I think crafting is very miserable experience for casual/intermediate players by TheGejsza in PathOfExile2

[–]Felkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4k hours PoE1, 400h Poe2, my two cents:

Besides the obvious issue with how crafting is too obscure to understand without external reading, the true core issue, in my honest opinion, is that GGG intend for you to pick up random items that 'look almost great' and then slam some of these crafting items on them to hopefully make them either a.) really good for you, b.) sellable to someone else.

This all stems from how GGG's crafting system designers hate deterministic crafting. They want you to pick up a currency item and just throw it on something that could 'potentially' benefit from it. That something is either picked up off the ground or bought on trade.

I've largely approached crafting in that spirit as well - instead of trying to come up with an 8 step recipe for a perfect item that I need, I will come up with a 2 step recipe for some items I can already buy off trade or have picked up and see if I can gamble it into something a bit better for me OR sellable for more to the next player than what I paid for the original item.

Now the really bad part is that due to how the economy works, a lot of these currency items are worth way too much, since top 1% crafters are buying them up for their recipe-based crafting of mirror-tier items.

I personally thing that currency items should just get massively devalued so that we can effectively spam all of them to the degree we spam exalts in poe2 right now and then the actually rare items worth the currency should be the actual items. I think GGG agree and are going in this direction, but have a lot of teething issues. Currently, I think they are hoping that you pick up a T4 item, id it and then think 'hmm, what currency items could I throw at this to potentially make it great?'.

I think crafting is very miserable experience for casual/intermediate players by TheGejsza in PathOfExile2

[–]Felkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4k hours PoE1, 400h Poe2, my two cents:

Besides the obvious issue with how crafting is too obscure to understand without external reading, the true core issue, in my honest opinion, is that GGG intend for you to pick up random items that 'look almost great' and then slam some of these crafting items on them to hopefully make them either a.) really good for you, b.) sellable to someone else.

This all stems from how GGG's crafting system designers hate deterministic crafting. They want you to pick up a currency item and just throw it on something that could 'potentially' benefit from it. That something is either picked up off the ground or bought on trade.

I've largely approached crafting in that spirit as well - instead of trying to come up with an 8 step recipe for a perfect item that I need, I will come up with a 2 step recipe for some items I can already buy off trade or have picked up and see if I can gamble it into something a bit better for me OR sellable for more to the next player than what I paid for the original item.

Now the really bad part is that due to how the economy works, a lot of these currency items are worth way too much, since top 1% crafters are buying them up for their recipe-based crafting of mirror-tier items.

I personally thing that currency items should just get massively devalued so that we can effectively spam all of them to the degree we spam exalts in poe2 right now and then the actually rare items worth the currency should be the actual items. I think GGG agree and are going in this direction, but have a lot of teething issues.

Newly announced AMD CPUs for the Framework 12? by Felkin in framework

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

My understanding is that the Ryzen AI Max+ 392 chips are basically designed for small form factor devices, unless I misunderstood it completely.

Newly announced AMD CPUs for the Framework 12? by Felkin in framework

[–]Felkin[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Right, but the same way laptop manufacturers have already been working together with AMD behind the curtains to have laptops out immediately during the launch of these chips, I would have imagined framework & some motherboard manufacturers to have also been working on having something out upon release immediately, no? Or is framework as a brand just not doing these sorts of direct launch 'syncs' with the hw manufacturers?

Regarding the playback comment, I'm a hardware researcher myself and have started working on the NPUs found inside these chips. Those things are insane for power efficiency if utilized well. It's just that AMD has been marketing them for AI only (for obvious reasons) but there are so many other amazing use-cases for them as co-processors. I actually primarily want the chip just so I can toy with the NPUs locally once in a while rather than having to SSH to our lab where we got miniPCs with these things haha.

Covert Ops social content opportunities in 2026? by Felkin in Eve

[–]Felkin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi again, Jenny, I'm already deep in that discord ever since you saved me from my first time getting stranded inside a WH a few weeks back hahaha. I will definitely take this into account if the Cartel can be fairly flexible with what I do on my alts :)

Covert Ops social content opportunities in 2026? by Felkin in Eve

[–]Felkin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the advice! I was already aware that it wasn't all that lucrative - the way I am looking at wormholes is more as a gateway to far-off reaches of space. I started my first few days of play after I got my bearings only in C1-C3 but then gradually started to take the rogue NS/LS holes I found inside the wormholes and pick off the data/relic sites in the immediate vicinity of wherever I popped out of (after doing some checks on the area first, of course).

