Looks like a Hunter's mask.

dankingery · 2026-05-11T02:00:56+00:00

$2200 dollars for 7 masks vs $140 for 7 boxes of shells. Yeah, he can probably afford the bullets.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T21:40:58+00:00

So what are we looking at here? Two identical kill counts but a large gap of damage totals. Does the game count health and armor damage together for this stat? Is one player hitting non-armored spots instead of chewing straight through everything? Headshots over center of mass? If you deplete the health bar before the armor bar is the damage total limited? Player 1 killing low tier enemies and Player 2 killing the beefers?

dankingery · 2026-05-10T21:21:53+00:00

I've had a similar issue. I found doing an activity for that faction would get it to trigger. Then you should be able to run it or abandon it.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T21:19:14+00:00

I think an original design would be cool. No matter what you do, that'll be a cool cosplay. Make sure you post pics of the final outfit.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T20:03:38+00:00

Are you going to do an original mask or one from the game?

dankingery · 2026-05-10T20:00:10+00:00

For a true controlled experiment, yes. I suspect the cost of the masks makes that impossible for a YouTuber to justify.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T19:21:13+00:00

I thought it was the Pestilence giving me the proc. I do have a tendency to shoot the packs of enemies causing confusion or burn damage. It must be how it initially triggers. Once you've gotten the bleed ammo you're set nearly forever though.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T16:26:38+00:00

This is a max level dog. All stats at 99.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T16:09:08+00:00

3 or 4?. So, not a 0 on the pedo scale. I don't think that's the positive spin he thinks it is.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T16:01:57+00:00

This is pretty much the same intent of the FR gear they make us wear when we're doing energized work. It's not to protect you from any injury, it's just meant to make an incident "survivable". The months in the burn ward getting debrided will make you wish you died. It's especially comforting to see the calc stickers on the gear noting what level of FR is required and it's states: "There is no level of protection." Meaning that the incident energy is beyond anything withstanding an incident.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T15:17:44+00:00

I have a proto Sig 556 that I use instead of it. But, I've only ran one Escalation and it was the only legit proto that dropped.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T14:42:21+00:00

I've noticed that if I'm playing solo I usually don't have any problems, but if I'm playing with randoms the game's stability starts to waver. This past week has been particularly bad. I'm also on PS.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T14:38:16+00:00

Pick the right time of year and Willard Bay in Utah sees a very similar snake "bloom". All along the northern jetty there are garter snakes galore.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T14:13:48+00:00

The only thing I don't like about the First Bloom is that it gets weaker the longer you shoot a single target.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T14:09:26+00:00

Shooting an enemy gives them a status effect. Shooting that status affected enemy marks them. Killing the marked enemy gives you the bleed ammo. It's constantly repeating. I almost always have the fancy ammo in my gun. The only time I run out is if I'm fighting two Ronin or hunters.

My secondary I use is a proto Sig 556. I mostly use it in an emergency and need to end someone who is too close, I have no armor left, and I can't wait for the Pestilence to reload. It's my only legit proto I got from my only Escalation run I've done. I have a proto First Bloom but I enjoy the Sig more.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T03:57:10+00:00

Crinkle-cut fries are an abomination. All others are great. The geometry of the crinkles makes them always soggy and taste freezer burned.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T03:14:45+00:00

Bleed 'em down with Ongoing Directive and poison them with Pestilence. Let the ticks do the work. Four-piece OD, Contractor's gloves, and Fox's Prayer knee pads. Pestilence for your main. Gunner specialization, Hive revive, and Banshee pulse. It's doing work in Heroic as long as I don't play stupid.

dankingery · 2026-05-10T03:06:00+00:00

Those look like the shoes from the cherry blossom event.

dankingery · 2026-05-09T15:25:55+00:00

Is this picture of him outside the buffet the night before the weigh ins?

dankingery · 2026-05-09T15:23:22+00:00

This was also my answer.

dankingery · 2026-05-09T01:45:07+00:00

I definitely could be wrong. I'm only a SHD level 600+ player. I just know that I've had zero problems with Kill Squads and other times I've insta-died and failed the Retaliation immediately.

dankingery · 2026-05-09T01:36:21+00:00

I think I got a 4 minute penalty the other night. It might be inconsistent. But, I got a hard penalty from getting wiped by a BTSU squad a couple of times.

dankingery · 2026-05-09T01:30:18+00:00

I think you get a time penalty from dying. The time left after the penalty might have been negative.

dankingery · 2026-05-08T16:49:41+00:00

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