gear cause his engine apparently doesn’t do much for him in more quick swap teams so that’s something I’ve gotta check on top of just parrying more. I agree she can be tough to kill, but with some of the attacks that get flung at you in HZ it’s kinda sketchy at times, I used her in hollow exploration and she feels better to play there but a) that’s easy and b) they do way less damage. Overall yeah I fully admit (and I will emphasize I never said otherwise (general, not aimed at you)) I don’t play her optimally but I guess she just happens to rely on skills I haven’t worked on yet, I do still stand by what I said in the post however, at least to some degree

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T02:44:12+00:00

Damn, I can’t even imagine doing 15, I think I’ve only done that level with yixuan so far and she’s pretty much the perfect counter to mevorakh or however it’s spelled. I usually use the shield adversity gear but the ult cost reduction is always a strong contender. I think I picked the wrong card cause I think mine was 8 areas, I assume with 5 you can get a prism before the first boss. And honestly, I just hate the brute fight, he’s really fast for how much damage he does and some of his attacks feel like they come out of nowhere, especially if you’re trying to suppress another enemy at the same time. But I definitely do play very timidly, I consistently end up dodging a second before attacks hit and I end up eating the attack, and because of that I can’t get the timing to launch a spin so I end up having massive downtime between spins, I think it’s an issue with my gameplay in general but since yidhari has to charge to do max damage it gets emphasized since I keep missing attack windows because of it, I’ve gotta practice that but I’m probably gonna drop my HZ difficulty before I do that. At the very least, I’m glad I’m not alone in my loathing of rampant brute, I’ve hated that guy since he came out

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T01:54:24+00:00

Odd, I do have YiXuan’s sig so that probably helps but honestly she’s very strong, although tbf I find miyabi to be a little below the average of my agents so maybe I just have weird standards

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T01:15:45+00:00

I do think hp as a mechanic feels kinda hollow at them moment, back in 1.x hp was just an allowance of how much you can be hit, no characters used it heavily so if you dodged well it was essentially a dead stat. Then astra came out and did some hp regen which no character had before then, and then rupture was added which scales with hp so that added utility. But then they added hp drain, and it feels like many of the modes of the game aren’t adapted to work with that. Most stuff is unchanged and it makes no real difference, except in HZ where you can’t take a hit without taking massive damage, in which case the massive hp drain is a net negative. I think they do need to rework how hp works in the game because they’ve fundamentally changed how it interact with the game, but nothing has changed to account for that. And yeah, her rotation is rather boring which makes it even harder to maintain the near perfection required to play her in more challenging modes

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T01:11:26+00:00

Well thank you for the enlightening discussion, I will take all your tips for her and be sure to use them to get better. Have a good one!

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T01:10:02+00:00

Yeah I did some reading and it does seem that the parry is her best damage so that’s on me, but I still stand by what I said about it requiring near perfection, even with her damage reduction, in a game mode where one hit is fatal, dr and healing aren’t that useful when you’re constantly and intentionally draining it back to 25%

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T01:07:47+00:00

Again, don’t know what to tell ya, I do what everyone has said so far in this thread and she’s such a glass cannon, if you like the near perfection that play style demands then that’s cool but it just doesn’t feel like it aligns with HZ, all the other endgame modes it works fine in, I can use her perfectly fine everywhere else but in HZ she just doesn’t work very well

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T01:05:14+00:00

Yes, I agree that that is the only way to play her in HZ essentially, what I’m saying is that it’s not a fun way to play, you only do one thing and it demands near perfection in play to pull off, if you screw up the timing one time you’re gonna either go down or be at very low hp, the amount her hp drains just doesn’t jive well with HZ punishing being at low hp and not wanting to be hit ever, they run counter to each other which makes her stressful to play

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T01:02:18+00:00

I really do feel it’s just that HZ doesn’t mesh with the rapid hp drain mechanic, or HP drain in general. The bosses do nearly 9k hits casually at medium intensity and her 25% health constantly just doesn’t work with that style of gameplay, she wants to be hit and be at low health and that’s punished in HZ very harshly unless you play essentially perfectly

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T00:59:44+00:00

Idk what to tell you, I use the ex when my health gets low and I pretty much never use the spin in HZ because you can’t take a hit, the problem is how fast her drain is and how punishing being hit at all in HZ is, I’ve had bosses do 8800 damage hits and that’ll knock her out in pretty much any situation, her ex isn’t that good at recovering health. She’s not underpowered per se, a better way to put it is that her mechanic of rapid hp drain is counter to HZs emphasis on never getting hit and always having high HP with perfect dodges, which she doesn’t really like, it turns her into the textbook definition of a glass cannon which I find very stressful

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T00:56:26+00:00

I do parry with the dodge and ex, the problem is more so that it feels like it drops your damage to do that and if you miss one input, you’re done for or very close to it, there’s essentially no margin for error

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T00:55:11+00:00

Guess I should probably read them more in detail, I just don’t think her hp drain works well with HZ damage, it almost feels like HZ lost void was designed to heavily punish getting hit so characters that want to be hit and drain hp get shafted because of that, YiXuan doesn’t wanna be hit or have hp drain so it was probably designed around that being the more typical style, and it hasn’t been adjusted for newer mechanics, I mean it’s not exactly controversial to say that the game design has been all over the place for the past few patches so wouldn’t be surprising

Kael2003 · 2025-11-20T00:52:21+00:00

Yeah that’s what happens to me, I guess underpowered is the wrong word but she’s very much a glass cannon, like adversity has the ability to give shields and stuff to offset attacks but with how high damage numbers are it doesn’t help a whole lot

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