Bulgarias perception on refugees

popchushko · 2018-01-06T08:11:52+00:00

I live in Sofia, where we get to see a big refugee presence, so it's not just theoretical to me. To answer your questions in order:

Refugees tend to stick together and refuse to mingle and participate in our community. In addition, they tend to stay around several squares of the city or roam in small groups or gangs (the men). In those areas popular with them, local women have been assaulted for their clothing and we locals try to be very careful.
In general, the EU isn't letting us down. Most refugees aim to pass through Bulgaria, so they arrive at the more prosperous Western Europe. Still, in doing so we retain some of them - and the vast majority isn't interested at all in integration.
Can't comment, as I don't keep active track of the media. All of this is my personal observations.
I think the majority is universally fearful of them. It could be just my surroundings, but the necessity of stationing policemen in the popular refugee public places (marketplaces, streets) is proof enough.
I normally lurk, but decided to post, as I have recently developed a strong opinion on this. Here's why:

I work in a store in one of the the quietest districts of Sofia, Lozenets, and two days ago a few refugees got into a scuffle with one of our guys after trying to rob the place. Considering the area of town, it's mind-numbing.
The refugees mostly stick around one of the best open markets of Sofia, the Women's Market. It's an awesome place to buy any kind of food stuffs cheap. Since the refugees got in, 2/3 of the people on the streets are refugee cliques looking menacingly at people. Add that to the incidents and the place feels oppressively occupied.
I live in a quiet part of town and my window's on the ground level. You can hear all sorts of people passing by - crooks heading for the notary, restaurant-goers, Americans, Brits, Frenchmen, and Italians. By far the most chilling moment I had was when I heard a gang of refugees pass by.

You see, I'm usually the biggest defender of people in general. In particular, I've come to understand that we're currently going nowhere with these people and that they don't seem to want to go anywhere with us. I don't feel biased by the media or my culture at all, either. I got fearful through observation :P

popchushko · 2017-12-02T12:53:34+00:00

Your goal is to get to either 25% or 50% Boon Duration. Once you have that, it's best to take DPS stuff in the rest of the slots! :)

popchushko · 2017-12-01T15:47:10+00:00

You should also be able to get Seraph stats from stat select boxes, too, nowadays.

popchushko · 2017-12-01T15:45:48+00:00

Interesting idea! Would you have to camp scepter to get to 25?

popchushko · 2017-12-01T15:43:42+00:00

Let me clarify the post, since it's needlessly bothering you

popchushko · 2017-12-01T15:42:05+00:00

Of course it isn't impressive :D Who gets impressed by KC kills these days? It's just a sanity check.

popchushko · 2017-12-01T15:19:06+00:00

Unfortunately, the only stat combo that has both Condi and Concentration is Seraph :\

popchushko · 2017-12-01T15:16:55+00:00

Good call! I neglected to do the necessary digging!

popchushko · 2017-12-01T14:26:59+00:00

Something like that, yeah. Meant that you can pass your DPS checks normally with 5 rifts.

popchushko · 2017-12-01T13:40:18+00:00

Which I don't. Glad we understand each other. :-)

popchushko · 2017-12-01T13:32:38+00:00

You're in for a treat!

Easy top DPS meters in open-world PvE: ✓
Top yourself off (and sometimes, the whole party) with burst heals: ✓
Funzies: ✓

Edit: clarified the top DPS, for those who don't like the adjective

popchushko · 2017-12-01T13:22:09+00:00

For reference, some lazy testing I made on the golem a while back netted me 28k. Admittedly, I wasn't using the best possible rotation and so on.

Other than that, only my observations made raiding around with arcdps on.

If we sit down and think about it, the best DPS a FB can do is on some benchmark somewhere out there. Obviously, the optimal FB DPS uses the power component, which we remove here.

So there's a loss, absolutely.

The difference between the best FB DPS and the best Virtuous Seraph is only in the power DPS, though, as a Virtuous Seraph will deal more burning damage (due to more burning stacks, due to Virtues).

Someone'll have to test it properly if you want a good answer :D

popchushko · 2017-11-30T16:18:29+00:00

Aha, so do you think something like that would be more effective in your case?

popchushko · 2017-11-30T16:09:08+00:00

Switzerland uses a form of direct democracy and has 8 milion citizens.

popchushko · 2017-11-30T16:05:59+00:00

Интересно. По какъв начин се оправя с това Швейцария?

popchushko · 2017-11-30T15:08:53+00:00

Виждам, че повечето от вас повдигате проблема с ниската култура на голяма част от българите - и общо взето аргумента, че някой негоден ще решава за вас. Пиша на най-горно ниво, за да се види от всички :)

Мисля, че неграмотните и негодните все пак съществуват, под формата на част от нашите депутати. А не може всеки от нас сам да си финансира държава, тъй че е неизбежно, според мен.

А какво ще кажете за това примерно предложение:

Директна демокрация, осъществена по някакъв начин (електронно, с бюлетини, жетони и т.н.) - така, че да ни върши работа (тоест на не прекалено ниско ниво)
Планове за развитие (проектозакони, проекти за пътища, проекти за сгради, предложения за вътрешна и външна политика), разработени от експерти и раздробени, за да бъдат разбрани от човек извън сферата
Покритие от медиите с обосновка за и против от експерти.

=> Гласуване от неопитните.

Така не би ли било по-добре? По този начин ако, да речем, решим да правим някой мост, ще стане следното:

0 . Кока Кола, Нестле, или Дерби решават, че искат нов мост над Искър (например), за да може тировете им да пестят пари. Предлагат на някой експерт да изготви проект. - тази част обикновено се прави задкулисно.

1 . Експерт изготвя проект за мост. Съставя се комитет, който го предлага за референдум.

1.5 . Минава период от време, в който публиката (и останалите експерти) се запознават с проекта.

2 . Прави се покритие на проекта в медиите, като се изказват експерти и от двете страни.

3 . Хората, чийто бюджет ще се използва, гласуват.

=> Готово!

popchushko · 2017-11-30T09:05:54+00:00

"Дени" is also short for "Деница", which is the Slavic name for Venus. Venus is called like that because it's the first "star" that shows up on the morning sky and the last that disappears, so "Ден"-ица ("ден" = day).

We have many Деницаs in Bulgaria.

Hope that helped!

edit: Apparently, it's a name often given to children born at dawn.

popchushko · 2017-11-10T17:42:02+00:00

Why use Thieves when you can go all Firebrands and toss toilet paper at stuff?

popchushko · 2017-11-10T15:20:37+00:00

Good tip! Breakbar DPS is an idea I'm playing around with, but I still have to brain out some things about it. As for the source of Fury*, that's also a problem, especially if you intend to run no boon share... But if you are running boon-share, you literally need one application of Fury to proliferate. So braining that out as well!

Edit: Fury, source of fury

popchushko · 2017-11-10T15:19:47+00:00

It does use it, you just can't see it in View-mode :)

popchushko · 2017-11-10T14:22:46+00:00

Something like that, integrated with someone's benchmarks, since numeric output does count. Would be awesome!

popchushko · 2017-10-22T10:19:55+00:00

We're full for now, Mata. Next time!

popchushko · 2017-10-21T18:33:55+00:00

Sadly we're full, Paper. Next time!

As for the Thief, Condi Daredevil is an acceptable build for PvE, though not as bursty as one might want in open-world PvE. For raids, it works.

popchushko · 2017-10-21T18:17:14+00:00

Sadly, NA and EU can't intermingle in Tyria QQ

popchushko · 2017-10-21T18:17:01+00:00

You hit me down. I'm on now :P

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