![]() ![]() Torturer, Hothead, and Executioner are also some solid choices. Talents: Elemental Affinity, Living Armor, Opportunist, and Savage Sortilege. Warfare: Battering Ram, Battle Stomp, and Whirlwind Necromancer: Blood Sucker (just because Inquisitor starts with it) Mosquito Swarm, Shackles Of Pain, and Silencing Stare. Planned skills are Geomancer: Contaminate, Fortify, Fossil Strike, Poison Dart, Corrosive Touch, Oily Carapace, Turn To Oil, Impalement, Poison Wave, Earthquake, Corrosive Spray, and Pyroclastic Eruption. ![]() Planned playstyle is to rush in and poison everything with contaminate and then destroy the physical armor, with high geomancer fortify will give lots of physical armor allowing the use of int armor in this build (in theory), The plan for this build is to go pure int and max out geomancer, weapon is a staff so he can still use warfare skills, a point in polymorph would also work, letting you use Turn To Oil and Oily Carapace combo, that and bull rush is good on all melee builds. The starting skills Inquisitor has is fine for starting this build out. Started with Fane as a Inquisitor, than at reaching level 2 i gave him a point in geomancer, Right now at level 9 my crit chance is up to 24%.Thought of this build after looking at corrosive touch and spray. At level 12 I'm taking savage sortilage for my crit chance to apply to my spells. Literaly every fight I go 1st, my incarnate goes 2nd. PS: High wits is great because of the high initiative. I had no trouble at all soloing everything in Act 1 with just the 1 summonere character on tactitian. Otherwise get your 5 or 6 turns left out of him and then recast him without any gap in uptime. ![]() ![]() If his initial agro pull resulted in lots of damage to him, just recast him right away. your cooldown is already over and you can recast him any time you want! This means you will likely start the fight with 5 or 6 turns left before he expires, because half his duration burned down out of combat. Potentially even casting more buffs on him without you entering combat!Ģ) The cooldown to cast him again is faster than he expires out of combat. The reason why this is such a good way to start fights is two-fold.ġ) He has the agro, you are back and safe, and often not even in combat and can move forward cautiously. You can CTL-Click someone to run up into melee, or you can his ranged attack, or some will just agro when they see him. Then click his icon next to your portrait to take control of him and run him up to the enemies to start the fight. Out side combat, cast your incarnate beside you, then buff him for range and melee. Now the #1 thing that makes a summoner really useful is how you start fights: And I would have lots of support spells to go with it in all the elemental magic schools. This way I could examine my opponents and choose what element they are weakest against and use that kind of incarnate, or physical or blood if those were the best choice. Played on Tactician solo, never having another party member.Īt first, every level up went into Summoning up to rank 12 (had a +1 item making it 13).Īfter that, each level up I put into the elemental magic skills, Pyro, Geo, Hydro and Aero. That was my summoner when he first got off the island and onto the boat at the end of Act 1. ![]()
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With SELL+, sellers who advertise their homes for sale with a Rocket Holmes-verified partner agent will receive a check from Rocket Homes for 1% of the sale price after the closing. ![]() If a buyer uses a Rocket Homes partner realtor and gets financing via Rocket Mortgage, they can save hundreds of dollars on closing fees using the BUY+ program. To begin with, in April, Rocket Homes and Rocket Mortgage announced a new partnership called BUY+ and SELL+, which combines the two companies’ respective house search platforms and real estate agent referral networks. The Turnaround StrategiesĪs a way of addressing a turbulent economic situation, the company came up with several interventions geared towards turning things around across different spheres of the company. The optimistic projections of future revenues and expenses through 2025 shown in the preceding graph lend credence to this assertion. As a result, Q1’s adjusted EBITDA loss of $79 million was much better than Q4’s loss of $204 million.įrom these results, it is clear that the company’s financial situation has begun to improve, and I believe this marks a turning point for its financial situation. Adjusted revenue grew by nearly $200 million quarter-over-quarter, while total costs grew by less than half that amount. In terms of profitability, operating losses in Q1 were significantly lower than in the fourth quarter of 2022. Both the adjusted EBITDA loss of $79 million and the adjusted loss per diluted share of $0.06 were better than the previous quarter. In the first quarter of 2023, adjusted sales came in at $882 million, more than the high end of what they projected. This significant decline in financials can be attributed to economic adversities such as growing mortgage rates, resulting in low demand for houses and, consequently, low demand for mortgages.Īfter what I would call a financially difficult three years, RKT developed turnaround strategies-which I’ll talk about in the next section-and the MRQ’s financial outcomes improved. Since 2020, RKT’s financials have been on a downward trajectory, with its sales, operating profit, and net income declining from $16938M, $11058M, and $198M, respectively, in 2020 to $4628M, $896 and 46M respectively in 2022. The company is currently implementing the reward strategy, and the results prove that it’s helping the company grow financially and its client base. I am bullish on RKT stock in the long run because I believe the current headwinds, such as inflation and low demand, are temporary and will eventually subside. I attribute improving financials to the company’s new initiatives, such as the rocket rewards. However, despite the adversities, the company has proven resilient by reporting solid MRQ financial results after a series of poor financial performance. The economic adversities explain the 1.50% share decline on this company’s shares over the last year. The recent decline in demand for this financial product is due to the fact that the economy has become more inflationary, which has caused interest rates to skyrocket. Since covid 19 started, the mortgage and banking industries have been hurt, which has led to a drop in mortgage demand. ( NYSE: RKT) is a financial technology company with tech-driven businesses in real estate, mortgages, and financial services. ![]() ![]() Sprint car racing is a form of exercise for some drivers, an opportunity to flex their muscles and hone their skills. How would reaction be different if Johnson had suffered a knee injury during the event? Team owners would never ban drivers from exercising, but they could hurt themselves on the treadmill or in the weight room just as easily as on the race track. Lacey McLaughlin of the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported that Johnson, along with Michael Waltrip, Kasey Kahne and Aric Almirola, competed in the Daytona Beach Half Marathon in February. Many drivers, including Sprint Cup points leader Jimmie Johnson, are avid runners. ![]() Three years ago, he tore his ACL in a pick-up basketball game during the offseason. They can be hurt just as easily off the track as they can on it.