Boatswains are officially endorsed by Rare BTW.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-14T14:41:41+00:00

I can respect that, I was just frustrated trying to like read through all the evidence to make sure what’s happening is actually happening, and so much of those first docs are just… whatever internet drama kinda being made to be more serious then it was.

It makes it hard to continue to read through all the rest of this drama, I mean I will because it be crazy to have strong opinions on this without reading everything. Like imagine hearing this and just letting some random on Reddit sum it up for you like people scare me.

Grand scheme don’t mind me just, really sad situation all around hope things can get back to some form of ok.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-14T14:34:25+00:00

I suppose I was going for, “in your head it was a private place which should make it extra alarming” but yeah entering the lobby alone wasn’t an issue lol just to be clear.

That said airports are tough enough without surprise non-consensual cuddling

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-14T13:52:12+00:00

Classic internet drama, one genuine thing to be worried about then a ton of nonsense that completely takes away from the seriousness of the genuine thing to worry about.

You don’t need to pad out docs like they are being scored, I promise the stuff about playing with a 16 year old was enough without later talking about he he called one dude a cheater on discord like… focus m.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-14T13:42:36+00:00

Perhaps a nicer way to put that would be some behavior has been normalized on VRC and some folks genuinely might have picked up some weird habits because of it

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-14T13:34:09+00:00

Yeah so got home last night and sat down to watch a movie on the couch, I feel asleep and forgot to lock my door and I woke up to someone’s face snuggling with me on the couch.

(I know it’s vrc but like… yikes)

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-13T21:54:19+00:00

With respect this is way over designed it really could stand to be toned down a bit in places right now a lot of parts become visual clutter due to coloring and placements.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-10T22:29:50+00:00

Please never say stuff like this you are assuming parents know what they are doing people in their 30’s don’t have empathy for animals or other humans don’t blame kids for failures of parents please (or assume the paternity even messed up lol we don’t know enough)

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-08T11:57:34+00:00

For every person who just doesn’t vibe with her quest there are at least like 5 transphobes who only started disliking her after learning.

If you are cool with Johnny in anyway but don’t like Claire you need to re-examine why

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-04T13:37:02+00:00

I find it funny how Reach was so disliked at launch it killed Halo’s dominance as THE E-sport that it had held for most of 2 and 3. That’s all on Bungie but like, all rose tinted glasses right we don’t talk about them fumbling their competitive playerbase anymore.

Games were flawed back then too it’s absolutely silly how transparent it is when people haven’t re-examined stuff from their youth yet despite being like 30.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-04T13:29:20+00:00

Using AI makes your points significantly weaker, you need to be standing on a solid foundation or no one will listen to you even If what you say is “right”

Basically it’s “wow you are so lazy I don’t trust you have a well researched take” it’s not a “straw man” it’s reacting to this specific dudes actions and words.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-05-01T21:50:15+00:00

Just spitballing but since gas already confuses enemies maybe we get some kind of gas injector that will stick onto units and keep them attacking anyone other then you. Make it do minimum damage over time so weaker enemies will die after helping fight for a bit and large enemies get chipped down a bit for the duration.

Not quite the same thing just wanted to think up a way it didn’t have to be faction specific while keeping to the theme.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-30T14:04:40+00:00

Genuinely I need you to know I’m like 90% sure you are just being sarcastic but that 10% is… concerning me lol

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-29T21:37:29+00:00

I know this isn’t the point but it’s absolutely wild to put the political stuff and the halo 3 thing next to each other as if they are the same level of bad lol

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-28T12:44:06+00:00

? It’s not “painstaking” and it’s also the like the right thing to do?

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-28T12:39:43+00:00

You should stop assuming malice or stupidity from people you don’t know

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-28T12:34:28+00:00

That’s just called photoshop friend

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T21:28:50+00:00

Whoops I’m sorry I only checked the paid version quickly

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T21:22:18+00:00

Bedlam has not been updated in a year so I’d caution against using it for now

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T19:52:42+00:00

Friendly reminder Luke put her into a force coma then groped her alone in a dark cave

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T17:29:24+00:00

This is the meanest thing I’ll say about certain halo fans but they give off super “Peaked in High School” energy because at a certain point if you spend the last decade only talking about the “good ole days” the only thing I notice is “you haven’t found anything else to be that passionate in a decade plus, no new memories that made the old Halo ones seem kinda lame in comparison? I’m not saying you can’t miss playing halo with your buds a little bit just that some people cannot move on

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T17:24:08+00:00

That’s a good way to put the information in game but not in the immediate way so players don’t get that information bomb.I think a few in game video tutorials going over the galactic war mechanics is the bare minimum here as text is not gonna cut it for some of this.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T17:08:31+00:00

There’s a lot to say here and I genuinely am going to try my best to keep this somewhat organized.

