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Had a half day off, so wrapped up a chunk of costume time. Ze Mando Flak-Vest is now complete. Seems to work.

It's not really the time to go and full on criticize at the moment, since they're at war and the law is in place. It'll come though. If you're a Swedish citizen, or if you are a resident in Sweden ( @Pidesco In case you don't know this ), between 16 and 70, it's your duty to take part of our total defence if war comes. Conscription for Swedish citizens 18-48. Not matter your gender identity.

I am not going to go that far, but you might enjoy this: the Russian patriarch Kirill created quite a furore after he was seen wearing an extremely expensive luxury watch. So, the watch was airbrushed out of the photo... but its reflection on the table was not. Like, how amateurish can you get in your attempt to cheat? More here, including both photos: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/world/europe/in-russia-a-watch-vanishes-up-orthodox-leaders-sleeve.html

wtf. no oral arguments. no meaningful opinion written save for the dissent. haven't seen mention at most major news sites, but The Court, by means o' yet another per curiam and unsigned shadow docket decision no less, said the wisconsin state supreme court were acting unconstitutional when it tentative sided with the state governor in an election redistricting dispute. am gonna get into this more later, but 'cause is shadow docket, am having more questions than answers save to observe how beyond expectations and reason it would appear The Court has nevertheless gutted section 2 of the VRA, reading its protections almost opposite as how it has previous been read, which should be frontpage news... everywhere. "Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or membership in one of the language minority groups identified in Section 4(f)(2) of the Act." new shadow docket decision states, with improbable convoluted language, that, "whether a race-neutral alternative that did not add a seventh majority-black district would deny black voters equal political opportunity,” should be determined via the strict scrutiny standard. am knowing this quoted portion likely don't mean anything to most readers, but strict-scrutiny is a near auto-fail and it means minorities complaining that a facial neutral redistricting plan (which is functional every such plan as who is gonna announce via the text o' such a plan that the motivation for the redistricting is racial animus,) must needs overcome an impossible hurdle to win when they argue redistricting is discriminatory. for those concerned 'bout judicial activism, this kinda behavior from The Court should cause outrage. (edit: included to avoid double-post) additional wtf material: pomerantz is not just some schnook. in his resignation letter he states he gots "no doubt" that trump were "guilty of numerous felony violations," and that failure to hold trump accountable amounts to "a grave failure of justice." seasoned litigators rare speak that way. ever wonder why Gromnir qualifies responses? certainty is elusive. pomerantz is not indulging any kinda equivocation in his resignation letter, a letter which he knew would become public at some point. am admitted a bit nonplussed.

Probably not. 😄 Well the idea was to be such a super-giant-colossal name in film & television that I couldn't be told "no".

Looks like another secret family got sanctioned. The attached twitter thread is also an interesting read: I just love how these people are constantly crapping on our evil western ways, all the while they all have properties and secret families tied up over here. Every single one of them is a damn hypocrite.

I bought six Diamond Box tickets to see the Marlins play the Brewers in Milwaukee in September. Three for each game. It's likely the only two I'll get to see this year so I got us good seats. Neither G nor B has ever been to a MLB game. Time to rectify that.

seriously doubt people's uprising in Russia. Young generation is more pro west but rest of population still lives in illusion of great russia and everyone in west wanting to get them. And on top of that most of those pro-west are fleeing Russia in droves

I don't think it makes much sense to speculate. But yeah, anyone following the war will probably speculate at least a little. People's uprising in Russia is a possibility. It's also possible that Putin slips on a soap in a particularly Russian manner. It's impossible to say how likely these scenarios are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XEqYRH-_n0 This "unsinkable" ship just got destroyed. Very likely thanks to this video, which is showing exactly where that ship is sitting and what they are doing. Hilarious how incompetent every single branch of the russian side is.

