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TL;DW - Moscow still believes that it has the right to dictate the laws, alliances, military size and might, language, and every aspect of Ukrainian society without having to pay for a very costly occupation.

Grigory Yeremeev, a Russian politician said the obvious. Russia can't archive its objectives. Are Satelite images, video footage, video confirmed loses and even Russian themselves confirm heavy RU casualties.

You are skeptical about loses confirmed by intelligence agencies, Russians, footage and satellite images, yet you take North Korean numbers at face value...

Again, no one is taking Zelensky numbers seriously. I'm taking visual confirmed numbers from Andrew Perpetua and Oryx seriously. And data from Russians like Strelkov, Vladimir Chirkin, Murz, Prigozhin, and Maxim Kalashnikov seriously, alongside analysts like Anders Puck. According to Oryx : Category Russian Losses (Confirmed) Ukrainian Losses (Confirmed) Ratio (RU:UA) Tanks ~3,000+ 1,386 ~2-3:1 IFVs ~5,000+ 1,532 ~3-4:1 APCs/MRAPs ~4,000+ 509+ ~4-8:1 Total Armor ~12,000-15,000+ ~5,500 ~3:1 And disagree about Obituaries. People that just get MIA or are not registered as dead by its officers wouldn't end in obituaries. To have a notion on how great Anders Puck is, look what he posted at January 2022. He not only predicted the invasion but also predicted maximalist objectives and that the war wouldn't go as RU predicted. Later, on the video "Russia's new forever war in Ukraine, 11MAR2022" he predicted a very long war. Russia has multiple times more manpower. Also has help from North Koreans, Cubans and many other allies. If Ukraine was not inflicting much more casualties, Russia would already have defeated Ukrainian army.

False. Russia send Russian bodies saying that are Ukrainain bodies ( https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ukraine-received-at-least-20-bodies-of-russian-soldiers-in-recent-exchanges-zelenskyy-says/ ) besides, Ukraine constantly retreats, which makes retrieving bodies much harder. That said, you depics heavy casualties as something which only Ukraine claims. Russians like Strelkov, Vladimir Chirkin, Murz, Prigozhin, and Maxim Kalashnikov, ALL said that Russia is taking heavy loses. Murz in particular got "suicided" after exposing heavy loses. Strelkov, jailed. EU should be more clear about consequences of Russia victory. Not talk about morals.

Yep. They don't think what would happen if Ukraine capitulates. They implicitly assume: Demobilization is administratively smooth Economies can shrink without exploding Armed, radicalized populations will politely accept unemployment and humiliation Symbols, language, and memory politics are “cosmetic issues” This is ahistorical thinking. In Masada (73 AD), Jews chose mass suicide over disarmament. Zulus at Isandlwana (1879) at a much smaller number, without firearms, fought against the hegemonic power at that time (the British) when the British demanded disarmament. Those aren't easy demands. Would have extreme consequences. For eg, giving so many territory incurs plus the "demilitarization" requiring the destruction of teh Ukrainian defense industry and all ties with European investors would bankrupt Ukraine. Plus hundreds of thousands of now unemployed armed dudes that have no job due the Weimar style demilitarization, Russian and commie symbols being forced into Lviv, Ukraine would have to become a diehard police state while bankrupting itself and defaulting. Two things would happen if Ukraine capitulates. 1 - The largest refugee crisis of human history in two huge waves. After capitulation, a huge wave. After the consequences of capitulation comes, a much larger wave. Estonian former president speculated in 25 million refugees. 2 - Europe destabilized and a much worse war coming. Destabilization happens every time that Carthaginian peace terms are imposed into someone. From Carthage to Weimar Germany. Multiple economists from Keynes to Mises warned that Versailles in particular demilitarization and cultural impositions(war guilty clauses) which are much less severe than RU demands would destabilize Europe. Yet to appease some French hardlines, it was imposed upon Germany. Germany become radicalized and launched the most devastating war in human history as a result of less serious demilitarization and humiliation.

