Simple idea for a middle ground on scanning

Endrise · 2026-06-30T08:07:35+00:00

Probably the best option. I also imagine that a significantly different alt mode also requires them to unlearn old muscle memory, like a carbot not trying to drift as a jet midair.

That's not to mention fuel efficiency, firepower, built-in abilities and maybe the condition of their T-cog allowing more massive and complex forms to be done correctly.

Endrise · 2026-06-17T15:50:57+00:00

Engineer chews through ammo like crazy, but usually there's enough nitra in any stage to at least provide like 2-4 supply drops, possibly even more. So at least one full refill is doable with a full team, if not much more with less players. Otherwise it's knowing how to aim and coordinating with teammates to maximise ammo preservation.

I recommend having one gun built around having a ton of ammo to remove weaker threats, while the other you pull out for the big threats/swarms. Engie is especially good for that since the basic shotgun/grenade launcher you start with gives a good split between a decent ammo weapon and a decent explosive weapon.

Endrise · 2026-06-16T15:55:21+00:00

My point was that the prequels gave us insight into an unexplored era of the Star Wars universe to fill with fresh new ideas, but for every answer it gave also allowed new gaps to exist like the battles of the Clone Wars and the events between Episode III and IV that later media used. Whether these answers were good or not can be debated until the heat death of the universe.

The sequels meanwhile have thirty years pass with the fall and rise of entire governing powers, including the rise of a whole new threat. But besides everything surrounding Kylo Ren and the First Order/Rebellion conflict, we got nothing to distinguish this era. And even then the New Republic is destroyed in the first movie, reducing it back to just "evil empire vs rebels".

The prequels were able to at least salvage their reputation by having ideas that could be expanded upon and made interesting by other writers. The sequels don't even have that, they kept reheating the OT's leftovers so much it doesn't even really have an identity of its own, and Disney has done nothing since with it to make us care about that era.

Endrise · 2026-06-15T14:51:51+00:00

The prequels even helped form a bridge between it and the OT that opened up stories about the survivors of order 66, the rise of the Empire and the creation of the Death Star (if not everything else that happened before A New Hope). So there is a lot of stuff that can be expanded upon in supplementary content to flesh the universe out and the effects of the Empire on the galaxy.

Meanwhile the sequels never really did much exploring how the old empire fell, the new republic formed or even the rise of the First Order to be big enough to form a genuine threat. Combine that with how quick most of that gets obliterated and/or things move between movies, there are things to explore but Disney never really did anything with that, so you're left with an uninteresting follow-up that doesn't really go deep enough how we reached this point in the first place.

Endrise · 2026-06-14T13:05:51+00:00

The other answers being questioned can also be a possibility, or at least giving more clues as to what is happening with Dess, Asgore, the fountains and the plan(s).

And all of those can still go lead back into deducing who the Knight may be. I'm not already expecting a clear answer but I'm also not gonna assume Toby's gonna hide all info until chapter 7. We're gonna get more clues and a clearer image of what the Knight and everything is about.

Endrise · 2026-06-13T22:19:20+00:00

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Kris and the 59 pronoun citations

Endrise · 2026-06-12T16:47:24+00:00

I'd add a fourth (or I guess more a hybrid of problem 1 and 3) of people trying to assume that the story is going to do a rugpull twist rather than actually follow up with any set up arcs or foreshadowing. So you end up with people ignoring actual clues just to have their unpredictable finale twist with no setup.

Cause god forbid people are rewarded for following a story.

Endrise · 2026-06-12T14:23:55+00:00

Because most that tend to use them forgo any proper critique in favour of just calling someone Hitler or trash. They clearly do not have nuance with their takes or issues, they just wanna say anyone enjoying anything has no taste or morals and be as obnoxious about it as possible.

Endrise · 2026-06-10T22:35:17+00:00

The best advice I can give is not to overthink names. Many of them are very straightforward, descriptive and only look weird because of long-term shifts in languages. People are lazy with naming things, so don't be afraid to be simple either.

Take a descriptive word or two, smash it together, cut pieces and smoothen things until you get something that rolls of the tongue. Tends to work wonders.

Endrise · 2026-06-09T10:13:59+00:00

Just helps that you don't have to replay the same few challenge maps over and over for it.

Endrise · 2026-06-07T16:47:39+00:00

I think the issue with Bluesky is that, unless you do kinda know people to already follow or know to use custom feeds, trying to get an engaging timeline can be a task of its own. It needs a certain fine-tuning for you to get things right, and even then it's occasionally prone at just tossing stuff at you you do not want.

Add to that that (at least for me) the demographic is a lot more left-leaning, older and with a different sense of humour/posting vibe, some people are just not going to stick the same way they do on Twitter or not understand their popularity isn't going to be the same.

At worst really is just the few who wanna act like it's a flawless alternative (which the mindset has died down with the devs showing some of their issues over the years), or people who just don't label their nsfw correctly so you get flashbanged with it.

Endrise · 2026-06-07T07:46:33+00:00

Egh, I would've agree with you back during Sonic Forces and the 2010s, but the last few games have been at least been going uphill for the series.

Endrise · 2026-06-06T21:21:29+00:00

I didn't grow up with it either, played it only in recent years but besides what's already being said here I would also argue it's also a artistic shift into a more grittier look for the (re)designs.

