Thommo Posted:

Obviously other than the recently released content, does this actually do anything? I’ve taken to using it to add some excitement to grinding the Job Board, and now I’m wondering if it’s actually affecting anything?

It doesn’t seem like it, it’s just a script like the FBO/XSS code.

It could have limited uses in other applications. Say for example that your main attack was ready, but the thread only needs a medium strength hit to be killed. But your medium strength attack is 1 turn away from refreshing, and you don’t want to waste your main attack on such an injured thread. And there’s no need to use a consumable, and FBO/XSS isn’t available since it’s a Community Forum.

ILBBR could be used as a ‘turn-skip’ to allow that medium strength attack to refresh, so tht you can go into a new thread and use your main attack more effectively.

Other than that… not so sure.

Ravaryn Posted:

Actually, I sometimes use it to skip a turn, either for getting refresh times down or to let the forum injure me.

Wouldn’t it be better to use low-strength attacks for that? It’s not like your toolbar is anywhere near full unless you’re a Hacker, and low-strength attacks take much less time.

Ravaryn has a point… since the ability doesn’t do anything, and the forum will counter-attack afterwards, it’s a good way for emo kids to quickly shed some ego and boost their attack power.

I definently see the potential for abuse in this scenario, since that ability has no refresh period. An emo kid could use the ability several times in a row to drop their ego down to less than 1/4 and hit the thread with a high-level attack, then go on and practically 1 hit KO the rest of the threads in the forum if they had enough high-level attacks. (For example, playing Emo Haiku and I Have Issues off each other, since they have low refresh times)

Shii Posted:

Don’t be stupid.

DASBloodhund has the exact same ability.

Ahh, but DASBloodhund takes 2-3 seconds to use, while blinded uses less. So it’s very time efficent also.

just tested this. Blinded with rage takes 3 seconds, DAS 4. So you save a second!

Ravaryn Posted:

Well if I’m trying to drop my Ego a bit more before hitting the later threads, I’d rather not inflict any damage to the current one, especially if it’s already been bashed down to having less than 50 health left.

Also, keep in mind that you overkill a lot of threads, so that weak attack won’t likely make a difference, and keeping Blinded with Rage on there lets me just have one shortcut clogged up with a “skip” option, as opposed to using two for Drool and Bash Head.

What could possibly be the benefit of a 0-damage, 3-second attack over a damaging, quicker attack? It’s not like you’ll lower your health faster if you just sit there without damaging the thread. I’m pretty sure all threads in a forum use the same damage formula, so you can’t stall on a high-Attack thread. The thread will do the same counter-attack damage regardless of whether you do damage, unless you kill the thread, which can only be good for you. Blinded With Rage won’t screw with the speedrun timer in any way. As an Emo, you have plenty of toolbar room, so that probably isn’t the issue.

tl;dr version: Why not use a quicker attack that does a little damage instead of a slow attack that does nothing?

Ravaryn Posted:

I was using it especially on Geronimo! to be as low as possible on Ego before hitting the last thread, for the most part. I’d rather not accidentally kill the next-to-last thread with head-bashing before I was ready.

And maybe I’m just a masochist?

‘Kay then.

Bill_Murray_Fan_7383 Posted:

You’re forgetting a major advantage Blinded has over Bloodhound…

Blinded is actually funny (pending you were here for the FalconFour drama. Also, nominating FalconFour for Forumwarz MVP ‘08).

Blinded sounds like it would get old a whole lot quicker than DAS Bloodhund, though. It already bugs me, and I have only used it the 5 times necessary to beat the mission.

Is anyone else bugged by how we can’t just make a  10,000 donation to the charity ourselves? It’s not like we can’t afford it; we could afford  1,000,000, and it could be useful as a Flezz sink.