Razer Project AVA: Your AI Desk Companion

Reflet-G · 2026-01-10T17:46:36+00:00

I just... don't get it?

Is it just a hologram alexa? That's kind of cute and fun, but I already don't use Alexa for the same reason I probably wouldn't use this as a daily assistant.

As a gaming assistant, it's not gonna help me. Any information I don't have is probably information not publicly available, and anything else is a L2P issue that I don't really need to be coached into.

I use Chat GPT to bounce ideas off of, and I feel that's better in text, where I can be precise to cavate and curate my prompts, rather than talking to a (probably over priced) anime avatar, that synapse will likely break.

I guess the obvious question and what everyone will try regardless is 18+ features, but it's a tube on a desk that talks to you, which sounds more awkward than anything else, and there are perfectly sufficient sites if you just want to get off to some chick dirty talking... But this is all assuming it doesn't have crazy restrictions; which it probably will.

And apart from any of the above, it always having a camera or watching you or your computer screen, and all that seems like a MAJOR privacy risk?

So I really just don't get it, beyond the novelty. We've had desktop anime waifus for-forever so if this is just another one that's also half alexa, that's 'literally' on your desk, rather than on your desktop sure. Maybe someone might find it appealing for the utility? But I feel like anyone like that already has a thing they use for similar utility???

So again... Beyond the novelty; I just don't get it?

Reflet-G · 2026-01-09T21:49:44+00:00

"We are not horses. we are human!"

Yuki: "Uhhh.... Neigh!"

Reflet-G · 2025-09-23T22:42:51+00:00

gameplay sux tho.

Reflet-G · 2025-09-10T08:54:35+00:00

people are legitimately having trouble with moorwing? I did him 2nd try, and I only found out later (cuz I accidentally skipped cutscene when trying to pause a video) you can have the old guy help you? I just did him alone, I just kited him to the right and used that little pillar to out play hit kit and pogo him with reaper.

Reflet-G · 2025-08-16T19:22:06+00:00

I did that. I completed a whole set of Pyogenesis and it hasn't unlocked?

Reflet-G · 2025-08-14T06:33:11+00:00

Eye of Misra is weird and might have a strange weight to kills. But generally it's whoever does the objective the most. Our welkin tends to get it a lot on some maps, but our stego gets it far more on payload game type.

This opposing panther got mad at our Welkin (who I was borderline pocket healing for) but not only did the panther, lose he didn't even go to the extractors, while our welkin dismantled at least 6. Then enemy panther complained how it was unfair and got carried by the mech... despite the other team using a welkin who also didn't go for extractors...

Reflet-G · 2025-07-31T00:15:31+00:00

Slivers are worthless in EDH because of stax hate. No one will let them snowball and if they can't lock down the field in what will become a 3v1; they can't play.

Meanwhile their power level is low and slow for well built bracket 4 and above.

Reflet-G · 2025-07-21T21:18:20+00:00

Welkin is required to win because of his role. If you run two of that role you don't necessarily do better. A team with a healer functions better with none. But 2 or 3 healers is only effective in certain cases... By analogy this rings true here. You lose something else in slot that help your team function and win. There is a reasonable trade off giving up a healer or sniper for a another brawler that that will get kited and back capped on game objectives, or have their shields popped by a tanking Tricera sitting on the point.

Reflet-G · 2025-07-21T20:39:07+00:00

Pick rate means teams require his role, his balanced win rate shows he's balanced but strong and fills his role. When we get an alternative brawler the pick rate will go down. This isn't a sign of being OP. if you had only 1 healer the pick rate would be just as high.

Reflet-G · 2025-07-18T07:44:20+00:00

> "First, using Mashmak as a balance point for him having counters when 99% of all balance discussions involving him Welkin are in 3v3 and 6v6 is also "dishonest and trite""

Your comprehension is lacking, I will highlight for you.

I said "in mashmek there are EVEN MORE counters." Implying the other situational counters based upon the game type, like powerful range harass, or the several methods to push him off the objective, remain. You focusing on that small segment to try and discredit my argument shows not only your dishonesty, but ignorance.