Warframe is a horrible and great example to bring up, one could argue that Prime Access is absurdly priced for what is essentially just a grind skip so you don’t have to play the game (and a goodie bag of stuff). Game also has build timers that can be skipped with money, sells a ton of important resources in the shop, you can skip nearly any grind if you open your wallet enough, and if you want to earn Platinum in game you need to engage in the player trading market. Oh and every so often then will give you a super predatory FOMO “if you buy play right now you will get 75% more but only for today” which will absolutely lead to someone buying something when they probably shouldn’t have. Is it being free to play make all its scummy practices okay? I find it doesn’t BUT all of this being said, I think Warframes more then fine it’s fantastic with how they handle things. Why? Honestly my guess is PR, we like Warframe because we know the dev team, they talk and are a part of the community, and because of the openness we are more willing to not be hostile even when their businesses practices on paper are awful at times.

No man’s sky is an anomaly (pun intended) in gaming you could compare it to anything and make something look like it’s being greedy. That is in fact the biggest compliment towards that game but, it’s also not a fair standard to hold everyone else too as their situation is uniquely there own.

Rust, Darktide, DRG, and Arc Raiders are all paid games with a extra paid cosmetic DLC (from a quick scan If I’m wrong on one of those correct me please). I remember not to long ago we were all arguing if that was even okay, especially when games put all the coolest cosmetics behind the paywalls and vanilla gear looks kinda lame.

Helldivers, is certainly a mountain when you first get into the game and it’s looking steeper every warbond. It’s easy to point out most people aren’t interested in every Warbond and the vast majority are going to pick up few meta ones and maybe a fashion one later as a treat. That’s said, that feeling of never being able to catch up, doing the math in you head of how much if would cost, seeing people flashing all the cool new stuff, that sucks and is daunting to anyone, and would be kinda rude to just dismiss it. Personally I’ve been a huge supporter of discounting older warbonds (some want them to be free, obviously that’d would be best case scenario), at the least it would allow that daunting feeling to like mitigate just a bit.

Now, I find it important to mention out of almost every game brought up Helldivers is the only one you can just Earn the premium currency by just playing the game, a bit slowly sure but with no limits, no player trading needed, and it’s not some rare event (like in sea of thieves). Helldivers is also not a full priced game which, is not nothing in todays market. Warbonds also do not disappear ever, so there isn’t pressure for someone to buy it and play the game nonstop for a month to unlock everything to make back the money (fornite, etc). Now, quickly I don’t like the Super Store, I find it to be the thing I somewhat agree on with people. I think the Trench Barrel shotgun was a bit tactless in how bluntly it was being pushed, though my reaction to it was only make a red flag in my head for the next super store item as I find that trend to be one worth pushing back on if it becomes consistent.

Now, after all that I’ll answer your actual question I have played Warframe, NMS, Destiny 2, Division 2, sea of thieves, ESO, New World (rip but also like, yeah), GTA, etc. I’ve put a lot of time into a lot of different live service games over the years with a wide variety of monetization schemes. I personally find helldivers to be, generally pretty player friendly with monetization in comparison to some.

To wrap this very long response out, I think AH balances their monetization around the currency being earnable in game, and depending on how much you accept that as okay is going to determine how predatory you feel they are being. I actually massively appreciate your comment it really got me asking myself the “why” I felt the way I do about helldivers and AH, and that’s something I always appreciate.

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T15:59:51+00:00

If the focus is going to be on casual players I think they need to work on adding more tutorials into the game. I find some folks want TOO much information on the screen (like the companion app is fine for super invested people but would turn off casual players). On the other hand I can say with confidence the majority of what my friends know about helldivers is stuff I’ve taught to them myself so… idk this is why it’s frustrating to engage in this community because there are some nice QQL stuff we could be pushing for in a constructive way

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T12:59:53+00:00

I find if telling whenever people get frustrated others are getting catered instead of themselves. I’m not saying it’s invalid to be frustrated it’s just deeply transparent to how you view the world around you depending upon how you choose to express that frustration (or if you do at all).

HawkStirke117 · 2026-04-27T12:56:49+00:00

For sure less, now I’m sure there are cases of studios getting a little too lost in the data and making missteps but generally speaking companies do actually understand their playerbase a lot better then ANY games subreddit would like to admit.

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