Seafarer

Depends on the game. A lot of the time, you're never going to see your caps in the first place, so growths are way more important. In other cases, caps are universal, so they're kinda irrelevant, and your growths determine how soon you reach them anyway. Caps mostly only matter in games like RD, where they can determine whether a unit is endgame-viable, or high difficulties of New Mystery, where the class you choose might come down to whether you have the Spd to double in lategame, or if you're going for Apotheosis, again for the Spd reason. Overall, I'm going to say growths > caps, for similar reasons to why bases > growths: bases are what you have guaranteed before growths kick in, and growths are what you're relying on to reach your caps. EDIT: right, Heroes. Caps are super important in Heroes because of fixed growth and the fact that nobody gives a shit about units that aren't level 40.

Two steps forward, one step back. Good: no more vote botting, because of Nintendo Account requirement. Also, many additional characters are voteable. Bad: Still don't care who wins; still voting for characters who aren't in the game yet.

Well, I find this utterly disgusting. Republican media and politicians are throwing their own supporters under the bus in an attempt to prevent people from realising their own responsibility for the insurrection. It's the same thing they do whenever someone goes off and kills a bunch of people - place all the blame on the "lone wolf" shooter and deny that there's a systemic problem. Every Republican who made statements in support of Trump's attempts to overturn the election is complicit in this, and should be immediately removed from office and put on trial. Every media outlet who platformed opinions in support of Trump should also be tried for criminal liability (looking at you, Tucker...) A lot of people are publicly trying to make this a Trump problem. It is not. It's an issue with the culture of the Republican party and the propaganda-style media environment that they've fought to allow. Biden should therefore prioritise restoration of the Fairness Doctrine or something similar, to discourage media from reporting false information and hopefully bring the USA back to inhabiting a shared reality. (Look, I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I really needed to get that off my chest.)

I now understand why today is usually not of national importance. This is incredibly boring to watch. And then that jackass Hawley had to go and make it another couple hours longer. Republicans, man. *shakes head* EDIT: Oh, the first guy speaking in the House is lying. What a shock. I'm shocked.

Hey, is there a reason why Meisterschwert and Meisterbogen aren't used? They're both older than Osian, so it's clearly not a matter of missing newer localisations.

I wasn't arguing that Trump wouldn't try to hold on to power, though? I'm just saying that faithless electors are not a problem and you shouldn't waste energy worrying about them? EDIT: Oh yeah, your original point was about it not being over until the EC votes. But if Trump's willing to break laws to steal electors, what makes you think he won't ignore the EC result too? Either way, the Electoral College vote is irrelevant, and you can either relax now, or not relax until Biden's sworn in and inhabiting the White House.

All states have laws on the books delegating their choice of electors to an election in that state, and most have laws giving all that state's electors to the winner of that election. Faithless electors are a non-issue. As people have pointed out, the number that would need to flip away from Biden is about as many as there have ever been in the whole history of the USA. If it didn't happen in 2016, when there was talk of Democrats and Republicans electing a compromise Republican candidate, it's not going to happen here. Not a chance. As long as all the laws are followed, Joe Biden will be elected the next President. Obviously, Trump has many ways to break laws to stay in power, but as far as your democratic institutions are concerned, he's lost. EDIT: Aw, crap, the law-breaking has already started? Jeez, your democracy is unhealthy.

Electors are selected by party leadership from the party's dedicated supporters to rubber-stamp the party's nominees. State law requires that the state choose the slate of electors chosen by the party. What Democratic electors do you think are going to decide to vote for Trump? Besides, there's been exactly one faithless elector in US history who may have thought his vote would sway the Electoral College's choice. If Biden gets the number of electors to win, it's done, and the EC's vote is a mere formality.

