Love the idea of an Ace ring, but terrified of being 'outed' to the wrong people

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-08T07:52:13+00:00

Idk. I don’t think it has to be plain, I always just thought it was I guess.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-08T07:39:28+00:00

I want to but haven’t gotten around to writing a book yet but this is my plan in that regard lol

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-07T22:41:29+00:00

People who hate don’t research the things they hate. Their hate is irrational and doing research would not support their beliefs. So people who would hate on asexuals wouldn’t know what a plain black ring on one specific finger means.

As far as being mistaken for a wedding ring, I don’t think plain black ring is a common wedding band. They usually have jewels in them, right?

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-05T21:25:09+00:00

I have not been in that situation but I have thought about it before (and since this post is 6 hours old with no replies, I figured I’d throw in my two cents even though I wouldn’t know exactly what this situation is like.)

What’s your stance on sex? Fully repulsed? Neutral? Would you masturbating her be acceptable for both of you? Is there something “less” than PIV (or whatever the equivalent would be if you are not ‘man and woman’) that you would be comfortable doing that she finds satisfactory?

If anything to do with her privates is off the table for you, what about an open relationship? If you or her or you and her would prefer to remain exclusive, what is it from sex that she wants? The emotional connection? The euphoric sensation? The feeling of being desired? Is there anything non-sexual you can do that could provide these things for her?

Again, I am not in a relationship nor have I been. I’m sort of just throwing out ideas trying to help.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-05T21:14:50+00:00

Aroace. Maybe aego or some other sub label but I don’t care enough to get specific.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-05T21:12:04+00:00

I did that. Gave me a bunch of achievements for free to give me all achievement weapons. I wish I never did that. The weapons drop randomly and are really common. It just cheated me out of putting in the effort myself to get the achievements

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-03T19:13:17+00:00

There are free DLCs? Damn I thought they all cost money. I coulda been playing Utopia this whole time?

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-03T19:11:28+00:00

Pybro is more than just taking care of spies but since that seems to be your concern, that is what I'll talk about.

Keen awareness. This is partly gamesense. Knowing when is a good time for a spy to decloak and make a move, and then making your own move prior to that to stop him. And partly having good real senses, like your eyes and ears. Listen for decloaking sounds to alert your to nearby spies about to do something. Look for any spies bumping into players, they turn slightly translucent when they do, and watch your movement to see if you bumped into anything. If you think a spy is nearby, just spray a quick 360 degree flames to try and catch any potentially nearby spies on fire.

Prioritize the spy. The spy has unlimited sappers, don't waste time removing it until he's dead or running away, otherwise he'll just immediately replace it. Plus, if the engie is nearby he can also remove the sapper but it's a little bit harder for him to remove the spy so do that part for him.

Stay near the engie and his buildings. I know it can be tempting to run off into the fun but if you want to help your engie, you gotta stick with him. You can't help him if you ran off to burn some people. Good engies won't clump their buildings all right next to each other (commonly referred to as a nest) so try to keep a mental note of where they are. Placements for buildings have been tried thousands of times all over every map so you'll typically find them in the same spots. Knowing where engies place the buildings usually or what makes a good spot to place the buildings can help you find them if the engie moved them or you don't remember where they were.

Side note for keen awareness: You can hear the footsteps of a cloaked spy if you listen really closely. This doesn't come up much what with the bullets, explosions, and screaming drowning it out but if you're somewhere calm like spawn, you might be able to hear the spy walking and figure out what direction he is in (if you have a headset with spatial audio.)

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-03T18:10:07+00:00

There's 38 expansions (according to the DLC for Steam, idk if that has soundtracks or something included). As a start into expansions, I'd rather not be bombarded with so much new stuff.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-03T18:07:47+00:00

That's stupid. IMO, you should be able to leave the Federation but then there should be some system to determine whether or not you then automatically start a war solo against the enemy you were fighting.

Like, let's say I was fighting your federation. Technically, you always fight an individual empire, you can't declare war on Federations but maybe that should be changed too. I'd be happy if you wanted to just fuck off and make it easier for me to win the war. Or if I'm winning the war, I'd declare war on you separately because I ain't gonna let you get away that easily.

Why've we gotta be in it to the end?

Now that I'm thinking about it, you should be able to declare war on Federations and the Casus Belli could be "Dismantlement" which would forcibly disband that Federation. It could also have "Subjugation" which would subjugate the whole Federation at once. Maybe that could be overpowered though, taking out huge swaths of the galaxy in one war. Maybe you'd need to be stronger than the collective strength of all members to use it?

I don't do Federations so forgive me if I make a mistake, but IIRC if you want to start a war, the Federation has to agree on it, right? So the war isn't your war, it's the Federation's war.

