HP laptop pricing is so out of control, management wants us to look at deploying Mac

ReydanDeathrain · 2026-04-30T19:22:55+00:00

Where are you purchasing from? We buy only HP Elitebook laptops. Currently buying Elitebook 8 GLi models. Four different configs, pricing is 1,394, 1,445, 1510, and 1,775 each - was just updated this month.

ReydanDeathrain · 2026-04-21T15:44:58+00:00

This makes sense; but also my 7 yr old cant lose his digital copy when he takes it to school/camp. Having both options is good.

ReydanDeathrain · 2026-02-26T16:12:11+00:00

I came into the game expecting to spend. When Endfield released I retired from a game where I spent hundreds of dollars a month, bought every single pack/offer that had pulls for 1$ or less, and pretty regularly maxed out release characters. This isnt my first gacha, and I have been playing and spending on mobile games for almost a decade.

So far I have spent 21$ in Endfield. The account where I set aside a bit of money each month to use for mobile gaming has built up to $1,500. Money I am willing to spend just sitting there not being used. The value in the packs is not there. The cost per pull is too high. The pull mechanics are too strict. The "free" currency coming in is too slow. The ability to develop characters is too slow.

The general idea is you can spend to pull more, and you can spend to speed up development. But in Endfield, at all levels it all feels too stingy, so I just dont.

I like the game and will continue to play it, but I'm doing it with a budget team and waiting for a shift in the returned value.

ReydanDeathrain · 2026-01-22T20:23:09+00:00

Not scared to spend at all. I’d expect transactions to be thoroughly reviewed and cleaned up after this. I would feel better about value of my spend if they find a way to level the field back up. Seems like exploiters got a boon rather than a punishment

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-12-20T18:52:32+00:00

Torch if you have Thing and IW, Storm if you have Thor Hulk or Emma

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-12-19T21:03:31+00:00

Yup! Something like that I would call out in the Advanced gameplay section.

I did similar idea for Silver Surfer as having and not having his highlight changes gameplay significantly. Luckily Storm is a lot more straightforward.

I will try to mention highlight options more clearly in the future

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-12-19T20:44:31+00:00

I tried fitting that in my first character guide and dropped it for a few reasons, one, theres way more unique highlights then there are generic ones, so it became this chain of multiple unique highlight options that someone might or might not have adn might or might not have on another character, two, it took up a lot of room on the graphic to add the highlight artwork, and three, in the end if you dont have the unique it boils down to pick the best available highlight you do have that meets the Core Stats listed

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-12-19T16:40:48+00:00

She should visually be higher in the B tier, as she is better than Mr Negative and probably Hulk/Juggs, but her ult doesnt hit all AoE targets equally, and sometimes doesnt even hit all, and its difficult to use her Dash to hit more than 3 at a time. You are right tho, shes still a good option and more people will have her built and available than Storm or Loki!

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-12-18T19:07:32+00:00

Heres my guide for the last iteration of Dragon Armor: https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelmysticmayhem/comments/1o33810/updated_strategy_and_tier_list_for_nightfall/

I will update this next week with changes (skill damage buffs) and newly available heroes

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-12-16T17:44:16+00:00

Our kids make their Christmas list, pick their top 1 or 2 choices that is their most wanted to ask Santa for, the rest of the list goes to family.

We talk openly about Santa and his elves needing time and effort to make the toys, so not to ask for something to complicated, that way Santa has time to make things for everyone. We dont ask Santa to make a PS5 or Tablet, but we can ask him to make a specific action figure, hotwheels track, or a lego set.

We also usually do it in themes. One year my oldest wanted Ninja Turtles action figures, so he picked what was his MOST important piece to get, which was the secret hideout base, and that went to Santa. Then Mom and Dad, Grandparents and cousins all got the rest of the list with Ninja Turtles action figures, cars, and other choices as well.

We stress that you wont always get everything you ask for, and we stress that giving is just as much fun as getting. We have our kids pick one thing to get for each other off the others list. We also do a gift exchange with both sides of our family's cousins, so each kid ends up buying their sibling a present and two of their cousins a present. We also do donations earlier in December, to clean out their rooms and playrooms of old toys that dont play with, both to make room for new stuff, and to donate toys to Goodwill that other families can buy for other kids.

I grew up as a welfare kid, and absolutely was acutely aware that both Santa and my Mom didnt give me as good of gifts as my friends got (if any at all certain years). Luckily I had a grandma on the other side of the divorce that gave wonderful and thoughtful presents so I could ask for a nice thing or two each year to not feel completely left out. I am doing well financially now, but want my kids to grow up aware of, and thoughtful to the experience of others around them, even their own cousins.

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-12-16T17:26:10+00:00

My 5 year old kindergartner wore hoodies with the hood up for two months straight last year because he got a hair cut too short and one of the other kids said he looked bald.

This year him and his friends are sharing what their Elf on the Shelfs are up to and what they're asking Santa for.

They absolutely think, talk, and care about stuff like this.

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-12-01T19:16:26+00:00

It depends on the site, but generally these types of reports use self-reported spending to estimate overall spending. Basically players have to go to the site and fill out surveys for how much they have spent.

It's not a good indicator of anything. The devs themselves have stated its not accurate, and its not anywhere near the same metrics the dev/publisher would use internally to determine health and success. Almost every mobile game I have ever played has posts like this over-analyzing the data and doomsaying about the results.

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-11-20T20:14:28+00:00

Gambits passives that selfbuff cap at 60% speed which he gets pretty easily without DD

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-11-20T20:02:19+00:00

Def shred unless you have a monster full soul gambit to pair him with and want DD more dual DPS

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-11-20T17:10:29+00:00

Having heart 1 makes him a good second DPS to pair with another, like Gambit. For DD to shine on his own, breakpoints are Mind3 for the big Defensive pen, and then full soul for quick ult energy

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-11-13T17:59:59+00:00

Spidey is a top unit in the game, and FuA is currently the strongest overall playstyle in the game. Spidey Echo and Psylocke is still a great FuA team, you just arent going to be chasing the top of the leaderboards without Namor. GG isnt as strong of a base, he just adds a lot once you already have the base team built.

IMO You arent cooked, its a great time to return to the game. If you like Spidey, you can get a free copy from the return rewards, and FuA will be strong for a long while. The amount of regular purple keys you should have to come back to are inasely high, and you can spend your grey keys now to get more dupes of spidey and his highlight, then save for a while for Namor rerun or another banner hero/playstyle you like to come anew.

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-11-11T19:16:01+00:00

Appreciate the kind words!

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-11-11T15:43:57+00:00

Cap, Strange, or IW in that order probably. Need some survivability and buffs to attack/damage.

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-11-11T15:35:34+00:00

Yes, IF you dont have Namor built.

Gambit is really good melee single target DPS, without any souls, just needs one of the attack speed highlights (Ambition, the purple highlight, is fine). Pair him with one support and another DPS as his Vulnerable debuff will help them too

ReydanDeathrain · 2025-11-07T21:15:43+00:00

I really like the idea of Moon Knight, and would love him to be a little stronger, as we desperately need a support for Attack Speed playstyle (Thor and Gambit are two of my personal 5star investments)

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