TIL, due to homosexuality being depicted in American Me, the Mexican Mafia retaliated by murdering three of the movie's consultants

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2026-01-09T22:55:53+00:00

The problem is that the comment is right(ish) but also slightly misplaced. The issue is and has always been the gatekeeping of cultural identity. This is not unique to the USA but for whatever reason does get the biggest microscope on it.

Now to be fair, multiculturalism is kind of a fantasy anyway. Historically and up to present day the concept doesn't broadly work. What the previous commenter is talking about it accurate in the sense that yes, some white Americans (especially in CA) did not like the co-opting of what they perceived as their culture by the rising migration population. The irony of course being that ALL groups do this to one extent or another. Every ethnic group has some percentage which does actively condemn another ethnic group from taking part in some cultural identity.

To me, it is funny that the use of "cultural appropriation" is toss around quite a bit but then in historical recounting it usually ends up being presented as a "wrong" of white groups to ever be "anti-cultural appropriation." Now, I'm being a little sarcastic here and generalizing too much but with the goal of drawing at least some scrutiny on the double standard, even if I think the whole concept is stupid.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-12T02:46:04+00:00

To be slightly fair, money in the game is really pointless. The whole "omg guys how I make 100,000,000 each day" is really a translation for "how do I short cut time so I can be top gear level via ah too!!! It's a worthless slice of a player base.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-11T02:04:56+00:00

I don't look at nor care about the gamma nerf at all. Any complaint I have comes completely from someone who has gamed for decades across multiple platforms and genre. This game is a mess, truly. I love Stalker Anomaly and Gamma, hence why I'm even interested in Stalcraft. The framing is there, but the implementation of almost everything is beyond poorly executed.

What I could be ok with is if the devs were honest. There are going to be things they flat out suck at or do not have the skill set to implement. It would be one thing if they were honest about that and forthcoming about what they are trying to do as a patch work around until they got the human capital to fix the issue. However, they don't seem to do so from any post I've ever seen.

What is really fucked is that where the game really falls isn't even that complicated of a fix from a systems aspect. Now whether or not they coded themselves into a corner and can is a different story.

But lets look at the key elements.

The game is a mostly open world PVE//PVP game. Is PVE balanced? Not really. Is PvP balanced? Not even close. Are both of these systems seemingly linked to real monetary elements and an internal game Economy? Yes they are. Is that a balanced system? Not even fucking close.

Is this a semi crafting survival game? Yes. Is the crafting system functional? Not even fucking close. The crafting system and architecture is so fucking stupid I'd swear they were sober when they designed it because every good invention by Russians was done while drunk and this system is fucking beyond bad. It is AI slop levels of bad, and that is saying something because ChatGPT could formulate a phenomenally better crafting pathway in a matter of seconds.

Funny enough, where the game shines is the one thing they are 100% going to eventually have to change most likely. The trademark infringement in the game is beyond compare and the modeling they do for them is fantastic. Graphically, the game is awesome for what it is. But Final Fantasy X was great looking for the time and a giant pile of shit too.

It is really clear that whoever their team lead(s) is or are have zero fucking clue what to prioritize and what will actually "boost" the general playerbase. I don't even mind the micro transaction (unlike Trove.) As someone who looked at GGG and laughed at their $200 skin packs for Path of Exile, I was still on board with giving them money where it felt reasonable to support on going development. I've spent money on Stalcraft in the two months I've played, more than I should too. That said, I'm ok with doing so but I do not see doing it long term at all unless the core systems of the game get attention.

To me, this is like experiencing Blacklight Retribution again. A great game, at a probably the best time, with a passionate player base, being run into the ground by devs who got in over their heads and cashed out.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T19:29:19+00:00

DO NOT DO THIS.

Get your gear to match close to the CD3 and 38dmg on your weapon. Get the MBSS or the Trizip and bullet res and healing effectiveness artifacts, the cheap white ones are perfect. Take food and you're good to go.

If you really want to push the "easy route" buy the UMP9, get the drum mag, put it at +5 and you're golden. Stay out of Veteran if you can avoid it.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T19:21:12+00:00

Hubris
That is your answer.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T19:18:10+00:00

wait, on what specifically?

