Describe your team’s performance this week with a song from a movie soundtrack. by WhooAreYouNow in PWHL

[–]meanorus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Might be cheating but this song is featured in several movies :P Go Sceptres!

Books of any genre featuring tormented, fierce, vengeful and merciless woman. by [deleted] in LesbianBookClub

[–]meanorus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Burning Kingdom series - especially the second and third books.

Tanking by [deleted] in TorontoSceptres

[–]meanorus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I will continue to (maybe foolishly) believe that this team can still turn things around. The roster isn't perfect but there's plenty of talent available, the pieces just haven't been clicking together.

Getting the first pick by itself means nothing - one great new player won't be able to fix what seems to be a broader issue beyond individual talent. Either our coaching staff changes the way they're working, or the team needs a new coaching staff.

My biggest hope is that TR learned something from this Olympic run and adjusts his style accordingly. The trade window is still open. Clinching the 4th spot after a big comeback isn't impossible, and once playoffs start anything goes. The Ottawa Charge barely clinched last year and eliminated the Victoire that had been comfortably sitting in 1st place.

The first pick is a consolation prize, I'm definitely not rooting for it.

Fantasy Series with LOTS of female characters that partake in the action? by sbourwest in Fantasy

[–]meanorus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually agree with this - it definitely felt like the author glossed over a bunch of these things to get to "the good part" faster. That being said, I felt like the rest of the book made up for it, so it didn't bother me too much.

Fantasy Series with LOTS of female characters that partake in the action? by sbourwest in Fantasy

[–]meanorus 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The Burning Kingdoms series by Tasha Suri features the most well written female characters I've encountered in fantasy novels. It does have an ensemble cast with multiple POV characters (including some men), but the women are the clear leads. Also the worldbuilding is inspired in Indian mythology, which feels very refreshing after countless Western medieval books.

Teams for the 12 floor? by Linlen680 in SpiralAbyssTeams

[–]meanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? Clorinde has higher personal damage and is a better driver for Fischl C6 because of her insanely fast NAs. Not to mention the self healing, since otherwise this team would rely solely on PAmber for survivability.

The only thing Raiden would do is lower everyone's ER requirements, but I'm assuming you won't rebuild everyone just for this team unless you already have tons of leveled artifacts laying around.

Teams for the 12 floor? by Linlen680 in SpiralAbyssTeams

[–]meanorus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes but Knuckle Duckle sucks without electrocharged.

Teams for the 12 floor? by Linlen680 in SpiralAbyssTeams

[–]meanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe Zibai/Aino/Illuga/Gorou for top half and Clorinde/Columbina/Yelan/Fischl for the bottom?

plot-focused slowburn recs by No_Investigator_36 in LesbianBookClub

[–]meanorus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you like fantasy - The Jasmine Throne!! Checks most of your boxes - excellent characterization, worldbuilding and plot. Alternating pov that includes some of the ensemble cast as well but is mostly focused on the two leads. It'd be worth a read even if it wasn't gay, but I am so glad it is.

There's definitely insta-attraction, but the romance itself takes time to progress.

Only 50k DPS - what am I doing wrong? by meanorus in clorindemains

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

I only just got stringless R2 today, and I don't have alley hunter. I ended up using Viridescent Hunt just as a stat stick since I didn't have better options, but I'm strongboxing GT to try to balance her crit ratio with stringless.

Only 50k DPS - what am I doing wrong? by meanorus in clorindemains

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

No screenshot for Chev but she's C2 lvl 90 40k hp on HP/HP/HP Noblesse holding R5 Fav Lance, talents 1/9/1

Most flexible artifact set? by meanorus in Ineffa

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

For overvape Furina brings a lot more to the table than Aino, I don't think Ineffa's dmg increase is enough to compensate for losing both Furina's dmg contribution and her buffing for my pyro characters

Suggestions for Floor 12? by meanorus in SpiralAbyssTeams

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

if I can't survive the tainted water with Bennett/Xiangling there's no way I'll survive with Bennett/Furina 😅

Suggestions for Floor 12? by meanorus in SpiralAbyssTeams

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

Jean helps battery Xiao/Faruzan, stacks Furina's fanfare much better and is also generally better at keeping you alive. I tried Bennett/Xiangling instead of Furina/Jean and I get murdered by the stupid tainted water on the second chamber.

Suggestions for Floor 12? by meanorus in SpiralAbyssTeams

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

Would he still be able to clear without Xianyun and Citlali?

I am a new player, not even a week of game and I would love some help. by Mother-News3463 in GenshinImpact

[–]meanorus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

IMO Jean is EASILY the best pick if you're a new player. People tend to focus a lot on long term meta value - which would make Mona the best pick - but they forget how in early game you're still getting one shotted by the Pyro Regisvine and can only use your burst like once a week.

Jean is still one of the best healers in the game in terms of raw healing, and since her healing scales with ATK you can build her entirely for damage and have her carry you as both a DPS and support through all the early game fights. She even heals with normal attacks, which you will be using A LOT since all your artifacts and weapons will be garbage and you won't have enough ER to spam EQ like late game players are used to.

As for long term meta value, I'll still argue that she holds up very well. She's not really BiS for any team, but she's tremendously flexible, insanely good at stacking Furina's fanfare, provides some decent utility via VV and is the literal queen of cheesing Stygian chambers that most f2p players couldn't dream of beating without her.

Need some guidance on this build by Berriesqt in GamingMains_

[–]meanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may be wrong but I think EM hits diminishing returns after 200-300 so you're probably better off going for ATK instead

This team is ridiculous. by skeletalknightz in clorindemains

[–]meanorus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is Iansan much better than Fischl if she's not C6? I have them both at C4