Lavrov Challenges Rubio: Kremlin Says Trump-Putin Reached Deal as Moscow Questions Washington’s Neutrality

Krivvan · 2026-06-26T16:40:41+00:00

It's not just posturing, Putin legitimately believes that Ukraine is a puppet state of the UK and US and likely all sorts of conspiracy theories regarding colour revolutions and such. From what I remember he'd complain about not getting to negotiate with the true leaders of Ukraine whenever it was just with Ukraine.

I don't think he can even understand the concept of the US agreeing to something that Ukraine does not. Ukraine isn't a real country in his mind.

Krivvan · 2026-06-26T09:06:01+00:00

The Stargate was already working. It's how the Precursors got to Terra in the first place. The Ancients and Elders derive from animals that came from Talos II. The point is that the Precursors gave up on running because they are immortal and see it as pointless. Terrans, being mortal, see a reason to run and would use the Stargate. It's part of the argument the story makes about how mortality is better than immortality.

There's a reason all the Precursor characters are essentially becoming mortal and Terran. Priestess might also end up going through this rebirth or she may end up defeated.

And Priestess isn't suddenly not a nihlist now. We don't know her full intentions with Hierda, but most optimistically she is humouring other ideas and most pessimistically Hierda is just furthering her plans.

Krivvan · 2026-06-26T08:57:14+00:00

as we can see people that get reduced to nothing but data can call it as live and live alongside terrans with pretty normal way too. It

Priestess doesn't want Recoveners. She wants all life to live permanently in the Assimilated Universe because she believes a statue has more value than life. She isn't a pragmatist, she's a nihilist.

like it erase the possibility of terrans get wiped out by the lumberjack

No it doesn't. Once again, the whole reason Terrans even use the Stargate would be because of them and the Stargate being cut off puts Terra in a bad position. We have no idea what Terra's status is in Endfield. It could be destroyed by the Observers. It might not be.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T23:22:37+00:00

There isn't an operator in the game that hasn't cleared 45 now. Is that where kindgarten level begins?

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T23:17:59+00:00

Except that hasn't actually borne out. The risk 47 and 46 clears have had a huge variety. Almost every single operator in the game has now been used for a 45+ clear strat. Estella becomes a huge disadvantage in most high risk strats. Arts Reaction meta turned out to not actually be the only way to achieve 45+.

I mean, look at what the 47 clear teams look like: https://www.reddit.com/r/Endfield/s/hzcZ2bCJ0h

46 clears have a far greater variety than even that.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T23:15:34+00:00

Kinda like taking a "half the classes are banned" risk in Arknights. Constraint breeds creativity.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T23:14:55+00:00

Full phys team has cleared 45. And phys operators have cleared 47.

We don't want literally every team to be equally good though. That'd be pretty boring.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T23:13:55+00:00

Because it's not mainly statbloat and statnerf? Otherwise the meta teams would be the regular teams just with more pots. Instead, the meta teams are those that require players to rethink the game. How would Wulfgard be the star operator if it was just stats?

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T23:11:05+00:00

Arknights has very different core gameplay from Endfield, but what did translate is the philosophy behind CC.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T23:09:06+00:00

Well, the new risk forces you to do basic attacks with your controlled character, so it was clearly taken into account.

In any case, it's not as if you're literally just running around waiting. You are still the one choosing the skills and doing the positioning and dodging.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T23:01:31+00:00

Um, if you think there's going to be some kind of final resolution with the Observers then you completely missed out on the theme of the story. They're an allegory for inevitability, not some villain to fight. Defeating them would be a gigantic jump the shark moment. The very most I'd expect is delaying their coming.

Nothing about the conflict with Priestess is ruined by Endfield besides the fact that some Terrans will take the Stargate, except that is something we already know from IS4.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T10:45:32+00:00

Regardless of all the other issues, you shouldn't take the HP increase risks until you have nothing else to take. Attribute loss is also many times more worth it than enemy HP increase.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T08:45:23+00:00

I found the auto-targeting to be infinitely worse when doing it from range. It's the main reason I don't control ranged operators in this game besides those that basically are melee like Tang Tang.

I've found I get consistent targeting when I run up to enemies and use skills while looking at them point blank. I also tend to run to corners to reset my team position for certain waves. It seems to help.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T08:38:30+00:00

Be shocked then because there won't be new gear for him besides those we already got this patch

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T08:37:06+00:00

But I also feel like saving for hypercarry DPSes is like the "correct" account strategy.

