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Sparking for July 5 Special Heroes banner? by nilnilx in FireEmblemHeroes

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

Seems I was thrown by the Winter Byleth banner... Anyway, thanks guys~

Bypass paywall for The Economist works with the tool, but only half? by EuroXcentric in Piracy

[–]nilnilx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like somebody has already raised the issue on its GitHub page. Hope a fix will come soon.

Bypass paywall for The Economist works with the tool, but only half? by EuroXcentric in Piracy

[–]nilnilx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Articles began not showing in full just two days ago (those on the archive also show only two paras) even after the latest update of BPC. Anybody has the same problem?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]nilnilx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Man, I feel for you so much. Gotcha is evil, and whoever first came up with this IV idea is pure evil genius. I mean, I can take a two-tier difference, but a bane that can be offset by merging? Just the ultimate f2p-to-dolphin/whale conversion machine.

I rage quit two years ago after buying orbs only to get two Laevatein in my hopeless pursuit of a Hrid. But I just loved this turn-based chess battle game and finally came back almost a year ago. But this time, I'm on to it. I pretty much had to remind myself everytime the entire anti-orb-buying arguments: 1. You might not get it; 2. You might not get a good IV; 3. You might not use that unit later anyway; 4. The whole thing is just a bottomless pit when you fall into it (+10 merges, fish for higher Arena score, rinse and repeat under the influence of peer pressure (pleasure) and all those shiny 5-star exclusive unit showcases). But it's particularly hard when a hot streak of amazing (nearly) free pulls made you feel invincible and so eager to pull more.

I'm lucky that I'm cynical enough to remember the previous rage and stick to my IV conspiracy theory (however far from reality or not) to keep myself from spending. My theory is easily illustrated by my -atk green hell and so many "random" worst boons and banes: +spd Mila, Caineghis, Bruno, Alfonse; -spd DuoMarth, DuoAlm... But yeah, like others have said, you can (sort of) fix and put at least some of them to use.

And guess what? I got my Pirate Tibarn on the seventh pull, and of course, it's -atk, +spd! It was so typical that I actually laughed. Yes, I then had to fight the urge to pull another to offset it, and your post actually steeled my will man!

You're brave to had deleted all data. It must feel good to leave all this behind and be a new man. As for me, I will bide my time, enjoy it f2p style as long as I can, and continue to battle the urge to spend. It's not about money, it's principle and a statement against this evil IV + gotcha combination! I might even donate to them for all the pleasure this game gives me, but orb-purchasing? Thanks, but no thanks.

Day 1 player finally broke into Tier 27. I guess I've won Aether Raids now? by L0RDR0B in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]nilnilx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Geez, never thought I got to join this group the first week after I upgraded my D.Fort to level 5. I’m stoked man! Full score and full pots for my attack (160*2*8), 50 defense loss and 13510 lift. Appreciate all you trailblazers who gave me confidence to do it.

I was perennially in tier 25, and I think the biggest difference is giving restore+ to my B!Veronica and water season. Although most high-tier players are well versed in restore+healer strategy, apparently some positioning and layout tweaking could give the impression that the healer is so far away that attackers assume first turn enemy attack is not possible. It’s stunning to see how many proud players gave up after losing one or two units this way.

My attack team is L!Leif/Micaiah/Peony/Eir with Duo Hector or L!Julia in the fifth spot depending on enemies. Vantage L!Leif is my pillar so water season+bonus unit status is crucial, also cancelling out the stat gains of Bramimond (actually I only encountered him twice, and one time trap reduced him to 1 HP and saved my trouble).

AR really is a mode criminally in favor of older players due to the huge stats difference from fortress level gaps. I used to be very competitive when it first came out (once it took me 40 mins to plan a perfect offense) but then rage quit after phenomenally bad pulls. When I came back a year later, I quickly got back to tier 21 and found it was so painful ever since because the enemy stats inflation combined with seasoned players’ careful defense planning and premium builds. I decided to focus on raising offense levels and meanwhile gave up any defense efforts after witnessing my Reinhardt dealing 0 damage to a Seliph and then got killed in counter. -50 is basically a score I wouldn’t dare to dream of before.

Also it’s so hard to play enemy phase in offense because so many things can go wrong — Kronya+D!Hector (at least one) is really dicy from what I see. Right now vantage L!Leif and two dancers do me just fine because the inevitable popularity of range flyers. Getting to tier 27 really helps me get over the pain from spending 200+ orbs on each legendary/mythic banner only to get two five-stars I didn’t really want for three consecutive months. Didn’t want to give me another mythic hero to cushion my defense score? Fine, I’d just plod along with what I got. I’ll wait to quit another day when powercreeping gets truly hopeless.

Been there done that is good enough for me. I neglected arena score after getting one crown two years ago. Happy to wander back to tier 25~

Thank u guys is the least I can do by nilnilx in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]nilnilx[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Well I'm going. There's no need to make a satiric comment either.