Hyperstrike

Full agreement. A decent single-chip solution. Not a HUGE fan o the X3D solution. But the performance bump exists. But the 7800 is a single CCD solution so less "Grunt vs Gaming Performance" choices.

My current rig is a 16 core (32 virtual core) AMD CPU with 64GB of RAM and an RT 3070 Ti. All drives are PCI-E M.2 SSDs. Running 3x 4K monitors in Portrait mode with desktop fusion. Essentially running 6K-ish resolution. Currently unless I'm running more than 6x FSAA, I don't really see a problem, but I don't really notice much more at that high a resolution, so no real need to step "up" to "Stupid" mode.

Yeah. Was looking at Threadripper and Epyc. Couldn't justify the price increase. Even a 16 core/32 thread 5950x is already grotesquely powerful.

Have said this for years. Unstop is not an "FU Click" It's a suicide button with a short delay.

Not losing my shit between 2008 and 2024...

Battle Ax and Mace are virtually identical, save for damage type. Ax: Lehal Mace: Smashing

I'm hating 16x9. I REALLY prefer a taller screen aspect. This is why I have a triple monitor setup with all screens in portrait mode. (Long aspect vertical). Having to deal with it right now as I've had to fall back to a 4K laptop. And I'd have this problem on a 4K TV too. The only thing that makes it MILDLY usable for me is I crank the FOV ALL THE WAY UP to 90 (max). It delivers a very slight "fish eye" look. But for things like ship raids? It's utterly invaluable when I need to zoom all the way out (400) and want to see as much as possible. I've grown so used to it, trying to crash around in default FOV is just that. Nearly un-navigable for me anymore.

Quick and dirty? Simply plug in the Energy Melee secondary and begin kicking ALL THE BUTT.

Honestly, I've played Stoners of all sorts. And I had my fun. But with the current iteration of the game, there's NOTHING you can do with a Stoner with IDENTICAL (or better) stats that something like a tricked out Invuln can't do identically (only FASTER).

Let's just say I am unsympathetic to the "Let the stuff move around" crowd. They're exploration badges. Not bughunt badges.

I'm running a 16 core Ryzen 9 and an RTX 3070Ti at 6K resolution. IT ROCKS The CPU was latest gen when I bought it. I do a lot of high volume CPU intensive stuff at work. Having had to drop back to my 4 core. 8 thread I7 laptop has showed some of the system's deficiencies... The GPU I probably couldn't have justified had I not had an "in" at NVIDIA. But I did...

And I preserved an account with 41 50's. because the original person died.

Pfft. Piker. I'm currently sitting on 51 Lvl 50's on my primary account.

When you have to start a 5th account to contain all your 50's with most of them being mildly cosmetically different (because you only have so many costume slots) with absolutely identical builds. That's about the time some might suspect there could, on an outside chance, be a teensy tiny problem of Altaholism.

He's had good artists. The "Bite Me" cover is so on-point it's classic. And the previous cover is TOTAL "Little Girl Opens A Super-Tanker Full Of Whup-Ass"

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CYKS5ZQS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_351_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I've been reading Marion Harmon's stuff for years now. Always a good read and a fun ride!

Hit up my "Invulnerability Framework" and plug in the energy melee primary.

Honestly, I don't remember. The interface for the editor hates my 6K desktop.

C'mon man! Bros before fingers and toes! Or something like that. Well, you tried. Not your fault you birthed a Brute! 😃

Sorry about the necro-post. The framework setup is pretty much prepped for you to just plug in your non-Armor damage primary/secondary. I don't really dig into damage output, etc. Calculating that's way more involved and I figure that an invulnerable potato, even doing almost no damage is still...well...INVULNERABLE. Sure, fighting to a standstill isn't satisfying. But, if you're a Tank, an utter standstill is still a win IMNSHO.

Be aware that a "Mo Durable: build will generally be slower and less Endurance efficient. It's merely that it sacrifices overall damage output in favor of flat out raw durability numbers.

Realistically yes. I have my main rig in the shop right now. Trying to get it back ASAP. If you're looking for general "tough" builds to start with? Start here. You can tweak it later.

He can point at something and go "I Did That!" and not hang his head in shame! Unlike Castle and his PVP changes! (KIdding!)

Man! I have to go to work without Internet access and BOOM! BaBs happens! Welcome home man!

Please define "normal"...