I was going to just say "well, no shit", but then I actually looked at the data, and there's a ray of hope: there's absolutely no swing in that question when looking at people who identify as Democrats. That surprised me; I assumed there'd just be a smaller effect. The other thing on there that caught my eye was that more Democrats and Democrat-leading independents originally wanted Sanders as the nominee than wanted Biden. And that made me realise that primaries aren't FPP in the US: they're some degree of preferential voting. As people drop out of the race, any given individual may lose the chance to vote for their first preference, so they have to go down the list. So, uh... could you make that system more formal and more general, please? I reckon it'd help your democracy recover.

Never mind, was an emulator issue.

Yeah, this effect was discovered basically immediately when the game came out, and I think this is in fact how it works. That it hasn't been patched out implies that it's intended.

...I have bad news for you: both of those two came out after CYL2, so they haven't been snapped.

Okay. You're wrong. Re-read what you quoted to find out how it actually works.

Nope. Corrin's death is only a game over in Classic mode and in C5 Casual. In Casual mode (except C5), they come back after the battle like anyone else, and in Phoenix mode they come back next turn like anyone else. This is different to Awakening, where Chrom or Robin dying is a game over in Casual mode. In Phoenix mode, you can only game over if the map gives the enemy a victory condition that doesn't involve killing your units. This means that you can't game over in Birthright, before C10 in Conquest, or before C6 in Revelation.

Nope. You just lost all credibility in two sentences. Effie is bulkier than you seem to think (thanks to the tools you have on hand), and Niles is actually perfectly usable on a casual run (and is great against the ninja rape zones). If you're dying to enemies Attack Stancing you, use Guard Stance. Etc., etc., etc. I pity the poor person who actually decides to do a line-by-line takedown of this... Oh yeah... YOU CAN'T GAME OVER IN C1 PHOENIX MODE. Normally, I wouldn't attack hyperbole, but the rest irritated me to the point where that line just grated. Actually, your second post is just as ridiculous. Duessel, worse than Gilliam? In what world? The world of grinding Gilliam to level 20 in the Tower of Valni? ...I might argue that Ephraim route Duessel is better than Xander, but... the crux of the argument would be availability, not their respective combat. And even then, it'd be dubious, because Xander's around for more chapters despite being less available percentage-wise. Also, Xander has much better Mov... I see this as more "Seth is go(o)d" than "SS enemies are bad", but either way. 👍

I used ideas from guides twice: first, using LH!Ike and a Dazzling Staff unit against Legendary Tiki's Abyssal; second, not breaking the block in Duma's Abyssal. Beyond that, I've usually employed a mostly Player Phase style, using Nino (bladetome), Cordelia (Galeforce nuke), Reinhardt (slow Brave nuke) and Legendary Azura (visible buffs + Dance). That team crystallised when I got Azura, just before Roy's battle, and hasn't changed since. Until Bramimond's battle, Nino ran a dual-phase set (Distant Def 6 with Atk Smoke), allowing her to tank almost any ranged unit. Starting with Bramimond, that set began to lack the power to kill generics, so I switched to hyper offence (Life and Death/Flashing Blade). Reinhardt is also losing steam, but he's still finding use as a Reposition bot or to weaken sword enemies, and having Blazing Thunder charged does often get ORKOs. Prior to Legendary Roy, my team was more fluid, though still using the same tactics. Nino was used in every Abyssal bar Tiki's. On at least one occasion (Legendary Robin), I was forced to use double dancers.

Probably my favourite memory of FEH is kicking Valter's Infernal GHB to the kerb by running a 4-star Hinata, because his base kit of Ruby Sword and Brash Assault was exactly what I needed to take out the axe units that both Nino and Reinhardt were unable to remove in a timely fashion. That clear is what gave me the certainty that I could beat any PvE content, which has proven accurate ever since (though recent Abyssals have been... unpleasant). As far as summoning goes, I'm never going to forget free-summoning Brave Roy back in 2017, or my one and only 3-5-star circle - the first circle of A Monstrous Harvest, which gave me Ilyana, Dozla and Adrift F!Corrin. There have been sucktastic summoning experiences, too - the original run of Happy New Year, which gave me only Seliph and Rhajat as 5-stars for the entire month's orbs, and the most recent run of Regal Rabbits, where I ended up clearing out my Blessed Gardens and Chain Challenge backlog, plus most of Squad Assault, out of sheer desperation to break a pity rate. I guess free-pulling Nils after wanting him for years and voting for him in CYL was a good moment, too. ^_^

It's Deghinsea in Path of Radiance regardless of region, so that should be "not sure why the change in America"...

