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  1. some guys will go to any lengths to get a day off from work. good luck. HA! Good Fun!
  2. our modern President is not what the founding fathers envisioned when the pardon power were granted. the President were seen as even less political than the Supreme Court given how the electoral college were intended to function. the nation would choose wise men who would then select a President. those wise men who could not hold public office and whose authority were transient held the trust o' the nation and the solemn duty o' selecting a chief executive. in terms o' actual executive power granted to the President, with no standing armies and only tiny bureaucracy (secretary o' state, war, treasury and an attorney general were full first cabinet) the possibility o' a tyrannical President, while obvious a fear o' the founding fathers, were the most unlikely of unlikelies. so, the senate were viewed as too political for pardons. supreme court obvious weren't ideal as were the judiciary branch which woulda' been sentencing those in need o' pardon. leaves the largely apolitical executive branch which is embodied in a single person: The President. there were a suggestion during constitutional convention to require senate approval o' Presidential pardons. suggestion were defeated. 8:1? am not recalling exact numbers. 9:1 maybe? am recalling less than all states voted on the issue. were not given much debate. more concern were whether exceptions should include treason as well as impeachment. the notion o' a trump or obama using the pardon power to appease or energize their respective political base would never have occured to the founding fathers as even a possibility given the structure o' the office o' the chief executive as described in the Constitution and given separation o' powers as they understood it. HA! Good Fun! ps as to the hammond pardon... the bundy family is a bunch o' grade-a d-bags and we don't feel bad for 'em. there were many folks who deserved a pardon more than the hammonds. the law, sadly, is a bit heartless. with sentence guidelines and minimums, the law may even be soulless at times. worse, judges in most jurisdictions is elected officials, and is all too often the case they is not thinking o' justice when they is in the public eye. pardons is indeed a suppression o' the rule o' law, but the law does fail people all too often. the notion a wise and honorable Chief Executive correcting the inevitable injustice o' o' the justice system has appeal to us. but the hammonds is d-bags, so... the thing is, the hammonds were done shiesty by the fed government. no, weren't the land issue which generates sympathy from Gromnir. the hammonds were tried for their crimes, but the fed weren't satisfied with the sentences the hammonds received. so the obama admin fed uses terrorist legislation to punish the hammonds beyond what were decided by state court? the hammonds and bundys give rednecks a bad name, and we don't feel pity for 'em, not one bit. also, there is indeed folks with convictions far more deserving o' pardon than were the hammonds. nevertheless, am gonna admit the obama approach to justice in the hammond case smelled o' tyranny. were not justice to sentence 'em using terrorism legislation.
  3. could not bring our self to read. saw the headings at the top o' the linked page herpes erotica bachelorella mental health ... sounds like jeopardy categories... if jeopardy were set in an s&m sex bar and as host o' the show, alex trebek were replaced by the gimp from pulp fiction. HA! Good Fun!