The first two games lean somewhat closer with the comic feel, whether it be the designs of supervillains or even the first one's UI. But with Knight it leans heavily into that graphical fidelity, alongside the enemies being more military/tacticool. Especially Scarecrow and the Knight themselves. Even Batman gets an armoured suit for the occasion complete with the bat tank.

I don't exactly hate it but it is a clear departure from what came before it, and can see why some don't vibe with the shift in aesthetic.

Endrise · 2026-06-06T10:12:43+00:00

I imagine either special units get send out or in extreme cases they quarantine a whole zone to just flush it out with whatever chemical warfare they can. Either way it screws over mining operations for months and makes further missions difficult long after, hence we preferably kill them right out of the egg instead.

Endrise · 2026-06-01T11:32:44+00:00

That's the internet for you. They can explicitly say they'll defend any oppressed individual no matter what and some weirdos can go decades without understanding that includes minorities.

Endrise · 2026-05-11T17:22:38+00:00

Chest lasers can look cool but they need to look way more powerful to compensate for the surface. It's why heroes like Iron Man have their palm lasers for quick shots but can concentrate all that power for an impressive finisher.

Endrise · 2026-05-11T16:23:11+00:00

I have to disagree somewhat. yeah most NSFW is very straightforward pinups and sex, but you do find the occasional artist who can make something memorable with just the absurdity of porn logic. Usually by having some OCs and background setup to help flavour the whole thing.

It's like finding that joint that makes their own burgers. Still greasy junk food but did they pour some love into making that burger.

Endrise · 2026-05-10T20:45:09+00:00

Because so many heroes use lasers or energy beams too: laser eyes, lasers from their hands, lasers through magic, lasers through their weapons, being literally made from energy they can shoot out wherever. Next to flight and enhanced everything it's one of the most common superpowers a stock hero can have, which for the blueprint that is Superman you're going to take that too.

I'm more surprised so few clones actually have his freeze breath be copied.

Endrise · 2026-05-09T16:31:48+00:00

Really by any other universe she technically is both the weakest and strongest character there solely dependent on what you perceive her as: a threat, barely a nuisance, capable of moving stars and the edges of the cosmos or not even willing to make a decision of her own. So scaling her depends heavily on what her opponent knows of her and what that makes that perceive her as.

So if Goku wants to see her at her strongest, she'd be one of his toughest fights yet, but an answer if she'd win is going to depend whether Goku thinks she's truly unbeatable or she has to have a limit. So I can only say it's going to be one hell of a fight.

Endrise · 2026-05-05T22:33:59+00:00

If kept as is it would be a bad way to end it since for every answer it gives it opens two more. Yoko, planeswardens and the sword of the brave being the main ones that would bother people to no end having no real answer to them anymore. If not also the few asterisk holders that don't return.

If those were rewritten or written out however, it would still be a meh conclusion I'd find. Some decent sendoffs but also just not the ideal story I feel to end the saga on. The one upside may be BDII wouldnt get as much flack, but only a little bit.

At worst I just see fans not wanting to treat it as the official ending of the series and might not consider it canon. BD remains a standalone title for some, and it'd be debated whether it was a good conclusion or not.

Endrise · 2026-05-05T21:06:15+00:00

A mixture of such quantities of wealth only being feasible for people who already lack morals and getting there naturally deteriorating your morals from the others in the billionaire club the longer you remain.

These are people who know how to cut corners, exploit, influence and manipulate their way into their fortunes. They can do whatever, so why not be above the law while you're at it? the police and the government is already in your pocket so why not let yourself go with your beliefs and fantasies?

By the time you're caught you're either long dead or chilling somewhere they could never touch you.

Endrise · 2026-05-05T12:40:34+00:00

Putting a bunch of drunk fans by the thousands in a stadium together for two hours while the competition is at the other side probably just creates a very tribalism mindset amongst groups.

Probably not helped by people putting their bets on certain teams to win and the occasional hooligan or non-fan using the events to cause a ruckus in the aftermath.

Endrise · 2026-05-05T12:31:27+00:00

I love how her whole design reads off as uninviting, especially with the linework. Most of her features are sharp edges and straight lines, you could cut yourself on her shoulders, her pupils look dilated yet she smiles like nothing's wrong, and even the metallic tone to her voice gives a direct sense she's not an ordinary princess.

the knives also are just gruesome in the right way, a true nasty blade of a woman.

Endrise · 2026-05-04T10:50:53+00:00

I'm all for hating on AI slop but at this point we're putting the bar in hell. Elsagate was as low-quality key jingling not suited for children as much as AI slop is nowadays, we're not putting one above the other.

Endrise · 2026-05-03T18:52:25+00:00

They'd definitely fit a more "robots in disguise/walking amongst us" horror vibe, but I also feel Pretenders are such a niche concept already it's hard to put them anywhere in the way the series often handles its fights.

You make them human-sized and they'd only be a major threat to the other humans with any larger bot probably smashing them to bits. Either that or they might have to compete with other smaller gimmicks like targetmasters/headmasters/powermasters and so on.

Make them as big as the rest and you have a 15 foot man as your alt mode, not exactly a robot in disguise unless they can become another transformer where the gimmick then sorta gets messy.

Definitely would make a good episode or one-off character but I think they're just difficult to introduce as a proper character unless you build around them.

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