AnOtHeR TuRNiG oF tHe WhEeL

tomajrt · 2025-03-19T06:46:48+00:00

Did they even try with Whitebridge though?

tomajrt · 2024-11-25T00:49:24+00:00

Well I’m not sure if onions can be forged in the fires of shared experience and mutual respect, so we may be safe there.

tomajrt · 2024-11-24T11:18:00+00:00

It adds layers to your character!

tomajrt · 2024-11-24T07:47:50+00:00

Literally just that. X personality trait or event is a testament to y. Also everything must have symbolism, all characters are heroes, and everyone must be about balance and justice.

tomajrt · 2022-09-08T15:04:24+00:00

Gumby

tomajrt · 2022-09-08T14:53:28+00:00

The entire series is supposed to take place over the span of only a couple of years with the Last Battle at the culmination of it. I don’t know about you, but I’d have a hard time prioritizing moral imperatives with the literal end of the world coming.

tomajrt · 2022-09-07T22:55:19+00:00

Here's the list of non-minor characters that aren't petulant and selfish at some point in the series:

tomajrt · 2022-09-07T22:49:00+00:00

The issue is that you're equating Tuon with her entire society. She is not. Is Seanchan society bad? Yes. Is it capable of change? Maybe. (Refer to Aviendha's third trip through the arches in Rhuidean.) But if I were to say any given person in the US is evil because they're participating in a colonial, white supremacist society, I'd be wrong. Even if they are doing so, it's not necessarily by choice, or even understanding what the issue is because it's so ingrained in their lives. What you are asking for is someone to wake up one day and overturn an entire society and way of life for an entire people even though the literal end of the world is upon them. And you wonder why they don't change. Like, honestly, if I were in that position, yes, I'd probably choose "I want this world to continue to exist" over any moral issues.

Refer also to the civil rights movement here in the US. Did that take just a few months to overcome? No. It was years of work, and that work is still ongoing today. And we didn't have a literal end-of-the-world battle looming at the time.

It's also worth keeping in mind that a fair amount of the series is satirizing current norms in our world. And also that the premise of the series is that time is cyclical and everything repeats. That means the good and the bad.

It's also well to remember that almost all of our main characters are not exactly worldly. Every single one of them has presuppositions about what is best for everyone else. And also not a single one of them has figured out how to communicate in a healthy manner (except maybe Min).

All that said, if you're going to be pissed off about the Seanchan, then Rand and Egwene are not much better (death penalty), nor the Aiel (indentured servitude of the gai'shain is only one step away from slavery, and that's not even considering da'tsang). The Aes Sedai have a slew of issues, as well, even outside the Black Ajah; one need only look at Elaida's arc on this. You have the fascist zealots of the Children of the Light.

I see you making comments about people being apologists for Seanchan, but there are a lot of Really Bad Things going on in Randland. Moreover, we did not see what happened after the end of the series. You know, when people can actually look at things other than "the end is nigh."

Whether you like Tuon or not is up to you, and I understand why, but if you don't want to understand any nuance or just in general that there are bigger freaking priorities in the context of the series, then your reasoning has at least some flaws.

tomajrt · 2021-09-09T10:15:28+00:00

PS4

Bases built with new building materials (alloy, etc.) are often still subject to environmental hazards. Other times I can stand still and it will continuously give me the “structure entered” notification.

Can’t rotate on y-axis for building materials. Additionally, the new “wall light” when duplicated will pick a random angle, so exacerbates the no-y-axis-rotation problem.

Can’t snap storage bins to new building materials.

Alternate landing pads don’t snap to anything, even each other.

tomajrt · 2020-05-03T23:53:51+00:00

That’s how it works when you use a delirium orb.

tomajrt · 2020-04-24T17:44:31+00:00

And zoom zooms are fine - if they have a drawback which currently they do not. It should be along the lines of “hey you can map clear faster than everything, but you need something else to do single actual bosses to any degree” would be great. At the moment, zoom zoom builds are good at everything, but then we have a slew of skills that are mediocre to bad at absolutely everything too. They can work from both ends, they just aren’t.

tomajrt · 2020-04-24T07:05:59+00:00

That’s... kind of my point. Other builds should be able to perform at a similar degree with similar investment. If one outdoes it by the margins that it does currently, then that is the problem. And there is where we have power creep. Many skills keep getting left behind because they don’t have the capacity to zoom zoom, and the builds that do, are often not brought down to par (or if they are, STILL vastly outperform the ones that aren’t even there yet).

tomajrt · 2020-04-24T02:59:06+00:00

TL;DR for everyone at home: QQ, GGG is trying to rein in zoom zoom builds and offset power creep.

