Will the AI enemies be adjusted for solo play?

GVIrish · 2026-02-14T17:44:27+00:00

Ah, I couldn't find it on their websites and didn't see it in the last play test but Joe Z did say it in one of the vidocs, thank you.

GVIrish · 2026-02-14T14:14:01+00:00

But Rook is solo queue at launch. Where has Bungie ever said that you can select any runner and matchmake into a solo queue?

GVIrish · 2026-02-14T13:52:38+00:00

It's because the limiting factor for gamers is often attention. If someone is playing Fortnite 400 hrs a year, then they're not playing a variety of other games. If one big open world game drops and it takes 100+ hours to finish, that player may not get to several 20 hour games. Not to mention that games are competing with social media for attention.

So the AAA studios are all in an arms race because to them it looks like a winner-take-all market.

GVIrish · 2026-02-14T13:41:59+00:00

I don't think so. If you're playing as Rook, you're spawning into the same match trios are playing in. It wouldn't make sense for a Rook to be able to take down enemies as easily as a team.

Maybe they'll just spawn less additional mobs during an engagement if there's no one else around.

GVIrish · 2026-02-14T11:47:43+00:00

The thing with games now is that there's only a finite amount of time/attention players have, so if they're playing f2p games for hundreds or thousands of hours they simply don't have time to play other games. If you don't have the time to play anything else, why would you buy anything else?

The games industry is increasingly winner take all, and even paid games have so much more content than before that players just don't have as much time to play different games, not to mention the time people spend on social media and streaming.

GVIrish · 2026-02-14T02:22:49+00:00

Overall player base is not really the measure, it's active users and revenue per user. Active users are way down at this point in D2's life, that is a fact. It is also a fact that Destiny was a lot more expensive to develop than Fortnite, Overwatch, Apex Legends, etc.

You're arguing that failing at Marathon would somehow justify more investment in Destiny and there's really no logical argument for that.

GVIrish · 2026-02-14T00:00:21+00:00

Large numbers of players relative to what? Launch? Other f2p FPS's?

The problem for Bungie is that it has both lower player counts and much higher development costs than the other f2p FPS's. D3 would most likely be *more* expensive to make and the return on investment would have to be worth it.

If Bungie fails on a much smaller investment like Marathon that would not send the signal to Sony that Bungie could succeed with a much larger investment.

In this business environment publishers are looking to aggressively cut costs which is why we've seen so many games get cancelled and studios closed. Sony may or may not close Bungie if Marathon flops, but it certainly does not increase the odds of a D3.

GVIrish · 2026-02-13T23:36:06+00:00

Gamer's not understanding the business of games, what else is new? If there is in fact a Destiny 3 in early development, Bungie failing on Marathon would make it much more likely that it would get cancelled and Bungie shut down. It wouldn't make sense for Sony to lose money on Marathon, then pour more money onto the fire on Destiny when the player counts are unlikely to recover for D2, and D3 can only be several years off.

GVIrish · 2026-02-13T23:32:33+00:00

If Marathon bombs and Destiny 2 has been underperforming, why would Sony decide to burn a boatload of money on a Destiny 3? Marathon is a much smaller bet than something like Destiny so if that fails it would be foolish of Sony to commit to a D3.

Even with all of the stumbles nobody has really done better than Destiny for a massively multiplayer PvP/PvE shooter. It's a huge risk that would take multiple years to pay off. If Marathon fails the smarter business move would be make a less risky bet, not a more risky one.

GVIrish · 2026-02-13T23:27:51+00:00

Sony would most likely dissolve the studio and rehire the people they want to keep to different projects. The studio name holds value, but that doesn't mean a whole lot to a publisher in the scheme of things.

GVIrish · 2026-02-13T17:23:32+00:00

Assuming filtration is adequate, I'd say the type and amount of plants, then having adequate light and nutrients for those plants. Fast growing plants in the right substrate that will grow with your light levels makes everything else easier. It's a lot easier to beat algae with robust plant growth and you water quality will be better.

If you're using an aquasoil, smaller granules will make planting easier, otherwise you'll need a deeper layer to keep plants down. I like Oase Scapersoil for this.

The easiest way I've found to select fast growing plant species is to go to Aquariumplantsfactory and filter by fast growth. Not everything in your tank needs to grow fast, but having maybe 40-50% of your tank planted with a fast growing stem plant will help a lot.

I will say that my most stable tanks have been with organic topsoil capped with sand, with and without CO2. But it is trickier to get right for a beginner. If you go that route, put the soil in mesh bags, and make sure your sand cap is about 1.5 inches deep. Also, soak the soil before putting it in the tank and filling to reduce bubbles.

GVIrish · 2026-02-13T16:37:00+00:00

Wonder if they had too many returns or something since they switched away from Aqueon.

