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I haven't been playing long and mostly Vanilla Civ (just finished my 2nd game of GS) . I've only tried a few most of the leaders so far but when I read though the list and special features for each one, most are very underwhelming. My favorite and what I find easiest to win with is Barbarossa but when I look at Tier lists he's much further down than I expect. So my question is do you guys find Tier Lists accurate and who do you find is easiest/most fun to play as?

Characters Excluded: Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Iron Fist, Magneto, Gambit, Taskmaster, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Juggernaut, Blade, Mr Fantastic, Daredevil, Domino, Iceman, Black Cat, Venom, Apocalypse, Moon Knight (Already did a tier list for him), Squirrel Girl (Already did a tier list for her), She Hulk (Already did a tier list for her), Galactus (Already did a tier list for him), Carnage (Already did a tier list for him), Luke Cage (Already did a tier list for him), Sentinel (Already did a tier list for it), War Machine (Already did a tier list for him), Kamala Kahn (Already did a tier list for her), Red Skull (Already did a tier list for him), Kid Colt (Already did a tier list for him), Loki (Already did a tier list for him), Super Skrull (Already did a tier list for him), Sam Wilson (Already did a tier list for him), Bullseye (Already did a tier list for him), Kang (Already did a tier list for him), Shuri (Already did a tier list for her), Cyclops (Already did a tier list for him), Norman Osborne (Already did a tier list for him)

From black to white, my past knowings were thrown into causation.
I never knew your mind, for it was never a proclamation.
The nature of your being, interlocks with mine.
For this was only one out of nine.
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Two lost souls desperately trying to get the attention we crave.
Talking to you, proved I was brave.
Sing a song all too soundly.
Everything you needed in someone, I foolishly gave.
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My time was spent mourning what was yet to come.
Maybe I showed interest too profoundly.
For we will know each other as a someone.
With past meaning into futures from.

I’ll just start by saying I am a newer but huge Lost Ark fan and I have only been playing for a couple of weeks. Recently I completed the North Vern quest line and had my 2 power passes to create new alts. During my time deciding what I wanted to give a shot at I came across a couple of tier lists online and perused through em, trying to gain some insight. However there was not ONE single tier list or list of any kind for PVP or PVE that contained the slayer. It got to the point where I started looking for that one specifically. Does anybody in the community know why this is, and could anyone leave their opinion on where they think this class stacks up against the rest?

