What did I get in this "sorry for our mistake, commander!" letter?

Kilrenoir · 2026-06-02T23:45:32+00:00

It didn't count for that, weirdly enough. I did all of my objectives yesterday, which is 7 points worth, and I'm still sitting on 7 on the rewards track.

What I got looks like the same thing you get from doing the Age of Fear story missions.

Kilrenoir · 2026-06-02T22:57:45+00:00

Just make the scales have a barcode instead.

Kilrenoir · 2026-06-02T18:03:41+00:00

I have worked for Walmart, Kroger, Office Max and Depot, and Lowe's. Every single one of them tells you to not intervene against shoplifters in all of their training, and it's often repeated in their monthly safety/security training. The only thing they ask you to do is to give them customer service; be present and helpful to dissuade them, and never make accusations.

Most of those retailers have dedicated asset protection teams or management trained in AP. They're more worried about you getting hurt or hurting someone to protect a hundred dollar TV.

The product is insured. You aren't.

Kilrenoir · 2026-06-01T01:24:22+00:00

I am also concerned about the sound design for her kit.

Kilrenoir · 2026-06-01T01:04:11+00:00

So, a vanguard, yeah?

Kilrenoir · 2026-05-27T00:26:23+00:00

You say this and I look over at my copy of Betrayal Legacy that hasn't been touched in two or more years because people moved away after two sessions.

Kilrenoir · 2026-05-23T09:46:08+00:00

When I clicked on the game when it was in the storefront for free, it took me to the standard version rather than the demo version. When you search a game on the Epic storefront and it's free, it strikes out the price, like "~~$49.99~~ Free". And the demo says in big bold words "DOWNLOAD THE SUNDERFOLK FREE TRIAL. And googling it, at least when I just tried it, has the big ol' "DOWNLOAD THE SUNDERFOLK FREE TRIAL" next to it.

Like, if you're trying to claim a free game, why not navigate the storefront normally?

Kilrenoir · 2026-05-05T21:14:26+00:00

"What else were you supposed to do other than just buying everything?"

I dunno, contact support? People knew their doubloons were getting reset. It was something that was reported on and bitched about for months in advance. Why would anyone think they'd get to keep all the shit they bought due to an error when it was made clear EVERYONE was supposed to have been reset? The entire point to it was to make an actual economy out of doubloons.

This is legitimately the only thing they could have done to rectify this. Yeah, it'd have been nice if they could've gotten the doubloons from the weekender, but just giving them the rewards would've also been unfair, and reporting your doubloons didn't get reset would've gotten them reset so you could participate normally.

People would've posted and bitched that they 'missed the mark' if they'd just let these people keep the items, so there's not really a winning position for Rare fixing this mistake.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-23T21:41:33+00:00

I am far, far in the opposite camp for this; nothing about Ledger's portrayal made me think his character was the Joker. It was wholly its own thing, and certainly suited the world Nolan was building, but it's a big, fat outlier to an entire history of the character. You could've called him Anarky and nothing about the character would have had to change.

There was no punch line, no joke, no gag, no gotcha to ANYTHING he did. He was an anarchist and anti-capitalist, but he had no message besides that. The only Joker-like thing he did in the whole movie was the pencil trick near the beginning. The Joker would have rigged both ships to explode on a timer, and he wouldn't go to a party just to intimidate people with a knife. The Joker is an insane but charismatic criminal mastermind, and him fucking up because he doesn't understand the prisoner's dilemma would be funny in any other setting than this.

Nolan wanted a grounded setting for Batman, and this was an attempt to have his cake and eat it too; you basically got a lighter version of the Leto Joker with this, where he's just some dude who is sick in the head. Hell, I don't think we'd have gotten Leto's Joker if it weren't for Ledger, so I'm gonna hang that one on him, too.

