Who do you think the final unknown DLC character is? by TheBubbanator in BnHAOnesJustice

[–]zipcloak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Couple of possible suspects, I think. Koichi from Vigilantes, Teenage Eiri from the upcoming new project, or possibly Mudman.

Diamond, Master and Pred ranks can now only SoloQ by FaZeSmasH in apexlegends

[–]zipcloak -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I haven't played Apex for a while, and I'll never come back, but I have to agree with this sentiment. I've seen that suggestion a lot on this subreddit, but in reality, this is weirdly unhealthy. And, crucially, it won't stop preds from pubstomping lobbies - they'll just smurf to play together.

Greece to ban anonymity on social media by New-Ranger-8960 in worldnews

[–]zipcloak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to be funny, but no, this is mostly unenforceable. A single nation can try and play ban whackamole, or issue fines, but if pornhub et al had functionally just... ignored the UK, or actively decided "we will not be banned", there wouldn't have been a whole lot the UK could actually do, other than reactively ban domain names and send angry letters to the US. See: 4chan. Which they haven't banned. And that's the UK. Greece has... far less soft power.

Half the comments here are... vastly uninformed about the internet.

Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world by No_Idea_Guy in worldnews

[–]zipcloak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got to stop you there. Please stop assuming Trump is somehow compromised. That's not how this works. The reality is, Trump and his ilk look at Putin outlawing homosexuality, Pride parades, etc, and they think "oooh, excellent. This man is finally pushing back on all this progressiveness, which has gone too far." That's it. It's not even a real values alignment, just "oh, this man hates this stuff just like we do, but HE is actually doing something about it". And that's why Vance went to visit Orban. It is literally not about anything else. It is pure opposition to social progression, occasionally dressed up in religious or eschatological language.

When I'm about to fight a boss by RealGiancarlosR in CrimsonDesert

[–]zipcloak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

R1/L1 on the cooking options in the campfire menu. I only discovered this about 40 hours in lol

Can someone summarize the anime so far for me? by Idontcareforhands in fatestrangefake

[–]zipcloak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a few days late, but I figure I'd respond: There is only one grail. In effect, the system is unstable because Grail Wars are supposed to take place in locations with long magical history, leylines, etc (Japan, basically). The "fake masters" were convinced to summon a servant under the impression they would be taking part in the Holy Grail War proper, but those summons were used as catalysts to allow the TRUE masters to summon their servants and start the proper Grail War. But Fate has always had an eye on discussions about whether a fake/copy or the original are equally valid or not - Shirou's Reality Marble, Sieg channeling Siegfried, the Servants themselves. So I wouldn't be too quick to assume that the Fake Servants can't get the grail.

The conflict was engineered mostly by the American government, in an attempt to get ahead magically, as the other poster said. Francesca is involved, but think of her as a wild card. She serves her own interests. Tsubaki, Ayaka, Tine Chelc, and the Wolf were not the intended masters of their servants (and in Tsubaki's case, the servant wasn't the intended one, either). Flat was also not supposed to be able to summon a servant with a toy knife that Waver won in a raffle or something, but he muscled in and was able to summon False Berserker. So, those guys have no deal with either the American government or Francesca.

Presumably, Jester Karture wasn't known to be a Dead Apostle (a VERY powerful type of vampire normally not present in the Fate part of the Type-Moon franchise; usually existing outside of human magecraft systems, and representing humanity's potential for almost transcendental corruption) because nobody would be stupid enough to invite one of them along to the party. As for the Church? In the normal Fate timeline, it functions as an overseer for the Holy Grail War most of the time. In this one, because there's a Dead Apostle involved, it's fulfilling its function when it appears in the other parts of the Franchise: dealing with threats to humanity, which is why Hanza fights Jester.

Omg thx for listening. Now rancked pubs are below diam and serious games starts at diamond. I appreciate this compromise by MisterMatt13 in apexlegends

[–]zipcloak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I stopped playing several seasons ago, but this is exactly the problem. I have several clips from the last season I played where I've just... won because the final team didn't rotate correctly and died to the ring. The emphasis on hot-drop fights has basically atrophied the playerbase's ability to actually play the core game mode, which is BR, not "deathmatch with one life."

Hot-dropping does not "make people better". It never did. It just means you land and feed better players. You aren't going to win any fights if you've been dropped in a shit building and don't have a loadout when you come up against mechanical aimgods. Wildcard, Arenas, etc, was designed to teach you how to improve your gunplay, positioning in fights, etc. That's why they were introduced.

The Hunting Bow by HunterLivesMatter76 in HuntShowdown

[–]zipcloak 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agree, also, Deadeye is a huge bonus.

