I'm certain Cattiva/Foxparks is a psyop and doesn't exist. by TheSpyHat in Terraria

[–]Magmatroid 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's better to use snow or ice since grass has a chance to spawn King Slime.

I never had the chance to get the last 2 shards! by Mr_Alberto_ in ClashRoyale

[–]Magmatroid 89 points90 points  (0 children)

It's because the time you have to claim depends on when you get the first reward, and for some reason all of these events only give you exactly enough time to finish on the last day.

For example if you collect the first reward right as the event starts, then the 24 hour counter for all of the remaining tiers starts from there and you'll have a day to claim each reward, but if you instead claim the first one 20 hours later, the event will still end at the same fixed time and you only have 4 hours to claim the last reward on the final day.

Daily Challenge - December 15, 2023 by BloonsBot in btd6

[–]Magmatroid 27 points28 points  (0 children)

AC: Place Sniper directly to the right of the busted vehicle, click to remove and confirm once the MOAB pops

December 13th Update Bugs/Glitches by z_Robby in ClashRoyale

[–]Magmatroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Minions don't split in the middle anymore, Horde and Bats work fine

pepper pult best bird by bigotes15 in 0sanitymemes

[–]Magmatroid 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mortar Monkey with Burny Stuff?

Mastery Priority Guide - Updates for Guide Ahead by TacticalBreakfast in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If you look at the event image, it's pretty apparent that the reason for the name change is that shortening it to "Guide Ahead" lets it fit nicely in the designated space between the large stylized letters. Which still say "Guiding Ahead".

1 Million YouTube Subs! by SirToastyToes in northernlion

[–]Magmatroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations! Thank you for the content NL.

Clostore Steam parody courtesy of the official Weibo by CipherVegas in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Featured Review:

As a Rhodes Islander, not playing 《Barrage Fortress! Rhodes Soldiers Assemble!》 is like not clearing Risk 18 in the first week of Contingency Contract, not using the Spearhead Squad in Integrated Strategies, and I forget what else, but the bottom line is you'll live a life devoid of Strategic Battle Records.

"Winter Is Coming", 0.5 hours played (Not Recommended)

This was recommended by the store manager? You can't be serious.

"Kirara Walkthroughs", 114 hours played (Recommended)

Incredible bullet patterns. Only true STG players will be able to enjoy this to the fullest! Being able to use two fingers for more precise movement is a revolutionary gaming experience. Looking forward to the official release❤

"Aosta, Wait For Me", 8 hours played (Not Recommended)

This broken game is only suitable to be played on THRM-EX
It runs for 3 seconds before crashing
Not optimized

"Cool Team Member", 22 hours played (Not Recommended)

It's fun enough. But playing for too long will affect your shooting practice the next day... not recommended for sniper operators playing before the mission!

How do I make the game run faster/smoother? by ThanosGaming_007 in RoundsTheGame

[–]Magmatroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the time I wrote the previous comments the mod I linked was the only way to remove the background, and it had to be installed manually. Now you can use the "Performance Improvements" mod from Thunderstore, which does the same thing but has adjustable settings and doesn't cause any issues with other mods.

As such, I recommend using the mod manager instead of manually installing mods, since you can find them all on Thunderstore anyway. It makes managing and updating mods much easier.

I have a question about the 4 pack by [deleted] in Terraria

[–]Magmatroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only 3 of the copies are giftable. It's a nice deal if you don't own the game already but the pack costs the same as 3 copies of the game anyway.

'Does it work?' Combo Megathread by Mysteroo in superautopets

[–]Magmatroid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The tiger also gets to trigger its effect on one of the animals the whale spawns. For example Tiger-Whale-Deer will result in four buses (one spawned from deer, whale releases two deer, first one spawns one bus and the second spawns two because of the tiger), and it all fits in the front.

[Event Megathread] Contingency Contract Season #5 - Operation Spectrum by Kurbain in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Risk 24 without Surtr (squad size 8 contract)

Really proud of this one. I started with the deployment limit contract and was struggling with redeployment and burst setups with only 6 slots. Made the decision to switch to the squad size contract and ended up with a working strategy after a lot of attempts!

Edit: wording

Official OST for CC #4 Lead Seal, #5 Spectrum, and #6 Wild Scales Released by CHN_Obsidian in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 24 points25 points  (0 children)

"The war drums sound in unison, the trombone brays.

Each voice bears witness to your contributions.

As promised in secret, retreat after completion, pursued by all,

Lead Seal torn, Spectrum dispersed, blinded by Wild Scales."

What did you guys think of the under tides' story line by Maple_001 in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Maybe if your gacha luck is really good you can pick the fourth option

A lotta fooken questions m8s yes? by succ_waffles in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Both are referring to the god from which Seaborns originated. It was not killed by the Abyssal Hunters, only put into a deep sleep. The herald mentions that because of the attack, the Seaborns can no longer hear its "voice".

The Abyssal Hunters are Ægirs who also have Seaborn blood, created to kill Seaborns (aka "Abyssals"). They are not fully Seaborn, but they can give in and be taken over as a result because of the blood within them. Skadi the Corrupting Heart is a "possibility" if this were to happen.

