My BPSO (45M), married 12 years, hates conflict, which might seem paradoxical when combined with bipolar... so when he's not triggered in childish anger because he just wants happy cognitive dissonance all the time, (unless he is upset about something and then we all have to be upset with him) he just agrees as a defense. It's made it impossible to know what he truly agrees with. It shuts down our discussions, stops progress, and is making me feel like panicked and trapped like when I grew up... and the patient and understanding partner I've been is chipping away rapidly now, because I recently came to understand how serious this is - and he is far from ready to grasp it.
He senses a change in me, and cut back on coffee and unsubbed from his doom news channels on YouTube, (I didnt mandate this at all, I said its bad for bipolar and as a show of loyalty I guess,, he just did it) which is shocking, and, I AM proud of him, but I think he is trying to appease something he fears inside me... I don't think he truly believes what I'm learning about bipolar. He says he's ready to do what it takes but he still argues and I see in his eyes he hates this, instead of believing its truly necessary. He won't go get a diagnosis, (I actually thought he had one long ago, but I guess he was on his way to it and didn't pursue therapy that far in his 20's.)
I thought, he's neurodivergent, he's traumatized emotionally, he had bad mentors at a critical age.. but in the latter half of our marriage I saw patterns, and began to worry this was mainly built into his brain chemistry.
He has gotten worse since 2021 - new levels and frequency of rage. I wasn't there to help him manage his mood a couple months ago - he depends on me a lot for that - and he had his first public outburst.. blacked out, shoued in a friend's face.. stayed in a delusion for ten hours... it was likely brought on by beer, but I know it was an episode, not the alcohol talking and walking around as him. He didn't have nearly enough to make him delusional from alcohol alone. He woke up in that state the next day too. Then like a switch, he came back, was terrified, got texts telling him what he did and was so embarrassed and ashamed. For the first time I felt seen. He's had cognitive dissonance about how he acts with his family. Plausible deniability because his memory is not clear during episodes.
He keeps saying, "this has never happened" and I keep saying, "oh so, the hundreds of times you do this to us, don't count?" He'll say, "but I would never do this in public" and I'm just... really?? There's a list of reactions I have that I need to repress because he's not at a level to grasp things or cope.
He's just so deep in denial. I'm moved by some recent gestures, I am, but since his last episode, I've educated myself about BP, that it's likely what we're dealing with - we need testing and confirmation. If he has this its progressive - as I have certainly observed. He was very different 12 years ago. I think he "rapid cycles" a lot now. Welcome clarification on that.
He isn't by default the type of person who would commit to a permanent life overhaul for the sake of his mental health. Loves his dopamine boosting routines. He can get motivated eventually.
The status quo is, he agrees to get professional help, since before I understood the seriousness of bipolar, yet he's still putting off searching for a good therapist/doc. I'm done trying to call them, have them tell me he needs to contact them himself, and then him never taking the step. He needs to take charge of this, for his own self esteem too.
I doubt my own sanity because, he's soft arguing, basically saying "okay, I promise, yes, this is a big deal, and I do take it seriously," but he means just.. flat "no." Because he never does it, and changes his mind on things he agrees with, and questions everything.
Now he says my sources seem sketchy... he doesn't think if he has bipolar any of this is an emergency, or dangerous...
I've been scared of him, the kids are too. He cries about this, then turns around and acts like it's not real.
So sorry this was ranty. I tried to give history for relevance, but in a nutshell:
What official sources and info can I offer to educate him into grasping the seriousess of things? He can be scared to health, I know him. He's just got his head deep in the sand and is clinging to ignorance like a safety blanket.
Does anyone have good statistical data on where he's headed untreated? He doesn't believe this is progressive. He thinks he can mind over matter, just willpower away all this. Like it's a character thing or a personality disorder rather than a mental illness that requires all the good habits plus medical intervention. He says, "well I'll just get pills then." I try to explain it's NOT that simple but he is set on this being easy and thinks I'm caught up in some conspiracy, I guess. Not paranoia, just me being naiive, even though that's not in my reputation.

I have a health condition that requires me to be careful about cleanliness, things need to be clean.
But - headaches, eye burn and just feeling like crud when it's used. How do I fix this? How can I use bleach without the headaches, eye burn etc?
Bleach does the job I'm told and that I should use it instead of store bought brand cleaners. Essentially I'm told it does a better job at cleaning up the bacteria which is good for my health. Feels like I'm nuking the bacteria and my insides!
Any help? Thanks!
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I and my sister had been bestfriends. Last November, we had a big fight, which led to a 6-month break up between us, no call, no message, no talk at all. At first, I missed her sm but later I found out that I have more free time as well as free space in my mind to focus on other stuffs. We reconnected recently and had a small fight today. I realized that though I like being with her, sometimes having her around just too much for me. I am super lonely, I don't have a lot of friends as well as good relationships with parents. The feeling when I'm with my sister is like that feeling of having a toxic friend that costs you so much time and mental health, but it is like the only friend you have.
How should I approach this situation? Should I ignore the feelings inside me or should I just let her go?

