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Oh wow, so Steven Ericson was very inspired by Glen Cooks writing style in The Black Company.

Against Belranga it's good to have summons (like Dichotomous Soul) so she can destroy them instead of you. For Huani you need interrupts such as Force of Anguish in order to prevent the merging process. If you use Edér's armor with "Veteran's Maneuver" and also use Keeper of the Flame as weapon and have picked "Imagined Pain" you can farm wounds while doing Whispers of the Wind and thus spam it endlessly. You will gain wounds because Keeper of the Flame's AoE does friendly fire and targets reflex. Because you will be immune to reflex based attacks (Veteran's Maneuver) every AoE roll against you will miss, granting a wound via Imagined Pain. If you can spam Whispers of the Wind you can mostly stay invisible. If you use Ajamuut's Stalking Cloak then all attacks made during Whispers of the Wind will stun enemies. This is very good in the Belranga fight to kill a lot of little spiders fast in order to drop the defenses of Belranga quickly. If you put Keeper of the Flame in the main hand and Mohora Tanga in the offhand like we described above you can do a lot of single target and AoE dmg + CC with Whispers of the Wind. Not necessarily against the mega bosses themselves (unless you brought Belranga's defenses down a lot) but the weaker spiderlings and the smaller split oozes. Against Belranga you can also just hide behind some rocks, use Enduring Dance and send Dichotomous Soul summons to Belranga & friends from hiding - over and over again. You can also resort to that tactic in the middle of the fight if you have a potion of invisibility.

The way bandages currently work disincentives using higher tier bandages. Due to the healing effect being cancelled upon hit, players are more likely to not want to "waste" bandages because they get hit. The players who can block/dodge the hits to get the full effect of the bandage are not likely to get hit as much. So higher tier bandages should be able to take a hit or two before "breaking." This will incentivise using the higher bandage tiers despite the cost, even if they don't get more healing. Then players who get better are rewarded by being able to use cheaper bandages.

trump's brand is what is important. he can never admit weakness or failure, so every loss is transformed into a kinda win. literal day two o' the administration were gaslighting about inaugural crowd size. why would somebody double-down about a lie? triple-down? quadruple-down? Gromnir laughed, and we weren't alone in our laughter. nobody would buy trump's transparent deceptions, right? doesn't matter. never admit mistake. never surrender. fight, fight, fight. if the media points out facts, call it fake news or ridicule reporters for focusing on incidental issues when there is an immigration crisis to deal with. trump fighting and being outraged is what his base wants from him. beyond all reason, they see him as a warrior who never surrenders, so 'course every capitulation is magical transformed into an unparalleled 4d chess win, and now there is an entire media and political ecosystem which supports trump's gaslighting efforts. am admitting we gross underestimated trump in 2016... no, that ain't quite right. we overestimated everybody else. we thought more republican politicians would resist. we thought americans were less bigoted and angry than they are. we thought democrats were less o' a keystone cops sh!t show. etc. we saw trump for what he was and the dangers he presented since the day he did his muslim ban bit and the crowd cheered. however, without an intervening war or an economic collapse, we had expected more o' everybody else. edit: we ordinary watch markets when they have a guest who is intriguing, but we were interested 'bout the reaction to carney's davos speech. HA! Good Fun!

nope. wow, that were ez. + your opinion that the western media were seeking to embiggen pahlavi. is not meaningful context. also, grammerly explained why links and attributions is essential. your sources were most certainly not clear and given how you simple search-engine slap-jerked a rando list o' quotes sans attribution into your post (a fact we only learned afterwards,) you sure as heck didn't build trust with your audience. the fact that people could go and look up each individual quote source does not in any way diminish the need to link and attribute. why does students, doctors and lawyers need ever attribute quotes when search engines make it possible to look up and verify sources? message board posts didn't require the same academic rigor, but you are the joker who linked Grammarly. in any event, the rational for attributions is the same here as is for one o' hurlshot's students... is particular noteworthy 'cause as shown numerous times now, anybody who went through the actual effort to read your not linked and not attributed articles would realize your offerings did not embiggen pahlavi. is unlikely anybody but Gromnir would go through the effort to read each unlinked article, which am guessing is precise why you did not link or attribute. oh and the more we write, the more opportunities there are for you to show ignorance or deceit. as already noted, your lazy search-engine population admission were enlightening and will be remembered. your misunderstanding o' strawman were amusing to us. zor not realizing that 'course doing a targeted search for pahlavi is gonna necessarily result in a link population where pahlavi is disproportional relevant. duh. your bizarre lede and summary tangent revealed unbelievable ignorance and yet you did double down at every opportunity; am still baffled by your comical effort to conflate "essential facts" and "summary opinions." etc. you are a bottomless well o' ignorance and deception, each new lie and deception you provide us is indeed pathetic entertainment, but entertaining even so. and so we come to the final zor deflection? as noted from us continuing to link relevant western stories about pahlavi, Gromnir at least makes an effort to argue your original point o' contention, which you has abandoned in favor o' sophistry, deception and your ordinary practical admission o' ultimate failure where you try and transform your lack o' meaningful response as equating some kinda juvenile owned meme. congrats on staying true to form and repeating the cycle. HA! Good Fun!

