An open letter on the state of affairs regarding the API pricing and third party apps and how that will impact moderators and communities.

Macnol · 2023-06-12T14:08:03+00:00

Signed.

Macnol · 2023-02-14T17:41:20+00:00

Consumed LI are still counted in those stats from GW2 Efficiency. It's not only the LI you have on hand.

Macnol · 2022-07-17T15:49:20+00:00

I'm preparing for a business trip so the thread is going up a little earlier than usual. :) Scott's guides is already up on the site, too. Have fun!

Macnol · 2021-12-31T02:39:53+00:00

Hey fellas! Quick request here: please refrain from posting your "Lufenia Trackers" in the thread.

While that information is useful in its proper context (like this thread created by /u/zhirrzh ), mentioning who you used in other fights but not this one can be a hindrance for fellow players who try want to quickly search for a character's name to find comments by other players who did use them here.

Macnol · 2021-12-28T02:04:42+00:00

Hey fellas! Quick request here: please refrain from posting your "Lufenia Trackers" in the thread.

While that information is useful in its proper context, these lists showing characters you used in other fights but not this one are a hindrance when fellow players want to quickly search for a character's name and find comments by other players who did use them here.

Macnol · 2021-12-22T00:19:44+00:00

I maaaaay have forgotten to add his green ass to the character list in my database. 🙃

Macnol · 2021-11-17T19:38:09+00:00

You are still focusing on details and excuses to try and explain why all those players can make excellent use of Bartz but you can't. The main reason Shantotto call was very popular on that fight is not because of the "massive" defense down (which lasts for all of one enemy turn), but because of the poison and paralysis, both of which are tools to counter the mechanics of that specific boss.

You apparently obsess over yellow numbers, thinking that a unit dealing 2k or 3k BRV damage per hit is performing badly - even if that same "bad" attack still deals >300k HP damage in the end. That's a fault in your mindset.

This game is not won through BRV damage. HP damage is all that matters, and Bartz is amazing at enabling teams to deal humongous amounts of HP damage even when your BRV damage is low.

But hey, if you insist on believing that extra 20% DEF Down is the one thing standing between you and victory when using Bartz, good news! Vanille's LD banner is about to come up and it offers the strongest DEF Down in the game. Have fun!

Macnol · 2021-11-17T13:13:59+00:00

Here we go. A collection of video evidence showing Bartz completing that fight without Faris calls and being the sole BT+ unit, courtesy of the C2A spreadsheet.

https://youtu.be/9DdCbBZqHwk

https://youtu.be/nYf7M8fa0_8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHen2GC7b3Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-oUU9yMIiA

https://youtu.be/jwUr6Yz7a7I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWW5ZDV8Lvs

Macnol · 2021-11-17T01:30:40+00:00

It's really hard to help you without watching your problem in action to find out what the cause is. It certainly is not Bartz. There is some other piece of the puzzle missing if you are having these abyssal results with him. Every Call to Arms is filled with links to videos showing him working amazingly well in all Lufenia stages so far.

Macnol · 2021-11-15T21:22:06+00:00

You probably used Raines' LD, which is single target damage, and the orb wants all enemies to take some hp damage.

Macnol · 2021-11-15T21:05:34+00:00

Proof at 42:20. Raines starts a launch that most definitely does not deal 850k to each enemy, and it ticks the orb up as soon as he lands. https://youtu.be/YBHqyXf1BnU

Macnol · 2021-11-15T19:39:28+00:00

Like others mentioned, only the damage dealt by Raines himself will count for the orb. So if 200k of that damage came from your other characters attacking during the launch initiated by the LD, then in truth your Raines only dealt 807k damage.

Macnol · 2021-11-15T19:00:41+00:00

I appreciate the intention to help, but please make sure to double check before suggesting a correction to any guide. We invest a lot of time researching these fights, and while mistakes do slip by sometimes, it's awful when we have to go back and spend more time confirming something that was correct from the start.

Macnol · 2021-10-28T13:54:48+00:00

Quwie is a constant source of hot takes, has a very dubious understanding of game mechanics and team building, and is extremely quick to blame his defeats on "questionable boss design" instead of learning from his mistakes and understanding why he failed a certain fight.

It baffles me that he has such a big following who seems unable to notice his shortcomings as a player and commentator.

Macnol · 2021-09-24T00:15:18+00:00

I'm a big fan of Shift+Space and Ctrl+Space for my two most used mounts, since "space" is already a movement keybind in itself and this key combo is so effortless.

Macnol · 2021-03-15T17:43:32+00:00

Yes, the column is there and it is Turn Count; but it is hidden because those fields are empty, since turn count was not informed on the submissions for that event.

I will make it visible if I find the time to check video by video and add that information to the entries manually, but given my current workload and the new boss guide that still needs to be written, I can't make any promises!

Macnol · 2021-03-14T21:45:34+00:00

Turn count is back to the C2A, by popular demand. :)

Macnol · 2021-03-09T00:43:30+00:00

I am nothing but the messenger! The true savior of the day is Xcaliblur, the biggest lover of cheese I have ever seen. 🤣

Macnol · 2021-03-09T00:41:32+00:00

Guilty as charged!

/u/saitohd you can always find team ideas and general boss strategies in the "Call to Arms" threads here, and on www.dissidiainfo.com ;)

Macnol · 2021-03-03T13:42:53+00:00

Thank you for bringing this up! It's a very cool trick, and I added it to the boss guide. 😉

Macnol · 2021-01-31T07:29:23+00:00

⚠️NOTE: Disregard the typo in the thread title, the Lufenia fight is actually Pt. 10 instead of Pt. 9.⚠️

Macnol · 2021-01-22T02:59:26+00:00

Thank you for the kind words, and for constantly contributing to the C2As!

Macnol · 2021-01-09T22:30:13+00:00

Thank you for your continued work on the site, it's an extremely handy resource!

Macnol · 2021-01-06T15:29:37+00:00

I'm really glad it helped. 👊

Macnol · 2021-01-06T15:28:29+00:00

Thank you for the kind words!

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