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May 06 2012 01:20 AM #1
Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Do Guardians still tank in the moors? How exactly would tanking and aggro work, since creeps are real people who can choose who they attack?
May 06 2012 01:36 AM #2
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
You can tank enemy keep bosses and whatnot to take control, but actual PvP you are pretty worthless, even in OP.
Kinless, oh my!
May 06 2012 01:38 AM #3
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
What I usually do is Shieldwall the healer or the hunter, whichever the enemy players are going for.
Kinless, oh my!
May 06 2012 02:28 AM #4
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
In the past there was a time when guardians were to be feared when in OP in the moors. People complained, and the guard damage was nerfed, making the guard a nuisance, but not worth focusing on until the end of the battle, when all the others were dead. Then came audacity. Now creeps can build up the audacity, making the guard pretty much irrelevant except as a meatshield (shield wall). Some guards will S&B to try interrupting the creep healers using the block chain interrupts, plus getting the kick skill to a 15s cooldown using the trait and legacy combo. So yeah, that's about it. I've given up on my guard in the moors for now, since audacity came out making us practically worthless. My other guard buddy I used to moors with has not even been in the game much since audacity. Look on the stats sites and you will find guard is definitely the least played class in the moors.
May 06 2012 03:39 AM #5
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Unless you are in a raid/fellowship tank mode is pretty much useless and in a raid/fellowship it will just turn you into an extra morale pool for a healer or dps class. I find it extremely boring Shield-wall'ing people so I run around in OP 99,8% of the time, it isn't God Mode any more but I like that since now I get a few more fights when running around solo.
You are not going to 2 shot anyone but if you like fighting instead of rank and renown the Guardian is fun to play, at least I think so
May 06 2012 06:35 AM #6
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
I fully agree. You don't get the high DPS that some other freep classes have, but with a little focus on Might and Crit rating a Guardian can still dish out some serious damage. Due to your mitigations you can also stand your ground against multiple creeps (possible getting kills in before you go down), as long as there is no healer involved on the other side. It's just not the easymode play some other classes 'enjoy' (however it is not too difficult either).
In raids I hardly ever shieldwall because it's boring and up till now that was always perfectly acceptable in the raids that I have been in.
May 06 2012 07:54 AM #7
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
You can Raid leading pretty well because no one will target you and if they do they waste a lot of dps as you can equip shield and resist a lot.
That's mean that you're generally the last one that die giving you the possibility to lead until the end and be a good RAT for the raid.
Guard do better in small group of freps when you can lead a charge, slow down targets and SW soft friend.Irvaard of Snowbourn - Dwarf Guardian
Original challenger of Kebab
May 07 2012 03:13 PM #8
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
If a creep has 7 audacity and you have 7 audacity as well then your Might is certainly going to take a significant hit. Either you wear more jewellery focused heavily on Might, and/or you increase your critical hit chance. While Might is important, the latter is better as that is likely where the majority of your damage dealt to the creep will come from.
Sting may not have a crit legacy but it seems to crit a lot for me. Stagger and Overwhelm both have crit legacies and will crit often. To the King is another skill that crits often for me but is a bit slower, although not nearly as slow as Brutal Assault.
My attack rotation is usually Ward -> Stagger -> Sting.
If I have not received a Parry event yet I will Force Opening and then;
Retaliation -> Thrust -> Salt the Wound -> TtK
Subsequent parry events are Retaliation -> Overwhelm -> TtK
I'll try to get in Brutal Assault when I do not have a Parry event and when Force Opening is on cooldown.
I try to keep Ward up and the Stagger debuff on my target, usually as part of a repeat spam rotation of my first Ward -> Stagger -> Sting.My YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/HDFlux/
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May 07 2012 05:32 PM #9
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
ok i run 21% finisse 20% cit 500 agility on my guard..pop warriorsheart and a consuble and bamm 25% crit rating /about/ that hits them damm hard lol. sometimes ill get a string of 1 to 2k hits in a row. I pop pledge early tho as im squishy as heck. Still having issues with WL and defilers tho hard to cut through that much healing.. want some fun grab a hunter hide in the bushes and use shield wall ..lol wargs fall or that ever time. sure guards are in a tough spot out there esp compared to wardens..we just dont have a lot of pvp skills..i do notice a huge lack in guards tho now lol.
May 09 2012 05:02 AM #10
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Sad to read my expectations for guards seem to have been accurate post updates...guess I will stay away a bit longer.
Locomente - Champ, Beraxis - Guard, Sustain - warden
May 12 2012 12:09 PM #11
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Interesting you brought this up Dreamtheatre42, I came back recently from a long break, and, as I always do after long breaks, I tried out tanking in the Moors.
None of my stuff is truly end-game yet (which is freaking fine with me, I hate the grind) but I've mostly found, like everyone has been saying, that tanking (especially solo tanking, 1v1 fights of any kind) are really, really lame right now.
I like a ridiculous challenge, so on top of traiting every single thing I could to focus on the best possible defence set-up I tried the following:
Reactive Blocks,
Traited Warrior's Heart,
15s Catch a Breath skill, or whatever it's called,
Shield damage legacies,
Highest BPE and morale I could.