Remarkable how Trump successfully spins nothing as a victory.

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You had the context. Repeatedly complaining about a lack of citation for a trend is solely being done because it's all you have. Since it's proving a trend the bulk result is important and complaining about lack of individual attributions means nothing when you can replicate the method used. Fact. I mean, you're the one writing dissertations to restate the same thing over and over. At least I'm spending two minutes on it. Children's entertainer, remove thine own red nose.

shame is dead... and vance is justifiable becoming the daily hypocrisy punching bag. recall, vance were a never-trumper a few years past, so there is loads o' vance comments where he did a 180... but it doesn't matter since he had a road to damascus moment on trump and saw the light any issue where you may frame as us v. them removes reason and accountability from the equation. HA! Good Fun!

Hello everyone, Could someone advise on tactics against the megabosses. FF Nature Godlike, solo PotD upscaled, with the community patch. Is this even possible in a legit way, melee or ranged? I have defeated Auranic, but Belranga and Huani seem impossible, and I haven’t tried Dorudugan yet. I’m playing with minor role-play restrictions (always a good guy, etc.), so I may be missing some important equipment. Maybe I should try again, with multiclasses, like a Herald. Thanks in advance!

That was dependent upon Canada reaching a free trade deal with China though, which was never really on the cards. Those sort of things (as opposed to some tariff relief on certain items) take multiple years to work out. Carney saying there won't be a free trade deal makes it look like a 'win' for Trump, at least to his supporters.