Now, all I can think of are my insecurities. I am insecure with my whole appearance and academic performance. I feel like there is nothing good about me anymore.
I believe it all started during middle school when I was so excited getting my teeth fixed but because of the dentist's malpractice it became worse (may he rest in peace tho). Initially, we came to this local and matagal na well-known pang masa na dental clinic to have my braces. However, ang matandang lalaki na dentist suggested to get me a retainer instead for a "cheaper" price. My parents was extremely convinced kasi mas makakaless. I was actually hesitant of it kasi I know to myself that my teeth is very crooked and I felt na hindi makakaya ng retainer lang. But the kid me can't do anything other than trust the dentist. Fast forward, because of too much trimming of my tooth, it became permanently small. I cannot explain how bad it is, was too insecure but forced myself to accept it. After constantly watching myself in the mirror, I cried so hard and felt like it was the end of the world. I feel like it could be fixed and better, but now it became worse and ang mas nakakasama pa ay permanent na siya. I felt like I was depressed after all those tiring dental visits and everything. Until shs, luckily we were required to wear face masks, I am still toughening myself-up. However, alam ko sa sarili ko na, mula noon, I lost my confidence. I was once very confident and been a leadeofficer since elem, but because of that parang bumaba confidence ko. Then nung shs, there was an incident in our house na because of it na chipped yung teeth ko. Boom! Double damaged yung teeth ko, as if my world stopped for a while. Balik na naman ang pagka insecure ko sa teeth ko.
Then as pandemic came, my mental health got lower but I still kept on fighting against it. Then on the last year of my shs year, was the beginning of my lowest points in my life. It started feeling like chaos in my mind as I let go of a very great opportunity in SSC. My mind got even more chaos as I was sooo lost and confused of what degree program to choose and what career path to take. Until now, I still cannot figure it out even if I am already a year in the college. I am now 15 kg heavier before the teeth incident.
I once was a very great student and daughter, I was jolly and smart, I was very open and friendly to other people, I was very confident, I was basically a very bright kid, although I am still trying to but I think ang layo na sa kung ano ako before and I like the past me more. Now, I have damaged discolored teeth, I have a very poor posture, my legs are not that pleasing to look at, I am fat, I have poor academic performance, I am not confident, I am very introvert but I am challenging myself to talk confidently to other people especially if I have to, I am lost in my career path, my mental health is unstable, I don't have friends anymore, I am always alone at school, I am always inside our house, I am jealous with my peers, I am embarrassed with what I am now especially that I am always at the top of the batch before, I am not smart and very diligent like I was anymore, I am insecure both in and out.
I have a lot of dreams in life. I want to get better, I want to improve myself, I want to change, but I just can't seem to do that and parang ang hirap nya na especially whenever I see myself in a picture. I want to change and improve myself soooo bad but it seems so hard and I just can't!

Hey all, this is not a post about the recent changes but an idea spurred off the conversation about them. Smites balance/metas obviously move in cycles and coming up people are concerned with healing being too powerful because of longer time to kill.
On one hand, healing outside of fights has had attempts to be addressed. Healing inside of fights has never been the problem-- unless people don't BUY ANTIHEAL ITEMS.
My suggestion, is add antiheal item trees. Now, I don't believe our mages/warriors should be 100% antihealers, but hear me out.
Just like the introduction of Contagion, I would like to see MORE ANTIHEAL ITEMS THAT DONT STACK WITH EACHOTHER.
Other item ideas could be similar to Tainted Steel effects: *(all of these with internal cooldowns of course)

• Divine & Beatstick are our beloved healing reduction, with pen and an additional effect.
  
• Health steal on antiheal
  
• Shielding on antiheal
  
• Power when antihealing abilities
  
• Movespeed when antihealing abilities
  
• Cooldown when antihealing abilities
  
• Stun when antihealing abilities within ~10m
  
• Zones of Antiheal
  
• Or even just non antiheal related passives, just to get away from the monotony of NEEDING to buy divine or beatstick every game. Tanks at least have the option for Contagion, Pestilence, and Tainted, its time that DPS gets some diversity too in the direction of longer TTK!
  

Let me know if this is something you guys would be interested in or why not? (*edit for typos)
TLDR: Longer time-to-kill makes antiheal more important, so now should be the time to start thinking about more antiheal item diversity.
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Im 20,f, got married in November to my best friend and the most perfect guy ever - moved out in January, Just recently been having issues with 'fitting in' We (husband and me) live with his parents in the same house (even though he has his own apartment, stuff was getting renovated) I come from a different sect, and even though me and my husband don't care about this sort of stuff at all, I've been trying to convert to his' by taking extra classes I don't want to, by changing alot of things, etc just so I can feel like I'm fitting in I just want to make this clear that I don't have a grudge or anything against his mother since I'm doing all this for her when it's not even for him - but sometimes I feel like the expectations are way too high for me. On things that have been wired into my life, such as my routine I'm a night owl naturally, and I tend to work better at night and not 'on demand' (im an artist, so i cant force myself to draw perfectly unless it comes to me, i hope fellow creatives can understand) so sometimes when I work throughout the night, I'm expected to get up early in the morning Back at my home I had my own routine and nobody had an issue with it, but husbands mother seems to be in a bad mood or disappointed sometimes. She's always been a more social and extroverted person and I've been the complete opposite. So she expects me to give her time etc. Sometimes it gets overwhelming for me because I don't get to give time to my work or to myself at the end of the day. My husband tries hard to give her time too and we keep switching places if one of us has work or wants to sleep in a little late n all, but it just feels too draining for me sometimes If I ever have a 2-3 day waking up on time streak and then I sleep in late the next day, it feels like none of my efforts are acknowledged and no leniency is shown towards that whole thing because she is again disappointed the exact same way as if I don't put any effort. I tried hard to work during the day but it just doesn't work out for me Usually I can't even dress comfortably because of difference of opinions. I have sensory overloads and loads of sensory issues. I tend to wear sweats outside, or anything comfortable really. Today we were supposed to go to a mall. I felt like wearing an abaya and heels that are cushioned inside really well, so they're super comfortable to walk around in surprisingly She saw me and suggested that I change my shoes, and it sort of really put me off because there is ALWAYS something that she just HAS to fix Either she wants me to 'act like an adult' or she wants to tell me around like a kid And it's super conflicting, and irritating at times, Just really want to move out but I also don't want to move out on bad terms, but trying to stay on good terms is really effecting my mental health, my work, everything really Just wish she could see where I'm coming from and how I put aside my preferences for her yet she always puts her preferences on top and takes stuff as 'im sorry you feel that way but that makes me feel this way' there's always a 'but' and 'but for me/it makes me' in everything i have tried to discuss with her by myself or through my husband Sigh.

