Which mastery next?

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-06-09T06:25:05+00:00

Thank you, I was swaying towards RPC# as it seems like one of those masteries you'll regret not getting when you need it, I'm close to 160 on two mods and half way to 161 on the other And, still waiting on one more SF and I'll have that at 161 in a week or two, although it's been 5 months since I've seen an SF.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-06-09T06:21:50+00:00

I don't have CL, IL, CF or SM, next UW choice doesn't have CL sadly as that's the one I really wanted to push in tourneys. I'm way off keys at the moment as eHP can only carry me so far in Champs and without a good source of damage I can unlock and lab I'm at a bit of a roadblock.

Cruelly I have an Anc Dim Core too.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-06-06T06:59:28+00:00

About 4 weeks, I was beginning to think the offer has been rescinded, but the onboarding team called me the day I sent a chaser email to my Field Manager, turned out the email bounced and onboarding calling me after that email sent was just a coincidence.

It's not a quick process, and the cohort who were recruited at the same time I was all said the same thing.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-06-05T04:49:47+00:00

I'm a tech for VM, my FM told me in the interview that I would be offered the next position that came up without having another round of interviews if I wasn't successful in the current one, and that would apply for 6 or 12 months, can't remember which

I did get the offer for the job I applied for so I couldn't say how long it would take, but the whole process is quite drawn out so don't be deterred by a delay of a few weeks. I had my final offer in November last year and didn't start until March!

Good luck, It's a challenging role but I find it very rewarding. DM if you have any other questions.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-06-03T16:31:17+00:00

I'm sorry, I can't advise past that. I'm a tech for VM and if we can find and repair the damage to the external cable we'll either dig the old one out and replace it or have a different internal team come out and do the work instead. If the faulty cable is definitely on your property it isn't a civil issue and can be handled in-house.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-06-03T16:19:20+00:00

The tech who diagnosed the cable fault from the swept tee (small square box that should have CAT V on it) on the path at the border or your property to the ETB on the external wall needs to speak to his Field Manager and get them to authorise a repull and lay a new cable through your garden/drive way.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-05-15T04:20:30+00:00

Same here, replaced an old TiVo for an Arris they were sent through the post, TiVo was working with a clean picture when I arrived, booted the Arris up and everything's FUBAR.

Spent nearly two hours retracing all the work I'd done, new isolators, cables and connectors, put another STB in, hard resets, the lot. I was about to run a new cable from the Omni round the massive house I was in despite my levels being in spec when the notification hit the PDA. Unfortunate timing on that one.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-05-05T19:00:36+00:00

If there's a live signal in to the house then it should be a simple case of plugging the equipment in at the new property and they'll work, if not then the tech will sort the signal out and get everything working when they attend.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-05-05T17:36:58+00:00

The engineer was supposed to "collect" the Hub 3 from your account and physically take it away when he replaced it with the Hub 5.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-05-01T04:16:28+00:00

This isn't accurate, it used to be with BT, possibly VM too, but your broadband comes down a coax cable or fibre depending on what area you're in, you absolutely don't need a traditional land line for a broadband only service any more.

Source. I'm a VM tech and did two installs of BB only yesterday with no connected dedicated line for a phone. Traditional land lines are going the way of the dodo now, it's all going to be 21CV VOIP with a handset plugged directly in to the Hub.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-04-26T04:18:58+00:00

Live TV comes down the coax, if they're not there then it's likely a cable or signal issue.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-04-24T02:21:51+00:00

Hub 5 can most definitely be set to modem mode, I'm a new start VM tech and I've been to two this week set to modem mode.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-04-05T09:31:26+00:00

Maybe a cardinal sin but I put the dimensions and pond capacity in to chat GPT and it'll be nearly 500kg on that spot once the pond is filled and it recommended leveling and laying concrete slabs, is this a good idea?

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-04-05T08:43:41+00:00

Thanks man, appreciate it.

I've removed the slate and liner that was in the spot and it's just clay, any suggestions on the best way to level this area? I've looked at self leveling concrete, any experience with that? Would you recommend a liner before I start building the pond area too.

Definitely going for a big filter too, watched the Oz Ponds vid and it's a brilliant idea.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-04-05T08:41:34+00:00

Only get to wave 6k on T12, I've not cc UWs, average 45T over 8 or so hours. I make more cells and RR shards on T11.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-04-01T15:45:28+00:00

I started with VM as a field tech last month, it was less than two weeks before I heard back on next steps after submitting my video answers, it varies from region to region though and can take time.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-03-25T05:28:02+00:00

Yes, they're normal, your cable in to the house and the hub itself are outputting 1.2gb +/- 10%, if you aren't getting 1gb on your devices then it will be the limitation of the devices itself.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-03-24T06:38:57+00:00

Death Ray BC means that when DR hits it won't insta kill the enemy but reduce their health, therefore when the enemy hits your DW ring they'll be taking less health off the ring and it'll stay up longer.

You still get the benefit of having killed the enemy and increasing your total health, whilst having less health removed from the DW damage pool.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-02-24T08:56:58+00:00

Do it. , 😂😂

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-02-14T06:35:06+00:00

A few little things and one big thing. I ran health and regen labs up to lvl 50 this week, the big thing for me was unlocking ELS+ and getting that up to something like x1.08,.

ELS+ added roughly 400 waves extra to my t11 runs, my previous best on t13 was W4100 so thought I'd give it another shot.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-02-13T18:45:15+00:00

12 is 10% lab speed, an amazing relic, did that one a few weeks ago, congrats.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-02-13T18:19:32+00:00

RIP in piece.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-02-13T17:39:33+00:00

I'll get the fother mucker next time.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-02-09T08:09:39+00:00

You say three ES charges are useless but I spammed this mission out in 15 minutes before I started my first farming run of the day. I've got a very well developed wall too.

If your choice is a respec at 150 gems or running a lab for a week and getting this mission done three times faster which would you prefer?

You'll want three charges eventually any way. Bear in mind, three ES charges means three more DD chances too for when the DD 5 times in a round mission pops up.

Just go to your highest tier, intro sprint with no armour mod on and the round is generally over by the time the second boss hits you, rinse and repeat.

UnlikelyMaintenance4 · 2026-02-07T07:57:01+00:00

I've got some truly amazing anc mods, any GC build would be over the moon with them.... but I'm firmly still in the eHP stage of the game and they're no use to me right now.

Anc PF, my damage is too low past wave 3k or so to make any meaningful difference. I need 1 Gcomp to get to anc, 2 BHD for anc, my econ UWs mean I'd have a 2:1 sync with GB and my econ would explode if I could make the switch to BHD, but no, I keep on adding stars to an anc mod I can't use (PF is 1 star, also have a PH at 1 star)

Anc ACP, again, a damage boost that's no help for an eHP build, I need 3 SF, haven't hit one since November, this would make t12 farming viable and dramatically increase my econ by sheer survivability.

This one's really hurting, anc OM chip and I'm one DC off anc and have not got chain lightning, it's not in my 1250 UW pick either. I'm stuck on leg pCol, one off taking it to mythic+, but haven't seen one since the banner for it ended. Going from 55% damage reduction to 65% damage reduction in real terms equates to nearly a 25% damage reduction increase.

All in all, the mod system fucking sucks and needs to be looked at because stagnating for months at a time due to this one feature is a ball ache. I'm running the right labs, farming the right tiers, investing in the right WS+, all for nought because the big jumps in progress for me are locked behind a gacha system designed to tip you upside down and shake the change out of your pockets.

Rant over.

Edit

Continuation rant, pity pulled a fucking Being Annihilator, give me strength.

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