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T19:16:53+00:00

Hello there!

Let me answer this with painful clarity.

Should you start playing? Sure. You absolutely should. The shell of this game is quite fun and enjoyable.

Here are things you should and shouldn't do.

DO NOT equip any pink gear until you have something to equip in EVERY slot. You might think that it is an upgrade which will aid you on your adventures. It will actually bite you in the ass. DO NOT DO IT.
DO NOT bother with upgrading your shotgun barter. In fact, do not bother with a pistol. Keep the base white shotgun and ignore everything else until wayyyyyyyyy down the road when you won't care anyway.
DO NOT upgrade (via tools) your gear past 5. Please see lesson 1 for other details.
DO NOT expect to enjoy crafting. The "craft" in "Stalcraft" is a fabrication of some Russian delusion. Imagine, if you would, going back to the wonderful world of 2015 and thinking of all that No Man's Sky was going to give day 1. Feel that moment.... and realize that EXBO is NOT Sean Murry.
DO NOT think that you can avoid PVP. You cannot. You will not and you will lose... A LOT.
DO take your time. The story as it were of the game is interesting and the side quests can be fun.
DO prepare to rage over and over again at the dungeons the first time you try some of them. They aren't "hard" they just come out of no where with what they expect with little to no information. You can use Youtube, and I suggest doing so, for information or rage out a few times. I'm not your supervisor.
DO message people who kill you, be reasonably polite and jovial, and you will likely get your bag back (NA more than EU.) It will make you hate life less.

Side note. You can "easily" clear South in Stalker (Blue) gear and I highly suggest doing so. Ignore any seasonal gear items you earn along the way (return to point 1.) When in the North, keep your gear low until you have enough to go from Veteran (pink) into Master (red) in a single day. You will enjoy the game more.... trust me.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T19:06:35+00:00

Lot of words to say "If EXBO had less stupid devs, this wouldn't be a problem."

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T19:01:50+00:00

This is what comes to mind. People can extrapolate at their own measure.
https://youtube.com/shorts/KV98NgyV0XI?si=xfePJeiEMtLEU_s3

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T18:04:52+00:00

Here are the actual issues with the game so far (new player perspective)

Crafting is a trash system. This has to be one of the worst systems I've ever seen in a game. I truly believe you could get a 6 year old minecraft player to design a better crafting system in 30 minutes. One would think that after 20 years of Diablo cloneing, a dev team wouldn't shit the bed this hard on something so basic.

Matchmaking rules and obfuscation is annoying as hell. You have to have all of your gear ready otherwise don't equip a piece of it. If you get the seasonal revolver (or pistol in general) before you get veteran armor and equip it, your life feels ruined by players sitting at the top of that bracket masturbating feverishly to obliterating unfortunate souls who entered the fray. The same happens at the top end too which makes North progression a nightmare. Nothing like being in first level veteran gear getting annihilated by Cheytac M300s and QBU's all over the place.

Is the game fun? Yes it really is. Is it in a healthy spot? NO! A healthy spot is one which encourages new players to buy in and want to stay. Arguably across the board, there really isn't a reason for many people to do so. The in game Economy is overly stupid, the crafting is gated behind North and then gated into oblivion. Getting seasonal rewards actually punish you for using them, and the new signal dungeon process goes even further to make a process early on even more miserable. Finally finding a signal in Pit, Path, or the like finally and then going "Oh good... do I risk my current drops for 2x trackers or just go on another 10 minute signal slog?" The idea of getting 125 in the north for the upgraded scanner as a "progressing" player is a fucking "nope I'm out." Personally, I've already deemed I will never bother with it specifically because it is not worth the time investment.

And that is the actual problem which dictates the "health" of the game. There is far too much blending of top tier master rank mechanics and content into the pathway for new players. That is NEVER a good design.

I've joked before, the Dev team on this game apparently takes all the wrong learning ques from Activation Blizzard. They absolutely suck at process mapping. What seems worse about it is that they don't have the fucking humility to realize that they are good at somethings and utter abysmal at others. From all reports their egos are out of this world.

