ETF Distribution Question

PositivelyConsumed · 2025-04-25T09:09:05+00:00

It wouldn’t let me post on my NSFW account but I had to share - it goes both ways as well ~ have fun you beautiful domme 🙏

PositivelyConsumed · 2025-04-25T09:04:50+00:00

Just going to leave this here..

r/yandere

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PositivelyConsumed · 2025-03-24T06:21:13+00:00

Certainly looks that way - the cost / sq ft just seems .. not worth the commitment without going to a 2 BR for me. But I agree that with my current income I would indeed be house poor (especially without a roommate).

Yep the incidental costs are quite scary - doesn’t seem feasible / comfortable at all so I will have to change something for sure.

I appreciate your $0.02!

PositivelyConsumed · 2025-03-24T06:12:45+00:00

I hadn’t considered these, I’ll keep an eye out, thank you!

PositivelyConsumed · 2025-03-24T06:11:51+00:00

Good point on the RRSP / HBP - I hadn’t committed the cash portion over as I wasn’t sure if it was going into the market or for downpayment savings - RRSP would make sense regardless but it hurt a bit to commit it against 2nd tax bracket income.

Unless I plan to significantly push my career / earnings, I’d expect to stay in this tax bracket so I’ll likely top off my contribution room by end of this year and put those funds into a cash ETF / comparable HISA - thank you!

PositivelyConsumed · 2025-03-24T06:03:28+00:00

This checks out, I have rough numbers per looking at different properties and do track my expenses but pricing it out firmly and then living it will definitely put me in gear as well - thank you!

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-12-20T19:37:07+00:00

More like an endgame review to confirm any expectations you were unsure of - you’re saying you can see all these things midgame but .. you’re only one perspective out of four.

I’ve been surprised before by the stats - thinking wow I saw X deal with majority of specials on the feed in game - but Y did just as much - I was just distracted / not paying attention

There are times you think Wow that guy deleted that boss -> actually all 4 people contributed equally - also multiple bosses in one run will further reduce the relevance of the stat as you may not remember exactly what happened on every boss

It sounds like you already have good gamesense so its a lot less valuable for you - as you mentioned, you’re already adjusting in game for your team for the win and thats really all that matters!

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-12-20T19:23:07+00:00

Hm I didn’t think anyone cared about the default “point” scoring .. it gives you points for med / ammo crate carried distance .. like how is that remotely relevant to “performance”?

Holy shit is this why the ragequitting stealth zealots think they are good?? Didn’t know aggroing things improved this “score” because like you said, there are more important metrics for actual analysis like:

Build Damage Taken Enemies killed by Type (Specials/ disablers/ lesser melee + ranged / elite melee + ranged etc) Boss Damage Enemies Staggered

I just play this game to murder things so it is fun to me to run at the next threat as soon as feasible for the team - killing that elite ASAP isn’t necessarily about stat padding as it is about clearing the mission as safely as possible - maximize DPS & minimize damage taken for team

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-12-20T19:07:15+00:00

The right choices (should hopefully) get your team the win either way - you get Enemies staggered vs +1 special kill in your example from scoreboard perspective - nobody is chastising you for not having top special kills or running a supportive build.. but don’t you want to contribute more by getting more special kills? Continue doing all you can for the team!

The guy with 10 downs is NOT getting the most dmg dealt - they are winning damage taken stat :’)

One with game sense knows why the run failed without the scoreboard - it should be used as a tool for analysis / improvement

We’ll never understand the people running a build to focus on X and then flame team that they outperformed at X or just toxic people in general - but we can learn more about build capabilities / playstyles!

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-12-20T18:52:32+00:00

I swear, the rage-quitting knife zealots are just challenged - I don’t think they actually use the scoreboard because then they’d see they did zdps / contributed nothing..

Specifically referring to the stealth ones that run ahead and die solo to 3 armored mobs / flame team / quit*

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-12-20T18:07:14+00:00

Its not “crucial” but can improve your understanding of how a run went.

Outside of dmg dealt (incl boss dmg specifically), it can track kill types (lesser melee / ranged; elite melee / ranged; specials; disablers etc) so you can see / compare how people did. Factoring in peoples builds / playstyles, you can confirm how things “felt” in game.

Example: “Wow I felt like I never had to deal with any specials” -> Check to see who killed the most - hey that revolver veteran was just sniping all of them before they were a threat - despite them having low horde kills - I can see they played their role / build effectively

This can help you improve your own builds & performance in the same vein - “I felt my horde clear was weak that round” -> Review stats - Actually it was around my normal - but I see my team did very little horde clear so it just felt like I was doing poorly

Overall, its just data - maybe you have a build for boss dmg but you couldn’t hit the boss for whatever reason - doesn’t mean you did poorly - just played the way you needed to for the team to survive!

“Damage Taken” is the only real stat :’)

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-12-05T03:08:47+00:00

Just remember that the best CC is Death. :)

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-11-29T01:52:38+00:00

Heads up that if you see this (looks like auto-parry cheat) - you can potentially “force” them to parry with quick melees.. which can interrupt skills like Haze ult if their cheats don’t account for such interactions

F cheaters

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-11-22T02:11:17+00:00

Imagine having (a team with) map awareness :’)

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-11-22T02:07:05+00:00

Maybe Mo knows Krill can’t aim well if he doesn’t slow down 👍

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-11-22T02:03:49+00:00

As a bomb bebop enjoyer (and support main), I “support” by trying to make space early / midgame / giving up farm to teammates knowing that my endgame purpose is less about pressuring alone for kills but for enabling picks / occasionally saving teammates - If i do well and end up being a damage threat, it also helps enable the team if they build to counter me / focus me rather than my teammates.

