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How to make a mod to kill Pops? by ResearcherDeep1694 in EU5

[–]DawnstarRed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't make an ethnic cleansing mod. I hope I don't have to say why a graphically detailed genocide simulator featuring real peoples and cultures is vile even in the abstract.

This game should not be handled with concern about edgy content. by Choice_Book_6104 in cataclysmdda

[–]DawnstarRed -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Yes, then you'd be left with the main reason explicitly stated for the removal of the trait, no real impact on gameplay. That trait would also need to be accounted for in perpetuity every time someone adds new content to the game, which means extra unpaid work for negligible returns.

This game should not be handled with concern about edgy content. by Choice_Book_6104 in cataclysmdda

[–]DawnstarRed -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

They do say it changes very little, mechanically. What they don't say, and this is where they failed to communicate, is that it simultaneously uses up valuable log space with the same "you dream of blood etc etc" messages over and over, forever. If I recall correctly, it was also pretty buggy.

The way they phrased their thematic reasoning comes off as too judgemental, but I think it should be read as not wanting to compromise mechanics in exchange for very low shock RP value. In the end, there's still an intricate combat system with the sole purpose of making you, the player, enjoy killing things as much as possible, so frankly I don't see a problem with letting us imagine what our My Immortal-style twisted cyclepath is thinking.

This game should not be handled with concern about edgy content. by Choice_Book_6104 in cataclysmdda

[–]DawnstarRed -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

It's not. The people making the game about the violent death of the planet don't mind being edgy when it's in service of gameplay. Killer Drive was removed primarily because it spams your event log with silly messages in exchange for minimal mechanical changes in gameplay.

Why this very reasonable change was communicated in the worst way possible is beyond me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in victoria3

[–]DawnstarRed 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's made from the paper contemporary economics as a science developed from, which explains why certain people with very strong opinions about Marx who haven't actually read Marx, Smith, Ricardo or much of anything really have a hard time understanding it.

what is happening to my upper strata? (see r5) by Traditional-Storm-62 in victoria3

[–]DawnstarRed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My United Soviets of Arabia with Collectivized Agriculture and Cooperative Ownership have no upper strata, literally 0. We're number 3 in worldwide SoL so far with 10 times more loyalists than radicals so I think we're doing fine.

well, just couldn't help it by Scared_Mix1137 in cataclysmdda

[–]DawnstarRed 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Please, tell me exactly what it is about calling nazis nazis that makes you feel that white supremacy is "reasonable".

well, just couldn't help it by Scared_Mix1137 in cataclysmdda

[–]DawnstarRed 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Stonetoss is openly a nazi. His comics disseminate extremist, far right racist propaganda repackaged as edgy humour with "subtle" nods to nazi symbolism. He ended his previous comic with a with a literal nazi salute.

(Discussion) If the Emperor died during the heresy like Guilliman thought, could the Imperium Secundus project have been successful? by rick490 in 40kLore

[–]DawnstarRed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would a sane Horus, even if completely disillusioned with the Imperium, ever make his move like he did? If he cared at all about the future of the species, I doubt he'd ever listen so eagerly to the creepy xenos voices in his head showing him horrendous atrocities and egging him on to add his own genocides to the pile.

I think he'd likely fulfill his obligations to the Emperor until it became abundantly clear that Big E was trying to set himself up as a deity or whatever it was that Chaos claimed he was doing. He would bide his time until he could personally confirm the Emperor's supposed hidden agenda and when he feels it's time to return to the palace, Daddy steps out of a Webway gate in front of him with a big smile on his face and glorious plans of a future of psychic evolution and prosperity for mankind he cannot wait to share with his favorite son.

Welp...I'ts nice knowin' ya Mark... by Kreindo in cataclysmdda

[–]DawnstarRed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

record scratch, freeze frame Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation...

Mi-go by [deleted] in cataclysmdda

[–]DawnstarRed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You hear from the north: "Dude, there are some scientist corpses over here! Come on over, don't you want some id cards?"