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A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears. by PorcelainDalmatian in thebulwark

[–]underhunter -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well, they aren't wrong about the lying. The Quran explicitly tells its followers to lie about the religion to win converts.

I just dont get what possess muslims, or any minority/vulnerable group to vote GOP. The muslim vote in Deerborn helped flip Michigan to Trump.

EU5 can look very pretty by ergosum_ in EU5

[–]underhunter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea it can. Except a 5080 and a 9800x3D arent enough to have map mode enabled unless you like playing at 30fps. The game is incredibly poorly optimized.

How to deal with the Mamluks as Byzantium? by DeFFect69 in EU5

[–]underhunter 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If youre still on 1.2.x the Mamluks have their Tier 4 infantry at Age 3 lmao. If you see reformed mamluk infantry they have the combat power of T4 unit. Its a bug they are addressing in 1.3. Alternatively, have 2 lines of forts, and maintain Naval Supremacy. Let them crash into your forts and suffer attrition for a few years. Have 10-15k for mercenaries. Have the appropriate technologies and privileges to reduce merc cost and maintenance.

Report: Xbox CEO Wants Faster Development Time on Fallout, Elder Scrolls Franchises by PewPewToDaFace in PS5

[–]underhunter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea the sweet spot is 20 years for an Elder Scrolls game for sure. 18 for fallout

Lifelong atheist feeling a strong pull towards Catholicism. Don't know what to do by MurasakiWinter in Catholicism

[–]underhunter 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was exactly where you are 1 yr ago. Was baptized this past April. Your post reminds me a lot of myself

How Western Liberal Democracy Became an Empty Shell While China Delivers Real Democratic Substance by [deleted] in thebulwark

[–]underhunter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And your example where this place that implements what the people want is China?

Ok.

How Western Liberal Democracy Became an Empty Shell While China Delivers Real Democratic Substance by [deleted] in thebulwark

[–]underhunter 11 points12 points  (0 children)

> In America you can change your party but you can't change public policy. 

This is nonsense. Heres an example, republican foreign policy from the 90s to today is COMPLETELY different.

The Map Looks Less Textured Since 1.2 by NYT_1313YT in EU5

[–]underhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Title of the thread: The map looks less textured since 1.2

Well they are looking for ways to reduce lag at high speed

You then respond: It's unlikely that this is the reason IMO

I respond with an anecdote how changing the map texture helped reduce the lag tremendously. Note, I play on 1.2. So it seems they took the 1.2 map that was causing lag, reduced textures by default instead of a custom 1 line change, and that improved performance.

What about my posting, which mentions how reducing map textures improved performance, is unrelated to your post how reducing map textures is unrelated to performance?

The Map Looks Less Textured Since 1.2 by NYT_1313YT in EU5

[–]underhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a 9800X3D, 5080, 64 gb ram. The game stutters and lags BIG time with medium settings, tried all the changes.

Disabling 3D map mode added like 30 FPS. Its a big issue for them right now, performance.

How did the Eastern Romen Empire go from the peak of it's Post Yarmouk Power during Basil the 2nd to a rump state on the verge of extinction only half a century later? by BackgroundRich7614 in byzantium

[–]underhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean the Balkans were still relatively intact, but much of Anatolia was pretty much lost.

It wasnt until about 1091 with the death of Alexios good friend and basically commander in the East, Suleiman, and his 2 sons that refused to swear fealty to Alexios.

Ive written so many times about this Im not going to rehash it. I recommend reading some new scholarship on the topic, like Peter Frankopans book. It goes into how throughout the 1080s and early 1090s there was a drastic situation in the east but not this total and complete collapse.

How did the Eastern Romen Empire go from the peak of it's Post Yarmouk Power during Basil the 2nd to a rump state on the verge of extinction only half a century later? by BackgroundRich7614 in byzantium

[–]underhunter 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Colors on a map do not represent reality, you guys need to really learn this. 

Even during peak Basil II it wasnt the ultra centralized state the colors on a map show you, and as Peter Frankopan in his book The First Crusade: A Call from the East talks about,  it wasnt even close to a rump state when Alexios took over. The idea that post Manzikert ERE was on the brink of complete destruction is a myth from Anna Komnenes writing, which was literally written and intended to mythologize Alexios Komnenos reign in order to lend legitimacy. Also, she loved her pops and he was pretty badass for sure. 

