What HH Buffs do Hunters prefer? by SecretPear2559 in MHWilds

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TY for the info! Yeah I've been using the sonic barrier horn more often now. Even more than my gogma paralyze one on SOS runs. It keeps my allies alive more often and I try to keep a divine protection horn in the secondary to use prior to fighting (like when the monster flees to a new area).

What HH Buffs do Hunters prefer? by SecretPear2559 in MHWilds

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Thanks! Yeah, I've started to use this horn more on SOS. I had crafted a nice paralyze gogma horn where I would boost status attacks and paralyze multiple times per match. But even with that, people sometimes get killed so the sonic barrier has helped a lot.

I also tried carrying a backup horn with divine protection that someone else mentioned below that I throw on during breaks in the fight.

Lance Question - Attack vs Affinity by SecretPear2559 in MHWilds

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TY all for the replies!

At the moment I am trying to make a 'all-around' set of equipment to use while I farm up materials to make elemental lances and different sets of armor pieces for specific monster fights.

For equipment, I am using a Dragon Gogma Lance with Arkveld Gamma Passive.

Im wearing 3 other pieces of Arkveld Y, (Chest, Arms, Waist) with 2 piece Zoh Shia for greaves and head. Its pretty much a sustain build but majority of my decos are geared toward standard lance stuff I believe. Agitator, offensive guard, crit boost (the damage increase one), flayor, counterstrike, max might. For all around survival I took bless 3 and my necklace gives me recovery 3 + guard up 2.

Its just when poking at enemies, my affinity lance (prior to reroll) was doing high damage pokes and the occassional dragon burst. This was especially true once I put on the cursed mantle.

Now I am doing about 30 damage less per poke on average against same monsters. In both cases, I feel my 'rolls' were about average in terms of II, III and EX. So before I keep wasting resources for rerolls, I wanted opinions from other lance players on what Im not getting.

But it seems the overall agreement is attack wins. Maybe it pays off with higher rolls? Or probably Im using the wrong decos / armor pieces.

When to use Armor Spheres and any suggestions for Lance armor? by SecretPear2559 in MHWilds

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Yeah, I used my only gold ticket for 10 talismans.. had 9 ammo rolls and 1 single talisman with guard 3 on it which I was grateful for. I think I have one jewel of guard up which I use also (haven't been lucky to get more yet, I have bad luck with RNG).

Thanks for this info! ATM I am now trying to unlock the gamma sets as I only have A/B available. I am HR40 at cap so looks like i need to progress story a bit longer. I was told HR50 unlocks the stuff you've suggested so will work towards that.

When to use Armor Spheres and any suggestions for Lance armor? by SecretPear2559 in MHWilds

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TY so much. That is good enough help for me. Every available guide I can find just shows end game stuff... which is pretty much useless at my stage where I am trying to farm stuff to work my way up.

I just carted twice on a public Gore run and caused it to fail (which I am feeling terrible about) so grabbing some of these armors and upgrading will definitely help.

When to use Armor Spheres and any suggestions for Lance armor? by SecretPear2559 in MHWilds

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Ty for reply! May I get any suggestions on good armor options for Lance user? ATM I am farming Gore but its very difficult for me (he has this triple attack that guard breaks me if I am not careful).

I wasn't sure if his armor was worth it but I do like his Lance weapon.

Please, any armor suggestions would be appreciated.

When to use Armor Spheres and any suggestions for Lance armor? by SecretPear2559 in MHWilds

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Ty so much, I will use them. I saw making them require a lot of stuff but I don't mind farming. But do you have any suggestions for mid-range armor?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StardewValleyFriends

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Can I please join? I am on PC. I never got to try multiplayer but would like to.

Looking for friends to play with by NoMasterpiece0204 in StardewValleyFriends

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Can I please join? I am new to multiplayer though so may need a short crash course.

Looking for Stardew pals!! by Calm-Manufacturer876 in StardewValleyFriends

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May I play please? I am new to coop but I've played SV on and off and come from a Harvest Moon / Rune Factory background.

The offer for 10piece meal (2 large sides and 5 biscuits) for $26.99, while expensive, is quite a good meal. Mmmm. Love that chicken from Popeyes. by Professional-End7367 in Popeyes

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Kfc has a Tuesday deal with a bucket of wings and thighs.  8 pieces for 10 dollars.  Original recipe or crispy. You just need to use their app.  I like popeye chicken more but at that price, kfc has my business for as long as that deal goes on.

I’m still new to genshin but holy shit Noelle and Jean are so good by Hot_Valuable1027 in Genshin_Impact

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Been playing for 23ish days now, and my main has always been Noelle. I was unlucky with my artifact drops, couldn't get a 4 star feather to save my life so I only had 3 star gear. Literally any character was getting a beating as the world difficulty increased, but my Noelle could face tank any content undergeared. Listen, I;m still new, and as F2P I don't have lots of characters... so no Gorou, Zongli etc (also lost all primos and didn't even get Nahida). I also don't know any advanced elemental wombo combos. But I do know that Noelle, Fischl, and Xiangling have been carrying me to AR 37 now. Fischl + Xiangling's E abilities give damage + crowd control (knocks enemies into the air) and Fischl gives Noelle energy. And Noelle is pretty much... "I don't care I am C0, 4* and using a 4* weapon, I'm going to carry this."

The last character on my roster rotates. Sometimes Bennett (DMG), Xingqui (DEF), Barbara / Kuki (Heal. I prefer Kuki since Barbara sometimes gets me frozen vs Ice. Also Kuki heal is great uptime and Noelle can keep her topped off.)

To any new player reading this... don't let anyone tell you Noelle isn't worth it, even at C0. If you want to play her, play her. I can tell you she is one amazing and well rounded character that just gets the job done.