We have been dating for 6 months, but the past 2 months have been challenging for us. We grew together over time because there were certain gaps between us due to cultural differeces(me atheist russian, her muslim afghan). We don't doubt each others feelings and accept every part of each other fully. She had a couple toxic relationships in the past and it's new to her that somebody loves her not only for her looks. She has very childish reactions when she's emotional due to her bad past experiences. Sometimes she even has toxic reactions such as threatening to leave, saying things like "I hate you", "you always do this..." and stuff like that I always respond with love and compassion and I only had to higher my voice twice for the time we have been together because she admits those mistakes eventhough she has her struggle with apologies. In the begining she almost left because she has the feeling that ONE she doesn't feel like she is ready for something serious and TWO she feels sufficated by me sometimes. And THREE She has that belief, that there is one true love out there for her and she thinks that she knows how that will feel like and sometimes so she says she has a hard time believing that this special somebody is me. I have been commucating with her about what she needs and I change every thing in my power to make her feel safe, but I give her the space she needs so she doesn't feel pressure or sufficated. I asked her if she thought that the feelings to her toxic ex felt like she dreamed it to be and she said yes and I pointed out that she must see the irony in that because that's a person who cheated on her. She admitted that it sounds right what I'm saying, but she insists that she'll know if she feels it. Conversation went on and she really believes that she isn't ready for me. I explained that there is no such thing as waiting to be ready, but making the active effort to be ready, but she did not understand back then.
Recently I made her aware that she has a lot of things inside of her that she hasn't dealt with: childhood trauma, relationship trauma, abandonment issues and a lack of reason to be alive because she doesn't enjoy to see the next day. Sometimes she says that she only lives for her younger sister. I made her go to see a therapist and he diagnosed her with Medium grade depression and a minor form of PTSD. Now she looks for a therapy spot and thinks about taking antidepressants. I provide her with the knowledge and experiences I gained with therapy and meds and she decided to do it.
Now that her mental health declines because the healing process began her doubts arose again. She thinks she isn't ready and that I might not be the one. I again explained her that the only thing I can offer is love, compassion and patience for her and her situation because whether she wants to stay or not is neither my decision nor am I able to figure things out for her. I repeated what I once said that there is no waiting to be ready, either I am her man and she fights to become ready or chances are that I am not the one for her. After every fight we had she communicates her worries that I might leave her instead because she sees her actions as abusive and immature all I is reassure and provide the knowledge I can provide. Anybody got advise how I can help her? I know I have to be there for her on her journey and that it will be hard, but she feels sufficated when I set boundries and voice my complaints about what I need as well.

Intro

After base Rise which released on March 2021 on Switch and early 2022 on PC, Sunbreak was released in late June 2022 with new direction. The director is different, with inclusion of Frontier stuffs added in the game. This adds more variety of content with new features. Sunbreak is the game with most modern platforms present, ranging from PC (or Gamepass), portable consoles (Switch), and home consoles (Xbox Series, PS4/5).
Retrospective: are you satisfied with MHRise?
At last, the final version has come on 8 June 2023 which is the version 16. That means it marks almost a year of title updates (TUs) which has 5 TUs + 1 bonus update. With that, various additions and improvements are added until the latest version. Several monsters -- new and returning -- are added, menu improvements, extensive post-game content, and more.
Of course, any game has their own pluses and minuses which is up to you to interpret. With that, I want to make evaluation and verdict about Sunbreak for you to have some thoughts and opinions for this expansion.
For categories, I divide the category into:

1. Gameplay: weapon/buddy/follower combat design, equipment and skill design, quest design, level design, monster combat design
2. Presentation: visual design, animation, audio design, soundtrack, story, and cutscenes
3. Experience: user experience, controls, accessibility, performance, multiplayer
4. Support: title updates, improvements
5. Endgame: post-game content, grinding

As a caution, spoilers are open. Now, let's get started

1. Gameplay

Self explanatory. You play the game, right?...right?
1a. Weapon combat design
Sunbreak introduced new switch skills and new feature: switch skill swap. The swap changes switch skills in two loadouts: red scroll and blue scroll. With this, players can switch their playstyle around switch skills. Moreover, new switch skills introduced make the combat flashier and more customizable than before. Other than that, these weapons get balance updates even prior title updates. Some playstyles get more balance changes so that the gameplay feels balanced than before.

1. Which weapon do you main? Are you having fun with these new features?
2. Which weapon gets the most/least benefits for these new skills?
3. Which weapon is the most/least improved, balance wise?
4. Which weapon convinces you to try more after getting these new features?
5. What do you want to see more about these skills? Do you think these added skills will be implemented for the future games? (example: moves from switch skills will replace the some of the core movesets permanently for next game)

1b. Buddy, follower, and endemic life
Buddies, such as Palico and Palamute, got new equipment and skills. This means they can now contribute more than before. More tools and gadgets added for expanding the game.

1. What do you think about their new tools and abilities? Are they significant enough towards combat gameplay which makes you depend on them?
2. Do you think those buddy skills will be implemented for the future?
3. Should this buddy system be implemented for the future?

Besides buddies, there are followers. Same as buddies, they can support for players during combat. Buddy amount wise, you can have four buddies: two pets and two followers. As a note, followers are only available at single player.

1. Who's your favorite follower?
2. Do you think followers should contribute more?
3. Do you think followers should be implemented for next game?

Don't forget about endemic life too. Sunbreak also added new endemic life to expand further to gameplay, ranging from various wirebugs (ruby, gold) and more creatures (marionette spider, etc.).

1. Which new endemic life do you think has the most/least benefit?
2. Should this endemic life system be implemented for next game?

1c. Equipment and skill design
This is where it goes spicy. Equipment is the most crucial, meta-defining feature in the game.
For weapons, the stats are varied than before with additional trees. The ramp-up skills for weapons in Rise are changed into a decoration, called rampage decorations. This allows weapons to use rampage and one-off skills.

1. Stat wise, do you think the weapons are balanced enough? What are the best/worst weapon trees?
2. What do you think about the change from ramp-up skills into rampage decoration? Does it ease the customization more?
3. Most/least favorite rampage skill to use?

For armors, the skills are getting varied more than before with returning skills from previous games but with modernized mechanics. Some skills are more radical and thematic with representing monsters. For example, you have to reach certain damage to buff your stats on time, otherwise you got debuff (bloodlust); or let's say you can change buffs according to your scroll color but some has tradeoffs (furious, mail of hellfire); or another one: changing your health mechanics but benefits into damage (berserk, dereliction).

1. Do you think these lineup of armor skills are good or better than before?
2. Most/least favorite armor skill to use?
3. Most/least impactful armor skill so far?

How about the initial balance? To balance these skills, usually the decorations are determined by decoration level, from Lv1-Lv4. To accommodate the feature, some armors, weapons, and talismans get a slot for those

1. How is the balance of armor skills, whether it's for the stats or decoration level? Is is balanced enough?

For post game features like Qurious Crafting (armoweapon) and talismans, I'll elaborate in Endgame section
1d. Quest and level design
For quests, the design remains the same, except now we got follower quests. These quests are specifically designed to delve more into certain followers. Other than that The quest design is improved for story purposes, meaning that we can understand more the story.