I've seen some confusion about things in both this sub and in the game, so I've created a sort of quick guide to answer some basic questions about some of the systems in the game. I only started when the global server opened so I'm NOT an expert, but I've tried to do some research and understand things the best I can so hopefully this will be helpful to someone!
Vitality:
Used to talk in world chat. It can be traded in your profile screen for gold. 100 Vitality is worth 500 gold when you tap "use" next to it under your picture. It caps depending on your level so unless you talk all the time in world chat, get that gold each day!
Cooking:
At your home, you have two basic needs - hunger and cleanliness. Hunger is a little time consuming to resolve since you have to cook and eat multiple meals to fill it. But being full is worth doing once a day as it earns you Chestnuts to be claimed each day. The amount of chestnuts are based on how much income you are getting from the Endorsement Queen competition that is always running as you get two hours worth of income from the previous day converted directly to extra chestnuts.
You gain 75 points of energy for cooking each day, maxing at 300 points if you don't spend it. This means you have four days of leniency before you start letting energy go to waste. Each point of energy converts directly to a point of proficiency, allowing you to work up the ranks of cooking. As you reach different levels, you can learn recipes that are sometimes faster to make or take care of your hunger efficiently. Your tablet in 'Home Services' might have some recipes when you watch the food related channels (Cuisine, Desserts, and Water). These channels are also available on certain TVs and computers in homes and you will learn different recipes from them. The computer also has a special bulletin option that also can grant recipes. Bookshelves often have a single recipe that can be learned by them, so If you don't want your own personal library, make sure you keep an eye out for different bookshelves in friend's homes! The last important place to get recipes is the Boardwalk/ community center. Two recipes come from NPCs that only spawn when it is nighttime in the game HOME screen (Please note that the home time moves differently than the rest of the game and your personal clock, so you may just need to pop over and check what time it is there.) The other NPC is always there if you look around the center area.
Dyeing:
In general (there seems to be some exceptions), clothes under 3 stars require basic dye and clothes above require trend dyes. Things like dresses cost more dyes than shoes or socks. If you have a piece of clothing you wear a lot to pass levels, Fashion Battle, or Endorsement Queen, you can increase the stats on it by raising the charm on it. The important points are 8 and 16 charm, which gives fashion style +5% and +10% respectively. Dyes on pieces that are not in a set (and thus do not have a Charm in the lower left corner) do not increase stats. From a purely mechanical standpoint, it is best to focus on getting one piece to 8 so you can have the 5% rather than two pieces to 4, as that does not grant a bonus yet. To get to 16, you will have to extend the palette to unlock more colors. This often requires you to have had duplicates of the clothing pieces that you decomposed and got specific vanes for.
Allies:
Ally experience and intimacy becomes INCREDIBLY slow to get and you will want to focus on the highest tier allies possible. You almost NEVER want to spend on an R ally - you cannot get what you invested in them back and you will get SR allies through various events and methods in game for free. One thing to consider when it comes to allies is that you want to be able to attain as many duplicates as possible - so allies from gacha events are a little more of a struggle here. If that’s all you have better than an R, go for it, but when the event is gone it’ll be much more difficult to evolve and raise the skills of them in the long run. There are currently 4 SSR allies available in the permanent gacha pools - Doomsday Rose (Cool), Perfect Match (Elegant), Red Spider Lily (Sexy), Fuzzy Fun (Sweet). There are 8 SR’s available permanently. Right now, the Rose Fantasy gacha has Doomsday Rose and Perfect match SSR allies also in it, and one SSR card not available in normal gachas. If you want more information, you can click the little i on the upper right corner and click over to Ally List to see which allies are available where.
