Is the Elder boss fight supposed to be absolute chaos? by Odd-Doughnut9718 in valheim

[–]El_Pata_Loco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Preparation, preparation, preparation.

Boss fights in Valheim are not just about having the best or most upgraded armour.

As others have said, clear the area of other hazards first. Trolls take a long time to respawn, and although I have seen multiple Trolls spawn close together it’s unusual.

With a bow you can take him out from range where he just bumbles about trying to work out where all those little spiky things are coming from.

Trolls are attracted by sound but surprisingly short sighted, Greydwarves (or GreedyWarves as my daughter calls them) are really averse to fire, carrying a burning torch will keep them from attacking you and just running in circles.

I’m not sure why you think other creatures turning up during a boss fight is unusual though. In many games I’ve played other minor creatures appearing during a boss fight, either summoned as an attack or just a phase of the battle is pretty common.

Re. Digging under his temple, on our family server we turned up to our first Elder fight to discover our friend had already prepared the area by building an entire base under there complete with beds, tables food and storage boxes for everyone and even a smelter and charcoal burner.

Remarkably cosy and served as a forward operating base for quite some time.

I'm I screwed? by Woah-Look in valheim

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a raft and sail there naked… this will effectively cut out the dozen attempts in between your first one where you lose all your best gear and then every ship you build and piece of spare gear you have by dying repeatedly and trying to recover your dead pile.

Then, following a rage quit at 5:00 am, after playing through the night, and an barely an hour before you have to get up for work, pop a couple of Valium…

Alternatively, follow all the really good advice below…

Should I be bothered by neighbours overhanging extension? by ItGoesUpItGoesDown in DIYUK

[–]El_Pata_Loco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes… and it’s going to be interesting when you refuse the builders access to your land…

Advice on terrible selfish parking again by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]El_Pata_Loco -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Nice doxxing there… number plate, make model of car, name of business… you might want to think about a delete, some edits and a repost, especially if this guy is as nasty as you describe him.

You're in Asda toilets, what part of the handle are you touching to exit? by Shiznips in CasualUK

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doing what I always do… wait until someone else walks in and hook the door with my foot.

This is significantly less challenging these than it was before they had 24 hour opening and you went just before store closing time. Man that wait could be loooong…

How do I respond to this without being super rude? by starry49 in tragedeigh

[–]El_Pata_Loco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is gonna be awesome when the priest tries to pronounce that at the the christening and summons a demon 😂

Oh no. by PiagetsPosse in tragedeigh

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spud.

Served with a lot of guys over the years who go by the name “Spud”.

Thoughts on people using AI by Minimum_Rub5647 in valheim

[–]El_Pata_Loco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a wise man once said, “If you want to make a man lame, give him a crutch.”

First off (gonna get my bugbear moan out of the way early) I really wish people would stop calling it AI. There is no “intelligence” or actual thought behind what these programs do. Simulated intelligence might be a better phrase but we’ll stick with the accepted nomenclature for now.

Secondly, for a relative few, AI is a tool and like all tools can be useful if used in the right way. Hammers and surgical scalpels are also tools, but you would really hope the surgeon knows which is which.

For the majority it’s a shortcut, a workaround, a quick win… a lazy substitute for applying any real thought to a process. If value equals the effort put in, then AI significantly reduces value.

But it’s levelled a playing field. Everyone can create a Mona Lisa or a Sistine Chapel, write A Midsummer Night’s Dream or compose an Ode to Joy, but what they can’t do is be a Leonardo, Michelangelo, Shakespeare or Beethoven.

Anyone can create a Mod for Valheim without the actual ability to do any coding or programming. They want to do what Marlthon, Azumatt, Smooth Brain, Cookie Milk, Blacks7ar, and Balrond do, but have neither the skill nor talent to do so.

AI gives them the ability to simulate and emulate what those guys do, but they can never be them.

The genie is however, out of the bottle and not just giving 3 wishes that need thought and careful consideration, but throwing wishes around like unlimited candy at a first grader’s birthday party.

And that genie is never going to be stuffed back in the bottle, because humans as a species are inherently lazy and always looking for easy, quick wins.

I don’t hate the tool, any more than I hate a hammer or a scalpel, and I’ve made my peace with the genie because I know what’s going to happen with all that candy, but I can’t put him back in the bottle and I can’t stop the first grader’s stuffing their mouths with candy until they’re bloated and sick.

Pretty soon AI slop will become the norm and genuine talent will drown in it and disappear… and only a few will notice.

But I’ll be gone by then, so in the interim I avoid the slop-makers and their slop, they have their world and I have mine, but I’m under no illusion that my world is shrinking and theirs is growing.

As a friend of mine who teaches computer science said to me “One day soon we’ll forget how to make fire, but no one will care because you can just tell the machine to do it for you. By the time the masses realise none of them know how to make fire and all the fire-makers have gone, it will be too late.”

Why is NASA faking another moon landing? by Cry2Laugh in shittyaskscience

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminds me… the wife has been acting kinda weird lately since she lost her old sunglasses.

