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  • SchrodingerSchrodinger Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    Thank you @Schrodinger for making the argument I wasn't equipped too.

    I'm actually stuck trying to think of many other film that takes Ghostbusters tack of 'fighting the supernatural with science'. Because every movie that involves the supernatural in a normally mundane world almost always goes with the idea that you need magic to fight magic and that science is useless against it. You always need to find the right book with the right spell or destroy a amulet or whatever that equates to only being able to deal with supernatural threats with supernatural means.

    Blade and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness are the only other ones that come to mind.

    There are a number of low-budget horror movies I can think of but most of them are obviously riffing on the Ghostbusters so I'm not sure they count.
    Spectral, from 2016, is a pretty different take on the concept.

    Edit: I guess I'd also count most vampire movies? Vampires are supernatural. The methods of killing them are generally worked out by some combination of superstition and "scientific" trial. The Underworld movies with their light bullets and shit at least put a heavy shellac of science on it, anyway.

    Underworld qualifies as more science fantasy, like Star Wars. Sure, the weapons can be explained as science, but only a chosen few can actually wield them. This also applies to Blade 1 and Blade 2. Blade 3 has human sidekicks, so that one might qualify.

    The MCU movies are borderline. They use science to overcome Gods and magic, but they also rely a lot on "chosen one" arch types. Tony Stark can make an arc reactor in a cave from scraps, something that the rest of his company is unable to duplicate despite all their best efforts.

    By contrast, we never really have any reason to believe that other scientists couldn't duplicate Egon's work if they really wanted to, the main difference is that Egon is willing to pursue fields that other scientists choose to ignore. In Ghostbusters 2, Egon is working on trivial psychology experiments, rather than putting his engineering skills to real use. Shandor is a genius, but NASA was able to figure out the same designs when they had a reason to.

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    got everyone from banner in 150 rolls

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  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    Thank you @Schrodinger for making the argument I wasn't equipped too.

    I'm actually stuck trying to think of many other film that takes Ghostbusters tack of 'fighting the supernatural with science'. Because every movie that involves the supernatural in a normally mundane world almost always goes with the idea that you need magic to fight magic and that science is useless against it. You always need to find the right book with the right spell or destroy a amulet or whatever that equates to only being able to deal with supernatural threats with supernatural means.

    Blade and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness are the only other ones that come to mind.

    There are a number of low-budget horror movies I can think of but most of them are obviously riffing on the Ghostbusters so I'm not sure they count.
    Spectral, from 2016, is a pretty different take on the concept.

    Edit: I guess I'd also count most vampire movies? Vampires are supernatural. The methods of killing them are generally worked out by some combination of superstition and "scientific" trial. The Underworld movies with their light bullets and shit at least put a heavy shellac of science on it, anyway.

    Underworld qualifies as more science fantasy, like Star Wars. Sure, the weapons can be explained as science, but only a chosen few can actually wield them. This also applies to Blade 1 and Blade 2. Blade 3 has human sidekicks, so that one might qualify.

    The MCU movies are borderline. They use science to overcome Gods and magic, but they also rely a lot on "chosen one" arch types. Tony Stark can make an arc reactor in a cave from scraps, something that the rest of his company is unable to duplicate despite all their best efforts.

    By contrast, we never really have any reason to believe that other scientists couldn't duplicate Egon's work if they really wanted to, the main difference is that Egon is willing to pursue fields that other scientists choose to ignore. In Ghostbusters 2, Egon is working on trivial psychology experiments, rather than putting his engineering skills to real use. Shandor is a genius, but NASA was able to figure out the same designs when they had a reason to.

    Ghost busting aside, the Ghostbusters should have been able to retire to a life of wealth and fame purely on the basis of producing backpack-portable-sized nuclear reactors that were sufficiently safe and stable that Egon (at least) wasn't rendered sterile, none of the rest of the crew died of Cancer of the Everything, and they continued to work for decades. Plus they're cheap enough to be constructed and maintained by guys with the financial difficulties the Ghostbusters had when they started out. The proton pack may not be a miniaturized arc reactor but they should've revolutionized energy production in portable applications, unless the energy demands of a neutrona wand are a lot lower than seems reasonable.

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  • chrono_travellerchrono_traveller Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I spent all the monies I had (60 pulls+ the 1 free one) of 5* and 6* I got:
    2 Ch'ens
    Passenger
    Broca
    La Pluma
    Toddifons

    All of which were new to me, so I'm very happy with that haul. :)

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Oh I wasn't implying the fangame was vaporware. I was saying they don't have a game to release yet, but they want people to know what they're working on, even though letting people know what they are working on is exactly the type of thing that gets fangames shut down.

