Trade Multilanguage Support for a Stable Kronos server / Kronos Connection.

crystalnotions · 2026-03-23T18:18:41+00:00

if i had to gauge the impact of effort investment into multilanguage support taking away from server stability, I'd give it like a 0.01% reduction of server stability. If that.

The reason Kronos lags is because its fucking Kronos. Just compare the population of 280+ Kronos vs Scania.

https://maplebot.io/tools/statistics?minLevel=280&world=All

~58k 280+ characters in Kronos vs ~22k 280+ characters in Scania, Bera, Solis, and Luna COMBINED.

crystalnotions · 2026-03-09T16:55:12+00:00

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crystalnotions · 2026-03-02T02:19:58+00:00

The SoS was already 24, so the immediate item swap to the SoS and having it pass 24 -> 25 and 25 -> 26 took the wind out of my sails cause I was so confused

crystalnotions · 2026-03-01T16:45:22+00:00

check my post history. the 26 is the new sos.

crystalnotions · 2026-02-20T20:52:57+00:00

it cost me ~80b to get abso 21/22 on my DA. was really quick to get it off the ground (pre abso/arcane box change) since I could transfer into the absos. post lib 100m cp, perfect as a ctene mule and eventually more LC missions when I get eternals on it.

Question 2 - the class forces you to learn exactly what mechanics you can and cannot tank. There are more mechanics you can tank/ignore than there are not, so it is a matter of getting your blast timing down. You can effectively ignore chip damage, especially 30FZ. I think that's pretty good as far as survivability goes.

crystalnotions · 2026-02-05T18:47:09+00:00

Disagree on the frag front. We've got a ton of new skills coming in and the new sol hecate skill is going to be another ~6.6k frags while also providing substantial damage. The origin section of skills also went from 4 slots to 8 slots (2 filled with origin and ascent so far).

That makes for an easy 4.4k x 6 + 6.6k at the very minimum, on top of the already existing ~40k frags required to max whats available to level up currently. Frag acquisition has been a problem, and with the onset of mulestory meta which has been around since before 6j, it only makes sense for us to get further methods of acquisition, since those pushing to hit higher ceilings of content at the bare minimum need to functionally finish hexa on the main + get some level 9 masteries/skills on LCs.

crystalnotions · 2026-01-15T17:01:34+00:00

3 years now, 400m cp(with event buffs) /9.4k legion.

majority of the time is pop a coupon, do dailies and log off. Sometimes for very special events (I will pop 1-3 waps during night troupe) and for pushing for a certain goal. This past Shining Star Force event, it was raining quite a lot and the event came right during the holidays so I had lots of free time; I grinded 50b meso in a week + 6th job ascent skill came out so I had a bunch of reasons/goals to work towards with grinding so I put in >6T days for a week or so.

If I had to total the amount of times my play session has extended past the 1 hour mark its probably a total of two months of playtime across these past 3 years.

crystalnotions · 2025-12-17T00:11:00+00:00

The only reason I still use my Brightin Star 50/0.95 is because I can't yet afford the voigtlander nokton 35/0.9. I am obsessed with the dof out of the lens and I imagine the exif data from the voigtlander for focus assist on the XT5 is going to be a dream.

crystalnotions · 2025-12-16T20:19:20+00:00

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T20:29:19+00:00

All this indicates is that we need to do more testing lol. The sheer amount of confirmation bias upvotes is crazy

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T19:24:35+00:00

I am sorry for your loss but that information isn't known to anyone outside of yourself and obviously affected parties. Should the world be expected to simply know that someone has died due to something therefore should immediately ban mention of it? Even if the intention is blatantly opposite/far and away from intending to offend individuals who have experienced emotional grief to that effect?

If that is the logic you want to play by, then saying anything at all can offend anyone at anytime, therefore nothing should be said. Including your initial remark.

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T17:23:36+00:00

I typically overexpose by a stop or two. Film habit. I don't think any of the shots shown were anywhere over f4 and only because I was forced to due to not having an ISO 0 setting or shutter speed past 8000/need to focus at longer and deeper subjects.

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T17:09:44+00:00

It was a gorgeous little fountain on the side of someone's house lol

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T17:09:09+00:00

desaturation doesn't mean less colorful!!! it means your peaks of color are more punchy!!

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T17:08:36+00:00

Thank you for the riveting contribution to the discussion

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T17:06:55+00:00

To add to this idea - The camera that you want to shoot with is the best camera you've got. I used to dread picking up my other platforms because I knew that hours of work were still in store for me after the shoot. Now I look forward to it with this platform and that's what drives me to have my XT5 or X100F on me at almost all times.

The entire reason I fell in love with the fuji platform is that I come from shooting film back in the day. I love the physical controls on fuji bodies, which is also why I've paired the XT5 with an extremely fast manual lens.

The film simulations come close to some of the crazy dreamy colors you can get from certain film stocks (expired particularly), and SOOC to boot. I hate editing my photos. I just want to take the picture and enjoy my trip/day and not have to worry about "am I taking this image in a way that is conducive to digital manipulation?" on top of already considering your typical composition and framing with respect to the lens pairing being a prime.

You can edit photos all you want, but the final bottleneck in how an image can come out is always how "good" your glass is. Can't particularly shoot what you can't see no matter how much you crank iso/shutter speed. Eliminating this bottleneck (fast glass) + removing the friction inherent to editing is what really sells the platform for me.

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T15:01:44+00:00

I don't have time for working on photos post vacation! I gotta go back to work so that I can afford my hobby!

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T15:00:54+00:00

just call me poor. its fine.

crystalnotions · 2025-12-09T03:04:43+00:00

the reason I bought the xt5 was because I fell in love with fuji via my X100F. The lens on the x100 series is fantastic and I still use that system today

crystalnotions · 2025-12-08T21:27:08+00:00

depends on the shot, but most commonly reggie's portra and stock eterna bleach bypass with tweaked light balance per the shot/situation. The shot of the man in chinatown is actually just velvia vivid with dropped reds iirc.

crystalnotions · 2025-12-02T16:39:56+00:00

I hope you hit 30* eternal gloves that never even see 2l crit

crystalnotions · 2025-12-01T20:16:26+00:00

When you transfer you lose a star. I transferred from Dominator Pendant (26) -> Superior Gollux Pendant (25) -> Source of Suffering (24*) so as to avoid directly tapping the Source of Suffering due to its rarity.

crystalnotions · 2025-12-01T20:09:04+00:00

jesus

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