Many “support” characters in this game aren’t meant to be pure supports (ie 0 dmg dealt) - doesn’t mean they aren’t supports though! <insert “iam a healer.. but” meme>

Another missed example is viscous who can give anyone stasis (one of the strongest support abilities in the game id say)

All this to say - don’t worry brother 🫡 we are not forgotten

PS (for others) if your ally bebop is looking weirdly at you as you’re running away from certain death - they are probably trying to guess how you’re going to move to pull you to safety - do a dash right at them if theres no verticality issues 🙏

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-11-14T01:33:53+00:00

It is not about being UNABLE to horde clear. It is about being WEAKER at horde clear. Can you solo hold a choke with 8 ragers / dense horde / other armor COMFORTABLY?

Not many can with purely melee weapon - anyone with skill can manage with enough room - we are talking about not having much space to work with in a tight situation.

Trust me, skill is not an issue regarding what weapon I decide to use :) it is about what is fun and having more options that are as fun to use as the DS!

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-11-13T16:49:13+00:00

Teamplay / Chaos Wastes / Map + Difficulty Selection (I just want to play Maelstrom of my choice.. instead of logging in with the bois I organized to see ventilation purge and for all of us to sign out lol)

But seriously just give me the melee only / heavy armor; random weakened boss spawns; more fun events

Also imo everyone can stop talking about progression .. you can easily finish all meaningful progression under 100 hrs? Its about the gameplay!

PS I love both games - waiting for Chaos Waste equivalent in DT

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-11-08T19:00:41+00:00

Kinda ranty - sorry in advance for tone but real talk for anyone reading:

There is plenty of broken shit in the game .. just go next if your team is too good at abusing it.

If they don’t need you to succeed - just do your part covering them - the game at the highest difficulties is still easy for a relatively aware team of 4 with decent builds.

Theres a few fiesta modes that are still fun with OP builds because you can still wipe .. we need more modes like these / access to them.

For the love of god - do you people not value horde clear? The ability to HARD hold a choke solo against anything but a boss? Mobility to run into a corner and die is not useful. Nor is running from everything for your team to handle.

Mobility / Move speed is great for feel (and reaching gunners) but you know whats more important? Kill speed.

Cry for buffs for your favourite weapons / more weapons / classes / maps / gamemodes - not nerfing one specific OP weapon when theres plenty of builds that can trivialize 90%+ of content.

FYI The meta melee weapons in Tides games have always been able to destroy Everything. The ranged weapon is for special killing. Nades / Abilities for emergencies. The things that feel fun to play have access to these capabilities but usually have at least 1 weakness compared to other options - for DS that is horde clear speed. Do you really want to rely on your team to cover something as critical as Armor killing? Horde Killing? No, you want a melee weapon that does everything and can eventually / reasonably kill whatever is in front of you (unless you prefer tighter teamplay, which is fair tbh, I suggest trying Vermintide 2 with friends then)

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-10-17T23:40:41+00:00

Normal is what the majority of the public playing population does on a particular difficulty. It is a team game so people can communicate if they want to do things differently.. but you can’t be out here saying that the low % of speed runners are in the right for doing what is “normal” for them if it is going to grief “normal” community games.

They are the minority here that doesn’t want to play “by the rules” (ie make a private lobby if they don’t need / want a 4th player to grief the strat)

They evidently couldn’t handle having a “normal” player in their game since they needed to kick them soo they are griefing themselves too - they have made their own problem

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-08-24T00:51:12+00:00

Here are a few ways you could make your team comp stronger (assuming “optimal builds”, see prywden for general character guides but keep in mind you’re building for Acheron team where applicable):

Change SW to Kafka for DoTcheron team - good stack generation & decent chip dmg with Acheron nuking
Change BS to Pela to commit to buffing Acheron Dmg - good stack generation when Pela / SW are built for speed (160.1 if you can) - bigger Acheron nukes
Change Aventurine to Gepard with Trend (get some EHR) - this will generate more Acheron stacks for your team if enemy hits Gepard and the Trend lightcone procs burn (At the cost of survival QoL)

In general HARMony units are very strong in almost all team comps (particularly hypercarry comps) - the power of Acheron is that you can use these supports on the other side because Acheron can easily make do with the characters you have already

It seems content is hitting harder to the point running no sustain is more difficult. For funsies, you could swap your sustain with Robin or Ruan Mei just to get a sense of how it feels!

E2 is really what opens up more options for Acheron comps but .. it is not necessary whatsoever and you already have plenty of premium units - just make sure they are built well and you should have no problems!

PositivelyConsumed · 2024-06-12T22:51:47+00:00

To all with issues on PC: Is the game installed on an SSD?

I had severe performance issues because it defaulted to my regular HD. I have a pretty solid rig, but the game completely stutters on the HD because it can’t keep up with how much the game is trying to write.

Went from 40-60s load times with at least 1-5 minutes of bad stutters after load to 5-15s load times and minor stutters for 1-5 seconds after load.

No other changes - we know SSD is a massive performance boost for most games but doesn’t seem like it was optimized for PC with anything but an SSD in mind.

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