1. What do you think about quest design that integrates more to a story?
2. Some quests are presented once (example: afflicted Lunagaron story), meaning the set piece cannot be replayed again. What do you think about this decision?
3. What do you think about follower quests and its progression? Does the reward worth the content?

For level design, we got two major areas: Jungle and Citadel. Jungle is a recreation from MHFU Jungle. The map features rich and vibrant design with added verticality (it has rain at night!). Citadel is a new and larger map designed with three themes of environment: forests, snow, and castle. While they are at most large, it's dimension is still approachable

1. What do you think about those maps so far?
2. Should they recreate more old maps?
3. What should be the ideal size for a map? Horizontal vs vertical design?

What about rampage quests? Rampage has finished its story so there are no rampages in Sunbreak. However, some levels use heavy artillery from rampage implemented there.

1. What do you think about heavy artillery in Sunbreak, since they are shown a bit limited? Should they implement them more?
2. On heavy artillery, how would you design a level/quest/area with focus on that?

Lastly, arena stages like Gaismagorm arena and Forlorn arena. While they are straight to the point, the helpers are there with various endemic life placed for the arena

1. Are the arenas good enough to play?

1e. Monster combat design
With introduction of Master Rank, monsters are getting harder with some movesets added and/or changed. New moves are trending at chip damage, multiple hits, or big hits. Some are faster to counter player counterattacks, aerials, blocking, and more. With this, it creates more challenge to hunt with these pace

1. What do you think about the trends of monster combat design?
2. Do you think these trends should exist in future game?
3. Which monster is most/least improved from High Rank to Master Rank?
4. Which Sunbreak monster is good enough for a combat? Is that also your favorite monster to fight against?
5. Which monster feels the most faiunfair, even for the new ones?

Talking about monsters, don't forget about wyvern riding. Prior Sunbreak release, we have been given a feature not to force ride if hitting the monster. However, wyvern riding for new monsters has more moves and combos. Sometimes, single strong movement is not enough.

1. What do you think about wyvern riding moveset for new monsters?
2. Which new monster is the most fun for wyvern riding?
3. With endemic buffs like ruby/gold wirebug, which one do you prefer?

2. Presentation

Presentation is where players can experience the art direction of the game, including the visual and audio identity of the game
2a. Visual design
After the eastern or let's say Japanese centric visual direction on base Rise, Sunbreak goes into rather "European" direction (at least east Europe centric?). We can see medieval style with some of the equipment, character design, and even monster designs. However, this feels different compared to western style used in old school MH (talk about MH1 and MH2). Those gens were truly darker in theming, but now it's vibrant, which can be a balance to old approach blended with fantasy feel

1. What do you think about the shift of visual direction from Rise to Sunbreak?
2. What do you think about the character, NPC, and equipment designs?
3. What do you think about environmental designs especially the village and the areas?
4. What do you think about monster designs in general?

A bonus about returning contents remade, such as returning areas and monsters. Polygons and texture resolution are getting upgrades. Environmental lighting retouches the materials of areas and monsters. Skyboxes rich in color makes vibrant feel for the game.

1. What do you think about these graphical update for returning contents such as monsters and areas? Does it still have the same charm as source material?

2b. Animation design
The animation is something MH doesn't miss for this kind of content. We can see the facial expressions during cutscenes (later discussed in 2e), new moves, better implemented animations on equipment design, monsters' animation, NPCs, and more. Moreover, some of these animations are motion captured, meaning that it can match realistic movement with creative freedom. While in final product feels faster, it's still realistic due to the capture

1. What do you think about general animation design here?
2. What would you like to see the animations forward?

2c. Audio design
Another thing about these cool arts are audios. Playing with sounds with choice of output options such as speakers/headphones/soundbars makes varying experiences. Besides that, audio designs for the game are getting more oomph, such as explosion sounds with enhanced bass and middles.

1. First of all, what kind of audio output you usually play on? What do you hear, feel, and think about audio design on the game? Which audio preference do you choose in the options settings?
2. What do you think about audio design in Sunbreak? What makes it different than Rise?
3. Are there standouts for great audio design in Sunbreak (not limited to sound effects)?

2d. Soundtrack
Audios are something to hear, including the soundtrack (OST if you like abbreviations). OST direction in Rise were inspired with Japanese instruments, something that was mostly presented in MHP3rd. It added vocal choirs for each areas and monsters. In Sunbreak, the direction is different. There are more emphasis on classic instruments with fewer choir segments. As a tradeoff, the horns section is more frequent than before. That's no exception with returning OSTs such as Jungle music and monsters like Astalos, Seregios, Magalas, and more. They even invited the original composer to rearrange said monsters to give a faithful feel.
To give reference, Sunbreak OST directory is here. Also, I created the MH composer list

1. What do you hear, feel, and think about the Sunbreak OSTs in general? What do you like from them? What are your favorite track(s)?
2. What do you think about original composer rearranging some returning OSTs? Do you feel something different? Is it necessary to do?
3. What kind of soundtrack direction do you want forward?

2e. Story and cutscene design
Story in MH is arguably not the kind of priority, mostly for the lores and stuffs. However, for Rise series, they are more emphasized, direct, and personal. This direction continues in Sunbreak, enhancing what's missing from Rise (minus Rampages). Characters are more expressive, including side characters who gives somewhat more important backstory. And of course, there are more character content. First, the follower quests which makes more character story. That also supported by their social media team who gives more further information about character story. Moreover, if you see the characters, their names are more personal and given rather than by title. For example: the name's Galleus vs Admiral
Cutscene design is no exception. While they are basically have focused direction as Rise, The experience is still good. You can feel the overall tension of the story.

1. What do you think about the story so far? Does is more direct and "in your face" compared to older games?
2. What story aspect that stands out for you, and what aspect that can be improved?
3. How's the cutscene so far?
4. What do you think about names which is now personal than being a title in previous games?
5. Do you think they should emphasize more into the story in the future?