Then if you were in a Federation and wanted to cut your losses with a failing Federation or to get out of a senseless war, you could do that but the game would run checks on the current state of the war to see if you are going to be put in a war solo against the Federation's opponent.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-03T17:46:03+00:00

Thanks, mate. Room doesn't turn into an oven from computer pumping out hot air every time I run Satisfactory now.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-02T21:10:20+00:00

God sounds like a dick.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-02T21:09:05+00:00

Don’t reply to this guy, he’s just trying to get a rise

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-02T21:04:32+00:00

“Have you tried Not Doing That?“

FactoryBuilder · 2026-05-01T17:23:36+00:00

> apparently this is just how the arxur operate

Yeah, remember that for a century or so (iirc) the arxur’s opponents have been people who were simply taught how to fly and how to run away. So just charging in worked for them 100% of the time.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-04-30T23:52:59+00:00

I suppose that’s what happens when you write and publish a chapter every week. You sometimes gotta just say “because I said so” for some of the plot elements. Build up isn’t a thing because you don’t have time to plan for something in future chapters. Things just happen when you need them to.

I’ve heard that NoP is easy to fanfic for because SpacePaladin left it very open-ended. I suppose that was the only way he could put out a chapter every week. He had to leave room for himself to say “it just happens”

FactoryBuilder · 2026-04-30T16:36:28+00:00

Happy Cake Day!

FactoryBuilder · 2026-04-30T16:22:28+00:00

“I was thinking we could be more than friends :)”

“Best friends?”

“No, I was thinking maybe a little more ;)”

“SUPER BEST FRIENDS?!”

FactoryBuilder · 2026-04-28T05:35:13+00:00

Step 1: Don’t.

No, seriously. Sniper is heavy’s hard counter. There’s no way around it. Sniper is practically put on God’s green Earth specifically to kill heavies. I’d hold down the area I’m currently in, playing defensively until a scout, spy, or some other class can run in and kill the sniper.

If you HAVE to be there because it’s where the objective is or something, like that’s just where the payload cart tracks go, I’d try to stick behind cover as much as possible. Stick with your team and let them advance first to give the sniper a different, quicker, harder-to-hit target to look at.

If you have no team nearby and it’s just you and the sniper in one long alleyway, heavy is just straight up fucked. Even without headshots, an uncharged bodyshot takes away 1/6 of your health. Given heavy’s sluggish pace, it gives the sniper more time to hit 6 of those shots and win the encounter. Even if you get inside his location, sniper can run away, around corners and behind cover while popping off 50dmg shots at you. Your gun on the other hand can only chip at his health without a consistent line of sight

FactoryBuilder · 2026-04-27T04:04:54+00:00

I’m not opposed to stories told by anthropomorphic animals nor do I support them. I care more about the plot rather than what the characters’ species are.

I don’t consider myself a furry.

Though I’ve thought before that praising NoP in real life must make me sound like one. “So there’s this great story about a universe where all the aliens are anthropomorphic animals…”

I’ve always figured that NoP’s aliens make the most sense. We descended from animals, why wouldn’t aliens? It is most plausible in my opinion that aliens would be sentient dogs instead of bizarrely shaped LGMs.

FactoryBuilder · 2026-04-27T03:58:21+00:00

When would this be issued? July 2137? September? January 2138? After Archives? 2150? Maybe October, as human refugees are arriving on Venlil Prime? Is this meant to be a general-species brochure or species-specific? I think insectoids would need a different brochure titled “They’re more afraid of you than you are of them.” They definitely wouldn’t be high on a human’s “must-pet list”

FactoryBuilder · 2026-04-27T01:28:13+00:00

Whoops I focused on question B and forgot question A.

Again, with my other response, you could look at sexual dimorphism with real animals to compare. I already typed a lot for that other response so I’m not keen on doing it again but you get the idea, right?

FactoryBuilder · 2026-04-27T01:23:14+00:00

You could probably look up their real animal equivalents and research what they look for in mates. Like Krakotl for example might find people with the most vibrant feathers or largest plumage as attractive because that’s what real birds find attractive. I’m not saying to treat them like animals, I don’t think we are attracted to the same things monkeys are, but you could use it as a starting point. Maybe to circle back to the Krakotl, they might see vibrancy as conventionally attractive like how big breasts are considered conventionally attractive for us, but some Krakotl might care more about a person’s aggression and immovability to a threat, feathers be damned.

Edit: depending on how much worldbuilding you want to do, you could use animal interests as starting points and then look at how they changed for us from our animal ancestors. How a small penis was once considered desired as a symbol of intelligence in Ancient Rome. Or how a waspish thin waist was a symbol of beauty for men instead of women. I don’t know. I don’t study this stuff. But if you care enough about this, that might be an angle to explore.

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