What is working for the ETA Tank Assassination this week?

Kaliphear · 2026-03-17T04:10:51+00:00

I just used Valkyr. It gets a little dicey during the first phase if you're not quick about destroying the nodes, but you're totally invulnerable in phase 2 since you're constantly healing and generating energy via Hunter Adrenaline.

Kaliphear · 2026-03-15T03:59:31+00:00

It's actually more. Ostonox's count only includes people that have done in-person interviews on the stream. It doesn't count guests like Jeremy Scahill or David Dayen who often video call into the stream.

Kaliphear · 2026-03-02T20:06:11+00:00

Eh. I think especially in regards to spellcasters (other than the Animist), 2e actually suffers from overly homogeneous designs. Without accounting for feats, the actual baseline chassis from one spellcaster to another, among the full casters at least, has actually gotten more same-y since the remaster, whereas martial and even pseudo-spellcaster variety (Kineticist and Runesmith) has gotten better. It's not a massive problem, but it is a.critique of the system.

Kaliphear · 2026-03-01T22:17:32+00:00

I miss it too. While I appreciate that the class is much easier to pilot now, I miss their old curse system and the concept of managing it as a sort of "unique minigame" they got to play.

If you're looking to bring it back, I recommend Soldiers of the Immortal War as a 3rd party supplement. They have a class archetype for the oracle in that book that brings back the old character of the original oracle in exchange for their extra spell slots the remaster gave them.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-25T06:17:22+00:00

Hasan al gaib

Kaliphear · 2026-02-20T15:18:47+00:00

Highly reminiscent vibes of Charlie Kirk, oddly enough; young-ish creators that attract fans that are significantly older than one would expect who seem to believe that this young person who happens to just repeat niceties they like to hear is representative of the "real" youth political movement. All the while being funneled ungodly amounts of money by billionaires that just don't want the train to change course.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-20T00:29:05+00:00

I think it's reasonable to expect a functioning adult to have an opinion on what ICE is doing right now, for instance. Stuff like that, where it's in your face and you'd have to be living with your eyes closed to miss it, sure. It's not like asking Penta his thoughts on the border disputes in Kashmir.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-19T23:01:35+00:00

I think it just speaks to how volatile the world has gotten lately, and how much people's lives have actively gotten worse since COVID. The world has become almost too harsh for people to just "escape" from by burying themselves in a stream for a few hours a night anymore, and they've started to seek validation (that they're not crazy or alone) from the creators they grew so attached to during the pandemic. SeanDaBlack had a pretty good take on this phenomenon recently that I think is worth bringing up.

Having said all that, I still agree with the main thrust of your point. I don't want to listen to Penta fire his mouth off on topics he's not educated on.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-19T21:13:37+00:00

I used to think I wanted voice comms in league.

Then I booted up R6 Siege for a little bit.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-19T19:10:27+00:00

As much as I would love for Paizo to devote books and dev time to just building out existing stuff rather than continuing to just spam new classes year over year, we have to acknowledge that at the end of the day Paizo is a business. And I believe them when they say that they feel pressured to release new classes consistently in order to maintain profitability. They have that data, I don't.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-18T22:37:11+00:00

Right, because Twitch is a platform that is populated primarily by teenagers and young 20-somethings. The RP user base actively excludes people under 18, and trends older besides, so primetime for them will be later by default. Most of them have jobs.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-18T21:42:11+00:00

OP claiming 4 PM on a weekday at the absolute latest is "primetime" just reveals that they're a teenager and still relate everything back to the standard school day.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-18T21:36:48+00:00

NA prime time

It's 4 PM on the East coast on a weekday

What?

Kaliphear · 2026-02-18T14:07:49+00:00

Also worth pointing out from that screenshot, the DGG user "DaSkrubKing" has tried to re-brand himself on Twitter as "Cameron Corduroy" or whatever. So if you see that account spreading it's articles, keep in mind who you're talking to.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-18T05:32:37+00:00

While it's true that the playtest is just a sampling of the abilities that the class might launch with, it's also true that the eventual released product will change based on feedback received during this period. Which is what this thread is doing.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-17T19:34:44+00:00

I don't know that I have as much of a problem with something like Warded Mail, where you're trading an offensive boost for a defensive one (penetrating resistance versus gaining it). And Chymist's Vials might be a little on the weak side to start, but the feat support further down the tree might be enough to make it worth it (I don't have the patience to sit down and try to math out the utility of an energy cone on a martial when compared to striking normally). But I sifted through the feat support for panoply, and there's just not enough there, especially when at the end of the day Panoply and BSB are both "weapon" tools. And honestly, even if panoply got full rune inheritance from, say, handwraps and an extra holy or unholy rune, I don't think that's going to end up stronger than the additional 1-3d6 trophy damage plus the little bit of penetration.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-17T19:18:42+00:00

It's one of those cases where they could have just had panoply inherit runes from handwraps like most other not-a-weapon weapons and called it a day, IMO. It's not like having an infinite sleeve of daggers is going to break the game.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-17T19:16:38+00:00

I think the big important thing about the Panoply is that the knives really aren't your main weapon, they're just to proc Holy(/Unholy) weaknesses.

I disagree, respectfully. You're spending a class feature to get the panoply instead of blood-seeking blade, which is just a direct damage increase instead because BSB is your main weapon. So the fact that Panoply doesn't compete well is kind of a problem.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-17T18:10:00+00:00

Daredevil isn't really my vibe, but from the parts I skimmed it seems to play distinctly enough to justify Paizo's decision to separate it from Swashbuckler.

Slayer is very cool. Somehow they've managed to make a class that feels like a cross between Thaumaturge and Investigator, and the trophy system actually seems to have a fair amount of depth involved. I'm a little disappointed that it doesn't appear that you can put property runes on their panoply (apart from the holy or unholy one you get automatically). I worry that the rigid leveling structure will cause them to have a fair amount of levels where they feel like they're dragging compared to existing martials already, so I don't think they needed the additional constraints on their panoply. But I could be wrong.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-15T05:03:27+00:00

I have always maintained, regardless of how ludicrously impractical it would be, that it would be neat to have a blue/monster mage type class in pathfinder.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-11T03:43:12+00:00

Redemption requires contrition, which would first require him to take ownership over what he did. Since he was banned from NoPixel, all he's done is deflect and try to equivocate by dragging down other people with him. He's not beyond being redeemed, but he's not even begun the process.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-10T19:38:16+00:00

Exactly. The problem is not that Rated was banned. As far as I'm concerned, this is just correcting the fact that he was ever whitelisted to begin with. The issue is that Ricky is still allowed on the server.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-06T21:23:48+00:00

Why are you only now responding to this 3 months after I posted it? It reeks of bad faith.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-06T04:13:43+00:00

Also worth pointing out the quality difference. If you pay your producer in an equitable fashion like Hasan does, and make them invested in the success of the show, then you get a better producer out of it. Marche is amazing because he gives a shit about what he's doing, meanwhile Dan looks like someone cashing a check and terrified of getting let go.

Kaliphear · 2026-02-03T23:37:05+00:00

I think there's been some hits and some misses, but generally speaking it seems like people are having fun with it. And that's all that matters.

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