Several other slight tweaks, but the point is that I traited for survivability (rather than aggro) with the best damage output possible (outside of the OP stance).
I am currently trying to get the lvl 88 armour which gives Catch a Breath the ability to remove all slows and give a temporary +15% run speed. This should help a LOT in fights, especially where creeps employ Bleed 'n' Kite, and Turn 'n' Burn tactics.
It's still fairly hard to handle how little damage I do while in tank-mode, and most of the time I simply have a much longer time to watch the other freeps die before the creeps come for me, but it's really quite an interesting experiment.
And, of course, I can always retrait for OP and go face-melt a few creeps for kicks.
Sorry about the length!
[OOC] Faja: 'new expansion isnt even out yet, i've already failed at it'
May 12 2012 03:11 PM #12
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
um, no, your not going to "face melt" any creeps other then very low rank ones or ones with no aud.
You can trait/gear 2k might, and your still not going to hit harder then a champ, who has better survival skills out there then we do.
Bubbles ftw.
We do not have 70% mits when in OP stance and ,even if we did, we have no heals to deal with the damage we take.
And its going to be rare that a guard is at 70% tac mits self buffed anyway.
I can just barely do it myself, and that's with a scroll and ward up, because common damage isn't so common in the moors, its all about tac mits out there, as most creeps will be doing fire/shadow/acid damage.
Sword and board is a waste of time, as we just can't hit hard enough to kill anything, sure we take longer to die, but we are going to die.
No slowing ability makes S/B useless on top of little dps.
Not getting any real attention to our class as other classes get buffs, means that over time we fall behind.
May 12 2012 03:52 PM #13
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Even worse for sword and board, less and less can even be bpe'd. I'm particularly thinking about the warg changes (stances) as shadow stance wargs have many of their skills as if from stealth (ignoring bpe) and flayer stance wargs will be taking advantage of their root preventing the target from moving or bpe'ing, not to mention the degrees of finesse and debuffs out there now. So, play a guard in sword and board and be reliant on reactives that you're not going to get pvp'ing, only pve'ing, or build OP and switch a shield on and maybe some jewelry for some specific uses like shield walling or offtanking adds.
That OP stance just isn't on par is hurting us, but we have a niche still, just not a big one.
May 13 2012 12:39 AM #14
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Looks like somebody skipped bacon and eggs and went for sadness ham today.
Show me the champ that, similarly geared, has more survivability than a guardian. I mean really, unless he's full on tank-traited with a shield or whatever and maybe a pocket healer, there is NO WAY a champ is able to survive more than a guardian. Bubbles are nothing more than more morale, mits and BPE ftw.
On a more constructive and less vague note, the Block stance affects attacking mobs/creeps with a slow effect if they don't continue attacking, Challenge slows as many targets as you have it traited for if they don't continue attacking you, and Engage, while ######, counts as a slow.
I 1v1d a rank 12 reaver today and won. Sure, reavers are weak these days, and sure, he wasn't trying his hardest, but score one for tanks, I'd say.
[OOC] Faja: 'new expansion isnt even out yet, i've already failed at it'
May 13 2012 10:37 AM #15
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
You haven't been in the moors for a while I think.
Champs have become very strong and yes they are more survivable then guards these days.
Glory FTW.
I play with a champ nearly everyday that is more survivable then me, I wear 6 pieces of Aud gear, and he does too, so we both have 7 aud.
I run around at about 12k-12.5k morale, he is around 9.5k-10k.
They have a stronger slow, they can bubble, which in glory is a nice big one, they have a heal that they can use when the cd is up, that is an attack, we have to be S/B to get our 500 (CaB) point heal to go off.
Force opening is unreliable in its ability to crit (I'm around 18% crit) to grant a block event to use CaB.
And so many other things that they can do to self buff them selves.
And they can do these things with out having to wear "special gear".
Sure a guard can get 3k out of WF, but we have to swap gear, which means the class is lacking, its not a class thing, its a gear thing.
Same with the lvl 60/65 heal proc gear.
It can help, but its "special gear" to make us "work".
Challenge is a slow if they don't attack you, but its a short duration, and does nothing if they are attacking you.
Engage is also a slow, which slows you.
So the creep slows you for 25%, and you slow them for 25%, then 10% on top, so no, it doesn't help you.
And if it is a 40% or more slow, which many a creep can do, engage just makes it worse for you.
As far as block stance goes with its slow, it just doesn't do anything.
Sure it slows a few creeps for 6 seconds, but only after a timer counts down to check to see if they are hitting you or not, and the slow is not a permanent slow, it ticks down, then you have to have it start over, with a grace period again.
If your traiting challenge in the moors , or using a challenge legacy, for more targets for a slow, well, I say your doing it wrong.
