• CAPS LOCK REQUIRED
  
• WRITE ABOUT WHAT IS MAKING YOU ANGRY
  
• OTHER PLAYERS WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS
  
• IF THEY DISAGREE WITH YOU IT WILL ALSO BE IN ALL CAPS
  
• SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS WE HATE WILL FORM A STRONG RELATIONAL BOND IN THE FORTNITEBR COMMUNITY
  
• MODS ARE TOO LAZY TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN RANT BULLET POINTS
  
• WHAT ARE YOUR SUPER BOWL PLANS FOR 2024?
  

•••LOOKING FOR•••

• CH AP Sent Heavy Metal RL
  
• CH AP Sent Heavy Robot RA / RL
  
• GS AP WWR Marine RA
  
• H AP Sent Marine RA
  
• MS AP Sent FSA RA
  
• OE AP WWR Heavy Metal LL / CP
  
• Uny +1s WWR Heavy Combat LL / RL
  
• Uny +1s Cav Heavy Combat CP / RA
  
• Uny +1s Cav Marine RL
  
• Uny 7led Sent Marine LA
  
• Uny AP AWR USA LA
  
• Uny AP WWR Heavy Leather RL / LL
  
• Uny AP CAV Heavy Metal LL
  
• Uny AP FDC Heavy Metal RL
  
• Uny +1i WWR Heavy Metal CP / RA
  
• Uny +1i Sent Heavy Metal LA / LL / RL
  
• Van AP AWR FSA CP
  
• Van +1s CAV USA LA
  
• W +1s WWR Heavy Leather CP
  
• W AP Sent Heavy Combat LA
  
• W AP Sent Heavy Leather LA / CP
  
• Uny AP WWR Heavy Combat any
  
• Any Uny +1i WWSent Heavy Armor Offers
  

_•••WEAPON TRADES•••_

• AAE15r Lever Action
  
• AAE25 10mm Pistol
  
• AAE25 Pump Shotgun
  
• AA2525 Fixer
  
• Ari50c25 Handmade
  
• Ari50c25 Fixer
  
• AriE25 Fixer
  
• Ber2525 Raidum Rifle
  
• Ber50c25 Handmade
  
• B50h25 Railway Rifle
  
• B50c15c Railway Rifle
  
• B50c15c Fixer
  
• B50h25 Fixer
  
• B50h25 Handmade
  
• B2590 Gat Gun
  
• B2515r Gat Gun
  
• Exe2590 Flamer
  
• I50c25 Compound Bow
  
• Q50c25 Gauss Rifle
  
• TSE90 Gat Gun
  
• TSE15r Pump Shotgun
  
• TSE25 Lever Action
  
• TS50L15r Fatman
  
• V50h25 Fixer
  
• V2525 Handmade
  
• VE25 Railway Rifle
  
• V2525 AR
  
• V50c25 10mm Pistol
  

_•••MELEE TRADES•••_

• AASS+S Meat Hook
  
• AASS+S MMG
  
• BSS+S Powerfist
  
• BSS90 Chainsaw
  
• ExeSS90 Chainsaw
  
• ExeSS+S DCG
  
• JSS+S Chainsaw
  
• VSS+S Pole Hook
  
• VSS90 DCG
  

_•••ARMOR TRADES•••_

• Uny AP WWR USA RL
  
• Uny +1i 5%poison Marine CP
  
• Uny +1i USA CP
  
• Uny +1i FSA CP
  
• Uny +1i 15lmb FSA RA
  
• Uny +1i FSA RL
  
• Uny +1i 50fall Marine CP
  
• Uny AP 5%Energy Dmg Heavy Robot RA
  
• Uny +1i 5% Frost Sturdy Combat RA
  
• Uny +1i Lock Metal RA
  

••••POWER ARMOR••••

• Ari AP AWR T-45 CP
  
• Ari AP WWR Ultracite RA
  
• Assn AP Sent T51b RL
  
• Assn AP CAV Raider LL
  
• Assn AP Sent Raider RL
  
• Assn 7led Sent Raider CP Lvl15
  
• Assn AP Sent X01 CP
  
• Assn AP CAV X01 RL
  
• Assn +25f CAV X01 RA
  
• Assn 7led WWR X01 LA
  
• Assn +1L WWR X01 LA
  
• Assn +1L WWR X01 LL
  
• Assn +25f WWR Ultracite LL
  
• Auto Stim AP Sent T45 LL
  
• Bol AP AWR Ultracite RA
  
• Bol 7Led WWR Excavator LL
  
• Bol AP FDC T45 RA
  
• Bol AP FDC T45 RL
  
• Bol AP CAV T45 LA
  
• Bol AP CAV T45 RL
  
• Bol AP FDC T60 LA
  
• Bol +1i Sent X01 LA
  
• CH AP Sent Excavator CP
  
• MS AP AWR X-01 CP
  
• M AP Cav Ultracite CP
  
• OE AP Sent T45 RA
  
• OE 25e Sent T45 CP
  
• OE 7led Cav T45 CP
  
• OE 7led Cav T45 RA
  
• OE +1s Cav T45 RL
  
• OE +1p FDC T45 CP
  
• OE +1i FDC T45 LA
  
• OE +25rr FDC T45 RA
  
• OE +1e AWR T45 RL
  
• OE +1L AWR T45 LL
  
• OE +25rr WWR T45 RA
  
• OE +25c WWR T-45 RL
  
• OE +1s WWR T45 RL
  
• OE +25f WWR T45 LL
  
• OE h&t WWR T45 LL
  
• OE +25p Sent T-60 RA
  
• OE H&T Sent Ultracite LA
  
• OE AP WWR Ultracite LA
  
• Trb AP FDC Excavator CP
  
• Trb AP WWR Excavator LL
  
• Trb +25rr WWR Excavator LA
  
• Trb +25p Cav Excavator LA
  
• Trb +1s Cav Excavator RL
  
• Trb AP Sent T-45 LA
  
• Trb AP Sent Raider CP
  
• Trb AP Sent Raider RL
  
• Trb AP Sent Ultracite RA
  
• Trb 7exp WWR Ultracite RL
  
• Van +1i AWR Excavator LL
  
• Van AP CAV T-60 RL
  
• Van +1p WWR T-60 RL
  
• Van +1L WWR T-60 RL
  
• V 7led WWR T-60 LA
  
• Van AP AWR T-45 CP
  
• Van AP Sent Raider CP
  
• Van AP Sent Raider RA
  

_•••APPAREL TRADES•••_

• Forest Camo Jumpsuit
  
• Hag Mask
  
• Demon Mask
  
• Brahmin Mask
  
• Buffoon Mask
  
• DC Mask
  
• Crazy Guy Mask
  
• Raven Mask
  
• Winter Man Mask
  

Also have junk/caps & ammo, feel free to ask if nothing above is of interest but be specific. Thanks

https://imgur.com/a/oxng2T8
5/8x24 cherry bomb if I had to guess it was used for about 20-30 rounds
$65
https://imgur.com/a/Q4Ea8gf
Black full size p320 slide. Used for about 300 rounds
$360
https://imgur.com/a/RRO8e8T
Sig tango6 1-6 military direct view optic contract overrun, comes with fde alpha4 mount, throw lever, killflash and flip caps. Used for maybe one or 2 range trips
$1780 shipped and insured
https://imgur.com/a/uOGZOsJ
Sba3 and sba4 braces. Sba4 has a camo and the standard black strap.
$55 each or $100 for the pair
https://imgur.com/a/VOY84Aj
14.5 “URGI inspired” upper build. Aero upper, ballistic advantage 14.5” mid length barrel (previously pinned and welded, barrel has a cosmetic blemish from the removal of the pin and weld), BCM gas block, griffin armament dual lock compensator, geissele Mk16 handguard, geissele ach charging handle, classified defense ultimate BCG
Barrel has seen about 2,000 rounds. BCG was used for about 300
$650 shipped and insured

