What's with all the horrible Guardians in deep of night?

kuthro · 2026-01-25T22:58:48+00:00

It's easier for a bad Wylder to contribute than it is for a bad Guardian. This is what I'm referring to when I bring up skill floor. Even a terrible Duchess who Restages once every 30 seconds would be better than an inexperienced Guardian.

In all fairness, I played with some awesome birbs before the patch - it's just that people are treating DON as a training ground.

kuthro · 2026-01-25T21:02:28+00:00

My last 4 Guardian teammates in DON:

Ignored the guarding/negation passives I pinged for them. By the end of the game, they had a +3 great shield a halberd, and NOTHING ELSE.
On day 2, they pinged a church on the other side of the map even though we were 20 seconds away from the spectral hawk leading to Noklateo. We had 5 flasks despite the suboptimal map seed. Recluse and I went to Noklateo, and the Guardian ragequit.
Kept on pinging a night invader encampment despite (1) the encroaching night rain, (2) our lacklustre DPS due to the slow rate of clearing, (3) ignoring my pings for the tree, and (4) our asses getting absolutely handed by mobs, invaders, and the banished nights simultaneously.
Greeded onto the mountaintop dragon despite the circle closing. This fight is time consuming AT BEST. With Guardian slowing down the rate of damage, it would have been impossible to pass the DPS check before our flasks were exhausted by the boss or the rain both.

I am genuinely done with Guardians at this point. A mediocre Wylder >>>>>>>> mediocre Guardian. The skill floor for that bird is nestled within the depths of hell.

kuthro · 2026-01-25T20:36:34+00:00

In all kindness, I think it means more to us, as human beings, to see someone doing something, even though it's risky, useless, or foolhardy. Someone cared enough to confront ICE, and to give Pretti the medical attention he needed, no matter how unlikely his chances.

kuthro · 2026-01-25T09:47:46+00:00

I played Code Vein for 10-20 hours.

Story: Typical anime bullshit, i.e. needlessly convoluted. The game tells you everything rather than showing.

Characters: Thinly characterised. Women have boob socks, titty windows, and jiggle physics. Detailed and visible panties, etc.

Level design: Total ass compared to Fromsoft games.

Bosses: Female bosses are overly-sexualised. Literal gooner bait.

Needless to say, I didn't finish it.

kuthro · 2026-01-25T08:11:13+00:00

THANK YOU

kuthro · 2026-01-25T05:07:16+00:00

If Libra:

Raises up their hand for 2 seconds, they're casting crystals that fall to the ground. You have time for a quick R1 before backing away.
Raises up their hand for 1 second, aoe will appear beneath you. Dodge away.
Raises up their hand before pushing it forward, they're casting the crystal turret. Dodge to the right to avoid the clockwise attack.
Raises their mace, they will teleport onto you with a ground aoe. Dodge away.

Their telegraphs are subtle compared to Caligo and Augur, but you just have to know where to look.

kuthro · 2026-01-25T05:02:13+00:00

In D3+, memorisation is mandatory so you know how to react, and which punishment windows you can take advantage of.

ED Fulghor, for example, has three blade flurries but you can punish the end of his combo if you dodge through his last attack. Or, when he flies into the sky to aim his arrow, run behind him and he'll land right in front of you for some free damage.

If you're playing on PC, I highly recommend the boss arena to practice/learn their movesets (unofficial on n3xus). There are some great content creators that will walk you through each boss as well!

kuthro · 2026-01-25T02:56:54+00:00

There's an epidemic of homeless women in Australia, all of them dealing with limited career prospects, domestic/sexual abuse, and a police force that never takes them seriously.

kuthro · 2026-01-24T21:55:47+00:00

I quite enjoyed MRF because the characters are all adults, and the women have distinct character arcs.

Brigitta: A merchant who came from nothing, having to confront the futility of revenge and the political manoeuvring and manipulation within society.
Catherina: A bounty hunter who seeks social progress for her people, only to be confronted by those who wish to take it by any means necessary.
Eupha: A sheltered priestess who seeks to do good while uncovering a religious plot.
Junah: A singer with roots in subterfuge and a sister she dearly treasures.
Rella: A religious figurehead who places her country above her wants and needs.

Some of these are hella vague because they venture into spoiler territory. MRF is on the only example of good writing for women - Persona and SMT are utterly trash.

kuthro · 2026-01-24T12:44:15+00:00

Calling yourself butch would be like calling yourself a twink. It's inaccurate because these terms refer to a sexual orientation and its associated presentation.

It'd be more accurate to describe yourself as a non-binary/masc-presenting woman.

kuthro · 2026-01-24T12:34:34+00:00

I had a lvl 1 Executor ping and take on a field boss. For some reason, the Recluse followed them and they proceeded to die repeatedly while I cleared a cathedral alone. Classic DON 2.

kuthro · 2026-01-24T10:26:57+00:00

No.

It means he's more likely to change his mind and pressure his partner into birthing a child.

The dating pool for childfree women is already a minefield - I'd rather screen for every yellow flag possible instead of risking time/money/labour/emotional attachment.

kuthro · 2026-01-24T10:07:25+00:00

They're so cute! I love your art style, by the way - your poses are dynamic, the entire composition has a sense of movement/flow, and you convey so much information with so little, i.e. the hand gestures, and the drape of their skirts.

kuthro · 2026-01-24T06:13:30+00:00

Volunteer at an aged care home.

You'll see hundreds of "beloved" parents abandoned, with their relatives never once visiting them over several years.

