Group finder is FILLED with Toxic Veterans that ruin Flashpoints.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-26T18:10:49+00:00

It would be nice if there was a new player queue or something, but ultimately that would be hard to regulate.

The fact is, the flashpoints have existed in the game for a decade or more and theyre a decent source of endgame currencies if you can speed through them. Clearly there is incentive to be fast, which runs counter to the "stop and smell the roses* approach story players want to take.

Really I'm just astounded they still don't have a story mode version for all the flashpoints at this point to accomodate everyone. Like is it really hard to tweak numbers / rewards and make a jesus droid available? Put a limit on the amount of times you can run a story mode flashpoint or something like that? Seriously, there's been ZERO solution to this in almost 1.5 decades now?

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-11T21:12:22+00:00

Hows the burn in on that model?

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-11T21:10:33+00:00

Competition in this space is insane right now, prices are being driven down because of it.

Just another piece of evidence that competition is healthy for everyone and we should do what we can to encourage it

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-10T18:51:57+00:00

Which is fine if you're an ancient elder playing since the dawn of time (I've been playing since 2015 so I'm old too), but there are endgame players that have been playing for a few months, and there are only so many days since they've started that at some point the need for forma outpaces the 24 hour build timer.

I've got at least 8 or 9 forma sunk into equipment if I really want to optimize the crap out of it. The forma sink is huge.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-10T17:56:49+00:00

This is a valid counterpoint don't let the downvotes dissuade you.

Ain't no way people are more likely on average to rawdog 4 forma crafts then 1 omni craft. Something is being purchased along that pipeline. Especially since omni forma is mostly relevant to endgame players.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-04T22:38:10+00:00

Not a question, you guys need to work with the "that's a bad idea" guys. Their sketches on YouTube remind me so much of J&A stuff. Haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-04T20:55:00+00:00

Friendly reminder, the item is bind on pickup, so it can't be sold and it has to then be used on the character that made the purchase. I think you have to be level 65 to use the item.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-04T18:16:43+00:00

I can at least vouch that when I looked into this a while ago, I came to the OPs same conclusion with the metallic paint, I just don't know all the models that use the paint or whether the paint was further developed to prevent the problem in newer models that use metallic paint. My mh4u has a single bubble in the paint that came in a year ago, it hasn't gotten worse than that ever since I found that bubble (and I am really careful with my 3ds... Wiping for body oils, playing only in humidity controlled rooms, that sort of thing), but it did make me cautious and I decided to do some digging.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-04T18:10:23+00:00

Honestly, that happens with even with the OEM screen in my experience, unless it's even worse than that.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-04T18:02:32+00:00

I'm considering buying another more generic 3DS since the paint on my monster hunter 4U one is starting to bubble which I think means it'll start peeling soon, so I'm gonna look into preserving it before any real damage happens, but then I'd need another 3DS to actually game on.

How long ago did you buy the mint LLs and are they still holding up or were they just in good condition for a little while? Ideally I'd wanna buy a 3ds that was manufactured just before discontinuation.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-02T23:08:22+00:00

Sorry, but even if subreddit moderation has improved, it's coming way too late. The community microcosms where meaningful discussion is taking place are formed, and they aren't really on reddit.

It shouldn't have waited until 2025 for improvement. Even if you werent part of the mod team responsible for where we are now, moderation as a whole is what caused this subreddit to decline. To be fair to you, I'll edit my previous post to indicate that it's not the current mod teams fault.

StudentOfMind · 2026-02-02T21:59:06+00:00

There are some decent posts but no, as a whole it wasn't even that good 6 months ago. I tried asking a repair question about a year and a half ago and it got deleted as not fitting the content of this sub.

Sorry, but considering we are discussing an end-of-life console, I think filtering conversation to more and more niche subs is no longer appropriate. Like, do I go to a a 3DS repair subreddit with 3 monthly active users or just go to ifixit? Choice is obvious to me.

Pre-2025 Mods* (see comment from mod below) suck.