May 13 2012 10:41 AM #16
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Forrest you are exactly what is wrong with so many Guards that think we are fine and really have no clue. ANY similarly geared Champ has more survivability than we do. PLease try to learn a little about what you are talking about before you try to brag about how OP we are. I dont know how many times guards like you have your hand held while experienced Guards try to explain it is NOT just about mitigations when you discuss how to survive both in PvE and PvP. Taking less damage is 1/2 the issue. It is about both taking and giving damage. If I take 1/5 the damage you do, but you do 5x the damage I do, who will likely be more effective in the moors? Do you fight SnB in moors? I bet the creeps are happy to see you. Champs have the mits from heavy armor we have minus a shield. They have an off hand weapon that provides extra stats to increase dps. Their sprint is longer, they have bubbles that provide the difference in moral we have without a shield and they have skills that can remove many of the debuffs creeps can place on you and no matter what you think, our dps compared to theirs is a joke. To get to the kind of dps that matters at all for the moors, Guards must reduce our mits and moral to where we are just cheap knockoffs of Champs. Please go to the Creep forums and see what they have to say about what classes are OP and you will NOT see guards on that list. If a creep starts to lose, and is not constrained by some arbitrary set of 1v1 rules, all he has to do is run before he gets to a place where a lucky set of crits from us will take him out and you will never win. We just dont have the dps to compete with a Champ. Sadly, our best role for moors is as a meat shield for classes that really contribute, or running in and pulling outposts to allow the raid to get to creeps hiding inside.
Geändert von Djasi (May 13 2012 um 10:49 AM Uhr)
May 13 2012 02:15 PM #17
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Seems to be a fairly sensitive issue around here, this whole question of where guardians should be as compared to where they are.
Ashendoon had some good points. I feel compelled to agree with him. The inherent awkwardness of the OP stance (which, to be fair, was never more than a compromise, from its first introduction) with its ridiculous power consumption and extreme loss of defense has never been all that desirable. It is a depressing fact that what we do best as guardians (obviously, tank things) simply does not work very well in most PvMP situations.
I switched out my 1-hand for a 2-hand last night and had the most fun I've had since I first started trying SnB in the 'Moors.
I guess I'd have to conclude that although I do stand by that guardians can take more heat than champions in PvMP, it is a depressing and difficult thing to trait for defense and be even somewhat effective (outside of raiding maybe, and the occasional reaver 1v1).
But as for you Djasi, why don't you lessen your animosity there. From the sound of it, even claiming that guardians are sturdier than champs pisses you off. Perhaps you should move to the Champ forum? It might help with your champ phallic-envy. Later everyone, I'm gonna go kill creeps.
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May 13 2012 11:06 PM #18
May 13 2012 11:15 PM #19
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
As for pontificating ideologues who remain convinced they know more than people who play a class more extensively and who post patient explanations of things ...I am also glad I have steered clear of the forums these months...senseless aggravation contending with people of outsized ego and unwarranted arrogance.
Geändert von MorliX (May 13 2012 um 11:20 PM Uhr)
Locomente - Champ, Beraxis - Guard, Sustain - warden
May 14 2012 09:51 AM #20
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Guardians are in an amazing spot right now. We can 1v1 just about any creep class (barring Defiler's R15 power-drain flies) and come out alive. I wouldn't mind a bit more consistency/increase in my DPS though.
I do just fine on my guardian, in fact it's my most favourite class I've ever played.
*pro-tip - Build for OP, use -attack duration runes, build for crit, tac mit and /profit.Commander Rubicon ~ Commander Raae
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May 14 2012 09:59 AM #21
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Can you post your setup pls as if you win vs every creep barring R15 Def you're my personal hero and the master of all guardians in the world.
Pls pls pls pls!Irvaard of Snowbourn - Dwarf Guardian
Original challenger of Kebab
May 14 2012 12:03 PM #22
May 15 2012 03:31 AM #23
May 15 2012 07:37 AM #24
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
OP guard is kinda awkward, because I think it puts the guard into the complete opposite situation than what he typically does.
Here's my own take on Guard PvP (feel free to ignore where necessary )
My suggestion is to think of yourself as a debuffer. Whenever I join a moors raid I deal out some serious damage, but all of that comes as debuff. Rather than stand out in front letting everything know you're there, the OP guard needs to hide in the shadow of the chaos.
1. Stagger is your friend: Short cooldown, ridiculous debuff. Trait it for 25s + crit chance and watch creeps just disintegrate.
2. Charge is your friend: PvE environments guards tend to pop charge at the beginning of fights to grab everything and the 10% dmg boost is a bonus. PvP the charge needs to be used a) to negate the spider web (don't run in there again plz) and b) to put the stagger slow on the farthest retreating creeps to ensure a full wipe.
3. Debuff everything: Don't just focus on burning down one creep. You're a debuff class now, not a dps. Tab through everything and see if they have a stagger debuff. Recognize the symbol, and if they don't have it get behind them (easy since they don't target you) and put a stagger on.
4. Prioritize targets: Stagger is most effective on wargs, then go for the reavers, then go for anything else that is in the fray.
5. Find those stragglers: Creeps will sometimes get away from the action to get out of combat for some skills that must be out of combat. Find those creeps and do an auto-attack (ward/sting/stagger if behind) to annoy them.