Troubadour is really noticeable as interrupting build, because of the modal : while energized, every crit included chant cause an interrupt, so a possibility every 3 s in the area without any thing to do. This especially true with the chant Thick Grew which remove all the layers of concentration that prevent interrupt. Some other builds are using the Troubadour modal, the other time Boeroer found a nice way to constantly apply the debuffs from chants : enable the modal after the phrase hit refresh the debuff to the initial duration each new phrase hit (from 6s + linger, the first debuff is refreshed to 6s+linger each 3s ( or 6s when 2 phrases are alternatively chanted). Skald have a nice passive, sun and moon is useful for maximise the phrase chance gain. Her Revenge is a fast spell, it is not a problem to cast in melee, especially with a good recovery time malus.

calling bs on people not caring about women's sports before lia thomas. if you are american and o' an age with Gromnir, you instant know names such as bonney blair, wilma rudolph, janet evans and a host o' others. younger folks is gonna recognize other names. older will also know different icons. we cheered with everybody else when the US women's team dominated world soccer. and as a man if you got a sister, cousin, mother or friend who has competed in sports, then chances are you care 'bout women's sports, which thanks to title ix and the like is a significant portion o' the population. unfortunate it seems the politics o' victimization works for all genders and ages in 2022. tell us we don't care enough 'bout softball or any women's sport when is not time for the olympics? sure. so what? tell us we didn't care 'bout women's sports before this ignores the fact we got a sister who competed in college sports and am knowing how unfair woulda' been the situation if she had to fight people born male to earn a place on the podium or even to earn a scholarship. as for the silliness o' suggesting a harrison bergeron approach for michael phelps, such is obvious indulging reductio ad absurdum even w/o adding seven exclamation points, although we didn't actual count the punctuation so excuse us if we claim too many. am tempted to simple sneer as a response. of course some folks are born bigger and stronger than their peers. again, jesse owens had to compete against people who did not need endure systemic racism their entire life, so he were at a disadvantage, but we recognize and glorify not only the transcendental heart o' jesse owens, but also his ability, and his ability were in part a function o' the gifts with which he were born. lia thomas's ability before trans were impressive, but not the kinda thing to garner national attention or awareness... until she started competing against women. sorry, but you and kelsey are ignoring the fact the only thing which makes lia's athletic ability noteworthy is her gender reassignment. lia not blowing away the competition in other events is part o' the point- when lia thomas was competing against men she weren't anywhere near top ten finishes. is not that nobody cared about women's sports before lia thomas. is that almost nobody cared 'bout lia thomas as a swimmer before she started competing against women, 'cause as harsh as is the truth, she were not a name which anybody but the most hardcore ncaa swimming fan were gonna recognize. her best event when competing v. men were #32 national? is good, but nobody outside the most rarefied swimming circles would know her name. lia thomas were most assured not a michael phelps. however, not as a result o' hard work or coaching or technique, she went from 550 to top ten in events. ask why too many americans don't care as much 'bout women's sports and unfortunate lia thomas provides the most obvious answer: a mediocre male collegiate athlete, a relative nobody, takes drugs and hormones which decrease her performance and then she becomes a top ten contender and ncaa champ? is also worth noting many o' lia thomas' teammates at penn think its unfair she competes 'gainst women. https://www.si.com/college/2022/03/03/lia-thomas-penn-swimmer-transgender-woman-daily-cover 16 Penn teammates sent an unsigned letter to Ivy League officials, requesting that Thomas be held out of the conference championship meet. The letter was organized by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, an Olympic gold medalist who heads Champion Women, a women’s sports advocacy group that focuses on Title IX issues. “If [Thomas] were to be eligible to compete,” the letter read, “she could now break Penn, Ivy and NCAA women’s swimming records; feats she could never have done as a male athlete.” is only six o' her teammates who strong support lia. the rules suck. the rules is not fair to lia and her competitors. preventing lia from any competition whatsoever would be unfair. the rules need changes. am nevertheless confused why folks pretend the current rules is fair. again, if lia were born female and underwent gender reassignment, there would be no story... unless she were janet evans, summer sanders or the like. the hormone and dug treatments as part o' gender reassignment would preclude lia from competing with men in part 'cause her performance were synthetic enhanced. 'course such is not an issue 'cause janet evens even with testosterone supplementation would not be able to compete with the likes o' micheal phelps. this story exists 'cause an obvious inequity which people is trying very hard to pretend doesn't exist. this isn't a political issue, or it shouldn't be. unfortunate it is. but again, am not in favour o' the outright bans which were imposed 'cause the gop is afraid o' wokeness or somesuch silliness. there needs to be meaningful debate and real solutions, but meaningful debate in the current environment is difficult to say the least. HA! Good Fun! ps so is clear, am not in any way criticizing lia thomas, whose name we keep misspelling-- apologies. she were a swimmer before reassignment and rules define how she is to compete post reassignment. lia is doing nothing wrong and deserves no criticism from Gromnir or anybody else. lia is following all rules. unfortunate, the rules is not recognizing a fundamental inequity as well as the all too obvious truth that being born male and benefiting from decades o' being male results is serious athletic advantages when compared to athletes born female. however, again, lia thomas is blameless in all this and we actual admire her courage as she is no doubt facing much unfair ridicule for trying to be the best lia thomas she can be.

