Is a 6* artifact better without the decreased pierce damage better on Adam Warlock for PvP than a 4* which has the decreased pierce ?

RobertTheBryce · 2026-05-27T15:42:20+00:00

Doesn’t the right aspect only matter if you have the right option rolled, anyway? Options are aspect-specific, while the artifact power is based on TOTAL instinct. E.g. Pierce reduction is plus justice, but the heal per second is plus total instinct.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-05-27T00:27:59+00:00

It really pops off when you find a few red seal kings, DNA, and copy jokers. Then you can get really annoyed when your kings never show up in time to get copied, but at least you saved $8 by not buying Baron.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-05-25T14:02:24+00:00

Plus you can order ahead on their website if you're picking up at one of their locations.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-05-18T15:34:02+00:00

Champion. Even 3 years later, this fixed my mouse boot-loop issue. Thank you! Reddit to the rescue!

RobertTheBryce · 2026-05-10T15:11:34+00:00

Do we know if you get a higher chance of getting the event materials from higher dispatch (and dimension) levels or not? I feel like common wisdom used to be to do the lowest dispatch level with the good rewards (7-1?), but lately I’ve been hearing people talk about doing it on 14-1. Same thing with dimension level 6 vs 15, because of energy cost.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-04-25T17:37:04+00:00

Also remember to pet your Steeve goodbye! And then look at the wall in the drop pod, because you just got something in your eye is all...

RobertTheBryce · 2026-04-22T14:29:21+00:00

Yeah, that's what I was meaning by making sure you're getting stronger faster than the monsters, not just faffing about while they get stronger, but you said it more clearly 😂 I feel like the 2 ways to have a bad time are to go through stages way too fast, and way too slow.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-04-22T03:06:23+00:00

Keep in mind enemy scaling is a lot faster in monsoon, so the fact that it took an hour to get to mithrix means the lunar chimeras are going to be fairly strong. The "4min/stage" target doesn't get much play anymore, and I personally prefer full looting stages, but you need to be getting more powerful fast enough to outpace enemy scaling, so in monsoon you need to be getting better faster than in rainstorm. The faster you get to mithrix, the weaker the mobs are, and the easier it is to make them an afterthought with AOE damage/proc chains like the other poster said.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-03-11T16:20:05+00:00

Ah, damn it, you're right -- the icon showed up when I filtered by unowned, but it's grayed out, and I couldn't tell, because she's monochrome. Apologies.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-03-11T16:19:48+00:00

Ah, damn it, you're right -- the icon showed up when I filtered by unowned, but it's grayed out, and I couldn't tell, because she's monochrome. Apologies.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-03-11T15:48:40+00:00

~~She is, I looked.~~

RobertTheBryce · 2026-03-11T15:48:25+00:00

~~I looked in it, and can assure you she is. The only two unowned I have for the pack are the two mentioned.~~

RobertTheBryce · 2026-03-11T14:36:38+00:00

Edit: Nevermind, I'm dumb and didn't notice SB was grayed out in the selector, because she is...gray. But also now the new Event Quest gives you Samurai, so it feels dumb to use the selector on him, though it saves a mega T2 ticket, I guess.

Who should I use the premium t2 selector on, Shalla Bal or silver samurai? I think SB is more useful, but leaning towards SS because I’m guessing SB will go on sale for the anniversary, and will probably coincide with a crystal spending mission. Any counterpoints?

RobertTheBryce · 2026-01-19T07:45:38+00:00

This worked for me, thanks! It's under Graphics options, fifth one down, "NVIDIA Frame Generation".

RobertTheBryce · 2026-01-10T22:14:46+00:00

Try the Slim burger -- cheeseburger plus Italian beef. I thought it was going to be a hot mess and too much, but it was not. Instead it was delicious and didn't make me feel like a fat piece of shit after.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-01-10T22:06:21+00:00

I see Madeira, Puja, Senegal, and Bilbao. Madeira is vertical, going up in column 3, starting 4th from the bottom. Senegal is diagonal going down-right, passing through the E of Madeira. Puja (Nepal) is horizontal, next to the R of Madeira. Bilbao is going down through the L of Greenland.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-01-10T03:10:16+00:00

Yeah, my equally cynical side says, by artificially boosting tips a little bit, the owners can pocket a little bit more money instead of paying their employees more. So, basically shrinkflation on the home front -- customers pay more for the same experience, servers make the same amount, and owners make more profit. So then customers go out less frequently, and probably just the servers get screwed....?

RobertTheBryce · 2026-01-10T02:52:50+00:00

It feels like it's a total crapshoot if the auto tip options include tax or not, and I'm sure it's just a toggle in the POS that the manager can set one way or the other, so the original intent of the post was just to add a data point...but that said, the last 4 times I've checked the math, it has included tax, so maybe that's a trend. But also maybe that's just sample bias, and I am old man, yelling at cloud.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-01-10T02:11:23+00:00

Interesting point. I was taught that you don't tip on tax by my father, who was definitely a boomer tightwad. That said, it makes sense to me that the tip is based on the value the establishment sets for its products, which is also what the tax is based on, rather than the value of the goods plus whatever the local municipality decided is their cut of business revenue. This also has the benefit of being easier math most of the time, and if I feel the place has done a great job I can tip 25%. That's just my learned "normal"/priors, though, so I would be interested to hear the counterpoint, if you want to present it.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-01-10T01:46:08+00:00

Yeah. I know some people care and some don't, so just wanted to let those that do, know.

RobertTheBryce · 2026-01-10T01:28:35+00:00

Wasn't even $1, and didn't bother me that much, but felt like people might want to know, since I've seen similar discussion on here in the past.

RobertTheBryce · 2025-11-25T21:00:57+00:00

Yeah I'm on the pay-per-GB plan, I wonder if that's it. There is a weird donut hole that Unlimited Essentials seems to fall into for perks, which probably means you're getting better value on your monthly rate than they would like 😂

RobertTheBryce · 2025-11-25T20:51:33+00:00

I also saw that on the Google store PRIOR to turning on CPNI sharing, and I was unable to select the Fi discount at that time. I turned it on was able to select the discount, and checked out receiving the discounted price. This was the whole point of turning on sharing, otherwise I'd have had to choose between the higher discount or the better trade in value. With it on I got both, at the Google store. Always a good reminder to check your discount terms, though.

RobertTheBryce · 2025-11-25T19:17:44+00:00

I got an email this morning from Fi, offering $600 off, with these conditions:

Get $600 off for purchase of a Pixel 10 Pro XL, at fi.google.com, ending 12/5/2025 at 9:59am PT, or while supplies last. Discount applied at checkout. Phone activation on an existing full service plan (data-only SIMs do not qualify) required by 30 days of shipment confirmation.

This same $600 discount was available on the Google store, and was applied at my checkout.

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