General Clothing Tips:
Only five accessories count when it comes to scoring in Endorsement Queen and Fashion battle. It will always select the highest scoring accessories if you’re not sure and there doesn’t seem to be a penalty to adding more, but there’s no NEED to add more if you are certain you have 5 that will rank the highest. In other words, that ring that only ranks as a B in Endorsement Queen is probably not ever going to be counted so you don’t have to stress yourself out putting something on in every category.
Endorsement Queen:
The way this mode work is you’re trying to pass certain scores for themes to open ‘stores’. This earns you income which also counts towards increasing your level inside Endorsement Queen. Every level in Endorsement Queen increases the bonus given to your score, so it’s important to claim the income regularly in case it’ll bump you up in score! You likely want to check this daily and make sure you haven’t gotten any new pieces that are better than something you had on. If you ONLY increased an Ally, that will often update with “Highest Record Quick Endorse” just fine. However, if you got better clothing, you will need to tap Endorsement and manually replace it. 50 Income gained=1 Chestnut and there’s no penalty to converting, so it’s a must for gaining chestnuts for your house. When you tap management, you can redeem chestnuts, see how your current income is, and tap the “Income” button. Often when you level up (and almost every time at the beginning) you may be able to increase the Ability of a store so it gives more income, or Use a Decoration that will increase income. You will unlock multiple decorations in a row - always make sure the one In Use is the HIGHER percentage in each row that you’ve managed to unlock.
Gold:
I’ve seen this confusion pop in world chat more than once. Yes, you need gold. You need a lot of gold. You will NEVER have enough gold. Ignoring just basic purchases you need to buy from the store and the like, there are several heavy gold sinks! Improving your ally always requires gold and once you get to the higher levels, that cost gets very noticeable. Through your guild, you can also take beauty courses, which the second and fourth categories are increased through gold. This gives a huge boost to your stats and once you get to around the 40th class, you are spending a minimum of 300,000 gold per class with some being more expensive.
If you still have gold after that, or maybe you’re stuck trying to grind some levels so you can’t take the next course or update your ally - you should probably still keep the gold. If it’s burning a hole in your pocket though and you want to indulge, you can spend 48,000 gold at the Starlight Show permanent Gacha for a ten pull. This will get you potentially new clothing pieces, makeup, photo additions, and if you get doubles, coins in decomposition to let you buy the clothes there. If your gold is in high supply, you’re probably missing something!
Miscellaneous Tips:
Not sure where to spend whatever currency you know you just saw you got from doing whatever you just did? Go to “Bonus” on the main menu and over to “Exchange”. This is a list of all the stores so you can see what you have to spend in!
Have extra energy but can’t move forward in levels? Check other outfits out in your Fashion studio to see if there’s other items you can collect in advance to make it easier for you later. Don’t let that energy go to waste! Hitting max means it stops generating new energy for you so spend it!
If there's anything I've gotten wrong or other tips and tricks I've left out, please comment! I don't want to give misinformation and there's probably a lot I don't know myself yet. There's also things that are coming to mind that I know I've left out but I had to stop somewhere!

