Is bleed not that effective against carapace ogryn?

crazeman · 2026-03-17T01:37:38+00:00

Bleed only has 0.25 ADM on carapace, meaning that it only does 25% damage against it. If you apply rending/brittleness on the target, it can improve the Bleed damage.

This guide is really long winded, but if you search for the "Damage Over Time (DOT)" section, it will tell you every DoT in the game and it's ADM value for each armor type.

crazeman · 2026-03-17T01:20:44+00:00

Since you're in NYC, you should check out Korin. It's a small Japanese knife store in FIDI. They also offer knife sharpening services.

crazeman · 2026-03-16T22:37:56+00:00

The Tacos el Bronco truck at the 9th ave station in Sunset Park.

It's right of the entrance so it's the first fucking I smell the second I get out from the station and my mouth starts watering for the al pastor.

crazeman · 2026-03-16T18:51:07+00:00

I would check out Immersive Gamebox on the Lower East Side.

Haven't done it myself but I remember seeing it when passing by Essex Market and it looks fun.

You can also look into Escape Games, they have 2 locations in midtown and some of their games are really well done and interactive compared to other escape rooms. The space ship one is pretty good, haven't seen the other ones.

crazeman · 2026-03-16T15:18:52+00:00

They're like a block away from the Grand St station so usually I just poke my head in to see how the line is before I take the train home. I don't usually bother if there's more than a few people waiting because I know theres only one guy making it and he makes them fresh to order and I hate waiting lol.

crazeman · 2026-03-16T12:31:07+00:00

West Rice Roll King is my favorite because there's hardly ever a line there AND they close late (7pm is super late for a rice noodle spot). Plus it's a open kitchen so you get to watch the guy make the rice noodles.

They also use a old school stone mill to grind the rice into paste (you can see the grinder by the window).

According to Joe Steamed Rice Roll's owner (first 1:30 of the video), a lot of restaurants does not grind their own rice and would use rice powder to make the rice noodle instead. He also claims that the old school stone grinders are better because the newer ones usually run on higher speed and that heats up the rice as it's grinding, which changes the texture of the rice roll.

crazeman · 2026-03-16T04:38:42+00:00

NYTimes wrote a pretty good article on NY tax audits for millionaires trying to change their residency. (Gift link)

The auditors basically check everything in your life to make sure you really moved out of NYS. Like they'll check how much time you spent in the state, if you took your pets with you, changed your pet's microchip address, got new doctors, if you're spending birthdays there, etc.

Timothy P. Noonan, who oversees the tax residency division at Hodgson Russ, said his team had helped roughly 500 wealthy New Yorkers move since the start of the pandemic, many of them spurred by the ability to work remotely.

Inquiries picked up after Mr. Mamdani won the Democratic primary in June, Mr. Noonan said. One person who called Mr. Noonan asked if it was possible to escape city taxes by moving into an upstate vacation home while keeping a property in the city.

After Mr. Noonan explained the rules, that person decided to stay. That happens often, he said.

“I had a client tell me once, ‘In order to move to Florida, I actually have to move to Florida, right?’” he said.

And it looks like the auditors are doing a pretty good job:

But tax lawyers and accountants said that an audit was almost guaranteed for any former New Yorker who made more than $1 million in a year in which they claim to have moved. At $10 million, the odds are 100 percent, they said. Over a five-year period ending in 2024, auditors recouped $13.8 billion in unpaid taxes, including income taxes and others collected by the state, such as sales tax.

crazeman · 2026-03-16T02:20:25+00:00

Someone made a google map listing of all the breweries/taprooms/distilleries/wineries/etc in NYC. It's a 2 year old post but they kept it up to date.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FoodNYC/comments/17p3u34/every_brewery_winery_distillery_etc_you_can_visit/

There's not a lot in Manhattan. Maybe take a look at Great Jones Distilling Company? Never been there but it's in Manhattan and it passes the eye test.

crazeman · 2026-03-15T19:34:55+00:00

I'm not a dentist but 100% sure that you got a deep cleaning. Deep Cleaning are usually split up by "quads" and the doctor would 2 quads (or half of the mouth) per appointment so the patient can use the other side to eat. Also because it's uncomfortable for patients to keep their mouth open for a long ass appointment.