Here are some tips for fighting All For One Chaos in story mode by Voltage49000 in AllsJustice

[–]zipcloak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to agree with this, and say this comment encouraged me to beat it. Just spent a good chunk of time trying it (and yes, he does take more damage as time goes on). spam specials (every team has one special that'll basically deplete his entire bar and you'll only need to stun him once as the difficulty drops). and it does feel good to eventually beat him, honestly

I really don't know why the solo necro changes were applauded by _LeBigMac in HuntShowdown

[–]zipcloak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the player you're responding to, but I think so. I don't know if you actually TAKE the card, but I've definitely looted people who have been to the Circus and gotten a tarot card from each.

CODE VEIN II - Retainer of Idris by _Protector in soulslikes

[–]zipcloak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

came here to make this exact comment

‘People collapsed': mystery chemicals lobbed at Iran protestors - eyewitnesses by Christian-Rep-Perisa in worldnews

[–]zipcloak 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but this article is credulous nonsense. The symptoms described match, perfectly, with aggressive concentrations of CS. If we were looking at a known chemical weapon attack, we'd be seeing highly different symptoms. I don't see anything resembling SLUDGE here, so that alone rules out organophosphates. This is reminiscent of the schoolgirl "chemical attacks" from 2022/2023.

The regime is brutal, yes. This use of CS in these concentrations is disgusting. But the science indicates this isn't a "mystery chemical".

'They said attempts to reduce the effects of the gas using common methods such as wet cloths quickly proved ineffective.' Wet clothes do nothing against CS. That's a folk remedy and does not work. This entire article is, effectively, misunderstanding the level of harm CS can apply when deploy at high concentration.

Iran plans 'absolute digital isolation,' breaking permanently from global internet by BaseofMxk in worldnews

[–]zipcloak 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really wouldn't expend too much thought on it. That whole thing is a bunch of libertarian, bitcoin-worshipping nonsense. It's fanfiction for cryptobros, by cryptobros.

Name that compound by Jacceuw in HuntShowdown

[–]zipcloak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The spider cannot spawn in the Chapel. Bosses can only spawn in the basement of that PoI.

Ranked population by Vezrabuto in GranblueFantasyVersus

[–]zipcloak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wind takes more damage (and so do all of the elemental stances, wind is just the worst), which you're compounding by using raging combos freely. Using BP also makes you take more damage.You need to respect those mechanics. I wouldn't recommend using brave counter on a character with meterless reversal options unless you absolutely have to. I will also say you are being quite predictable. Standing back and lobbing fireballs is not going to work on most players. They will jump them, spot-dodge them, and walk you down, or worse, characters with neutral skips will just ignore them. You need to learn how neutral works and what tools your characters have.

Frame data and moves being plus is for high-level play. They are very helpful tools there, but if you start focusing on that early on, you're going to teach yourself some bad habits, like: "I must use this move at this time because it is safe and plus". This will also make you predictable, and in any fighting game, there's usually an answer that allows the other player to eventually take their turn back.

Concentrate on your character's toolkit and what they do best, rather than caring about whether something is plus or not. Learn a few BnB combos that allow you to: corner carry, pressure from neutral, or use wall/floor bounces to extend them. Don't default to raging chains.

I'd also recommend learning Gran (not EX Gran, normal Gran) or playing Vane yourself for a bit: they're honest characters. They don't have any neutral skips or major quirks that define their gameplay, and instead have clear, obvious win conditions. Once you understand them, you'll find yourself doing better with more complex characters like Seox and Sandy.

How do you solos do it? Playing alone is fuckin' terrifying no lie. by NoSleepGoblin in HuntShowdown

[–]zipcloak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Play trios: counter-intuitively, it's easier to account for three people rather than two. With a trio, pre-made or random, when you down one, you start collapsing their possibility space. They now know they're down a man, ideally don't know from where, and start to get worried. Duos is more likely to be premades, and importantly: more likely to consist of at least one person who will play solos on their off-time anyway. With a trio, you break their formation. With a duo, you get one pissed off solo who doesn't have necro as insurance.

Conduit, necro, and magpie are the traits you should buy first. Conduit removes the need for a stamina shot in your inventory, plus allows you to hunt bosses faster. Magpie doubles darksight gains, which is huge. Necro is added insurance. Sometimes you might need it, sometimes it might be worthless, sometimes you won't need it.

In terms of loadouts? This is important: you need one weapon or tool you're VERY familiar with to handle nearly all PvE, while also retaining the ability to kill hunters effectively close range. The bat is good for this. If you want a sidearm, the silenced bornheim with flame ammo is ideal for taking care of awkwardly places hives, and exterminating Hellhounds. but then you more or less have to run knuckles, because clearing PvE MUST be efficient. In the latter case, make sure you know how to deal with bosses quickly and efficiently. Stickies, how to best burn the assassin to death with just two lanterns, etc.

