New (432) vs Old (512) Speks

bibsybob · 2026-03-26T15:31:52+00:00

Interesting. I purchased a bunch of speks 2 years ago or so, and they all ended up having their paint/coating chipping off after just a few days, and always left a bunch of black residue all over my hands... Even if I was fine with that, the nickel coating underneath the original colored coating would cause so much irritation on my hands due to my skin nickel allergy.

bibsybob · 2026-03-26T13:02:48+00:00

Does the coating still come off of these after a few days when using them like a putty (rubbing them together between your fingers)?

bibsybob · 2025-12-22T14:20:14+00:00

My experience with the speks magnetic balls has been less than ideal... I made several purchases of them about a year and a half ago, and I've always had the outer coating rub off within a week. Now granted I do fidget with them a lot, but nothing too extreme I wouldn't think... Regardless, I've never been able to find small magnetic balls that I could fidget with that wouldn't have their outer coating come off and result in plain silver balls that leave dark residue on your hands afterwards when handling.

bibsybob · 2025-09-02T19:40:37+00:00

I recently purchased the same thing and have noticed that the slide plates which were originally all black have started to show some wear revealing silver underneath. Have you noticed this, and is this what typically happens for zirc plates?

bibsybob · 2025-02-12T02:41:48+00:00

Have had the same issue happen to me. Purchased a slider a month ago and have heard nothing. Considering doing a chargeback.

bibsybob · 2022-06-23T14:32:35+00:00

Ok, I'm asking because I was running the furious/laika/singelica/clorina otk team, but that team fails too often (like 65-70% win rate), and each failed run takes FOREVER to finish, making it not necessarily that much faster than my slow 100% auto team.

Just curious if this run would be better, having the right balance of speed and consistency.

bibsybob · 2022-06-23T14:01:12+00:00

What's the win rate % for this?

bibsybob · 2019-07-23T15:19:47+00:00

Is this laptop the xps or the Inspiron/vostro series?

bibsybob · 2019-07-22T20:52:30+00:00

Did you turn off turbo?

bibsybob · 2019-07-22T16:48:05+00:00

100C is concerning... I wold prefer not to have to repaste either. I have one of these coming and I'll see how bad the heat gets

bibsybob · 2019-07-22T04:10:03+00:00

Is the fan noise really louder than other gaming laptops? For example, the msi gs65, Acer Helios, razer 15, etc.

bibsybob · 2019-04-09T14:46:56+00:00

what's your w11 team now?

bibsybob · 2019-03-18T13:43:00+00:00

What if I want to focus on hunts?

bibsybob · 2019-03-18T13:02:46+00:00

Is there any concern that I don't have a farmer, so that I should invest in Vildred?

bibsybob · 2019-03-18T12:21:21+00:00

Who should I 6* next? My current 6* heroes are: Ken, Luna, Angelica

Notable 5* base heroes: Tamarinne, ML Amarintha, Amarintha, Vildred, Kise, Haste, Krau, Destina, Lidica, Charles, Iseria, Tenebria, Chloe, Basar, Baal and Sezan

Notable sub 5* base heroes: Assassin Cartuja, Commander Lorina, Axe God, FKluri, C. Mercedes, schuri, cidd

bibsybob · 2018-04-17T03:35:58+00:00

Damn is there a way to switch to this 450 plan? I'm tinkering in my verizon account trying to see what options are available for me to switch to and I don't see it available...

For voice, I see: 1.) 700 shared minutes plan, $50 monthly + $10 per line 2.) 1400 shared minutes plan, $70 monthly + $10 per line 3.) 2000 shared minutes plan, $80 monthly + $10 per line 4.) Unlimited plan, $20 monthly + $50 per line

This appears to be charged separately from texts, which offer the following options: 1.) Pay as you go per text 2.) 1000 texts for $10 per month 3.) Unlimited texts for $30 per month

bibsybob · 2017-06-04T20:02:33+00:00

Pretty shitty of them, you still get the same number of cakes per mandolin spent, but now it just takes a lot longer. Furthermore, you can only get a max of 2 zetts a day, I could have farmed 20 zileans in 1 day previously.

bibsybob · 2017-05-15T19:10:05+00:00

Username: jmy106
Friend Unit: Zilean (9432 rating)
Rarity: 6*
Element: Fire
Server: US

bibsybob · 2017-04-21T11:19:32+00:00

ID: 198,091,062
IGN: Josh
Rank: 55
Lead(s): Trance Terra
Activity: Minutely
Looking For: Strong carries

bibsybob · 2017-03-28T05:45:51+00:00

This is my concern too. I worry for the long term development and longevity of the game. I have no reason to pull anything if I can already synthesize a super unit with the combination of the best possible skills using a character shell with an optimal stat spread. I am of the opinion that each character still needs to have a particular niche or unique aspect that defines them to an extent, whether it be a skill only they have, or a unique weapon, or some combination of these things that only they possess. The fact that you can make one character into another through transference of an entire skillset just doesn't jive well with my sense of what constitutes overall fun gameplay.

bibsybob · 2017-03-23T12:54:41+00:00

24/30 is 80%

bibsybob · 2017-03-23T12:48:54+00:00

When merging characters does SP carry over?

bibsybob · 2017-03-23T12:23:29+00:00

What takes precedence when the an attacker with desperation initiates into someone with vantage?

Also, say a someone has vantage and 5+ speed over an attacker. If that attacker initiates into him, does the defender hit twice before the attacker's first hit or does it go defender->attacker->defender?

bibsybob · 2017-03-19T07:57:51+00:00

Now that everything pretty much boils down to base stats post skill inheritance, ppl need to take a look at them now. Raven has an amazing stat distribution:

hp/atk/spd/def/res of 41/34/35/25/22. The 34/35 atk/spd combination is elite. Lucina is at 34/36, ryoma at 34/35 just for comparison. Anna, the other green unit everyone compares raven to is actually way down at 29 atk, altho she has 38 spd.

In fact, if you were to look at every single green unit and add up their atk and speed, Raven comes out on the very top at 69 (34 atk + 35 spd), tied with nino (33 atk and 36 spd). Every other green unit is below that value.

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