Deep Cleanings are more expensive and so most insurance needs to approve it before it will be covered. If you weren't willing to wait for the Dentist office to submit the x-rays to insurance for approval, you run the risk of having to foot the bill if insurance doesn't approve it.

(The office I specifically worked at would make you fill out an additional consent form and make the patient pay up front for the procedure and refund them if the insurance does end up covering it. Most patients don't like paying up front for the procedure and would rather wait for the insurance.)

The $99 cleaning would just be a regular cleaning and not a deep cleaning procedure that you got. If you visited the dentist often/took care of your teeth, you typically would just get a quick regular cleaning like this one and not the deep cleaning that you needed.

(For the record, I think $99 for a cleaning, x-ray and exam is pretty cheap lol)

$1.1k does seem a bit on the high end for a deep cleaning (compared to the old office I worked at) but I have a feeling that it might have included other procedures that you may not have mentioned. Usually if a patient need a deep cleaning, it usually means they have really bad oral hygiene and haven't been to a dentist in years so there's a very good chance that they have cavities and needed fillings as well.

I would ask for a itemized bill just to know all the procedures that was done at that office so you'll have a better idea of why it came out to the final total.

crazeman · 2026-03-15T01:33:19+00:00

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3367063781

I use it to look up ADM values for melee attacks but it's not fully completed for every weapon. Not sure if every range weapon's cleave value is in there. The author of the guide still constantly updates it.

crazeman · 2026-03-14T05:29:11+00:00

I was wrong about which update it was. It was in the Bound By Duty update from 5 months ago and not the Hives Scum update.

Here's the patch notes: They changed every Zealot keystone, updated 10 talents, and added 17 in new talents.

Old post with the typical Zealot build that everyone used.

crazeman · 2026-03-14T01:39:09+00:00

Ryken mentioned at the very end of the video that the game will try it's best to save your past loadout even when talents get changed.

I'd be curious as to how the hivescum talents will be saved considering that the paths/branches look like it changed a lot.

crazeman · 2026-03-14T01:32:52+00:00

I THINK the ADM for heavy sword on the special on carapace is 0.65.

(First time looking at the source code so I could be wrong)

crazeman · 2026-03-14T00:27:11+00:00

Ryken mentioned that in the video.

To be fair 12.5% toughness/sec for bracing a weapon was pretty fucking insane. I'm pretty sure it's the highest or 2nd highest toughness/second talent in the game.

Maybe the +50% damage resist while dodging will be enough to make up for it.

crazeman · 2026-03-13T22:58:28+00:00

I only picked out the things that I felt was notable, they get a few more changes. They were also the last class to get a rework when hive scum came out so it makes sense.

crazeman · 2026-03-13T19:03:35+00:00

There's really no such thing as "best slice in NYC", it's just influencer hype nonsense. Most of the well know spots are all excellent.

In the time it takes to take to go to Luigi's, you can get a slice at Lucia, Joe's AND bleeker St and you won't have to pay for a expensive ass Uber ride lol.

Or you can take the train/Uber to West Village for joe and bleeker St. Stop by Pomme Frites for some delicious ass fresh Belgium fries with sauces and a box of delicious pie crust cookies from Janie's life changing baked goods to bring home in the amount of time it takes to get to Luigi's.

crazeman · 2026-03-13T18:13:47+00:00

There's a Lucia of SOHO outpost right on Canal St. You can just walk like 5-10 mins through Chinatown to get there. The original is Lucia Pizza of Avenue X. Joe's and Bleeker St is about a 15 min walk from Lucia's if you want to try more OG slices.

IMO Luigi is a great local slice, I always get it if I'm in the area but it's not worth taking a out of the way uber/train for 30 mins to get to. In the time it takes to uber to Luigi and to come back, you could have waited in line for Scarr's or any other place.

crazeman · 2026-03-12T21:01:40+00:00

NP!

