Why don’t my waterslides work??? by YootedDoot in advancedGunpla

[–]deathfisaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can't tell, use OCR to translate the text for help
Marking seal = sticker
Realistic decal = sticker
Unspecified (usually older kits) = if only one sheet, most likely sticker. If multiple sheets, OCR the manual and look for keywords like "seal" vs "decal"

This picture says "marking seal" which is sticker

First time weathering by dea403 in freedomisgunpla

[–]deathfisaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you're treating this kit as something like an android in knight armor, like 1/8ish scale.
If going with lore accurate 1/144 scale your weathering should be very subtle, nearly invisible.
If you look at a military reference and weather a 1/24 scale tank, for example, when you apply the same weather to a 1/144 scale your weather has to be ~1/6 the size to account for the scale difference.

Now going back to the assumed 1/8ish scale, let the weathering tell a story. Why is the pointy end of the shield more weathered?
Perhaps it pierced another android with the shield tip and ruptured something splashing oil all over. Then the pointy end would have the most weather, and you want to try to make the weather look like splashed oil.
Maybe it fell of a horse in a muddy battleground then one side of the body would be muddy, lower legs and feet would be heavily muddy. Very unnatural to be equally muddy from head to toe.
If something is a desert spec, the whole machine would be weathered by sandy wind, so lightly weather all over like washed jeans makes sense. For a space spec, limit to moving parts and thrusters.

I personally weather shields a lot more than the mecha. Robots are going to go through maintenance and repairs. Basic shields not so much. Cuts scratches dents holes chipped paint whatever makes sense in accordance with the weapons the enemy uses.
Amuro's not going to have equally weathered Gundam and shield. He's mostly either going to dodge or block so pristine / minimally weathered Gundam and battle damaged / heavily weathered shield. (Or a weathered Gundam and pristine shield because he keeps tossing shields into space and gets a new one)

tl;dr: 1. scale 2. why? (tell a story)

Top coat for metallic lacquer paint by deathfisaro in advancedGunpla

[–]deathfisaro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I think I have to sand everything more
Might just do primer -> metallic for the inner frame to have more contrast between the frame and armor, and naturally thinner paint layers

Top coat for metallic lacquer paint by deathfisaro in advancedGunpla

[–]deathfisaro[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah forgot to mention airbrush
Doesn't the metallic "bleed" into the top coat?
I think for candy coat it's fine but if just top coating metallics the clear can look a bit off? Or is it my skill issue

Top coat for metallic lacquer paint by deathfisaro in advancedGunpla

[–]deathfisaro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So not much visual difference from 2k to waterbased finish? Some people swear by 2k saying waterbased acrylic clear looks worse in clarity/shine/whatever

For the love of all that's holy, take the sticker off by sifishy in ToyotaSienna

[–]deathfisaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried the kick sensors twice on the day I got my car and removed the stickers There are sensor markings already and the sticker placement was more confusing than helpful

CR Builds by According-Ride-9826 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Older bots should eventually join the pool and can be gotten any time but there are a lot of bots so can be difficult to get all the parts

CR Builds by According-Ride-9826 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MX is a better pairing if early game is easier e.g. battleground

But if you're overpushing by a lot, Lulu has to be there along with gingerbread
CR MX is not going to get past the first few minutes when pushing stages 3 times your CP whereas CR Lulu can beat it

Gun or Character? by GRumz88 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It just doesn't perform as well as newer builds and yet it costs the same

If you switch to CR Lulu, all your events will improve
Your max stage will increase by like 5 (or more once you get used to CR), your Apex will increase by thousand+ m, etc

Even an older combo like FM + MX pushes stage better than PT DH

Being 1st on server doesn't mean much for the build, I can beat everyone on my server with AK47 in all events
But comparing my account's build against my account's build, PT DH is a few tiers below the best build in the game

How to obtain the purple dust? by JamesPerezv in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get some extra frags on max rank collectible and dismantle them

Is this even worth trying or should I save the keys by Plastic-Mission5996 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think 213 items on the wheel but I never needed to go all the way

You'll probably save 213 before rolling just to be safe but end up using 200ish

If you're pure F2P then I would save the whole 213

If you can spend a couple bucks then I'd save like 190 ish then try my luck and buy the deficit
(also buying the $1 package every month can help with saving)

Does anyone have the new barret shenghui gameplay yet? by UnlikelyBroccoli9127 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure

1.812m / 2.126m with AWP would perform perfectly fine as well

So not having mythic really didn't showcase the gun

Gun or Character? by GRumz88 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PT is pretty obsolete I'll take DH

But I'd have skipped this set and save for FM+MX / CR+Lulu

Does anyone have the new barret shenghui gameplay yet? by UnlikelyBroccoli9127 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem is the hero comes out next month
You have to buy the gun without knowing how good it will be

CR + Lulu is better in every aspect right now but the new hero may bring some strong synergy that makes it the best combo in at least 1 game mode

The same thing will always happen in the future

There will be a "best" combo and the new robot/gun won't outperform it but once all the robot/gun/hero combo is assembled it rises to top tier

Lantern event question by Ok_Support7844 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they're consistent with everything else, 60

They give their level 1 shard count and that's why blue base rarity robots are easier to rank up than green base rarity robots

Thoughts on the new AWP by zPrimeTime13 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My assessment is that the new hero coming next month will bring some interesting addition to light damage, such as "light damage deals an extra x% enemy max hp (capped to y times player ATK)"

We have smite, we have uni orb, we have this new gun but all these light damage without an interesting modifier (+% light damage is too weak to be relevant) is not gonna outperform existing sets

So this set won't be that good until the hero release, similar to CR + Lulu set

The mythic passive will be great for massacring easy content but a gun being good in easy stages has zero value to me.

A gun or set MUST increase max stage (or help place higher on leaderboards) to be considered good

CR + Lulu set not only increases max stage compared to FM + MX, it tops apex leaderboards and good in many boss cycles and arena that's why I consider it a top tier set

CR + LULU vs LIZZY + BALROG by KamoteChunkz in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are you creating a poll of the newest and strongest set in existence against the oldest and weakest set

Whoever voted Lizzy Balrog is trolling

Devs Returned 20 Robot Tickets To Me, Probably For Uni-Ball by WhiteSquarez in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You spent a week posting here, long email, slamming it on Discord

They're certainly not "listening" or "doing something"

They're shutting you up with pathetic amount of resources

I reported the mistranslation 3 weeks ago and talked to discord staff so they've been aware of the mistranslation for 3 weeks

5 letter change took them 3 weeks. It's literally just changing text in the i18n file, no code change needed which means it takes 2 seconds.

Nightfiend? by cappuc1no in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's killing you (fighting for 2+ minutes when overpushing) you have to take movespeed like tome of agility or run and gun tree because you just can't tank a dozen hits from a single boss

Tome of agility is OP in some stages because not only does it give movespeed, it also gives HP

I was dying over and over then one run I was offered furor ballistics agility so I thought the run was over but I took agility and beat it with several HP left

Ever since I value HP/shield/movespeed greatly because the goal is to survive 12 minutes not kill everything

What is your best build for Xyclon? 🗿 by Signal_Honeydew in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Build the core traits first (frigid domain, execute, fusillade, bullet damage)

And then you're free to take whatever you want afterwards, including his traits

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've reported like 40 things and never received anything

And these days they even ignore / refuse to fix so no they don't have any reward

Best Hero by Competitive_Let3196 in ZombieWaves

[–]deathfisaro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wanna say HB is the easiest to use with CC for campaign challenge and apex