MrCool has an excellent blog on various challengers.
Link is in the OP. Here is what he said about Meatslab:

Welcome back! I missed your earlier post ~ since the site was so unstable I wasn't reading anything I wasn't pinged about...

IMO the ether is still worth buying. I can lend if you want to "try before you buy" -- same w/cronus. I couldn't beat the side of beef without it. I ask that you replace mods though.

OMG! I completely forgot about that part! falls on floor

Thank you for the tip. :)

The site is unstable indeed, but it seems to get better over time. I lack good physical blocker as for The Ether, so I'm glad it is still worth its price. I would love to borrow Cronus and beat that pile of meat as soon as possible. :P No problem with replacing mods I think. I'll drop a comment.

a fresh new board whoottt !!!!

i think it would be better if they would delete all old threads that are older then 2 years !!! i see boards from 2012 and 2011 still being around - if they would delete all those they would have more space and maybe all would go smoother too !!!

usefull threads they can keep but all others - just delete them every first of januari and only keep the last 2 years !!!

I would get behind that idea. Deleting old threads.
I wish they would put the locks on the threads over 5k posts.

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I want to go watch that movie again now lol that and a Christmas story since that's what I traditionally watch during the holidays.

I'd say the ether is worth it if you don't have Natasha or AU. I prefer AU for the chance at 50% heal but they're not easy to come by as of late.

-- so if you have natasha the ether is worthless ?? or can it still be usefull for some opponents to generate stealing items ?? for steal-happy opponents - or just not needed to have both and natasha and ether ??

just wondering if you dont mind i ask it :)

I have both. Natty blocks fire & is good against thieves. Ether is a physical block. AU is the weapon that also blocks physical. I have all 3. There are always weapons you can do without, just as there are always situations where one weapon will be better than another. I would say ether is going to be MUCH cheaper than AU -- IF you can find one...

Edit:

I only watch A Christmas Story in the summer since it is overplayed now. It's like this generations version of It's a Wonderful Life. The only thing I MUST watch during this season is the Grinch -- and that's just for his dog, Max. ;) However, I am not one who can pass up a comedy -- I love to laugh too much. So don't hold me to the ACS rule... ;)

thanks for explaining :) i do have natasha - was saving for ether now but maybe i must keep the sp for something better - thats why i asked if it was usefull to buy the ether or not :)

Ether blocks phys while Natasha blocks fire, but both generate steal fodder. Since they both have the same heal and generate steal fodder, I would buy Natasha over the ether for the fire block

If I had 400mil to burn, I would buy one, Ether that is. I do have an AU in my armory, just to look at, not in my rotation.

You might need a Cronus blade to beat him. I have one to lend if you can replace the mods.

I think what I have is pretty good at least, for now anyway until someone remembers a good one I forgot xD nice job on the bhh!

yeah Ether is good if you don't have AU. not too necessary though, there aren't a whole lot of challengers that deal out enough phys to make it worth it, but it's still nice to have. jealous of your ostaff :)

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Thank you so much for the info on The Ether. Could you please tell me what AU stands for, since I can't remember or just don't know the item after such long break from Subeta? And thank you for the offer, Julie. I got the Oracle staff 4 years ago from the Crystal Shop if I remember correctly. XD

=)

I'm jealous, I wasn't here when that happened :X was on one of my long breaks

also congrats!

I can lend that too, when you're done w/ cronus. It is, imo, better than either, but the price is likely to be massively higher.

Thank you, looks like a plot item. :3

I'm sorry to hear that. :( Feel free to drop a comment if you ever wanted to borrow the staff. :P

yup it came from the faded memories plot I believe? it's a nice little thing to have, though I can't say I've used it very much compared to other things.

thanks for the offer :) I likely won't ever need to borrow it, I've got things that do the job just fine usually. it's just one of those few items that if I ever saw up for sale and could afford, I'd buy it in a heartbeat xD

Haha they do play it a lot and is very overkill. Me too. Always good to have a good laugh once in a while.

Lucky! How many crystals was the ostaff? I wish they brought more of the old weapons we call godlies back. I think I remember staff saying that SoSS was pretty much just for collectors as there are other more obtainable weapons that pretty much do the same thing. What's the point of having a weapon though that's meant to just sit in a gallery and not be used :/

- thanks. Recently Blackheart Hollow has become my best weapon shop. Before the scythe, I found a Deluxe Death Shard (which has really helped upgrade my work in progress weapon set) and a Shinigami which I'm still trying to figure out what to do with. My first battle pet should make it to Tier 9 sometime in the (sort of) near future.

Wear/sell the shini. I think I have one to sell still :x Bhh can be nice to me for a few days then give me nothing for months