3. Experience

Experience is how players experience the game, such as how to access the game, how does it control and perform, and the multiplayer experience
3a. Overall user interface and user experience
With UI and UX improvements, such as loadouts, equipment & talisman navigation, quest navigation, etc., the overall experience is improved from what's inside Rise. That applies in Rise version especially UX updates.

1. What is the most improved aspect of the UI and UX in this game?
2. How was the experience when you entered Sunbreak the first time? Did it overwhelm you?
3. Is the tutorial popup helpful or at least improved, judging from the timing and how it's described in the game?
4. What kind of UI and UX you want to see in the future?

3b. Menu information (visual)
Menu is the most vital part of MH, giving people information about what's up. In hunter's notes, unlike previous games, they've shown actual numbers and meters to inform the values. This is huge in meta aspect, making the fight easier to analyze such as hitzone values, weakness thresholds, and more. Another thing is the armor skill descriptions. There are some consistencies need to be desired such as when to show the numbers in description or not. For example: damage +10 vs (further) increases damage.

1. What do you think about these menu information? Does it inform you enough, or do you want it more?
2. Do you think they need to make descriptions more concise or verbose, or should they release more numbers in description?

3c. Controls (motoric)
In combat section, with introduction of switch skill swap, the controls become more complex. At least they have shown the UI for indicator, which is still a good thing. For PC, there are control improvements, even though there are some unfamiliarities transitioning from controller to keyboard and vice versa

1. What do you play with? Does it play responsively?
2. Optional: do you make the transition from one control to another? (example: controller to KbM)
3. Switch users: do you feel different controlling in portable/docked mode?
4. Does this game need full button remaps or at least button presets?

3d. Audio experience (audio)
This has slightly different question than audio design in section 2. There are extensive audio controls in this game, including 3D audio. With this option, players can listen the direction of the sound

1. How's the audio engineering? Is it well mixed?
2. How's the 3D audio so far? Any differences compared to basic version?

3e. Performance and graphics (tech)
Title, so I straight up ask

1. For PC, optional: specify the main PC specs such as CPU, GPU, storage, RAM, VRAM. How does it perform in your PC? What are the most intensive performance so far? How's the driver update treat the performance? Is there a bottleneck so far?
   1. frame rate: 30, 60, 120, or unlimited fps?
   2. How's the booting time? Does it concern you?
2. For home console: specify the console used. How's the performance so far?
3. For switch: how's the performance on portable and docked mode? Are there changes on optimizations?
4. In terms of graphics, where are the most beautiful scenes? (excluding cutscenes)

3f. Multiplayer (online)
Multiplayer is one of the key features to experience in MH. Because of it, this time I put them in experience section. Although the experience is basically the same in Rise, there can be improvements, maybe a bit subtle, so I'll ask again

1. How's the general experience of multiplayer in Sunbreak? Are there improvements compared to Rise?

I forgot to mention in Rise, the quest design flow is a bit different. If we compare to World, Rise is offline first. This affects how quests are designed. For the host, quest can be toggled for online but only in the hub whereas World can toggle while hunting due to online first design (SOS Flare +++ quests). Now for the finder, you can search while in "offline" mode (should I say asynchronous mode since searching lobby is basically online?). You can select specific quest. But there is one caveat, you don't know the players playing the quest or not, so for the finder it can be frustrating if there are no specific quests posted.

1. Do you think this is a good multiplayer quest design so far? Is there something that needs to be improved?
2. What should be the better multiplayer system for MH? (doesn't need to be retrospective)

4. Support

4a. Title updates
Title Update (TU) is the most vital part of the game given how to make the game long lasting until now. TUs come with bunch of stuffs, including but not limited to monsters, gimmick weapons, additional weapon balances, followers able to participate anomaly quests, new craftable decos, and more. In fact, besides updates, we get more QoL features and improvements based on the feedback to make more convenience.

1. What's your opinion about the overall TU lineup for Sunbreak?
2. Which TU feels significant content wise? Also, which TU is your favorite?
3. What do you think about how they treated weapon balance prior updates?
4. Is the QoL across the updates enough, mainly for UI and UX aspects, or is there something that needs to be addressed more?
5. Does the performance stable enough to handle TUs?
6. Does the TU make grinding easier over time?

4b. Event quests
Event quests are operated independent against TUs. As the name suggests, let's jump straight to questions:

1. Do you like that the updates are independent against TUs?
2. Downloadable quests vs scheduled event quests?
3. Are you satisfied about the rewards after completing even quests??

5. Endgame

5a. Anomaly quests, monsters, and grinding
After the final boss, there are anomaly quests that elevates the difficulty from the base version. Majority of monsters get afflicted with qurio parts to break with indications if some parts are broken, the player(s) passes the damage check which topples monster. Otherwise, monster unleashes large and stunning AoE damage which is kind of dangerous. Some may say it's akin to MHGen hyper monsters which has hyper parts needed to hit to increase hunter arts gauge. The rewards? You get afflicted materials.
However, anomaly quests and the rewards are not enough. They introduce anomaly investigations. This may be similar to MH4U endgame quest (disclaimer: I don't play MH4U). Anomaly investigation has the level system that needs to be increased to get better rewards with a increased difficulty. These rewards

1. What do you think about anomaly quest design, and what about the rewards?
2. What do you think about anomaly investigation design, and what about the rewards? Does the rewards worth the time to grind?
3. In case of investigation. What is your usual time to beat the quest? How exhausting is the progress by grinding more? What do you think about its increased difficulty and the damage?
4. What do you think about afflicted monsters gameplay? Is it well designed for its stats, mechanics and moveset?
5. Favorite afflicted monster to fight?
6. Which monster is the best/worst for anomaly quests?

As the anomaly endgame goes further, we are introduced with Risen elder dragons, who got in control with qurio to make them afflicted. Risen elder dragons difficulty is increased with exclusive moves that explodes anywhere near (or a bit further) with fearful damage. What makes them different than afflicted monster is they don't inflict bloodblight as the afflicted ones.

1. What do you think about risen elder dragon so far, whether for its difficulty, moveset, time to complete, etc?
2. What's your usual completion time for risen quests? Does the reward worth the grind?
3. By completing these anomaly quests with some level requirement, you can unlock a new decoration and craft it from those quest rewards. Therefore, there are variety of decorations as opposed to Rise. Is this system good enough to be implemented

5b. Qurious crafting: armor
As the reward for completing anomaly quests, you get items for augmenting equipment a bit further, particularly afflicted essences. Qurious armor takes the augmenting further, adding or trading skills so that the augmentations can be mixed.

