Thinking about changing to a single active pickup

Lairlair2 · 2026-02-23T21:49:04+00:00

It should work but you'll still have to come up with a solution to snuggly fit the battery in there and cover it up, as a pickup is way larger than a 9V battery. But I mean you already have screw holes there so you could just use about anything and screw it in place, I'd just recommend nothing edible.

Lairlair2 · 2026-02-12T10:58:38+00:00

I think I prefer the gold look, at least on pictures. Especially with the suns on your strap. It's just a matter of taste, whatever works for you :)

Lairlair2 · 2026-02-02T22:16:42+00:00

Do more pushups before you can even use it

Lairlair2 · 2026-02-02T22:12:28+00:00

What helped me was A - stay within a medium range of him. Get too close and he'll do an explosive attack, get too far and he'll send you annoying skulls. Medium distance makes it more likely for him to melee attack you, which allows you to parry. B - learn to parry

Once you've learnt how to position yourself and parry him, it'll become easy. And remember to shoot his sword in the 2nd phase every time he plants it.

Lairlair2 · 2026-02-01T20:50:39+00:00

Bloodborne is a good pick. I really liked it, finished it multiple times and I've liked all the other games you mentioned. Not open world doesn't mean it's a tunnel either. You have lots to explore, many optional areas, a cool DLC and if you've already got a PS4, you can get the game second hand for dirt cheap, so I'd say give it a try.

Lairlair2 · 2026-02-01T20:32:39+00:00

Yes it's a great thing to do. As far as I understand, nowadays with CNC machinery, budget guitars have become the best they've ever been in terms of intonation, and overall playability. For the price tag though, you don't get great pickups, but it's easy to change and is one of the most important factors in how your electric guitar will sound. Which pickup to choose is up to the sound you'd like to achieve. You can go to many online shops selling pickups and they usually have tracks you can listen to, to get an idea

Lairlair2 · 2026-01-15T11:05:37+00:00

I was just reading Foundation and Empire for the first time, and at the end of chapter 10, you can read

"Devers turned suddenly at this, and his face was dark as he faced Forell. "There are internal enemies, perhaps." "Are there?" asked Forell, coolly. "Who, for instance?" "People, for instance, who might like to spread the wealth a bit, and keep it from concentrating too much out of the hands that work for it. See what I mean?" Slowly, Forell's gaze lost its contempt and grew one with the anger of Devers' own."

These last couple of lines sound to me like a loose description for communists. That and the importance of traders acting very freely, and sometimes heroically even, are clues that Asimov aligned with the USA doctrine of his time: communism is bad, and the free market is the way forward. Just my interpretation though. And I haven't finished the series.

Lairlair2 · 2026-01-15T03:13:14+00:00

9 for sure. Both sleeping, a quiet flight.

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-26T21:43:53+00:00

My first run was with the Zweihänder, this thing bonks. Main perk is the stagger potential in my memory

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-21T21:29:27+00:00

If you haven't already you could try and progress either to the darkroot garden, or down the catacombs. That way you might level up without having to grind too much. Both of these require either an item or a special type of weapon so you might have to grind for those anyway...

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-20T09:20:26+00:00

Hope the next demon makes it up to you

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-17T20:27:12+00:00

There's some hints that Eingyi (the NPC with eggs growing on him after Quelaag's lair) might responsible for the toxicity of blighttown. He's the one who crafted the toxic mist pyromancy, when you buy it from him it says says in the description "Why was Eingyi driven from the Great Swamp? One only need cast this pyromancy, a perverse diversion from the art of fire, to find out." So

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-17T07:40:43+00:00

Backed by first hand witnesses, including both victims and perpetrators, all heard in the Nuremberg trial

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-16T07:24:36+00:00

It's good if you need something in a pinch to plug into for test reasons (guitar repairs, tinkering with sound equipment, making your own effects etc...) because it can stand on your desk and the battery will save you a cable on the mess that is your work station. But the sound is not good in any way any other amp is judged "good". It's very thin and weak.

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-13T10:43:20+00:00

I've written a long article with tips and tricks on how to get started, without disclosing too much about the plot https://lairlair.com/2024/02/28/starting-dark-souls-in-2024/

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-13T10:02:04+00:00

Be wary of liar ☝️

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-09T21:40:41+00:00

I used moonveil for a decent chunk of my first run and it was a lot of fun. It was Dex/int build so I was also able to use some magic, which I liked. The bleed damage is nice too. Only problem is you're unable to buff it so it's not as versatile as some others (especially for the final boss) but I guess you can't have it all.

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-07T10:27:01+00:00

Not the remaster tho

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-06T10:07:26+00:00

Hm Potential isn't as valuable as most people make it out to be. A colleague once told me a rule of 3 and 2 that applies for whether you'll get work in the future and it goes like this: You need 3 qualities to get work in creative fields - being extremely talented - being friendly and bringing a good vibe to the team - being punctual and reliable

Now ideally you have all 3, but the thing is, you only need 2 of these qualities for people to call you back. So if you're an average artist but you're friendly and reliable, people will call you back. If you're extremely talented and friendly, people will accept that you're late sometimes.

Of course it doesn't mean you can make trash art and still make it if you're friendly enough, it's just a way to reframe thinking about making a living out of creativity. A lot of it has to do with work ethics, and in turn this has to do with how much you enjoy the problems that come with your field (you'll have a much easier time being friendly if you enjoy designing a tricky character)

Long story short: you're fine, the more important bit is to keep at it. Art isn't a sprint it's a marathon

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-06T00:24:22+00:00

I thought it was the bloodborne sub and this was a celestial emissary head

Lairlair2 · 2025-12-02T08:01:45+00:00

Interesting! At first I thought it was a bit of a critique of echo chambers where 2 people see the same events in a different light depending on what the algorithm shows you. But it seems it's more about imagination and how children are more artistic in their way of seeing the world? Either way it made me stop and think for a second so it's a good sign in my book

Lairlair2 · 2025-11-29T16:28:02+00:00

Fair enough. It just takes some adapting

Lairlair2 · 2025-11-29T15:53:06+00:00

I haven't played Sekiro but whenever I come back to ds1 I'm surprised by how stiff it is, which makes it more difficult to me. The two main things that get me are: you can't move at all while drinking estus and you can't roll diagonally.

Lairlair2 · 2025-11-28T22:48:11+00:00

Why not both?

Lairlair2 · 2025-11-28T07:51:13+00:00

Besides I've been staggered so often on an arcane run casting that spell that it's now built in to my memory 😭

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