I'm sure someone has already thought of this, but I've been playing a lot of pokemon rejuvenation lately. For those who don't know, it's a fangame with a ton of unique features, one of which being crests. Basically, crests are held items similar to mega stones (in that they can't be knocked off and only work for one specific pokemon) that are given to garbage pokemon to make them less garbage. Now, obviously these were designed for the game and not competitive pokemon, but most of them will probably still work fine. Also, I'm not a total expert on competitive pokemon, so if I'm wrong about something, please correct me in the comments.
Ariados Crest: It increases Ariados' Speed by 1.5x and always hit critically if target is slowed/poisoned.
With the effective free choice scarf boost from the crest, Ariados goes up to a whopping base 60 speed. That boost honestly seems kinda redundant even in gameplay, but I don't know the thought process when designing it. I noticed the only recommended set for this thing has it running focus sash, which makes sense considering its lackluster base defenses. It's possible that it could maybe clean up opponents with a critical hit sucker punch if an ally managed to set sticky web/toxic spikes earlier, but even with a crest, I don't see it becoming much better than it already is.
Bastiodion Crest: Deals 50% of the damage taken as recoil and recovers that amount.
FSG is in tears right now. While it still isn't an amazing wall, this almost guarantees bastiodon will last a lot longer. If you hit it with an earthquake, not only will it heal back half the damage, but it will also deal half back to you. Still not perfect, as with lackluster offenses, you can usually just take it down with a second powerful fighting/ground move with it only getting one hit in, but it can just stop a lot of strong and frail offensive pokemon in their tracks.
Beheeyem Crest: May disable opponent's move and faster opponents do reduced damage.
Cursed body and an effective defense buff. With pretty good special attack and analytic boosting it even further, it could already do a lot of damage beforehand. Now, it's more likely to live a hit so it can actually get one off. Seems pretty straightforward.
Boltund Crest: 1.5x boost to biting moves if Boltund moves before target.
Extra strong jaw if it moves first, which it usually will thanks to that 121 speed. Since the recommended set on smogon for this thing is with life orb, and this crest will do better than life orb most of the time, there's little downside. Of course choice scarfers still screw it over, but it does much better besides that
Castform Crest: Causes Castform to use first weather move and changes its base stats and ability based on the weather.
Side note: technically works with sandstorm, but since there isn't a form for it, there's really no reason to use it
Rain Form:
HP: 100
Attack: 70
Defense: 80
Sp. Attack: 70
Sp. Defense: 80
Speed: 70
Ability: Rain Dish
Clearly intended to be more bulky, this form gets higher defenses and healing in rain dish. It's still nothing to write home about, but hey, it's an automatic rain setter for lower tiers
Sun Form:
HP: 70
Attack: 70
Defense: 70
Sp. Attack: 90
Sp. Defense: 70
Speed: 100
Ability: Solar Power
Tera Fire Solar Power boosted sun boosted stab moves are nothing to laugh at, but with 100 speed, most fast offensive pokemon can easily outspeed and take it out
Hail Form
Hp: 70
Attack: 70
Defense: 70
Sp. Attack: 100
Sp. Defense: 70
Speed: 90
Ability: Slush Rush
I used this one on my playthrough of the game, and it might just be personal bias, but I think this form is the best of the three. With slush rush, it can outspeed most pokemon, and actually take advantage of its great support movepool. Just looking through its learnset, it has access to toxic, thunder wave, defog, tailwind, and disable, which could all be pretty useful, and of course 100% accurate Blizzards are always nice
Cherrim Crest: Stays in Sunshine mode regardless of weather
It's still garbage. While needing sunny day to do even remotely well always hurt cherrim, even with flower gift always active, it's a bad pokemon. Now it has a whole extra moveslot to run a move that hits like a wet napkin. Hooray.
Cinccino Crest: All moves turn into multi-hit moves. 2-5 hits of 30% the BP. Additional effects can only occur on the first two hits
Meh. Outclassed by life orb or kings rock variants in almost every way. Next.
Claydol Crest: Special attacks use its Defense stat. Beam moves are boosted.
Without having to invest in its now 105 Sp. Attack at all, it's free to invest in bulk. Mostly positives, but it does have to run psybeam over psychic to get the damage boost. Besides just being a powerful bulky pokemon, it might be ok with sun up, since that neutralizes its water weakness and it can hit a powerful solar beam, but there are plenty of good fire types with solar beam, so it probably won't be very good for that
Cofagrigus Crest: It increases Cofagrigus's Sp. Def and Sp. Atk by 25%
It's just a free stat boost with no restrictions. Its base Sp. Defense goes from average to pretty good, as does its attack. The latter is even better when you consider nasty plot, which makes it a pretty bug threat if it can set up, which is made easier by the other boost. I honestly think this could make Cofagrigus go up a tier, although I'm not sure of it
Darmanitan Crest: It makes Unovan Darmanitan stay in Zen Mode if that is its ability.
Don't use this. It's not horrible, but unless you really want to use zen mode darmanitan, there's no reason to use this. Just give it a life orb/choice scarf and mindlessly click flare blitz until it dies.
Dedenne Crest: Physical attacks use its Speed stat rather than its Attack stat.
This crest uses your speed stat after calculating EVs, IVs, and nature for physical attacks, so you can invest in bulk. But with 57 base defense and 67 base Sp. Defense, it still dies to any decently powerful attack. And since you can only invest in one of those, it can't even take a weak attack on the other end of the spectrum its not invested in.
Since there are 44 crests as of the latest update and I don't feel like typing for another few hours, I'm gonna do this in parts. Next thursday, if I remember, I'll post the next 11 on the list. Feel free to let me know if I made any mistakes in the comments, as I'm still sorta new to this stuff