  4. His work actually helped indict a President. no. he helped investigate, not indict. clinton avoided criminal indict 'cause Congress went ahead with impeachment and starr let the indictment drop. Congress did the impeach and there never were no indict. investigate only. also, judge is a whole different set o' responsibilities compared to lawyer. Gromnir has defended the actions o' white supremacists, gang members and religious groups o' questionable repute. we have vigorously advocated for such folks. is admitted a bit different for criminal prosecutors, but regardless, am thinking it would be presumptuous to draw too many conclusions 'bout kavanaugh's guiding legal principles based on his work as a lawyer involved in the starr investigations. am also thinking there is a misunderstanding regarding kavanaugh comments regarding Presidential protections from prosecution. the justice department olc were convinced both in 1973 and 2000 that a President could not be criminal indicted. kavanaugh comments is thus inline with longstanding olc doctrine. nothing surprising. am personal unconvinced. olc reasoning regarding Presidential immunity is not based on any explicit text o' the Constitution. instead, the olc argues the President's unique status as the sole embodiment o' the executive branch authority, coupled with a seperation o' powers rationale, leads to conclusion a President would not function as the Constitution directs while subject to a criminal prosecution. (as an aside, am personal amused when avowed textualists such as judge kavanaugh support such a reading o' the Constitution given how it relies on the same fuzzy penumbral reasoning which is at the heart o' the roe v. wade kerfuffle.) however, regardless o' the olc determination, judge kavanaugh's comments should not be taken as a presumptive get out of jail free card for trump. ... am suspecting the mueller investigation is not gonna end as many folks envision. special counsel responsibilities beyond the investigation is minimal: need present a confidential report to the ag (deputy ag in this case) with findings and recommendations. the mueller report is potential only gonna need be seen by rosenstein and a couple senior members o' Congress. the special counsel investigation could lead to impeachment. the investigation could lead to trump being cleared. the investigation could remain confidential, which would leave everybody angry but might be necessary particular if the doj decides to pursue prosecution o' trump. etc. neither clinton nor nixon were actual indicted. as to kavanaugh. meh. kethledge were our guy, though we knew he were kinda a darkhorse option. too libertarian and absent ivy league pedigree made kethledge a tough call. kavanaugh is, by all accounts, a capable judge and smarty lawyer. he ain't in kagan's or robert's class as far as his writing is concerned, but he is likely superior to alito and sotomayor. converse, am believing kethledge woulda' been a unique voice on the Court rather than simple a capable Justice. missed opportunity for us all. 'course one need not look too far back in Court history to find warrens and brennans and even souters. "best-laid plans," and all that, eh? HA! Good Fun!
  5. Were they? I haven't read that but I would be interested in a link. am not certain 'bout participation-trophy mentality as a factor in the current education dilemma, but am gonna concede the new generation o' parents has us embracing our inner curmudgeon. "back in my day," nonsense is, as often as not, nonsense. am nevertheless saddened by the shift away from personal responsibility we has witnessed occur in past decades. 1/4 o' our cases involve schools in some way and we has been involved in coaching either high school football or mock trial/moot court/forensics on a yearly basis during the past couple decades. even so, our experience is limited and anecdotal. that said, we has spent much time in schools and interacted with more than a few parents and teachers since the late 90s. feel free to dismiss... or not. regardless, the most obvious and disturbing educational change we has seen develop is the manner in which parents respond to news o' student troubles in class. is not a school funding issue. is not a methodology or teaching modality issue. is not even a "what is wrong with kids these days," issue. heck, ain't an affluent v. poor issue neither as we has observed the change as much (if not more so) at affluent schools compared to low-income. nope, the change which disturbs us most is parental response. parent-teacher conferences is not as we recall from even the late 90s. nowadays a parent-teacher conference often (not always) involves the teacher defending his or her actions rather than there being a meaningful discussion 'bout how to improve amy or billy's grades and/or classroom behavior. the parent wants to know why the teacher has amy doing so much homework given all the extra-curricular activities she is current taking. and if billy has been disruptive in class, then what is the teacher doing to antagonize the poor child? maybe is part o' gifted's notion o' participation trophy? honest not know. we have seen an ever-increasing trend o' parents knee-jerk defense o' their child's actions and behavior regardless o' how indefensible. is it coddling? is it lack o' respect for the teaching profession as a whole? dunno. regardless, rather than working cooperative to improve amy and billy's grades, parents is defending their children from the one person in the room who seems genuine concerned 'bout the child: the teacher. however, am gonna also observe how amentep observation jibes with our understanding o' the current local-state-fed dynamic insofar as education is concerned. states is reducing their higher education footprint at an alarming rate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/06/how-quickly-will-states-get-to-zero-in-funding-for-higher-education/?utm_term=.5ab49d2f0805 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/economy-rebounds-state-funding-higher-education-isnt-bouncing-back http://www.acenet.edu/the-presidency/columns-and-features/Pages/state-funding-a-race-to-the-bottom.aspx decrease state funding, with increase in secondary services deemed essential for a higher education institution, has led to a tuition crisis. is not an ideal situation and solutions is not political appealing. am not expecting in near future a positive change to funding dynamic. HA! Good Fun!
