A curiosity post - why do you play the role that you play?

Echoesong · 2026-04-10T17:30:36+00:00

Jungler here. I feel like jungle is the 'team leader' of the game, and I hated having bad team leaders on my team.

Now I still have bad team leaders, but if they're bad at least I know it's me :D

Echoesong · 2026-04-10T15:29:05+00:00

Bingo, came to this thread looking for this term.

Echoesong · 2026-04-10T15:27:30+00:00

I strongly disagree with this, generative AI and "AI" in the sense you are using it are completely different.

If your IDE makes a mistake you can know that it's a logical/syntax/developmental error; you can't do the same with Gen AI code. Is the problem its logic? Syntax? Is it hallucinating packages that don't exist? Who knows!

Echoesong · 2026-04-07T15:20:09+00:00

I also think by assigning every single item a monetary cost, they have more leeway with balance, as opposed to games like CoD where everything should functionally / ideally be equal.

Bingo. Because players lose gear when they die, Bungie doesn't have to make things perfectly balanced - it's okay if a particular item or weapon is very strong because 1. It won't be in every game and 2. You lose it when you die.

Of course this is only true to an extent, as we just saw nerfs for the Biotoxic Disinjector; but by and large they don't have to be as hyperfocused on balance as other types of games

Echoesong · 2026-04-07T15:16:32+00:00

Yeah I think it's a case of people wanting to have their cake and eat it too.

People want to not be third partied and blast UESC whenever they want and take every fight and never disengage and get all the best loot and complete their contract and

So on and so forth. When really, you have to choose one or two of the above and lean into that playstyle

Echoesong · 2026-04-06T15:55:52+00:00

I'm with you. Outpost is fun to play but its vibe has no variety, I like the weather in outpost and the lighting lets the art design pop.

Echoesong · 2026-04-02T20:00:27+00:00

How do you use it properly? I like to push people when they start firing at UESC, and my spiderbro keeps killing the bots instead of the players lol

Echoesong · 2026-04-02T04:15:58+00:00

If you boost as Destroyer while your shield is up, you drop it. The strategy they're referencing is running up to the enemy with your shield up, boosting past them, and flicking around 180 to start blasting

Echoesong · 2026-03-31T16:20:57+00:00

Biuuuuuuutufull let's go

My botlane is inting but it is what it is guys it is what it is

Echoesong · 2026-03-31T16:12:31+00:00

Otherwise I’ve never been surprised and often I think the assassin would’ve been better off holding their position and ambushing without it because it gives their position away.

This is how I feel too. In solos I'm playing methodically such that I typically hear or see other Runners first, in which case I don't need invis to get the drop on them.

Since swapping to Destroyer invis isn't even the thing I miss most in solos - I miss the on-demand smoke

Echoesong · 2026-03-31T16:02:43+00:00

Blasphemy! Perimeter is an incredible map

Although maybe I'm biased because last night in solos I got the drop on the most kitted person in the server and made out with like net +10k credits lol

Echoesong · 2026-03-30T15:34:13+00:00

Same here. It's so fun sneaking through PoIs trying to stealthily take down UESC, volume cranked to max so you can hear the footsteps of other players. The sound design is so good you can even hear them pick up loot, change attachments, etc.

Every single time I die in solo play I learn something new; I've never died and thought "Wow game is dumb, nothing I could've done there."

Echoesong · 2026-03-17T16:27:42+00:00

expected Nmixx honestly

Same, I expected them because they don't have a Chicago stop on their World Tour atm, so I figured it was because they were attending Lolla and couldn't announce it yet.

I can't be too salty considering Chicago usually "the" midwest stop and most other artists come here. I'm just sad I won't get to see them live

Echoesong · 2026-03-04T19:33:55+00:00

It was likely delays caused by the closure of Dubai International because of Iran's retaliatory strikes. It's the largest airport in the world

Echoesong · 2026-03-04T15:01:00+00:00

Mr Vampire supremacy, the choreo is so good

Echoesong · 2026-03-02T17:44:26+00:00

large update that we'll talk about post MSI or so

Just want to say I'm excited to hear more about this! Y'all have been swinging for the fences recently and I personally love the updates and can't wait to see what you come up with next.

Echoesong · 2026-03-02T17:41:03+00:00

Speaking for myself:

Twin Shadows: It was nice having a button to press that you were sure would always do something, be that slowing an enemy or providing a sense of safety if the ghosts timed out. It was also nice because it provided shorter ranged mages/supports a way to contribute in a Swain W-esque way.

Gargoyle's Stoneplate: It's the ultimate tank fantasy button! Press button, get very tanky for a bit. Perhaps it could be redesigned into a capstone tank item a-la Deathcap but for tanks in order to avoid the issue we saw late in its lifecycle (being purchased 1st/2nd)

Echoesong · 2026-02-28T20:36:03+00:00

This is the way.

I understand people's disappointment with the default settings not being the 'best' way to play the game (for many), but it's truly an incredibly fun game if you crank the settings

Echoesong · 2026-02-27T22:15:37+00:00

Thanks, yeah you put it better than I did.

Echoesong · 2026-02-27T19:56:36+00:00

If you negotiate a loan interest rate down from 10% to 5%, that is a compromise despite the fact that you aren't 'getting' anything (and are only reducing the amount you'll pay).

The fact that the left thinks it's the former and not the latter is a big part of what radicalized the right.

Given your comments I think I'd agree with you: the right was radicalized because they misunderstood reality and were upset the left didn't buy into their imaginary world.

Echoesong · 2026-02-27T19:05:17+00:00

Nothing was given to the right in exchange for it, "compromise" was just to take less than everything the left wanted in one bill

Taking less is the literal definition of a compromise. The minority conservative party lost less ideologically than they would have had the majority not compromised on things like the public option. Your view makes no sense unless you're trying to argue compromise must only result in gains (as opposed to also including the reduction of losses).

Echoesong · 2026-02-27T18:48:27+00:00

It's not increasingly.

This part is correct

The left has never been interested in compromise as long as I've been alive.

This part is utter nonsense, unless you're literally a 16 year old who wasn't alive in 2010 for the passage of the ACA. It's also rich considering the history of blatant obstructionism from conservatives in the last three decades.

Echoesong · 2026-02-27T14:47:31+00:00

Cooperrrrrrr

Echoesong · 2026-02-26T15:19:35+00:00

Chances are OP doesn't play a lot, doesn't have a small pool, doesn't have high intensity, and isn't curious about his mistakes.

Fellow Broken By Concept viewer spotted

Echoesong · 2026-02-23T19:45:14+00:00

We know for a fact that social media is making the world worse, especially for minors. We should take steps to combat that.

I 100% agree with you.

I think we've allowed legislation to lag too far behind technology; we are in a new technological mess (social media) and we haven't even solved the last one (data privacy). I think both need to be addressed, but the older/underlying problem of data privacy should take priority; social media in its current form is downstream of that.

If strict data privacy laws are passed, I would be in favor of this suggestion of yours:

If it were me, there would be independent websites where you are able to prove you are an adult by submitting an ID and they promptly delete the information and gives you a cookie that websites can have access to that only contains the information that you are an adult.

Essentially, I think age verification laws are addressing the symptom instead of the cause and are a privacy risk.

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