    Put your head down, finish the game, then brag once you're past the finish line.

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  • SchrodingerSchrodinger Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    It's totally fine that your interpretation is that the movie is a treatise on science overcoming superstition. I'm saying I'm doubtful that was the intention of Aykroyd and Raimis in writing this film - especially considering that Aykroyd is a pants-on-head crazy superstitious/I've seen UFOs guy and has been for his entire life.

    UFOs are pseudo-science, not paranormal.

    Aykroyd came up with the idea of ghostbusters after reading psuedo-science journals on trapping ghosts with quantum physics. His original concept featured intergalactic pest control agents in the future, which only makes sense for the sake of showcasing the power and promise of science. This original concept was turned down because it was way too expensive (And also much harder to relate to), so Aykroyd scaled story to the present day while still maintaining the themes of science.

    Otherwise, Aykroyd could have simply made a movie where the ghostbusters were traditional occult experts performing exorcisms with magic talismans. It would have been a much each sell for the studio (since they already knew a market existed for this), would be much easier to produce, and would be a lot more plausible (Once you accept the idea that ghosts are real, saying Egon studied as a witch doctor is easier to believe than saying that Egon built a lightweight nuclear reactor). The Walter Peck subplot would have also made a lot more sense if Walter was confronting witch doctors rather than confronting actual scientists with scientific equipment.

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  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    I'm not sure why Walter Peck and the EPA would even care about witch doctors...

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  • SchrodingerSchrodinger Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    I'm not sure why Walter Peck and the EPA would even care about witch doctors...

    Replace them with a consumer protection bureau accusing the ghostbusters of being frauds.

    Easy fix.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    This is the first anniversary banner out of all of them where I got lucky. Got both 6 Stars with stocked up tickets.

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I had to spam around 30 recruitments to get the last two yellow certs I needed to buy another 10 ticket, but said 10 pull did get me Summer Ch'en so it was heall worth. 64 pull all together, which wasn't that bad.

    She's E2 90 now, and I have the mats to M3 her skill 3 so that will be done when it's done

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  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    I'm not sure why Walter Peck and the EPA would even care about witch doctors...

    Replace them with a consumer protection bureau accusing the ghostbusters of being frauds.

    Easy fix.

    I suppose, except they'd just sue the Ghostbusters and/or try to get their business license suspended. Not raid their HQ and...turn off...their...witch doctor...storage...skull?

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  • SchrodingerSchrodinger Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    I'm not sure why Walter Peck and the EPA would even care about witch doctors...

    Replace them with a consumer protection bureau accusing the ghostbusters of being frauds.

    Easy fix.

    I suppose, except they'd just sue the Ghostbusters and/or try to get their business license suspended. Not raid their HQ and...turn off...their...witch doctor...storage...skull?

    Characters have to do a regular witch doctor ritual to keep the ghosts contained, government agent accidentally interrupts the ritual, fucks everything up. Or... witch doctor uses totems in place to hold the demons at bay, government agent careless tosses those things aside.

    I mean, look at what Peter does to ruin the ritual in No Way Home without even trying (This is in the trailer, not a spoiler). The whole deal with this genre is that people need to show extreme respect and reverence to the traditions, and any minor misstep can have grave consequences, and people fucking up basic advice.

    Didn't Walter Peck accuse the ghostbusters of using hallucinogenic gas? That accusation could easily carry over even if the ghostbusters were witch doctors, and government officials could swoop in and disturb things during their investigation.

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 14


    I don't like to double post in gacha threads, but I feel like this is important news

    From the latest CN info stream, Kroos Alter as a 5* welfare in an upcoming event

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    The EPA coming after the Ghostbusters was never weird to me. They weren't breaking any obvious laws and people were calling them up to ask for help, so why would the police be interested?

    But masses of people potentially hallucinating at once? Weird equipment making bizarre lights and noise? A firehouse that is obviously drawing a lot more power than any normal firehouse would? Yeah, that could definitely draw some interest from the EPA. And it wasn't EPA interest alone; Peck exploded into instant vendetta against the Ghostbusters when Venkman didn't bow to the sliver of bureaucratic power Peck actually had. A normal person just doing their job would've backed off the whole "grid shutdown" idea once Egon mentioned the issue of explosions. But Peck wasn't there to enforce the law, he just wanted to fuck up the Ghostbusters because Venkman made him look like an idiot. And that part was all too real.