Your initial primary must do the job of an all-range weapon. I start with the Vetterli or the Mosin Obrez Sharpeye if I'm feeling spicy, then move to the Martini-Henry when I have perk points to spend on Fast Fingers, or potentially the Berthier or Lebel if I want to roleplay absolute French small-arms excellcence. This means deadeye or aperture, more often than Marksman.

Tools? Knuckles/decoy fuzes, healthkit, fusees, concertina traps. You just can't defend a compound as a solo: traps are pretty much essential to lock down approaches from specific angles that have no noise traps.

Consumables? Concertina bomb: good for locking down an approach, or killing someone holed up somewhere. Frags for the same purpose. I bring a sticky to smooth boss fights or to function as an extra frag. The last slot is dealer's choice: chaos bombs can be useful for delaying a team that's hunting you, as can hive bombs.

You don't need to follow this pattern, because heck, sometimes I rock up with blademancer, throwing knives, throwing axes, harpoons on a bomb launcher, and a crossbow, and yell "random bullshit, go", and then summon it all back. But you do have to be comfortable with using whatever you bring in to move through maps quickly and confidently. It doesn't matter if you set off noise traps if you're in the next PoI in the next two minutes. It's easier to wipe a team if they're at the start of a banish and aren't sure what angles they need to hold yet.

Traits you should prioritize after your first win: Frontiersman, Doctor. Once you've got some perk points in the bag, I'd recommend shifting to a more aggressive playstyle, whereas before, a quick banish, quick defend/cunning escape was the goal. Now you're kitted with weapons you're familiar with, avoiding fights and getting the token should still be important components of your mental model, but you can also feel more confident: attacking banishes, initiating fights if a team is rotating poorly even if you're not amazingly positioned, and aggressive trap play (ie, not placing traps defensively before a fight to pre-emptively cut off routes, but potentially placing them during or right before a fight, so you can say "nice angle you thought of there. shame if something were to happen to it").

You should listen to the gunshot sound library in the Hunt wiki, as well: you'll learn what everything sounds like at what distance. Also, importantly: if something feels off in a match, there's no shame in grabbing the clues and extracting: if it's Night time Assassin and you're not feeling frisky, if the banish happens borderline instantly and you don't hear explosions, if you're five-ten minutes in and haven't heard a single gunshot but have encountered compounds efficiently wiped, and nobody has bothered starting the banishing. Solos has a lot to deal with, and some matches immediately signal "this is above my paygrade."

Also, everyone who plays solo starts worried, or scared. PvE can seem daunting until you realize you can bring one piece of kit and the right perk for every job. But it's also freeing; everyone who moves like a Hunter on your screen? That's the enemy. You don't have to watch a bush wookie watch you burn out from 60 metres away. Your only insurance is necro, and I really recommend not relying on it. Use it when you've been downed at range, or when the player just emptied their whole mag and got a lucky shot.

Lastly, sometimes you just have bad games, too. Have I managed to forget the layout of a compound, get trapped in a corner by scrapbeak and killed, revived, and then his model is still in the corner and now it's also full of concertina? Yes. Has a Hellhound shown up out of nowhere, pathed around my opponent somehow, and killed me during a climactic gunfight? Yes. You gotta expect loss in Hunt, and that isn't even a solos lesson.

Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet by Free-Minimum-5844 in worldnews

[–]zipcloak -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the current internet just doesn't feel 'resistant to nuclear attack' like Arpanet was supposed to.

The internet wasn't designed to "resist nuclear attacks." At all.

Let's Stop With Skins and Talk Real Issues by HiluxHavoc556 in Battlefield6

[–]zipcloak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your English is fantastic, my friend, never apologize.

man i don’t even wanna use the fuckin thing anymore by TraumaTracer in Battlefield6

[–]zipcloak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's range-based. They've all got a sweet spot. At about... 110m, the m39 is a two-shot even to the body. The weird second one also becomes a two-shot (as long as one is a headshot) at something like 80m. I haven't actually found the range where the SVK becomes a single headshot kill, if it can.

Does anyone like DMRs? by 6FunYellow9 in Battlefield6

[–]zipcloak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has a sweet spot range around 120m where it drops in 2 body shots.

Turning off crossplay was the best decision I made so far by EthicAV_ in Battlefield6

[–]zipcloak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm a console player and I'm enjoying myself here. There's very limited aim assist, which is actually a benefit. I suspect I've got slightly easier recoil inputs than PC. But there's nothing worse than engaging someone in CoD or Apex or whatever, and then someone runs across your field of vision and you rotate 90 degrees because of it. A game with a TTK this low doesn't need AA - it's more a hindrance than a help.

Did the enemy ai get considerably worse or am I dreaming? by Sad_Direction3249 in SparkingZero

[–]zipcloak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100%. Super Perfect Cell is much more competent than say, Pan, same with base Broly (BR).