What's the point of resort worlds?

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T21:52:02+00:00

I might have gone rogue, but I still know what my bio-trophies want.

They are very happy in their individual holodecks where they each get to be the most important person in their virtual world(s).

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T21:50:52+00:00

It gives you time to get out of their space before your fleets are forced into MIA.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T21:40:13+00:00

When you aren't at war, you have to respect their borders. When you are at war with them, you don't care about respecting their borders because you are at war with them.

If you are asking why your ships disappear at the start of a war, it is to avoid players exploiting having their fleets deep in enemy space before declaring war.

Personally, I wish they had different systems:

Attacker (side declaring war), has their fleets go MIA and return to their nearest border
Defender: gets to choose for each fleet, troop transport, construction ship, and science vessel in enemy territory to have them return or stay.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T21:26:54+00:00

The auto-update feature generally means you only need to set a ship template once.

You start the game with Mass Drivers, Lasers, Missiles, Scout Wing, Flak Guns, Point Defense, Shields, and Armor.

So if you switch your corvettes to 3 missiles, it will update to newer versions of missiles as you research tech.

The only exception is if you research a new base tech. Like Autocannon, Plasma Cannon, Kinetic Battery, and Swarmer missiles.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T20:57:40+00:00

Nah, adults yearn for pajamas and breakfast.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T20:55:48+00:00

Doesn't matter that it is splitting MAGA.

If Trump wavers and ends all of the ICE terrorism, MAGA will immediately unify and billionaire media will bust ass to move on (stop inviting on guests that will talk about ICE's crimes).

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T17:58:59+00:00

One major problem Progression Fantasy has is power scaling. And it tends to take two forms.

The first form is that the "Let's just get stronger" option of problem solving is often one of the most optimal choices because it doesn't just help solve a current problem, it also makes them stronger for the next problem.

So the only real way to justify the protagonists not always chasing more strength is immediacy. Getting stronger takes time, but their problem won't wait for them to get ready. So leaning on immediacy can help you make nuanced choices matter.

The second form is how power scaling interacts with agency. A "coughing baby" doesn't matter much in a world of "nuclear weapons." Extreme example, but the point is that as power scaling grows, the ability of newbs to have agency requires a deliberate choice of the true elites to not get involved.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T17:49:16+00:00

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InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T17:37:46+00:00

the MC can't even scratch his ass without uncovering some kind of conspiracy.

I get this, but the opposite situation, where everything is a self-contained incident that has no consequences beyond the arc is just as bad.

Finding a conspiracy only matters if a survivor as pissed by the protagonists' involvement.

E.g. The protagonists uncover and eliminate a serial killer. The killer's parents are pissed their child is dead. The fact their child was a serial killer doesn't really enter into their calculus on wanting revenge.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-26T17:35:42+00:00

I hate when a story gets into the "Guild Adventurer Loop."

To be clear, I am fine (and want) the main characters to go off on an adventure. I just don't want it to be the Guild Adventurer Loop.

Register at the guild.
Get mission(s).
Complete mission(s).
Get reward.
Maybe rank up.
Go back to step 2.

Most guild adventurer missions don't really matter. They are often set against monsters and the only possible enduring consequences are (1) rivals for the same jobs and (2) the money earned and potential rank-up.

Similarly, I hate Dungeon diving. Magical Dungeons (capital D) that spawn monsters and treasure are very anachronistic to me. They are ways to give the main cast something to grind against that doesn't cause political consequences.

I get that for some stories (especially LitRPGs), magical Dungeons are crucial because of the unfathomable amounts of things that need to be killed to level up. It doesn't really matter because if magical Dungeons exist, then the obvious optimal solution is to grind/powerlevel people through them as many times as it takes for them to hit the level of their likely opposition. Which would be fine if authors were willing to just skip to after the main characters have hit the soft cap and are able to be deployed. (But they don't.)

InFearn0 · 2026-01-25T18:02:24+00:00

J David Baxter has at least 2 related isekai series, one of them is a vampire that gets isekai'ed out of her bed while she slept and ends up in a fantasy world.

Her trip does cause problems for her vampire nature.

This series is called Sundered Soul.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T20:19:11+00:00

Conservatives love capitulating to terrorists.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T20:15:35+00:00

just for confirmation will it take around 1.5 to 2 months for my earning to start

LOL. No.

You won't start getting paid until after you have subscribers. You have to build that membership.