You underestimate my literary addiction.

Liar! The least you could have done is nothing. It's always nothing.

nobody should wanna know how Gromnir's brain works. nevertheless, am sharing a brief trip down the rabbit hole. so @ShadySands made the following post yesterday: which 'cause o' the mentat thing reminded us o'... the thing is, we couldn't help but notice how the sun were coming from a direction to make the parasol somewhat ineffective as it is being held, which brought to mind a bit o' peter ustinov from spartacus the parasol bit by sir ustinov were improv. and then we recalled ustinov's grandfather were a russian noble, which got us thinking 'bout... and so on and etc. a single image leads us ever more far afield from the original subject matter... and on that note, am gonna bring back to brad, albeit from deadwood. HA! Good Fun! ps and thinking 'bout brad dourif career, we couldn't help but recall a few o' the werner herzog collaborations, such as...

I really, really don't like the guy but I do hope he gets better. I'd rather he vacate his seat with a retirement than the alternative.

That would be awesome, but you'd have to figure out a way to keep Kurtzman and Goldsman completely out of it. The instant either one of those hack frauds put their vile fingerprints on the project your glorious Phase 2 dreams would turn into a violent and melodramatic nightmare.

I don’t think we will be a Watcher, and I disagree that Watcher identity has been key to Eora’s appeal. While our role as a Watcher was key to PoE1 narrative, I didn’t feel that way in PoE2 - our identity was surpassed by Herald of Berath identity - and sure, while being a Watcher has been use as a plot device I feel it’s role could have been replaced by any other plot convenient excuse.

On the question of what comes next, most experts are predicting a long stalemate and war of attrition. And contrary to conventional wisdom it is the Ukrainians and not the Russians who would be able to better sustain this, at least militarily, so not including the horrendous costs to Ukrainian civilians. The Russians won't have their land bridge, and won't even have the two separatist provinces, because in those areas the Russian-speaking civilian population is not/no longer sympathetic to the Russians. Even those people that Putin believes are "his" people are now fighting against him. So Russian forces in these areas, along with their separatist militia allies, will be bled continuously by an active insurgency as well as hit-and-run tactics by regular Ukrainian military. And as those casualties mount, more and more Russian soldiers will surrender or defect, or simply stop fighting. Beyond the battlefield, though, the real action will be back in Moscow in the next few weeks. Yes, the Russian people have very little capacity for staging a revolution. But one never knows. As Putin more and more scapegoats the military and intelligence establishments for what are his personal failures, those establishments will look for ways to hit back, not because they care about democracy or decency in Ukraine but rather because they care about their own skins. After all, the last time revolution happened in Moscow, it was directly triggered by massive battlefield losses in a stupid war started by an ego-maniac leader who ignored his own advisors.

I love Star Trek the Motion Picture. When it came out in 1979 I begged my parents to take us, but they couldn't afford to. So I watched it when it premiered in 1983 on ABC. To be honest I'm fascinated by Star Trek: Phase II which TMP grew out of. If I was a super-giant-colossal name in film & television, I'd totally be pitching to Paramount a Star Trek: Phase II show (as an alternative timeline piece). That's just the kind of weirdo I am.

I would not be sure about that, as things like this are starting to emerge more and more on Russian side 🤷‍♂️ And with the ships being taken down today ad Berdyansk, Ukraine did made a pretty big blow to Russian supply lines in South. Not to mention, that Ukraine is slowly getting Russians away from their positions between Mykolaiv and Kherson... And as I mentioned earlier, no more tahnks are being made in Russia, so they are bleeding already a lot...

I'm the last to complain when the rich get eaten. That being said, I wish we'd see a more frequent and uniform application of the law that allowed for that.

This is particularly true in the military and other jobs that pertain to life and death situations (firefighters, lifeguards, etc.). The standards should absolutely be the same for everyone.