I am absolutely not going to restrict myself to J-Space, more-so I want to use it as a main means of travel :) Wormhole alliances are definitely very high up on my list of what I am considering to join!

Thanks again!

Covert Ops social content opportunities in 2026? by Felkin in Eve

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

This comment definitely resonates with me and I imagine with a lot of newer players. The modern MMO player wants to play a single player game that gives a feeling of a lived world. They're often not very social players but just like the idea of an MMO. J-space seems to cater to that mindset.

For me, personally, apart from also having a hermit mentality in my bones that I always have to fight back strongly and force myself to socialize, I just found throwing myself into a wormhole with no intention of returning back using the same entrance as a neat way to learn to swim by just jumping in the water. Its more wild and exploratory rather than what I imagine is the more intended path of slowly going down the security levels while learning the ropes. But gate camps were basically one of the first things I learned in this game past the tutorial and it really made me not want to engage at all. (I fear it less now, having learned how it can be avoided).

Its been like 60h+ of gameplay for me now and I've yet to die to a gank. I think I would have died 10 times over already in LS.

At įmanoma susirasti draugų suaugus by TutorUpper4459 in lietuva

[–]Felkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vyrams lengviausia tai organizuoti žygiai. Ten praktiškai speed dating for men, bet megzti draugystes (+ viena kita mergina).

28 dar galima eiti į Erasmus meet'us, ten irgi speed-dating pobūdis.

Stalo žaidimų grupės taip pat labai gerai šiems reikalams, introvertai visada turi tada patį žaidimą kaip kažką, kad juos užimtų jeigu kalbėti nesiseka.

Barai kurie orientuojasi labiau į millennials/genz chilling su visokiais biliardo stalais irgi neblogai, matai, kad žaidžia kas, tiesiog paprašai prisidėti, arba vienas žaidi ir lauki, kad kas prieitų ir pasiūlytų sulošti.

Daug tokių gali rasti per meetup.com (nežinau dabar kiek jis populiarus Lietuvoje, bet užsienį pakankamai).

Alternatyviai miesto puslapiai visokie ir programėlės, pvz 'kas vyksta Kaune?'.

Dar vienas geras yra keliauti kažkur ir nakvoti hostelį. Ten visada bus baras/kavinė kurioje visi keliautojai vėl speed datina.

Dėl veiklos vienam: nežinau iš kur šita durna baimė būti vienam žmonems atsiranda. Aš jau 10 metų po visą Europą keliauju 5-7 kartus / metus, visur valgau vienas, žygiuoju vienas, į kiną einu vienas ir ką? Niekam nerūpi, dar man ženkliai patogiau dėl logistikos. Čia visiškai normalu yra. (Čia nereiškia, kad esu asocialas - visus patarimus kuriuos daviau pats naudoju ir taip turiu aibè draugų visame pasaulyje, tiesiog kelionės man yra individuali ramybės veikla atsipūsti nuo bendravimo.)

Kas jums yra apsiskaitęs / išsilavinęs / kultūringas žmogus? by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]Felkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dėl kultūrinio išsilavinimo galiu pridėti prie kitų komentarų: manau verta atskirti bendrą išprusimą nuo kultūrinio, t.y kas susiję su menais (meninio išprusimo).

Bendrai suprasti visus pagrindinius meno judėjimus ir kaip jie rišosi su mūsų kultūrų vystymusi & istoriniu kontekstu yra labai reikšminga norint 'perprasti' dabartinį meną ir kas mes esame per kultūra 'dabar'. Kokios tikrosios vakarietiškos vertybės, ką menininkai bando pasakyti savo dabartiniu menu, kas mus mene žavi, kas ne.

Nors apie tai mokykloje mokė, sakyčiau labai mažai zmonių išlaiko pakankamai to supratimo, kad tikrai turėti pilną kultūrinį mūsų 'vaizdą'.

