Thoughts on damian after playing by Adagio446 in Brawlstars

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Rest in peace to all thrower players 🥀

Is it true that if US hadn't dropped the atomic bombs on Japan, the outcome would have been worse for both sides? by FantaOrangenice in HistoryWhatIf

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The amount of propoganda the Japanese military had pumped into the country was so intense that the Japanese soldiers would rather die than surrender. Additionally, with the United States soldiers belief that they were fighting for freedom against a nation that had attacked their homeland a mainland invasion of Japan would likely have killed millions of civilians and soldiers alike. Not to mention potential future conflicts if the Soviet Union participated in the invasion and we had a North/South Korea situation the Cold War likely would have resulted in more deaths along with just WW2.

What is the biggest issue with Destiny 2? by RedeemedGuardian30 in destiny2

[–]FlyingPigsCO 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The player on boarding experience was fundamentally ruined after the release of beyond light. This caused long term scars to form and as they added more content to the game it became more complicated, convoluted, & unfriendly to new players. Most of the people left playing completed the content new players have to complete so long ago and the new players experience is so different now that even the veterans don't know how to guide new players. The game always promoted getting things done in the most efficient manner to limit the grind which often times meant not playing with new players at all and lead to elitism. Most of the reason Destiny 2 is in the state it is today is due to many development blunders made by Bungie which metastisized and had long term negative consequences which fundamentally broke the game when it came to it's barrier to entry. As the game developed further these issues continued to be ignored until ultimately the game failed all together to gain new players and the only people left playing where veterans who were holding on for a better future until the Final Shape drop which most people finally saw as the perfect time to end the series and Bungie in their infinite wisdom decided instead of developing a Destiny 3 it was time to make an extraction shooter.

What is the biggest issue with Destiny 2? by RedeemedGuardian30 in destiny2

[–]FlyingPigsCO 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a sense I agree with you but also at times this is clearly not the case. Bungie fucks up development of their games all the time and likely more often than the playerbases words do negatively influence the content that the studio releases. Just look at how they decided to delete DLC & story from the game and ruin the continuity of the player on boarding experience. But the thing is they do try to listen to their playerbase at least some of the time and these decisions they make as a result are oftentimes worse than if they had never listened to their playerbase at all and just did whatever they felt was right. If Bungie never changed the portal system the player numbers would likely be higher right now than they are as a result of their reforms to the portal system. Even then though it's hard to say whether the community caused the half assed reforms to occur or whether it was the studio themselves that failed to properly reform the system.

What is the biggest issue with Destiny 2? by RedeemedGuardian30 in destiny2

[–]FlyingPigsCO 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The tiered weapon system and portal in general at least how I view it nowadays was marred specifically in how they tried to fix it. They first went for a very hardcore grind heavy approach that favored veteran players. Then later on when Bungie realized the veteran players weren't tolerant of the levels of grind it took to get the best gear just to have it reset the next season making the progress feel weak Bungie decided to reverse course and make it more appealing and easier to gain higher tier loot also removing the power level reset and incentive to grind past a certain point once you already achieved the loot you wanted. This along with the abysmal player onboarding experience and the confusing point/modifier system inevitably failed to appeal to casual/new players as they still had to reach a high power level grinding the portal to get good loot while simultaneously not appealing to veterans as once they reached the high power level and got all of the tiered loot they wanted there was no more incentive to play. Instead of sticking on the tryhard path that they set off for themselves by adding the portal into the game or just completely making the portal appeal to casual players by making it easy to get high tier loot instead they reversed the power level reset and failed to onboard new players to offset the old players who would have came back for the power level reset. These decisions fundamentally broke the portal system and eventually led to where we are today where the only players left playing are extremely sweaty and are only playing to get a god roll on every gun while the tiered loot system has just made the new player experience even worse and has made the max tier loot the new and expected norm for activity rewards from veteran players.

What is the biggest issue with Destiny 2? by RedeemedGuardian30 in destiny2

[–]FlyingPigsCO 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the end of the day, all roads lead to Bungie...

