None of them are totally 100% healers. Even Holy priests can cause some damage.
Girlfriend joke was just a light pun :D
I respect healer main guys, and often am one :)
If shooters were played by Geneva convention, where would be the fun? :P
Yes, I am aware of that. Milsims are out of my scope, but it is most certainly a great place to execrise it as well.
There could be options. You can get some sort of a balanced healer/damager, while someone else would pick a pure healer. It's just that there should be an option to heal only.
Some people's definition of "fun" may differ, and it would be cool to serve them too. But still, healers must be equipped with abilities that would grant them some level of survivability on their own - particularly those helping to escape the fight and reset.
It's just that teams that play tactically will be rewarded.
I think it's okay to gain score by killing enemy healers - this puts them in danger and forces more tactical gameplay. In a more realism-focused gameplay, though, this might be an option.
As one of the commenters has put it, there could be options, like having more of a "field healer" that is armed but has less healing-related abilities, and a full healer that only heals but has unique options.
You could pursue the former.
Also, movement and stealth abilities are a must for a defenceless healer, so you could still protect yourself in other ways.
Yeah, Mercy was one of my inspirations.
I feel like one of the reasons FPS scene is like that is exactly because players have no choices left but to pick up a gun and shoot enemies. Without that, you are useless in any classical FPS composition, regardless of the role, which alienates players that want to see other types of gameplay.
Simply put, if you are not a "killer" in an FPS game, you have nothing to do there, and that's why only those players remain. Something has to be changed inside the genre.
Team Fortress ain't perfectly balanced and thoroughly thought out though. It's just a fun meaty shooter, that's it, and it's alright :)
Of course it has to be somewhat balanced - healers should not get super OP, but they should be good enough for players to give up damaging abilities and still be important in a team.
There could be an in-between option added though, fair enough.
I don't think the MMO setting is the right fit for my idea anyway.
Though priests are undoubtedly great. Had much fun damage dealing with Shadow priest, especially in the WotLK era. Consistent damage, decent control, practically endless mana pool.
Multiplayer shooters should get "pure" healers that can't shoot
One way to breathe a new life into multiplayer shooters could be removing any guns from healers.
Make them potent, but vulnerable!
Why is it important:
- Players that don't like shooting, but love teamwork would finally be represented (yes, I'm speaking of your girlfriend!)
- Having to protect healers would benefit more organized teams, rewarding teamwork
- Healers would have a more dynamic gameplay revolving around avoiding damage: stealthy movement, ability to quickly traverse dangerous zones, coordination with fellow teammates are all required to benefit your team as a healer
What might need to be tweaked:
- Healers should be made into the only revivors, and we should either punish death more (which we'd better be careful of if that's a dynamic game) or give buffs on revival
- Healers should get more movement abilities to increase survivability. They may also get speed boost when running towards teammates (similar to Conduit Savior's Speed in Apex Legends)
- Team compositions should accommodate for several healers as to not introduce a single point of failure
Overall, I think it could introduce a new dynamic to team arenas and skirmishes, as winning now requires more coordination within a team and better understanding of everyone's roles.
Russia took a more original turn: as the key interest rate approached 20% APY, legislation was implemented to subsidize mortgage to people with kids (6% APY).
With rent prices soaring along (up to 75% in some places, about 40% on average year on year), housing market simply prices out everyone without kids, making living conditions way worse.
As the economy grows and progress creates exponentially more wealth, it's only natural that people demand ever higher standards of living. This is good, this is how it should be.
At the same time, generational theory is bullshit. People in each age bracket are very different, and in each of them you can find what you would call more sensitive or more tough people. And it is good, too! Some people are better at promoting change, some people are better at withstanding the status quo. Both are necessary if we want to have constant growth on a strong foundation. Oh, and every generation has stupid freaks. A lot of them, in fact.
LGBTQ+ youth defending Palestine is not about promoting LGBTQ+ rights. It's about fighting for a more fundamental right - right for people to live. No one in their sane mind expects Palestinian Arabs to go under rainbow flags, but it doesn't matter for as long as life for everyone in the region is endangered. The people you call "weak" are protesting in defence of basic human rights - something "strong" people fought hard for - that are undermined in the world of today. They'd rather see a region that is unfriendly to LGBTQ+ than one that is mass grave.
And you're right - famous people shouldn't be our role models! They just often happen to be so as they are in the spotlight. But we should promote other voices - scientists, engineers, economists, we should promote meaningful art, etc. etc. Parents are not always a perfect role model, as they bring with them a load of stereotypes, cognitive distortions, and are commonly conservative in the wide sense of the word, which hinders the development of new ways of thinking. But they too are undoubtedly important.