1. Whats your opinion about qurious crafting in general?
2. How grindy is this in comparison to previous games' grindy sections (like MHW deco grind and others)?
3. In terms of augmentation, do you like the fact you can have a tradeoff involving defense, slots, and skills?
4. Do you think this augmentation is better implemented for next game? Or are there other suggestions for armor augments?
5. Bonus: do you play without qurious armors this whole time? ^{Because I do}

5c. Qurious crafting: weapons
Back in Rise, you can ramp up the weapons with rampage skills. Since Sunbreak, these upgrades are replaced by qurious weapon crafting. This features stat increases such as raw/elemental attack, sharpness and slot upgrade, and other upgrades like shell types. What makes them different compared to qurious armor crafting is this one's requirement is fixed and can minmax freely after you unlock what's desired. This system doesn't reward randomly like in armor. However, with this characteristics, the grind is real that you need to reach some of highest level of anomaly investigation

1. What's your opinion on qurious weapon crafting in general?
2. Do you think this kind of augmentation can be implemented for later games?

5c. Hazard quests
Hazard quests was introduced in late title updates. Currently, these quest is implemented for all monsters after accomplishing anomaly investigation level 300, event quests, or even hub quests. These quests introduces modified movesets for monsters and also increase their health. In practice, the rewards are title badges and more.

1. What do you think about hazard quests so far? How's the difficulty of it?
2. Does it worth the accomplishment?

Closing

This is a closing part of the post. MH Rise series has come into the end with Sunbreak final update. We don't know what will happen how for the mainline series goes, but this marks for 2 years of service including planned last event quests at 27 July 2023. I believe there are many community contribution through this series, ranging from fanarts to in depth meta guides.
Last but not least, after these evaluations, it's time for the verdict.

The verdict: are you satisfied with Sunbreak?

Thank you
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Resources by OP:

• Sunbreak moveset flowchart diagram
• Sunbreak combo analyzer

I went out of my way to help my mother attend her grandsons wedding. She is older and has a few struggles but in a general sense it was good to have her at the wedding. My tbm brother was thankful that I did the work to get her to the wedding. The bride and her family are non lds so this was an even better event. My kids were asking during the wedding dinner what they could have to drink. There was lemonade, water and iced tea. My grumpy mother said you know you can't drink tea don't you remember the word of wisdom. There was not even alcohol at this event. My mom thought she needed to make an angry comment about tea. Well I decided I didn't really care and I grabbed a cup of iced tea and sat next to her and drank it. She didn't even notice but I was still laughing inside that she has no idea that lots of mormons drink coffee and tea and still attend thr temple. We have a friend with health problems so she cut soda out of her diet and drinks tea instead. She said she has always told her leaders and never been denied a temple recommend. It's humorous how much older mormons get so uptight about little trivial things.

As the final episodes approach, we can see that [1] Hudson has figured out that the TF is linked to Red, and is determined to expose it; and [2] Red is planning for some kind of retirement or ending. So how does this all end?
Hudson's little crusade is at most an embarrassment. The TF has been approved by multiple administrations over the course of ten years, and there's a long trail of people (including Cynthia) who are in on it. "Exposing" the TF is more PR move than grand act. And, "in show," this universe has seen a massive criminal corruption plot inside two different administrations in a ten year span. The TF seems minor league by comparison. But with so many people entangled, there's a decent chance that Red can pull another stunt, and evade Hudson's spotlight.
Red's little retirement speech to the Morgana folks clearly signals that death or retirement is approaching fast. Which is it? The writers have been milking Red's health for so long that it would seem bizarre not to put it into play at the end. Killing off the character in some act of self-sacrifice seems like the way that Bokenkamp intended for it to go. But they've spent a year or so building the 'Grandpa Red' / "warm and cuddly" image, so is a last episode death going to go over well?
What's your prediction for the Series ending?
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INTRODUCTION:

