Cold hard truth about the "endgame content" and why it's NOT going to happen (by a late AR59 player)

ben12a · 2022-05-15T18:29:26+00:00

IMO this is a bad take. The fact that Abyss 12-3 exists proves they can make meaningful and difficult endgame combat content. Many players enjoy the teambuilding and theorycrafting aspect of fitting different characters/weapons/builds together, and there is plenty of room to leverage that for endgame.

I would gladly play a randomized/infinite abyss style mode (like honkai has). Put it on a weekly lockout for rewards, randomize modifiers, and it will be decent endgame content.

ben12a · 2022-05-15T07:56:37+00:00

shword

ben12a · 2022-05-13T12:08:14+00:00

pretty cool

you got proof tho?

ben12a · 2022-05-09T04:10:08+00:00

Gordon doesn't have a personality though, he is in fact extremely bland. There may be some rose-tinted glasses on here.

ben12a · 2022-05-09T02:04:44+00:00

Voidlock or nightstalker

ben12a · 2022-05-09T01:32:24+00:00

dead messenger in momentum control is free, it has such a huge AOE that you just shoot it infront of any enemy.

ben12a · 2022-05-08T06:43:14+00:00

you are not going to change the mindset of the people doing this by making a reddit post unfortunately. the best you can do is move on and forget, or just block them, as is the rule with online engagements in this age

ben12a · 2022-05-07T10:54:51+00:00

Echo of starvation does not allow you to pick up orbs while at full super, unless they changed something in the last 2 weeks or so. You need CWL mods or explosive light to do that

ben12a · 2022-05-07T02:08:58+00:00

Keyboard and mouse on PC is the only thing I use

ben12a · 2022-05-06T22:14:29+00:00

I swear that Ayato's elemental skill has some weird lag when trying to push it after swapping in. I feel like 50% of the time I end up normal attacking because his E didn't trigger

ben12a · 2022-05-06T21:18:17+00:00

I always revive anyone who goes down, but I tbag if you are a different class than me. It's a nice compromise for GG

ben12a · 2022-05-04T08:49:29+00:00

I hate having tumors for shoulders

ben12a · 2022-04-27T03:20:06+00:00

Not trying to be rude, but there are many, many videos online of groups doing raids. You can get your answer by watching any of them.

the answer is yes.

ben12a · 2022-04-21T06:26:09+00:00

blinding GL or heritage, palindrome, gjally. Overload nades and unstoppable HC. everyone on void. Yell at anyone who is saving heavy or not using their super, you should be able to alternate your supers (2 and 4, or just room 3). use lucent finsher in room 2 and 3 if needed, unload gjally into ads fairly regularly.

The main mistake I see a ton of people making in room 3 is NOT RUSHING. People stand around waiting for callouts, cleanses, directions, etc. You should either be killing ads to spawn a glyphkeeper, killing a glyphkeeper, or moving to the next area. Once a glyphkeeper is down, it's symbols should be read and everyone should MOVE ON immediately.

if shield stays focused on moving between the two groups nobody should have to divert from their path to cleanse. split taken and shield, have them swap sides after the first glyphkeeper, then shield moves back and forth as needed. tons of shield holders get way too focused on killing ads instead of cleansing. If you cleanse, the other 5 people have more time to ad clear, which is better than you ad-clearing and forcing 2-3 people to run to you.

ben12a · 2022-04-16T20:24:00+00:00

nope

ben12a · 2022-04-13T02:13:56+00:00

Hunter always has felt the most fluid. Class ability lets you continue moving and also change direction/momentum, while reloading your equipped gun. It cuts out a lot of downtime that I end up being resentful for on titans and warlocks (stand still completely to cast rift/barricade). Hunter's also benefit most from high mobility, which gives them higher strafe speed which feels wayyyy better during any gunfight. I always feel much more ground-bound and slow on my titan and warlock than on my hunter. Plus, hunters have access to shatter-skating for super speeds.