Hallo,
I am looking for an upgrade to my current Hifiman Anandas (stealth magnet version) with a use case of late night listening in the evening and extended sessions (gaming and studying) during the day. I would want substantial upgrades in macrodynamics and physicality, a better sense of timbre, and midrange lushness, while maintaining performance in imaging and instrument separation similar to the the Anandas.
Even on my Stealth version, the attack in the bass make it feel limpy and anemic. EQing the bass only brings up the subbass, but the Ananda's slam leaves me wanting more. I also want to avoid a disconnected and distant sound; I want to keep engaged with my music instead of having an analytical experience. I prefer any soundstage size larger than an HD650, about on par with a Sundara, though it should be capable of placing sounds both intimately and distant as demanded by the recording. I also have a very strong preference for the headphones with little to no imaging deadzones, and a strong center image. I'm also looking to work on a downside on the Ananda's midrange: that it sounds dry and shrill, despite the detail.
I place less emphasis, treble performance and capability (peaky treble response included), detail and resolution, and price to performance. I also don't exactly need a razor flat bass. Tonality and tuning also take a backseat as I EQ my cans to my preference of neutral/warm and dark (relative to IEF target).
Budget:
My budget for a pair would be at $1600 for the initial purchase, but can spend about $200 more on accessories later down the line. I am open to consider suggestions above my current budget (capped to under $2700), but I am not to keen on purchasing above the $1600 line. Suggestions can also be made for two complementary cans, under $1600 only.
Source/Amp : Topping E30/JDS Labs Atom
Previous Experience:
I owned the Sundaras, Moondrop Aria and Kato. The moondrops don't have any particular flaws I can harp on, especially for the price. I disliked the sundaras for its very sterile presentation and timbre in the bass and mids throughout. The bass was very one-note and cold. I appreciated the upgrade in bass texture and extension when I came to the Anandas. The transients in the slam of my Sundaras felt rubber-y and loose-- my Anandas come off as more natural to me. One notch up on the slam from the sundaras would sit in the ideal range for me. The Sundara's mids felt soul-less, despite its spot-on tonality. Its soundstage was wide enough for my taste, but the range of instrument placement sound inside that soundstage felt fixed/locked.
I have demoed the Arya Stealth, ZMF Atticus, LCD-X (pre 2021), Focal Clears, HD650, and Meze 109 Pro. I preface this part with my non-eq impressions when I tried them on. I particularly liked the Arya Stealth, but their bass still seemed lacking (in stock form, no EQ). Its imaging is exactly what I am looking for. The Atticus had a honky tuning with the bass bleeding into the mids, but wouldn't be dealbreaking if I had more time for my ears to acclimate and adjust to the sound, though I acknowledge the comparison of a closed back to open ones. The Atticus' soundstage had even less range in its placement than the sundaras. The LCD-X had a strong sense of dynamic range, and I could acknowledge its technical abilities. It's slam is an aspect that I am extremely impressed with, and about what I want for macrodynamic characteristics. The Clears had this extremely noticeable metallic timbre, I preferred the bass slam and presentation of the X. The HD650's had a surprising amount of punch from what I was expecting, but the subbass was lean. It also sounded very veiled, but I loved the organic and 'real' timbre of this headphone. The lower mids/upper bass in the mezes was just a bit too forward for me, but its comfort was supreme, its presentation was very similar to the HD650.
My music taste:
Indie Rock - Drifting by Good Kid, Starkiller by Bear Ghost
Alternative - Burn the Witch by Radiohead, The Tired Influencer by Gorillaz
Female Vocalists - When She Loved Me by Sarah McLachlan, 642 Ways by Seycara Orchestral
Hip-hop and Pop - Love Hate Letter to Alcohol by Post Malone, High School in Jakarta by NIKI
I like imaging and instrument separation of my Anandas for rock; I am currently satisfied for this genre. I like its neutrality and staging capabilities for acoustic music, but I would like better liveliness and slightly better timbre. I would also want better macrodynamics for those pop genres.
Currently I am currently looking at the ZMF Auteur OG (Auteur classic unavailable from dealer, shipping to the USA is costly from Asia, and the additional upgrade cost coming up over-budget), Arya SE, and the LCD-2 or X. The Auteur are visually stunning and only seem to be ever-so-slightly short in imaging tightness and instrument separation from my reading, Aryas lack the bass punchiness I want, and the LCDs are too weighty as a daily driver, and the 2's seem to have those imaging deadzones. Would like to hear thoughts on the GX as it is a strong contender, but seem to have that planar timbre and are hardly available in my region.
The writeup was lengthy, so I'm posting this before I go to sleep; can reply in-depth in the morning.

My OEM AW floor mat in the driver foot space won't stay put. The anchor doesn't hold the mat in place. My other vehicles have a stout post for the anchor that the mat snaps into solid. This is very loose and it looks like there should be a cap or something to snap onto the anchor and lock it in.

Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory

Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.

All Buyouts are listed in cash value.

KNIVES

★ Butterfly Knife Freehand FN #1, B/O: $1867

★ Butterfly Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $1098

★ Butterfly Knife Blue Steel BS, B/O: $907

★ Butterfly Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $789

★ Butterfly Knife Stained FT, B/O: $695

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★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth MW #1, B/O: $888

★ Bayonet Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $727

★ Bayonet Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $608

★ Bayonet Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $521

★ Bayonet Rust Coat BS, B/O: $253

★ Bayonet Night FT, B/O: $251

★ StatTrak™ Bayonet Lore MW, B/O: $751

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★ Karambit Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $1343

★ Karambit Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $774

★ Karambit Rust Coat BS, B/O: $537

★ Karambit Boreal Forest FT, B/O: $488

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★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1523

★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1523

★ M9 Bayonet Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $1008

★ M9 Bayonet Blue Steel FT, B/O: $534

★ M9 Bayonet Rust Coat BS, B/O: $449

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★ Flip Knife Fade FN, B/O: $703

★ Flip Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) MW, B/O: $509

★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $406

★ Flip Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $228

★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $332

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★ Falchion Knife Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $292

★ Falchion Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $264

★ Falchion Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $258

★ Falchion Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $133

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★ Stiletto Knife Fade FN, B/O: $822

★ Stiletto Knife Slaughter FN, B/O: $569

★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $530

★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web FT, B/O: $396

★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $172

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★ Gut Knife Doppler (Sapphire) MW #1, B/O: $830

★ Gut Knife Fade FN, B/O: $204

★ Gut Knife Tiger Tooth FN, B/O: $138

★ Gut Knife Bright Water MW, B/O: $104

★ Gut Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $92

★ Gut Knife Urban Masked FT, B/O: $82

★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife Rust Coat BS, B/O: $93

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★ Shadow Daggers Fade FN, B/O: $258

★ Shadow Daggers Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $165

★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel FT, B/O: $82

★ Shadow Daggers Bright Water FT, B/O: $82

★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel WW, B/O: $80

★ Shadow Daggers Rust Coat BS, B/O: $74

★ StatTrak™ Shadow Daggers Marble Fade FN, B/O: $186

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★ Classic Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $311

★ StatTrak™ Classic Knife Stained BS, B/O: $163

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★ Talon Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $605

★ Talon Knife Scorched MW, B/O: $290

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★ Ursus Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $405

★ Ursus Knife Night Stripe MW, B/O: $162

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★ Paracord Knife Stained WW, B/O: $125

★ Paracord Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97

★ Paracord Knife Safari Mesh FT, B/O: $96

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★ Navaja Knife Safari Mesh FT, B/O: $71

★ Navaja Knife Scorched WW, B/O: $71

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★ Nomad Knife Fade FN, B/O: $1015

★ Skeleton Knife, B/O: $909

★ Bowie Knife Boreal Forest MW, B/O: $106

★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97

GLOVES

★ Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT, B/O: $335

★ Driver Gloves King Snake BS, B/O: $270

★ Driver Gloves Lunar Weave WW, B/O: $113

★ Driver Gloves Overtake WW, B/O: $88

★ Driver Gloves Overtake BS, B/O: $67

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★ Moto Gloves Transport MW, B/O: $171

★ Moto Gloves Polygon BS, B/O: $137

★ Moto Gloves Transport WW, B/O: $71

★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $62

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★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono WW, B/O: $1027