BYND is a company that produces plant-based meat. It’s currently at its growth period having their IPO very recently in 2019. These couple years have been rough for BYND as it burns through cash to establish market share, faces negative net income and multiple health scares. Management’s plans for success are Price Parity with Animal protein, Enhancing Taste, Aroma and Texture to taste like Animal protein, Education on Misinformation + Health benefits of BYND and Plans to cut off fats such as Better Inventory management, Layoffs, Increased capital efficiency, Improve their operating expenditure situation.
REVENUE:
TOTAL ADDRESSABLE MARKET
I’ve used a top-down approach when building my revenue model. I followed the revenue forecast of the meat industry [Plant based inclusive] (SOURCE)
%STAKE
The %stake of the market held by BYND changes to a small extent to avoid being too optimistic in my forecast. I used historic numbers when forecasting %stake.
COST
The general principle I took for forecasting Cost was following management’s guidance from 2023 Q1, their goal of “Sustainable growth” and focusing more on margins.
COGS
Initially, COGS is going to be lower from reduction in co-packing and overall headcount bringing production more in house.(SOURCE)
But going forward, COGS is going to be lower due to higher economies of scale. (SOURCE) Management has set forth that they plan to achieve price parity with animal protein by 2024, so the largest fall in COGS will appear in the first few years of forecast.
The moment price parity is achieved, I’d guess that it takes 2-3 years for BYND to reach close to the level of margins as the animal protein industry as BYND needs to sort out other issues e.g., how to more efficiently ship higher volume, Agriculture has ops. margins of 7.84% (SOURCE).
ADVERTISING
Advertising is going to slightly increase in the first few years of forecast. Management has stated that there is a lot of disinformation in the market and consumers are relatively unaware of the health benefits of BYND (SOURCE). So, management will scale up advertising efforts. Opting for less granularity I assume that advertising will remain the same as 2022.
SHIPPING
Opting for less granularity when forecasting Shipping, the cost of Shipping is constant for the past few years so Shipping is assumed to follow historic trends.
During the high growth period, BYND may be not ready to deal with larger volume of sales so I’d assume that cost of shipping slightly ticks upwards for the next 2-3 years before tending back down.
OVERALL
Margins of BYND will be higher than Animal protein due to cheaper production cost (SOURCE), e.g. Pea protein costs $5/kg whereas Animal protein costs $300/kg
NON-CASH ADJUSTMENT:
D&A and CapEX
Management has given out guidance that they want to get more capital efficient, so for the first few years of forecast I’d assume that BYND has net negative or close to net negative CapEX for the first few years. Onwards, as BYND develops better products and gets more widely recognized they will begin priming their net reinvestment for growth before tapering down for maturity.
Change in NWC
Management has given guidance that their inventory levels are quite high and they are planning on selling off, I’d assume that the first few years they are aggressively selling off inventory. But in the long run, they will have positive change in NWC as I believe they may require to hold some stock.
WACC:
COST OF EQUITY
RFR (1M Average) = 3.53%
4105.02 = [4.58% x 4105.02] x (1+5%) / (1+R) + ([4.58% x 4105.02] x (1+5%)) x (1+3.417%) / R - 3.417% / (1+R) ^2
R = 8.635%
ERP = 5.105%
Beta = 2.00 (SOURCE)
COE = 13.74%
COST OF DEBT
BYND has no credit rating, negative EBIT so no interest coverage ratio and no outstanding bond with a market YTM. So, the best proxy to use is book yield.
Interest expense = 3.966M
Total Interest-bearing Liability = 60.359M
COD = 6.57%
WEIGHTAGE
BYND has 1 billion worth of convertible bonds at conversion price of $206 per share, so it’s OTM.
Total liability = 1093.05M
Share price (1M Average) = $10.185
Shares O/S = 64094.52M
Market Value Equity = 737727.91M
%Equity = 99.8%
%Liability = 0.02%
Marginal Tax Rate = 21%
WACC = 13.71%
EFFICIENT WACC
The elevated WACC that BYND faces is only because it is a new company with an unproven business model and not yet enjoying the full extent of economies of scale. So, I’ve looked at the averages for the agriculture industry and assumed that BYND will tend towards these numbers as the business gets more efficient, COD remains constant.
Average Unlevered Beta = 0.91
Average D/E ratio = 33.87%
Average Levered Beta = 1.15
Average COE = 9.40%
Average WACC = 8.33%
R&D:
R&D
Historical data has to be reconciled as management treats R&D expenditure as an operating cost. This is inaccurate as R&D provides value for more than a year, so it should be capitalized. Assume R&D expenditure counted from 2017 onwards and it takes 6 years to develop a product. (SOURCE)
CONCLUSION:
I value BYND at $17.10 for my base case. BYND has a hidden pocket of value that most investors do not consider, their NOL carryforward. Even when we take a conservative view and only consider those that do not expire. Their NOL carryforward is still 738M. I believe that as countries turn to be more environmentally conscious BYND will be the first in line to profit. Even if environmental concern is out of the picture, plant protein has a huge potential to be significantly cheaper and even healthier than animal protein. The less privileged will be able to benefit from this, not having to pick between health and hunger.
DCF (BASE) : [SOURCE]
DCF (WORST) : [SOURCE]
DCF (BEST) : [SOURCE]
Revenue Model : [SOURCE]
Cost Model : [SOURCE]
QUESTIONS & POTENTIAL ERRORS:
1) How can BYND penetrate into Asia if most products are Westernized e.g., Burger patty?
2) BYND may not be able to achieve EOS as “The common plants used for protein in alternative meats, such as peas, are only being produced in a few countries” (SOURCE)
3) Given that I used book yield as a last resort, it may not necessarily give the most accurate representation for Cost of Debt.
4) Management may or may not tend towards the efficient wacc I’ve defined in my DCF for reasons such as they may not be able to cheaply do it or may not see a need to do so in general.