Just wondering. Obviously, ranger, fighter and wizard is not on the discussion because they are already in the game. My opinion would be Cipher. I also asked ChatGPT and Grok to try to find which would be the most wanted DLC class :

What bugs me in the "Ukraine must capitulate crowd" is that they don't understand that Russia wants absolute control over everything about Ukraine. Its language, laws, foreign policy, borders, military capabilities, military size, and even street names. IE—Russia wants to have the same control that an empire has towards its colonies without having to maintain an expensive occupation force. Even if Russia wins, such demands can only be enforced by full occupation; pretending otherwise is silly. It would be like if I wanted to live like Dan Bilzerian without spending huge sums of money. EVERY country inflate enemy deaths in the war. However, if you go by visually confirmed casualties, the ratio is 4:1 in favor of Ukraine. However, visual confirmation tends to downplay where RU has the greatest advantage, ie - artillery. So no one knows how are the casualty rates. That said, Russian lies are much worse than merely inflating numbers. Didn't they claimed to occupied Pokrovsk like 6 times?

False. Gorby himself saying that it was not even discussed. Even if was discussed and promised. This don't give the right to Russia to invade a country, mainly a country which they promised to leave alone in 1991. And in 1994, when Ukraine was pressured to be denuclearized. And recognized Ukraine borders multiple times. Here is a video of Gorby himself about NATO : That said, thanks to Putin, Sweden and Finland are now on NATO. KGB Dwarf is the best NATO Salesman ever. _____________________________

Yes and no. Russia also confiscated a lot of stuff from the west. Besides, RU invasion also is illegal and violated multiple agreements. That said, the main argument against it is not legality. IS that 1 - It is probably the unique thing dissuading RU from attacking more European countries. 2 - It is a huge leverage in peaceful negotiations, if RU is sent into negotiations, not continue sending the same ultimatum. 3 - Can create a "bank run" and others cna believe to be the next and withdraw the funds. Can you please give me your sources? Preferentially not sources claiming that Ukraine lost entire Azov batallion six times in 2022. And a time where UA will collapse and accept whatever they can get? __________________________ Anyway, war update from Sinitar gaming discord. A Ukrainian gamer.

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I'm not complaining about the lack of Cipher. I'm questioning how if was possible to be a Pale Elf Cipher, how everyone would react and how it would shape the history.

You still didn't understood my point. Isekai can be interesting as longs the world is interesting. a "op mc" regardless of gender going into Athas - Dark Sun, Warhammer 40k verse, or etc would be much, much better than the typical medieval high fantasy cringefest. But I do agree that animes with female MCs tends to be better. Even magical ones, see Slayers and Frieren.

Hot take. There is nothing wrong with the Isekai genre. The problem is that authors have no creativity to make great isekai stuff. For example, imagine a dude that is lured into another world by promises of being an OP caster, only to find himself in Athas—Dark Sun, powerful, yes, but equivalent to a 12th~15th level preserver or psionicist in a brutal world ruled by sorcerer kings. All epic levels. Or persecuted by the Inquisition in Warhammer 40k as a Unsanctioned Alpha Psyker. In a dead world setting. In a Midnight setting(think Lotr if Sauron wins). In a Weird West setting, where magic is hated, no matter how powerful he is, a Sharps Rifle in .50-90 can put a hole in him from a half mile away. The problem of Isekai is that you have the Kirito tier Generi-kun with sword of fire magic saving the world in over 90% of the Isekais. There are good Isekais. For example, Drifters, instead of the teenager going to other world, is importal historical figures. Which include WW2 pilots, Oda Nobunaga, etc. Or Kono Suba. A comedy. Or Tanya the Evil. I like this Isekais. But I hate Smartphone isekai.

IDK anything about PoE TT. But I'm curious. How Cipher powers and Chanter powers works in TT?