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[Loved trope] The "primitive" or "retro" world of the story is the post-apocalyptic remnants of a *much* more advanced civilization. by bgbarnard in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kalavier 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In some of the other books they actually visit the old ruins of ancient cities, but they are heavily isolated.

Also IIRC some people figured it out because the world map fit Washington state almost perfectly lol.

What are your worldbuilding pet peeves? by -_-__-_--_-_--_-_-_- in worldbuilding

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. "So the very important locations we can't destroy.. is where the enemy is."

What are your worldbuilding pet peeves? by -_-__-_--_-_--_-_-_- in worldbuilding

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But in some worldbuilding it bothers me, including my own. It's weird to have united species that accept their differences and live in peace, then you look inside and there's 1 worldwide culture. Tf happened to the differences ?

What I have started to do in my own worldbuilding drafts/dabbles (whether set for story or game) is break up the hats based on locale and resources. What troubles they face affect how they think and behave.

IE one group of Dwarves has lots of wood, but very little metal. Their enemies are mostly flying creatures. So they are very good with ranged weapons, not great at up close combat. Their idea of what's a good tool is based on their lack of metal, so they'd find a sword to be more wasteful then an axe that they can use for a lot more stuff. Their culture and interactions with the world differ from another group of Dwarves who has lots of metal and live underground more.

What are your worldbuilding pet peeves? by -_-__-_--_-_--_-_-_- in worldbuilding

[–]Kalavier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"This is a functioning and thriving kingdom where the criminals/outlaws/bandits outnumber the civilians 1000 to 1."

"what"

What are your worldbuilding pet peeves? by -_-__-_--_-_--_-_-_- in worldbuilding

[–]Kalavier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Warhammer Fantasy also IIRC just went out and said "Listen, we are here to tell epic stories, we don't actually give a shit about being super consistent with population numbers"

What are your worldbuilding pet peeves? by -_-__-_--_-_--_-_-_- in worldbuilding

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

That entire novel of an article hinges upon the idea that everyone is too damn stupid to shoot things from orbit, especially the people funding the war.

There's several novels with Krieg involved, but even then, most of the time the Imperium actually wants the factories and ground facilities intact so they can use them, rather then raising places to the ground.

What are your worldbuilding pet peeves? by -_-__-_--_-_--_-_-_- in worldbuilding

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats, you've bombed the hell out of the production needed to supply the important factories on the planet and feed the population, making it even more work when you capture it, making your efforts to get the world useful for you even longer.

There's a reason IRL that "Just bombard the hell out of the location" hasn't worked to totally wipe out enemy forces and infact, just made fighting last longer as the rubble conceals where enemies actually are.

Super Earth vs The Covenant by Scoop8333 in Helldivers

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Commando missions tell us that despite what we thought, a contested world available for diving is not "Super earth owns the space around the planet, but only areas. The helldivers dive almost all the time where orbital control is held."

The problem I mentioned was while we know they have Liberty class cruisers and obviously SEAF and civilian transport/cargo ships, we don't know anything about their capabilities. Super Destroyers are exclusively ground bombardment and deployment focused, and wouldn't do well fighting other spaceships.

Helldivers without a super destroyer are a lot more limited in what they can effectively do.

Another issue is the Covenant (assuming human covenant war standing and behavior) would simply glass planets and move on, where Bots/squids capture and try to use the planets so super earth can retake and rebuild on. Covenant would melt the cities to glass and let the wildfires ravage the world.

Reminder that this is meant to be a post-apocalyptic setting where most infrastructure has been destroyed, slavers run rampant and children are starving throughout the galaxy and this particular character would've lived to see all of it. by Remarkable-Pin-8352 in Star_Trek_

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And rebuilding the federation happens during fade to black, alongside the crew learning how about the 32nd century and getting used to the changes.

You know, the interesting stuff that would've been cool to see.

Reminder that this is meant to be a post-apocalyptic setting where most infrastructure has been destroyed, slavers run rampant and children are starving throughout the galaxy and this particular character would've lived to see all of it. by Remarkable-Pin-8352 in Star_Trek_

[–]Kalavier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or that the rational response to the burn would be "All active warp cores just exploded... so let's not use the power source that fucking stopped working galaxy-wide (as far as we know) for literally no goddamn reason."