★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike FT, B/O: $654

★ Specialist Gloves Mogul FT, B/O: $295

★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander FT, B/O: $277

★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web FT, B/O: $275

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★ Sport Gloves Slingshot FT, B/O: $796

★ Sport Gloves Amphibious BS #2, B/O: $699

★ Sport Gloves Omega FT, B/O: $656

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★ Broken Fang Gloves Unhinged BS, B/O: $60

WEAPONS

AK-47 Case Hardened BS, B/O: $130

AK-47 Bloodsport MW, B/O: $79

AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76

AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76

AK-47 Bloodsport FT, B/O: $70

AK-47 Neon Rider MW, B/O: $60

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AWP Fade FN, B/O: $864

AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $84

AWP Containment Breach FT, B/O: $69

AWP Containment Breach FT, B/O: $69

AWP Wildfire FT, B/O: $59

AWP Chromatic Aberration FN, B/O: $59

StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $65

StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $65

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Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $565

Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $565

Desert Eagle Printstream FN, B/O: $155

Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $58

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M4A1-S Icarus Fell FN, B/O: $414

M4A1-S Printstream MW, B/O: $204

M4A1-S Printstream MW, B/O: $204

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M4A4 Poseidon FN, B/O: $1402

M4A4 The Emperor FN, B/O: $152

M4A4 Asiimov WW, B/O: $97

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USP-S Kill Confirmed MW, B/O: $65

USP-S Printstream FT, B/O: $69

StatTrak™ USP-S Kill Confirmed FT, B/O: $123

StatTrak™ USP-S Neo-Noir FN, B/O: $106

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AUG Flame Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $218