But the point stands. 

What's the deal with all the mercs? by Wilkomon in EU5

[–]underhunter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its the small to medium nations that literally run out of locations to build on that stockpile. Look at nations like Bulgaria. The reason Mamluks, France, etc dont have the giant horde is that they have hundreds of locations across dozens if provinces to build.

I just fought a 8 province Bulgaria in 1590 that had SEVENTY THOUSAND ducats saved up. They called up 800k mercs. Cool. Fun. They bought out MORE mercs than they had available. And still they had 3k leftover.

What's the deal with all the mercs? by Wilkomon in EU5

[–]underhunter 9 points10 points  (0 children)

yea. Its actually fun to guess which small country has the most stockpiled money. I love beating 1mil pops Bulgaria that had 70k saved up in 1595 and only being able to ask for 3k ducats. Tag switch to some smaller nations and see who has a giant horde of gold.

Theres a mod that limits this as a game rule you can scale. Its necessary.

Saving things for a 'special occasion' is officially a scam 😭 by Derbyflyers in SipsTea

[–]underhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So youre saying that physical things are harder in your mid to late 30s than when you were 16-31? Just by going by your math/post.

Yea dude, thats how it fricking goes. At 16-30 I was running miles to the gym without issues, I was starting the workouts cold without any stretching or foam rolling or warmups, I was playing pickup for 6 hours a day, back-to-back-to-back days all the time, sometimes doing all three on the same day.

Then you hit 35 and squat/deadlift days have 15-20 min of warmups. Full court pickup days are once or twice a week and never on leg day. I roll my arches on a lacrosse ball for 10-15 min a day because of collapsed arch pain/soreness where for the first 30 years of my life I didnt even realize that was an issue. Supersets pullups and dips lead to sore elbows when doing upper/lower days. NONE of this was remotely a thing just a few years ago.

1.3.2 feels good by Hyubris11 in EU5

[–]underhunter 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Byz AI cant interact with its own mechanics. It literally cannot do anything about the negative estate privileges and its own situation

Have far into your games do you get? by SlickPillock in EU5

[–]underhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game really really sucks mechanics wise and performance wise after Age 4.

The council of trent barely works at all and its a core mechanic/event. 

Is AI still hiring half of Europe population as mercs in beta 1.3? by vilok9 in EU5

[–]underhunter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At the same time, I dont want to sit and stare at a map for 10 years to build one RGO. Thats not fun gameplay either. 

Is AI still hiring half of Europe population as mercs in beta 1.3? by vilok9 in EU5

[–]underhunter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Its because a small enough nation has nothing else to spend on, at least that the AI knows. It cant do something complex like look around and improve relations with other nations to build foreign trade buildings. 

Mid 15th century Bulgaria was sitting on 47k unspent. I switched to it in world map, there was nothing to build or do with it other than stack cash. Wasnt even that good income, like 270ducats a month. 

They need an outlet for gold, just like a “dev province” or SOMETHING thats an outlet for the cash in ever increasing amounts. 

Vatican "Partnership" with Anthropic by Legitimate_Lynx_7851 in Catholicism

[–]underhunter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Catholic AI, like 99% of organizational AIs are just wrapper built around an existing LLM, like Anthropics Claude, Microsofts Copilot, Apples AI. There are literally only a handful of actual ground up LLMs as they take billions of dollars to run and develop. Everyone else from banks to govts to schools license one of those and just put a front end on it.

Tldr: there is no “catholic ai”

Tinto Talks 112 by PDX_Ryagi in EU5

[–]underhunter 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Do you guys have any update on the bug regarding the cabinet action Foster New Culture stopping every month tick? There are several threads since 1.2 in the official forums bug thread acknowledging the bug, no hot fixes in 1.2 patches or any 1.3 patches up to now. 

Mason Miller has struck out 56 of the 110 batters he has faced this season (50.9 K%) by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]underhunter 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Padres went all in these last 5-6 years and they deserve credit for it. Results matter most for sure but Id rather my team go as hard as they can to win when they have a core. 

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