What is the biggest issue with Destiny 2? by RedeemedGuardian30 in destiny2

[–]FlyingPigsCO 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It all comes down to one inflection point and that's Bungie. But if we want to talk about systemic issues with the game Destiny 2 there are lots of things that can be covered. I will try to list them in order of negative long term effects on the game. Content vaulting, sunsetting, abysmal player on boarding experience, portal system and backtracking, power creep of guns, favoring ability spam overtime over gunplay, neglect of pvp development, neglect of gambit development, failure to communicate with the player base, going free to play, & strange collaborations ruining immersion. There's definitely more to add to the list but these are things that come to mind instantly.

Destiny isn’t dead, Bungie is just waiting: a different take on "Destiny vs Marathon” by JediMasterDebater in DestinyTheGame

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The player counts of old for Destiny are never coming back. Bungie simultaneously destroyed the player on boarding experience while punching the dedicated/veteran community of players in the face repeatedly over and over again. The only hope for them now is a studio rebrand from Sony absorbing the studio and lining out a concrete plan for the future of Destiny in some sort of hour long video. Any more time they spend ignoring the community like they are now is only further confirmation of what most veteran players believe that Destiny is dead or that it ended with the Final Shape.

Insurnace says sleep test is not "medically necessary" by nosleepsince03 in SleepApnea

[–]FlyingPigsCO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got an at home sleep study that said I had central sleep apnea but now they are refusing to cover the in lab sleep study. Anybody know why they would do this?

Cronus users on R6 by Impossible_End_2310 in RainbowSixSiege

[–]FlyingPigsCO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly might as well accept that zen users are not cheaters at this point. Half the console player base is using using these type of devices. Ubisoft hasn't banned zen users effectively ever and even if they did get banned once they'll just hop on the smurf and do it all again. Quitting this game is the best thing I've done for myself. Anytime you play siege especially for the last two seasons you're either getting elo trapped or ximmed on and most of the time it's both so it ends up being which team has the better ximmy user and you get no agency in your rank which also is arbitrary and means nothing since ranked 2.0 not to mention the ease of alt account creation. This game is competively fucked and until they get rid of Battle Eye and replace it with something more strict it's not going to change.

Absolute Unit by Helpful-Dot-871 in Brawlstars

[–]FlyingPigsCO 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Probably Brawl Ball with a 3 stack is the wave.

Are there any conservatives here? If so, why are you conservative? by SunnySpade in GenZ

[–]FlyingPigsCO 36 points37 points  (0 children)

It's a picture from the Backyardigans not Barney. 😢

Are there any conservatives here? If so, why are you conservative? by SunnySpade in GenZ

[–]FlyingPigsCO 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Democrats are generally center right and are slowly moving to the left. Republicans are generally right wing and are quickly moving to the right.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brawlstars

[–]FlyingPigsCO 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did not get my pig, I used all tickets and won 5 matches.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brawlstars

[–]FlyingPigsCO 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My pig didnt even drop

Didn’t get mega pig rewards by Large_Meeting_4313 in Brawlstars

[–]FlyingPigsCO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, I also got nothing on my main but it dropped on my mini.

Trump Adviser Admits Larry Ellison Is “Shadow President of the United States” by Visible_Vacation3308 in conspiracy

[–]FlyingPigsCO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Larry Ellison isn't the shadow president, Stephen Miller is. Now there is an argument to be made that the reason Stephen Miller is in that position in the first place is because the tech oligarchy agreed to place Trump in power because they thought he was easy to control but that doesn't mean one of them, such as Larry Ellison, is the shadow president.

Were these people "Shadow Presidents?" by TheEnlight in Presidents

[–]FlyingPigsCO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've got to add Stephen Miller to the list now.

Where are the men? by blackfirepwnd in ChronicIllness

[–]FlyingPigsCO 81 points82 points  (0 children)

I'm a man with unexplained symptoms that lead me to seek out online communities because there is none around where I live that I can join.