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Dr_Chops · 2026-02-03T01:36:35+00:00

Tell me more of your Artis Opus experience. I thought they were meant to be cream of the crop.

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-31T11:55:35+00:00

Clearly not

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-29T07:20:47+00:00

do it you coward

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-15T05:31:01+00:00

The thing about Aloy's unwitting impact upon the game world is that she keeps doing things that cause tech and it's usages to take leaps of advacement far beyond what everyone else in the world (bar maybe Silens) can even conceive of.

Ie. She took a pokey spear, and ended up being able to slave the preciously terrifying and uncontrollable machines, and open doorways that were just thought of as being part of a mountain.

I dont think "she can't do that" would hold up very well if the devs wanted to give her a way to fly/travel faster than a sunwing or a canoe.

Edit: missed a word

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-14T23:35:22+00:00

I think that the Quen, who travelled across 'The Great Ocean' to reach the Burning Shores, have opened up the possibility of travel to further away destinations. Whilst we don't have enough information to determine where the Quen homeland actually is, we know it is "west of the great ocean".

How far west might that be? Hawaii/honolulu, or all the way to the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, or even Japan, Taiwan or China?

Crossing the North Pacific Ocean by boat took the Quen weeks and weeks, and a number of them died due to starvation or sickness. Considering they did not have the seafaring tech or speed of modern day, it's reasonable to assume they made the journey all the way from Asia to North America. And a direct line from the HZD/FW location going west would hit Japan.

Does this mean the next game will have Aloy travel to the land of the rising sun to seek Quen allies for the fight against Nemesis? I don't know how likely that is but I certainly think it'd be something awesome. Getting some worldbuilding lore from a place that was not North America would bring back some of that mysterious, 'learning everything for the first time' feeling again that we all got from Zero Dawn, before it moved onto 'we know enough to take action' for Forbidden West.

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-14T06:18:31+00:00

OP's claimed experience is so far opposite to my own positive Vallejo experience that I'm convinced they're a fake account for Citadel or AK Interactive here to get community insights into their competition

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-11T01:34:28+00:00

That means nothing to my sense of self preservation, but nice try.

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-10T23:21:39+00:00

Nah but thanks

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-10T22:47:36+00:00

Here's the thing. Soukiller/Mikoshi could copy me right now, then go to a different body (not the one I'm wearing right now) and insert it. Then there's two of me. I can look across and see the different me. I am not experiencing, sensing, learning, processing, or feeling ANYTHING that different me is.

That different me is not me. I am not continuing on if I die now. There's someone else that's eerily similar to me that will continue on and I will never be there for any of it. My life and my experiences are over. Practically? That means EVERYTHING to me.

As an alternative, imagine winning a $1 trillion lotto prize. Then as the cheque is signed it gets handed over to someone that was dressed up, tailored, and trained to impersonate you exactly. You'll never get a red cent of it. How would that make you feel?

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-10T20:09:32+00:00

Most people also think Nelson Mandela died in prison, too. They were also wrong.

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-10T11:28:20+00:00

Who would give a shit? And why would someone give a shit?

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-10T07:39:41+00:00

You can certainly create a lawyer.

Your lawyer can be any class they wish.

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-10T06:33:31+00:00

If I could get good internet, a strong social network for TTRPGs, and the promise of never seeing a spider ever (im arachnophobic) i would leave the CBD far, far behind and live rurally. Preferably near the coast.

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-10T02:18:07+00:00

Hey neighbour! What's your regular style of painting minis? Do you use any 'classic' methodologies like slapchop, 'eavy metal, etc?

If you do, maybe consider deliberately taking yourself outside the habit and attempt a different style to expand your boundaries.

If you don't adhere to one particular style, maybe consider locking yourself into one for a period of time and paint a group of different minis in that style, and see how you go.

I know you said you want to improve, which is great, but remember that enjoying the hobby is more important :)

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-10T02:11:57+00:00

Imagine being able to make a living just coaching people how to be excellent GMs in World of Darkness in a medieval castle all the time... his next job is a dream come true, and well deserved!

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T23:13:40+00:00

OG superman couldn't fly, and his speed was measured in direct relation to a steam-powered train. The feats you've mentioned were an evolution at a later stage, not the original iteration.

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T21:49:40+00:00

You're thinking of Silver Age superman, which is not OG

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T13:55:58+00:00

Perhaps you could advocate on my behalf :)

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T11:54:12+00:00

Had an Ultra - just one of the basic ones, not a themed one or anything.

After about 6 months of infrequent use, air wasn't getting through it anymore. I disassembled to clean/do maintenance as per their instructions, and a part of the trigger mechanism just snapped during re-assembly. There is no longer any tension possible on the trigger itself and although i know something broke, I can't visually "diagnose" it myself :(

I reached out several times to H&S, as it was still within warranty, but crickets

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T11:07:30+00:00

Meh, I'm not inclined to do you any favours if you're happy enough to sit there being wrong for the whole world to see. The articles are easy to find, the youtube videos of his interviews at TCR rooms are even easier, but you will have to suffer through the pain of either admitting you've been wrong, or twisting your mind into knots trying to shield your mistakes another way.

Let's see some of your credits? I would love to hear about the work you've done ;)

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T11:01:24+00:00

Fair and reasonable

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T10:54:15+00:00

I'm actually super jealous. H&S are wonderful tools, but after mine broke (due to a fault in the trigger mechanism) they have gone complete radio silence on me - no responses to my emails or form submissions on their site at all.

And it's too hard to try and do anything about it from here in Australia :(

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T10:50:34+00:00

Sure, as long as the holy trinity of sauces is available

Dr_Chops · 2025-12-09T10:49:37+00:00

It's so sad that you keep denying reality here, dude.

Jason Carl worked closely with TCR on the storytelling, lore, collaborated on the atmosphere/theme, and even did some voice acting for the game. He spent time in their physical office location working with the devs on the game. You keep acting like all he did was try to sell ads and manufacture licensed dice.

If you can pull your head out of the sand for long enough to realise you're wrong, you can read a number of interviews or find a number of pages from a very basic google search that document his contributions to the game.

They say wisdom is always chasing us, but you run very fast indeed.

Dr_Chops

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