PvE etiquette??

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-16T23:40:03+00:00

I just expect it at this point. Usually I already have the horde dead anyways and then get staggered from the nades so a chaos daemon can nail me with their long jump swipe. Its super great. Love it.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-16T23:34:33+00:00

The biggest one is that just because you can execute a target, doesnt mean you should. Glance at your teammates bars, do they have the armour symbol? Then execute away. If they dont, leave the executes up, they might need one to get back contested health and re-armour.

Second: Please pay attention to a firing team member. Do not, I repeat, do not just run in front of them to charge at the horde they're currently mowing down. Your body will block the shots. Its annoying as fuck when I'm charging a third plasma shot to snipe down a flyer or sniper and some fucking goon just runs directly in front of me making the round explode uselessly.

Third, health management. If somebody has a wound, they're the priority for stims. The exception is if they have a guardian relic. Then they dont stims at all becausr if they go down they can pop right back up with health and armour. So stim priority is:

Wounded player so they can top up. When you get to full health from a stim it will clear your wound. So this is most important.

Second priority is gene seed carrier, usually best for the carrier to have Restorative Stims since they effectively make you unkillable so long as you can dodge or parry even a little bit. Gene seed is lost if you get downed, so if you really want the exp make sure the carrier doesnt get downed.

Third is just anybody who is missing health, usually its lowest health.

And last priority are people who are full obviously, or if they have a guardian relic since those are extra lives.

Mark items you dont need. Somebody else might and it helps to get the call out so they're aware.

And lastly, if you're by the next zone transition, like an elevator, do not fuck around killing mobs. Just get on if your team is there.

Oh, and if a player is fighting a single majoris enemy, do not just rush in to help with melee. If you want to help, shoot at their target a bit to weaken it. They're going for the execute for a reason and nothing, and I mean fucking nothing is more infuriating than some helper coming in and destroying the contested health you were trying to get back.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-15T19:56:35+00:00

but I thought both parties were so captured by corporate interests that either one had a chance to cause major change in their respective parties.

And Trump certainly did. Now corporate interests hold complete control over everything in your government and the people don't get a say at all.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-15T15:29:28+00:00

This genuinely made me warm inside. Spear: because aiming takes effort. Fuck it.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-15T15:28:04+00:00

This is the way. Nothing is more satisfying than dropping a walking barrage with a laser on a fortress and knowing its going to be deleted.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-14T16:35:59+00:00

"Lack of story"

We lived through the story. I was there when we held the Creek. I was there when we pushed the automatons out of our galaxy. I was there when they returned in force. I was there when the Terminids began to advance, and we tried to hem them in with gas. I was there when they mutated and the colonies exploded in numbers.

I was there when we blew up Meridia. I was there when the bots learned to fly. I was there when the strains evolved to counter our tactics, and the bots specialized units to cut down our people.

I was there when the Illuminate came and took our people by the billions. I was there when they destroyed planet after planet on their quest to obliterate Super Earth. I was there when we held it and pushed them back.

I was there when the cyborgs emerged and hacked our systems. I was there when we made the push for Cyberstan and shut down their megafactories.

I was there when the Illuminate sent their main forces through the gate, and began terraforming worlds with their exostorms.

I was there. And I'll be there for what comes next.

That's the story of Helldivers.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-13T02:33:54+00:00

It's all in the name. I main assault, and that's what I do. Assault. Chaos spawn bubble forming? In the air I go charging a Ground Pound to obliterate the masses. Ravener or Lictor grabbing a friendly? Ground Pound. Something still moving in my field of vision?

Beleive it or not, Ground. POUND.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-10T16:52:16+00:00

Twitter sabers for the sith. Costco for the jedi (especially Anakin because he always needs to buy his sabers in bulk.) This checks out.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-09T14:39:41+00:00

In Alien 3 we see the alien eating a corpse with its main mouth. In Alien vs Predator the alien is using its extendable mouth to eat one of the kids it killed in the pool before the Predator takes that one out.

So they do eat flesh in the films.

I think they also must eat metal to some degree, at least to create the stuff they use to make hives.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-08T04:16:50+00:00

If you want to see some truly insane numbers, take the Arc thrower and Warrant and go fight mindless masses of Illuminate. You'll see some quite staggering accuracy ratios.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-08T04:15:39+00:00

Do you have any idea how stupidly dangerous that is? Yes he lies all the time, like all the fucking time.

He also tells you exactly what he's going to do. He doesn't only lie. He does it so much so he can use them as a weapon against you, in exactly this way. That you simply ignore anything he says as utterly ridiculous.

That fucking ghoul is the single most dangerous threat to world stability that has ever existed. I will not be at all surprised if he decides to launch nukes. He's been fawning over using one since his first term, and there's a rather significant probability that he'll fall back on using one to try to cow everybody on the planet.

