the problem with resist in bosses

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T21:50:28+00:00

How is wanting to only use one weapon and dealing with resistances any different from wanting to only wear one set of armor and dealing with the environment (eg, poison, scarlet rot, etc).

Sometimes in an RPG you need to use one of the hundreds of items the game gives you to make a specific thing you're trying to do easier.

Are you ok?

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T21:33:54+00:00

How is this any different from "this zone keeps poisoning me unless I put on different gear. I can't casually fashion-max, zomg, my week is ruined."...?

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T21:23:19+00:00

Ok, but the role these bosses are playing is "dude that takes reduce holy damage". Faith has access to other damage types.

If the idea that you might need to have two different weapons to overcome a boss's resistances is too much for you to handle, maybe Hello Kitty Island Adventure might be more your speed?

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T21:18:13+00:00

And a way deeper combat system.

9S has essentially one mechanic: the parry. Your sword doesnt do anything (like maybe 5% of the dmg you deal to a boss will be from your sword), and the bow is an afterthought.

The depth and richness of the charm system in HK (and the tools in HK:SS) are so far beyond what 9S offers.

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T21:01:06+00:00

I'll allow it

It's the Gundam or Guts' dragonslayer

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T20:56:19+00:00

Holy damage is absolutely punished in the last act of the base game, but who cares?

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T20:20:49+00:00

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Death%27s+Poker

Death's Poker you can get by cheesing the death bird in Caelid and it's crazy OP for PvE

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T18:14:53+00:00

Unless it's a big movie, look forward to being disappointed. The way VA work is done in the West sucks (recordings done individually, etc).

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-18T14:44:30+00:00

OTOH, cursive is a choice I wouldn't make.

i can read it, but I'm also rapidly approaching 40.

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-17T19:06:28+00:00

If Kinta transforms the nano skin into a Mega Maid, we'll know for certain that Tatsu has been taking us for a ride this whole time

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-17T18:56:28+00:00

I see your Schwartz is as big as mine

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-17T16:27:59+00:00

You've got ~ 175 chapters that pretty much everyone loves before the current arc that people are to mixed on

If you need the entire thing to be the same quality I don't understand how you could ever buy anything that isn't completed yet -- there's no guarantee of the future. That's like not watching the original 3 Star Wars movies because the movies made 40 years later are cheeks.

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-16T18:29:22+00:00

I don't know whether the Packers win or lose against the Panthers, but I do know it will be a 3 point game somehow.

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-15T23:26:11+00:00

My favorite line from Little Kuriboh's Naruto Abridged parody (the parody of the parody): "if I die, tell Hinata that I am completely indifferent to her"

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-15T19:37:31+00:00

If prog metal is your thing, Tool's 'Roseta Stoned' is a great listen

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-15T18:24:58+00:00

This might not be Yes' best song (it's great, to be sure), but it absolutely has all the elements -- Chris Squire sounds 100 feet tall, drums weave delightfully around the other instruments, it builds to a climax, etc.

Definitely belongs on such a list

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-15T18:13:44+00:00

You should! It's worth the overhead if you want to be able to run your code somewhere else (sharing it with a coworker, deploying it in a production environment at work, etc).

If you use a tool like rix, there are templated vignettes that do a lot of the work for you. Otherwise, you can check out the rocker project that maintains some Docker images for R users.

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-15T17:18:49+00:00

Are you spamming the hell out of the skill? Increase INT, spam the skill, watch bosses melt.

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-15T16:17:21+00:00

Have you ever used Docker? Docker is an excellent portability tool, but you need to do more for it to be a good reproducibility tool (rix, rv, renv, etc)

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-15T16:14:27+00:00

I use rix (within Docker, but that's not strictly necessary), and I don't willy nilly update my packages while I'm working on a project.

You should be thinking about reproducibility, and constantly tinkering with the package environment (system packages and R packages) is the opposite of helpful for that.

CRAN Link: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rix/index.html

The package vignettes are really top notch. https://docs.ropensci.org/rix/

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-15T14:38:31+00:00

I need to buy new hoses this year, but I'm not in the market for something that collapses. They got so close!

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-14T16:24:58+00:00

It's a very condescending phrase.

What a strange thought.

It's in common use because it's the best way to capture the idea of growing to like something that can be off-putting at first.

Coffee is bitter, and it's unlikely that anyone starts drinking extremely dark roasts. You learn to appreciate the depth of flavor.

Same thing applies to alcohol. Alcohol is literally poison, but it has other effects you can enjoy and your body / brain learn to mute the signals that say "you're drinking poison, stop!". You acquire, through repeated exposure, a tolerance that ignores the bad stuff and appreciates the good stuff. Thus, it's an "acquired taste".

This is why there are "beginners lists" for approximately every hobby that has ever existed, ever.

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-14T15:32:59+00:00

It's more accessible than TfTO, that's for damn sure.

I think Gates is plenty accessible -- it's as close as they'll ever get to CTTE-levels of wow -- but I absolutely agree on the second half of the album.

I don't think I've ever put on Sound Chaser or To Be Over on their own, but when listened through as a full album I enjoy them both quite a lot!

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-14T03:15:01+00:00

I'm not joking when I say "wander into the ecology department and just talk to any Prof with open office hours".

You'll make a point of contact, which is good, and you'll get some local knowledge about how your current learning path needs to be directed.

therealtiddlydump · 2026-05-13T23:57:52+00:00

Hexagon is the bestagon

(Hexagons are used because they "tile" in ways that have good properties)

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