P2000 Ocean Foam FN, B/O: $139

Souvenir SSG 08 Death Strike MW, B/O: $81

CZ75-Auto Emerald Quartz MW, B/O: $61

Trade Offer Link - Steam Profile Link - My Inventory

Knives - Bowie Knife, Butterfly Knife, Falchion Knife, Flip Knife, Gut Knife, Huntsman Knife, M9 Bayonet, Bayonet, Karambit, Shadow Daggers, Stiletto Knife, Ursus Knife, Navaja Knife, Talon Knife, Classic Knife, Paracord Knife, Survival Knife, Nomad Knife, Skeleton Knife, Patterns - Gamma Doppler, Doppler (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4, Black Pearl, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald), Crimson Web, Lore, Fade, Ultraviolet, Night, Marble Fade (Fire & Ice, Fake FI), Case Hardened (Blue Gem), Autotronic, Slaughter, Black Laminate, Tiger Tooth, Boreal Forest, Scorched, Blue Steel, Vanilla, Damascus Steel, Forest DDPAT, Urban Masked, Freehand, Stained, Bright Water, Safari Mesh, Rust Coat, Gloves - Bloodhound Gloves (Charred, Snakebite, Guerrilla, Bronzed), Driver Gloves (Snow Leopard, King Snake, Crimson Weave, Imperial Plaid, Black Tie, Lunar Weave, Diamondback, Rezan the Red, Overtake, Queen Jaguar, Convoy, Racing Green), Hand Wraps (Cobalt Skulls, CAUTION!, Overprint, Slaughter, Leather, Giraffe, Badlands, Spruce DDPAT, Arboreal, Constrictor, Desert Shamagh, Duct Tape), Moto Gloves (Spearmint, POW!, Cool Mint, Smoke Out, Finish Line, Polygon, Blood Pressure, Turtle, Boom!, Eclipse, 3rd Commando Company, Transport), Specialist Gloves (Crimson Kimono, Tiger Strike, Emerald Web, Field Agent, Marble Fade, Fade, Foundation, Lt. Commander, Crimson Web, Mogul, Forest DDPAT, Buckshot), Sport Gloves (Pandora's Box, Superconductor, Hedge Maze, Vice, Amphibious, Slingshot, Omega, Arid, Big Game, Nocts, Scarlet Shamagh, Bronze Morph), Hydra Gloves (Case Hardened, Emerald, Rattler, Mangrove), Broken Fang Gloves (Jade, Yellow-banded, Unhinged, Needle Point), Pistols - P2000 (Wicked Sick, Ocean Foam, Fire Element, Amber Fade, Corticera, Chainmail, Imperial Dragon, Obsidian, Scorpion, Handgun, Acid Etched), USP-S (Printstream, Kill Confirmed, Whiteout, Road Rash, Owergrowth, The Traitor, Neo-Noir, Dark Water, Orion, Blueprint, Stainless, Caiman, Serum, Monster Mashup, Royal Blue, Ancient Visions, Cortex, Orange Anolis, Ticket To Hell, Black Lotus, Cyrex, Check Engine, Guardian, Purple DDPAT, Torque, Blood Tiger, Flashback, Business Class, Pathfinder, Para Green), Lead Conduit, Glock-18 (Umbral Rabbit, Fade, Candy Apple, Bullet Queen, Synth Leaf, Neo-Noir, Nuclear Garden, Dragon Tatto, Reactor, Pink DDPAT, Twilight Galaxy, Sand Dune, Groundwater, Blue Fissure, Snack Attack, Water Elemental, Brass, Wasteland Rebel, Vogue, Franklin, Royal Legion, Gamma Doppler, Weasel, Steel Disruption, Ironwork, Grinder, High Beam, Moonrise, Oxide Blaze, Bunsen Burner, Clear Polymer, Bunsen Burner, Night), P250 (Re.built, Nuclear Threat, Modern Hunter, Splash, Whiteout, Vino Primo, Mehndi, Asiimov, Visions, Undertow, Cartel, See Ya Later, Gunsmoke, Splash, Digital Architect, Muertos, Red Rock, Bengal Tiger, Crimson Kimono, Wingshot, Metallic DDPAT, Hive, Dark Filigree, Mint Kimono), Five-Seven (Neon Kimono, Berries And Cherries, Fall Hazard, Crimson Blossom, Hyper Beast, Nitro, Fairy Tale, Case Hardened, Copper Galaxy, Angry Mob, Monkey Business, Fowl Play, Anodized Gunmetal, Hot Shot, Retrobution, Boost Protocol), CZ75-Auto (Chalice, Crimson Web, Emerald Quartz, The Fuschia is Now, Nitro, Xiangliu, Yellow Jacket, Victoria, Poison Dart, Syndicate, Eco, Hexane, Pole, Tigris), Tec-9 (Rebel, Terrace, Nuclear Threat, Hades, Rust Leaf, Decimator, Blast From, Orange Murano, Toxic, Fuel Injector, Remote Control, Bamboo Forest, Isaac, Avalanche, Brother, Re-Entry, Blue Titanium, Bamboozle), R8 Revolver (Banana Cannon, Fade, Blaze, Crimson Web, Liama Cannon, Crazy 8, Reboot, Canal Spray, Night, Amber Fade), Desert Eagle (Blaze, Hand Cannon, Fennec Fox, Sunset Storm, Emerald Jörmungandr, Pilot, Hypnotic, Golden Koi, Printstream, Cobalt Disruption, Code Red, Ocean Drive, Midnight Storm, Kumicho Dragon, Crimson Web, Heirloom, Night Heist, Mecha Industries, Night, Conspiracy, Trigger Discipline, Naga, Directive, Light Rail), Dual Berettas (Flora Carnivora, Duelist, Cobra Strike, Black Limba, Emerald, Hemoglobin, Twin Turbo, Marina, Melondrama, Pyre, Retribution, Briar, Dezastre, Royal Consorts, Urban Shock, Dualing Dragons, Panther, Balance), Rifles - 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Part 1
I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t know what to think even.
Emily knows my biological mom?
“Why didn’t you tell me before?” I asked.
Emily’s smile was as thin as ice. “I didn’t think you were ready. Now you are.”
“Ready for what?”
“You’ll know soon enough. Sleep tight, Skye. You have to go to school tomorrow.”
I couldn’t sleep. All I saw, in my nightmares and painted on the ceiling, was Alfie’s face. He whispered my name while I dreamed and wriggled into my happiest memories. I woke up screaming as his body twisted and swelled.
We will meet again. Alfie hissed through a series of clicks.
It was too quiet when I woke up the next morning. I was used to Emily yelling for me to wake up for school or my dad rushing to get dressed for work and brushing his teeth or the smell of burned bacon and pancakes and eggs down from the kitchen. Or at the very least Alfie ringing my ears off to tell me he was waiting too long outside.
But the silence whispered through the halls, sneaking into my room and tickling my heart. I rubbed my eyes and sat with my knees tucked against my chest, watching the sun rise. The sky was lit in gold as the darkness slithered away, but it was as if dawn had never arrived at all.
I got dressed and headed downstairs. At that point I realised exactly why the house was so quiet and my heart stopped cold.
Most of the stuff we owned was packed up into boxes; and anything that was too big was covered by translucent tarps. Emily and my dad were huddled together in the kitchen. They looked so lost, so hollow, like they’d just come back from Alfie’s funeral and had not stopped crying since.
“Hey morning,” I said tersely.
“Morning,” Emily said. She still wasn’t looking at me. “Did you sleep well or do you still look like a panda bear?”
“Ha ha.” I made myself some coffee. It tasted like muddy water.
Emily looked at the clock. “You better hurry up or you’ll be late for school, Sleepy Skye.”
“But—” The night before was still spinning in my mind. Questions bubbled to the back of my throat, dying on my lips.
Emily placed a hand on my shoulder.
“Don’t worry, Skye. I’ll explain more later when the time is right.”
School felt like forever. All of my classes passed in a blur. Everyone avoided me like the plague, and whispered behind their hands when I walked past. I didn’t really care. I rested my head on my hands and wished Alfie was here. Whispering that everything would be okay.
Creak
When the last bell rang I plodded through the halls. The chatter around me had blended into a monotonous stream of nothing. I looked around me and saw Alfie’s face around me, in the couples making out near the lockers, in the teenagers huddled together like penguins.
My heart ached again.
Alfie…
My dad’s van was waiting for me at the school entrance, coughing up smoke like an old, retired dragon. It was jammed full of boxes and things wrapped in bubble paper. I was surprised it could even move a centimetre without something breaking inside.
“Hop in Skye,” said my dad, poking his head out of one window.
“Um, where are we going?”
“To my old place,” Emily explained, poking her head out of the other window. “I—we—thought it would be good for you, for…for the both of us.”
“After…after…y’know.”
Alfie died.
The wind was still once more, as if mourning over him in its deep grief too. I crumbled against the side of the van, letting hot tears stream down my cheeks.
Alfie…
Without a word more I climbed into the van and my dad sped off immediately. I gazed outside the window, watching country roads blend into billboards and highways, and let the van rock me into a soothing sleep.
“We’re here. Wake up, Sleepy Skye.”
Emily’s house, as it turned out, was a two-storey monster tucked away from the heart of the city. The paint was peeling away and the bricks underneath were slick with slime. Mold crawled between the bricks and stayed there, dying the house green. I turned away and nearly threw up.
“This way,” Emily said, climbing a set of stairs. It was really dark, and everything was covered in shadow. The only source of light was a small Gothic window that shone through the gloom in a weak white arm. Set at the side of the stairwell was a black iron door. I started towards it, but Emily glared at me, so I abandoned the door and followed her.
The second floor was surprisingly well-kept. The floors were swept and the walls clean of dust. Picture frames depicting bugs and scarabs hung onto the wall, polished until it shone. There was even a pot of tea on the table.
“Knock yourself out,” Emily said as she collapsed onto the couch. She closed her eyes.
“Make yourself at home.”
“It stinks,” I observed, wrinkling my nose.
In fact it was the worst stink I had ever smelled in my life. It tore through the walls and floors like it was made of paper and I gagged. I sprinted to the window, stuck my head out and breathed in relief.
Emily raised an eyebrow.
“There’s some…construction going on downstairs,” she explained. “We just got here, so bear with it a little longer, okay Skye?”
“Yeah,” I choked. My eyes were watering. If I could see the smell it would be a big black cloud hovering in the air, howling and shaking in its stinky fury.
“Can I explore the city? I need some fresh air.”
“Go ahead,” Emily said, turning away. “Just be back for dinner.”
I nodded. I had never sprinted out of my old house so fast in my life, rubbing my smarting eyes. Even at the distance I could smell it, and once again I felt like throwing up.
After some time I slowed to a walk and really started to look around. It wasn’t much of a city—and it also wasn’t much of a town—but somewhere in between. It was getting quite late in the day with the sun streaming slowly in from the west, but the town felt…alive in a way. Shopkeepers hollered their wares from the inside of their ornate walls, and people were strolling on the streets, their arms interlocked laughing and whistling.
I tried not to think of Alfie.
A couple of blocks away I saw a large diner, its neon sign beckoning me inside. Getting closer I could smell heaven: char-grilled meats, fresh cakes and cookies, and something else in a fryer or oven.
My stomach growled. I wiped off my drool with my sleeves.
Pushing the door open, I went in.
The diner was abuzz with chatter and laughter; people were toasting each other with glasses of beer and ale. Yet everything died the moment I came in. Time stood still; heads swiveled to look at me and a collective gasp rose from the frozen crowd. I felt like an animal in a zoo as I navigated through the chaos and found a table to sit.
“Don’t mind ‘em.”
The speaker was a living Popeye, with a big, floppy nose and bigger arms that bulged with muscles and fat and a tattoo of a beetle instead of an anchor. He was wearing a greasy, bloody apron and a cap that was too small for a nest of blonde hair.
“It’s been a while since we had anyone new around here. Thirteen years, in fact. Also, hold on…”
He squinted hard at me, his eyes moving from my head down to my legs.
“Are you Skye?”
Goosebumps pricked my skin once more. I looked outside and realised the wind had once again stood still.
“Yes! How do you know?”
