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    Smartphones

    One thing they added in iOS 8 is battery tracking under Settings => Usage. That might help you figure out what's draining your battery. For what it's worth, battery life on my 5 isn't any different, but I'm a heavy GPS user and keep a charger with me.
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    Hearthstone

    Your actual win rate may be greater than 50% even if the simulation is set to a 50% win rate. It's like flipping a coin, sometimes you'll get a lot of heads in a row, sometimes not. If you had a 50% win chance from rank 20, you could still hit legendary. Actually, as long as you have a...
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    Hearthstone

    So yea, if you're starting at rank 3 and only have a 50% win rate, it'll take you about 252 wins to hit legend. Edited my sim to bump your win rate to 0.6 between rank 4-5 and 0.75 at rank 6+. Bottom line? It's a grind to hit legendary.
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    Hearthstone

    It shouldn't take quite that long. I'm not sure how to do calculate it, so I wrote a sim that gets similar numbers toRank 5 to Legendary probability (using actual math!) : hearthstone (my sim is slightly worse, 220/118/82 games played to get to legendary given 0.55/0.6/0.65 win rates). I threw...
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    Brave Frontier

    Definitely. I did frontiers this morning with two SBBs (Leorone and friends with Felneus) and got all the rewards from the middle dungeon. It definitely makes a difference. Felneus's +BC drops from his SBB and Leorone's +damage and +BC on sparks synergize so well when everyone spams their BBs...
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    Heroes of the Storm

    It's been awhile since I've played, but I thought the matchmaking isn't supposed to let comps like that happen (more than 2 supports). Sucks that that happened though, maybe there weren't enough players online?
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    Brave Frontier

    Super bummed that they took away +80 honor from friends and metals from honor summons
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    Brave Frontier

    I don't think you have to wait for the icon to show up. I regularly activate +BC SBBs first and immediately spam everyone else's BB/SBBs and get the full effect. I just yolo-rolled and got a 3* Lava. Kinda disappointing at a 3* roll, but I actually have a decent mono fire team now. Lava...
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    September Book of the Month: Half a King by Joe Abercrombie

    Finished this yesterday via Audible and thought it was pretty good. The only thing though was since I listened to it vice reading it, I have no idea how to spell any of the character's names (sans Yarvi from above).
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    Brave Frontier

    <3 all these Burst Frogs from FS, unlocked SBB on Leorone! Burst Frogs are so much easier than farming support units
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    Brave Frontier

    I play on iOS, both iPhone 5 and iPad Mini (Facebook sync'd). I actually prefer playing on my iPhone as it's easier to swipe BBs with one hand.
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    Brave Frontier

    Hello! Two burst frogs, one metal key, and one jewel key as a thanks for 'unwavering support'. Also super metal parade is up, too.
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    Brave Frontier

    Definitely evo Rickel over Farlon. 18 hits normally and 2000+ natural atk? Plus her BB fills super quick
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    Minecraft

    I can't empathize with notch or Phil Fish as I've never been famous (e or otherwise), but the video that notch links to is a great watch on people vs concepts, especially given all the hate being thrown around a week or two ago re: Quinn and Sarkeesian.
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    Minecraft

    I'm leaving Mojang Maybe it's not about the money, but Notch is getting paaaaaaaaid
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    Minecraft

    Rumors are true:Yes, were being bought by Microsoft
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    Brave Frontier

    Not sure who to evo next. I have the following at 5* and max level: Elimo, Lilith, Sefia, Farlon, Dean, Twins. I feel like I'll be evo-ing Elimo last since she's my only real healer and I don't have the cost to run all 6*s yet. I have 2 maxed 6* light units already, so Lilith and Sefia are...
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    Brave Frontier

    6* Farlon's SBB is pretty ridiculous, it only takes another 15 BC to fill. So if he holds his BB for one turn, its pretty likely it'll be charged. Does that +ATK factor in before or after the SBB hits though?
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    Brave Frontier

    Did the bonus dungeon in Mistral this morning (Skramya). Team was Gemini Il & Mina (lead), Crusher Uda, Ultra Blade Aem, Heaven's Bow Loch, Wise Mage Elimo, and Heaven's Bolt Amy for a friend. She puts out a lot of AOE damage, and can cause paralysis (hence Twins lead). She didn't seem to have a...
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    Brave Frontier

    Yeah, world content. I don't have the units to do the vortex events like Vargas/Lance. Well, I have fire units for Lance, but they're not leveled. I've spent maybe $40 on this game for gems, and have been playing for 60+ days. Anyways, the Leorone thing was just an experiment. I'll...
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    Brave Frontier