6. Stagger: Did I mention you'll be staggering a lot? The 5-set moors bonus is really nice, gives you really good freedom of movement.
Finally, build a rep about survival for yourself. Man-heal, dwarf-endurance, deep breath, pledge, charge - these abilities are there to be used. Don't be afraid to use them - creeps will start to realize you are hard to kill, you learn how to use these abilities when they are really needed, and you'll find yourself targetted less often in group play (that's where most of the fun and commendations are anyways )
May 15 2012 04:43 PM #25
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
New consumable from the devs: Staggerring Frontal Assault...a skunk-like attack of great devastation emitted by guardian for 30s duration -- allows a guard to passively "spray" enemies with their "heavy armor crotch rot stench"...360 degree AoE, applies standard stagger effects to up to 7 targets in a 10m range.
Geändert von MorliX (May 15 2012 um 04:46 PM Uhr)
Locomente - Champ, Beraxis - Guard, Sustain - warden
May 16 2012 04:50 AM #26
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
The snips; whilst of some merit, are mostly pointless as a post. The vast majority viewing this thread have an idea of the play of guard in the moors I suspect. And more of an idea in most cases.
The 5-set bonus effecting stagger is a bad crutch, as it does not apply the AD debuff (only the slow) and stagger used from the front loses the potential 27% (15% base + 12% belt legacy) positional damage the skill has. I far prefer using 4 of that set (sovereign blade) and the shoulders and boots of the fearless set for tact mit on each and its 2/5 bonus. I do of course carry a 5th SB piece to equip for if I'm desperate to get a slow on their front (never used it yet).
As for the comparison to champ in the moors, glory champs are ridiculous as people have pointed out, and fervour champs have near the same mitigation (only stoic and a shield being the potential differences), better timers (bubbles are better than pledge because so much creep damage goes straight through pledge now) and all-importantly; spike damage. Champ damage output is gated by fervour pips and this means that in moors (where you're in combat a lot of the time despite not directly attacking) they're generating their resource whilst out of harms-way a lot, only to get into range and use this resource for spike damage that guard has nothing remotely close to. It all adds up to being hugely more potent than a guard built similarly.
Our one and only niche is mobility, and it's largely in sustained combat. We can get from one target in a melee to another quickly because of legacied skills range, quickness trait (5% run speed), coffee (10% run speec for crit, others can of course use this) and ttk run speed buff stacking on top. Otherwise we're a shield wall or a toon that other classes can do everything we can do, and do them better.Geändert von Grusk (May 16 2012 um 05:05 AM Uhr)
May 18 2012 01:13 AM #27
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Thank you for being another "old timer" that is "known" to me, and confirming what I have concluded would be an unenjoyable play experience for me...disappointing as that is...it saves me the greater disappointment of breaking my boycott just to have my frustration at the devs reinvigorated.
Locomente - Champ, Beraxis - Guard, Sustain - warden
May 22 2012 11:25 PM #28
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
Disclaimer: This post is designed to share my thoughts regarding how best to play Guard in the moors. This post is not meant to argue whether or not the Guard is the best or worse toon to play in the moors.
Discussion: That said, I have only played a Guard in the moors and have enjoyed it immensely. Presently I believe that I am realistically able to compete with any Creep 1 v. 1 at, or near, my Rank of 8 (my renown presently is 201,650 and my rating is 1446). If I didnt win more than I lose, believe me, I wouldnt be playing Guard in the moors! I am not a masochist!
So, as a beginning, I analyzed the three best Guards on my server (Landroval). Each has over 1 million renown and is Rank 12. All three of these players primarily use the OP stance. Using a website that analyzes player stats as compared to the average LOTRO Guard (whom we can assume is speced as a S&B Tank) I found that these three R12 Guard players had 1) almost twice as much Might, 2) significantly more Agility, 3) almost twice as much to 2x as much Critical Hit, 4) significantly more Finesse and Parry, and 5) significantly less (zero) Block as compared to the average Guard. Interesting.
My stats are now comparable. More specifically, my stats are as follows: (I will post these in a follow-up this weekend, presently Im out of town at a conference and dont have access to my toon.)
Of course this build is a result of a synergy of all the factors at our disposalvirtues, class and legendary traits, audacity, food, scrolls, jewelry, weapon, belt, etc. Now, I could, in detail, discuss my complete style of building and fighting but this would take too much space. However, I would like to discuss, briefly, the issue of Guard DPS. I have thought long & hard about how to maximize DPS in my Guard. In part, the following is my present answer.
Practically speaking, when fighting Creeps in the moors I first use 1) Brutal Assault, then 2) Guardians Ward, then 3) Improved Sting, then 4) Stagger, and then 5) repeat. (In fact, the above statement is not quite accurate. I do use, based upon Cool Downs and other factors, other combinations in the middle of a fight, e.g. 1) a healing combo, 2) a power combo, 3) several mitigation combos, & 4) an alternate DPS/bleed/stun combo. But, once more, I feel constrained by space to explain all this in detail; so I will stick with discussing my opening gambit.)