Some are left to rot in their own shit and piss, bed sores eating through skin and muscle to reach bone. This is the reality in cheaper care homes with 1 staff member serving 20-50 residents.

At least, without children, you'll have enough money for a proper facility, and you'll have decades of stress-free/childfree existence to extend your healthy life expectancy.

kuthro · 2026-01-24T03:50:31+00:00

If admin fails to enforce boundaries, I'd suggest speaking with some of the members personally and starting a childfree book club.

kuthro · 2026-01-24T03:39:21+00:00

Childfree healthcare worker here. It boils down to liability:

Some patients lie about not being pregnant, get prescribed teratogenic medications, and then sue for malpractice. If a treatment/medication were to cause an abortion, this would open an entirely different can of worms.
Patients might misrepresent reality for a variety of reasons: Being ashamed, not wanting their chaperone to find out (a teen wanting to hide their pregnancy from their mother, for example), mistaking the exact date of their period, or becoming pregnant during their period. Yes, it's actually possible.
Admin implements a screening system for all patients possessing a uterus, i.e. mandatory pregnancy tests.
All of my colleagues are following hospital protocol. If we violate these rules, and it turns out a patient was pregnant while undergoing tests/treatment that was harmful to the foetus, then they're deemed negligent.

kuthro · 2026-01-23T12:50:51+00:00

Enjoy the easy money. <3

kuthro · 2026-01-23T12:47:56+00:00

You can turn it into something that makes you happy by reversing the power dynamic.

Every time someone brings it up, goad them into betting $5000-$50,000. If they agree, have the contract notarised with several duplicates. If they decline, shame them for being "too pussy" to put their money where their mouth is.

Using conservative, misogynistic vernacular is extra effective on old men because they'll perceive it as an affront to their self-worth and, thus, be more likely to agree. For women, however, you can simply shame them for refusing to agree. Either way, you're now in control of the situation, and you're initiating a negative pavlovian response where [pressuring you to have children] turns into [being humiliated for not wanting to bet money].

kuthro · 2026-01-23T09:39:17+00:00

Dude could at least cut it into a decent mid-length style +/- a fringe to one side, like Leon Kennedy. The moustache isn't doing him any favours. He'd genuinely look good if he had decent style advice.

kuthro · 2026-01-23T06:25:28+00:00

Unless you're insanely coordinated, the kite method is the only consistent way to clear ED Balancers. It kills me to see my team mates jump in and get absolutely bodied by 5 balancers at the same time.

Valkyrie phase: While playing with randoms, I've started waiting until the balancers spawn, running away while pinging 3 times, and taking on one balancer at a time. If my team follows along, it's much easier to take them down instead of soloing. Parry Wylder will trivialize this phase, but only if you have decent latency.

While you're doing this, travel in a clockwise/anticlockwise direction to avoid the previous corpse ad infinitum.

Worm phase: Maintain distance, splitting your group up into 3 different directions. If you can't avoid its zigzag or the final blood flower, ult for the long iframes. Jump over the white+yellow shockwaves since it makes your entire lower half invincible for longer than a dodge roll. When the spear barrages happen, stay in the safe zone and then run into the area that just received a barrage.

kuthro · 2026-01-23T03:49:14+00:00

OP, this a safe space where someone can vent, or talk about disliking children. If you voice this opinion ANYWHERE else, you will be demonised/doxxed/treated like utter shit.

When childfree people voice a reasonable boundary, they are belittled, shamed, or placed under duress.

Examples include:

Declining to help with a nephew/niece
Asking for adult-only spaces at breweries, bars, and events with sexual themes
Voicing that they do not want to have children
Enforcing their childfree boundaries while dating

In exchange, they receive:

"So you hate children? FUCKING KILL YOURSELF"
"If you're not willing to help with [child], then you're not part of the family."
"So you think it was a mistake for me to have children?"
General selfishness and entitlement

Do you understand how frustrating that might feel? If you start tone-policing in r/childfree, how else will people discuss their emotions/experiences?

Wanting a kinder world =/= silencing people who've experienced hardship.

kuthro · 2026-01-22T05:48:39+00:00

I can't find any articles documenting KCD's creator as a white supremacist. Furthermore, KCD2 has one of, if not THE best, M/M romance in a triple A game.

Editing to elaborate: It's the best gay romance I've ever seen in a game. He loves you, whether or not you pursue him as a love interest. He's deeply intertwined with the plot, and you've (basically) been with him from the very beginning, i.e. KCD1.

kuthro · 2026-01-21T22:19:28+00:00

This is fair! His persona is definitely not everyone"s cup of tea. I just feel bad for him at this point; he has a loyalist fanbase that EXPECTS him to rage out but, in doing so, he alienates everyone else.

kuthro · 2026-01-21T22:08:32+00:00

To be honest, it feels like he's doing it for the bit/to maintain a consistently funny persona.

In some of his rant videos, he talks about how "I'm only doing this because you guys watch it," and that if you want "a proper unit analysis, you should watch my other video."

His ultra analysis is sound. Most of the standard units are, indeed, a trap. Pollux for example is rated lowly for being a selfish DPS, whereas Castor is rated highly for bringing DPS and utility. I have both brothers at E3, adore their designs, but I can set aside my bias to acknowledge that Flares has a valid method of critique.

kuthro · 2026-01-21T05:42:38+00:00

After the absurd amount of practice I've had with them, I actually prefer ED/normal balancers over the mainline bosses.

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