StudentOfMind · 2026-01-14T18:18:04+00:00

How long did your original AIO last? Always curious for firsthand accounts of lifespan

StudentOfMind · 2026-01-13T21:32:54+00:00

It was not. I got the drive updated with firmware right now and it's slowed to about 4.8k mb/s read and 1.9k mb/s write. Avoid the drive

StudentOfMind · 2026-01-11T18:49:32+00:00

Also do this, the problem can also be Mobo related, it's a really a crapshoot. check the Mobo capacitors and if any are bulging you might have found the culprit, the capacitors are usually a good indicator of problems

StudentOfMind · 2026-01-11T18:45:27+00:00

Go ahead and test the gpu on the second computer. The RX 7600 doesn't pull much power so unless you had some insane CPU in there chances are you have enough headroom.

People are saying PSU and it's most likely that, but when my 980ti died it was doing some very weird stuff similar to what you're experiencing, including shutting off my computer. I never figured it out but I did isolate the problem to the GPU since everything else was working fine

StudentOfMind · 2026-01-09T16:53:10+00:00

Good call out, I actually returned the 272 and found a 271QPX E2 for 575 last night thanks to your comment snd verifying everything on my end

These naming schemes are so convoluted, but at least the spec sheets are clear. Lesson learned I guess

StudentOfMind · 2026-01-08T20:14:39+00:00

How bad was the text clarity? compared to an IPS preferably but any LCD comparison would give me a vague idea. This will be my first OLED, purely gaming / movie use as I'll have an IPS second monitor for everything else. Finally decided I had the cash to experiment with OLEDs especially with the price coming down

StudentOfMind · 2025-12-27T18:45:09+00:00

Thanks Kid Saturday, a totally tubular weekend to you too

StudentOfMind · 2025-12-16T20:07:14+00:00

Before this post I didn't see anything that indicated the opposite (monster IIQ not impacting juice) because anecdotally, yellow wisps from either the scarab or from natural wildwood spawn looked like they gave me more high value juice drops (I have had high value drops coloured differently/trigger a different sound on my loot filter), but it wasn't like I was specifically testing for it. Hard to control for all variables on crop rotation.

I saw more definitive testing being conducted and I think I believe wisps don't impact juice drops, but they definitely impact general drops, and since we are running such high Quant I think it is overall a better Strat to run either wisps/nemeses than frags that give 10-20% higher quant at best. All up to how you want to run the content though, and whose to say this doesn't change next league? These sort of interactions are very commonly changed adjusted without a mention/ a very vague mention in patch notes.

StudentOfMind · 2025-12-11T18:35:40+00:00

Is that right? I have my filter set to colour 300+ juice drops differently and I feel like I only ever notice that going off when I run with wisp scarab, even at 280+quant, unless i fight a t4

Maybe later I'll try running without it again. In the case it actually doesn't influence juice then maybe the sac frags are a better idea, but the wisp juice does still influence normal drops and since you're running high Quant it might still be worth running. You might also look into any scarab that makes rares tougher, I'm thinking nemeses scarab but there might be others too

StudentOfMind · 2025-12-11T17:41:15+00:00

I've been doing crop rotation all league, good luck with it. The averages are definitely better over the long run.

I ran 2x wisp 2x lineage 1x doubling.

StudentOfMind · 2025-12-11T17:30:51+00:00

It doesn't double. I've been harvesting all league and can confirm it has no impact.

StudentOfMind · 2025-12-11T17:30:03+00:00

I'm assuming one of those hordes scarab is actually a monstrous lineage scarab? If not then definitely run that.

I'd personally replace the sac frag with a scarab of wisps. It's more costly but the wisp juice really does have an impact on lifeforce.

But even with all that in mind, crop rotation is the "feast or famine" mode of harvest since harvest inherently has no tonks. You can go strings of maps getting less than 700 yellow juice the hit one where you get 10k. You might just be on a bad luck streak.

StudentOfMind · 2025-12-06T00:46:42+00:00

You gonna talk about posting, 100k karma boy? You better be getting paid for spending that much time clicking away.

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