The man opposite me thought for a moment, then shouted something to the kitchens. Then he sat down opposite me and grinned, revealing yellowed teeth.
“Your stepmom talks about you a lot. She adores you, you know.”
He cupped my head in his hands and brushed a lock of hair off my head. Tears welled in his eyes.
“You look a lot like your mom. Same face, same eyes.”
He knocked on my face like it was a piece of wood.
Click clock
“Rock solid too.”
My hair stood up on my skin as I stared straight into the eyes of this man who I just met.
“Y-you know my biological mom too?”
The man’s smile grew even wider. “Let’s just say…kind of.”
He extended his hand. “I’m sorry I haven’t introduced myself earlier. Call me Mr Lancaster. I’m the owner here.”
“I’m pleased to meet you too,” I replied, shaking his hand.
“Boss? Everything is ready.”
One of the waiters skidded to a halt near our table. He was a handsome youth—freckles and curly red hair. He held out a huge plastic bag to me.
Mr Lancaster smiled at me in a way that made my heart melt.
“Fish and chips. And I threw in some strawberry milkshakes as well. It’s one of our best dishes on the menu. Emily is always going on and on about how crazy you are for ‘em.”
“Wow! Thank you Mr Lancaster!”
“It’s on the house too. A welcome gift from me. Tell your stepmom she doesn’t have to pay back a single cent.”
He glanced out at the darkening sky, sweat mopping his brow.
“You better be going now. It’s getting late. See you soon, Skye. You’re always welcome here.”
And with that, he practically shoved me out of the door.
The bell tinkled as I stumbled onto the street, nearly tripping over the food. It was really heavy, mind you. Like a thousand dumb-bells made out of solid gold. By the time I reached my flat my arms ached.
I dropped the takeaway on the floor and sat down on one of the stairs to rest. The sun had completely set at this point; long, thin shadows crawled across the wall to the corners. Soon I was plunged in darkness. I could barely see my hand in front of my face.
My vision suddenly cleared, and I realised I could see. Somehow. Dark shapes shifted and twisted before my eyes, but I could still make out details of every brick, every scratch on the stairs and wall. The takeaway sat untouched before me.
It was like looking through an extremely grainy CCTV.
BANG BANG BANG!
As the bangs echoed throughout the hallway I froze, the excitement of my discovery gone.
BANG BANG BANG!
SKYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEE!
My name was shouted with great abandon, the call tinged with sorrow and pain. I inched closer and realised that it was coming from the iron door.
SKYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEE!
Whoever was calling me was thrashing against the door, making the hinges shake. I backed away, my heart in my throat. All the hair on my skin was standing up straight.
BANG BANG BANG!
The stink slapped me in the face, making my nose itch. My eyes didn’t leave the door as I scrambled up the stairs to the main apartment, leaving everything in the dust.
It was only when I slammed the door behind me and sprinted down the hallway to my bedroom did I realise I forgot the takeaway still sitting at the bottom of the stairs.
Oh well I told myself, trying to calm my shaking heart. I can go back in a few minutes.
I’m sure Emily and Dad won’t mind.
The city had fallen asleep. The hustle and bustle seemed to have vanished with the last of the sun. The streets were illuminated faintly with lamps that shone like a halo. My room looked like it belonged in a horror movie.
I lay on my bed for a while, squeezing my eyes shut and listening to my heart beat. The screams had long died down, but I somehow heard them long and clear in my mind, as if blasted by an invisible loudspeaker.
SKYEEEEEEE!
Low and loud, like a foghorn from a ship lost at sea.
SKYEEEEEEEEE!
“Shut up!” I screamed, my eyes welling with tears. I curled up in a ball and squeezed my head with my pillow. Even then the screams rammed against the sides of my head, over and over again, and I was dizzy from the pain.
Eventually I got out of bed and wandered throughout the house, hoping for something to distract myself from the eternal noise. The apartment was shaded in the same grainy darkness, except for the dining-room, which was glowing invitingly like a crackling campfire. Something clanged and tinkled. Cutlery probably. Either Emily or my dad setting the table. My stomach grumbled. The smell from the diner was making me hungry.
I started towards the dining room but then I heard it. A strange chitter-chatter. Like crickets, even though we lived so far from nature.
It was coming from the pictures hanging on the wall.
I hadn’t paid much attention to them when I first came in, but now it was drawing me closer like a moth to a flame. The bugs chittered again, and their legs twisted and struggled, almost like it was dancing. Looking closer, I realised that all the pictures depicted the same figure. A woman in various poses with the head of a bug with too-large eyes. She was wearing a dress that shone like fire and was glaring at the camera.
“Mom?”
I clapped my hand over my mouth. I didn’t know where that came from. I looked nothing like her. I didn’t know her. It was my first time seeing her.
But Alfie…
No, no, no! I’m mad! I must be going mad! It’s the screams, I thought, the screams were driving me cuckoo! Making me think crazy thoughts!
I forced myself to look away and shove those thoughts out of my mind. I didn’t know what to believe anymore.
“Skye? Dinner time!”
Emily’s calls broke through the confusing mess in my head. I was grateful that she came to my rescue. Glancing back at the photo of my mum (no, she isn’t! How can I be related to…that?), I scurried down the hallway and into the dining room.
Emily had saved the takeaway.
It sat between us on the newly-dusted table. Emily pulled out foil containers and set one each before me and my dad.
“Mr Lancaster called about the fish and chips,” she explained. “He was delighted to have met you, Skye.”
She ruffled my hair, and chuckled as she handed me a strawberry milkshake. “But it looked like his little delivery girl got cold feet on her first order, eh?”
“Emily!” I groaned. I took a long sip and licked my lips. The milkshake was delicious. Rich, creamy and filled with enough sugar to make my insulin go straight into overdrive.
“Hey,” I noted, sitting down after a while. The pure sweetness of that drink was enough to make my head spin. “Mr Lancaster made some extra fish and chips.”
And it stank too. Almost as much as whatever is behind that iron door.
“Oh, that’s nothing,” Emily said quickly, sweeping the bag off the table and rushing it to the kitchen. “Mr Lancaster always makes me extra. He knows I’m always hungry after midnight!”
I chuckled nervously, feeling the weight of my worries lift off my shoulders. Emily did eat a lot after midnight. A couple of times I had spotted her sneaking to the living room with the television on and a bag of chips.
Yet this particular container stuck out like a sore thumb. Not just the smell, or how big it was compared to the others, but…but, was it me or was it glowing?
I buried that thought into the deepest recesses of my mind. No. I had enough wild and crazy thoughts and visions for one night.
Succumbing to them was not what Alfie would have wanted.
That was not what any of us would have wanted.
Once we had finished dinner, I helped to clear the table and wash the cutlery. Emily turned to me and said:
“I’ve got some things to do tonight. Take care, Skye, and take care of your dad.”
“He does not look well.”
Sick actually. Dad looked like he was going to throw up. He staggered to the couch and passed out on the leather. I couldn’t help but pity him. Fifty-six years old, and all that oil into the fish and chips was not doing his heart any good.
“I’ll look after him,” I promised.
“Good girl.” Emily gave me another thin smile. She pulled on a jacket—a black jacket with a golden rim—and gave me a kiss on my forehead.
“I won’t be long.”
Emily strode out of the house, taking the last box of fish and chips with her. There was something clinking in her pocket, like suits or armor banging together. And just as she stepped out of the front door, she pulled out that something from her pocket. I only saw it for a brief second, but it was enough to make my heart race.
It was a key. But not just any key.
This one was black. Like evil. Like ash. Like the iron door.
It smirked at me as it hid back in her pocket. A shiver ran up my spine.
“Emily, wait!”
“Is there a problem, Skye?”
“Yeah. I wanna ask you something.”
I took a deep, shaky breath. There was a lump in my throat and my heart was beating way too fast.
“The iron door on the first floor…what’s behind it?”
“It’s nothing, Skye,” Emily said. Her eyes darted to somewhere behind me and fixed on one of the bug women. “Just some of my old stuff, y’know? From before I met your dad?”
“Right…”
“Now I have to go. I’ll be late otherwise. I’ll see you later, okay Skye?”
I swallowed as I watched her leave. Uncertainty still sat tight in my stomach, wound up like a spring, and wouldn’t let go.
“Dad? You okay?”
No response. My dad was out like a light.
Then his eyes shot open.
I gulped.
They got bigger and bigger. I saw each individual vein popping out and weaving into each other like mini spider webs.
Then it bulged and swelled. His head enlarged to accommodate it.
Chills shot down my spine as I realised exactly what was going on.
“Dad?”
Click click click.
His lips split and burst into mandibles. I scrambled over and held his hand.
“Don’t do this to me. Don’t be like Alfie.”
I was crying. I was shaking. Oh god, I was shaking so bad it felt like I was in an earthquake.
Click click click
I scrambled over and held his hand. It only seemed to make it worse, however. I watched as it shrank and turned black and folded into itself.
“Dad! Fight it!”
He hunched over and coughed out so much more blood.
Ack ack ack
“DAD!”
His spine was curving over and hardening into a black shell. I dropped his hand and backed away into a corner, my face white.
Ack ack ack.
The floor was blooming. Grass spread thin like a carpet and tall trees grew. I saw red flowers explode onto new branches, like a bundle of fireworks.
My dad clicked and clacked, as if enjoying the new scenery.
No…
My skin was crawling. Literally. I looked down and saw bumps pulsing beneath the folds, marching along to my heartbeat. Then it broke and a cockroach popped out. It took a deep breath, bowed, clicked and clacked in the same rhythm as my dad’s—slow and steady, a pulse—
And…
And I SWEAR I heard the cockroach say:
“Your Highness.”
I screamed. It bounced off new grass and fresh flora.
I’m really going mad now.
I pinched myself, wondering if I was living in some kind of nightmare. But I wasn’t. It was as real as the still lights from the street lamps shining in through the window.
Click clack.
More cockroaches were spilling out from my skin like a dam left unchecked. My dad looked at me inquisitively. Cement was quickly turning into dirt.
Click clack
My thoughts were clambering over each other as I squatted, paralysed in my corner, watching the cockroaches with my mouth open. My dad—no longer human—crawled into the walls and towards me. Staring at the roaches and slowly reaching out to them. They squeaked and climbed over him.
This was too much. I did the only thing I could think of.
My phone was butter in my hands. My vision blurred and I kept on punching in the wrong numbers.
Thankfully, Emily answered the phone on the first ring.
I took a deep breath and screamed into the receiver. My voice was shaking so bad I was surprised I could say anything at all.
“EMILY! HELP!”
SK