Just the other day, in Moscow, on a stadium, Vladimir Putin was ranting against the evils of the West, dressed in extremely expensive Western clothing. So there you have it.

Secretly, the best Star Trek movie. Also, I love the uniforms they use only in this 1 movie. They are so 70s and look so comfy. The uniforms they use from Wrath of Khan onwards look like they suck to wear.

Sure. I would agree with this. But within any particular category of job the standards should be the same for both men and women. How could it be justified that if you are in the infantry, a male must meet X physical standards but a female can meet X- standards? But that's what we have right now. A woman who meets a lower physical standard is not excluded from jobs that a man could hold only by satisfying higher standards.

This is extremely interesting, by the way. Read the recent comments from anyone at Kreml. Lavrov, whomever. There's this paradox: at the level of actions, Russia is an aggressor. But at the level of words, Russia whines more than anyone in international politics. It's astonishing. It's nothing but moaning and whining, with the occasional threat thrown in. Also, note how Russia says that NATO is out to get it. But actually, even Russia itself doesn't believe it. Russia's western front is effectively empty now. Because Russia knows that NATO has no intention to attack.

I seriously doubt conscripts would be any improvement for Russia in this war. Quite contrary really. You still need to train people for modern war, you need to supply them on front. This is not WW2 where you can give one guy rifle and second ammo and send them to death.

Yeah but bleeding strategy have one weakness - IF Ukraine manage to regroup and counter attack in south supply lines for Russia will be decimated. Of course its big IF

Something for more tactics focused ppl. And some citizens militia or as they call it in UA, territorial defense units (as you can see by behavior 😅)

Completely agree about women. If it's equality, then it ought to be true equality, not "equality" where you get to serve in all military positions but get lower physical and other standards to satisfy and don't have to sign up for Selective Service. Keeping my fingers crossed that the Supreme Court will agree.

This event?

That was written by former swimmer Kelsey Vaughn. It sums up my thoughts much better than I could possibly do. I second her comment on the 500. It is an insane event. Of course, I have a 1.2 mile ocean swim next weekend, so insanity has its appeal.