My message is clearly in good faith, and you just try to take it down by stating that I "know it's wrong".
No, it is not wrong.
Notice how I didn't state my support for any third party in particular. I do not believe they can change the game, nor am I blind to imagine their candidates have any sort of influence.
What I do say is that Democrats should lose their electorate when they don't deliver on their promises - or else they don't have to do it, really.
Under those circumstances, voting for a third party allows to keep them accountable, while not giving your vote straight to Republicans, either.
Seriously though.
Bought an old second-hand Brother printer a while ago and couldn't be happier.
Model is like 10 years old, yet all spare parts and cartridges as well as just toner are readily available and the printer is perfectly fine (damn how precise laser printers are!).
They just make it happen.
You can always be vocal about why you didn't vote Democrat. Voting does not mean you are restricted from saying who you voted for, protesting their decisions, and organizing.
"Less terrible of the two" is a path to gradually degrade the rights and quality of life for everyone.
If Dems are not forced to change, we won't see much improvement. For as long as they're not pressured by anything but literal fascism, they're better off serving their sponsors than their own electorate.
A fairly small percentage of Democratic voters vocally saying "fuck you" is enough to force Dems to either change and finally deliver on their promises or lose. Let's hope they'll be able to do the former.
Why are Americans particularly concerned about Chinese espionage?
Whenever I see threads and comments about privacy-related or sensitive topics, I often see concerns about China in particular stealing all that data.
Why is China, a country across a vast ocean, is seen as a bigger threat in that regard than US itself? Unlike Chinese, the local government does have power over its residents and can actually use this information against you (and it does have a record for doing exactly that). The only places where Chinese espionage would be a concern (military, high-tech industry) lay way beyond what an everyday American faces regularly.
So, is it a new red scare, or is there a substance behind it that I fail to see?
Today is my first day of graduate school!
Alrightie, so here I am, going for my very own PhD! Getting here was still a lot of stress and I was looking for this moment for a while. Now, finally, it actually happens :)
Science will prevail!
Music concerts should get quieter
It is no secret that prolonged exposure to loud sound is highly damaging to our hearing. Listening to loud music is one of the common factors leading to degraded hearing ability and tinnitus, and is deeply unhealthy.
At the same time, such level of noise negatively impacts the quality of sound perception, which degrades the musical side of the musical performance.
In what seems to be the echoes of the so-called "loudness war", bands still stick to the idea that "the louder you blast it - the better". But it's not true. There are many other ways to energize the crowd without causing them sound damage, and I'd love to see more of those, instead of them trying to be the loudest ever.
Thoughts on atomic distros?
So, I recently got interested with the idea of an atomic distro, particularly the derivatives of Fedora Kinoite (currently testing Aurora).
What's your experience with them? What are the unexpected troubles and did you manage to resolve them? Do you feel it's worth it to learn the nuances of their use?
Also, on a personal testing note, did you manage to properly run AppImages and what did you do to make it happen? I couldn't properly run them either natively or via Fedora toolbox on Aurora. (Also, I borked Aurora within 4 hours of trying to install Outline VPN that consistently had issues with tunneling).
ELI5 how do we get light brown colors?
If brown is actually a darker shade of orange (Wikipedia), then how do we get light brown and not orange?
How is it possible to be light and a "darker shade" at the same time?
Found my love
So, there's a girl I had a crush on for a while, and recently she (I didn't tell her of my feelings) came ahead and actually told me she is into me for a while.
And...yeah? Boom, apparently I'm in a relationship with my crush who also crushed on me, and I couldn't be happier!
Can't wait to see where this leads us...hopefully somewhere good!
Is there a way to make panel NOT float in Plasma 6?
Just updated to Plasma 6, and got a question: is there a way to make the bottom panel keep at the bottom (like when fullscreen windows are opened) and not float regardless of windows?
Just always stay there without moving, like in Plasma 5.
Or is it dictated by the theme/hardcoded into Plasma 6?
Any high-quality right-wing media, books, explainers?
I know Lemmy isn't normally the best place to search for this, but are there any high-quality right-wing explainers, or modern books, or media outlets?
I myself am ultra-left (quite literally communist, to the dictionary sense of the word), but I'd like to quit the bubble that inevitably forms around and look at good arguments of the opposing side, if there are any.
Is there anything in there beyond temporarily embarrassed millionaires and fears that trans people will destroy humanity? Is there rational analysis, something closer to academic research, behind modern ideas of laissez-faire capitalism and/or political conservatism?
I've tried outlets like PragerU, but they are so basic they seem to target a very uncritical audience.