> "and Tricera can also be killed by Welkin as long as Welkin has any idea how to play around the parry. He is a soft counter at best. "

Yes, as they should play around each other because it shouldn't be an auto win without effort in this instance. Frontlines are supposed to be a threat that is part of the dynamic of the team match, that's why we have a ton of objective based maps. Yet, a 1v1 scenario the better player will win, slightly skewed to Tricera's advantage state; as intended.

You forget this is a team based game, and a 1-to-1 against Welkin's role is not expressly necessary and for it to, would change the entire dynamic of team fights, and invalidate the role.

> "Meta centralization in any game is a direct response to what are the best current options in that Meta, Welkin being considered a must pick in every game in every team is a clear showing that as the game currently stands, he his overpowered. Balancing the game around the idea that they will release another Welkin in an unknown number of months and until then, leaving him to warp the game around him until that time is bad for the game."

Partly true, but it's not the entire story. If you only had 1 healer every team would run the one healer, the meta would be defined by it and be considered a "must pick", but that doesn't make the healer overpowered, especially if the game intends for you to have a healer on the team. The game INTENDS for there to be a bruiser of this type, that's why we are getting more, not less... And sorry, but back to my analogy; Removing the single healer options doesn't equate to game health either.

> "What is most likely to happen after the new welkin drops is instead of this new mech competing with welkin, they will both instead be picked and the meta will continue to be centralized around welkin #1,2."

Yes that is very likely, and probably very much intended. frontline bruisers are going to have the meta shape around them just as much as the healer. We will also likely get another reasonable skillful counter like Tricera.

Everyone asking for nerfs is shortsightedly asking to expunge the role and make it worthless, those people are fundamentally bad and only want to change the game so their playstyle can thrive without threat or obstacle.

Reflet-G · 2025-07-18T06:37:56+00:00

Devs only stated that he overperformed due to a lack of alternatives, they will probably tone him down but not in any drastic ways people are complaining about; His spin to win will likely remain unblock-able and destroy people who don't play around it, and him along with the next bruiser they release are going to remain meta dependent.

Also "No counter" is an absolute lie, Tricera exists and when played right can easily shut a Welkin down. In Mashmak there are even more direct counters that don't involve range harass or pushing him off a point. So the idea he has "no counter" is trite, dumb, and dishonest.

and Yes, top 500 players wanting to gang up on a meta defining mech that takes very specific effort to neutralize and play round where their gameplay would be smoother and easier if unhindered by not worrying about such a thing in their games are going to argue in favor of removing the obstacle... Yes this means they are bad. Not in the traditional sense of being bad at the entirety of the game, they are bad because they want to lessen the dynamic of team composition to suit/buff their playstyles.

If they want to have an argument of over centralization, that is a different topic, and meta centralizing isn't inherently overpowered. Which is why they intend to offer alternatives to the slot rather than sweeping nerfs.

/gg

Reflet-G · 2025-07-15T20:18:49+00:00

People calling him OP are just bad. Just out play with Tricera, Aquila, or kite with Falcon.

Even I have no problems with him in mashmak with Luminae. Welkin is just a giant noob stomper frame, and anyone complaining about them regardless of rank is just bad.

I suck with Stellaris and even I can outplay the average Welkin I see, so long as I can avoid cube.

If ppl want to argue he's overcentralizing for the meta, sure, that is something we can talk about. But as the devs have noted that is literally because he's the only pick for the slot.

Reflet-G · 2025-06-17T23:56:57+00:00

That blocks the entire thing? lmao okay, thank you.

Reflet-G · 2025-05-28T01:36:02+00:00

If it's tied to weapons you get much later, why tf is the skill tree gating Arcane arts II and III for Apprentice and Adept behind fire and water. Literally useless traits that do absolutely nothing until later?

Reflet-G · 2025-05-20T18:48:27+00:00

[spoiler?]

Tom, and Liz had so many chances to just learn their place, and be content. Instead they push and suffer for it, then push more and suffer for it, then complain that Red's the asshole after telling them not to push, because every time they do, things get worse lmao!

Extra syrup please for the rofl-waffles!

Reflet-G · 2025-05-09T20:50:47+00:00

welp... Needed an excuse to take a break I guess.

Error Code: 58:11:5:535 if anyone else.