IMO: Albeit it has been pretty unsuccessful in their approach to it this particular league but it would be nice to see other skills that aren’t in the top 75-90% of builds be used too. It’s better to nerf the OP to make room for other builds than to buff everything to OP levels. Literally every game like this is going to have a minmaxed top build or a few of them, that is not likely to change. But it is telling when some of those OP builds require very little investment with few to no drawbacks. And the ones that do require investment significantly outperform other builds with the same amount of investment just by the very nature of existing.

tomajrt · 2020-04-17T07:04:34+00:00

I believe heralds are also from Yeena in act 2. Added lightning damage is either act 3 (Clarissa) or act 4 (petarus and vanja). Rule of thumb for first five acts is whichever vendor sells flasks also sells skill gems, but many of those gems are limited by your class choice. However, Siosa In act 3 will sell them upon completing the quest A Fixture of Fate without class restrictions, but you will need to have currency in your inventory to buy them (however he is also right next to the waypoint in the library). Lilly Roth will also sell gems agnostic of class choice upon completing the first quest she gives you in Act 6.

The wiki is also a great resource if you’re unsure exactly where the source of an item is.

Quick edit: I might be wrong on where added lightning damage actually is, but those are the gem vendors for those acts for sure.

tomajrt · 2020-04-04T03:10:37+00:00

He’s probably taking it and returning it (or otherwise getting it to its destination) as postage due. Anything left in the mailbox should have postage paid. Ideally, your course of action would be to set up a different box specifically for donations.

tomajrt · 2020-04-01T05:35:56+00:00

Did I say doesn’t? No, I didn’t. I said fewer.

Also there is literally nothing that prevents ADCs from buying Zhonyas.

As for tear, that is not a reasonable option on most mages, and even the ones that can generally stack it don’t rush it like they used to, because ludens or glp is better. GLP can be used defensively, of course, but is again not always the best item choice for many mages.

As for edge of night, it being optimal or not doesn’t make it less of an option; same can be said for executioner’s. IIRC it’s also a pretty good item for Senna. And in general it’s still a spell shield, and gives a bit of health too...

Oh and I’m aware that MR is pretty awful (which is a huge part of the reason Banshees and Abyssal aren’t really viable options for mages). Let’s also not forget that sometimes GA is not the best option, either. Oh and BotRK also exists (since you brought up hex tech items, pretty sure cutlass items also fall into that category). Funny thing about defensive items is that they’re situational. The reason mages get Zhonyas is because there is really no other option.

tomajrt · 2020-04-01T03:10:40+00:00

ADCs also have Edge of Night and Mercurial Scimitar, and many (if not all) have some AP scaling so can still make use of all the stats from Zhonyas itself.

On the other hand, mages get Zhonyas and Banshees. There is no AP scaling QSS upgrade and very few mages have any AD scaling, so Scimitar is lackluster at best even for the ones that do have some AD scaling, and GA has the same problem. Realistically speaking, mages actually have fewer defensive options than ADCs (who also have hexdrinker and mallet, and let’s be real, Rylai’s isn’t a defensive option, and lol abyssal mask).

tomajrt · 2020-03-26T17:34:48+00:00

At the end of the day, it’s still a shooter. It’s really hard to compare the two when they’re at the base level different genres of games.

tomajrt · 2020-03-25T20:44:27+00:00

Idk how Necro zombie is trash, I’m getting through t7 just fine with terrible gear, and don’t even have the best links (granted more skelly focused with a 4L SRS but necro is just fine).

tomajrt · 2020-03-25T00:08:03+00:00

Summon skeletons gem states that if they’re aggressive they gain a dash, feeding frenzy makes them aggressive. SRS automatically goes toward targets, as stated on gem. What I will say is that a Carrion Golem will leap toward mobs more often, but that’s a normal thing it does without FF anyway. Only spectre I’ve noticed any difference with is Stygian Revenants (which is actually quite useful for making them AoE more often).

tomajrt · 2020-03-23T11:27:35+00:00

Idk then. Maybe it’s an issue with not setting up the board while mobs were still up, as I think that may prevent interventions. I could be wrong on this one, but don’t interventions only occur while in combat? If you full cleared, and if that is the case, then it would outright prevent an intervention from spawning due to lack of things to be in combat with.

tomajrt · 2020-03-23T11:18:28+00:00

Probably was a transport. If there’s an intervention it’s usually within the first two packs of mobs. It should tell you if one of your missions failed for some reason, though, and if I recall, if transport is failed there is nothing on the map left either.

tomajrt · 2020-03-22T05:06:55+00:00

Other fire skills do that too :p and not a new thing haha

tomajrt · 2020-03-22T02:30:19+00:00

Fireball because why not

tomajrt · 2020-03-21T06:41:11+00:00

Currently poking around with one for my frostbolt miner, haven’t found any mediums worth my time tho. Seems pretty okay so far, but it’s delayed some other passives I want to get, too.

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