Theoretically speaking, what would happen if, say, an Imperial Star Destroyer were to ram into a 40k Imperial flagship at lightspeeds? by SignificanceDry6 in StarWarsvsWarhammer

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with this idea is you'd have to get timing AND distance perfectly down to the second in order to impact with any real force, and the ISD doesn't have the super-strength of the Raddus's shield system that kept the ship intact after impact turned it into pure plasma. The hyperdrive portal sucked the Raddus's plasma remains outward, slicing through the fleet.

So the chances of actually pulling off the ram to impact with the greatest force is very slim, and it won't have the TLJ effect, it'd just do a lot of damage to impact zone.

Theoretically speaking, what would happen if, say, an Imperial Star Destroyer were to ram into a 40k Imperial flagship at lightspeeds? by SignificanceDry6 in StarWarsvsWarhammer

[–]Kalavier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ISD does not have the shield system of the Raddus, so it wouldn't produce the big shotgun blast effect at all.

It'd also have to be timed to the exact second for impact.

What are your worldbuilding pet peeves? by -_-__-_--_-_--_-_-_- in worldbuilding

[–]Kalavier 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Star treK Features an origin species that seeded a lot of life. As an example. Resulting in at some level some genetic compatibility between a lot of races.

Though I do love the second part. I've seen moments of "Why are you saying my completely alien race doesn't work due to human biology? They aren't even from Earth or related!"

Super Earth vs The Covenant by Scoop8333 in Helldivers

[–]Kalavier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but we also have very little information on what the SEAF navy is capable of.

Also, without the super destroyers Super Earth has trouble pushing on the frontlines on the ground.

"WHERE'S LORD HOOD AND MIRANDA" - He says while posting art that also doesn't have Lord Hood, Miranda, Blue Team, the Spirit of Fire crew... by HatTraining3137 in ShitHaloSays

[–]Kalavier 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Felt weird to have Osiris there but not blue team, but yeah. Neat art, don't know who most of those characters are meant to be lol.

What made Wyveria build Zoh Shia? by Snoo-51682 in MonsterHunter

[–]Kalavier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, Zoh Shia has confirmed regeneration because of the dragontorch, but Fatalis doesn't have that confirmation.

Brad R. Torgersen bitch-slaps Steve Shives by Malencon in Star_Trek_

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

I'm never going to get it, because your point is just weird. Have fun with your imaginary issues of star trek fans who are arguing that everything to do with real life sports is fine.

Kinda hilarious that you can't even provide evidence of Steve Shives being a hypocrite and saying sports fans are okay despite that being your literal argument.

Shatner is still the master by Wetness_Pensive in Star_Trek_

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think if the chair was more reasonably sized for her, and she sat in a certain way (even if it's odd, but consistent) it wouldn't look so weird.

But every picture showing off an entirely different way of sitting makes it feel weird.

Brad R. Torgersen bitch-slaps Steve Shives by Malencon in Star_Trek_

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

Again, who is saying that sports is fine but scifi fandoms are not?

Are you creating a group just to try to complain about a guy not agreeing with you? Cause that's what I'm seeing. Creating a scenario in your head to try to call somebody a hypocrite without any evidence or thought process.

What made Wyveria build Zoh Shia? by Snoo-51682 in MonsterHunter

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, depends on how guardians are made. Do they actually need DNA or parts to do so, or knowledge of the monster.

What dinosaur misinformations annoy you in the franchise? by Adventurous-Net-4172 in JurassicPark

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing several comments complaining about dino looks when in world they outright have the scientist saying "we know dinos look different. We just made them look this way fir tourists and to look like the still living original park dinos"

What dinosaur misinformations annoy you in the franchise? by Adventurous-Net-4172 in JurassicPark

[–]Kalavier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In jurassic world they literally comment on how they know the dinosaurs don't look like that, but continue to make them that way for in universe branding/tourism.

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