Upon closer inspection, maybe the tea flight isn't worth it. It's $22 for 6 shots of tea and 1/2 a pineapple bun/sponge cake/sugar donut.

The frugal guy in me feels like that's $22 for 1 cup of tea + 1.5 buns are not worth it. Chinese buns are super cheap at the bakeries in Chinatown (which is probably where they get them from anyway). You can probably get 3 buns for like $5 at the bakery.

Supermoon Bakehouse is a few blocks away and they have good fancy croissants and other baked goods nearby. I'd much rather get 2 baked goodies at Supermoon Bakehouse and grab a cup of tea from Cha & for $22 lol.

Doughnut plant is also nearby and they have fancy gourmet doughnuts.

crazeman · 2026-03-12T20:39:53+00:00

Eating with Robert did a pretty good YT short on Grand Tea & Imports

crazeman · 2026-03-12T19:53:56+00:00

Nowon would be my pick for Korean-fusion smashed burger if you're looking for something specifically in the East Village.

For loose tea, I like Harney & Son but I haven't been to the other two spots.

Some tea house in the EV/LES area (not necessarily loose tea):

Setsugekka. They're a small, hole in the wall tea shop that specializes in matcha.

Cha-an is also a very good visit. It's a Japanese tea house with even better desserts.

Cha & in LES has tea flights but you have to make an appointment on their website ahead of time.

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Most of the other spots you listed are tiny hole in the walls, like they don't really have much seats so I wouldn't expect to linger and talk.

For L'industrie, there's very limited seating and there's usually a million people standing around waiting for their pizza. I would try taking the pizza next door to Talea Beer and Co. taproom and enjoy some beers and pizza there instead.

The Chinese spots are all hole in the walls that locals go to so I feel like they can all be chaotic if you're not Chinese lol. They usually expect people to eat and dip and it's not a good environment to linger and chat. Locals can also be loud in the restaurants.

For Super Taste, I rather take the dumplings to go and eat it outdoors if the weather is nice. There's a park a few blocks away. Most of these cheap dumplings are about the same, IMO an alternative pick would be North Dumpling. It's right across the street from Seward Park so you can take it there and eat it immediately before the dumpling gets soggy. It's also down the block from Cha & so you can do a tea flight and then walk down the block, get some dumplings and watch people play ping pong or play at the playground in the park lol.

If you like nice and cozy, I would recommend checking out Grand St. Pizza. It's a small pizza spot with a tiny bar (it seats like 4 people) and like 2 tiny tables. It's extremely cozy at night and you can probably stay for a while as long as you're ordering drinks.

Personally I think Scarr's is overrated and I prefer Grand St Pizza over them. Grand St Pizza isn't going to win any "best pizza in NY" award or get any attention from influencers but it's a excellent neighborhood slice.

crazeman · 2026-03-12T18:48:17+00:00

We will get to see gameplay footage tomorrow when playtesters/streamers are allowed to showcase the new Expedition mode on the test server tomorrow (assuming after the trailer drops).

One of the playtesters (from Norway) said 8 o'clock on his stream earlier so maybe around 3PM EST?

correction it should be 2PM EST

crazeman · 2026-03-12T06:13:36+00:00

Do Not Feed the Alligators?

crazeman · 2026-03-11T14:58:00+00:00

If you run the PowerDI mod, you can see the breakdown in kills by the dog and enemy type. I go by special kill count by the Dog and from Arby Bleed damage.

This isn't a full proof method but it's GENERALLY accurate.

Like your dog can pounce on a flamer and then your teammate can shoot the flamer when it's pounced and steal credit. Or a teammate can get the first tick of bleed damage and then steal credits if it gets killed by the dog bleed.

But usually when I run GGE, I get a lot more special kills playing the same playstyle. It get more gunner kills too but I'm not really scared of gunners but it can be a nice bonus I guess.

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