I received mine yesterday. Initial impressions below. No reprogramming yet (having some issue with the layout editor).
I like a lot about the new Glove 80 — the approximate design of contoured key-wells in two separate halves is great, the wireless connection (even if you only use it for one half) is great, and the build quality is good. There are also a few things I would likely do differently if it were my design:

• The full standard F1-F12 keys. Sure, we don't really need that many, but it's a standard and plenty of apps have bindings to F11/F12 which are hidden on an extra layer on this board.
• Bring the thumb keys in slightly closer. My hands are medium-to-large and I still think the Alt and Control keys are a stretch while the LayeSystem keys require moving the hand (fine for these two keys).

Further notes:

• I can't comment on the shape of the key-wells yet except to say they definitely take some getting used to (coming from an Ergodox which already has vertical stagger). The pinky stagger is especially noticable — stronger than on Ergodox and as a result more natural positioning but less familiar to standard keyboard users.
• The common WASD control scheme does not work. ESDF is the obvious replacement; it just means remapping lots of keys. (Maybe shifting all keys with a special layer is the easiest solution.)
• There is no natural cluster for the arrow keys. That's acceptable, but might still be nice to have.
• The lower pinky keys are presumably there because that's where many users are used to finding Shift and Control keys. Similarly with the top two rows on the outer columns, these keys are not easy to reach, so only there for "extra keys" and "tradition". With this in mind cutting the top row down to only ten F-keys is even more strange (the missing key is easier to reach than the outer keys on the top row).

I'm not going to comment on price, except that low-volume manufacturing is expensive. I'm happy with my purchase, but attempting to compare on value is pointless. Now that MoErgo have successfully built a production line for and certified their product I hope that they are able to get volumes up and costs down and convert more of the world to this style of keyboard!
About the default layout:

• I've seen several replacement uses for the mostly useless CapsLock key, starting with Backspace as promoted with the Colemak layout. I still think Colemak is the best general layout for writing English and I still think Backspace is the best alternate use of this key. That said, Esc has to go somewhere.
• Putting the layer switching keys in out-of-the-way locations is half-arsed usage of layers. If you really go into using them you will want layer access on one of the most convenient keys; say, the nearest thumb key. But that's a rabbit hole for you, the user, to choose to go down (or not).
• Shift on the thumb cluster is new on me. Not sure about it. On the other hand I do like the position of the Control keys.
• Some common combos are less easy to press due to having all these keys on the thumb clusters: Control+Shift, Control+Backspace/Delete, Control+Alt, Control+Shift.
• My Ergodox has redundant Space and Enter keys in prime position on each cluster. I will probably do the same here. Except that I also want AltGr in prime position somewhere (access to an OS-mapped extra layer).

This mini review was written on the new board and the main difficulty encountered was getting used to the new position of the keys (especially Shift). I haven't remapped yet (but certainly will soon).
Also of note: I bought the unsoldered version, for no good reason actually. Soldering is easy if you have a good iron and know what you are doing (I won't recommend it otherwise however due to small components you can easily break). Shorten the mentioned switch legs before soldering. If you ever want to replace keys after soldering you probably can with a solder sucker, but don't expect an easy job.

So I noticed that this questline is a lot like the two doors two guards riddle where whoever originally owned the ring of thorns was the serial killer in Mirrah: Pate says it's Creighton's ring, Creighton says it's Pate's ring and says Pate is a serial killer who kills "solely for the pleasure of it", Cale says it's Creighton or someone named Creighton, but I think if there was an infamous killer people would know their face in Mirrah so as to publicly shame Creighton before his execution, it seems highly unlikely Cale was talking about someone's likeness being based on their ARMOR or SILHOUTEE that would make no fucking sense, it's like if you said every tall person was lebron james: think about it, even in dark souls 2 it only makes sense that Cale is referring to Pate. Plus giants actually exist in this world. He wouldn't recognize Creighton based on height alone. Given how sure and generally kind Cale is: Cale wouldn't accuse someone of being Creighton JUST because when wearing armor you look similar to Creighton. Executions tend to be public spectales to satiate public outcry so I'm betting Cale knew Creighton's actual face. Plus at no point during the story does Creighton appear even REMOTELY capable of escaping execution RIGHT BEFORE WHEN SECURITY WOULD BE THE TIGHTEST. SERIOUSLY MY ACTUAL FINAL EDIT:[Also a country known as THE LAND OF KNIGHTS would not be easy to escape from or outrun said knights. Pate's spear item description is like that for this reason. Pate being from a land of knights is also why Creighton remarks Pate is stronger than he looks. Pate was the killer. Knights in classical literature are also notably known to use spears and swords and lances(spear-like object). ]Only an akuma with a silver tongue would be able to. you can't escape a jail cell though brute strength alone, otherwise Creighton would never have hollowed away all of his sanity and memories and original presumably generic proto-Bearer of the Curse personality(ie personality of spamming soul spear barrage in the brotherhood of blood arena for 500 matches in huntsmen's corpse.)
Anyways, here are some details from another thread, also another thing I just realized is a symptom of hollowing is "forgetting who you are" like what happens in the beginning where your player struggles to recognize themselves in the human effigy and when lucatiel gives you the human effigy and says "of course I have no idea what it is" SHE IS STARTING TO FORGET WHO SHE IS SO SHE DOESN'T SEE HERSELF IN THE EFFIGY BECAUSE OF HOLLOWING
" Not really, both of them are untrustworthy and omit things about themselves. No matter which one you ally with, they'll betray you. My preferred solution is just to help one, get their reward and kill the other.(from SundownKid)"
"But Pate generally tells the truth in a deceitful way. Other than when he pretends to need your help against Creighton and pretending the ring of thorns originally belonged to Creighton. Creighton generally tells lies in a way that is transparent and reveals the truth due to his emotional and paranoid-obsessive nature. But the entire conceit of the questline is how both muddy the waters.(from me)"
"also more than that, it's entirely possible all of Creighton's psychosis are just symptoms of hollowing. What if Pate hid the key to the lockaway in that place with those dagger rogues and thieves **because he didn't want Creighton to be freed and wanted him to slowly hollow and die** honestly that is pretty sick and psychotic way to kill someone and it just makes Pate look more and more suspiscious where as Creighton is literally just hollowing the entire time(note that like Cale who maintains some sanity through the Purpose of making a map; like some blacksmiths do in dark souls with the Purpose of smithing[You'll spoil my focus!], it's possible Creighton does so too from the Purpose of revenge and goes fully hollow off-screen after killing Pate)
So Pate's plan would be to use Creighton's hollowing to make Creighton look like the crazy one to the player while gaslighting the shit out of Creighton while killing Creighton because Pate is just that evil and sadistisc.
If you side with Pate you're literally helping Pate clean up his own mess, also Cale's dialogue is meant to imply either one could be the serial killer from Mirrah. Because Creighton says Pale has serial killer traits in your meeting with him. Whereas Cale fingers someone NAMED Creighton."
"Also of note is the fact that Steady Hand Mcduff is swinging his hammer wildly and is hollowing and are you gona tell me that mcduff and creighton DON'T have similar mannerisms? McDuff: mutters to himself about psycho stalker shit about his ex-girlfriend named Flame, dear Flame.. Creighton: mutters to himself about psycho stalker shit about his ex-boyfriend Pate(at the undead lockaway AND the ruined fork bonfire)
also Pate altered his gear, and Creighton's gear is also altered, a serial killer would dress up people like dolls, it's almost definitely Pate.
plus when you open the trap after creighton gives you the key it could in fact be just another symptom of his hollowing-induced psycosis, I could see Mcduff doing the same thing. Also Creighton's wild rage during the fight with Pate can also be attributed to this. And the timeframe- we know that Creighton has been locked in the undead lockaway since BEFORE we speak to Pate in the forest of fallen giants. Even if the player goes through Heide's Tower of Flame, they still have to open the bridge and THEN go onto the left path and enter a cave WHICH IS NOTABLY LITTERED WITH ENEMIES SO PATE COULD ENSURE CREIGHTON'S DEMISE and in that time I would bet Creighton is already in the same condition as Cale, and he's lost all of his memories, and can only fixate on the last thing that happened to him as his mind/soul has no capacity for anything else. Much like Cale, though who knows why Cale or Chloanne chose to hyper-fixate on stones and maps instead of their original point in coming to drangleic which was presumably to break the curse of the undead.
I'm willing to bet the original Pate who is Creighton is the ordinary one and Pate abadonend his serial killer gear on the New-Pate and thought of the idea to use New-Pate's original armor which is ACTUALLY mild-mannnered(Creighton was probably originally like the player and had rolled the warrior class from dark souls 1) to avoid detection by people like Cale and more easily trick people like the player.
Lastly if you look at the few parts of Creighton's face which aren't obscured they look hollow and the player is supposed to misunderstand this as how a serial killer would generally look but it's from hollowing and Creighton's used to look white like Pate's before Creighton started going hollow in the undead lockaway. Starving to death without any estus."
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" as for the booby-trapped chest even if creighton and pate were working together before creighton lost most of his memories, it's hardly intentional at that point because creighton was literally a different person a non-killer PERSONA before he started to lose his mind in the undead lockaway. He may have still tricked the player but he's also lost most of his mind already so it doesn't really convince. Plus, at least in the original game, the way he's sitting at the ruined fork bonfire also makes me think he's like Cale in his hollowing. Also this is also why he lives till Dark Souls 3, he was already hollow before Cale was killed. And he remains hollow until the literal end of the world and ends up in that covenant in dark souls 3. NOT because he was the serial killer, but because he THINKS he is." [also of note that I didn't realize when I wrote this comment in the other thread is that the chest is booby-trapped before post-hollowing New-Creighton gets to the cove, and it's highly unlikely that proto-Bearer of the Curse Old-Pate was as meticulous as New-Pate, and even if he was he probably literally forgot about it when he gave you the key EVERYONE WHO KILLED CREIGHTON IS BAD AND SHOULD FEEL BAD also of note is this seems like something they were trying to do with Griggs of Vinheim in dark souls 1 and it's kinda an obvious twist to go for with the premise of hollowing is "what if you were hollowing forget yourself and started thinking you were someone else" and also wouldn't Creighton as a serial killer BOAST about being the original owner of the ring of throns? Notably New-Creighton does not)]
" actually the only thing unaccounted for in this "theory" (it's probably what the developers actually intended you to figure out as there are clues in 3 other NPCs Mcduff, Cale, and Chloanne, who are unrelated to this questline) is why "Creighton" is wearing the mirrah knight armor even if it is slightly altered. I'll get back to this when I figure it out. "
"okay so three last things