    Anything government-related going after the Ghostbusters for doing occult rituals in their basement or something just would've been... weird. Unless they were building up some cult following and doing dangerous mass rituals, who cares? People do ritual shit in their own homes all the time, nobody bothers them. We don't have witch hunters or that shit anymore, and the likes of the EPA (and any regulatory agency, really) wouldn't give a shit unless the Ghostbusters were, I dunno, storing improperly-sealed barrels of old ritual blood in their basement.

    The shift towards the science angle makes the whole premise work so much better.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 19


    That fight wasn’t in the script? Damn.

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  • MajorEnfejarMajorEnfejar Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    that castlevania show was actually really good in a lot of ways. and i totally wish there were a game where i could just be sypha and fly around just throwing spells out without any fucking limits on anything like she does

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  • SchrodingerSchrodinger Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    The EPA coming after the Ghostbusters was never weird to me. They weren't breaking any obvious laws and people were calling them up to ask for help, so why would the police be interested?

    But masses of people potentially hallucinating at once? Weird equipment making bizarre lights and noise? A firehouse that is obviously drawing a lot more power than any normal firehouse would? Yeah, that could definitely draw some interest from the EPA. And it wasn't EPA interest alone; Peck exploded into instant vendetta against the Ghostbusters when Venkman didn't bow to the sliver of bureaucratic power Peck actually had. A normal person just doing their job would've backed off the whole "grid shutdown" idea once Egon mentioned the issue of explosions. But Peck wasn't there to enforce the law, he just wanted to fuck up the Ghostbusters because Venkman made him look like an idiot. And that part was all too real.

    Anything government-related going after the Ghostbusters for doing occult rituals in their basement or something just would've been... weird. Unless they were building up some cult following and doing dangerous mass rituals, who cares? People do ritual shit in their own homes all the time, nobody bothers them. We don't have witch hunters or that shit anymore, and the likes of the EPA (and any regulatory agency, really) wouldn't give a shit unless the Ghostbusters were, I dunno, storing improperly-sealed barrels of old ritual blood in their basement.

    The shift towards the science angle makes the whole premise work so much better.

    I'm in total agreement that the science angle makes everything better. My point is that this was an intentional decision for the sake of "science triumphs over superstition," when the Hollywood status quo is generally the opposite.

    Most of the concerns you mention could have just as easily been translated in a movie where the ghostbusters are witch doctors. For instance, you replace hazardous materials with hazardous potions and substances. The concerns that the ghostbusters are actually causing mass hallucination is still there.

    The main difference is that the world of science and engineering has fail safes and redundancies in mine. As you mention, you really have to go out of your way to make Peck irrational with a chip on his shoulder to shut off complex machinery with threats of explosions. He's not even capable of shutting off the equipment himself, he needs an expert to do it for him, and the experts is super reluctant to go through with it. Whereas magic in fiction is far more fragile and fickle, even with the best of intentions. Meaning you can have a government official shutting down an exorcism ritual accidentally, without much thought or malice. For instance, on "Sabrina," the main hero traps the main villain in a salt circle... then accidentally breaks the circle on her way out.

    The expert Peck brings in was brought in under the impression that these were a bunch of fraudsters, then is immediately scared because the equipment is way more complex than his understanding. If they were actually fraudsters, why would they go through all that trouble, for a piece of equipment that no one outside the company was ever supposed to see in the first place? That explains why he's reluctant. OTOH, if the ghostbusters were witch doctors, he would have no way of determining "actual" magic from fake magic. In his eyes, all magic would look fake, so there's no big deal in interfering with it.

    So turning the ghostbusters into witch doctors would have been much easier to write, and much easier to sell to Hollywood. But it wouldn't be as interesting as a story, because "fight the unknown with science" is a lot better than "fight the unknown with the unknown."

    Likewise, in a movie where the ghostbusters are witch doctors, there wouldn't be any room for a Winston character. That would be an easy sell to Hollywood and to audiences, since Hudson didn't have any real star power and they didn't bother putting him on the poster. But leaving him out would have taken away from the theme that science is better than magic, because science is accessible to everyone and not just the chosen few.

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I'd honestly say it was good in most ways. On top of doing a properly fantastic job of paying respect to the source material while at the same time kicking a huge pile of sand in the face of history of the Catholic Church (yeah, the Catholic Church didn't actually fight vampires and shit, but it totally was a monstrous piece of shit where individual "holy men" abused their power to rape and murder to their heart's content over the centuries), the action scenes are awesome and the music is fantastic. The series honestly wanted to try and figure out how to make a DnD character that would play reasonably close to Belmont. Because yeah, on the surface, how interesting could a dude with a holy whip be? Oh, it turns out pretty fantastically interesting and dynamic. Alucard is whipping around with bat-magic and magical items, Sypha is tearing things up like a thinking natural disaster, and here's Belmonte. With a whip. And it still looks great.

