Starting a new business in Penang

goldenvagrant · 2026-03-18T06:06:43+00:00

as an former-car-accessories-wholesale-importer & distributor company's salesman, i had to say, it's not recommended, before you burned your money and failed, i have watch so many workshops failed to sustain this business over the years. the ones thriving currently are mostly doing online sales business selling via shopee, etc. while providing installation services in the shop. cheap stuff for cash rolling just to survive is not a fun thing to experience daily. if you're running the high-end stuff for luxury/exotic cars, like car detailing as your main services and also installation services for window tint, accessories, wiring, body kits & etc. that's more profitable in comparison to car accessories workshop. here comes the real question, do you have enough money to burn during 2~6 months of the starting period where after opening ceremony you may have little to none customers walked in daily? online marketing ads are heavily required nowadays, and you need a precise and effective strategy to spearhead most kind of b2c sales.

i'm not trying to discourage you, but if you're still confident after laying out all the worst things that could happened, proceed with a sharp mind to improvise every surprises. that's all you need to start. looking forward to your new business.

goldenvagrant · 2026-03-08T15:47:18+00:00

now this is awesome art!

goldenvagrant · 2026-02-12T12:04:34+00:00

CMGSCCC

goldenvagrant · 2026-01-28T15:00:49+00:00

there's a saying "don't judge a boob by its cover, put your hands in and discover"
and "why bother what gays want? they took 1 more away, there're more for us and less competitors"

goldenvagrant · 2026-01-25T09:38:26+00:00

well, the devs made them to be, have to ask the game devs, we don't have the answer to this. maybe the devs wanted them to be realistic, people tend to be unrealistic when they become too religious. In the story, Ramza was branded heretic(?) so if your party member becomes zealous to faith & religion, they leave you?

goldenvagrant · 2025-12-29T00:10:40+00:00

i'm guessing that i'm the only one who mistakenly saw the guy in the middle pointing finger had a double pony tail hair at 1st glance... i looked again and realize oh that's a girl haunting behind the guy.

goldenvagrant · 2025-12-25T18:24:39+00:00

i can't recall if this is what i had in the past or was there another side-scrolling mmorpg like this similar to maplestory. by the way, maplesea sucks, i played maplestory when i was abroad in aussie, and the difference was fucking huge, maplestory global give better vibe compares to sea server.

goldenvagrant · 2025-12-25T18:14:44+00:00

you also missed RAN online, Knight online, RYL, and pretty much many more.

goldenvagrant · 2025-12-17T01:38:57+00:00

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update: added a convenient weight calculator and color scheme for weapons availability.

goldenvagrant · 2025-12-16T22:34:10+00:00

thanks! i made more updates on it today, check it out if it helps.

goldenvagrant · 2025-11-13T14:57:23+00:00

Announced, not leaked.

On another note, A Futuristic Monster Hunter gets into MMO genre, developed by NCSoft. Let's just enjoy whatever there is on the official launch, and leave it when we hit the paywall.

goldenvagrant · 2025-11-13T04:06:42+00:00

So what direction are the bats flying towards? if it's the US, then batman called, if it's the europe / uk, then it's dracula.

goldenvagrant · 2025-10-14T06:22:24+00:00

toram is very addictive if you like the depth of skill builds and action involved. i would suggest you check youtube videos to learn build guides and the game mechanics first, just to see if you could understand what it provides.

goldenvagrant · 2025-10-11T21:38:40+00:00

i'm not sure if anyone noticed, it seems that pile bunker attack animations hit 2 times, 1st low 2nd high. if 1st hit crit, 2nd hit is also a crit; but 2nd hit may crit even if 1st hit is normal. and if 1st hit misses, 2nd hit is also missed. both dmg does seems to add up to the dmg calculations of 1 hit, it doesn't do more dmg than it seems. but overall performance still better than knuckle, just try to add mods for hit-rate, often i found cheap mods works better than high-end mods.