  6. got an acquaintance who teaches at a community college; she has been at the same school for a number o' years. last year we had one o' those, "in my day..." conversations with her 'bout how higher education has changed over the last couple of decades. 'ccording to our friend, high school students today is missing basic study, writing and analytical skills they had compared to Gromnir's day. sure, shady ain't as old as is us, but am suspecting he missed the educational baggage which came with nclb and other similar attempts at educational reform. nowadays, even at good public Universities, 1st year classes is often taught as if they is remedial work. reason being incoming freshman who graduated top quarter or even top 10% o' their class frequent don't have basic study and learning skills. teach a University liberal arts class as Gromnir recollects with a midterm, final and perhaps a couple papers would prove disastrous for the average 2017 high school graduate. do same today as in late 80s... midterm grades is posted and nearly everybody would fail. at a community college, most all those fails would either drop the class or quit school entire. students today need far more guidance than their peers from earlier decades. if the typical 2017-2018 student ain't led by the nose to specific answers, they cannot find such answers, and they sure as hell ain't gonna do their own analysis to generate answers which is absent from texts. as for writing skills... *groan* we got a looksee at mid-term bluebooks. is actual how the conversation started. we made some crack 'bout how our friend were getting free money to spout nonsense for three hours a week and maybe grade a single paper per student each semester. "was your mid-term even blue book or did you go pure sloth with a scantron test?" the professor showed Gromnir blue books from the midterm. https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/sacramento-city-college-CC07389 the transfer rate is 'bout the same for all sac area community colleges. biggest difference we saw for sccc were as follows: entering students who are full-time first-time undergraduates-- 89%. were strange. reading multiple blue books, hoping the next would be better than the last... but not genuine expecting improvement. shoulda' been, at the very least, a mildly horrifying moment to be realizing just how ill-prepared is many students who intend to eventual transfer to a four-year university, but we were just kinda numb. in any event, more busy work is, in part, a reaction to lack o' preparedness o' the ordinary incoming community college student. teachers at cc know what will be results if they don't guide students more than were common in our day. provide students with basic tools to hopeful self-teach is not a viable option for folks who has never genuine been taught how to think, or learn. assume dewy-eyed kids will teach themselves up for the mid-term would be naive... and a bit cruel. as such, the busy work is less 'bout busy, but is instead a continuation o' the only method by which many these kids has ever been taught. HA! Good Fun!
  7. happy 4th. technical there is music playing in the background, so... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90dBYRO55XI HA! Good Fun!
  8. we have banned alcohol. didn't work out, but even today, alcohol consumption is far more subject to legislative limits than is firearms. autos? autos is a useful tool with many peaceful applications. the day gd is able to get his kids to school on time by shooting them or perhaps transport his pumpkins to market via shotgun, then he maybe has a worthy analogy. can't see a reason to differentiate weapons and drugs from other kinds o' consumer products? gonna be a dead end discussion. converse, and more appropriate, try and think o' the weapon which ain't banned somewheres in the US. chemical and biological weapons is understandably verboten almost everywheres in the world... 'cept syria it seems. any number o' useful poisons for agriculture, pest control and medicinal use (at appropriate dosages/concentrations) is arguable chemical weapons, but such poisons is commonly restricted and even banned in spite o' their usefulness. wmd is understandably prohibited from private use. swords and bladed weapons down to penknife size is banned in many municipalities-- some clown invariably wants to walk around in public with his claymore or katana and is shocked when he is arrested for doing so. heck, slingshot possession and use is criminalized in more than one place. even baseball bats, which is actual having a peaceful utility amd primary design purpose, must needs be transported in a legislative appropriate bag in more than a few cities. guns is aberrational as far as legal protections is concerned. as is norm on the topic, gd is going at this bass ackwards. handguns, in spite o' lethality and sheer magnitude o' homicides, suicides and accidents related to their usage, is less subject to rational legislation than is almost any other kinda weapon. there is indeed a Constitutional basis for increased protections o' firearms, and as such, constitutional convention or amendment process need be the means o' change. even so, try and find reason beyond law why handguns deserve protections 2018 more than other kinda weapons is gonna fail. HA! Good Fun!