*chuckle* how many posts did you make going on and on about your search engine efforts (methodology. HA!) and the inherent definition o' ledes as providing the context for your list o' quotes? now, somehow an earlier and unreferenced post which is offering no more insight than providing a restatement o' your embiggen conclusions, is s'posed to enlighten a reader about the specific context o' the quotes you did not link or attribute? the context o' how those specific quotes were actual used in the story is limited to: the previous post in no way resurrects the moldering corpse o' your original ignorant, deceptive and lazy list o' quotes proof. regardless, it is difficult to take you serious about your sophistry complaint given just how deep down the rabbit hole am having been chasing you. again, we showed that many o' the quotes you shared in your rando list were from stories, stories you purposeful did not attribute nor link, that when read did not embiggen but were instead equivocal and ambivalent regarding pahlavi's influence. we had previous posted more than a half dozen western stories, linked and attributed, that expressed similar suspicion regarding pahlavi relevance. pahlavi, in spite o' a news conference and iranian tv being hacked and shut down in his name, is getting hardly any meaningful attention from western media, and as already shown, the attention he is getting is not overwhelming positive but is ambivalent at best. is it possible to find overwhelming positive stories about pahlavi? you ain't provided any, but we would be shocked if it were not true. of course there is gonna be somebody cheering for pahlavi and making him seem more relevant than he is. duh. 'course it wouldn't much matter if you did find such 'cause Gromnir has provided a whole bunch o' not positive western stories from prominent western sources, the existence o' which knee-caps considerable your generalization that western media as a whole is attempting to embiggen pahalavi. for funsies, from a today search specific for pahlavi, two returns from the first ten (none o' which is less than 2 days old btw, so...) "While some Iranians perceived Pahlavi as an opposition leader, others considered him an opportunistic figure with monarchical designs and a mixed track record." (a paragraph 3 lede) the concluding opinions and summary portion o' the article For the last 15 years, Pahlavi has intensified his efforts to unify the political opposition and gain greater exposure, culminating in him emerging as a central figure in the latest protests. Yet there remain questions about whether he is viable as an opposition leader or is simply an opportunist. His message about a democratic future for Iran has been largely consistent. However, his father’s repressive and imperial legacy, combined with his own royal pedigree and American and Israeli proximity, prevent him from finding favor with Iranians who oppose monarchy and prioritize sovereignty. Now, the prospect of Iranians across the country rallying around Pahlavi remains as much of an open question as whether they will succeed in creating the conditions for his return by toppling the regime. also, Reza Pahlavi says Iran is undergoing a revolution again, the summary and concluding opinions is equivocal at best. The man who would be king Diplomats fear the collapse of another Middle Eastern state. Democrats aspire to a constitutional assembly and wonder why they should trade one supreme leader for another. “Death to the satemgar (tyrant)," goes another chant in Tehran, “whether Pahlavi or the rahbar (leader)." Mr Pahlavi wants a perch above others, not a place beside them, says an academic who tried but failed to include him in a coalition. In our interview Mr Pahlavi emphasises that Iran’s fate is in the hands of Iranians: “Iran’s destiny is not sealed by what any other country does... Our fighting will not stop." From afar, he sounds confident that this is a revolution. But what his role will be remains unclear. already posted npr article remains a top ten return after weeks Who is Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince encouraging demonstrations across Iran? summary and concluding opinions? A leader for a future Iran? Pahlavi's efforts to position himself as a leader for a future Iran have prompted sometimes heated debates inside and outside the country. And while protesters have shouted in support of the shah in some protests, it is not clear whether that is support for Pahlavi himself or a desire to return to a time before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. His public support of Israel has prompted significant criticism in the past from ordinary Iranians and other members of opposition groups, particularly after the 12-day war launched by Israel in June 2025. He has sought to have a voice through social media videos, and Farsi-language news channels such as Iran International have highlighted his calls for protests. In press interviews, Pahlavi has repeatedly raised the idea of a constitutional monarchy, perhaps with an elected rather than a hereditary ruler, but has also stated it is up to Iranians to choose. An exiled crown prince says he can lead Iran to democracy, but Trump hasn't endorsed him concluding opinions Some opposition activists are wary of forging ties with Pahlavi due to what they say is the fanaticism of some of his followers. But other activists say there is no room for internal feuding at a moment when the regime appears so weak and adrift, and that Pahlavi has to be part of any opposition coalition. Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, head of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, a think tank that studies Iranian politics, said there’s no doubt Pahlavi “is the most recognized leader within the opposition.” But he said Pahlavi, who has not set foot in Iran since his family was pushed into exile in 1979, lacked a genuine political organization inside Iran “that is able to provide leadership for the protests, not just on social media, but actually at the street level.” Such an organization would ensure that the protests are disciplined and sustainable over time, Batmanghelidj said. The way that Pahlavi and other opposition activists have approached the protests “raises questions about their readiness to really lead a political movement.” He drew a comparison to Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who despite years of experience mobilizing resistance to authoritarian rule could not secure President Trump’s support. “If Machado, with her deep organizing experience, couldn’t win the trust of the Trump administration, how can Pahlavi?” etc. perhaps you are dragging this bit o' zor intransigence and deceit out for so long 'cause you are hopeful a day will come when pahlavi sudden does gain relevance in western sources? maybe is not true today or yesterday, but the ever optimistic zor is waiting for his pure and beautiful tomorrow? ok, no source you has provided says such. slip in "opinions" don't make it so. also, you didn't even provide such context that you were taking ledes or summaries. all you did were post the list after saying you did a search... + now we are s'posed to believe your previous posts, which functional is a restatement o' your conclusion that the west is embiggening pahlavi, provides meaningful context to your unattributed and unlinked list o' quotes. we didn't have any idea where in the story those quotes came from or what the stories actual said about pahlavi. your context was, again, 'cause clear you need repetition for this to sink in... followed by a list o' otherwise random quotes that you conclude is revealing the western effort to embiggen pahlavi. you take it as self evident that that 'cause those quotes were provided by search engine efforts and that you personal read 'em as positive depictions o' pahlavi, that they reveal a generalized effort by the western media to embiggen pahlavi... in spite o' the fact same kinda quotes exist in non western media, that pahlavi is yet again nowhere to be seen in the first sixty western media returns for iran + protests, recognizing that numerous western media sources is clear suspicious o' pahlavi's relevance in spite o' the fact that some iranians is calling out his name, and... whatever, you never did show support for the contention that western media is providing pahlavi, other than a list o' out of context quotes from rando stories you failed to link and attribute. could keep going on, but you are just gonna clown yourself. do it s'more. HA! Good Fun!