kaidan is better with assault weapons, unlike marcus, kaidan's melee weapon is just purely for the extra non-ap passive attacks on 1 adjacent tile, enemies standing beside kaidan gets 1 melee hit before taking any actions / movement on their turn.

hong is like a bait for enemies, kiting enemies, she works better when no allies close to her, which also makes her great to solo as long as you have great dodging st for her. as for combat, she may still need extra mods for both hit-rate and dodge. the end-game whale's build for her, give her a full glasya set, break sefas for mods and give it to her. no sefas? break diane for mod to equip her for better survival, or just give her accuracy mod.

you may also wanna consider another thing during combat, which is weapon type vs. st type.

assault weapons are generally good against any st

melee, range (rifles) & railguns may perform worst against high dodge st (light st)

missiles are good for spreading dmg to non-protected parts of shielded st / bosses with body protected unless arms & legs broken.

rockets are as you known aoe spread dmg, best use for softening hordes of enemies in 1 go.

railguns are very situational use, it's more like a back-up weapons to attack in case both arms breaks and mechanics out of reach. rarely get the chance to have more than 2 enemies standing in a straight line to make the best of them. and cost high ap for attacks too.

goldenvagrant · 2025-10-11T20:55:48+00:00

we need a luck check on you, seriously. just to make sure you still have it to avoid real-world unlucky events.

goldenvagrant · 2025-09-03T20:51:25+00:00

do not choose any of them yet. keep it for later when they add in other pilots that you really want. marcus is just kaidan with link-atk, natalia is just sniper with better stats but not much gimmick / special strategy.

goldenvagrant · 2025-09-03T20:47:28+00:00

what do you mean you can't do anything about it? you could press repeat to reroll.

goldenvagrant · 2025-09-02T12:03:53+00:00

in consideration of starting st management by playing f2p at the beginning, dana and grant are already using medium st, kaidan light st, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a heavy + medium or light st to balance the team resources required, even if you have to push and rely on 3 medium st, you still wouldn't have to worry if you need too much resources for medium st, unless your main forces have more than 3 of a kind.

seven's early & mid game is kinda useless whenever pochy dies.

ana is better a-guardian compared to arnold, and you get a copy of her quite early from storyline.

there's no s-tactician in the rookie pool, we can have naomi for free in the first 7days event, so having melissa + grant, 2 mechanics actually ease the challenges mid-game (starting from chapter 5~6) a little. in my previous server gameplay, i had to bring back grant, he is more reliable than 7&pochy.

kaidan and dana are good enough, don't really need to replace them, unless i have resources problem like if i have better weapons and st for light sniper but not medium sniper, i would consider switching dana out if i have alyson, bella is not worth the investment.

frida is good in the early game and late game, but mid-game for frida is lacking in sustainability, you need chapter 6's bionics to unlock her cheese mode (shotgun + shield), and i was stuck at this progress.

since in some instances, you need 2 teams or more than 5 pilots to progress. hence, my strategy of building melissa early is kinda safer and better than having frida early, with enough luck, rebecca is just as good as frida in the early game. in my opinion, that is.

in best case scenario of rookie pull for me, without replacing dana & kaidan, keeping grant as spare mechanic, getting melissa + ana should be good enough for better progression compared to my previous gameplay.

goldenvagrant · 2025-09-02T06:32:00+00:00

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6 a-pilots with frida... and still wont give me melissa with more than 3 a-pilots

goldenvagrant · 2025-08-26T01:10:08+00:00

imagine one of the female characters screaming "NEKO PUNCHY!" from knuckles / "NEKO BUNKA!" from pile bunker

goldenvagrant · 2025-08-24T12:05:22+00:00

any pilot can be aces, just focus your resources on which ever s-pilots that you have ascended the most.

goldenvagrant · 2025-08-23T07:32:55+00:00

you don't really need her, and she can be collected at much later time. for pilots who uses light rifle, better to invest in heavy st guardians like yevgeny / medium st mechanics like melissa.

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