  9. "But, of you love government you should stand up and cheer. Here is what it looks like:" insert dramatic video "Just a week before another cop from the same department shot an killed an unarmed and completely innocent man on his front porch following a fake 911 call. https://www.kansas.c...e196129279.html "Three cheers for government! Give up your guns they say. We will protect you they say." claim we were responding to a single sentence o' your post, and an afterthought, is either intentional misleading or... oh, and the "I-DON'T-CARE" is the root o' the problem. handguns are by their very nature, dangerous. they is intended to be dangerous. a non-dangerous handgun would be resulting in class action suits by purchasers as the tool would not be suitable for the purpose for which it were designed. so yeah, when there is an accident or when people in the heat o' the moment do the unthinkable (but predictable) and use a gun in an irresponsible manner, then society as a whole needs to take responsibility, 'cause folks such as gd don't care and feels no need to apologize. oh, and every dumb arse drunk driver thinks he is somehow special and different. gd "i don't care" is same kinda arrogant as, in spite o' statistics revealing a real and widespread problem, gd is special. accidents happen. "one bad day" $% happens to the level-headed folks all too often. is any number o' dangerous tools and activities which has all kinda safety measures legislated by law. hell, toy guns which shoot small projectiles which can be swallowed by a child can and has had legislation limiting their manufacture and sale, but 'cause far more lethal actual handguns is protected by the Constitution, extraordinary means is needed to ensure public safety. toxic waste disposal standards may be legislated and need only be rational to be Constitutional. alcohol consumption and manufacture may be legislated rational. auto drivers need pass competence tests and need also purchase insurance and such legislation need only be rational. why should responsible drivers, drinkers and toxic waste producers suffer 'cause o' the behavior o' bad drivers, drinkers and toxic waste producers? society frequent deems social costs is too great to indulge individual indifference. good. society has reasonable motivation not to trust gd's indifference when it comes to toxic waste, drinking and driving. hell, gd's dog ownership is rational subject to legislation. probable need a doggie license and rabies vaccination at the very least regardless o' what gd thinks is best. good. democracy does work if imperfect. there is fundamental rights which has, through legal notions o' Incorporation (has nothing to do with business corporate structure) been applied to individual states as well as the fed government. for much o' the history o' the nation, the 2nd amendment were presumptive not incorporated. the reason why Dodge City were not actual suffering much gun violence as shown in movies is precise 'cause o' local ordinances which prohibited gun possession in city limits. such limits were common, rational and went w/o any kinda challenge as they were intuitive legit. 21st century 2nd amendment rights is actual historical aberrational and logic inverted. for instance, while protected long gun possession actual makes most sense from the standpoint o' a "well regulated militia" pov, handguns is nevertheless gaining Constitutional protection and is almost rare the main target o' gun control activists. oh, and police is current protecting you from other indifferent americans with guns. get rid o' the excess handguns and it obvious becomes much easier to protect you. use anecdotal evidence is quaint and as misleading as your video. no, the police cannot protect gd from being killed by a mass shooter any more than they can protect you from being attacked by a shark, killed by a tornado or struck by lightning. still, handguns is far and away the number one method o' homicide in this nation. a vast majority o' those handgun homicides is heat-of-the-moment killings. angry. scared. confused. angry, scared and confused with a gun in your pocket while you is being threatened by an angry, scared and/or confused person who may also has a firearm? sorry, but explaining homicide statistics is not all that complex. recognizing how zero-out handguns tends to make everybody safer is not complex. get rid o' handguns and wingnuts with their personal arsenals will still have the means to protect themselves from The Government... a government, btw, which is democratic elected and represents the collective will o' your neighbors. get rid o' handguns and you still got weapons to protect your property from bandits and rapists and the epidemic o' evil cops. get rid o' handguns and you is statistic safer from firearm accidents and your ex having a really bad day. on the positive side, at least you see handguns as an aspect o' gun control which would save lives, which makes much o' your response naught but noise. as already noted, am recognizing a Constitutional