I'm a hopeless romantic deeply thoughtful guy. i could become your lifelong soulmate , provided you put in a bit of effort to understand me. I want to know you deeply from within. Do you have the courage to talk freely and be open about who you really are ? We all have shortcomings and issues. Acceptance is important.
I'm eventually looking for a serious long term relationship but I understand a lifelong commitment can be hard to promise or expect. So, I don't mind taking things slow, starting from a friendship with some fun chats and affection / intimacy. But i would like to discuss about the practicalities and feasibilities at some point in our conversation , especially if incompatibilities or geographical barriers are involved that can make it hard for us to be with each other. And then, we can gradually develop that emotional connect and liking for each other as we talk but yet not rush into commitment until we are sure of our decision.
People outside India are welcome too. LDR is fine with me ( i can move to your country). Long distance makes the final meet even more romantic as we travel across the world to be with each other. I'd be so happy if you visit me and learn about Indian culture from me.

Some Essential Info About Me

I was into software development and even did some stock trading on the side. Tried developing my own game as a hobby project. I didn't learn much in college. I was a self taught app developer. Self-employed. I'm not quite settled or established yet, but have enough to make ends meet. But eventually, I found I need support in life. It's difficult to work alone without a business partner or a romantic life partner. So I've just lost motivation to work since past few years. Also because of my family environment. My father hasn't been working since a decade, so I never had a role model growing up who could inspire me to be diligent, disciplined and help me find opportunities.
And I've realized lately that my motivation is more towards finding love. It's like a fuel I need in order to continue to perform. So I'm focusing on that first because I know I can't have my heart in my career if my mind is craving for something else. Finding a loving partner is both a need for me and the foremost thing on my bucket list. And finding consistent compatible women who are self aware and clear about what they want has been hard for me. It often ends in a few weeks. Or converts into a platonic friendship. But if I can't find romantic love, then I hope I atleast can find a true platonic unconditional love. And once I do, I will have the energy in me to realize my potential in the career aspect too.
I've never had a relationship, so you'll be my first.
Physical: height is six feet ** , I'm average build , slightly **muscular. Fair skin but not white, more like wheatish. Black hair. Cute. I get mixed responses. Some women like my looks, while some ghost after seeing my pics. ( in case you feel unattracted, just tell me bluntly 😅. I appreciate straightforwardness)

My Personality

I really like being a support and best friend to anyone, even if relationship doesn't work out between us. I believe in honesty, kindness, fidelity, privacy, empathy. I am straightforward in talks, i hate mind games, you don't need to be over-polite . Be blunt and straight with me please.
I think i'm assertive and i openly express how i feel and i want you to do the same. If you keep things bottled in, you'll be at discomfort. I want you to share your feelings & thoughts with me in a direct way and be as comfortable while talking , as if i'm your best friend.
I'm an ambivert because i feel introvert with people i don't really connect with and extrovert otherwise. My MBTI type (can't say if it is still the same) is ENTP.

My Interests and Hobbies

talking to people, listening to their issues and helping out, playing sports, especially those involving teamwork, i really want to collaborate eventually to solve problems the world faces. I am altruistic but self-centred too.

Affection & Intimacy

These are results of my love language test :
40% Acts of Service
20% Quality Time
18% Physical Touch
12% Receiving Materialistic offerings
10% Words of Affirmation
I like to give hugs every few hours. I believe i have a high drive. I am a sapiosexual, means attracted to intelligence. I adore your brain. While I'm not a demisexual, overall, I think it's the emotions and love which makes it all the more fulfilling. I like giving pleasure as much as receiving. I also can adapt to my partner's nature. So, I am dominating if they like me to lead and take control but I can be submissive too.

Who I’m Looking for

A woman anywhere on the Earth (if you can't relocate, i will ) who is preferably around my age (but I'm flexible) , any race. I'm open minded about your views of god, life philosophy. religion etc and you should be tolerant too. I'd prefer though that you follow a middle ground between a religious zealot and a hardcore nihilist. I do believe our existence and life has a purpose. But even if we don't align in our spiritual beliefs now, we may become like-minded as we talk and understand each other. We need to be receptive to new ideas and alternate viewpoints and rational / logical.
I value love and intelligence above everything else, so even if you are depressed, don't have confidence in your beauty, have some mental health issues, are not able to get over a break up, still i'd like to atleast get to know you , be your friend and give it a chance.
I feel people who have faced failures are actually wiser, people who have experienced depression before are mature and those who have suffered loss in the past are more emotionally stronger. I'm looking for a loving heart and beautiful soul. Physical attraction is important , but not the main thing i look for.
I don't smoke, drink, take any drugs, and i'd prefer if you don't as well.If you do, i won't pressurize you to change your lifestyle completely for me but I'd want you to put in an effort to abstain from that. I understand addictions are tough to deal with. But occasional indulgence is fine.
I also don't care about your income. You may be a college dropout , unemployed , that's alright. But i need you to be hard working and diligent.
In this overpopulated world, it doesn't make ethical sense for us to have kids. And a secondary reason is they deserve lot of time, attention and resources which we may not be able to provide with our life situations. I don't want to become the cause of why their upbringing may get messed up. That's why I have a preference towards being childfree.

Communication

I am open towards voice calls too whereas video calls only after some weeks . You don't need to send a pic right away but you can ask for mine after we chat for some hours . I don't abandon people abruptly , i'd let you know if i wish to discontinue talking. I'm also transparent about whoever i'm speaking to. I will never cheat on you , lead you on , keep you as a backup option , etc. You are free to explore your dating options until we become exclusive. I encourage you to talk to other people too.
If two lonely people get together, we can dispel away the loneliness.