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Then I assume Lightning Strikes is better in that case. Lashes do generate Focus.

what about the 100 percent tariff usa threaten to put on canada maybe it will be implemented in 1 week maybe it will be walk back maybe most would forget this happened in 1 week

I don't think so, not in the sense that Trump will not sacrifice Noem, but in the sense that he'd back down. This is what Magats want, to see "blue" cities and states conquered by Trump's paramilitary (****, you can scratch off the para) and occupied to bring them in line. The killings of "antifa supersoldier domestic terrorists" is an intrinsic part of this, not an unfortunate accident, and if you look at what the magats are saying to each other they do view this as part of "taking the country back". Trump and the Republicans are almost certain to get bulldozed in the midterms, but you have to keep in mind that Trump is a dementia-addled omegaboomer who consumes almost exclusively Fox News and Truth Social posts so he probably thinks this is the most popular thing in the history of our country. To boot, whoever is in the room at any given time is effectively the president and that seems to mostly be Stephen Miller.

They don't generate focus Stalker's patience very good for souldblade/monk with that extra attacks.

This was for grounded 2 MB

I built a giant tower and then connecting zip lines all around the map to it, it broke and fell when my file got corrupted :_<

1. A way to send buggies out to get resources with the risk of them becoming incapacitated or die if that setting is on 2. a pebblet gun T1 then higher for better ammo 3. Flies, and maybe a horsefly boss 4. A quick transportation system like the tubes but we build them

Nobody with experience would take the job. However I am sure Trump would be willing to sacrifice Noem and then call it a resounding victory, then pull back ICE to try and regain a bit of public support going into the midterms.

PS: Swift Flurry/HBD procs do not generate wounds for a Shattered Pillar. I always forget if they generate focus for a Cipher. I believe not, but I'm again not sure anymore. Blame my reluctance to play Soul Whip Ciphers I guess.

Steel Garrote only drains health from direct damage attacks, not DoTs. Red Flag Flying does no direct damage so no draining. I would have thought that the Swift Flurry attacks however would drain health. If they do not: I learned something new. The order in which attacks appear in the combat log is not necessarily the order in which the attacks are processed internally. Not really. The phrase generation of a Skald is +1 phrase max(!) per attack action or "swing" - no matter how many attack rolls happen during that action. So even if you do 25 crits with Red Flag Flying + Swift Flurry/HBD you will only get +1 phrase point. However: since the Skald only gets a phrase point in 50% of crits, this setup makes pretty sure you get a phrase point every time you crit (and a crit chain follows). That's cool - but not insane. The good thing about the Skald is though: with Killers Froze Stiff you get a really nice paralyze effect (enhanced by the Monk's INT) which causes 25% hit to crit conversion on the enemy (not on you). This not only helps to generate more weapons crits in general but also is one of the few ways to convert a graze to a crit: If your character has graze to hit conversion there's a chance to convert a graze to a hit, but even if that character also has hit to crit: that won't get checked during the same roll where you initially grazed - because only one conversion type of your character is ever checked within one attack resolution. But if the hit to crit conversion is on the enemy this will get checked even if your char already had a conversion check. So the attack can go from char[graze->hit]->enemy[hit->crit] -> ouch! Not game breaking but a nice little detail. Killers Froze Stiff + Ben Fidel's Neck is a pretty good debuffing cycle for Swift Flurry procs if you can generate phrases quickly enough. Note that the most costly invocation determines your max phrase point counter. It makes sense to pick one very costly invocation even if you don't want to ever use it. Just to expand your phrase point maximum.

I get the sense that ICE has rapidly ramped up their personnel, bringing in people who are inadequately trained, inexperienced, and trigger happy. The (ICE) can't fix this problem in the short term, so more citizens are going to die and the administration will continue to emit evil lies in the face of clear evidence. Impeaching Noem to force her resignation would be a start; bring in somebody who actually has experience in domestic security in urban areas, rather than a lying politician from rural South Dakota.