amendment is required to bring 'bout change. is actual considerable legal justification for making gun control a local issue 'cause such were presumed for much o' the nation's history. even so, exorcise handguns from second amendment and or make gun control local is no longer functional options w/o Constitutional convention or amendment... and amendment is unlikely. so we is all stuck with a stoopid law, a stoopid tradition. oh, and am not certain what is the answer to the issue with cops and proclivity towards violence. we worked probation for a number o' years and worked close with numerous "cops" at street-level law enforcement. there is a culture o' violence in law enforcement. the attitude test is not codified anywhere, but is probable the number 1 reason for arrests in this nation. sadly, there is a racial component to the attitude test, but is not cop-centric. the most twisted asian gangbanger you is likely to meet will be unlikely to 'talk $h!7' to police. different racial and/or ethnic groups got a spectrum o' what is deemed an acceptable response to police. getting punk'd is universal abhorrent, but social acceptable response to cop application o' the attitude test varies. also, and this is particular troubling, but those most likely to be attracting police attentions do not respect cops who display any kinda reluctance to use violence. "don't mistake my kindness for weakness," is a common phrase in the mouth o' cops in many communities. the cop who is visible averse to using violence will make life miserable for themselves and their fellow cops. a cop may not be violent by nature, but the job has a transformative effect... or the cop quits. better educated cops do appear better able to make the right kinda judgment call 'bout when force is needed as 'posed to excessive, but even the educated cops is embracing the endemic violence o' the profession. somehow get rid o' "the attitude test" nonsense has gotta be job 1 if is gonna be any real changes to culture o' police violence, but am not having great ideas 'bout how to do so. and educate the populace so they are not dismissive o' a kinder and gentler cop? *shrug* sounds silly even saying such, but w/o achieving such, we see a continued functional on-the-job training o' cops by the public to be reactive and aggressive. ultimate, give people decent freaking jobs so they are able to buy a house and raise a family and most o' the crime (and other social issues) disappear. gd sympathy may be non existent. "I-DON'T-CARE" may be answer to a whole host o' social problems, but folks who do not have any belief they can improve their situation by working hard... won't. hopeless people won't work harder to get better educated and acquire higher paying jobs so they can have mortgages and private school payments to send their kids to saint bartholomew's. dismiss such folks as malcontents or undeserving o' help ignores broader social costs, such as, but not limited to, crime. HA! Good Fun!
  10. if you gave up your guns, even just handguns, the cops would be less likely to need their guns. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/01/us/chicago-murders-2017-statistics/index.html arming people in high pressure situations is gonna lead to dead bodies and unnecessary victims. is not rocket science. cops get more training with firearms than average joe, but firearms is designed to be lethal and any mistake can, and too often does, lead to dead people. duh. gd, as is typical for the gun issue, inverts and confuses. gd is far more likely to be killed by a family member using one o' his guns than he is to be killed by cop firearms. gd is far more likely to be killed by a nogoodnik with a gun during the commision o' a crime than he is to be shot by a cop. gd is far-far more likely to kill himself with a gun, statistic speaking, than he is to be shot by a cop. so yeah, give up your guns, en masse, and the government will be much better able to protect you from gun violence. you think if the girl in the video had been armed she woulda' been less likely to have been shot? coulda' defended herself from police aggression?ridiculous. police violence is a problem and needs be addressed. the more education a cop has, the less likely he/she is to be the target o' an excessive force complaint. is at least correlation 'tween increased education for cops and decrease in the kinda youtube theatre which should be seen as unacceptable by all americans. 'course is tough enough to get enough folks today to be cops when the educational requirements is high school. so try and hire cops who is better educated to face a well-armed American populace, and arm those cops only with tasers, nightsticks, pepper spray and a dozen or so hours o' conflict resolution training. take away guns from americans does require a change to the Constitution and is thus unlikely. even so, the reality is you is far less likely to be shot by a gun if you do not own a gun. gd, and his loved ones, would indeed be safer if his guns were taken from him. HA! Good Fun!