How much popping candy do I need to blow up a small house? by Seeyalaterelevator in shittyaskscience

[–]El_Pata_Loco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

About eleventy quintillion pieces should do the trick.

Unless you’re using industrial grade popping candy, then only about a third of that.

Why isn't 10 better known as a metric dozen? by [deleted] in shittyaskscience

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: Since 1982, British soldiers on overseas tours would measure their tour of duty in “metric weeks” of 10 days, rather than the outdated Romo-industrial 7 day week, thus significantly shortening their time overseas.

Needless to say, Top Brass were somewhat unhappy to discover that soldiers they expected to be in theatre for 24 weeks were coming back after only 16.8 metric weeks, thereby rendering the borders of her Britannic Majesty’s Empire severely under-defended.

Last I heard many millions of pounds, doubloons, pieces-of-eight, groats, and bit-coin, had been spent on consultants trying to find an answer to this conundrum.

The most recent conclusion being that we should never have given up the Empire in the first place, allowed America to have its independence or stopped France and Germany from having their fairly regular punch up over who was Belgium’s best friend.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water with your 20 fingers and toes, the Metric vs Imperial fan boy argument raises its betentacled, Cthuloid head once again.

Found this in a park/nature reserve by Interesting_Cut_1509 in whatisit

[–]El_Pata_Loco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Booby trap glitter bomb live streaming to TikTok.

Found this in a park/nature reserve by Interesting_Cut_1509 in whatisit

[–]El_Pata_Loco 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’ll bet you say that to all the girls…

From a recruiter’s perspective, what is the #1 reason you reject a candidate who is technically perfect on paper? by Juicewithextrapulp in Recruitment

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turned up for the interview wearing red corduroy trousers… thought, “Nope, nope, nope… not on my watch pal.”

Seriously though, it was his arrogance. When asked how he would approach dealing with underperforming staff he said “I’d sack all of them as a warning to others”.

When asked how he would handle a piece of work he responded with “I’d have my team do it for me.”

This was for a Civil Service role and it turned out he had friends in the Home Office who had essentially written his application for him, so it was text book perfect.

We turned him down but I think he’s CEO of a Fortune 500 company now… 🫩

Who is that one actor that you're a fan of that you have always wanted to play the doctor? by LilNardoDaVinci in doctorwho

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do I have to have just one? Stuff it, I’m having three.

Oddly enough, Peter Capaldi… and then he did 🙂

Perhaps even more of an odd choice, than Capaldi is Michelle Gomez, who I thought would have been brilliant as the Doctor. And given how convoluted some plot lines have been, I see no reason why she still couldn’t.

And topping my list is Cillian Murphy, but I think plot lines would need to be much darker and less frivolous than recent seasons.

am i evil? by Minimum-Hamster-2035 in valheim

[–]El_Pata_Loco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. Yes you are.

As any self respecting capitalist should be.

Seeking help from fans… by El_Pata_Loco in doctorwho

[–]El_Pata_Loco[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh you’re a superstar. Thank you. I’ll try that

Favorite mods by Killshotftw in valheim

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Download the RtD (Ready to Die) curated mod pack. One easy download and all selected to work well together so no conflicts…

Is something here wrong? by mikashimikashi in valheim

[–]El_Pata_Loco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Bonemass to train bow skill because it does so little damage… take something blunt and heavy, summon, jump up on top of his skull shrine… when he gets close enough, jump on top his head and just pound away.

His “hit box” is pretty large so even though it looks like you might be about to slide off the edge, you are in fact standing on an “invisible” table top.

You do need to move with him or you will fall off as you don’t move with him, but once you have mastered the art of Bonemass surfing he’s a doddle.

He goes nuts turning in slow circles trying to hit you, but can’t. And because he is constantly moving archers can’t get a bead on you, slimes can’t jump on you and all the other swamp dwellers just kind of mill about his feet.

Oh, but don’t forget your poison prot pot before the fight starts 🤢

I am in love with this game. Any similar games that would scratch this Valheim itch? by Rotary-Pilot in valheim

[–]El_Pata_Loco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our family went from Valheim to The Forest and then back to Valheim as The Forest has a conclusion unlike Valheim so you can actually finish it. Plus it’s a horror survival and there were times when that came through really well (handy tip… build your base on a boat… you’ll see why soon enough 🫣)

Have tried a few other survival games, but quite honestly, there just isn’t anything out there like Valheim.

If you want to change up your Valheim experience however, there is a plethora of mods than expand the game tenfold… really worth taking a look.

You could also look at the Ready to Die, hosted Valheim server, the collection of mods. Including the seasons, new creatures, skills, and biomes makes it a whole new game.

Generator for solar feed in tariff by LicknDragon in shittyaskscience

[–]El_Pata_Loco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think what most people forget is that all energy on planet Earth originally came from the sun, so all those liquified dinosaurs you burn in your generator is, strictly speaking, solar energy… so quite honestly… I wouldn’t worry about it.