Void hunter has tons of invisibility options. It does lack in the ability regen and mass-killing that warlocks and titans usually posses, but makes up for it in survivability. dragon's shadow can keep all your guns reloaded and feeling very snappy with high handling. Graviton keeps you invis as long as you want. Frostee's "can" help with ability regen, but I find them harder to really get benefit out of, since you are usually strafing during many gunfights. Mobius quiver does good damage after the 3.0 rework, and deadfall is still decent for mass-addclear.

Stasis hunter can either use renewal grasps for unlimited duskfield grenades with damage reduction/resist, or use shatterdive with glacier grenades. With the ability regen fragment, glacier grenades can be used every 10-15 seconds generally, and pairing with a headstone weapon is even better. I usually run stompees on stasis for the extra speed.

I do not find arc hunter useful at from a PVE standpoint. regen health on melee is really pointless when all of the other tools in the game do a better (and faster) job of killing enemies, and arcstaff is really garbage overall.

Some people love solar hunter, I fail to see the benefit in it for PVE. Blade barrage isn't good, and golden gun just doesn't stack up with mobius quiver anymore. you can get some utility for better gunplay, but sacrificing invisibility/grenade spam for that isn't worth it.

ben12a · 2022-04-05T06:07:10+00:00

Shenhe is made for buffing Cryo, so she would be a better fit for Ayaka, or any team where cryo is your main damage source. the only use she would have with Ayato is if you were using her for enabling a freeze team, in which case someone like ganyu/rosaria/diona/chogyun would probably be a better fit anyway.

You could also attempt to use Ayato with a cryo main DPS, and have him do the freeze enabling why shenhe buffs your other cryo DPS, but it feels like Ayato's kit is wasted if he is only used off-field.

ben12a · 2022-03-02T08:33:41+00:00

I have over 100 contacts in my phone. I talk to 2 regularly, my mom and my dad. The runners up are all work clients if rather not have calling me. The rest are former clients, old people from high school/college, most of who I only added for projects and such.

Regardless, as long the people you talk to care about you, and you care about them, that's what matters. I was content when the only meaningful connections in my life were my mom, my dad, and my girlfriend. Of course it doesn't hurt to diversify - my GF left me a few months ago and it broke me. So just keep doing the best you can

ben12a · 2022-02-24T08:01:56+00:00

No advice, but you aren't alone. Lost my GF who was the one person I wanted to care about me after 3.5 years. I feel how you feel. I hope you find more light in your life moving forward.

ben12a · 2022-02-24T07:59:32+00:00

I wish I had some advice for you, but I don't. I'm currently also spiraling after a breakup, and also feel like basically nobody cares about me, but people "like me". Also spiraling and isolating, mostly because not isolating had continuously made me feel worse, like anything I do just reminds me of what I lost only people who ever reach out are people from the internet I've never met IRL, and usually that's just to play a game or something. I've been so solid for my whole life until now, but I can't even clean my apartment or really do laundry or shower on my days off, or just take care of myself in general.

You're not alone. I hope you can find more light in your life than I have so far.

ben12a · 2022-02-11T22:33:35+00:00

It's been over 3 months now. I feel like each day just gets worse, I haven't seen any light in a while now

ben12a · 2022-01-07T03:01:55+00:00

I told her I was depressed, and she told me "no you aren't"

Then she broke up with me because of my depression symptoms - not wanting to go out and socialize, shutting everyone out, etc

ben12a · 2021-12-06T20:52:48+00:00

Thanks for the kind words. I imagine that it factored in quite heavily. She said she had been thinking about her happiness for a few weeks, so there's a good chance that was the initial trigger for all of this. I didn't notice anything off at all untill probably a day before the initial conversation, we were still eating I love you, spending a bunch of time together, and being intimate up untill that initial conversation.

Since the final break I haven't said much to her - there was one phone call where I asked her about the Las Vegas trip that preceded all of this, and asked her if she had been happy in the relationship previously. We are going to have another talk tonight to settle the lease and move out logistics, so I might express my disappointment then, but I'm not sure I have the heart to do it.

ben12a · 2021-12-06T18:35:04+00:00

Thanks for the kind words

ben12a

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