let's not judge too harsh. after all, this libertarian patriot were being criminalized for nothing save protesting the injustice o' what he believed were a tainted election. so, in an effort to escape the tyrannical oppression o' a justice system which chooses to ignore fundamental rights o' free speech and association, our misunderstood hero emigrated to... belarus? sorry, is not possible to carry the joke forward and am wondering if even the board's most obtuse defenders o' oppressive regimes is gonna be able to make a convincing argument that belarus is an attractive destination point for those who believe it is the duty o' patriots to challenge government excess by means o' unfettered speech and free congress. moving on am gonna make a few observations 'bout the predictable ketanji brown jackson circus. 1) crt is a similar unfunny joke the gop is indulging and they are using a national platform to magnify the republican party's new focus on naught save grievance and victimhood. we would say more on this, but have kinda done-to-death crt. were nothing in the months past and is even more nothing today. nevertheless, white americans, fearing they is increasing marginalized 'cause folks such as tucker carlson tells 'em they should be afraid, has glomped onto an issue so utter devoid o' substance it beggars even our prodigious imagination. 2) am shamefaced at our own surprise regarding the gop attack on ketanji brown jackson's work as a federal public defender. am trying to wrap our noodle 'round this complaint. the argument put forth by lindsay graham and others is that judge jackson while working as a public defender were too zealous in her advocacy o' the cases o' suspected terrorists? ... serious? as an attorney it were jackson's ethical duty to do everything legal and aboveboard to defend her clients. any kid graduating US high school shoulda' learned this truth at some point, yes? is not some kinda special rule o' exclusion requiring a duty o' utmost loyalty and a zealous advocacy when the crimes to which the defendants is accused is particular heinous. and btw, is just lucky for some o' these clowns john mccain is dead, 'cause ketanji brown jackson filling briefs complaining that the use o' torture should be deemed unconstitutional and is unquestionable immoral is hardly a matter which legitimizes targeting her for scurrilous criticism. the biden doj ending this bs is one o' things nobody is gonna talk 'bout in months leading up to november 2022 or 2024, but it deserves recognition. gop is clear on the wrong side o' this and those defending were far more quiet when john mccain were in the room. 3) child porn cases *eye roll* am linking analysis from national review and wapo, so take your pick. quoting the national review analysis: "There is so little rain here for all the big wind, it’s hard to believe this is an issue." is arguable one case wherein judge brown went with a sentence low enough to get an obligatory spock raised eyebrow from Gromnir. am thinking there is legit questions as to the sentence in the sears case. however, is also noteworthy judge jackson afterwards did not grant the defendant compassionate release for medical reasons and the prosecutor did not seek to appeal the sentence. sears is also a singular exception to otherwise pedestrian sentencing from judge jackson which falls square w/i what would be deemed ordinary by even a casual observer o' the fed courts. 4) the circus is what the Court has brought 'pon itself. "What makes all this relevant to the bothersome application of "political pressure" against the Court are the twin facts that the American people love democracy and the American people are not fools. As long as this Court thought (and the people thought) that we Justices were doing essentially lawyers' work up here--reading text and discerning our society's traditional understanding of that text--the public pretty much left us alone. Texts and traditions are facts to study, not convictions to demonstrate about. But if in reality our process of constitutional adjudication consists primarily of making value judgments; if we can ignore a long and clear tradition clarifying an ambiguous text, as we did, for example, five days ago in declaring unconstitutional invocations and benedictions at public high school graduation ceremonies, Lee v. Weisman, 505 U. S. ___ (1992); if, as I say, our pronouncement of constitutional law rests primarily on value judgments, then a free and intelligent people's attitude towards us can be expected to be (ought to be) quite different. The people know that their value judgments are quite as good as those taught in any law school--maybe better. If, indeed, the "liberties" protected by the Constitution are, as the Court says, undefined and unbounded, then the people should demonstrate, to protest that we do not implement their values instead of ours. Not only that, but confirmation hearings for new Justices should deteriorate into question and answer sessions in which Senators go through a list of their constituents' most favored and most disfavored alleged constitutional rights, and seek the nominee's commitment to support or oppose them. Value judgments, after all, should be voted on, not dictated; and if our Constitution has somehow accidently committed them to the Supreme Court, at least we can have a sort of plebiscite each time a new nominee to that body is put forward." --J Scalia, planned parenthood v. casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992) in recent decades the Court has made itself fair game for accusations o' political bias. in the past so-called activist judges, most often favoured by liberals, were the most frequent targets o' such criticism, but today is arguable clarence thomas, J. brett kavanauagh and J. sonia sontamayor is all indistinguishable as naked political creatures with the so-called conservatives in no way elevating the discourse or distancing themselves from the partisan fray. HA! Good Fun! ps in our estimation, clarence thomas no longer deserves the traditional "J." removed.

I wouldn't usually defend either Albright or Clinton, but I also don't doubt that their faux pas had a lot more legs because they were women. Quasi ironically considering Albright's justification of the 'special place in hell' remark their biggest mis-steps in office almost certainly came from trying to say something overly... aggressively to 'compensate' for being women too, and instead coming across as being sociopathic and diplomatically, being counter productive. End of the day though, if Hillary didn't get fulsome support from Albright she wasn't going to get fulsome support from anyone- possibly even including Bill in that. Would have been better if it hadn't come across as, well, overly aggressive and mildly sociopathic plus ultimately counter productive fulsome support though.

These changes just occured (small version, limited to Backstab / Assassin rework and Red Hand nerf) : Deadfire Balance Polishing Mod at Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)

If you turn on upscaling, you'll rarely overlevel any encounters and the difficulty becomes more evenly distributed. If you've already beaten the game, using Berath's Blessing will make the start of the next one significantly easier. You can also export a level 1 character equipped with a late-game item from your old game and import them into the new one, allowing you to use it for the entire playthrough.

It's worth pointing out that there are enough quests in Neketaka to basically get you to level 9 or so without any combat whatsoever. You can also sail around for massive amounts of exploration XP, i.e. explore the entire map before you even reach Neketaka.