  11. Yeah, I got through season 1 and was basically thinking that hey, it was getting sort of interesting and maybe this won't be so bad if the characters just grow a bit. And then Amon disappeared (though I have a feeling that's not the end of him) and Korra instantly got her bending back after two seconds, which gave the season a pretty poor bookend. Now I'm halfway through season 2 and Bolin seems to already be flanderized, Mako continues to be a grey blank slate that which nothing sticks to, Korra is back to completely ignoring the word of her friends while constantly being angry (her boyfriend literally tells her straight up that hey, I saw firebenders attacking this building, and she's just like nope, waterbenders did it - what is this writing?). I am more interested in Tenzin's family vacation (that so far seemingly has no relevancy) than I am in any of the main characters or plot...that seems like a bad sign to me, but what do I know. https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/63087-anime-the-emotional-rolercoaster/?p=1551437 airbender were consistent good with a fair number o' fantastic episodes. korra had a problem as it were dealing with an older protagonist but the show were aiming at much the same audience as airbender. korra had same kinda tone as airbender, and the korra protagonists were equal naïve as their predecessors. add a few ya themes made korra actual feel less mature than airbender. even so, korra had a few good characters and a number o' good episodes, but am thinking it failed with older viewers such as Gromnir. HA! Good Fun!
  12. 'bout halfway through and am kinda struggling. is a few decent performances and characters, but the melodrama is a bit thick, even for a comic book inspired show. am thinking we should switch audio to Spanish with English subtitles, 'cause is playing more like a Mexican soap opera than the better Netflix marvel seasons. will try and finish season two for luke cage, but am current enjoying it a bit better than iron fist and maybe equal to defenders. HA! Good Fun!
  13. https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/89363-the-us-election-2016-part-viii/?p=1848322 and https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/89363-the-us-election-2016-part-viii/?p=1848485 J. Thomas is not a great Justice, but as to his work on the bench, he don't deserve much o' the ire he has received over the years. can't speak to the anita hill thing. am getting how some folks believe J. Thomas should never have been confirmed-- is not unfair criticism. there is arguable a moral component to having a man sit in judgment over the entire nation... sit in judgement for life. am thinking it is reasonable for those who will be judged to demand the Justices o' the Court be honorable and righteous as well as competent. some will never see J. Thomas as legit or worthy. am getting it. however, our issues with J. Thomas is most related to his work as a Justice. HA! Good Fun!
  14. one o' these days, gd is gonna recognize how "The Government" in the USA is not insular and discreet from The People. is the people who pass gun laws. the people, by overwhelming majorities, passed the sedition laws o' the 1920s and +80 years o' jim crow laws and the far more recent patriot act. the bill of rights is a bar 'pon excess o' The People... the unchecked mob needs limits and The People has been wise enough to realize democracy cannot be trusted with fundamental rights. perhaps you think Obamacare were violating liberty rights? Obamacare is a misnomer. is the patient protection and affordable care act, passed by Congress. go ahead and type "mosque violence" into google. is not a past problem. when jackbooted stormtroopers breakdown gd's doors to take his precious guns from him, it will be 'cause The People passed laws which demand such. HA! Good Fun!
  15. when a troll is graze/hit/crit with fire damage, it takes no damage. message in combat log is the troll resists damage due to regeneration. this was a problem in earlier builds but persists in 1.1. HA! Good Fun!
  16. ps give us a moment to enjoy the irony o' gd, perhaps the most vocal defender o' the second amendment on this board, indulging in a hand wringing plea for us embrace the goodness o' our fellow man. perhaps gd has had a change o' heart and no longer sees need for firearms to protect himself from his fellow men, the ubiquitous lurking stormtroopers and hooligans who is a constant threat to his personal liberties? maybe the real threat is grizzlies as 'posed to humans? HA! Good Fun!
  17. actually we do have faith in human nature. better angels o' our nature is what finally resulted in the Civil Rights Movement. our better angels, after much inevitable fail and pointless bloodshed, realize the need for such stuff as the Bill o' Rights and equal employment legislation. our better angels make the hard choice, the wise choice, and willingly and voluntarily place limits 'pon our selves and our brothers. abandon such limits in favor o' a blissful hope for a locke state o' nature as 'posed to hobbes? if you is genuine thinking that after thousands o' years o' the repetitive and predictable narrative o' human nature playing out again and again and again with discrimination and bigotry being common themes in the story human, the savage drama will be altered and rewritten to finally achieve a happy ending thanks to yelp, then... *shrug* warning: sweary oh, and it took more than a generation living under the State imposed limits o' brown v. board and the civil rights acts for us to see youths o' today who largely eschew overt displays o' bigotry as vulgar. sadly, events such as ferguson and charlottesville being anything other than distant memories should give gd something to think 'bout, no?
