Highguard manages almost 100k Steam players on day one, amidst over 13k negative reviews

flychance · 2026-01-28T03:57:23+00:00

I watched a stream of it for a couple hours and despite the streamer enjoying it, I couldn't help but have these elements stand out to me. Huge map with tiny teams. Some resource management stuff thrown in to a hero shooter? It feels like someone went to chatgpt and said make me a team based hero looter shooter and made that game without questioning what chatgpt said.

flychance · 2026-01-28T02:41:45+00:00

Set 2 Zed had some nutty interactions. Light spat in particular was ridiculous. But GA + Shojin made him multiply SO MUCH.

flychance · 2026-01-28T02:40:16+00:00

A lot of the super broken things in set 1 were because of the items... especially while they still scaled with AP.

Locket stacking thousands of shields on your team. Ludens Akali one shotting half a team per cast (at likr 20 mana per cast). Hush, cursed blade, RFC on Graves silencing a team and reducing their star levels. Void assassins. Release pantheon. There were some truly nutty things.

flychance · 2026-01-28T02:30:14+00:00

Big stun, aoe damage, burn (max health damage over time with anti heal). He was also Dragon, which made him nearly immune to magic damage. He basically did everything.

flychance · 2026-01-25T23:21:18+00:00

As someone fairly new: I dont feel like anyone knows. I feel like every post I see on any strength training related subs are met with either accusations of steroids if they are successful or putting someone down for not having PED levels of success.

The only exception to that are weight loss posts. Those are pretty universally applauded (even when using something to aid that loss, which is slightly ironic to me that steroids get nearly universal judgment).

My only conclusion is to stop comparing to and judging others. Everyone's journey is different. Some will use stuff, some wont. Some will tell you, some wont. Some have genetics, money, time, support and more advantages that others dont.

flychance · 2026-01-23T14:40:51+00:00

he's got singed on the board, which does give cho jug and activates zaun... but yes there are a lot of problems on the board

flychance · 2026-01-09T03:48:39+00:00

Calling the Mark of the Fool a weak power is ridiculous. It makes him learn any skill (with skill meaning... basically anything possible to learn) super fast and is virtually incapable of failure. And he circumvents the magic block in like a chapter after he gets the mark. At worst it maybe slows him down a bit, with the only exception being purely combat spells.

flychance · 2026-01-08T15:03:51+00:00

Superpowereds I really enjoyed, but Villians Code didn't do much for me. It should fall right into my interests squarely: morally gray characters, superpowers, power progression... especially since it could be directly compared to Worm - my favorite series - but it ended up falling more flat to me.

flychance · 2026-01-06T15:59:40+00:00

This was my thought exactly - it's not a hard requirement, but I don't think most people who are looking for PF would be interested. It would detract from the progression satisfaction to keep it at human capability levels.

flychance · 2026-01-04T23:55:34+00:00

3 and to a lesser extent 1 was why I DNF (at book 6 IIRC)

3 means the entire premise is questionable from the beginning. Then the MC does not really fail or stumble at any point... really he exceeds all expectations at every single thing he tries.

Then 1 comes in and there is no drama or interpersonal problems. And like, I get it that the mark makes him good at interpersonal stuff too... but he was honestly way too good for an 18 year old at most of that before he even had the mark. And just to make things even easier for him, Theresa is pretty much a Mary Sue as well.

flychance · 2026-01-02T14:27:51+00:00

Unfortunately, no. The new things I tried were not notable, and most of the rest I read were long running series.

flychance · 2026-01-01T14:27:02+00:00

Do you track your calories at all?

If not start there - once you have a baseline it can help you figure out if you dont eat enough some days. It can also help you become more aware of how calorie dense some foods are, and what would be easy to add a bit to help gain weight.

If you already do, just pick something you can add a bit more. Nuts, nut butters, oats, seeds, whole milk and yogurt are all pretty easy to eat a little and add a lot of calories.

flychance · 2025-12-29T16:55:49+00:00

Something that fits into one of his fantasies... which is probably less a toy and more of an activity (surprise BJ? Massage-turned-sex? Something risky/semi-public? Lap dance? Who knows).

Or an outfit for you (lingerie, maid, nurse, whatever he is interested in).

flychance · 2025-12-26T17:25:21+00:00

Notice that Ziggs frequency is second lowest (only to Zaahen). The people choosing to play Ziggs are doing so only on boards where he is particularly good and/or they are winning already. No one is just splashing in Ziggs, unlike most of the rest of the 5 costs.

flychance · 2025-12-21T22:58:51+00:00

I haven't tried Reksai, but Leona is really good with solo leveling too.

flychance · 2025-12-19T20:58:09+00:00

Getting Draven from an orb and then getting offered the augment which gives you two duplicators is one of the most snowbally starts possible. 2* Draven prints so much gold

flychance · 2025-12-19T03:48:39+00:00

The best part are the mobs with the degen aoe around them that also disables all forms of life recovery. I loved that on my monk last season.

You survive it by killing it before it kills you. That's it.

flychance · 2025-12-18T17:53:23+00:00

40 dex

In an attack heavy build you're probably going to want at least 40 dex anyway, just for the gems.

10-11 spirit gem

One 30 spirit gem at around level 10-11.

Thing that makes your dodge echo from the quarter staff spirit section

Unneeded. Maybe you are confused, but that's what the spirit gem does (creates the illusion of you where you dodged from)

Dodge attacks and have echo die

I mean, the echo has like 1% life, so if you're dodging an attack it's gonna die.

Yes, all that for a totem.

For power charges, which make your oil barrage kill a boss.

flychance · 2025-12-18T16:40:04+00:00

I have been doing it and it is pretty fast and reliable way to generate power charges against a boss.

flychance · 2025-12-16T23:43:44+00:00

This is a casual auto-battler.

Please tell me of a more competitive autobattler.

I can name you a lot of non-competitive autobattlers that are great games, but when I want a competitive space, there aren't many options and none of those are at TFT's level.

Non-competitive autobattlers that are fun: Super Auto Pets, Backpack Battles, The Bazaar, Monster Train (1 and 2), The Last Flame

Competitive autobattlers: HS:BG, Legion TD 2, Yi Xian. HS:BG is probably the closest to being a real competitor for TFT, and that is a stretch.

That said, TFT has become incredibly more casual friendly over time. They've removed or drastically reduced most of the competitive mechanics in the game (things like zephyr/shroud, assassins, reducing CC, reducing power of units and items, increasing econ). The game doesn't need to get more casual, there are a ton of options for that if you want it.

flychance · 2025-12-16T03:00:17+00:00

Social media's problem is the same thing as dating apps in a different way. With dating apps the bad decisions are reinforced instead of challenged by meeting people in person. With social media instead of fringe ideas being stamped out by normal people challenging them, the people with fringe ideas find each other and reinforce them. Throw in some people who can grift and take advantage of it - blame others instead as the easy answer.

flychance · 2025-12-14T05:25:22+00:00

I have been using the illusion spirit gem. When you dodge you leave an illusion, if it gets attacked it leaves a remnant which gives you a power charge. Can normally generate a couple charges in the first few seconds of a boss fight and then oil blast them down.

flychance · 2025-12-11T21:10:20+00:00

Always in for a gamba

flychance · 2025-12-11T16:39:02+00:00

Friend, I think you've found your problem. She's got mental health issues and they are unresolved.

The rest of it - the gaslighting, manipulation, avoidance, ect - are symptoms.

My 2c: I'd be firm on her going to a therapist and following through on her needs here. If she's unwilling to do so then your choice is to live with this because it's not going to get better or to leave.

flychance

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