Įarlier this year, Denny Hamlin suffered a broken back in an accident during the Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway. And just a few weeks ago, Buffalo Bills quarterback Kevin Kolb injured himself when he slipped on a rubber mat, as reported by USA Today's Sal Maiorana. In 2011, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that Terrell Owens tore his ACL while taping an episode of his VH1 reality show. They reached the pinnacle of the sport by racing every time they had an opportunity, and that should not be taken away because of a couple freak accidents. ![]() Tony Stewart and the rest of the drivers in the NASCAR garage are racers at heart. It’s just a cool thing to watch and see it all transform.But this is an overreaction. “We’re all very excited for it,” Rose said. With another strong field of drivers expected to compete, Rose is optimistic the event will be a success once again. It gives the drivers a totally different style of approach for the race.” “The corners are plenty wide, the straightaways are a little tight. “It brings a whole different dynamic,” Rose said about the powerful cars on the bullring track. Smith will attempt to defend his title against Dylan Norris and Tyler Ross, as well as Action Track USA regulars in the USAC SpeedSTR division in Billy Pauch Jr., Briggs Danner and Tim Buckwalter. The veteran is coming off his first winged 410 sprint car win of the season at Big Diamond Speedway on Aug. Smith is expected to compete on Sunday night. “The plan is to continue forward like we did last year, and hopefully we’ll have another successful show.” “Fortunately, it all ran pretty seamlessly (last year),” Rose said. Smith, a Sunbury resident, took home $6,000 with last year’s feature win. ![]() The race was named “The ImPOSSEible,” which alludes to the hypothetical feasibility of the event and to Pennsylvania’s plethora of sprint car drivers, known collectively as the Pennsylvania Posse. ![]() The racing surface was made wider, the banking was increased and a new catch fence was installed at both ends of the track, all of which helped better accommodate the full-sized sprint cars. The facility welcomed the division for the first time last year after undergoing several upgrades and changes during the 2020-21 offseason. “We’re just always looking to have unique events that set us apart from other tracks,” Rose said. Big power will return to the small track at the Kutztown Fairgrounds this year, as Action Track USA will host the winged 410 sprint cars on Sunday at 6:30 p.m., with $6,000 going to the winner of the 35-lap feature. The vision came to fruition and the event was a success, with Mark Smith winning the first winged 410 sprint car feature in the track’s 21-year history last June. Host the powerful, winged 410 sprint cars on the tight, one-fifth mile dirt track for the first time. After watching dirt late models race on a small, indoor track, Doug Rose, co-owner and operator of Action Track USA in Kutztown, had an idea for his own facility heading into the 2021 season. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Just a single repeat of the phase 1 rotation. Horrid Roar (Player AoE) + Cauterize (Divebomb).Just make sure you won’t step on anything red or purple the entire time! PHASE 7 – Blood Rage Just avoid anythings strange on the floor here and don’t panic on the throbbing proximity AoE since you’ll have time to run away from it after all the other attacks have dropped. Healers will also be tethered so their tanks must take their tethers before they explode and kill them. Healers will also leave purple puddles on where they placed the High Jumps. When the towers drop, it will leave a fire puddle. DPS can be accounted for on the southern sides. We will have the northeast and northwest occupied by each tank partnered with one healer. The others would go to the edges just in case they get marked with a High Jump. High Jump x4 (circle player AoE) + Gierskogul x4 (line AoE)Īssign two players to each quadrant with one player taking a tower.4 Towers + High Jump 2x (always healers) + Soul Tether 2x (always healers).Red players should stack with him to share damage, at the same time damaging the claw and minimizing the healing done to the fang. Blue player should get away from his fellow blues and go to the center. There are two attacks here: 1.) 3 AoE balls which the red players should each get (be careful where you pop them) and 2.) a sharable AoE will be marked on a blue player. Tank-swap as necessary- no main tank should be having blue. If the current main tank gets blue at the start, off-tank should get aggro ASAP. So basically if you have red you need to get damaged, and if you have blue, avoiding getting damaged at all costs. Red means taking damage = dealing damage to the claw, while blue means taking damage = healing the fang. 3 players will be tethered as blue, and another 3 as red. Two adds will spawn- Red Claw and Blue Fang. Around this time, a random player will be tethered by a random shadow so the off-tank must intercept this and eat the explosion away from the party, all while avoiding the purple AoE lines as well. ![]() When the shadows dive, run to the middle and avoid any purple AoE lines that will appear. Whoever has purple marks on them should bait and place them ALL on one edge. Kill last: Shadow Dragon PHASE 4 – Dragondive If he will be getting a third stack he must use his invulnerability skill before it drops or else he’ll die. Fireballs can be baited then evaded by ranged players by going to the edge of the arena.Īfter the lizard is killed, lizard tank should provoke the eel off the other tank to prevent him from getting any more stacks. Ignore the dragon but avoid its frontal cleave and ranged fireball attacks. PHASE 3 (80%) – AddsĮach tank will handle either the lizard or the eel. But watch out! Ground AoEs will spawn between these skills so wait for them to spawn first before going to the safe area of the next attack. He won’t use the same skill twice, so if he uses Hot Tail first, Hot Wing is sure to be next. Hot Tail means stay away from the straight line encompassing Nidhogg’s head and tail.
