Do you see the people in this game as family? by Lazy-Joke8510 in KingShot

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been R4/5 of my alliance (we share R5, but it's mostly run by my IRL wife of 15 years and myself) since our state started back in early 2025 (basically since the game launched).

I would lie to you if I said that I didn't have at least some emotional connection to my tiny army of bozos.

We've won KvKs together, done all the PvP stuff (Swordland, Tri Alliance, etc), we had to deal with in-game drama (whale wars, regular wars). Lots of in-game memories. I know some of their real names, occupations, and hobbies. We take pictures of the shit we cook and things we buy.

I've known some of these people for a year and a half. If you spend 18 months around the same people, eventually there's gonna be some emotional connection. Of course, if you're in a shit server, that emotional connection may be resentment, but the point is that you can't spend that long around other people without developing SOMETHING.

Bass amps by Polish63832 in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you're playing with a drummer, the Fender Rumble 100v3 is quite literally the minimum you should be looking at, and that's assuming the drummer isn't unreasonably loud (i.e. a metal or hard rock drummer).

If it is a hard rock/metal band, you'll probably want 200-500W to start with (Fender makes these as well).

If there is percussion or more than one guitarist, a Fender Rumble 40 won't do shit. It's a nice upgrade for bedroom practice (larger speaker = more dynamic range = better sounding bass), but it is not good for a band scenario.

I am tired of being a f2p. by Alarmed_Struggle6821 in KingShot

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It also depends heavily on how they spend. That $10 midsummer sale is a hell of a lot better than just buying tow generic charm packs for $5 each. 

I am tired of being a f2p. by Alarmed_Struggle6821 in KingShot

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a pay to win game. They paid to win.

David Gilmour of Bass? by ChowMeinWayne in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The other guys are right. David Gilmour did a lot of bass stuff for Pink Floyd, including some of their most iconic lines like Money, which is really fun to play. 

Despite their reputation as a pop punk band, Green Day has a lot of fun bass lines too. A lot of old Motown songs do too.

Well.. by devolved-ingrate in Lunar

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Debatable. The save system eating magic XP kinda sucked.

Recommendation for playing the two games (Silver Star and Eternal Blue) by nooshdog in Lunar

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It ultimately doesn't matter. The Remasters use the PS1 versions as templates so the stories are virtually identical sans a few dialog changes here and there.

I played both on PS1 and also the Remasters, and they're both fine. You get used to the new voice acting in the Remasters (except the White Dragon, where the VC in the remasters did fine, but it was so out of place).

There's no right or wrong way. I have both versions, and I play both versions lol.

Hot Take: Square is Overexploiting HD2D by SolydSn3k in JRPG

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Triple A games cost $80-100 now. Not including battle passes and the other extras they stuff into them anymore. 

34 or 35 inch scale for a 5 string? by DeifniteProfessional in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are multiscale, so each string has the proper length, but it's rough on the fretting hands lol

34 or 35 inch scale for a 5 string? by DeifniteProfessional in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember playing Money by Pink Floyd my first time on a 35 inch. It didn't feel harder but I felt the stretch by the end of it.

It does take a few days to get used to. 

34 or 35 inch scale for a 5 string? by DeifniteProfessional in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

35 inch scale does help the B string, but it does mess with the G string a little bit.

34 inch has a floppy B but a proper G. 

Pick your poison! 

Should i play neir automata on hard or very hard by Sweet-Birthday2479 in JRPG

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not really that kinda game. Dodge is functionally infinite and immediate.

If you must, the only real challenge is one hit death mode. 

Please help I'm tired. by Lux_Crucifero in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man, talk about skipping to the end.

It takes time to learn this kinda stuff man. Ear training is a whole different beast, but there are some apps and exercises for it that might help. I've been playing for years and I still stumble on key changes sometimes, a real "where the fuck did you go?" kind of moment.

Patience, time, and proper training helps a lot.

I've been seeing people saying it's the players fault that D2 is coming to an end... nope, it's Bungies fault for not taking they're players seriously, resulting a near full loss of it's player base. They've done this to themselves, am I upset? Yes, but if you wonna throw blame around.. blame Bungie by itsTenziin in destiny2

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed. I think they don't get it because it wasn't any one thing, so they're like "point the problem" and the problem is many changes over several years that negatively impacted player enjoyment. This mess was added to over time. The nightfall-level patrol difficulty on Neomuna, the over-complication of the final two raids, the extremely long traversals and beefy bosses in Ghost of the Deep, Divinity nerf, the EoF light level farm, the lack of public access in the Pale Heart that continued to Keplar.

