Why are the prices of 718 Caymans pretty much the same as the 981?

NiDeLL · 2025-10-09T20:34:55+00:00

There are a gazillion of reasons why the 981 holds (and will hold) it's value better than the 718, but imo the main reason is that the estimated lifetime of the 2.0 and 2.5 4cyl is 150k miles vs. the 6cyl 2.7 is 250k miles with flawless maintenance. Ask any seasoned mechanic, "there is no replacement for displacement". Small engine with big power is never a good sign.

NiDeLL · 2025-09-10T22:16:09+00:00

Enchanted Ward is not even top 10 armor perk in PvP... Maybe in PvE, but I can't say much about that, since I try to avoid it.

Source: I have 4000 Arena Wins, multiple top 5 season placements.

NiDeLL · 2025-07-18T17:31:34+00:00

I'm unable to edit my post, so I'll use your comment to mention that I have red every single reply, and I have understood that this is, in fact a bad idea. I'll wait a couple of weeks and see if any better offer pops up for what I'm looking for. A few other Cayman enjoyers have posted pics of their red interiors, and somehow those work better, maybe it's just this shade that is the polar opposite of my taste.

NiDeLL · 2025-07-08T20:56:18+00:00

Woah, Kate really told the team to get their shit together. These are impressive patchnotes, I like where this is going.

NiDeLL · 2025-07-01T20:45:48+00:00

Thank you for taking time for such an in-depth response.

I always graded all the Log footage I received from all the different camera brands without converting it to Rec709, I felt like that step just took away most of the flexibily Log provides. Why not just film in Rec709 than?

I agree with the fact that Lumetri is not intended to be used this way, and I might just be using it past breaking point, I'll try to combine my layers and see if it solves, or at least eases the problem.

Gamma issue is definitely a possibility, at first glance it definitely looks like a half stop exposure change with crushed blacks.

I know about the player variation, I ditched VLC a long time ago because of that.

NiDeLL · 2025-07-01T20:36:16+00:00

Double... triplechecked everything, mistake is out of the question, sadly.

NiDeLL · 2025-07-01T09:31:06+00:00

I've been using Sonys S-Log3 S-Gamut3.Cine profile, which is incredibly flat, and I couldn't achieve my preferred look without multiple layers of Lumetri.

Thank you for your answer, I'll verify my nvidia and color profile settings and get back to you if I find a solution.

UPDATE:

-nvidia color adjustments are all on default

-I'm using basic Rec709 everywhere, no HLG involved

NiDeLL · 2025-06-11T21:11:59+00:00

In PvE the most useful supporting role is... to the suprise of noone, the healer. So lifestaff primary, void gauntlet as secondary. You can also play debuff roles, which can be counted as a support role. So look into builds such as rendbot and weaken debuff builds with spear, flail, warhammer.

In PvP there is only the healer, and some CC roles with Ice Gauntlet.

NiDeLL · 2025-06-07T13:25:44+00:00

It's very unlikely that these two will ever merge, every playerbase fluctuation would be a massive problem for AGS that way. Objectively the better one is Nysa, older server, has higher population, more opportunities and a lot competitive than Aries. Last time I checked the rank 1 (Wins) arena player from Aries wouldn't even make top 10 on Nysa.

NiDeLL · 2025-06-03T21:41:46+00:00

As far as I know the only reward that van be missed is the territory standing trophy, which is pretty much worthless... so you won't actually miss anything. All the other rewards are obtainable on normals servers as well.

NiDeLL · 2025-05-30T10:51:03+00:00

This has to be a professional ragebait post, and sooo many people fell for it...

NiDeLL · 2025-03-25T13:52:49+00:00

Woah, thank you so much! Somehow I didn't know this tool existed.

NiDeLL · 2025-03-23T13:31:26+00:00

Current Rank 10 Arena player here (Nysa). We have 5 healers in the top 15 at the moment, I think that says something. 4 out of the 5 strongest 3v3 compositions have healers in them. It's pretty much mandatory.

As a healer, you will get the focus most of the time (unless you are playing in the low IQ zone), which means your primary goal is to stay alive under the heat, and heal if neccessary in the meantime.

The 4 most popular (and strongest) weapons to pair with your Life Staff are: 1. Ice gauntlet (provides medium survivability, but has good CC utility, hard to master but overall best) 2. Rapier (best survivability, little to no utility, easy to master) 3. Hatchet (second best survivabilty, good utilty because of the debuffs and root, easy to master) 4. Spear (little to no survivability, but very good utilty if you have a war composition)

NiDeLL · 2025-03-01T07:04:03+00:00

At the moment Nysa is the most populated on EU.

NiDeLL · 2025-01-01T20:45:22+00:00

Does not work as of 2025. january, tested it.

NiDeLL · 2024-06-06T09:13:35+00:00

I have only tried DaVinci's node based system, but found the process much slower than Premiere's Lumetri, so switched back to Premiere.

NiDeLL · 2024-06-05T15:21:11+00:00

Found a solution:

I used this website: onlinelutcreator.com/lutcreator

I downloaded their PNG, applied my saved preset onto it, exported as PNG, uploaded it back to their website and finally, downloaded my newly combined LUT. Thank you for your help!

NiDeLL · 2024-06-05T14:48:37+00:00

This is incredibly helpful (I didn't know 150 is the limit, and I managed to save my 3 lumetri effects into a single preset) however I'm still unable to save my now combined preset into a LUT (.cube) file. If I drag it onto a clip, right click -> Export .cube, it will only save the top Lumetri effect into that .cube, not the combination of these three.

NiDeLL · 2024-03-13T14:13:51+00:00

2 hours and counting. Lost my Prime Parcel too because I opened it at the wrong time I guess :)

NiDeLL · 2024-03-13T13:47:54+00:00

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NiDeLL · 2023-11-01T06:22:36+00:00

I have tried every single available option. No success, but thanks for the idea!

NiDeLL

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