1. the true owner of the ring of thrones was probably something that was used during the killings in mirrah(the ring fuels the spite of a serial killer) which is why pate denies ownership and creighton says pate owns the ring 1b)pate purposely tries to NOT appear spiteful durng the entire story THE OPPOSITR OF SPITEFUL because he came to drangleic as a FUGITIVE, meanwhile creighton is nothing but spite but ONLY towards Pate, meanwhhile Pate's entire "treasure hunt" is FUELED by spite so he is the true owner of the ring of thorns.
2. the armor setof creighton isn't from mirrah just a good-enough replica to fool people, we know from pate's armor that pate has the skills to alter equipment, need I say more. Creighton just talks about murder all of the time and wouldn't have the focus to steer himself away from his hollowing-induced obsession with Pate to alter his own equipment, much less the smithing skills, so obviously Pate is the one who altered his gear.
3. Creighton mistakes the player for Pate when you first meet Creighton BECAUSE the effect of hollowing has caused him to hyper-fixate the way Cale and Chloanne do for maps. He literally hallucinates you as Pate due to hollowing. And I think there is some lore backing this up but I'm not sure.

3.5) pate's gaslighting is why creighton says "this isn't right" when creighton dies at the cove during the fight with pate
3.55) Creighton is notably much weaker than Pate and could never actually be an infamous killer in Mirrah A LAND OF KNIGHTS(as stated by lucatiel whose blade is thusu always ready) WHERE LUCATIEL WASN"T EVEN THE STRONGEST ONE to achieve infamy you would have to be as strong as Pate
4) Going back to the original event and breaking down the modus opreandi, Creighton gets trapped, maliciously, on purpose, by Pate in the forest of the fallen giants, according to both Pate(Pate denies malice until the reveal at the engraved gauntlets chest) and Creighton and backed up by the reveal if you chose to support Pate at the cove when he fights Creighton(after this Pate frames Creighton when you first meet Pate by saying HE is the owner of the ring of thorns which if you pay attention to the item descrption is meant to symbolize the serial killer from mirrah-whoever is the real owner is the serial killer) Creighton is upset and goes after Pate following this, Creighton sets a trap for Pate in Huntsman's Corpse, Pate tricks him again with his silver tongue that he employs several times against the player and locks him in the lockaway and literally throws away the key. (Or makes it very hard to find) Now I suppose the question is how do we know if Creighton is telling the truth? well to start with we know that pate is wearing creighton's original gear which looks like a player from dark souls 1 the warrior class meaning it's meant to symbolize that if the player had gotten to drangleic earlier this could have happened to them instead of Creighton. But more substantially, we know that the generic warrior class would probably have a harder time putting the key where we find it in huntsman's corpse, Pate would be able to turtle those hordes of enemies much better, offense alone wouldn't get you through it, in the context of this"theory." Pate's spear has the reach to deny the dagger rogues who would never reach Pate and even if they did Pate could shield it.(also something that actualy happes in pvp; reach is a nice thig to have) The Warrior class wouldn't be able to make it through. Outside from that literal context clue, trying to figure out how exactly Pate tricked Creighton into falling into his own trap and Pate got the key.. I think I know how, it's kinda obvious when you think about it, Creighton is new to trap-making so he just copied verbatim the trap that Pate did to him in the forest of the fallen giants, so Pate probably said "but there's no treasure in there so why would I walk in there" and Creighton walked in like "what, ofcourse there is, I just put it in he- OH FCK YOU"like eggman and tails in sonic adventure 2 which is also completely consistent with Creighton's brash single-minded and obsessive character and it would make sense Pate would just do the opposite of his previous trap to catch Creighton off-guard , the only question remaining is who put the key where we find it after this? well disregard half of what I said, creighton didn't need a key he just saw that the door would lock on the hut and it makes sense and actually backs up my theory that creighton didn't think he would need a way out. Pate would have easily been able to get the key guarded by the rogues if Pate were the one to set up this trap- Pate would have done this beforehand is that Pate would make sure he had the key on him to escape in case Pate got stuck in the trap he himself laid because Pate says he is cautious and calculating and that one is not a lie. Look at how far he set this all up to throw away his old identity to begin with. Actually even the persona Pate puts on as a liie wouldn't have gotten stuck in the trap because Pate would look for the key first before looking for treasure in any huts. He is, again, cold and calcuating, he set all this up and tries to kill you with the engraved gauntlets chest because he is actually that cautious to have that extra insurance as you are the only one left who could potentially tie him to his past as Creighton the serial killer.
anyways making a new thread"
[also something I just realized is that the ring of thorns implies spite, creighton has a lot of spite to make you think he was the original owner for the ring of thorns, pate has none but this is done on purpose by pate to make people think he's not creighton; he just acts in the opposite way as a fugitive who escaped to Drangleic. Besides it makes sense a criminal would come to a lost forgotten kingdom for that reason. Some people came here for reasons other than the curse like Maughlin the Armorer. Or at least you think that's why Maughlin came here at first. Anyways Pate isn't Undead by his own admission. if Creighton was in the lockaway for as long as he was, he would have died if he was human. It actually explains why he didn't warn you about the booby trap. Hollowing made him forget. Pate wearing Creighton's warrior-class gear hint that Creighton is a generic warrior class roller Bearer of the Curse and came to Drangleic to break the Curse. Pate did not.]
also explicit dialogue that hints at Creighton's hollowing:" Who are you?I thought you were that bastard for a moment. "
"Heh heh…Just wait, you dirty rat…Hm? Oh…Oh! I-I remember you?!Don't you scare me like that. I thought you were him. {He's an infamous serial killer who's killed many people but he's scared by you? He talked tough but his real personality shines through immediately afterwards? HE IS NOT CREIGHTOn.]
" When killed(whimpering and sighing; no subtitles)" [WHAT A MANLY WAY TO DIE; whimpering death and not a warrior's death is another thing that implies that Creighton isn't Creighton; Creighton literally has never fought and killed strong as fuck knights of Mirrah.]
"