So why did I choose the above 4 DPS actions as my first fighting blows/Active Skills? I chose the above 4 DPS actions because I was able to significantly maximize their individual DPS (in conjunction with other crucial fighting skills, such as increased partial parry chance, foe slows, etc.) which are associated with certain of these 4 actions.
As an example, lets look briefly at my Brutal Assault to see what I mean. (Likewise, I will expand on this discussion this weekend when I return home and am able to access my toon. I dislike keeping anyone in suspense but I was afraid this topic would get forgotten if I didnt respond now as opposed to this weekend.)
In conclusion, I hope the information in this post and the one coming this weekend helps you Guards who are interested in fighting in the moors to do so. Dont be put off by others saying Guards are worthless in the moors. As I said earlier, I win much more often than I lose in the moors; and, if I didnt, I would quit playing Guard and try something else. If I can win more than I lose then you should as well. Correct?
Good luck out there.
May 25 2012 09:31 AM #29
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
I am not nearly the veteran of all of you. I just Reached rank 6 and although, I was familiar with many of your tips and tricks I did learn a thing or two from this. So thank you for that. I thought I would add just a little bit. I know many of you probably do this. But I often switch in and out of gear mid fight. I have a guard build that allows me to do over 4k worth of heals, not sure exactly what it is. But by having the draig set bonus + the legacies for warriors fortitude and cab you can heal yourself alot. I just pop brutal charge switch gear and come back with over half my health. You can do this twice. On a side not how do the baubles work. I swear when I un-equip the martyr buable it doesn't give the 2k health. Glad to have guards to talk to see you out there.
May 26 2012 12:18 PM #30
Re: Role of Guardian in the Moors?
As I stated in an earlier post I am providing a description of my Guards relevant moor stats. I am doing so to aid Guards who are considering, or are new to, playing p v. mp. My relevant stats are noted below:
Morale 12,370 Power 2,484 Might 1,237 Agility 505 Vitality 1,428 Will 153 Fate 132 Critical Hit 6,031 Finesse 5,184 Physical Mastery 16,054 Resistance 7,080 Parry 6,664 Physical Mitigation 10,194 Tactical Mitigation 9,831
Note the large Physical Mastery stat, that number in conjunction with Critical Hit and Finesse is one of the main ways I attempt to increase my Guards lethality.
Another way I try to increase my Guards DPS is, obviously, via the weapon and belt. I mentioned in my previous post that the Brutal Assault active skill is my first attack blow in my initial 4 step chain. I also explained the reasonDPS; thus I have built the Guards moors weapon and belt so as to provide 1) an additional 10% Brutal Assault Damage, 2) +6 Guardian Bleed Pulses, and 3) +17.7% Guardian Bleed Damage. This, in conjunction with OP and Hemorrhage, results in a Brutal Assault base DPS score of 880 to 1314 with a 50% chance of 232 damage each 2 seconds for 32 seconds. This results, 50% of the time, in a total base DPS score of 4,592 to 5,026. I have similarly attempted to maximize the abilities of the other three action skills in my initial chain.
On a different note, the original poster, I remember, was asking about feedback regarding the tanking role of Guards in the moors. My experience is that in larger raids (1224) my Guard does play a tanking role, though outfitted as described earlier. Typically the raid leader will have two target assists1) a range target assist and 2) a melee assist. The latter is usually an experienced Guard. When taking keeps it is the heavies that initially draw aggro and get close and personal with those trolls and chieftains, while the range stand further away doing their pew pew. And it is the Guard who initiates the fight with the Tyrant. Even in OP my Guard has never had problems in this area, i.e. drawing and keeping aggro.
But some of the real fun of playing Guard in the moors is patrolling in what I call commando mode, as if one was a member of an SAS brick of four or a small SEAL team. A favorite formation of mine is a brick of four consisting of my Guard, another Guard, a minstrel and a hunter. Probably others have other analogous favorite small team formations which they can share.
In conclusion, to paraphrase a Creep from my server, to play effectively one must thoroughly understand and utilize your toon's strengths and compensate for your toon's weakness thats a part of the game and a part of why the game is fun.Geändert von Trofo (May 26 2012 um 12:23 PM Uhr)
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I have been thinking about the reality map in a similar context to the idea of the 'druids diamond', I have no idea about the origins or if there is such a thing but that doesn't matter, here I am taking the idea as I see it. Basically once the adherent is in an out of body state, they can turn in one direction and to another location [in a manner of speaking] and become someone else, then turn again and become an animal, or a bird, a plant, a lake, a planet, a star or to emptiness, so their reality is something like the sides of a diamond. I am just going to use this idea of transmigration to take a different look at how reality maybe…
The Rubik's cube reality map
Imagine each side of the cube is a fundamental aspect of reality, such that on each side you have;
Infinity; all and no sides. [is awareness?]