This is my first post concerning AITH but I've been in need of answers to this situation for months
I'm 15 (ftm) and have currently got no friends. This might seem a silly post considering what other people talk about on here, but i really need some outside perspectives.
Five months ago, i stopped talking to my best friend of 7 years (female) ,who I'll call Sophie, my friend of 4 years (female), who I'll call Regan, and two other friends (both female) Lauren and Cathy. I've been feeling like an asshole because I recognise i was the one who stopped talking to them, but am angry that these friends have made no effort to talk to me since I've distanced myself. We all go to the same school, i sit next to Sophie and Cathy every morning in tutor and they're all in various of my classes. When i see them hanging out together in class or outside of class i get really angry and anxious and have no idea why.
My reasoning for distancing myself is because i found out that Sophie and Regan had been dating, and did not tell me. I found out through Lauren, who i had only been friends with for a few months, she has been friends with Regan and Sophie for a couple years, but to my understanding only casually and if they were closer friends i feel i would have known as I've spent my secondary school years with Sophie and Regan. I was offended they hadn't told me they were dating as i couldn't understand why they wouldn't, I am queer and trans openly to them, so homophobia would not have been a concern, and have always been supportive of both of their sexualities. Knowing they had told someone (Lauren) whom i consider not to be as close with them this, it made me quite upset and i started wondering if they didn't trust or like me, or, care enough about me to tell me this. For context, my four years of secondary school I have dipped in and out of friendship groups, but have always remained in contact with at least Sophie, this was because of various mental health problems I've dealt with surrounding my self identity, of which i've hinted towards with Regan and Sophie many times. despite being friends for so many years, I always found it difficult to have any deep or meaningful conversations with either Regan or Sophie. I presumed this was from them both being shy as they've always come across very quiet. Despite this, i did call them my best friends and often tried to instigate meaningful conversations up until this event, after finding out they hadn't told me they were dating, i started to bother them less believing that they didn't trust me or like me enough to share things with me. I've also always felt out of place in our trio, like i previously mentioned i am a trans guy, and they are both wlw females, this was the reason i presumed them to be closer to each other, as well as the time they'd spent together while i was with other friends during my rocky mental health period. In february last year, Lauren told me she liked Sophie, and asked for advice, we weren't close at this time so i did my best to advise her, telling her to speak to Sophie about it, and I told her that Sophie and i didn't talk about that sort of thing, so i couldn't do any more than that. About a week later, Sophie told me Lauren had given her a note or a text or something regarding the matter, and Sophie told me (and Regan who was there) she wasn't interested. Here, i told her that Lauren had messaged me for advice (as i thought it was relevant conversation) and i informed Sophie of what I'd said. We got to talking about why she didn't see Lauren that way and i managed to get out of her that she liked somebody else. It was an ongoing joke between the three of us that Sophie was the most attractive/likeable ect. as she was always asked out in primary school and earlier years by boys despite her being a lesbian. i made a joke along the lines of me and Regan being the single ones. Somehow it came out that they both liked someone, and naturally i asked who, they danced around the subject until i caught on that they liked each other. While walking home with Sophie i tried to have meaningful conversation (since i believed her to be my best and closest friend, so we could discuss these things) about how this situation developed, Sophie was struggling to articulate her words and seemed uncomfortable so i said something along the lines of "Hey, no pressure, If you'd like to talk to someone about it you can always message me if you're finding it hard to discuss right now" and we went our separate ways home. She sent me poorly worded message later that evening about how she'd slowly grown to like Regan and texted her about it, and that Regan had expressed common feelings but was aro/ace. Naturally, being a queer person, i am aware of aro/ace people having relationships, but i'm not going to lie, looking back now i can see how this was her way of telling me they were dating, but it wasn't clear at all, she didnt say dating or exclusive and i was confused as to what Regan's views were on relationships being aro/ace. Anyway, flash forward months of feeling awkward about (sort of) third wheeling everyday (as only the three of us sat together) and them talking about hang outs at weekends i didnt know about, call me ignorant but i didnt realise they were dating, so naturally i was getting self conscious, wondering why they werent inviting me to hang out and such, so i eventually sent a long essay-like text telling them how it made me feel that they'd constantly talk about inside jokes/information/hangouts i didnt know about when we were together and when i inquired about it avoid the question entirely or give a vague answer. They both replied in an apoligetic manner, but they sent short messages that, again, were vague, and left me feeling frustrated. I continued hanging out with them and ,eventually, Cathy who i used to know from one of the other groups i'd been in during previous years. This was because Cathy had been dropped by that same group (as was I) and we'd been asked to try and make friends by my tutor. Sophie and Regan being( what i excused as) awkward people didn't make any effort, but as i'd been friends/acquaintances with Cathy previously, i encouraged them to sit with Cathy and try and make friends. This is when Lauren also started sitting with us, as Regan and Sophie were already friends with her and I had become her friend too. I spent months in this group, feeling like I didn't fit in, not finding the same things funny, conversations always meaningless and feeling like I knew nothing about these people despite the years Id's spent trying to be their friends, and Sophie and Regan still never told me they were dating. My mental health has always been consumed by anxiety and depression and the overthinking every single day I'd walk to school with them, sit with them in class and at breaks, constantly feeling like the odd one out, not getting their jokes was having a big impact on my school work. Along side this, In classes when we were asked to do paired work, Sophie and Regan would always pair up, Lauren would go with her friend who wasn't apart of our group and Cathy wasn't in our classes, when asked to do group work, they'd join up and go as a four, leaving me completely alone. I would stand there, waiting for them to remember they'd left me out and ask the teacher to be a three or invite me to their group, but they never did. It's not like they thought i had other friends in class either, I'd joined their band (band= your class groupings) at the start of year 9 because of transitioning and wanting a fresh start specifically to work with them. Eventually, our school announced a STEM fayre which you could do individually, or in groups of up to three. I was sat next to Lauren and Regan, Sophie and Laurens friend were sat the row in front, directly opposite us. When time came to get it groups, Sophie paired with Regan and Lauren with her friend, I sat their for an hour with them right next to me and in front of me, and they said nothing. They could see I was by myself, I'm certain i didn't look happy, and didn't ask me to join in. You may wonder why i didn't ask them, and I'ts because i presumed after that hour they'd ignored me, they didn't want to work with me and i didn't want to burden them by joining in something that was either a "couples" thing or Lauren with a friend i wasn't close to. Weeks past, and i was getting overwhelmed with the STEM fayre, knowing i'd have to do all this research,decorate a board and eventually stand in a busy hall and present it by myself. We were given 4 months for this project, and in the first two months, i hinted at being stressed, hoping they'd feel sorry for me and invite me to their group, but they never did. So, i started distancing myself, it became unbearable to overthink and feel un-liked everyday around them, and they never asked why, they still see me every day and never ask why i left or how i am or anything. I ended up doing the STEM fayre completely by myself, it was honestly a horrible experience to be stood in a hall of 100 people all in groups/ pairs or with friends there and be completely alone.
That leads to present day where i am still constantly reminded of them and their friendship, I'm angry they get on so well with Cathy despite initially not even wanting to be friends, that they hang out with Lauren and her friends now despite refusing to ever get to know my old group of friends from previous years, but I'm mainly angry at spending 8 years of my life investing in those 2 long friendships with Sophie and Regan for them to not care at all when i leave, and, in fact, be happier since i've stopped being friends with them.
Like I say, It's been five months, so I've had a lot of time to reflect on this, but when i see them post online or see them hanging out at school or in our local area or laugh all sat together in class, i get this awful feeling, which i would call a mix of jealousy and resentment. Some days, I think i hate them, and other days i realise i wasted 8 years of my life trying to force frienships which they clearly didn't want. I honestly think i know these people quite well from the time i spent with them, and don't believe any of their dis-inclusion was done of malicious intent, but i can't help feeling a bit sick when i see them so happy and (now)chatty and confident together, when they were always so quiet and didn't ask to hang out as often as they do with others now, with me . I will admit, I think my metal health has been much better for leaving, I'm not overthinking every interaction and spiralling and hating myself now because I believed they didn't like me or want me around, I'm trying to accept we just aren't suited to be friends, but the lack of closure and crippling loneliness I feel from no longer having any friends has been driving my insane.
Any advice, and can you tell me, AITAH for feeling this way?
any comments on my situation would be appreciated, I've talked about it with everyone in my life but I'm anxious they are biased because of what I've said in fits of rage or when i've broken down crying about the situation, writing this in a clear state of mind i hope will allow for my story to be unbiased and as true as i know.
Thanks so much,
a lonely 15 y/o

https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/rajinikanth-and-amitabh-bachchan-to-reunite-for-tj-gnanavel-thalaivar-170-after-32-years-deets-inside-2391303-2023-06-10.. How much work does this man do with so many serious health problems and at such an age ? Movies, ads, KBC . His son is going to develop a complex