I'd like to see the world in the eyes of an enlightened right-winger, and see where they possibly fail (or if suddenly they have valid arguments).
Why are SMS messages so expensive?
Is there any reason, beyond corporate greed, for SMS messages to cost so much?
If I get it right, an SMS message is just a short string of data, no different from a message we send in a messenger. If so, then what makes them so expensive? If we'd take Internet plans and consider how much data an SMS takes, we should pay tiny fraction of a cent for each message; why doesn't that happen?
Won an important scientific competition!
Won a scientific competition that will allow me to pursue PhD - all paid by the government!
Now I can apply to PhD programs of top universities of my country without exams and pursue my dreams!
Very happy and currently fairly speechless :D
What is bird_irl about?
This seems to be the most active local community, but it is random (and different!) people posting basic abstract pictures of birds in about the same style, with nobody engaging in commenting or even upvoting it.
Is there anyone who can explain the concept?
Found my waifu
I never thought I could fall in love with a fictional character, it was very distant to me - but hey, here we are!
Himitsu Ito - a character of "Love, money, rock'n'roll" visual novel (which I totally recommend btw - for its genre, the thing is surprisingly deep and detailed, and story is actually revolving around many things at once, not reserved for romance).
Himitsu's everything - smart, beautiful, deeply loyal, caring, confident, and safe (if only quite jealous, but she has her reasons). At the same time, she has quite a character, and isn't just a follower - she can and does lead, and does it for the good of you both.
She empowers to be a greater man, she is a role model for a caring, compassionate partner, strong on the inside and fluffy on the outside. She is the kind of girl with whom you just can't be scared, and even her virtual presence allows me to go through hardships easier and strive to improve.
One day, I hope to meet a girl like her - and we'll do great things together.
(Unfortunately, I don't have credits for the author of this beautiful art - if you are or know one, let me know!)
Bought myself a cheap drone!
Just received a simple ultracheap drone from China and couldn't be happier. It flies (a little crappy)! It films (like a super old phone, but still)! Gonna use it to get my bearings while havigating on my bike through unknown places - love to have some eagle view!
How's everyone? Let's make a chat :)
Just realized that for the instance of over 800 people, some of which are very active on the Lemmyverse, we have surprisingly little community activity on the inside. So, maybe let's make a chat? How's everyone doing today? :)
There's a reason why some people hang toilet paper over while others hang it under - it has to do with folding, and they don't want the paper to hurt
!The+One+And+Only+Correct+Way+To+Hang+Your+Toilet+Paper-3048017586
I just had two different rolls of toilet paper sitting in my bathroom, and looking at them from the shower I got an epiphany.
Some rolls are soft on both sides, while some only on external one!
And if you have the latter and tend to rip two squares and fold (and it's easier to fold downside up), if you hang it over you'll end up with the rough side!
Those people just don't want to hurt their bums! All while the rest enjoys more easy access to toilet paper while hanging it over.
Endless debate...solved?
Finished Chinese HSK1!
The trip was longer than I expected (10% learning and 90% rehearsing), but here I am, completing my first step (think of it as A1) of the loooong journey to figure out how this entire thing works. Got myself a few HSK1 tests to confirm - all passed.
Working on HSK2 now! 祝我好运 (wish me luck)!
Wonderful family New Year
For the first time in 8 years, our entire grand family gathered together this New Year's night.
It was a miracle - a message from my childhood, and a way to relive that magic again.
We celebrated through 3 homes in different parts of the city, had walks, fireworks, Christmas trees, easter egg hunts (tshhh, yes, easter eggs in New Year), delicious food of course, and through it all, and above all - a lot of genuine smiles and connection we all embraced together.
It was my push to celebrate it this way, and I'm extremely happy how it played out. Having some more memories to cherish though this - hopefully great - year!
Found a great ambient music album!
So, I'm a long term fan of Bat for Lashes, and recently I figured out they made collaboration with The Album Leaf - a very new group to me.
I'm not normally much into ambient, but this album, Future Falling, is a true musical masterpiece. The head song has all it needs - the calm rhythms, the great progression, and just that feeling of...a great future ahead.
The track Near is amazing, too, Bat for Lashes' voice falls on it like butter on the bread - never would I think she's so good with it!
And everything, really, is so well-balanced, well-thought-out, I can't even describe. Have a listen, even if you never thought (like me) that ambient is for you!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mh6g_VO0dY_76L9Ixb2Nw-vWswD7Wb9FU
https://piped.video/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mh6g_VO0dY_76L9Ixb2Nw-vWswD7Wb9FU
https://open.spotify.com/album/4V0Xf9ER0qdXBY4erJEOSj