1. Time [I know we could see this as a dimension]
2. Space
3. Energy
4. Dimension
5. Archetype
6. Consciousness
There are many more facets to the equation but to get the basic idea we will begin with these few. The basis is that each facet has a starting value of '0' emptiness], it is only by one aspect interacting with another that they have a value and thence 'exist'. To use an analogy if we look at an oscilloscope, then before we input a signal we have a straight line, then once added we have polarity and the line becomes a sine wave. The Rubik's cube reality map is similar in that it is not [as like the straight line] until you rotate the sides that it 'exists' [as like the sine wave]. If we consider that dimensions would be meaningless with nothing existing to denote them or to facilitate their purpose, that energy could not exist without dimensions and time, and that none could exist without their archetypal designations ~ which in turn may not exist without representation.
We can then imagine that when all sides are not mixed or the cube has not yet been rotated, then each and every aspect are cancelled out. This leaves us at 'statelessness', the Rubik's cube reality map is 'present' - let us say, but it does not 'exist' ~ it has no definition nor shape. We could then imagine the whole thing in a continuum, as there is nothing else bar the map, then there is nothing to stop the sides from rotating and the universe becoming existent. For a timeless moment there would be no existence and then an universe would arise, each and every expression of universe would necessarily be looped as a cycle eventually returning to the original state.
The primary nature; Infinity or ceugant?
So what's the pre-movement state of the cube-map; we could call it infinity as that has no x,y,z, axis and is incomparable with any of the facets in the particular, yet this would suggest the absolute, however the fundamental basis of this whole thing is that there are no absolutes! The cube is still 'present' within the pre-existent state and there is no duality betwixt that and the existent state, so this primary state cannot rightly be referred to as stateless nor infinity as absolute.
Infinity taken alone can only really be itself and may not have a reality map other than itself, so I would take it that it is a facet of the cube-map rather than the nature of the pre-existent variant. Really we need a term that as yet does not exist as far as I know, so I will take the French term ceugant [said with a soft 'g'] which approximately refers to the divine infinite* in the context of the original self or entity of existence.
Individual expressions
I think this reality map may also be seen perhaps metaphorically on an individual level, for example; if we imagine the primal spark which fuses the cells [of an egg] into the foetus as like the turning of the sides on the cube, then immediately all facets of the life-form are incorporated in its form. With a human or other life forms you would have some manner of mind or consciousness imbued within is entity, but all aspects/facets of the equation make for an unique expression, where a human would grow to be conscious and thinking, a tree may have the very basic form of mind which may or may not be conscious as we would see it, and would certainly not think as we do [it possibly could have some manner of these things as like an animal or insect would, but I shall not get into that here].
*If we note that the ancient Celts probably thought of this as 'the source' as similar to the native American Indian 'great spirit' better described as 'great mystery' [because it cannot be known]. They also probably had little concept of infinity at least as we would think of it today, except perhaps of that similar to the greek understanding. Really ceugant is not meant to be described and should thus be left 'naked' [once it is written it is lost] and thought of as pure spirit or mind.


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Australia is a beautiful country. Where there are number of things which make the country beautiful, Sydney Opera House is known as the recognition of the Australia as a country and Sydney as a city. Sydney Opera House is a venue of performing arts. Sydney is the largest and most populous city of Australia. City is the capital of New South Wales. Opera house is considered as one of the most distinctive buildings made in 20th century and stands with dignity among the most famous performing arts centers of the world. Sydney Opera House is situated close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge at Bennlong Point. SOH is surrounded by harbour from three sides. It is located on the northeastern corner of the Sydney Central Business District.
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I'm obsessed with pies right now. We've stopped making galettes at the restaurant where I work & have made the infinitesimal leap to pies. My mind is always racing with ideas when I get home, so I took it upon myself to make pies all week long.
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It's a pie that fits in your hand, so that part is easily explained. A panade is a mixture of butter, water and flour that forms the base of choux pastry [a video]. SO...An empanada is basically, a panade that has been turned into dough, which is then wrapped around a filling (usually savory) and baked or fried.
You can use a basic pastry dough to make all of the pies listed in this post. You can use a basic ratio to produce any pie crust: 3 parts flour, 2 parts fat, 1 part ice-cold water. After this, the results/ingredients can vary.
For a flaky crust: the fat should be rubbed into the flour until the pieces are pea-sized.
For a mealy crust: the fat should be rubbed into the flour until the mixture resembles cornmeal.
As far as fat goes, the same principles for pie dough apply to biscuit dough. Click here to read what I have to say about that.
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen
Makes 14 to 24 (depending on cutter size)
For the pastry:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup ice water
For the filling:
2 pounds of peaches, diced in 1-inch pieces
3 Tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Egg yolks beaten with heavy cream (for egg wash)
Coarse sanding sugar, for decoration
To make the pastry, combine the flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor. Add butter (fat) and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. If making by hand, place dry ingredients in large bowl, add butter (fat) and blend with pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add ice water in a slow steady stream through feed tube of food processor with machine running, just until the dough holds together. By hand, mix dough with a wooden spoon, adding water until dough just holds together.
Turn dough onto piece of plastic wrap. Wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour. May be frozen, in double-wrapped in plastic, for several months.