    I mean, my big gripe about the series? My one big one? The reanimated corpse of the priest being used to turn the river into holy water. Because the priest had no holy backing and thus couldn't have blessed anything; that's just standard rules for when somebody violates their pact with their god or gods. And his reanimated corpse definitely couldn't do it because it wouldn't even have a soul or will, so it's at least two major rules broken to make that work.

    And as bombastic as the ending got, I still loved it. Easily one of the best series that Netflix has put out.

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited April 12
    Whereas magic in fiction is far more fragile and fickle, even with the best of intentions. Meaning you can have a government official shutting down an exorcism ritual accidentally, without much thought or malice. For instance, on "Sabrina," the main hero traps the main villain in a salt circle... then accidentally breaks the circle on her way out.

    Sigh, rookies. You've always got to put the salt in hula hoops and then the circle can't be broken. Problem solved forever.

    But overall, yes, I see what you were getting at. Hollywood definitely has a history of being leery of putting science at the forefront of anything if it can help it, and the shape of the film definitely would've been unrecognizable if the Ghostbusters were just people doing magic stuff instead of fighting ghosts with science. Certainly easier to write, but also immensely less interesting and engaging.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Aside from the final fight with death, I loved it

    How long was the whip by the end of that fight? A few hundred feet at least I bet

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  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    How did I never notice there was an Arknights thread before, that is actually crazy. HELLO ARKNIGHTS THREAD. I have been playing since uhhhh April??? Last year? Like literally tail end of the Surtr banner, didn't have a chance to even roll on it cuz brand new, and I think the Blemishine event was my first one. ANYWAY, here, have a silly lil video i made, as a treat

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgnmQnKL15k


    I cleared DH-9 and was like "yeah okay that went well, how can I get it to a trustfarm". Then I was like "okay, but, what if we made it even faster." I am particularly proud of that Weedy YEET into the Ch'en drop. Was it necessary? No. Was it fucking hilarious? Yes. Pretty happy I'm at a point where I don't really need to rely on video guides anymore, I can just legit make my own strats. Unless it's a particularly hard one I get stuck on >_>

    This event is pretty cool though, I really love the whole Stickers mechanic. I gotttt Ch'en Alter in 70 pulls? And like 3 pot La Pluma (who is like really cool!!). No Mizuki, ain't gonna do more pulls outside of the free daily ones.


    edit: OH and for EXTRA FUN, here's a video I made when I had like practically nothing for the Blem event but still managed to Pull It Off:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHc2Joqriyw

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    That’s the Belmont Clan’s power. They can’t count, and they won’t Count.

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  • DrovekDrovek Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Aside from the final fight with death, I loved it

    How long was the whip by the end of that fight? A few hundred feet at least I bet

    It's not the size, it's how you use it.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    I felt like the show started spinning its wheels after Season 2, but the Isaac and Hector subplots held it together.

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  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Normally I'm not one for shows paced as slowly as the Castlevania show is sometimes, but every scene in which two characters basically sit down and bounce ideology off each other is so terrifyingly empathetic and lovingly produced in a way that lesser shows would have two static heads with flapping mouths
    I can't bring myself to dislike any of it because the character writing is so damn good

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Dibby wrote: »
    How did I never notice there was an Arknights thread before, that is actually crazy. HELLO ARKNIGHTS THREAD. I have been playing since uhhhh April??? Last year? Like literally tail end of the Surtr banner, didn't have a chance to even roll on it cuz brand new, and I think the Blemishine event was my first one. ANYWAY, here, have a silly lil video i made, as a treat

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgnmQnKL15k


    I cleared DH-9 and was like "yeah okay that went well, how can I get it to a trustfarm". Then I was like "okay, but, what if we made it even faster." I am particularly proud of that Weedy YEET into the Ch'en drop. Was it necessary? No. Was it fucking hilarious? Yes. Pretty happy I'm at a point where I don't really need to rely on video guides anymore, I can just legit make my own strats. Unless it's a particularly hard one I get stuck on >_>

    This event is pretty cool though, I really love the whole Stickers mechanic. I gotttt Ch'en Alter in 70 pulls? And like 3 pot La Pluma (who is like really cool!!). No Mizuki, ain't gonna do more pulls outside of the free daily ones.


    edit: OH and for EXTRA FUN, here's a video I made when I had like practically nothing for the Blem event but still managed to Pull It Off:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHc2Joqriyw

    A reminder if you didn't notice this, you actually need a 3 turret kill on DH-9 for rewards, which does require leaving the boss' boat alive for a little bit. I found this much more annoying than just completing the stage in the most obvious way.