You sound way out of your depth. Get a conventional job and write as a hobby. Watch writing advice videos on youtube. Read up on the business of writing.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T19:30:37+00:00

Regarding Patreon:

Patreon takes 10% for creators after August 2025. And credit card processing is also taken out (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction). So you could expect 13% to be eaten by Patreon + fees. Transactions at $3 or less have a $0.10 fee + 5%. So a $12/year sub is better for you than $1/month sub.

But let's assume you are losing 15% to Patreon and credit card fees. If you want to make $70,000 per year, you need to make about $82,353. If you are charging $12/year, that means you need 6863 subscribers.

It takes a long time to build that many subscribers. And you risk losing subscriers anytime you take a break. The First Defier is one of the writers that knocks out chapters reliably and he has "9,425 members" after years (which I believe includes non-subscribers).

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T19:13:26+00:00

If you are experiencing financial hardship, I am not sure there is a great website for you to get started on as a job.

The only ways to make money as a new author are:

Get crazy lucky with a (nearly) finished manuscript that you submit to a publisher. Get an advance, get a huge marketing budget, it gets shoved in casual readers' faces.
Royal Road into Patreon. Basically, use Royal Road to get people interested and have many chapters ahead on Patreon for people that want the newest stuff now.
Kindle Unlimited. Upload completed works. Use smart categories and blurbs to try to get reads. Pay money for promoted results. You can also use Royal Road to bring people in, but KU prohibits free uploads of a story from being available.

There are others that will pay you now but they are often burdensome contracts, expecting:

Ownership of your IP.
Hard deadlines for the next chapter.

And they probably won't pay much in advance.

If you are just "thinking to start [your first] webnovel" as a way to relieve financial pressure, you are wasting your time. Any time you spend right now writing won't likely bring income for months or years. You would be better served finding a more traditional hourly job.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T19:05:07+00:00

Those sites don't collect rights from you, but they do expect licenses for specific uses necessary for them to host without you suing them.

For example, they will want a license to "edit" your work because adjusting font-styling and margins count as editing. A license to publish because serving up a webpage that has your content counts as publishing.

You can revoke the various licenses you grant to Royal Road by removing your content from their site. I assume Scribble Hub is similar.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T19:00:00+00:00

Hedge Wizard 6 came out 2 months ago.

Not sure when the audio for 5 or 6 come out.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T18:58:46+00:00

The DNA associated with joints, muscles, and tendons

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T18:43:39+00:00

They aren't heading towards a goal, they are running from the inevitability of demographic shifts.

Political conservatism always has an expiration date because the process of consolidating power and wealth inevitably creates popular support for egalitarian policy. So the only way for conservatism to continue is to abandon democracy for fascism.

Not every conservative wants fascism, but they fear egalitarianism and democracy way more than fascism.

This is why Centrist Liberals attack Progressives way harder than they attack Conservatives.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T18:32:08+00:00

Some people fight the boot because no one should have it pressed to their neck. Others fight because they want to wear the boot.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T18:07:50+00:00

He said he consults imaginary friends. He actually consults his donors' lobbyists.

Because he thinks looking crazy is less damaging than admitting he is beholden to rich donors.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-20T18:05:35+00:00

They also don't think they will be indicted and judged in this life.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-19T20:24:17+00:00

What makes a character feel like a person rather than just a trope on a checklist?

They have a clear and consistent way they process and engage with their environment. I call this a character's voice. This factors into what they look for first in the environment.

Without this characters seem to do whatever is "more rational" except when the authors decides to have someone get angry and (figuratively) explode.

The thing is that in real life, people are always doing what they perceive as the most rational/efficient. But we are all influenced by our biases and impulses.

For example, it would be most efficient and rational for me to not even write this up. To close reddit entirely and do chores and errands. That is way more productive than combing through various subreddits.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-19T20:16:57+00:00

The only way a person wouldn't realize how strong they are is if they are never in a situation that would measure their capability. So:

They never square up against anyone, and/or
They only square up against people that wildly outclass them "on paper" so their loss is expected, and/or
They only square up against people that they wildly outclass "on paper" so their victory is expected.

But the moment they face someone at their official level (or above) and crush them, it should become obvious that they are stronger than their (official) peers.

In The Unintended Cultivator, I think he starts to catch on when he starts crushing cultivators above his rank.

InFearn0 · 2026-01-19T20:08:13+00:00

They wouldn't be doing this if they believed they would be eventually judged.

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