    My current PvE team is: Leorone (lead) - 6 hits normally, SBB is 10 hits, but not unlocked yet Heaven's Bow Loch - 7 hits normally, BB is 6 hits Gravion - 7 hits normally, BB is 10 hits Genius Elimo - 5 hits Fire Dance Ramna - 6 hits normally, 9 hits on all So yeah, I don't have any of...
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    Brave Frontier

    Same. I guess my beef is that Luther's BB is single target only, which makes him not very useful (imo) until you can unlock his SBB. Which means that you'll have to sink a bunch of zel and units into him before he becomes 'meta-game defining'. Plus his 6* form isn't even out yet.
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    Brave Frontier

    I'm at level 82 right now and can only run three 6*s before running out of team cost. So I'm not quite at the point of min-maxing, but I'm definitely starting to see the limitations of tier lists (Brave Frontier Long Term Tier List). According to that list, Leorone > Aem, which I don't think...
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    Brave Frontier

    Zelnite sounds pretty OP... Some thoughts on Aem vs Leorone as leaders (+3 BC every turn vs +damage and more BCs during sparks) I have a maxed Aem that I've been running with an unlocked SBB, but his stats are pretty poor. He's not that terrible though since his SBB increases the drop...
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    Opeth - Pale Communion

    Still digging this album. I just realized the references to Dream Theater on the second track: Cusp of Eternity. The key is really similar to DT's Dance of Eternity and also there's the lyric "She turns around to stare at a scene form her memory". Also, while the first section of River is...
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    Brave Frontier

    Ran it 3 times myself without any crystals, but the extra drop rate on gods kinda makes up for it. The crappy thing is not being able to choose your element. Element specific super metal parades, wru?
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    Brave Frontier

    I should probably gotta start doing that BP trick. Just hit level 80, but I've only got 51000 points
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    Brave Frontier

    Yeah QOL on metals = killing them a min or two faster. Another minor trick is if you use a + spark damage leader, sparks will cause 2 damage instead of 1.
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    Brave Frontier

    You might want to use Zephyr for lead for his damage reduction from light types. I've never tried to do Miracle without a healer, but maybe it's possible to burst him down and rely only on healing items
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    Brave Frontier

    Depends on your team / their levels. Miracle puts out a lot of AOE, I'd say 2-3 times more damage than a regular totem puts out. So if you struggle to kill regular totems, I wouldn't try Miracle yet.
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    Hearthstone

    So the WoW-Hearthstone tie ins are just toys you can buy fromBen Brodein an orc mask. For those that don't want to click the vid: 2.5g for Pack of Hearthstone Cards = emote + sound of a pack opening 100g for Winning Hand = fireworks + sound of winning a game 1000g for Hearthstone...
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    Brave Frontier

    Breezed through the Moonlight Parade event. Tried to make the new sphere (Mystic Lantern +15% ATK, DEF, REC, HP and slight CRIT), but game doesn't recognize it and crashes saying "Unknown item type detected". Fun, I guess I'll try again later. Also, you can only get one of the mats needed to...
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    Hearthstone

    That's his shtick though and why I follow him, gimmick decks like Randuin that end up in fun games. Apparently he hit legend last season with a sea giant shaman deck. He started with a trolly Far Sight idea and it became a legit deck in the end
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    Brave Frontier

    I don't have an automated spreadsheet, just a regular google spreadsheet:Brave Frontier - Public Copy - Google Sheets. Not that hard to throw together, but you can save a copy of mine and edit it with your own units. On the evolution tab, I just put my priority units for evo and what evo...
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    Hearthstone

    Or you can use Blessing of Might and Blessed Champion on a Shade of Naxx for similar shenanigans
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    Brave Frontier

    I just unlocked SBB on my Aem today. 9/10 was the worst. I was doing Adventurer's Prairie for awhile, then Cave of Flames for a bit after that. I finally quit and just started going through the quests and feeding him the drops. Finished Encervis and finally got SBB unlocked after going through...
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    Brave Frontier

    I restarted and my Lilith can be evolved, but of course I'm short 1 Light Idol... No big loss, I wouldn't have had the team cost to run her anyways
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    Brave Frontier

    Definitely tinfoil hat. I keep my Lilith in first position and she has her BB ready by either the 2nd or 3rd round and there's been plenty of times where she won't use it the entire match. For some more tinfoil hat theories, I've got my maxed 6* Aem at 9/10 BB, farmed Adventurer's Prairie...
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    Opeth - Pale Communion

    I hate to break it to you, but this is 'real Opeth'. They'll make whatever music they want and don't seem to care whether or not people want their old sound. Frankly, I'd rather have a band evolve over time, making music that's interesting to them. It's much better than having them shit out the...
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    Brave Frontier

    4* Guardian Farlon 4* Breaker Twins 4* Breaker Homusabi (centaur) 4* Guardian Uda Not bad