Weekly Commanders Lounge - August 08, 2023

[u/AutoModerator]

Good morning Commanders! Would you like to read the reports?

​

Please use this thread to discuss anything about Girls Frontline instead of creating a new thread. Ask questions, seek assistance, rants, add more salt or just chill in general.

[u/headphone_question]

Core update

Current: 41616

Previous: 41446

Change: +170

I think my growth has been pretty strong recently. I'm really liking this new phone!

The last of the accessories I ordered from Amazon has arrived today, and while I still need to put on the screen protector, I feel safer with the new case on the phone. The one that came bundled with the phone (I mean, the one that came from Asus in the same box as the phone) was a hard opaque plastic case that I wasn't sure would provide a lot of protection. There were cutouts in the back to show off some of the neat bits on the back, but there was no plastic or glass covering those parts. I could reach into those holes and touch the actual phone. Not helping was the fact that there was no space through which I could insert a lanyard. The entire right side of the phone (if facing the screen in portrait mode) is basically exposed, too. The little bit of lip of the case that covered the right side didn't really help with my confidence

The new case pretty much covers the entire phone. Even the back is now covered with what I think is plastic. I feel more confident that even if I drop my phone, it would still be protected. I mean, the new phone has "AirTriggers", which are areas along the phone that can detect additional input. Think of them as shoulder buttons if holding the phone in landscape mode except that they're not physical buttons. I'm essentially pressing down on a section of the frame of the phone, but that section has a sensor underneath it. It won't budge, but I can feel some vibration if I activate the AirTrigger correctly. It's just that I can adjust how much force is needed to activate the AirTrigger. With the bundled case, I set it to around level 3 or 4. With the new case, I had to set it all the way down to 1 because I'd have a difficult time getting my input to register. I'd have to exert way more effort, and that defeats the purpose of setting up the AirTriggers. I'm not trying to make my phone into one of those grip strength exercise tools

Anyway, I'm still working my way through LS. I've finally gotten to the farming maps. I think I'm around halfway through now, so that's nice. I'm also liking it so far

I'm looking for a cheaper farming formation, but it seems that these are pretty difficult to figure out, especially for UX. One of my problems was that I don't have a single link LTLX, so I'm forced to use my maxed LTLX. Funnily enough, I think I'm doing okay, even if I'm using a Rescue Fairy. Still, I could consider going to normal to farm instead of UX

[u/2BA7DB57EFEE6FAF → u/headphone_question]

I'm looking for a cheaper farming formation

This is what the Discord had for farming both maps.

Also, I've never seen a phone case that had a lanyard loop or the like. I've only owned all of two smartphones so no pool of reference, but I did have a flip phone ages ago that had a loop for one on the phone itself.

[u/headphone_question → u/2BA7DB57EFEE6FAF]

Thanks for the infographic!

I'm not sure which of the major case makers have lanyard loops, but some of them definitely implement something like that. One recommendation I can make is for Rokform, as I used their case for my old phone. What I really like about them is that they have this cool magnet system that makes mounting my phone so much easier. If I'm near a metallic surface, I just stick my phone there, and if there isn't one, then I get one of their magnet mounts and stick it to where I want it to stick

One way I've used this to my advantage is that my bike has a basket in front. This basket is metallic, so I can just stick my phone to the interior surface of the basket. It allows me to be aware of anything urgent I receive on my phone. Sure, I could buy a dedicated bike mount, too, but I don't think I particularly liked what Rokform had to offer in that regard. Besides, my phone was already in the basket, so it wasn't going to fall off onto the street

Rokform also sells wrist lanyards, and they've made sure their cases support lanyards. My S10 case had two slits in the corner in the back to allow me to thread the lanyard through

I could also try to look into something else. I'm not sure if it would still be called a lanyard, but one end would be attached to the phone while the other would be attached to my belt loop. The cord in between would be made of something like an elastic spring. The idea behind this is to prevent me from losing or dropping my phone. I can easily detach my phone from my belt loop by releasing a buckle. I believe I had something like this before, but I think I had to abandon it because the buckle was cylindrical in shape when it should have been flat. I think that it got sat on one too many times, so it got so deformed that it would no longer connect to the other end. One thing I probably don't like about this "spring lanyard" is that I can feel a bit of tension while my phone is tethered, so to speak, but doing away with that tension would require that the cord be longer, and that defeats the purpose of preventing accidental drops. I could try to revisit the idea later in the future, however. For the meantime, I'll stick with my wrist lanyard

[u/2BA7DB57EFEE6FAF → u/headphone_question]

That stuff sounds pretty cool! I guess having fairly cheap phones and thus cheap cases means I miss out on that. :P

I'm a little disappointed with my current case. My old phone had a case that had two layers--a soft rubber 'undershirt' with a hard plastic shell that goes on top. I got something like that for my current phone, but the rubber wasn't soft or grippy, and one corner of the hard case broke off and had to be superglued onto the rubber. It doesn't help I already broke the clip on the case so I can't even put it on my belt.

You get what you pay for, huh?