  18. right to refuse service to anyone sounds swell and all, but it kinda sucks for minorities (racial or otherwise) who suffer economic and political discrimination. in a town full o' bigots, it could very well be good business to open discriminate 'gainst blacks or muslims... or libertarians. thank goodness for the civil rights act o' 1964 and 1968, the eeoa, various anti-discriminatory banking acts, and a whole host o' other civil rights era legislation which recognized market forces were as often as not perpetuating social evils. what the resolution o' the civil war failed to address in spite o' nightmarish loss o' life, the People finally corrected. the Court bungled the job many times. Presidents failed to create change. is a quixotic message o' hope and/or cynicism for us that while Congress has been incompetent for most o' the history o' our nation, there is brief moments in time when they genuine represent The People and the good o' the nation... even if it did take a century following the last shots o' the civil war to get our collective act together. HA! Good Fun!
  19. if you single class a monk, fighter, rogue, barbarian or paladin, you should have an effective and fun melee character. if you multiclass any o' the aforementioned you should have an effective and fun melee character. if you multiclass any o' the aforementioned with a chanter or wizard, you should have an effective melee character. *shrug* you can have effective druid multiclass melee characters, but you need be aware o' penetration issues o' wildstrike weapons in a potd run, so stuff such as berserker makes more sense for druid multi. priest melee characters is possible and highly effective (the first two main characters we got to level 20 were a contemplative and a shaman) but am admitting such combos can be pitfall characters if you are not careful. ciphers get a good amount o' hate on these boards. is utter bs. no, deadfire ciphers is not solo juggernauts o' weapon and casting damage combined with functional invulnerability as they was in poe. and unlike deadfire wizards, ciphers have far fewer busted-arse op abilities. see anybody complain 'bout ciphers by comparing to busted wizard spells, just ignore 'em. if you see anybody starts comparing deadfire cipher to poe cipher, ignore 'em. neither argument is at all reasonable, but is frequent used. abilities such as secret horrors and phantom foes is rare mentioned as cipher positives, but Gromnir got use outta such abilities from early in game 'til late. yes, the cipher charm powhaz are op, but such is hardly the end o' the story for ciphers... though am admitting the tier seven and nine o' cipher abilities has few bright spots. that said, am gonna concede a deadfire cipher is less flexible than many classes. you group a club wielding tank and a miasma o' dull-mind throwing wizard and your cipher is gonna be adding serious power to a party, but if you try and build a deadfire cipher like a poe cipher, chances are you is gonna fail and be sad. melee single-class and multiclass ciphers is highly effective in deadfire, but they do not function well in a vacuum. cipher is one o' the few classes we would recommend actual build and party management. not specific speaking to the genesis poster, but am thinking it is unfortunate how people bring crpg baggage to a game such as deadfire. other than as already noted, the notion o' best or necessary builds is so pointless for a game as flexible as deadfire. the range o' builds which is effective in deadfire is much greater than the typical crpg, but folks cannot shake off possible decades o' crpg experience. get ten hours into a game only to realize a build is gimped and unplayable? common crpg problem. uncommon deadfire problem. make a deadfire melee character by picking stuff which sounds kewl and chances are you is gonna have an effective and fun build... and maybe you end up with a character hardly anybody else has even bothered to play. am knowing the range o' choices appears daunting and is natural to worry 'bout making a busted character. is not impossible to make a bad deadfire character, but it actual is difficult to stumble into such a build by accident. HA! Good Fun!