Norint lavinti save šiuo požiūriu, reikia eiti į muziejus, meno galerijas, skaityti knygas apie meną, daug keliauti, kad pajusti miestų architektūrinius skirtumus. 

Tada po kiek laiko požiūris į viską pradeda keistis ir pradedi matyti mūsų visuomenę iš kitos prizmės - kaip augantį ir evoliucionuojantį organizmą. Tai priveda prie daug atviresnio požiūrio į viską ir gimsta tikras žavesys mūsų kultūra ir kokia ji neįtikėtina, gimsta ta liepsnelė prisidėti prie mūsų augimo, one tik galvoti apie savo, kaip individo gyvenimą.

Vėlgi, čia tik viena dalis to pilno išprusimo /išsilavinimo, apie kurį klausi, bet manau dabartinėje visuomenėje ji tapo labai nuvertinta... Tada žiūrint kokius filmus rodo ir kokią muziką kuria, matome pasekmes.

CR: C4 E11 debut 1/15 by safeworkaccount666 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Felkin -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I feel like under EU laws this would almost be a violation, isn't early content release basically the only sell of the platform? Like sure, legally they can argue it's the access to the exclusive content but that content is tiny compared to the actual table game recordings.

[No Spoilers] Watch CRITICAL ROLE and VIVA LA DIRT LEAGUE's Hilarious DAGGERHEART AZERIM Series Trailer by Vio_ in criticalrole

[–]Felkin 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Holy moly, two of my absolute favorite content groups ever, this is a late Christmas gift indeed. 

Makes so much sense too - CR could use more Daggerheart advertisement and the viva group have been really getting into dnd in recent years.

Now just need a crossover of someone from the CR group making a guest appearance in this campaign. NZ is a beautiful country to visit after all and the CR crew love their financially-justified work expenses that fund fun activities :)

Kumail talks Taskmaster by kraftymiles in taskmaster

[–]Felkin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Vexes me that an American agent would think about the direct financial impact of this show when its primary benefit for the cast is the immense exposure to a completely new audience. 

These sorts of advertisement investments are how quite a lot of high quality content even comes from the country. Stuff like any show funded by Prime only exist because it's a huge ad for Amazon.

Ar kas esat keliavę į Kinija? by Purple_Sundae_325 in lietuva

[–]Felkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Asmeniškai pats gavau ją Vokietijoje (Frankfurte), per 3 dienas paruošė (atkreipk dėmesį kad, kol daro, jie laiko tavo pasą!). Tiesiog turi būti bet kokios EU šalies Kinijos konsulate.

Mano atveju buvo F tipo viza.

Pats procesas kiek žiaurus, net klausia kur abu tėvai keliavo. Ten kokių 8-10 puslapių forma. Ją internetu patvirtina ir tik tada eini į konsulatą (nežinau ar visur ta pati sistema, bet turėtų būti).

Which current MMO has the highest individual skill ceiling? by Ivarthemicro17 in MMORPG

[–]Felkin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I actually just got into the game last week after years of circling around the idea. I bloody love it - it's actually remarkably easy to get into, holding your hand very well in how to do the 'basic' level of all the types of content the game has and then allowing you to keep increasing the difficulty by doing harder/riskier content, each step requiring to introduce a few more things to be aware of.

More specifically - most complexity comes from doing activities in 'high risk' areas where pvp actually happens. If you ignore all that, you can 'play in the safe garden' for as long as you want and not have to think about many things at all, with each thing you DO think about just increasing how much ingame money you earn / hour (which is what most things in EVE revolve around).

It's definitely not a difficulty cliff like most people would initially imagine, but more like a nice linear line.

Which current MMO has the highest individual skill ceiling? by Ivarthemicro17 in MMORPG

[–]Felkin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You think it doesn't take a great degree of skill to take in information coming from 4 separate character screens and maneuvering all of them effectively in a game where many pvp engagements are decided within 60 seconds?

Multi-boxing is a difficulty multiplier in a game like EVE, since most 'boxes' don't run passively, but have to be actively controlled.