Peach filling: Mix peaches sugar and pinch of salt, and add vanilla. Heat over medium heat until peaches release their juice and sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Slowly pour cornstarch mixture into the pot, stirring using a wooden spoon or heat-safe spatula. The mixture will thicken and become stiff. Allow to chill before filling pie.
Sprinkle sanding sugar generously over the pies, and place pies in the oven to bake. Bake until the hand pies are golden brown and just slightly cracked, about 20 minutes. Remove the pies from the oven, and let stand to cool slightly before serving.
May is National Strawberry month, so I came through with a strawberry pie. No rhubarb in site. I'm too lazy to string it.
When I first started making the pies, the crust was so pretty, golden brown, sweet...and the filling was soggy and unappetizing. I am not a prize-winning baker, a pie novice, nor an expert, but I think I have a pretty good handle on what to do... Now.
Blackberry Oatmeal Pie. This crust is a crumbled/streusel topping instead of a dough crust. Lower in fat & calories, a streusel is a great substitute for a pie top (or a muffin top, too).
Oatmeal Streusel Crust for 1 pie
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup rolled oats (or oat flour)
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 cup butter
In a medium bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, brown sugar, oats, and lemon zest. Mix thoroughly, then cut in 1/2 cup butter or margarine until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle streusel on top of pie filling. Bake according to mealy or flaky pie crust instructions.


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OXON HILL Md. – Reviving U.S. manufacturing has emerged as such a hot election-year issue that an entire afternoon of an energy technology conference was devoted to the barriers to domestic manufacturing and obstacles to retraining the U.S. manufacturing workforce.
Those new workers will require design skills that are integral to modern manufacturing along with "soft skills" like critical thinking, leadership and collaborative abilities, experts agreed during an Energy Department conference this week across the Potomac River from Washington.
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Throughout the preceding two centuries, the U.S. led the world in deploying disruptive technologies ranging from railroads and the telegraph to an electrical grid and communications networks. No more, argued market researcher Stefan Heck of McKinsey & Co. "Where we are lacking is the guts to deploy new technologies."
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Identifying and developing new materials and manufacturing methods are among the next steps in forming regional and state clusters focused on value-added manufacturing, he added. Together, these advances could help transform American manufacturing into an agile, design-driven sector capable of thriving in a global technology competition that places a premium on being the first to deliver innovative products.
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A good snapshot where the United States stands today in its quest for bringing jobs back to the nation.
I was particularly struck by the following graph in this story:
"...Most argued that labor costs and energy usage aren't the key barriers; what is needed is a revival of flexible, design-driven manufacturing and a new, modular approach to training the next generation of machinists, engineers and technical managers."
A year ago, most of us were almost unanimously in agreement that there is no way the U.S. could compete with other nations like China or India -- especially in manufacturing -- on the grounds of labor cost.
Now we are beginning to see a whole new debate unfolding in front of our eyes.
Some very interesting points developed here. It is nice to see people realizing that labor costs are only one part of the equation, especially if productivity multiplies the actual labor results. But while there are tech jobs available, finding people to fill them is often difficult - in many cases, not because there are no skilled workers available but because the skilled workers are not where the jobs are and are not willing to relocate. This is a hurdle that must be overcome as well. With the proper education at the community college level and above, targeting skill training to an appropriate geographic area can help, but will always necessarily lag the requirements, often by a couple of years or more.
Yes, there is a need for advanced expertise and management experience in 'emerging' (but some almost there) markets. And that is being fulfilled in part by returning expats (repats?), and by Americans who become expats. And George makes a couple of important points on 'why' some workers can't be mobile, but I have seen some compromise by commuting (their spouse and children stay back). Add to that, often the spouse has a relatively secure career in their home region (and may not be transportable, like real estate attorney - you basically start over if you move to another state).
As the U.S. pulls together its manufacturing strategy, there will be a heavy emphasis on "manufacturing clusters," that is, state and regional ecosystems that can be tied in to community colleges, trade union training programs and the like. Some large companies like Dow Chemical are already focusing on this approach, but they want to pull in more small and mid-sized companies where the next big innovations in manufacturing may be percolating.
You're are correct, Dave, you have to go where the jobs are. I was told by the high school career adviser I would work in the paper mills like my dad before me. That lit a fire under me.
Several panelists at the DoE conference noted that worker mobility is way down. The reasons range from not wanting to leave a "secure" job to being "under water" on a home loan. Still, if you are young, smart and willing to work, there are jobs out there.
If you are older, established, and have a lot of baggage to move, and many posted jobs state "no relocation available", and you have already relocated twice and both times resulted in layoffs, you tend to be a bit more careful these days about relocating.
Our friends at "Manufacturing and Technology News" report that the Obama administration's fiscal 2013 budget request includes a proposal to create a $1 billion public-private partnership "aimed at commercializing and manufacturing U.S. developed technologies." The partnership would be based on a similar program at Germany's Fraunhofer Institutes.