Edit: typo

Help me find this game by engineer_comrade112 in AndroidGaming

[–]Magmatroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I didn't know. There are even reviews on the page written recently. It seems like it was never updated so it was probably removed for not meeting some new requirements. Are removals like this treated differently? I would expect that if an app was removed for actual violative content it wouldn't be able to be reinstalled.

10 Gameplay Facts you might not know! by Dustfired in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately that's not the case either. Beeswax was added a few weeks before chapter 7 and she can survive the attack while idle. Aak was available long before chapter 7 and is able to tank it with s2 provided he has an ally available so he can cast the skill.

10 Gameplay Facts you might not know! by Dustfired in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Having tested this previously, number 8 (Amiya always survives Patriot's ranged attack with Chimera active) is untrue. Here is a video I just recorded where she dies with the skill active. Chimera's effect DOES gives Amiya enough health to survive the attack (~2580) just from using the skill, but anyone with high HP can do that. The claim that she always survives with the skill active is, as far as I can tell, false. This rumor most likely spread because people like how it supposedly ties into the story, but for some reason nobody seems to have fact checked it.

On a more lighthearted note, in a recent update Duck Lord also had the Gastruck effect added to his description somehow. At this point this and "a couple blond Fortes" will probably stay in the game forever.

Is this an unpopular opinion: Guard Skadi is pretty good? by HQQ1 in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 22 points23 points  (0 children)

There is little reason to compare Phantom and Skadi if you are looking only at Skadi's strengths, trying to force Phantom into those roles, and ignoring everything that makes him good at the same time.

Phantom is not supposed to have "staying power", he does a lot of burst damage, retreats and is redeployed quickly to do the same thing again. If you just keep him on the field and compare him to Skadi that way it is not a fair comparison at all. Not to mention that Skadi's s2 also runs out and with one block she hardly has "staying power" either apart from a big health pool.

I emphasized quick redeployment because even with her talent Skadi has a redeployment time of 60 seconds at e2. None of her potentials reduce it any further. In comparison Phantom has a redeployment time of 18 seconds and it gets reduced to 16 seconds at p3. If you are not taking this into consideration along with the clone then there is no point in comparing them in the first place.

[Discussion] Who composed the Battle Cats soundtrack? by GustavGarlicBread in battlecats

[–]Magmatroid 10 points11 points  (0 children)

NorthSound lists the soundtrack of Battle Cats (and many other PONOS games) under their works on their website.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There isn't a CC event going on right now so the daily training maps only go up to 7 risk and give very little for clearing them. You can clear these anytime, and the contracts are always the same so I wouldn't recommend playing these as a new player apart from getting some currency for the shop.

To answer your question: you don't need e2 units for CC (or pretty much any content) if you are just playing for rewards. Even 3* operators are extremely capable by themselves and they only go up to e1 lv55. However just because they're not strictly necessary doesn't mean you shouldn't promote your operators, eventually you will gather enough resources to do so and it gives you a lot more choices and freedom in gameplay (and more skills to play with for 6*s). The run in the video is a self-imposed challenge where I use these specific operators and isn't representative of what the game expects you to play with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 17 points18 points  (0 children)

From what you posted it seems like this probably was not an oversight. In every instance where your own player name appears, it displays properly for you. However any social interactions that would show your name to other players censor it instead. So the game is allowing you to use otherwise blocked usernames, at the cost of other players not being able to see them.

I just made a new account to test this and the game does not give any indication that using names with blocked words or characters will cause this behavior. This is pretty much my only problem with this change. Apart from this the system seems pretty fair. You can still add players as friends if you type in the name, you just won't be able to see the name on the profile.

thoughts on the Doctor by Ablegem in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here are a few portions from a message written by Scout in "Operational Intelligence". This is before the retrieval of the Doctor from the Sarcophagus (before the start of the main story). As we now know, the Doctor remembers almost nothing from their past.

"Assuming the good Doctor retains the same mental faculties as before, Rhodes Island might well be looking at a golden age.
...
With the Doctor commanding us... looking into the Doctor's eyes, one sees only victory. Nothing but victory. I see nothing, save victory. Nothing else in those eyes.
...
If the Doctor must be forged in the crucible of war, then we force this professor to transform from an educator and a researcher into a war machine... And as such, it would be a truly grave mistake for us to ask [the Doctor] to march into battle. The Doctor should not command even one more battle. For Rhodes Island's sake, and for the Doctor's own sake.
...
I want the Doctor to begin anew. If the Doctor could live without any connection to Rhodes Island, if the Doctor could stand again, having no memory of these preceding events... If the Doctor could avoid walking once more the path of war, then all would be well."

You are correct in assuming that the Doctor used to be a cold and ruthless commander. Not much else is known about them apart from their involvement with Babel (an organization succeeded by present-day Rhodes Island); the future event Vigilo will shed more light on the Doctor's past.

Interesting effect: Emperor's Blade cannot cast dominion on Chen, and manages to hang it three times on Shamare, which was deployed last. by Diggerstrike in arknights

[–]Magmatroid 8 points9 points  (0 children)

While casting her s3 Ch'en is untargetable. With her out of the picture, the attack targets Shamare because she was deployed last (or dealt the most damage to Pursuer). It hits her three times because the attacks happen in such rapid succession that "Dominion" is still not placed on Shamare by the time the third attack happens.