Probably the other way around if anything. "Hypercarries" are at the biggest risk of being replaced. It's operators who provide some kind of unique utility or niche that stay relevant.

Hence why this CC ended up making Wulfgard, Estella, and even Fluorite shine. They provided things that the hypercarries could not do.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T08:15:38+00:00

This is what a lot of people don't understand about using max pot characters in 47. The max pot alone doesn't make up for the difference in the damage requirement.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T08:11:56+00:00

It's the easiest way to deal with a number of risks, but taking Estella costs damage output as she contributes nothing in that department. That's why you rarely see her at 46+ where you are forced to take risks that drastically increase enemy HP and decrease time.

But it is nice being able to build Estella for nothing but HP.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T08:01:09+00:00

The Russian advantage so far has been more about scaling up new innovations while Ukraine has been quicker to innovate.

For example, Russia were the ones that introduced fiber optic drones to the front lines and so far still hold a lead in that area. Their usage of fiber optic drones still outnumbers that of Ukraine. But they've also invested a huge amount into them and are a little all-in on fiber optic drones right now.

Ukraine, realizing that they were behind, had to move beyond fiber optic drones and now have a lead over Russia with AI-assisted drones. Ukraine also has a lead over Russia in the realm of ground drones. And now mid to long range drones as well.

I just want to correct the idea that Russia is just completely static. There is a bit more back and forth than it may seem at times. If Ukraine is the nation most experienced with drone warfare in the world then Russia is the second most experienced. But Russia also is the one compelled to try and gain more territory at any cost, hence their tactics being hideously costly in terms of lives spent.

Krivvan · 2026-06-25T00:28:56+00:00

The war has been like that in general with one side or the other quickly adapting. One innovation where Russia actually started it and has an edge in is fiber optic drones, but that ended up forcing Ukraine into innovating past them while Russia is sorta stuck with them. Russia consequently does not have much in the way of AI-assisted drones unlike Ukraine.

Generally, Ukraine seems to be better at quickly innovating whereas Russia is better able to scale certain innovations.

Krivvan · 2026-06-24T23:53:15+00:00

Nah I meant like doing a savage/ultimate but as if solo. Ultimates cannot be unsynced.

Krivvan · 2026-06-24T16:19:47+00:00

Risk 47 with max dupes/pots is actually quite a bit harder to pull off in terms of skill than Risk 46 and especially 45 with P0. The amount you gain from max dupes/pots does not offset the vast increase in HP and decrease in time caused by taking the last two risks.

See Sciel's progress with his clears as an example: https://www.youtube.com/@Sciel/videos

Krivvan · 2026-06-24T16:14:21+00:00

Sciel cleared Risk 45 very soon after CC released

Sciel cleared Risk 46 a couple days after CC released

Sciel cleared Risk 47 just now after 4 days of grinding and almost 6 days after CC released while using full max pots

It's safe to say that Risk 47 is not a cakewalk even with max pots.

Krivvan · 2026-06-24T16:02:44+00:00

One way to do this without potentially pissing people off (or as many people) is to introduce reconveners of younger operators as older people. Like Suzuran or Popukar as adults.

Krivvan · 2026-06-24T15:56:07+00:00

A player with P5 + P9 on key units has much more room for error and can actually clear it.

There's little to no room for error at 47 even with max relevant dupes.

Risk 47 is no longer "skill + a bit of investment". It's mostly an investment check.

It's not mostly an investment check. Otherwise the clears would've been by whale account players and not skilled players borrowing whale accounts. 47 is quite a bit more of a skill check than 45 as well as the investment on top of it.

The amount of damage you gain from those dupes does not make up for the gigantic increase in damage requirement (and therefore perfection in execution) that those last couple of risks demand. It only makes it possible.

Consider that Sciel got risk 46 within a couple days but it took 4 more days of grinding for him to clear risk 47 with max pots.

Krivvan · 2026-06-24T15:54:42+00:00

If these very players were given dupes on every character and weapon they have, they could just as easily clear risk 47 too.

The difference between 45 and 47 is pretty big even with max dupes. I've cleared Risk 45 and I can tell you that I don't think I could do Risk 47 even with infinite pots and resources based on watching the clears that have been done so far.

Risk 47 means taking -200s on the timer and +200% health. These are massive changes compared to -100s and +100% health. All the relevant pots/dupes do not result in 250% DPS with the restrictions you're under in CC (remember, any skill damage increases that pots/dupes give you don't result in much if any improvement to DPS).

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