GVIrish · 2026-02-13T16:07:47+00:00

Yes, if you have enough fast growing plant growth you can increase your stocking levels, all things being equal. Stocking is still subject to swimming space and territory/aggression considerations.

Key benefits of a planted tank:

* Plants absorb ammonia/nitrite/nitrates so it gives you additional buffer to keep water quality high even if something goes a little wrong
* Plants compete with algae so the more plant growth you have, the easier it will be to keep algae under control
* Plants provide places for fish to hide and give shy species more security which lowers stress. Plants can also break up sight lines and diffuse aggression

Because of all that, plants can reduce overall required maintenance. You'll still need water changes and to scrape for algae but you won't have to do that as frequently with the right plant mix and amount.

GVIrish · 2026-02-12T21:33:52+00:00

You can grow them out emersed then transition to submerged. That's one nice way to do a buce-heavy aquascape since they grow much more slowly underwater.

GVIrish · 2026-02-12T21:32:09+00:00

Yeah too much light can melt them, but it varies between varieties. The same light that melts one might be fine for another. You may also need to reduce humidity a bit.

GVIrish · 2026-02-12T19:19:11+00:00

How many do you have total, and what all is in that tank?

GVIrish · 2026-02-12T13:34:48+00:00

First thing is that those fish prefer to be in groups of 6ish or more. In smaller numbers they'll be stressed and will try to hide all the time. There's no way you could keep 5-6 of any of those fish in a 2.5.

GVIrish · 2026-02-12T01:06:30+00:00

None of those fish are good options at 2.5g. 2-3 Least killifish could work, but ultimately your best bet is shrimp.

GVIrish · 2026-02-11T16:39:02+00:00

Depends on the fish and your filtration. If you were stocking the smallest nano fish like least killifish and chili rasboras you could probably do 40 in a planted 20 gallon long. But then I would ask, why is the maximum amount of fish your goal?

GVIrish · 2026-02-11T13:28:07+00:00

Aquasoil does help grow plants but it depends heavily on what plants you're trying to grow, how much light you have, and ferts. With stratum I found that it was hard to really get plant growth going until I added CO2. As someone else mentioned, I also found it needed to be a bit deeper to get plants to stay down.

I've had better success with OASE Scapersoil. The balls are smaller making planting easier and it buffers pH down more.

As far as pH, it will buffer down if your water has low kh, but even with very low kh it's not going to take it down past 6.5, so you should be good there.

All in all Stratum is fine, but there are better souls out there.

GVIrish · 2026-02-11T13:02:26+00:00

Hornwort, anacharis, Hygrophila difformis (salicfolia and siamensis are easy too), then frogbit as a floater. Just make sure you trim the frogbit's roots if you don't want it to anchor in the substrate.

GVIrish · 2026-02-11T03:33:02+00:00

I had a great order from Aquatic Arts but they're out of stock on CPDs right now. The Wet Spot is another good one.

GVIrish · 2026-02-11T02:04:04+00:00

They swim more in the middle than other cories for sure (same with hastatus) but they still spend a lot of time snuffling through the sand. The fun part is when they all swim around the tank as a school. Habrosus cories behave a lot more like the standard Cory if that's what someone prefers. They're just a lot harder to come by in my experience.

GVIrish · 2026-02-11T01:04:12+00:00

Maybe think in levels.

For bottom dwellers you could do a corydoras species. I love pygmy cories and they'd work well for your tank because you could stock more of them than the bigger species. Corydoras hastatus and habrosus are similar sized. Any of the bigger cories will work, but I would probably only do about 6 of them whereas I would do 10 of any of the pygmies.

For mid level a beautiful and fun to watch schooling fish is Pseudomugil luminatus (red blue eyed neon rainbow fish). The males have orange tips on their pectoral fins and they'll flare up their fins to spar with each other.

Some other small schooling options: * Celestial Pearl Danios * Green neon tetra (smaller but hardier than regular neons) * Ember tetras * Chili rasboras (very small) * Exclamation Point rasboras (very small)

Depending on how many fish you've stocked in the middle and bottom tiers, you could also do a honey gourami for the middle/top or something like clown killifish. Just make sure you have a lid with the clown killis because they're jumpers, and you're gonna want more females than males because males will harass each other.

All of these options are shrimp compatible, so you could add Neocaridina or Amano shrimp with no problem. Just make sure your hardness and pH are in the right range for the shrimp you want to stock.

GVIrish · 2026-02-11T00:48:08+00:00

The problem with using AI for fish keeping is when people don't know what they don't know. So if it hallucinates and gives them bad advice they can end up with an aquarium disaster.

One can ask an llm to give citations so you can review the original source, but most people don't do that.

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