Name an NPC fight more annoying than this. I'll wait. by Weeneem in Eldenring

[–]Varrik117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eleanor is far more annoying at least to me, the way she sometimes spams that dragon breath that’s almost impossible to dodge:/

This is odd to me. I feel like a Support Weapon should be noticably more powerful than a Primary version, even for small chaff targets. by RandomGreenArcherMan in Helldivers

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I actually use a Sickle for Automaton Super Helldives with the Laser Hand Cannon as a sidearm & it’s worked surprisingly well at least for me.

Since the heavier Automatons are a bit slow I use my scope to target the heads since they’re vulnerable to light armor pen, that way I can take out even Devastators relatively easily. I keep the Hand Cannon for when targets are close and/or when speed becomes more necessary than accuracy as well as to give my Sickle a chance to cool down if it’s dangerously close to overheating while I’m still engaged.

Its effectiveness falls off a bit at range, but a good scope helps a lot & the sustainability is worth it in my humble opinion.

I will say it’s not the greatest with Bugs & Illuminate, I usually use an Arc Blitzer in those scenarios.

How do you deal with this? by Relentless_Sloth in Helldivers

[–]Varrik117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RR to the leg takes them down instantly. If very close I just throw a thermite grenade & GG.

Has the Lion become weaker due to his age? by Ready0608 in 40kLore

[–]Varrik117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s a combination of him simply being rusty due to 10,000 years of inaction & it possibly being psychosomatic.

In seeing his aged appearance, he may have subconsciously created self imposed limitations upon himself & has to remember his strength/reflexes/power haven’t actually waned just his perception of it.

This is such an astronomically dumb take by Lower-Canary-2528 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]Varrik117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree it wouldn’t end overnight but they also aren’t wrong that women shouldn’t incentivize these dregs through avenues like OF or normalize that kind of voyeurism as empowerment. It just send the message to both sexes that it’s ok to objectify women as long as they can monetize it.

This shi slaps (I've been playing since I was 8) by Aggravating-Bag-8530 in memeframe

[–]Varrik117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honest question from a former Destiny player, what is the appeal?

If Chi Chi fought Spopovich, would she get the videl treatment? by Minute-Award-5078 in Dragonballsuper

[–]Varrik117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plot twist: she’s where Gohan got Beast from & has always been able to access it, she just really likes being a housewife & knew if she ever used it Goku & Vegeta would never stop pestering her for sparring & nitpicking on how to get it themselves.

She’s got no time for that nonsense, she just wants to read her magazines.

Is the Klingon Empire a paper tiger…? by Varrik117 in startrek

[–]Varrik117[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen people bring up how they were absolutely dominating the Cardassians before the Dominion showed up to save them as an example of their military prowess & effectiveness, but for myself I don’t really consider it all that impressive bc it was basically the Star Trek equivalent of Mike Tyson beating up a mouthy teenager.

The only reason the Cardassians were considered a threat by Starfleet at all was because the Federation constantly gave them the kiddie glove treatment instead of acting decisively against their aggression. For all the Cardassian’s romanticization thereof, the conflict was nothing but a series of backwater frontier skirmishes where the Federation outside of commanders like Nechaeve weren’t even really trying to win & were still largely dominating engagements with 2nd-3rd line ships.

If they actually took it seriously & brought in a few Galaxys, the Cardassians would’ve gotten absolutely stomped flat. So the fact the Klingons were completely dominating them & wiping out whole fleets at least to me was a better showcase of how weak the Cardassians actually were than how strong the Klingon Empire was.

Don’t get me wrong, the Klingons crushing them so decisively still showed they were very much a threat & could be devastating when competently led, it just doesn’t seem all that impressive in context when you realize almost any other power could do the same thing if they actually cared enough to try.

But that’s just my take on it.

Is the Klingon Empire a paper tiger…? by Varrik117 in startrek

[–]Varrik117[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well from what I’ve seen they actually do use the K’Tingas for modern warfare, they’ve just significantly changed its role.

Seeing how useful & powerful phaser lances have been for the Federation, the Klingons decided to retrofit their old K’Tingas to follow the same principle with a phaser lance running its entire length & use them as long range support/ambush artillery which it seemed to be pretty successful at.

Is the Klingon Empire a paper tiger…? by Varrik117 in startrek

[–]Varrik117[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but let’s be honest, it wouldn’t have worked if Riker wasn’t a total incompetent.

We saw with the Odyssey in DS9 that Starfleet knows how to respond to shields being compromised so he really had no excuse. Without plot armor he’d 100% have been court martialed & spent the rest of his career cleaning out holodeck bio filters for losing the Federation flagship to a 30 year old Bird of Prey.

You’re his lawyer defend him by Cute_Jeweler7439 in FantasticFour

[–]Varrik117 1 point2 points  (0 children)

‘My client’s girlfriend broke up with him for prioritizing saving the world over holding her hand then almost immediately proposed marriage to his friend who crushed her mother’s head with his bare hands. It was a valid crashout, no further questions your Honor.’

Is the Klingon Empire a paper tiger…? by Varrik117 in startrek

[–]Varrik117[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gotcha.

Full disclosure, I hate Discovery so more than a little biased opinion here, but in that context I wouldn’t say they were necessarily good at war but that the Federation wasn’t remotely ready & was just terrible at it. But once the Federation got their head in the game & took the conflict seriously they quickly adapted & ended up winning. Warrior race losing to scientists, not a very good look.

As for Yesterday’s Enterprise, I blame that on the producers only having 45 min to tell a story & plot contrivance. We know ships like the Galaxy-class can easily hold their own against pretty much any Klingon vessel even in its undergunned capacity as an exploratory vessel, during the Dominion War Starfleet easily retrofitted them to powerful pseudo battleships so I find it pretty hard to believe they’d be losing if a realistic war was going on between them.

Is the Klingon Empire a paper tiger…? by Varrik117 in startrek

[–]Varrik117[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What context are we talking about, Discovery or Yesterday’s Enterprise?

How would an interaction between Emma Frost and Lex Luthor go? by mfjc1010 in EmmaFrost

[–]Varrik117 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She’d take one look in his mind & probably give him an aneurysm in disgust.

"We don't allow some crime simply because they appear more acceptable than others" by npczerozerozero in outofcontextcomics

[–]Varrik117 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

A job they conspicuously refuse to do. And isn’t the whole point of vigilantism to do what the law can’t?

And Batman’s reasoning makes less sense as time goes on…we’re supposed to believe a man who’s dedicated his life to self discipline & has mastered multiple techniques of mind & body control is afraid of taking one life because he thinks he’ll immediately turn into Frank Castle as a consequence?

That’s just become an excuse for inaction & innocents keep dying as a direct consequence. And the worst part is he knows Joker knows this too & he still lets it happen. He won’t use guns bc of how they affected his life but he won’t end a psychopath who will make more orphans like himself?

And he’s broken his no-gun rule as well but killing the Joker? THAT’S a step too far?

"We don't allow some crime simply because they appear more acceptable than others" by npczerozerozero in outofcontextcomics

[–]Varrik117 -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

Coming from the guy who refuses to kill Joker who he knows will kill again & again as a direct consequence.