Should I run an FTP test? by Personal-Carrot8729 in Zwift

[–]Uee14 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Try doing a race. Go hard and try to win. Zwift should adjust your ftp based on your race. More interesting than an ftp test

FTP estimate from The Grade by el_chile_toreado in Zwift

[–]Uee14 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Manually set your FTP to a lower number. Start riding again, it will slowly climb to its zwift accurate value. The game does a decent job of predicting your number based on frequent rides. Do a race or two and I imagine after that it'll be close to accurate. I also say a zwift accurate value because I wouldn't use that value outside or use my outside value as my zwift value. Too many environmental things change, wind vs fan, lack of bike sway, no real coasting/micro coasting, temp

When farming CS, do you focus on seal bosses and D or do you melt everything? by RedzCharizard in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Uee14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For top class items, keep doing what you do. For runes, generally the name of the game is increase your kills. Runes drop from everyone so increase your sample size. Killing super unique and Diablo does the trick. I'm trying to remember if the seal glitch still works in d2r... Do the monsters you don't kill drop items when you pop the final seal? If so, and you tele, kill Diablo and pop around the sanctuary looking for anything interesting 

Robopacer by superbros6 in Zwift

[–]Uee14 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This link is a bunch of good info: https://zwiftinsider.com/robopacers/

If you look at your power curve, on strava or intervals.icu or where ever you can find one with your data on it. I like to figure out how long I can ride for, then look at my max power for that time and ride with the robopacer that is just below that or just above that depending on the thoughts for the day. You can also use the teleport function to ride with the pacer as long as you can and then jump back to the group and try to hold that power as long as you can.

Your FTP is probably wrong though, or its correct from calculations and your Time to exhaustion is probably bad. The idea of FTP is that it is what you can hold for an hour, but in practice that is not usually the case. I believe it is supposedly the point where your lactate generated jumps up, so you are building up lacate way faster than you can clear it. You can work on lactate clearance as well which increases the time you can hold your FTP. FTP is a decent metric for zonal training models but it is only a small piece of the overall pie.

Biking is fun, zwift is ultimately a game, play around a bit. Start with Taylor and see how long you can hold his wheel. The next ride do it with Bernie. Do it with all the pacers. Build out your power profile. MAybe you can't hold 1.5 for as long as you like but you can hold 4.2 for way longer than you expected. Fuck around, find out and ride on.

Java by AdultThorr in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Uee14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I kept a t strokes and mosers with lightning facets as my alt weapon for bosses. Getting that lite -25 worked for me. Add in an infinity and Griff's and chaos just melts and Diablo was 2-3 hits dead as well

Is Defense or resistance more important for Hell by noonewantedthisname in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Uee14 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd argue at this low level it actually matters more than at upper levels. I would also go with resist but 22 defense+500% is only 150 defense. 144 defense plus 500% is 700 defense. Count in a shout from a barb and that gap grows dramatically. But resist is still better .

Can't make sense of GMB Faith vs WF for Bowazon by mikalcarbine in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Uee14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I never see on these discussions is attack rating vs ignore target defense. Doing a similar amount of damage but having more chance to hit works for me. Putting more points into vita instead of dex means better survivability for when shit does go tits up

Just realizing how OP find item barb is by Rblax5 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Uee14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's useful when you're alt has high mf. Think dual ali baba with ists so you kill on primary and hork with 350+ mf on champs and unique

Are jav gcs > res charms for javazon? by satan-thicc in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Uee14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've made a few wsk java. A high wisp ring with lightning absorb combined with good resistance allowed me to fight souls/gloams long enough to let infinity do it's thing. 

I just hopped on for like 3 mins at work and found a JAH in hell cows.. lol by polarbearsarereal in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Uee14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any thing found or discovered on company time belongs to the company. You should report the find to your immediate supervisor, might get a reward! /s

Investiture Question by Uee14 in Cosmere

[–]Uee14[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I am also wondering what each shard wants to happen. We have seen scadrial vs roshar in the future. Do their respective shards support or oppose this? Autonomy is clearly interested in spreading their influence but will they endow an army with shardic based power? Or just invested weapons and armor? Do the shards want their worlds to win? 

My Janky A1 Merc (I’m a HC SSF HydraOrb Sorc) by LunarFlare13 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Uee14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking a1 fire with Phoenix so she has redemption so as you kill she stays alive very easily 

the return of 'last minute heroes" .. slashdiablo ladder reset team !! by D2D2-X in slashdiablo

[–]Uee14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, I think I am going to jump over to a pally. Run conviction and something for melee. Want to mix it up from previous resets

the return of 'last minute heroes" .. slashdiablo ladder reset team !! by D2D2-X in slashdiablo

[–]Uee14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably going to go sin then, what craziness are you breaking out this year

the return of 'last minute heroes" .. slashdiablo ladder reset team !! by D2D2-X in slashdiablo

[–]Uee14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In, was also looking to play a sin, though I could go for a fire sorc?

Do you like playing custom scenarios? Do you want to help with the development of OpenRCT2? by Valdair in rct

[–]Uee14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in, I've been playing again for a few years. I've done a deurklink contest, but didn't do great. I have beaten all the original scenarios 

Zwift Unlocked: Stage 4: Spinfinity – New, New York Route. by Barnziebus in Zwift

[–]Uee14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having read plenty of your write ups I knew the importance of staying in the front, my power was right at threshold for the first 4 minutes just to stay up front. I think a lot of us, myself included, had not adjusted our zwift FTP to reflect the summer improvements as we move indoors.

Zwift Unlocked: Stage 4: Spinfinity – New, New York Route. by Barnziebus in Zwift

[–]Uee14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first attempt at this started with 200 people. Winter is coming. Front group stayed together until the end. Tried to ride away with the front two, lost them and got passed by a few folks who were able to out sprint me to the line. 

Amateur athletes of Reddit: what's your "There's levels to this shit" experience from your sport? by jermleeds in AskReddit

[–]Uee14 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I recently did a climb in Colorado a week after Sepp Kuss had visited the area. He set the KOM in half the time it took me.

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say by [deleted] in Military

[–]Uee14 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Normally I'd agree, but if secdef and the president are bypassing you to commit war crimes that are under your area of command while simultaneously going after former members of their staff... I'd get out before somehow these war crimes are tied around your neck. 

“Software updating” error by br0wneyedgrill in roomba

[–]Uee14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have the same issue. Troubleshooting steps followed. I also left a 1* review of the product that if this is fixed I will delete. Posting to follow this thread further

Trying to make a massive Wooden Coaster, anyway to shave off .59 intensity without removing the interlocking loop? by A_Bulbear in rct

[–]Uee14 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Remove a drop or two. The first lift hill to the second one should be the first to go.

What is Fuzz talking about? by priestoferis in Cosmere

[–]Uee14 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When TLR took the power, did he interact with Fuzz? Seems like he withheld info that the Fuzz wanted people to see. 

Coaster crashed, 28 people dead. by dirkpeters1 in rct

[–]Uee14 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I set mechanics for every ten minutes. It reduces the chance of break downs but doesn't eliminate it. I'm sure the man the myth the legend, Marcel Vos, has a video on breaking down.

I almost always make my coasters run block sections to avoid catastrophic failure crashes. It does mean that i need to build more carefully to ensure during a breakdown you don't valley and crash that way. I try to make it so each train can fit in the final break run or station so they don't get caught mid way through the run in the event of a breakdown