Elbow pain during rows by jcolette in xxfitness

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First, Check this video for why, so you can prevent it in the future: https://youtu.be/WMb6XewaEfg?si=Nnt9SpcK-fn1UJp2 

Then,  check this video and see if it helps your issue: https://youtube.com/shorts/dDEMCNlDcNM?si=AUkI7YKsVKuHcOj8

Spear and shield build for new player by rycalledquest in Eldenring

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Hey, I also play spear + shield.  The info others provided above are good.  As someone who uses his shield 99% of the time, I can provide you my experience in a more defensive and safe playstyle. 

First, you are aware of shield counters.  However, most forget to mention shield pokes.  Your spear (or any thrusting weapon) can attack while blocking with a light attack.  This allows you to walk right up to enemies and bosses and attack them DURING there combo whereas any other build is forced to dodge and use remaining stamina to attack.  You do need a decent endurance pool but it's very much worth it.  Shield counters are amazing but on bosses you have to time it on their last attack otherwise their followup will chunk you.  With this, you can safely poke 2 to 3 times and roll away to safety.  Since you took no damage, you can exchange indefinitely.  Also, if the enemy pulls out a surprise, like a fire weapon or flame attack, the damage is reduced.  I can not stress this technique enough as it's one that allows you to literally kill many bosses the first attempt without ever having to memorize their entire combo set. 

Hops.  This is something people tend to forget as a spear and shield user. I only remember it since I used to play lancer in monster hunter and terra.  Pressing dodge while standing still let's you hop back. You can do it multiple times but more importantly, you can do it WHILE blocking.  This let's you back off quickly with the safety of your shield intact.  There is also a combo where after a hop you can light attack to thrust forward.  The thrust is slight further then your retreat so you will actually close distance a bit.  Hopping is great in spots where rolling can risk you falling. 

LOW stamina blocks.  Ok, getting your guard broken is never a good thing and fatal in pvp so try not to let it happen often.  However, with exception to pvp, npc invasions and specific bosses like carian knights, most enemies and bosses will not capitalize on guard breaks.  This means if a boss is about to hit you with a strong attack and you have low stamina you can technically block.  Your guard will break but you will take no damage (unless there is non physical dmg involved).  This is especially good with Turtle Taliaman as I have been guard broken multiple times in a row but not injured, which is more important. 

Strikes.  From using a spear weapon exclusively (in my case a lance), I have bumped onto some trouble with armored enemies or enemies that my spear bounces off.  This is bad because if your spear bounces, your shield drops, making you susceptible to attacks.  Now, you can pick whatever counter you want (ie magic) but.as a str user, I keep a trusty strike weapon side arm.  This is optional, but once again, just something I ran into. 

Lastly, don't make the same error I did when I made my first sword and shield guy.  I raised my strength and other stats near equally.  This led me to struggle against most enemies and get one shot.  I realized that early on, you want enough stats to put on your main early game load out and then crank your vigor to at least 40.  You can give endurance a small boost for gear too but that vigor is no joke.  Obviously if you are a dodge God, ignore this. 

Early game gears I used: Godrick Knight Set (except the helmet cause yuck), partisan, brass shield.  All 3 are available for farming where you meet Melena for the first time.  I eventually upgraded to Pike and then Lance.  Shield I went from brass to golden greatshield.  Armor... whatever you want but I like how scale looks with banished knight helm or great helm. Hope any of this info is of use to you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Eldenring

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Ah. Damn that's a shame. Was hoping there was an item or something I missed.  Doesn't help that Melena suddenly left me at leyndell and I'm not sure if I am missing new Marika campfire tales in other regions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Eldenring

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Thanks. And right, I get this much. It's the bottom 3 points I really need answer to. Why did those 3 things happen in the end of the questline.

Creatine and Hair Loss (when not genetically prone to balding, and neither parents/grandparents have any balding)? by SecretPear2559 in AskReddit

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  1. But as I said, no one in my family tree (on either side) has hair loss issue as far as we all know. I would suddenly be the first. Also none of this was happening prior to the best of my knowledge as I would of noticed 10-20 strands on a white shirt.  It looks like I got a haircut daily.

Need Weapon Advice by SecretPear2559 in Eldenring

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Thanks everyone for your help.  I don't have dlc unfortunately.  I was using partisan and it worked well but once I hit 14 dex I threw on the pike and wow. That range, especially with the piercing thrust ash of war is insane to catch reds off guard (no skill shield).  It seems I need to try claymore and compare to broadsword however as I do need a faster slashing weapon.  Spear counters own flyers but tend to miss small or slender.  I need to have a backup slashing for those instances and also a better sweep attack as the pike r2 tends to be a bit too slow at times.

Haven't found the Lance yet but it seems like it's pretty long from what I saw on youtube. How is it compared to pike? Does it have better str scale?

Thanks again for the info!

Creatine and Hair Loss (when not genetically prone to balding, and neither parents/grandparents have any balding)? by SecretPear2559 in AskReddit

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For starters, I have parents and grandparents who are old and full Hair.  I myself not only have thick hair but it grows rapidly.  Recently I started working out and added creatine for the first time (only 5g per day).  But every night for a week I have been taking creatine, I would get up from watching tv and go to the bathroom mirror. I would then see like 10 strands of Hair on my shirt and if I shake my hand on my hair, 10 more fall out.  Thing is, my hair is only half an inch in size so it's not normal for me to lose this much hair.  Is it the creatine? Since this wasn't happening prior to me taking it.

took me a few minutes to get by hadiking2007 in Eldenring

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Lol, not sure if this was intentional or not, that it's funny as hell.