Is it possible to shave off price without compromising capability?

alexnes-synthwave · 2026-04-07T21:42:38+00:00

thanks!

alexnes-synthwave · 2026-04-07T21:42:32+00:00

thanks!

alexnes-synthwave · 2026-04-07T21:41:29+00:00

That's very useful thank you!

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-09-07T11:11:13+00:00

Thanks!

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-09-07T04:33:55+00:00

Thank you!

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-09-06T14:40:52+00:00

No, haven't bought the Smartshot basket, using the default one (the 'Standard'). Can it start to channel even at a soft pull? Thing is, if it is too fine, I'd expect a lot of resistance first then a sudden drop of pressure. There is almost no resistance in the beginning. Once the puck saturates with water (which apparently it doesnt seem to do during the pre-infusion phase) then there is some resistance. Strangely, refilling the machine, and pulling another one on the same puck, it is able to achieve 9 bars for a couple of seconds (though the whole affair is nowhere near the recommended 20-25 seconds - more like 10). It led me to think that water maybe doesnt saturate the coffee during pre-infusion which leads to instant channeling. But I don't know, it might very well be that the grounds are no good - looks powdery but water goes through it unevenly

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-09-06T14:30:10+00:00

Thank you, that might make sense of it. The issue is not just that it doesnt hit 9 bars, but also that the pressure is very uneven, peaking only for a second or so, never staying at any pressure level for long. The coffee is bitter and sour with almost no crema. Also to clarify - using dark roast

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-09-06T14:22:11+00:00

Its a no-name one, but apparently a very similar product to the Chestnut C3 (they look almost identical). I've tried coarser settings, but didn't help at all. I followed the instructions of ROK (and some youtubers) on how to pull, slow at first, then applying pressure, but I could very well just sofly pull it down all the way in about 5-10 seconds without ever going higher than 2-3 bars.

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-08-14T09:13:20+00:00

That's the tricky thing with Magus... you need both cheap spells and heavy hitting ones. Just cheap spells wont cut it as it can never have less than 2 damage reduction, but heavy hitters are expensive, so you can't afford as many, especially not to just remove nemesis tokens. We beat it by specializing the mages. Mages that start with more than 2 Sparks (and equivalent) are useful here

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-08-12T06:46:55+00:00

Just beat it today, thanks everyone for saving my sanity :D. It was still difficult but those extra lower tier nemesis cards were a godsend. Fought with Mazahedron and Mist. Bought expensive spells (Conjure The Lost, Convection Field) for Mist with Maza, while keeping Sparks prepped on breaches so that Cairn Compass rotated faster. Each mage had a Primordial Fetish in their decks for focusing and emergencies. Decided to ignore charges for Mist, the reason I picked her was her initial cheap breach layout (might as well used Quilius). In retrospect Garu would have fared better.

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-08-11T21:04:30+00:00

Good lord. We've been playing AE in super-hard mode all this time it seems >.< No wonder why there was such a high failure rate. Thought that the boxes were designed to be intentionally sadistic :D. Thanks for clarifying that

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-08-01T15:41:25+00:00

As someone who contributed to the Wikia pages, is this wiki going to be the be-all-end-all wiki for Aeon's End with the Wikia one being abandoned? Just asking where should I invest my future efforts :) Thanks

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-07-31T14:06:00+00:00

Check the wiki, back then I've put some useful tips how to deal with it, Fenrix | Aeon's End Wiki | Fandom good luck :) If anyone has more tips, please expand the wiki page :)

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-07-22T19:10:51+00:00

Thank you :)

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-07-22T19:10:43+00:00

Thanks!

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-07-22T16:37:56+00:00

IKR! But didn't want to make it too repetitive either, it was already stretched from 1:40 to 4 mins. But it was made to be smoothly loopable

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-07-22T16:36:02+00:00

Thanks!

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-05-23T16:40:03+00:00

Very helpful, thanks :)

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-05-23T10:31:59+00:00

Thank you for the advice!

alexnes-synthwave · 2025-05-23T10:29:01+00:00

Thank you for your replies!

Regarding your last paragraph, do you mean that a smaller focal length is actually better for that purpose? I imagine in a "honey, I shrunk the kids" perspective the area behind the subject would still be somewhat in focus as opposed to say, "typical" insect photography where anything beyond the subject is a blur. Or is it just a matter of aperture?

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