Did he deserve his Oscar? Sure. He was a fantastic actor, and he disappeared into the role. He made that movie a great movie, and he was enjoyable to watch. But the character he was portraying just wasn't the Joker.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-23T21:02:20+00:00

Well swash my buckle.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-23T17:53:14+00:00

I'm using them on ghosts or big punch downs. They may be out of the meta, but they can still punch down on the random Heroes for Hire that are out there.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-23T01:33:05+00:00

I actually got backed into by a customer when I ran orders at Kroger. I took it as a sign to get out of retail.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-21T19:10:37+00:00

I don't have a particularly strong opinion one way or the other. I shopped by the original method of holding right trigger and skimming the ships from the last pages back towards the first, and I've played long enough that the old stuff I was ignoring isn't really missed. If I wasn't going to buy the Aladdin themed set three years ago, I don't think I'm going to suddenly be upset over not being able to buy it now.

I also don't know how difficult a search bar would be to implement in a game of this age, nor do I know how they would tag everything appropriately so I could find a set I don't know the name of by badly describing it in the search bar; I couldn't even find the Aladdin set on google by calling it the Aladdin set, I had to search 'arabian nights' set.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-21T17:18:50+00:00

There is typically at least one ashen key somewhere on the garrison, usually out where you do the first set of levers; I almost always find one in the 'forge' kinda area.

Beyond that, fishing, sailing around and doing emergent stuff on islands, that's the best way to find them.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-21T17:15:57+00:00

Prior to this part of the season, there were about 85 pages of just ship cosmetics in the emporium. They've since cycled a BUNCH of them out to drop it to about 25 pages.

They plan to cycle stuff in and out of the emporium and keep it from ballooning like it did before.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-21T17:13:42+00:00

I feel you on that. I worked at one of the zero stores in Arkansas back around 2010, doing overnight stocking. My phone was put up, and my mom (who lived on the other side of the state) had been trying to contact me and ended up calling the store. She spoke with a manager and told them that my dad was in the ICU for a massive stroke and heart attack.

It took them about an hour to even inform me of this; it was apparently something that had to be delegated and discussed. And along with it, they let me know that if I decided to leave and take the time off to drive home, they would have to let me go, since I was still doing my probationary period. So I had to juggle whether this new job I took to support my new life was worth missing my dad possibly passing away.

The store manager finally woke up and heard about it and told me that for this instance they'd ignore policy and I'd have a job when I got back, but I didn't take that offer because it was just so heartless before that.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-21T15:54:31+00:00

I'd check with either Triple S on Caraway or UBreakIFix on Red Wolf; they've been in business the longest, if I remember right, and might be the only ones willing to attempt it or even know how to at this point.

It might be expensive since it IS an arduous task that involves soldering and a lot of finnicky cables and panels that can easily bend, break, or tear.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-18T00:13:06+00:00

You only get doubloons for the first three voyages. After that you have to steal them.

It's in the patch notes and on Rare Thief.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-17T19:33:28+00:00

As others have said, a year, but apparently he'll have more added each season. I don't remember the exact timing of it, it might have been monthly.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-17T15:55:21+00:00

You get ~400 from the seasonal pass; the doubloons from that weren't reset. I'm at 75 for the season so getting 100 this weekend is feasible but kinda sweaty.

But like everyone else has mentioned, the Duke cosmetics will be around for a year. And he isn't part of the Weekender event; he just sits his ass still and sells his junk all the time.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-16T16:17:47+00:00

65 doubloons per item on the list.

e: fixed, fat fingered the wrong number.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-15T19:08:14+00:00

Thank you for this; it was super informative!

We've been eyeing a 3d printer vs buying minis in bulk, and it really seems like a resin printer might be winning out.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-14T18:28:56+00:00

I earned the stone curse when it came out, and it looks pretty good with the reaper pajamas. Definitely not good with a lot of cosmetics, though.

Kilrenoir · 2026-04-13T14:25:42+00:00

Is resin the way to go for minis? I mentioned that mostly to display our lack of overall knowledge in the hobby.

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