  20. holy radiance has two distinct effects: burn vessels and heal friendlies. am s'posing from game mechanics pov it is best to think of holy radiance as two distinct abilities which is utilized simultaneous. the aoe for heal and the aoe burn for holy radiance, while insular and distinct, is functional identical. get two separate aoe. admitted, the verbiage is unclear, but am thinking it ain't too difficult to untangle this particular mystery. it appears the dispositions alter base heal and damage, though the tooltip don't make such clear. Gromnir somehow managed to get a tick worth o' rational on our shaman (priest o' wael.) had a save immediate before and after we received a certain quest which required us to choose rational to access. *grumble* in any event, we saw how our burn and heal base numbers for holy radiance changed when we were suffering from the effect o' an opposition disposition. 2 points base heal and damage were lost. sadly, the impact o' dispositions on base numbers for holy radiance is not made clear and is only observable by gain o' favorable and disfavored dispositions. HA! Good Fun!
  21. completed games: captain Rodrigo Mendoza's ship: The Bloody Rood captain Pie Traynor's ship: The Hot Corner HA! Good Fun!
  22. use end-game gear to balance races is a suspect approach, particular as more than a couple items you have listed has been nerfed significant. even if items weren't nerfed, we would think the genesis poster were angling to get a bust in the munchkin hall o' fame. more serious: maybe add a couple points o' strength for death godlikes when they is suffering a constitution affliction? am not seeing a need to improve godlikes, but if they do need an upgrade, it should be minor and/or highly conditional. HA! Good Fun!
  23. am not personal needing ranged pets as is unnecessarily complicated and there is much better ways to improve the game which is gonna be less resource intensive. even so, while it didn't make the cut for deadfire, am gonna once again advocate a cassowary ranger pet addition for a poe sequel. HA! Good Fun!
  24. Obtaining Asylum in the United States. Huh, you're right. I wonder why 100% of illegal immigrants don't pull this? Its the perfect scam to gum up the process and buy yourself time while your case work its way through the system. it does gum up the works. the backlog is such that in a few districts the time between start o' the process and resolution may take more than five years. years? yes, years. this were a no-win situation from the start. end catch-and-release when you already have multi year backlogs were gonna lead to more or less backlog? 'course the wall is a stoopid solution. end catch-and-release were stoopid. the administration lies is stoopid. even so, am gonna admit it is possible we needed a chief executive stoopid enough to bring 'bout changes regarding immigration. Congress rare is motivated to address problems unless they is crisis level events and issues. illegal immigration has been a mess for decades and neither party has achieved much in the way o' positive change. and no, this ain't some kinda example o' trump's genius plans which his supporters see in every move he makes. trump were facing a full-on mutiny from his party regarding the separation issue, and the senate had unanimously chosen to reject trump's suspect zte deal; the president were having a very bad week both in the press and on the hill. that said, am gonna concede we believe/hope trump bumbling will result in a positive net gains for illegal immigration. as big a topic as illegal immigration has been for years, it ain't been big enough to receive more than token attention from Congress and Presidents. trump, unintentional, created the kinda crisis level event which might result in real change. that said, the asylum process is a mess and is integral linked to the illegal immigration issue. years of backlog. the immigration court backlog nationwide is +600,000 with many o' such cases being asylum seekers. this were a crisis before trump. policies which created the underlying problem existed before trump. blame trump for the mess is unfair, but is no question trump has handled the situation poorly. odd, but am just hoping trump handled situation bad enough to get real change. HA! Good Fun!
  25. still pretty impressive as deadfire is a party-based game. numerous other party members (potentially four) will be able to exploit the stunned target for at least one attack. hell, we give eder-tank a club and charge. at least one enemy will have a good chance o' having their will decreased and suffering from stun... and chances are good such enemies will also be blinded by the near ubiquitous chill fog which follows a Gromnir party. regardless, am suspecting most folks can find a way to exploit 4+ second stun in a party-based game... unless they go full ai for every encounter. we wouldn't recommend changes to charge as it is already a powerful ability. the main use we get from charge is the enhanced battlefield movement afforded by the ability. "useless" descriptor o' charge is either hyperbolic or is resulting from having the tactical sophistication o' a squirrel paralyzed by oncoming traffic. HA! Good Fun!
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