imjustafatkid

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Wrong, they voted to leave Russia with the rest of Ukraine. Russia held a referendum after taking over Crimea and parts of the Donbas with military standing at the ballot boxes after INVADING in 2014.

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"Pro-Russian militants" took over some city buildings in the region before this referendum. I guess we can call that a "Russian invasion," but this definition of invasion is extremely broad and would define the USA as invaders of most of the world.

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Agents affected didn’t respond to requests for comment.

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Clearly a lie. These are the "anonymous sources."

So...agreements not to invade Ukraine/"member nations"? K then.

Russia likely views Ukraine as the invaders here. Remember? Most of the area between Crimea and the rest of Russia voted to secede and join Russia. I know this thread is a pro-American involvement in Ukraine love fest, but I also know that has been mentioned somewhere along the way.

ETA: When Russia controls those regions after this is all over, wouldn't that lend credence to Russia's pre-war claim?

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Russia has not proven that they would honor agreements and that they would leave their neighbors alive.

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Which agreements?

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our old relationship with the US is over

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AWESOME!

I've now completed the gestral beaches that have the climbing challenge with beams of light firing at you, and the race course so...I guess I have to finish them all...

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You sure it's not available on your mobile?

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No it is. I just don't want to buy it since it's included with Game Pass. It's totally a me problem.

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I actually didn’t find it to be bad once I got going. Took me a few tries.

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I just wanted to keep moving with the story so was like "screw this." This game is just not a platformer and this minigame made that obvious.

I'm sure I'll probably end up knocking this out.

I'm telling you. Monoco is a cheat code. It's worth taking the time to run around and pick up enemy skills for him.

He doesn't always do the most damage, but if you use his stances correctly he can absolutely control nearly every fight. There is one attack with him that will fill 20% of an enemy's break meter as long as you're in agile stance. I use him as a damage dealing support character. This is how I use him in every stance:

caster: full party regen that also heals if in caster stance - there are probably better caster skills but I got this early and love this heal
heavy:
2 options:
-single enemy attack that can break and deals extra damage in heavy stance
-AOE attack that buffs the party with powerful if in heavy stance
balanced:
-just some random attack so this isn't a wasted wheel space
agile:
2 options:
-attack that ignores shields and does increased damage based on the number of shields (absolutely murders shielded mobs),
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-single target attack that fills 20% break meter if in agile (doesn't do great damage, but this fills the break meter better than most other attacks I've seen from any character)

I always use the agile break attack when in agile stance or mastery stance against bosses. I'm breaking bosses 2-3 times each fight.

:lol: dang cell phones.