#bobbing

[arknights-archive]

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[prettycottonmouthlamia]

So I'm doing the math now on Bobbing, something I already did when he came out but never updated for his module, and I find Bobbing kind of fascinating? His S1 is seemingly tuned just right to have very specific breakpoints which depend on his potentials. Let me explain.

A pot 1 Bobbing at maximum level will have 486 ATK. His talent will inflict Burn damage equal to 16% of his ATK every second for the next five seconds after an enemy is first attacked. His S1 at M3 will deal 120% of his ATK as Burn damage. This added together makes for a rather simple number. 200%. You can consider an enemy attacked first by Bobbing's S1 to take, in total, 200% of his ATK as Burn damage.

That comes out 972 burn damage. Not enough to pop his burst. But, if you get him to Potential 4, he gets a 21 point increase to his ATK, pushing it to 507. This means he'll do 1,014 burn damage, enough to pop any non-boss enemy in one cycle.

I actually don't like this as design, it feels super intended. A Potential 4 Bobbing is a lot stronger than a Pot 1 Bobbing based on this simple set of numbers alone. Fortunately, when the module came out, things changed on that front. Just unlocking the module gives Bobbing +25 ATK, so now you don't need his ATK potential, and it increases the burn damage he does by 18% (!!??) to elites and bosses. Just this alone pushes the numbers to 1,022 and 1,205.96. Still nowhere close to popping a boss. A second S1 activation won't pop them either.

But let's upgrade the module further. This increases his ATK further to +35 ATK, and his talent buff to 18%, or 90% of his ATK in total, for 210% burn damage in this cycle. 521 ATK x 2.1 = 1,094.1, and that times 1.18 equals 1,291.038. If you add another S1 activation, increasing the total amount to 3.3x ATK, you get 1,719.3, or 2,028.774. You need Module level 3 to hit this breakpoint...or, if you haven't guessed.

486 + 25 + 21 = 532. 532 * (0.16 * 5 + 1.2 + 1.2) = 1,702.4 * 1.18 = 2,008.832

If you have a Potential 4 Bobbing, you can just skip the module upgrades entirely and stay at module level 1.

Granted, these are all just for skill 1, and truthfully, Bobbing isn't exactly meta breaking so I'm not sure anyone cares too much about any of this, but it's rare to find an operator so clearly defined by very gradual shifts to the numbers of their talents and stats.

[shslbunnylover]

IVE STARTED A WAR 😭😭😭😭

HAPPY TURKEY DAY POOKIE

[mathpumamusic]

13-2-2024

[Pilotredsky] "The Scuffler EP" : Wow, I can't believe that this EP still sounds awesome like the third day in a row. [Zock] "Blackbird" : Found this earlier, and it made me wanna check out the artist more. "Hollywood Days" : Very pleasant and easy listening for work, a bit in the smooth/lite-jazz territory. [Bobbing] "Thank You for Singing to Me" : Fantastic and super tight EP that kicks ass from beginning to end. [Moon Hooch] "Acid Mountain" : Wait, this is just a single?! [Wardruna] "Runaljod - gap var Ginnunga" : I've been listening to many of these songs out of order for years now, but hearing them all play out in sequence properly makes the experience even more affecting. [Paul Simon] "Graceland" : Great music, but just not the right pick for when I was listening, so I'll have to return to this at some point. [Glasys] "Defective Humanity" : I still think that "The Pressure" EP is a tighter project overall, but as a development thereof "Defective Humanity" has tons to offer, and explores a broader gamut of interpretation on it's themes. [PJ Harvey] "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea" : I'll have to check out more by the artist, because I'm super down with the vocal performance, which is excellently complimented by the instrumental. [Evan Marian] "Parallels" : My lovely partner gave me a better set of earbuds to use at work, and hearing a much fuller juicier bass tone on an album I already really love was a crazy treat. [Talking Heads] "Remain in Light" : I don't know why I had such a bias against Talking Heads, but despite my best efforts to the contrary I did in fact enjoy the album quite a bit. [August Burns Red] "Guardians" : Metal is still something I'm learning how to listen to properly, but I love the tones that this group gets, and it's no wonder this is one of the first groups I stumbled across.

[giffypudding]

A house that floats

[citizen-zero]

WIBTA for taking advantage of my boss’ possible manic episode?

I know this already sounds bad but hear me out.

So I (30M) am the sole employee of this guy (62M) who’s honestly just a miserable boss and an even more miserable person. It sucks so bad working for him—the pay is horrendous, he’s verbally abusive, and the working conditions are awful (in the winter I literally have to stay bundled up the whole work day because he refuses to put the heat on in the office). He wouldn’t even give me holidays off if it wasn’t for the fact that there’s basically nothing to do those days because everywhere else is closed. I’m almost positive he unironically thinks poor people should die if they can’t work. His nephew (aka his only living relative and just the nicest guy) came by yesterday to invite him to Christmas dinner and he told him he’d see him in hell.

I cannot stress this enough—it’s BAD. I’d quit, but it’s been hard finding a better job and I’ve got four kids at home, including one with special needs.

Anyway, so here’s where I’m wondering if I’d be the asshole. Today was Christmas Day and he showed up at my house out of nowhere (huge red flag, I know). At first I thought he’d forgotten I had the day off and he was here to chew me out, which was worrying enough, but then his whole demeanor changed and he was super happy and excited and talking about how he was going to raise my salary. He even mentioned possibly making me a partner in the firm.

Now if that was it, I’d feel a little weird about the suddenness of it but it’d be fine. I’m not going to complain about having more money to feed my family. But then he started talking about how he wanted to pay our mortgage off. He talked about wanting to pay for our son to get the very expensive medical care that’s probably going to save his life. He mentioned at one point that he was going to be donating a huge amount of money to charity too—I knew he was rich but it staggered me. All this from a guy who doesn’t (didn’t?) even want to turn on the heat or the lights because it costs too much money.

It was such a sudden and drastic change that happened very literally overnight and now I’m kind of concerned he’s having a manic episode or something. I really, really want to accept his sudden generosity (I probably will; my wife is all for it and thinks he owes it to us), and I would love to believe that he’s truly had a sudden change of heart (an actual Christmas miracle lol) but I’m just worried about the possible consequences of accepting huge financial gifts like this from someone who I believe might be experiencing some kind of break from reality. Even if there’s nothing legally wrong with it, I’m worried about the ethics of it.

TLDR, my asshole boss might be in the middle of a mental breakdown. WIBTA if I accepted his offer to pay off my mortgage and my son’s medical expenses?

[traumatizedbyeggsandwich]

Every photo of Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan together looks like a a respectable mafia boss father named Giovanni and his weird son who bites sometimes

[hilariouslarry]

[gfanlocalcryptid]

I KNEW I had seen that blue tuxedo somewhere

[thebelchers]

[bookofoktober]

Bob's Burgers

[basketobread]

yes.

[flyinghellfish]

[oysters-aint-for-me]

this is legitimately one of my absolute favorite pieces of animation of all time