• When the player opens the trapped chest in Brightstone Cove TseldoraOoh, that'll leave a nasty scar!" [This is literally just an observation. Most people would say a chest like that would leave a nasty scar, not many people fetishize scars outside of the internet. Creighton has probably never been here. Pate revels in it and makes more of a personal jab at you. He does in fact kill just for the pleasure of it, he WANTS to see your scars, he thinks they look NICE, sicko.]

[Pate's weaponry implies that he was strong enough to easily kill Creighton without your help; he was just making a show of it to manipulate the player so that you would trust Pate and open the chest that Pate, not New-Creighton, rigged.: if Pate dies to Creighton without your interference he either underestimated the Hollow Creighton, hid his power level too hard, or both. It's simple.]
End.
Anyways I got off-track a bit because I assumed Pate hid the key which wasn't true at all but there are several points within that tangent that actually add to this theory; Creighton was telling the truth because Pate would be cold and calculating enough to find the lockaway key and keep it with him in case Pate got stuck in his own trap if Pate was trying to trap Creighton instead of the other way around.
EDIT: Creighton is still hollow in Dark Souls 3 which is backed up by every Dark Souls game.
EDIT: I guess the point behind this is it's a riff on the two doors two guards riddle(look it up) and here they're both lying. Only, Creighton doesn't know that he's lying because he's lost his sense of self through hollowing. Creighton thinks he's telling the truth, but he thinks he's someone he is not so both guards are lying, but you should kill Pate. Creighton is too hollow to even remember to lead you towards a booby trappped chestWhat hollows in the lore are even capable of this kind of patches-esque intellectual deception before dark sols 3 lmao? Crestfallen in Dark Souls 1 just lunges at you without any dialogue, no thoughts soul empty. my man's INNOCENT Tupac did it tho
EDIT2: why you booing me I'm right
EDIT3: Additional probably last observation "This is true I do that but also when you first meet Creighton you already get the hint that he's hollowing from his first bit of dialogue and Lucatiel when she hollows can no longer recognize her form in the human effigy "of course I have no idea what it is."
Creighton is in a much more Hollowing/harrowing situation than Lucatiel that would be like starving to death in real life. That's why Creighton forgets that he's Pate and starts thinking that he's Creighton. New-Pate also altered the armor on Creighton, and probably the Benhart's parma symbol on it is THE ORIGINAL ARMOR that Pate couldn't erase from it when he was trying to make it look like a Mirrah knight armor."
EDIT4: why you still boo'ing me I'm still more right than I was before not that it matters and not that I would but I just copy+pasted this entire thing and can post it again later
FINAL EDIT: "Creighton is also literally just someone rolling warrior in Dark Souls 1. A BABY Chosen Undead or Bearer of the Curse. He's not badass, he only beats Pate at the cove if you don't interfere because of how absolutely fucking bonkers/Hollow Pate has made him; it's hard for Pate to deal with such an aggressively and quick opponent. Like the Heide Knights move really fast in a similar way; it's the same concept.
tl;dr: he's not artorias, he's the level 1 chosen undead in the northern undead asylum with the straight sword hilt-creighton's original persona before hollowing most likely."
ACTUAL FINAL EDIT:
"You need to think of it in the context of two doors two guards. Cale is there to introduce the problem of who is the real killer. I feel like this is just obvious in hindsight.
What you said has more holes in it than my theory. And the ring of thorns item description directly says it's used by the killer if you read between the lines. If you're saying Pate was the original owner of the ring you're saying he was the killer.
"Ring granted protection by Kremmel,god of Struggle.The ring's spikes drive into the wearer'sskin, so that each blow taken fuels spitetoward the perpetrator.When damage is taken, the ring retaliatesand inflicts damage upon enemy."
Pate is a very purposeful and calculating character, he wouldn't carry this ring just to mess with Creighton's obsession. Creighton talks about the strange ring Pate has. Pate also implies in a way when you first meet Pate that this ring is important to Creighton. The game is explicitly hinting that the ring is a point of characterization and not just set dressing. It's Chekhov's Dark Souls 1 Covetous Serpant Ring item description.. It's there in the story for a reason."
"Not only that the developers expect you to NOT treat the ring as a hint as to the real identity of Creighton the killer, so by the time you can give Creighton the ring you won't remember that Pate has been trying to hide his spitefulness the entire time and it won't click in your brain. You'll just think Creighton was the killer because Cale told you he was as intentional misdirection, like Griggs in Dark Souls 1 or Anor Londo in general lol.
They want you to think that Creighton is spiteful of Pate so that you think spiteful = ring of thorns = Creighton but if you pay attention that wouldn't make any sense as Pate implies that Creighton had the ring before tricking Creighton into going into the forest of fallen giants trap. Creighton isn't spiteful of Pate yet because they were working presumably amibacbly up to this point implied by other characters, so then , if that's the case, there's no reason for Creighton to have the ring. But Pate traps Creighton because of Pate's spite. So Pate is the real owner of the ring of thorns and is the infamous serial killer of Mirrah."

To buff melee a raw numbers boost is not all that is needed. But yes, some numbers need to be cranked up, looking at you werebear&werewolf. But is the simple fact that cc as a whole hurt melee an unfair amount. Against ranged enemies its almost equal to a stun and there are so many varitaions. Ice slow, net cc, knocked down etc.
So, melee should just not be as affected from cc as a base. Half the timers, more resist or perhaps a cap on 2 cc then immune for X sec. This is the buff route.
Or, nerf range by them not being able to regen mana/energy during cc, or a second cc will lock range abilites. Does this sound stupid? Maybe, but its not even close to what melee have to deal with? This is the nerf route, not what i would want.
But, you say, melee have more tankiness and so on? My thoughts after the beta is: do they? I use more pots as a bear than I do as a sorc. Who is the tanky one with that simple metric? Had it been the other way around then I would agree.
Is this early game shenanigangs? I dont think so? Are not the sorc and necro going to be Stronger with better gear just as the druid and barb? Yes! Then why would gear save the druid and barb and not propell necro and sorc to the stratosspheare?
That is my thinking. Luck have it that its not a system failure, its a numbers one and that should be an easier thing to adress than that a whole mechanic is useless.
Thank you for reading another melee post.

I bought a brand new M2 Macbook Pro (16GB/1TB) directly from Apple and got it delivered on March 2nd, 2023. It is my first MacBook ever and I had been happy with it ever since until 2 days back when I discovered the Caps Lock key is not responsive like every other keys, it misses the press unless you are intentionally hard pressing it, its like 33% times (roughly) it can respond when pressed normally.
I had been pretty furious ever since realizing this unit I got might be a lemon and over the time other keys are gonna die like this. Also, I never thought of carefully checking the laptop since I got, since I thought it is an apple and I paid the price of a brand new unit. I just want to push for returning this unit and getting a identical brand new one from Apple, I feel they owe me a new one. I am kinda blaming myself for not finding it within first 14 days, then I would silently return it. I believe they will repair it for free if I take it to a apple store, but also thinking its not fair that I paid $2000 for a new laptop and now have to repair it within less than a month for something I am not responsible for, Apple should really take it back and repair it and resell as a refurbished unit. Anyone had luck with getting a replacement from Apple for similar situation?

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