@gringe Myrddin is the correct spelling. Like a certain bridge from Three Houses...

There are two: eclipse pointed out Raquesis -> Lachesis, and there's also Orsin -> Osian. Nothing from Elibe has been retconned, though.

It's not about whether masks offer some protection; it's about the fact that ordinary people using them are unlikely to use them in a manner that gives them that protection. Culture is absolutely irrelevant. As I said earlier, if a healthcare professional gets sick, it weakens the ability of the healthcare system to deal with other patients. They should therefore have top priority for any PPE. When there's a shortage of PPE, it is extremely irresponsible to take that away from people who actually need it. I was slightly wrong before when I said only to wear them if you have COVID-19. You should wear them if you are coughing or sneezing, too, since that's the main method of transmission. Just remember to use and dispose of them properly. I agree with @eclipse, too: it's not right to shame people for using masks, because you don't know if they're sick. I think it's fair to shame people for spreading misinformation about when you should use them, though. EDIT: If there was infinite supply, masks probably would be recommended for everyone, along with training videos on how to wear and dispose of them. There is not. Social distancing and hand washing are two things everyone can do without preventing people who need it more from doing it; thus, they are recommended for everyone.

Can you read? There is a shortage of masks for people who actually need them. Your friend is wrong, and by agreeing with them, you are wrong too. I'm not even going to go in to all the ways that wearing a mask doesn't actually protect you.

Okay, I have to address this. If you are an ordinary person and don't have the virus, DO NOT BUY MASKS. The most important reason for this is that there is a shortage of them, at least in the USA. Any ordinary person buying up masks is preventing medical professionals from getting the equipment they need, and a doctor or nurse getting COVID-19 is far worse than your average Joe getting it. Every sick healthcare professional is an increased strain on the healthcare system. The other reason is that it's unlikely to protect you. If you're following social distancing, keeping back at least 1 metre (WHO recommendation) from others, having a mask on isn't going to make you much safer. People wearing masks are also likely to have a sense of increased security, so are more likely to think it's okay to ignore those recommendations, putting others at risk. Lastly, the majority of people aren't trained healthcare professionals and thus aren't likely to take appropriate precautions when removing and disposing of used masks. If you touch a used mask with your fingers as you take it off, it's basically as though you never had it on in the first place. In short, don't do it. Instead, obey stay-at-home and social distancing orders, and wash your hands. (If you have the virus, the equation changes - you wearing a mask dramatically lowers your spit droplets' ability to go anywhere, and it doesn't matter if you contaminate yourself as you take it off, because you already have the virus.)

Oof. This week has been terrible so far. I've lost all my Escape Ladders already... Against some of these teams, there's simply been nothing my standard team can do. Nino's always been good at taking enemies to pieces, but it looks like the latest wave of powercreep is finally starting to close down the defensive build that I've been running on her. Between Larcei, Ced, Lysithea and Duo Alm, I'm just not in a position to compete anymore. I probably won't drop out of Tier 21 - there are still plenty of vulnerable defence maps out there, and I have defence Mythics for both seasons now, so any win covers a large chunk of defence losses - but my lazy strategy isn't going to let me push close to T25/26 anymore.

No, it is asinine. Doing that sort of thing in a public forum will confuse messaging and create talking points against any policy that ends up in the platform. I'm used to party leadership and platform being decided behind closed doors then presented to the public, who then use that information to decide how to vote. It helps that there are functional parties that matter across a broad political spectrum where I live, so if a party moves too far left in its platform, you can find an alternative without feeling like your vote is wasted. I don't know. I guess I just think that policy should be the deciding factor in voting, not which candidate is best at shouting everyone else down.