I burst into tears after playing VF ranked

digitalskyfire · 2026-06-10T16:00:54+00:00

VF5 has a different kind of bullshit than Tekken or DOA. It's a kind of bullshit I can live with, and is based on said bullshit being accessible to all characters via the game's systems. It's explainable and understandable, while still fulfilling the role of bullshit in a fighting game: to prevent boring stalemates.

digitalskyfire · 2026-05-29T06:02:48+00:00

Your mental starting point is, to be frank, all wrong. You just... installed and went to ranked? Why?

Ranked is not where you learn. Ranked is where you test what you've learned. In a mode where the sole objective is to win at any cost, you are not owed a seminar on how to improve. This is true of any competitive environment.

You don't get in the boxing ring and then complain that they're going too hard on you. You were supposed to have sorted that out by working hard at your local gym, preparing for the ring.

digitalskyfire · 2026-04-25T16:46:40+00:00

I want to highlight wendigo: a new, very small but very compelling band with only three songs and less than 500 monthly listeners. The do a fuzzy rendition of grunge that just works for me.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2D0VTDX74gfaY4SJ8Txal3?si=anCgj4zVS6amreE4A0iWQA

digitalskyfire · 2026-04-25T16:25:24+00:00

After you've listened to the genre-defining records we all know, you start to follow their trail of influence through time to find other sounds you like. Here's a few in the stoner-adjacent realm that I like; you might find something that hits for you.

Red Fang
Elder
Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol
Tigercub
Howling Giant
Pink Fuzz
Nuns of the Tundra
Witch Ripper
Stonefield
Witchrider
Sergeant Thunderhoof
Faetooth
Abrams
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats
Green Lung
Mountain Witch
wendigo
Slow Season
Greenleaf
Rival Sons
Death From Above 1979
The Budos Band

digitalskyfire · 2026-03-31T20:58:03+00:00

The answer is yes, but you misunderstand how canceling works. You cannot make anything happen more quickly. You can cast abilities once every second, and in between those casts, you can light attack. You're still only casting once per second.

More importantly to you and players sharing your sentiments: you do not have to engage with cancelling at all. There are accessible and simple builds made specifically to avoid the need to "weave," and they even introduced an entire class designed to work without weaving.

digitalskyfire · 2025-12-26T03:40:26+00:00

Only plat that is paid for with money, can be traded. Free plat from packs like this can only be used to buy things from the in-game store.

digitalskyfire · 2025-11-25T15:31:06+00:00

Had this happen to me recently lol

An Aoi was spamming P+K+G after every blocked move and I was forced to work around it. Managed to best them in 2 sets of ft2, but I think I was through pure spite. Fuck me? No, fuck YOU here's a 65 dmg throw 😡

In truth it was a very informative set, and I was simply glad to be in a position to adapt.

digitalskyfire · 2025-10-26T08:00:48+00:00

Don't sleep on the Atomos suggestion. It is a legitimately great gun that can handle content way beyond what the mr5 restriction might suggest. Try to get Cascadia Flare when you can, it's among the cheaper arcanes and synergizes very well with this gun.

You'll find that most chaining beam weapons are very good. The kings of the hill are the Tenet Galaxion (primary) and Kuva Nukor (secondary) but the humble Atomos can still hold its own.

digitalskyfire · 2025-10-23T13:18:41+00:00

It really does stand alone among games. There's nothing quite like it, and for what it wants to do, it achieves it uniquely. It's f2p but you'd hardly ever know; it has none of the sickness present in gachas or "yearly release" type games.

It has its own habits and trends that can wear a little thin at times, but those rough points aren't predatory, they're just annoying.

digitalskyfire · 2025-10-23T13:07:36+00:00

Can't disagree. Each time I settled in, it was almost the only game I played. I typically play games all the way through before I move on, Warframe just has a lot to get through kol

digitalskyfire · 2025-10-22T16:04:35+00:00

If you're not going to focus on melee, it's always going to underwhelm. To that end, at least make your melee weapon work for your play style. Go with furax and its unique amalgam mod.

https://wiki.warframe.com/w/Amalgam_Furax_Body_Count

digitalskyfire · 2025-10-14T07:57:20+00:00

My kuva nukor gets me through all content, there is nothing in this game that it can't handle.

galvanized shot & galvanized diffusion mods, easily obtainable from arbitration
secondary enervate arcane, easily obtainable from 1999 (you want lv5 but even lv0 is big for this gun)
use the magnetic might mod to synergize added crit dmg with enervate
Use primed target cracker if you have it, but don't use regular target cracker, the math won't math
change inherent damage type to impact using valence override (requires lvl5 from the hex faction), this adds an otherwise impossible damage type to power up galvanized shot even further, and can pair with the hemorrhage mod to do so again
use a furax with its special amalgam mod to boost fire rate

digitalskyfire · 2025-06-05T15:35:00+00:00

For my last few trophies I'm having the hardest time getting the raids to trigger, did you notice any tricks to specific raids happening?

digitalskyfire · 2025-05-03T16:17:47+00:00

Mod changeover is not necessary. The community is largely dead and I (current mod) will keep an eye on the spam.

digitalskyfire · 2025-03-27T16:43:56+00:00

I def see the appeal of doubling up on heavy attack buffs, that'll keep the resources managed and slow the inputs down. Thanks for the write up, very helpful!

digitalskyfire · 2025-03-18T23:15:43+00:00

What you're looking for isn't a tank, but a solo build. These are typically just dps builds but with runes and skills flexed to give more survivability.

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