This is how I break it down these days (level range by quests i typically take on): 1-4: "port maje zone" very hard, but avoidable (as @dgray62 says) 5-8: "nekataka tasks, benweth, initial sansa islands, oathbinder" can be very hard, but if you properly chain quests together, it it actually pretty smooth; there's also many non-violent quests or options to help ramp up. some of hte difficulty is simply similar to 1-4, where you just don't have a lot of options or your gear is outmatched (heavy armor on potd is still almost irrelevant at this stage because of enemy PEN scaling) 9-12: "tikawara, family pride, old city" reasonable challenge but a little bit less than the previous section, especially for an all-out violent option in family pride 13-20: rest of the game, OK challenge that can occasionally be easy. at this point you can juggle main quests and other faction quests and have tons of options so you're never forced into a super hard situation. i take Beast of Winter around 13-14 and depending on what potd challenges i have enabled it can brutal or an OK challenge (e.g. an unlucky roll with galawain's challenge can be brutal; a squishier party will get wrecked by the rogue archers in the bridge section). SSS around level 17. FS is the biggest challenge, I start at level 20 (sometimes level 19), and can be very hard depending on my party. Megabosses are always the technical puzzles that that they are at level 20. the most difficult battles are in the 1-4 range, and also FS. SSS and BoW have hard fights, but both can be over-leveled to make them easier. FS is special in that it's basically balanced at level 20, so you can spend the entire DLC at level 20 and face a decent challenge.

i don't understand how shields are relevant? are you talking about protecting yourself from attacks while trying to use invocations? i don't think that's important to worry about - the more important is having concentration so you don't get interrupted. But even then, many (possibly even most) invocations cast very very quickly, so typically I don't have problems with front-line chanters getting their invocations off. As for troubadour vs skald, generally troubadours are able to generate phrases better, skalds mostly profit from being able to spam lower-level offensive invocations faster while still having linger. But possibly with a monk you might be able to generate tons of phrases since there's lots of melee crit/accuracy synergy.

A well built darcozzi/troubadour is basically immortal and can also rez fallen companions if needed. I would add to your party a forbidden fist monk who is also nearly immortal and by the end can beat any encounter by himself. An ascendant/ghostheart with Frostseeker is also great and can clear the field very fast with his bow/spells and later can provide Brilliant to the entire party. An assassin/bloodmage is also very powerful and once he obtains the invisibility spell can also solve encounter by himself. A devoted/trickster with sabres is a very solid damage dealer and can trigger disengagement attacks with Ryngrim's Repulsive Visage. Another alternative is a soulblade/trickster who can deal high single target dps with Sun and Moon + Tuotilo's Palm and also great AoE damage from the back of your tanks with Whispers of the Endless Paths (and he can also buff your other cipher). Anyway all these characters, if well built, don't require end game items to be strong and can roll over most encounters just on AI. The only one who requires more micro is the bloodmage/assassin.

while keeping my earlier post in mind, having a herald in your party will go a long way into smoothing out PotD difficulty. i would not even consider it a "solid role" build, because you can easily make a herald that does a lot of summoning, which is not very tanky, but the summons you generate can be very tanky themselves.

if this is what you expect for path of the damned (esp if incl upscaling), you're in for an extremely rough ride even the extremely powerful builds are likely going to be something you have to manage manually a lot to pull off instead of hoping AI scripts will take care of it for you, at least until very late game (where certain spells/abilities or items become available).

Ydwin working with Vailian is a big plus. Fassina IS a Vailian, so you should consider her.

aoe scales, but nothing like poe1. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/227477-pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire/faqs/76599/races early on, this is crazy good, like a huge fraction of your party health, but by end-game even your squishies might easily have like 250-300 health and your moon healing only got up to like maybe 15-18 health from PL+might scaling. it's not nothing; i would not consider it completely obsoleted, but it does suffer in the comparison to some helms out there. that being said, moon godlike gets a +1 PL bonus from the heart-chime amulet, and bonus PL is hard to come by. CP takes a bit of a different tack; for me, the whole purpose of the fire godlike is the bonus +2 fire AR and the <50% health +1 AR, and that scales with you the entire game, provided you're using it on a class who's gonna have decent AR. IMO when i discovered that helm of the white wind applies +10 accuracy to so many things (on top of some additional minor enchantment) it has really hurt the meta for godlikes. it's real hard to compare against such a huge accuracy swing that is so generally useful. they've all become very niche racial bonuses now. nature godlike is def one of those victims. early on I would consider it S-tier, but now I think it's mostly useful if you want to be a monk or a monastic unarmed training build (real hard to get generic stacking PL to boost fist quality otherwise), or if you already have reserved the helm for someone else (in which case I think +1 PL is pretty decent, in contrast to constentin).