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2/3 rds of the US economy is for medium technoogy consumer products. The US cannot survive if these are outsourced to China. As we have seen in electronics, driven by rational self interest China will invest profit from making sneakers or assembling PCs ( low tech consumer products ) into Base Stations & Servers ( Huawei ) and so on. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the US has become a house divided ( Wall St vs Main St ), arrogantly underestimating China and sending investment & technology to China for higher returns.
Our advantage over China rests with out unmatched design capability, as the commentators at the Energy Department conference repeatedly pointed out. This capability must be integral to the (re)training of American workers so that we can build up flexible, regional manufacturing clusters that can leverage American know-how and superior productivity.
I hope these seminars will help US to revive the manufacturing. But I'm not really sure how this is going to help. Government should encourage more and more manufacturing with tax incentives for the companies.
one point i noted is using automation can bring back the manufacturing from china. A lot of research and development in the area of robots which are more efficient than human can do it.Based on the population ratio of China to USA this can be achieved.1 US employee if he could complete the work of 20 China employees using automation can be paid 10 times salary of China and rest 10 times can be expended on the robot. This will create more jobs in USA.
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George, idealistic platitudes are nice to ponder over beer but if "Most" argued this: "that labor costs and energy usage aren't the key barriers" then I am more interested in what the "some" had to say. That is since they are probably the only non-bureaucrats in the room. You know...makers, the productive, people who actually pay the bills and balance the books, etc.. Will a report on their opinions be forthcoming from our friends at EE Times?
Most of what is contained in my report was from "non-bureaucrats," so I don't know what "idealistic platitudes" you are referring to.
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Really? I see two people who were given voice: a smarting "Cleantech" Market Researcher and a DOE Program Manager. So who were the "Corporate Executives" that were there?
As for the "idealsitic platitudes" I'd say the entire 7th and 8th paragraphs.
Here's a training update from the Nation's Capital. Not much manufacturing in DC, but the more training, the better:
For those of you following this thread, I highly recommend this analysis of U.S. manufacturing productivity statistics. It is an article of faith among most economists that manufacturing efficiencies over the last two decades have contributed to steadily growing U.S. manufacturing output. But now some experts are challenging that view, saying computer and electronics manufacturing inflated that overall numbers and that U.S. manufacturing statistics fail to take globalization, e.g., the offshoring of manufacturing, into account.
The link below will take you to this excellent analysis:
Here's a question. What did employers and employees do back in the 1900's when electricity was being introduced? I sure there was a huge skill shortage back then since it was newly invented with no similar technologies to draw compatible skills and how did they deal with it? The same thing is probably true with Steam engines (1800's), automobile (1900's), telephones (1890's), televisions (1930's), commercial mainframe computers (1950's), and many others. So how come all of a sudden people do not have skills?
They certainly do have skills. As you have guessed, this is a phony issue, but there are political and financial reasons for advocating it.
This is the new America: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/inside-amazons-very-hot-warehouse/
So when you hear reports about shocking conditions in Chinese factories that make iPads, remember, we have the same working conditions in the US. It doesn't matter if we are talking about a factory or a warehouse. The issue of bringing dignified work, let alone manufacturing, back to the US is not a matter of skills, not by a long shot.


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On The Go Handknit Embroidered Keepsake Blanket
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Our On The Go Embroidered Handknit Keepsake Blanket will be skillfully custom embroidered with
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in coordinating ruby red thread for all to see!
Design features a classic airplane, car, truck and choo choo train design set against a light blue and green background with dark blue trim. The reverse side features a tiny, polka dot print in light blue.
Handknit in Lima, Peru of impeccable quality with the
highest grade 100% cotton
that is super soft and cuddly; sure to be an adorable keepsake gift that both baby and parent's will appreciate.
Our On The Go Collection is snuggly and adorable and sure to be your infants favorite attire and blanket. Coordinating handknit sweater and hat sold separately below; making a one-of-a-kind gift set!
Handknit blanket measures 32"L x 28"W; perfect as a stroller or crib blanket.
Features 3D appliqué details.
Handloomed using fine quality 100% Peruvian cotton.
Machine wash; lay flat to dry.
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John Goodman's attorney filed an appeal of his DUI manslaughter conviction just 24 hours after the polo mogul was rushed to a hospital for complications with hip replacement surgery.
In the motion, Roy Black cites former prosecutor Ellen Roberts' relationship with civil attorney Scott Smith, who sued Goodman on behalf of victim Scott Wilson's family.
After convicting Goodman last year, Roberts retired as scheduled and then accepted a job at Smith's firm -- Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath.
Black's motion accuses Roberts of trading on her position as lead prosecutor against Goodman during the high-profile trial to obtain personal "favors" from Smith's firm.
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Goodman has been on house arrest since being convicted in May in the 2010 death of Wilson, a 23-year-old recent college graduate.
"I did nothing wrong," Roberts said Wednesday from her office at Smith's firm.
Roberts also said the motion never said how her getting the job affected the outcome of the trial.
"So what? I talked to Scott about a job," Roberts continued. "Did I prosecute Mr. Goodman as I have all the other 76 trials that I've had? Certainly I did. I prosecuted him the same."