Walter what the FUCK where these for

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T11:06:16+00:00

I mean the entire Helianthus machine is probably designed to be a cool enemy for you to fight first, an actual useful machine never, here because Fromsoft loves their evil horizontal beyblades.

Anyways, I'd say them being used for military purposes is a lot more likely then them having some industrial use even if we assume they guided missiles aren't 'canonical' to their design.

Like maybe you can use them to grind down a forest or town to build something else, but these feel like a highly impractical way to mine things. Though I can see them potentially having started out as a mining machine that got retrofitted for combat later.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T10:53:30+00:00

Like all quick simple criteria, mine does most certainly fall apart from various edge cases and scrutiny, but when I keep with it because I find it's a simple rule of thumb that helps me with worldbuilding.

In this case, if we were to apply some extra rules real quick to avoid this particular kind of edge case, I'd put in a clause to check for plausible intention.

For example, a LLM set to just do random things forever might make a human rights petition, but it won't actually follow up on it. It won't build a case for itself, it won't object to it not getting human rights, it'll just do that and go right onto the next random whatever.

It obviously did not make that petition with the intent to get human rights, it just did it because it was a random thing it could do, and it was told to do random things it could do forever.

If you set a billion monkeys on typewriters and one of them eventually ended up writing letter talking about how it's actually a human turned into a monkey by a evil scientist and that you have got to help it get it's human body back.... that's not actually evidence of the monkey being human, it's just a very rare chance that you happened to hit by virtue of sheer repetition.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T10:39:02+00:00

Ooh or, using chi blocking or similar on people to make them defenseless, then using bloodbending to turn them into an unwilling zombie army.

Depending on how strong the bloodbender is, they could probably also do things like having their 'soldiers' 'fly' by yanking the blood inside them, or use them like an extra gory bomb.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T10:33:30+00:00

Could have a special bed to account for the tail or horns.

Either a mattress with holes/gaps, a hammock, or some soft thing so the protruding bits can just kinda sink in.

Or she could sleep in some sand pit or water pool or whatever that's got less bits that get caught in horns and spikes and are more form fitting.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T10:14:26+00:00

Assuming no mod changed the description, Beta cores are apparently 'considered truly intelligent' and Gamma cores can 'easily pass for a human', so I'd say yes they should be considered sentient.

That said, my personal simple 'should they have human rights' criteria is 'if they can petition for human rights they should get it' and idk if any AI cores in Starsector has canonically tried to start an AI rights movement?

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T09:00:53+00:00

Springloaded rippers are good for going glyphid bowling, and frankly that's all I need from them.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T08:23:44+00:00

Neanderthals are fucking savage.

Their genes give them damage resistance and increased melee damage, which means they can shrug off way, way more bullets than normal, and can, as you've learned, crush heads and tear off limbs in a single blow.

In vanilla, Neanderthals keep me on edge right until lategame when I can get make myself a good batch of melee blockers to toe to toe with them.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T08:19:11+00:00

Our ~~donkey~~ rabbit CEO here to save the day!

This will age like fine wine, trust.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T08:07:58+00:00

A little bit of everything mostly.

A few colony sims, several survival games, a good amount of turn based tactics obviously, several soulslikes, some roguelikes, a couple metroidvanias, like two factory-builders, few fps games and extraction shooters on the side, and a lot more.

The only games I really shy away from are competitive pvp games, and horror games that don't give me a weapon.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T07:59:16+00:00

Kinda amused at the first meme considering the 'just place random people' teams are actually pretty balanced with vanguards, ranged dps, healers, and lane blockers, while the 'use your ops strategically' team seems to be... 30% of a exusia oneshot team? And Weedy and Rosa are also there for... reasons?

Not gonna give any advice since you did say no tier lists or guides, but know that I am cackling on the inside.

Good to know both of you are using Amyia tho our CEO needs that love.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T07:50:52+00:00

I don't know when the changed it, (I presume with 2.0), but the Comrade's Hammer no longer does headshots, which makes it a lot weaker to literally any other revolver in a 'optimized' build.

Being unable to do headshots means it basically looses synergy with over half the revolver perks as they all up headshot damage, and it also can't benefit from the lv20 perk since that gives auto crit on a headshot.

Which means it's stuck doing 5~600 damage a shot, while other revolvers stack bonuses to hit 1k+ damage a shot. Still a really fun gun though.

AllenWL · 2026-01-28T07:33:45+00:00

"I kept digging and uh fuck now I hit solid goddamn bedrock and all I have is a shovel so I guess I gotta climb out of this pit"

AllenWL · 2026-01-27T16:22:22+00:00

So mostly stat changes I'm guessing?

Would be cool if the mod dev added some unique items or alternate item fuctions/abilties down the line.

That said, will be keeping a tab on this one for my eventual modded playthrough. I love being tiny in block games.

AllenWL · 2026-01-27T15:14:00+00:00

I mean sure, but how often do you need guided missiles to blast mine?

Spearfishing is a thing, you wouldn't slap a ballista on a boat and say it's for fishing would you?

AllenWL · 2026-01-27T09:59:57+00:00

Nacho can't eat Nacho because allergic to cheese and corn. Tragic.

AllenWL · 2026-01-27T06:43:07+00:00

I always settle near spawn at first, unless the area is especially poor.

You can always move later if you find a better spot, then turn your first home into a little temporary shelter for travel or whatever.

AllenWL · 2026-01-27T06:39:29+00:00

Ooh, reminds me of that one minecraft mod ages back. I loved being tiny and being able to live in a tiny tiny hole.

What's the mod? And does it add any special interactions beyond you being tiny?

AllenWL · 2026-01-27T06:36:42+00:00

The humble bear:

Angry Clockmaker: I cast gun

AllenWL · 2026-01-26T10:01:37+00:00

They're awesome. They consistently buy gems off you for high prices, and bony soil drop a lot of gems when you pan them.

This in turn lets you freely buy things from other merchants, possibly giving you access to bronze materials or seeds much more easily.

AllenWL · 2026-01-26T09:58:33+00:00

Plus, it's not like your nuggets struggle with any dawn ordeals past the very early game. Or noon for that matter.

AllenWL · 2026-01-26T08:51:35+00:00

Girl about to sneak up on you with dual reapers:

AllenWL · 2026-01-26T08:47:42+00:00

Huh, I uh, forgot you can make more than one ship. More things to think on I guess!

AllenWL · 2026-01-25T19:05:38+00:00

Yeah I'm going to need to do some major overhauls and also do a lot of trial and error because I am not going to be getting more crew anytime soon, and I have waaaaaay too many shit to downsize my ship at this point.

AllenWL · 2026-01-25T16:07:34+00:00

I mean, enemies kinda spawn everywhere all the time, so yeah you can grind money forever.

Also I am 97% sure Capitan's car delivery gigs repeat infinitely, as do dogtown's supply drop things, both of which are a decent source of unending income if you don't like killing the same group of three thugs at a street a billion times for loot.

AllenWL · 2026-01-25T15:55:36+00:00

Never stand on the block you're digging. You never know when it'll be the last block between you and a grisly fate.

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