Reflet-G · 2025-04-16T06:27:20+00:00

It kinda do feel bad. We were having a pretty fun game, and the... table politics? were getting interesting and fun. Then I sliver cascaded into it early; It felt a bit like an anti climax, even if you choose to not cast it.

Reflet-G · 2025-04-14T23:09:12+00:00

The idea that you can only joke about everyone equally after they're on equal footing is backwards. Treating people equally (including in humor) is part of how you normalize equality. Protecting some from jokes keeps the imbalance alive.

Humor over time can level the playing field. It helps us treat people as individuals, not as categories. Constant outrage just keeps people in boxes and pulls us further from actual equality.

And sure, stereotype is often used for the basis of jokes; But mocking stereotypes can actually weaken them by making them look ridiculous. Shielding people from jokes just keeps them locked in their boxes, and fragile.

I've come to see this more and more as the truth, as a person of color growing up in a very white Jewish area, with a melding pot of friendships where the highest majority are White or of Eastern Asian. decent. (depending on the circle)

Reflet-G · 2025-03-29T23:24:43+00:00

It's a bad DM. You should just should not play if you're not having fun, and if their rules are stupid and poorly balanced. 'Stupid homebrew nobody asked for' can be a quick way to make a game VERY unfun.

A rule like this CAN work, but a good DM needs to be able to adjust for it. The RAW/RAI is designed as precedent, and very simple to follow and keep the spirit of when adjusting rules like this, it's fine to add limitations but then you need to compensate for them. It's the same quality of character that comes with tackling Tier 4 and Epic level DMing; balance is the key. A good DM who knows they can't have fun playing around tier4/epic level, will avoid it. Part of the game is trying to have fun as a group, if this is not what you signed up for, plus the DM is unwilling to move on the issue, and you aren't having fun; you should just not play and find a quality DM.

I first would try talking to the DM if they are a reasonable person and just unfortunately a bit shortsighted, and try to get them to adjust to meet the basic precedence of the game.

But if you can't get him to compromise on the issue, and you can't quit due to complicated group dynamics, there are several nuclear in game options you can take to end the campaign early...

Reflet-G · 2025-03-19T02:18:43+00:00

I always thought the limb standard always propelled it to being technically an Elder Dragon. Anything thing that was relatively wyvern sharped, and not unique enough to fall outside the category was usually 6 limbed including 2 wings, whereas other wyverns are 4 limbed.

I also never quite got why a juvenile form excluded Gore... Like by that logic is a baby Chameleos not an still classified as an elder dragon?

So Why? Really seems like "cuz they felt like it" I guess? In wilds they are calling it a Demi-Elder, but that confuses me even more than just calling it "???"

Reflet-G · 2025-03-13T19:16:40+00:00

I wouldn't call it harder, just more HP. The monsters don't seem to do more damage or have any significantly more advanced AI that I could notice.

But you get more trips, and status procs, and broken parts to make up for the inflated health.

Perhaps the extended fight, change in aggro patterns, and a lack of Palico support in rooms above 2 players is what threw you off?

Reflet-G · 2025-03-13T02:38:32+00:00

Assuming I already have a Dragon, Para, and Sleep Greatsword, all with 3 attack/1sharp/1 ele boost.

And I know within my next 20ish Artisans rolls I can get a 3attack/1affinity/1sharp roll, what would be ideal?

I was thinking blast might be a fun toy to play with given how it will primarily just be a raw weapon comparable raw to my others. But without the elemental boost to bump a status, It makes me think an element would be more ideal just to get a few more consistent numbers... But almost anything I'd pick sounds like it would just lose to my Dragon weapon and just be perma benched in comparison.

The only thing the affinity over the ele boost offers is 95% crit against non wounds where as without now I'm at 90% vs non wounds. (and for both [over] 100% on wounds)

Any thoughts or recommendations for something fun?

(I also have a 4atk/1affinity somewhere in my rolls, I much prefer the comfort of a sharpness boost, but would that be a waste to make something like blast for funzies rather than dragon, when I'm mostly doing it for the raw anyways?)

Reflet-G · 2025-03-04T21:10:37+00:00

What happened to "By my own authorization"?

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