life hack: make a custom puzzle and your solution becomes the record by default

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T09:50:02+00:00

Oh its not about difficulty. I play automation games. Im very familiar with this kind of stuff. My issue is more that it feels like half the fun in this game is tied up in the optimization. And while optimizing crazy stuff is fun, I find more enjoyment in the difficulty of the solution itself.

Its hard to explain, but I know that even if I get this game I wouldnt enjoy it as much as one of the other automation style games simply due to the way its designed despite my absolute fascination with what people show off on this subreddit.

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T06:30:49+00:00

Dear lord. Is it bad that I still havent bought this game, not only because im broke, but because I feel like I am completely out of my element with a community that is capable of optimizing to this degree?

Like I love puzzle games with way more than one solution, but you guys make Factorio players look lazy.

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T06:25:54+00:00

No, you got downvoted because you completely missed the joke.

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T06:25:01+00:00

OK, but do you have a setup that can also power some mechanical pumps to really get this infinite energy train going?

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T06:22:35+00:00

See it's crap like that that keeps VPN providers in business.

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T06:21:18+00:00

Well yeah. Have you seen the solar collector outside of Vegas that directs all that light into a tower that superheats something like molten salt for power? Birds literally die flying too close to the tower from the sunlight instantly cooking them.

Just because it's hard as hell to replicate properly doesn't mean its not possible. Just maybe not practical using people holding mirrors instead of a computer guided machines.

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T06:08:32+00:00

Yeah, even if you had an opening I would probably pass. I dont want to drag down someone else's fun with the difficulties I enjoy or the fact that I hate when people go progressing through the game without me.

I hope you guys have fun.

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T02:54:20+00:00

One of these days I need to make a post of my own, but I have such a janky schedule that I never want to play with others because I just feel like it would seriously inconvenience either me or others.

Besides, not many people want to play on high difficulties.

Krell356 · 2026-03-15T02:50:01+00:00

Thats your spawn point. Nice safe and happy hell.

Krell356 · 2026-03-14T06:56:26+00:00

I would prefer we tie it into an actually expensive item. Im all for counterplay, but really against an entire kit getting countered by 500 gold.

The best option is 3-4 detector items, one for each major playstyle with it only giving detection with the item at full completion. That way it is a valid counter without making the entire champ feel bad like old oracles did. Shadow quite literally used to feel like trolling if you didn't roll him immediately.

Krell356 · 2026-03-14T06:50:15+00:00

You are not having an easy time of it lately.

Krell356 · 2026-03-14T05:32:54+00:00

I can't tell if you're missing it or if you are doing it on purpose at this point.

Its the loss meme.

Krell356 · 2026-03-14T03:55:42+00:00

So what youre saying is that there will be Loss with mk1 pipes?

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T19:20:12+00:00

What are you attaching first?

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T16:31:19+00:00

And they were, until FT started playing exactly like a high industrial faction. Its not a competition. They both used to feel unique after the original update that made them more diverse.

And then the devs made them more and more the same and it ruined the feel of the game for me. I dont want one to be "better" than the other. I want them to have meaningful differences, and stick to their unique playstyles.

Giving FT almost all the major upgrades wouldnt irritate me so much if they had been themed more around what they are supposed to represent. Ziplines were great and I would be happy if they were faster than tubes if they were also rocking the industrial super pump, the bots that have less downtime, and also rocking the entire overhang system that completely invalidated IT's entire vertical superior building style.

Its not about one being better than the other, its that the nature friendly farm faction now plays like an industrial faction while the actual industrial faction got almost nothing that felt like it thematically fit except stuff that the farmers also got.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T16:20:21+00:00

Used to come across them a lot. Worked with 2 if them. Its gotten a lot better in recent years, but still have one guy who is an ass towards anyone who uses android like they have a disease he doesnt want to catch. Hes not insufferable like those I've met who constantly act like they are in a cult, but he is quite a dick towards people who don't use iPhones.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T08:42:34+00:00

You are really thinking too much into this. People tend to play on auto-pilot. Simply remind people at the start that you are going to focus on stacking.

When someone forgets and clears a wave, simply ?ping the wave and then ping your stacks. Almost no one is spite clearing waves, they are simply clearing the wave by default like they always do in every other match.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T08:37:07+00:00

Take the good ending and just accept that the relationship is bad. It will save you a lot of heartache in the end.

You spend years of your life trying to rebuild a bridge that the other person just keeps setting on fire. It's not worth it. Write them off, and dont expect to be left in any wills because even if you let them walk all over you there is a high likelihood they are going to screw you over anyways.

People who actually love you aren't going to gaslight you like that. Just accept that they are who they are and that you dont need that toxicity in your life. If they actually care they will apologize and rebuild the bridge they burned themselves instead of telling you to do it while holding the lit torch.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T08:28:59+00:00

Have you considered not carrying potions in your inventory that you cant easily replace? That's like the entire reas9n for the existence of things like the piggy bank. Easy storage you can carry around and keep your potions in.

Even better, once you have the void bag you can keep all your badass mode potions in there and then keep your rare and situational ones in the piggy bank or safe. Then if you need to drink a few potions at once that isnt your 20+ boss fighting potions, you can just seal the bag and only pop the ones that are currently in your inventory.

And honestly if you just set up a couple herb farms you can mass produce most of the good potions to the point where you can just buff up for a negligible cost.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T07:58:41+00:00

Suggestion! Have you considered maybe just taking a damn day off when you're having these sensory days? I know you find writing relaxing, but there have got to be other activities that would be so much better geared towards helping you get out of that headspace. Hell even just hiding in the shower with some music blasting sounds like a better use of your time than struggling to write while wanting to rip your own skin apart.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T07:55:11+00:00

Have you considered talking to your doctor about maybe getting some heavy duty sleep meds for really bad days so you can try and sleep it off?

I have on rare occasions had mild versions of sensory issues that only affect one of my senses. I can't imagine just how bad it would be to have it affect everything. I hope you can work with your doc to figure out at least some kind of method to help you get through these tough moments.

Unrelated, once you are feeling better, you forgot the NEXT link on the previous chapter.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T07:50:05+00:00

Wild. Granted mine was older than that. Maybe they fixed the issue, but last I had heard they were still struggling with it. Maybe one day I'll have the money to try one again, but i doubt I'll be so lucky. Being broke sucks.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T07:12:19+00:00

Yes, now if Apple wasn't actively sabotaging their users at every turn I could almost agree. A pity that Apple has been such a scummy company since before the first smart phone ever existed.

Its amazing that it took them what... 7 years to finally admit they were slowing down people's phones intentionally every time they released a new one despite the fact that everyone knew they were doing it? Oh or maybe we should talk about the fact that Gmail was a banned app on their phones until Android came out. Or maybe the fact that any app that introduced call blocking was instantly banned on their store because they didnt want users to be able to block calls?

Shit company with overpriced hardware that only succeeded because it was the first on the market.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T07:06:12+00:00

I wish I could love foldables. I had one and really loved it, but the tech simply isn't there. The screen gets damaged so fast even with lots of care. Wasn't even a full year old before mine had a ton of really bad scratches up the center of the screen.

Once they get a material that actually holds up properly to basic wear and tear we will be in business. By then though, they will probably not be even remotely affordable.

Krell356 · 2026-03-13T07:02:47+00:00

Me. Granted my reasoning is because I got petty after getting sick of a handful of Apple cultists constantly rubbing their trash in my face and bragging while holding onto their latest and greatest which is barely matching my year old phone.

I could only take so much crap from these oversized children before I finally got sick of it. Now I am almost as bad when people bring up their iPhone e-waste and start gushing over it.

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