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So, I watched them carefully how they ate and I noticed that a lot of feed was getting dirty and scratched under the sand here in Florida. You know every couple of weeks I had to go to the store and get new feed and I was it can't be that the chickens eat this much. ![]() ![]() ![]() But with PhotoToaster, my shot of a beautiful but dimly lit wisteria vine crawling up five stories of a building became infused with light. You can't fix an underexposed shot in Instagram, for example. I often brighten up a photo with PhotoToaster before importing it to Instagram. You can apply preset filters such as "Tuneup," ''Pro," ''Happy" and "Chill." You can also tap a button and have more precise control over exposure, color temperature, light and other settings. I love the ease of flipping through filters on Instagram until I see one that makes my photo pop, but sometimes I want a little more control over the specific effects. Full version costs $1.99 and gives you more choices and control. PhotoToaster by East Coast Pixels, Inc. Its "Helga Viking Lens" gave the yellow dust filtering through the streets a romantic feel, and its "John S" lens transformed crumbling ivy-covered pre-war buildings with a retro-cool blue. In Lebanon, in fact, I ended up taking most of my pictures with Hipstamatic because of how it gave life to street scenes that would have looked gritty otherwise. Once you get a sense of which virtual lens works best under which conditions, you can create stunning photos. But I was able to catch on after a friend gave me a tutorial. The app is not very intuitive, the settings are hard to keep track of and the accompanying guide isn't very helpful. Instead, you choose different virtual lenses, flashes and film beforehand, and you can't change the setting after you take the shot. Unlike most filtering apps, you don't adjust a photo after you've taken it. I had a hard time figuring Hipstamatic out, but it's worth making the effort. $1.99 for basic features, with 99-cent add-ons to give you more imaging options. The effect makes houses high on a mountaintop and a courtyard fountain stand out in my images. Some of my favorite iPhone pictures during my trip to Lebanon were taken with this app. You can also adjust the saturation, brightness and contrast. ![]() You can also determine how much darkening around the corners you want to produce a vignette effect. You can control where and how much blurring to produce. I prefer TiltShift Generator because it gives you more control. Instagram has that feature (it's the droplet icon when you are taking or editing a picture). Tilt shift is a camera effect that blurs the edges of a picture, creating an optical illusion that makes everything in the photo look miniature. Free for basic features, 99 cents for higher resolution and album upload. Plenty of examples - and inspiration - can be found on .Īnother one is TiltShift Generator by Arts & Mobile. It's a great way to capture a panoramic landscape such as mountain views, beaches or bridges. But I found that in the right setting - such as Roman ruins by the sea in Byblos, near Beirut, or my sister's beach wedding - the results can be breathtaking. It takes a bit of practice, and it's not an app I would use every day. You can share the panorama on Facebook, Twitter or. Then it stitches those images together to create a sphere-like panorama that viewers can scroll around in and zoom in and out. The app guides you as you stand in one place and capture photos in all directions. My favorite among the ones I tried, Photosynth lets you take 360-degree panoramic photos that become interactive on a smartphone or computer screen. ![]() For iOS only (Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch). Of the dozen or so I tested, here is one I find myself using over and over again: I've had a chance to test a wide range of Instagram alternatives during choice picture-taking opportunities over the past few months, including my sister's wedding in Hawaii in December and a trip to Lebanon this month. But Instagram has a limited range of filters and camera effects, and it isn't always easy to edit pictures with it. With Instagram, I can make my photos look better by using one of the app's 17 pre-set filters to adjust lighting, color and other things. I've been hooked on taking photos on my iPhone and sharing them using Instagram since I bought my first iPhone last fall. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's $1 billion takeover deal, Instagram isn't the only camera app worth having. BEIRUT, Lebanon - I'm one of the millions of smartphone owners addicted to Instagram, the free camera app that makes tweaking and sharing photos miraculously easy. ![]() |