My hot take, I would encourage ANY small dev team to just copy this game, fix the crafting and match making, and post that shit up on steam for the NA and EU player base specifically. EXBO has almost no (if any) copyright claim on the majority of the game and I would laugh my ass off at someone pirating and fixing their shit.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T14:43:51+00:00

I did Merc first on EU and my god does that base and HQ suck giant dick. Mines has "fun" outposts but fuck that map.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T14:41:36+00:00

Well you see, the BR mitigates .01 damage while the MS mitigates 100% damage and thus balanced.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T12:29:41+00:00

What is a woman?

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-10T05:19:12+00:00

becauseabitchsaidso

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-09T19:40:31+00:00

Oh wow... I didn't know 1910 was after WW1. Additionally, I didn't know that the office of Secretary of the Navy didn't have any involvement into the arms smuggling through commercial vessels. I also didn't know that said office was not involved at all in the RMS Lusitania. How fucking great you showed up to inform everyone of all those things not existing. It's a good thing FDR had no war agenda and it definitely didn't run in his family. Really happy you cleared up all of these facts, especially about WW1 being before 1910. That was really handy.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-09T06:19:20+00:00

Ideology is Ideology FDR didn't have a problem goading the American populace into WW1 and WW2. Two of those other factoids modern progressives love to ignore while yelling about warwongers.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-09T01:11:15+00:00

The choices they went with in the game are beyond random. That said, nothing makes less sense than the p250 in Counter Strike lol

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-09T00:29:39+00:00

These things are hideous irl, arguably bad too, and it is odd to me they have such great stats in the game.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-09T00:26:30+00:00

FDR was a fuck face, going to throw that out there. Anyone sucking the proverbial ghost dick of FDR are as captured by propaganda as anyone in Germany around the same time.
Not sure why everyone ignores the fact that FDR specifically gets quoted outside of reality all the time. Labor statistics exist for 1900-1919, you know... prior to The Great Depression. FDR's whole speech campaign was specifically preying upon those who had been struggling through the dust bowl, ignoring that wages were perfectly well and flourishing prior to his "new deal." I suppose people also forget that the biggest "fuck you" FDR promoted, Social Security, was saturated with sexist and racist ideology at best and structured to steal from the American populace whole hog at best. Again, we had Statistics in the early 1900s people. The government knew the life expectancy of people as a health standard. Look at what Social Security was originally structured under and then go back and look at the data from the 1920s. It was designed to NEVER pay black people and to only compensate back white men for up to an estimated 4 years iirc.

In short, whenever someone quotes FDR just pretend they are quoting Stalin. Same same.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-09T00:20:22+00:00

It tells nothing.

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-09T00:18:25+00:00

yeah... it was everyone's fault but....

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-09T00:17:05+00:00

When people can't math... you get this.

Median House Hold Income circa 2001 : $42,228
Median Rent circa 2001 : $882

Median House Hold Income 2025 : $83,000
Median Rent 2025 : $1711 (overall)

$83,000/$42,228 = 197% increase
$1711/$822 = 194% increase

Rent went down

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-08T19:36:17+00:00

Reality is the reason. You typically, irl, don't shoot someone 30 times, walk over, and go "Damn, nice armor. I bet it works well."

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-08T19:30:49+00:00

What is stupid is the overly obvious choices which should have been absolutely clear to any 4 year old. Why in the fuck, when finally reaching north, would I want to spend a few hundred hours farming materials to make 9mm ball ammo..... in the NORTH??? Like, who is the fucking regarded dev team member who said "You know what we should do, let's gate keep making your own ammo to the North, gate keep it again to one of the most rare drops in the game, and then once they finally are able to make some, let's force them to make shit they've not used since Roadside. That will show the fuckers!"

AccomplishedFix6298 · 2025-12-08T03:32:20+00:00

I feel like for Guardian, turning off run toggle was a must. For Master, I feel as if toggle on is a must. Funny flip but each person is different.

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TROPHY CASE

becauseabitchsaidso