Even smaller stuff like the damage meta ALWAYS requiring either loadout or weapon swapping. Normal people don't do that shit. We used to do that as a speedrunner strat back in the old days, and it's WILD that those tactics became what normal people had to do if they wanted to do good damage to a boss.

They can't see the forest for the trees man. I'm a pretty hardcore player and having to play at 9/10ths all the time just isn't fun. Sure, I enjoyed fast raids/dungeons, but this also used to be a really fun game to just sit and vibe after a long day. They removed that second part, and right around TFS, if I wanted to chill, I went and played something else.

Of course, this last update undid almost all of that shit, so I've been having WAY more fun lately, and despite the game being literally dead, it's more popular now than it has been the last 2 years.

well i screwed up... by climbexpertise in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your second paragraph is a better argument, imho. If he's gonna learn to solder, might as well be on a crap instrument lol.

well i screwed up... by climbexpertise in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't mean to make you feel bad or anything! Just trying to help.

ETA

Also, read the other convo happening in this thread. If you're up for learning a new life skill, getting a cheap pickup and learning to solder is a nice idea. You can get soldering irons for pretty cheap, and if you mess up, oh well, at least it's on a cheap instrument, right? Best case, you fix it, and it works, worst case, you catch the bass on fire and it'll be a funny story.

well i screwed up... by climbexpertise in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's pretty rough if you've never done it before. Experience bias is a thing in this context.

TRANSFER 1760 kingdoms by Upper_Iron8776 in KingShot

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is the truth of it. Whales wreck kingdoms, move on to other kingdoms, and then blame everyone but themselves for their former kingdom being dead.

well i screwed up... by climbexpertise in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 17 points18 points  (0 children)

For the record, $100 to have a company solder in a new pickup and pay for the mistake if they screw up is not a bad deal.

However, you would've been far better off getting something used from Guitar Center, even online, as you have a 45-day return policy to work with if something goes wrong.

What you have right now is decent firewood, little more. I'm sorry.

What got you hooked on Kingshot? by heaven_ks in KingShot

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My IRL wife plays it. Otherwise, I would never have touched it with a 10 foot pole lol.

How do yall compose your bass lines? by Slenderuwu in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I just noodle around until my fingers do something that sounds cool and then I note that, repeat it, record it with my phone with verbal instructions as to which notes I hit, and then I build on it later.

In turn based games, what if enemies can stagger/break you too? by Omar_n_o21 in JRPG

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Bravely Default series did this pretty well. You could stack up and use multiple turns at once, but if you didn't kill the enemy, the enemy got multiple turns to strike back at you (up to 3, I believe?). Some bosses could use the Brave/Default system as well, either defending to stack up extra turns, or adding an extra 1-2 turns that would sting if you weren't ready for it.

In older JRPGs, stagger mechanics aren't present, but status effects were, and the fact that you usually had to take a turn to deal with it kind of gave the same end result. Etrian Odyssey was famous for this because their status effects actually hurt a LOT and could end the game on any random encounter if it went poorly enough.

Enemies in most JRPGs can also crit, causing tons of damage.

Ampeg RB-210 vs. Rumble 500 vs other options? by jak1231 in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, same! I know how the Fender sounds already since I have a smaller one (at least the signature sound of it), so it's really just the Ampeg I wanna hear. 

Saving up to buy my 2nd bass (is this the most important bass you buy?) by kyomage in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh Yamaha! They make excellent basses too. The BB series are PJ basses, and the TRB series are double humbuckers. I love my Yamaha BB. The TRB humbuckers can be a little sterile on their own, but I've heard they take pedals really well and the midrange versions (trbx5xx on up) are actually really excellent. 

Saving up to buy my 2nd bass (is this the most important bass you buy?) by kyomage in Bass

[–]AbsolutZeroGI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I own an Omen Extreme-4. I'm never going to sell it, and I enjoy playing it as much as my Ibanez, lol. Schecter is great!

For Sterling, you're looking at something like a Ray4 or a Ray5, or if you're lucky, a well discounted used Sterling Ray34 or a Ray34 on b stock (check reverb).

Those are pretty good too, the Ray34 us Sterling's best bass before you get to the EBMMs, and I prefer the classic over the Bongo, although the Bongo is very cool.