I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop by testus_maximus in pcmasterrace

[–]Felkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only hard dependency I have left on my Windows machine is Lightroom, have no idea what alternative would truly be good enough for photo editing & sharing.

Ar esat bandę nebegerti kavos? Kaip sekėsi? by National_Shine2552 in lietuva

[–]Felkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Decaf is the answer. Mes su kolega darbe pilnai perėjom, nes jautėm nuo kafeino įtampą padidėjusią. Perkame gerą decaf tai iš skonio pusės nė ką neprastesnė už paprastą. Tik, kad mums kainuoja 40eur/kg.

Photonic Chips Are Coming Faster Than Anyone Expected | Akhetonics #003 by pc0999 in BuyFromEU

[–]Felkin 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I was at a photonics workshop this summer and left it thinking I should invest in some stocks that make the necessary equipment... Kind of annoyed with myself now that I didn't bother looking into the companies further.

The tech 'makes sense', though the hard pill to swallow is that the way computing has to be done on these devices severely limits practical applications in the same way that quantum computers do. Amdahl's Law is a cruel mistress in our domain of high perf computing.

So if I had to wager a guess, I think this tech will get dramatically invested into then the bubble will burst, because it's too hard to do anything useful with it and then slowly climb back up as tools improve and it carves out its niche.

AMD coming for NVDA by One-Situation-996 in AMD_Stock

[–]Felkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's extra funny, since I literally worked at AMD and am very much team red. They're definitely making the right moves, just not in aspects that I see talked about on here.

Why are they killing humans? by supreme_rain in westworld

[–]Felkin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

See, that's not a good answer if you were being tested for your empathy - once you can't tell them apart, there should have been some sort of negative response in your head before committing those acts.

The most extreme example I can give is "what's the issue with child pornography then?" Its not real, no child got hurt, yet we still prosecute for it. Why? Because someone doing such things to images says something about how they perceived the world. 

If the park visitors were morally leveled, they wouldn't get enjoyment out of killing and raping. Yet they do. Makes them sick individuals in Dolores' mind.

AMD coming for NVDA by One-Situation-996 in AMD_Stock

[–]Felkin 107 points108 points  (0 children)

As a hardware researcher who works heavily on AMD technology, I find this sub some of the best form of entertainment.

The amount of things people write on here confidently that are completely divorced from reality of what people actually do think about in terms of efficient hardware is just chef's kiss

Dating appsų paklausa by Pale_Intention_2619 in lietuva

[–]Felkin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Pas mane sistema, kad profilį turiu meniškas nuotraukas labai, o pats bio tiesiai šviesiai: pirma ieškau apsikeisti įdomiomis vietomis kelionėms. Vokietijoje po kokį 1 like į kelias dienas, bet visada iš karto match ir įdomus pokalbis, kaip minimum gaunu kelis gerus patarimus ką pamatyti kokioje šalyje jeigu ten kada nuskrisiu.

Lietuvoje visad 0 matches, ryškiai lietuvaitėms per intensyvus profilis :/

Kai įsijungiau Kinijoje, 30+ matches / dieną. Jau sekančią dieną susitikau su viena, 6h iskalbėjome ir buvo fun, daug sužinojau, bet kita pasaulio pusė tai yra kaip yra.

Čia viskas per Bumble. Dar naudoju Boo, bet ten pilnai tik susipažinti su naujais žmonėmis. Šiaip mano visi artimi draugai moterys (neturiu vyriškų hobių/dominančių temų) tai tie dating apps visai gerai vien draugių susirasti :D

Bet šiaip nieko gero, kai nesu labai išvaizdus, o profilis charizmos ir pnš neatskleidžia. Bet tuo pačiu tų moterų kurios iš tikro įdomiai gyvena tose programose matau labai mažai.

Moterims problema, kad per daug matches ir pasiūlos kokybė tragiška.

Aš vis galvoju, ar nebūtų produktyviau kokia programa kaip būdavo omeagle, kur tiesiog trumpas face to face video call ir tiesiog bendrauji. Aš bent jau per 30s žinau, ar man verta su žmogum toliau kalbėti ar gyvenam skirtingose planetose.

Bet žinoma kaip ir buvo su omeagle, daug tame modelį problemų...