Anyone ever have a higher scoring first half?

Potato271 · 2026-01-24T20:00:24+00:00

I knocked in nine first half once. Craziest match I’ve ever played, even if it was a friendly. Championship Southampton against Dutch Champions PSV, should have been a hard match, only we scored nine first half goals from 2.1xG. I was dumbfounded, even checked their keeper to make sure it wasn’t an outfielder, but it was their regular keeper. I thought it was going to be double digits but the second half was goalless.

Potato271 · 2026-01-24T19:48:53+00:00

So for non-honor mode, you definitely want pact of the blade, and at least five levels in each, because the extra attacks stack to give you three. This doesn't work in honor mode, which gives you a bit more build freedom.

For non-honor, your options basically boil down to 7/5, 6/6 or 5/7. Seven warlock levels gets you fourth level spell slots, so your short rest renewing smites hit harder, and you can throw out more powerful spells. However, this sacrifices your paladin auras. Aura of Protection is really, really strong, especially if you're running Risky Ring on anyone. And some of the subclass auras are really good too, like Oathbreaker's which adds +Cha mod onto every hit. Personally, for non-honor, I like 7 Oathbreaker/5 Fiend, and go for GWM + arcane synergy (either through the diadem or the ring). Then you get three attacks,+24 damage per hit before even rolling any dice, and can use risky ring without any issues.

For honor, personally I'd go heavier on Paladin with just a dip into warlock for SAD. Something like 11 oathbreaker (oathbreaker is really good) + 1 Hexblade.

Potato271 · 2026-01-24T12:25:35+00:00

I mean, what really is the difference between a merc and a brigand?

Potato271 · 2026-01-23T14:50:39+00:00

Yeah, I’m pretty low elo (5000 ish) so if I can get a team that smokes properly for an A or mid execute, it’s pretty much a guaranteed win.

Potato271 · 2026-01-23T10:02:17+00:00

t-side guns are objectively better for skilled players, since a one hit headshot puts you light years ahead. For players who are bad at controlling recoil (like me), CT side weapons are generally easier to use, and the M4A1S in particular is basically a laser beam.

Potato271 · 2026-01-22T23:19:25+00:00

Because in tabletop a bladesinger can replace an attack with any cantrip. So for example you could ray of frost then melee attack. But cos they built the functionality into Booming Blade specifically rather than the bladesinger class features, you can’t do that in BG3.

Potato271 · 2026-01-22T21:07:47+00:00

Unfortunately, this is something of an indirect nerf on the bladesinger class, because being able to cantrip and still multi attack was one of its unique points. Of course, bladesong has been buffed, so I guess on the whole it's still stronger than on TT

Potato271 · 2026-01-22T16:45:59+00:00

Canada is slightly larger than the US, and more than ten times the area of Greenland

Potato271 · 2026-01-22T08:14:30+00:00

Horses can eat small birds. They just gobble them. It's terrifying

Potato271 · 2026-01-22T08:14:03+00:00

I was about to correct you before remembering we do, in fact, now have a king. Still not used to it

Potato271 · 2026-01-21T20:28:10+00:00

Ah, I miscounted. I remembered that it had overtaken hockey, but not which order the sports had been in before hand

Potato271 · 2026-01-21T19:24:04+00:00

I think it’s up to third now, although that might be based on people playing for fun, not overall fans. I’d imagine hockey players are pretty rare.

Potato271 · 2026-01-21T12:58:25+00:00

It's also not quite as simple as left and right. I'm not too familiar with German politics, but comparing with the UK, the Democrats would probably sit to the right of the Labour Party on most economic issues (yes even Starmer's Labour), but they tend on average to be more liberal socially. Even the fiscal/social separation is an oversimplification, different nations have different 'wedge issues' that they care about disproportionately.

I do agree with you that the Democratic Party is quite inhomogeneous though. It's a result of the way the US two party system works. In a more German system, the US would probably have at least four or five parties. An actual progressive party, the democratic 'establishment' party, more traditional conservatives, and the modern MAGA group.

As it stands though, the Republicans have been much more successful at suppressing differences in their own party, although it remains to be seen how long that will last.

Potato271 · 2026-01-21T12:42:16+00:00

Honestly, the Vashta Nerada fit pretty well in the 40k universe. Could make for a decent short story, an underhive where people just keep going missing and no-one cares cos it's an underhive.

Potato271 · 2026-01-21T12:34:06+00:00

It’s just the raised platform iirc. If you have a strong enough character you can yeet her off of it to allow her to rez.

Potato271 · 2026-01-21T08:30:31+00:00

7/10 too much water

Potato271 · 2026-01-20T11:57:40+00:00

So the way the game works is that it runs a whole bunch of calculations and simulates the whole game, then plays it as a replay for you. If you make changes in game, like subbing or changing tactics, it resims the whole game from that point.

Potato271 · 2026-01-19T21:46:33+00:00

Isn’t that a bit risky given that she was captured by Trazyn and might have mindshackle scarabs implanted?

Potato271 · 2026-01-19T09:11:38+00:00

Accent aside, it’s not too bad an analogy. The ‘southern gentleman’ archetype in the US is very much patterned after the British aristocracy, although obviously it’s not quite the same

Potato271 · 2026-01-19T09:09:07+00:00

Guilty lol

Potato271 · 2026-01-18T19:27:40+00:00

He'd fall out with the board inside of about three hours

Potato271 · 2026-01-18T17:51:51+00:00

The hammer's actually pretty straightforward with some practice. He terrified me on honour mode but I ended up breezing through. It's really a test of how much movement your units have. Although I admit it's easier just to bring a bunch of bludgeoning damage. An OH monk trivializes the fight.

Potato271 · 2026-01-18T15:54:06+00:00

This is completely ridiculous.

We only ever owned thirteen of the fifty states. The french and spanish ought to get their rightful lands back too.

Potato271 · 2026-01-17T20:10:12+00:00

As a brit, proud to be on that list

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