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  • LorekLorek Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    So I finally decided to M3 by Exusiai's S3, and it had a random side effect of completely borking my annihilation setup.
    I guess the timing changed enough now that her skill isn't up when the big boss appears so she doesn't do enough damage to him before she dies; this cascades into letting him survive while walking through my zone of blocking/damage. Had to do a takeover during the last 15 kills and re-adjust to compensate.

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  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    SPICY LIL SOMETHIN' I FOUND IN DH-9 (which I initially found out about on Reddit)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1M0jEniCEk

    Was too funny not to record, honestly. I don't even need to do it, and it probably doesn't make a lick of a difference timewise, but Memes, y'all. Uhh wow though, this took like frame perfect timing on my part. I think it works more reliably with Suzu S3 but guess who doesn't have Suzu at E2 yet :T


    A reminder if you didn't notice this, you actually need a 3 turret kill on DH-9 for rewards, which does require leaving the boss' boat alive for a little bit. I found this much more annoying than just completing the stage in the most obvious way.

    Oh yeah no, I got that in... my first clear, or the several subsequent clears where I was optimizing the trust farm, I think? This was after already having gotten that :P

    Lorek wrote: »
    So I finally decided to M3 by Exusiai's S3, and it had a random side effect of completely borking my annihilation setup.
    I guess the timing changed enough now that her skill isn't up when the big boss appears so she doesn't do enough damage to him before she dies; this cascades into letting him survive while walking through my zone of blocking/damage. Had to do a takeover during the last 15 kills and re-adjust to compensate.

    Exu's S3M3 takes 10 seconds to wind up, so if you can factor that in, you should be able to have it pop right when the boss spawns

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    This reminds me I still need to do the other unlockable stages.. I tried the first one and kept getting my ass kicked.

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    the special stages are a little wild, first challenge mode being -1 block with guys who require 3 block was just v rude.

    had to use surtr strats

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  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Knight_ wrote: »
    the special stages are a little wild, first challenge mode being -1 block with guys who require 3 block was just v rude.

    had to use surtr strats

    Yeah uh jesus christ @ DH-S-2

    Had to really workshop that one and went for a full on melee hug corner strat


    A friend later told me that the bot lane splodey boats can be silenced...

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've only done DH-S-1 so far, quickly realized that oh I actually have to think about these instead of just throwing down whatever.

    Which hey, I don't mind that at all really, just haven't had the time to really focus on anything besides auto-deploy farming as of yet.

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Knight_ wrote: »
    the special stages are a little wild, first challenge mode being -1 block with guys who require 3 block was just v rude.

    had to use surtr strats

    Yeah, I have no patience (aka time) for such things so I'll probably just look up strats :P I did all the other ones myself, that's good enough. :P

    P.S. - I wish there was a better way of telling which stickers you don't have vs. which stage they drop from. Unless I totally missed something in the big sticker list that says this, it's kind of like you have to look at which ones you are missing, remember what they look like, then go through the drop lists of each stage and hope you see the one you probably already forgot because they all look so generic :P ATM I've just been spamming rando stages hoping for new sticker drops. But they all drop so many it's annoying to tell which stickers are unique to which stages, etc.

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    if you click the stickers in the sticker shop thing, it shows you which stages they drop from

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Knight_ wrote: »
    if you click the stickers in the sticker shop thing, it shows you which stages they drop from

    Ahh, I was wondering if that was the case. Of course I would never think to do this :P

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    having the high tier stickers makes a big difference in how challenge modes can be approached

    https://youtu.be/2PLlRS7HLVM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx_yCNl4GZk


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  • FeldornFeldorn Mediocre Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    2nd 6* out of the banner was Ch'en so I managed to get both banner 6* units in 71 pulls, was solid luck.

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Orphane wrote: »
    having the high tier stickers makes a big difference in how challenge modes can be approached

    I legit keep forgetting stickers are a thing beyond collecting them :P I should probably look at which ones I have equipped since I've unlocked most of them at this point :P (I'm maybe missing like 5?)

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    No Ch'en at 156 pulls. Feeling miserable over here...

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    No Ch'en at 156 pulls. Feeling miserable over here...

    *clicks upside-down heart "Not Awesome" button that doesn't exist*

    At least there's still a few more free daily pulls I think? I dunno when they end.

    Also if you haven't been participating in the anniversary website they have been giving away a bunch of free stuff there including the red whateveritscalled currency.

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