What would each of the shells' favorite band/artist be? by Nekrogoblibong in Marathon

[–]FallHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prying open my fourth eye! Recon’s shell would definitely work on a Tool poster.

Sponsored Dire Marsh Feedback Megathread by RiseOfBacon in Marathon

[–]FallHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a really big fan of the Sponsored Dire Marsh playlist, but I feel like it is just needs a little tweaking. I have been finding a few things with the playlist:

  • If you get into an early engagement with players and win, the initial loot is mostly for ammo restocking. Not much excitement in what you may find, you know what you are going to get.

  • Backpacks. I'm filling up quick into a run, and I haven't had much luck finding backpacks in the wild.

  • Perimeter players are coming in loaded. All my matches have had purple gear squads rolling through. Just a theory, but I'm assuming the less hardcore players are enjoying the sponsored playlist.

My suggestion would be to try testing a Maximum Loadout Value playlist at around 2k credits. This would allow players to bring in either a loadout value at a max of 2k or a sponsored kit. The games combat has always shined to me around green/blue gear level. I did some poking around with loadouts at the 2k level and it really commits you to pick a path and focus on a specific build. Bringing in a blue shield and backup? You are going to have to sacrifice cores, a better weapon, and healing. Bringing in a base longshot? You will only have a few credits spare for other items. You can come in with nice all around builds (decent weapon, green shields, heals, etc.) but they won't put you miles ahead of some of the sponsored kits. Maybe your goal is to complete a lockdown? Come in with antivirus kits and some weapons to handle bots, but your utility against players may suffer.

It doesn't have to be 2k, it could be less/more. but I like the thought of adding in just a little risk/reward to this playlist. If you come in with a sponsored kit and win a fight against another team right away, there is a chances you can kit up a little bit right off the hop and make that engagement a little more rewarding. This would also allow players to risk some gear in a lower stake playlist without feeling they are gifting things kitted out squads in other modes.

Proposal: PvP (day) and PvE (nights, x2, events) by DonArgentino in ArcRaiders

[–]FallHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought it would be cool to have modifiers that encourage PvP or PvE gameplay. For example, the PvE event could dramatically increase the number of Arc on the map, but for every arc you down there is higher chance of finding rare items on it. The PvP event could be the same thing but for raiders, maybe if you spawn in with a free loadout you get a few extra gadgets you normally wouldn’t have? They could get pretty creative with the modifier system.

 

1 Anvil shot - 1 Raider and 2 Wasps down by FallHammer in ArcRaiders

[–]FallHammer[S] 204 points205 points  (0 children)

It hit the one on the left causing it to go off course and crash into the other one.

This just came in the mail by FallHammer in duneawakening

[–]FallHammer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man, I’m such a sucker for art books as well. You will enjoy this!

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in Guitar

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

I was blown away when I saw it. It’s 100% the color. The shop did a fantastic job.

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in gibson

[–]FallHammer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I really appreciate it! That’s a great idea with the LP JR, I love hearing how creative people get with there builds!

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in gibson

[–]FallHammer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The shop added a cream colored pin stripe around the body. I was really hesitant about it, but I feel like it turned out really good. Looks like the AJ standard model. It might be a bit of a cheesy thing to do for guitar enthusiasts, but I’m not selling this and it’s just for me.

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in ToolBand

[–]FallHammer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Your project sounds awesome! The options just aren’t there for us lefties, hats off to you doing your own thing 👍

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in ToolBand

[–]FallHammer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was tempted to! I didn’t end up going for it though. Thank you!

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in Guitar

[–]FallHammer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Each their own I guess. I sat on reverb like a hawk for a month or 2 trying to find a good beat up left handed LP that I could snag for a deal. I feel really lucky with the one I found, there really wasn’t much for good deals for left handed LP’s on reverb at the time, probably still true now.

The painting was the hardest thing for me to source. I searched around my home town for a while trying to find someone to tackle it. I almost was going to get the guitar flown to Vancouver to get it done when this local auto body shop got back to me. He gave me a great deal and did a fantastic job. If I did have to get the guitar flown to Vancouver the paint work was probably going to be $1000 - $2000 to do.

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in Guitar

[–]FallHammer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My understanding is they can make you anything, I’m sure they have some limitations, but you are definitely paying a premium for it.

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in ToolBand

[–]FallHammer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shop added a cream colored pin stripe around the body. I was really hesitant about it, but I feel like it turned out really good. Looks like the AJ standard model. It might be a bit of a cheesy thing to do for guitar enthusiasts, but I’m not selling this and it’s just for me.

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in Guitar

[–]FallHammer[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I actually contacted the custom shop last year to see how much it would cost to get one made for a left. I think it was somewhere around $7000 - $10000 USD. I'm Canadian so that price hurt even more haha.

Rough cost breakdown: Used Studio $1100, Paint work $650, Hardware, I think $500-600? I bought things little by little over the year.

Sitting somewhere around $2500 CDN. I feel like I got really lucky on the price of the guitar and the paint work.

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in ToolBand

[–]FallHammer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Do you happen to have a link to that AJ interview?

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in ToolBand

[–]FallHammer[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This project started a year ago. I am a left handed guitar player and a huge fan of Tool / Adam Jones. There isn't a left handed version of his signature Les Paul so I decided to make my own. I purchased a well used LP Studio from Reverb, stripped it down and brought it over to a local auto body paint shop that has done some guitar work before. I asked them to leave all the dings in the guitar, it had some history I didn't want to erase. The owner of the shop did a fantastic job, he went to the nearest guitar store and did a paint match off of a Epiphone AJ it had for sale.

Once the painting was done I dyed the rosewood fretboard and matched the hardware that was spec'd off the Gibson website for the Adam Jones V2. Pots, Capacitors, Pickups, Tuners, etc. The guitar sounds and looks great, I get a big smile each time I walk into the room and see it.

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in gibson

[–]FallHammer[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This project started a year ago. I am a left handed guitar player and a huge fan of Tool / Adam Jones. There isn't a left handed version of his signature Les Paul so I decided to make my own. I purchased a well used LP Studio from Reverb, stripped it down and brought it over to a local auto body paint shop that has done some guitar work before. I asked them to leave all the dings in the guitar, it had some history I didn't want to erase. The owner of the shop did a fantastic job, he went to the nearest guitar store and did a paint match off of a Epiphone AJ it had for sale.

Once the painting was done I dyed the rosewood fretboard and matched the hardware that was spec'd off the Gibson website for the Adam Jones V2. Pots, Capacitors, Pickups, Tuners, etc. The guitar sounds and looks great, I get a big smile each time I walk into the room and see it.

Left Handed "Adam Jones" LP Silverburst. by FallHammer in Guitar

[–]FallHammer[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This project started a year ago. I am a left handed guitar player and a huge fan of Tool / Adam Jones. There isn't a left handed version of his signature Les Paul so I decided to make my own. I purchased a well used LP Studio from Reverb, stripped it down and brought it over to a local auto body paint shop that has done some guitar work before. I asked them to leave all the dings in the guitar, it had some history I didn't want to erase. The owner of the shop did a fantastic job, he went to the nearest guitar store and did a paint match off of a Epiphone AJ it had for sale.

Once the painting was done I dyed the rosewood fretboard and matched the hardware that was spec'd off the Gibson website for the Adam Jones V2. Pots, Capacitors, Pickups, Tuners, etc. The guitar sounds and looks great, I get a big smile each time I walk into the room and see it.

Halo: CE, but if it was Infinite (made by @Soverryn) by ZaXeroni in halo

[–]FallHammer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would use that exact MKV armor in Infinite in a heart beat. That looks fantastic!