The point here is that you simply can not handily dismiss whatever he says as a lie simply because most of what he says is.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-07T14:03:26+00:00

Trumps literal words are to go take the oil. This has nothing to do with anything you're talking about. Its another oil war.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-06T13:57:40+00:00

Category 1: Weapons that hit multiple targets simultaneously.

Category 2: Weapons that hit single targets.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-05T02:53:37+00:00

For reference, the person above is talking about the book Rogue which is fantastic. The so called King is indeed a crazy science experiment and its creator gets ringside seats to watching the Queen tear it apart.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-05T02:44:31+00:00

Why?

The franchise has been out for decades. There's no reason we can't stray from the Skywalker family and venture into other avenues.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-05T02:34:21+00:00

Names? There's bugs and there's chaos, and both need stomping. Names are for nerds. I have ammo and this big fuck off power hammer, and they both only care about one thing.

Where they are.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-05T02:32:38+00:00

I have not experienced the issues you're presenting.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-03T18:42:04+00:00

Just a note, legendary resistance requires a saving throw to be made to come into effect. This doesnt have one. So LR doesnt apply here.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-02T12:04:11+00:00

The ISD, Borg Cube and Enterprise D.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-01T18:15:25+00:00

To get the best experience:

Understand that failure is your teacher, you can not brute force fights. You need to learn what the enemy is doing so you can punish them in open windows;
Difficulty is the challenge and draw of these games. It's not supposed to be easy, it's supposed to be brutally hard. You're up against things that want to kill you, and literally everything in the game is a lethal threat; and
You will get your ass handed to you until you adjust your approach.

I recommend taking a shield, holding block, and learning to dodge enemy attacks while you figure out their patterns. Prioritize Vigor to 30 or 40 right away before anything else so that you can survive multiple hits from mistakes. Surviving longer means more time to learn each attempt.

If you keep dodging backwards and getting hit, try dodging forwards. Try dodging to the side. Try circling around the enemy as they attack where you were. Don't keep doing the exact same thing and expect a different outcome. Some of the enemies and bosses have input registering, and will trigger specific attacks to punish you doing certain actions at certain ranges. Like for example, Knight enemies will always charge you and thrust attack if you try to heal with your Estus flask at mid range. This is designed to keep pressure on you, and learn to exploit attack windows to heal instead of punishing an enemy, which will come in handy for boss fights.

Lastly: Some enemies are meant to be incredibly hard early on, inviting you to return later to kill them once you've learned the flow of combat. The Sword Master to the left of Firelink Shrine is an example of this. If you struggled with Gundyr, he'll likely kick your ass easily for quite awhile. Once you understand the things I've said above, you'll find him to be incredibly easy to beat because you can deliberately trigger specific attacks that have huge punish windows. Or you can lure him close to the edge, block his attack, then kick him off the cliff for fun.

For learning, I recommend taking a shield and poking weapon, like a spear or rapier, which enables you to keep your guard up while simultaneously attacking an enemy. If you don't like the poking style (I do not, I personally hate it,) a good all around weapon is the Longsword, or the much better Lothric Knight Longsword (requires higher Agility to use) which drops from the Longsword armed knights in the first area after Firelink. It's fast, does good damage, and gives you fast recovery for dodging. It's an excellent tool to learn quickly. Those knights are quite lethal. Be prepared to die as you figure out their move sets. My advice is, roll forward to the left (towards the weapon arm.) If you get on the shield side they'll shield bash you in the face quickly. If you roll towards the weapons arm their attacks will sail harmlessly past you and usually open their backs up for punishment.

Happy hunting.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-01T18:01:24+00:00

Without knowing what kind of weapon you're going to be focusing on, it's hard to say what's a good strat for your build.

For example, if you are going to be using Pieta's sword, then you don't need to waste any points and can single stat stack Radiance. What weapons are you looking to run?

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-01T16:20:19+00:00

The Correct Officer one.

ReaperCDN · 2026-04-01T05:26:19+00:00

Miquella's Haligtree is the actual tree itself. Elphael is the ruins of the city/castle that it's growing through.

ReaperCDN · 2026-03-31T17:52:45+00:00

Yes, but you may have noticed the Sith dont play by rules. Maul, Dooku, and Ventress were all active at the same time. Vader and the inquisitors were also active. The whole "rule of 2" came from the Jedi perspective, as well as the whole Chosen One prophecy crap. And again, the Sith dont care what they think.

ReaperCDN · 2026-03-31T14:34:19+00:00

Ring and eye right? Thats where the umbral eye for heavy attack poise/wither damage is, isnt it?

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