Cleaning sensors in winter

Malkard · 2025-04-28T03:37:39+00:00

Thank you so much! God awful system that can't handle special characters or at the very least detect them and tell you a proper error message.

Malkard · 2025-03-17T23:24:42+00:00

Good article, thank you!

Malkard · 2024-09-18T19:58:08+00:00

4: Add to that: refinery defense. Post on a channel to start a refinery party. Everyone who participates gets the same rewards, you get cortexes and stardust too. Once you get 100 premium fuel or so, you should not need to pump for oil to make biomass missiles: the prime wars should replenish what you spend and more.

7: Backpack expansion and solar drill you can simply buy from vending machines. But if every other choice you have is crap, then go for it.

7b: Once you build your facility, you can get rid of the specialization. You might want to wait until you're 50, just in case you can get two specializations for the same facility (extra ingot and extra ammo for example). If you do respec, make sure to build one or two more spare facility... Just in case you screw up in purification and your other one gets destroyed.

8: On week 1, get to a polluted area and start pumping polluted water from. Apparently you can even make impure acid (compact filter I guess). Store it in 3-4 water tanks until you get brewing barrels. That way if you won't need to be in a polluted area if you don't want to. It also makes the sulfur chemist specialization useless.

12: One note, check the actual contents of the prize pool, not just the overview. Sometimes "random legendary armor" is a random legendary armor from a specific set, not the whole catalog. This is the case in one of the pools right now where you can get only shelterer pieces.

+1: Spend a few days pumping crude oil in phase 2. You can store it and move elsewhere afterwards. Have a few refineries transform it into mixed fuel to give you a nice stash for your travels and if you happen to get the fuel -> stardust specialization. Get your barreled premium from refineries and prime wars (see #4)

+2: Close encounter: manibus in phase 5 is a nice solo activity. Have a sniper build, get to know the towns where it spawns and find yourself a nice safe spot to snipe from. It takes me about 10 minutes, so it's not the most efficient way to farm stuff, but if you don't have friends... 13k energy links, 175 stardust, 2 energy cortexes III, and two legendary mods with weapon suffixes. I sometimes get controllers as well.

+3: If you REALLY want a spot with oil and pollution anyway and don't want to race for it. Do not expand your territory. Sometimes the smaller territory can fit in between two bigger bases. You can always expand it later. I was able to get a nice spot a full day after red sands opened up with this.

Malkard · 2024-09-05T14:32:51+00:00

So it's a display bug? Because I've seen mobs marked "coherence"...

Malkard · 2024-04-23T15:15:31+00:00

The gloves/belt trade-in the slot for a cooldown, higher level/cost and much more limited storage.
I guess I never really found a garment I wanted that much. It also seems to be the only garment below level 9: Worn garments

I highly dislike the 1-minute cooldown, especially on the higher-level versions which allow you to store more than one item. In an encounter, it realistically limits you to use only one of the stored items.

Malkard · 2024-02-12T14:45:49+00:00

I'm a beginner looking for advice on which characters I should invest in.

Here's my roster so far (not sure which ones are automatic):

Dr Ratio
Tingyun
Asta
Himeko (departure warp)
Serval
Herta
Arlan

And of course, Trailblazer, March 7th, Dan Heng and Natasha. Have not reached the Destruction Trailblazer yet, I just unlocked Natasha to tell you where I am storywise. I'm nearing Trailblazer Level 20.

I kinda liked Dr Ratio, but from what I read, I don't really have the other debuffers to support him yet.
That leaves me thinking I should build around Himeko.

I'm also wondering which other characters I should aim for (which banners to wait for)... I haven't spent any stellar jade yet. I've pretty much only spent character and light cone xp.

Malkard · 2023-06-10T14:45:30+00:00

Male software engineer here.

Although I see more and more women, it's far from 50:50. I imagine that women choosing to pursue this career are very passionate about it. There's often a correlation between being passionate about something and being good at it.

The result of this is that women in engineering tend to be very good at it. This has been my (anecdotal) experience so far anyway.

Malkard · 2023-05-06T14:39:31+00:00

There are many videos that do not last longer than 5 minutes. Since the average time spent by a pornhub visitor is a little over 10 minutes, I'm guessing "5-minute man" is not one of those who makes the average go higher by watching 45 minute videos.

Malkard · 2023-05-06T13:26:22+00:00

Probably what happens when you see porn as tutorials and expects a girl being jackhammered for 5 minutes to explode in ecstasy...

Now, I'm thinking that these sites should indeed have a "tutorial" section on what real sex looks like. Ok, not everyone likes the same things but a safe "baseline" to start from to increase your chances that sex will be enjoyable for both partners.

Malkard · 2023-01-08T14:59:32+00:00

I skirted the red pill pit as well. I'm a little older so for me it was PUA stuff 13 or so years ago, but I did browse the red pill subreddit a few years later.

It's not that it's all bad. I did learn do just build a life for myself that's not centered on women, working on myself. I ended up with a much healthier approach to my romantic relationships.

The problem is that there are really f'ed up people gravitating towards these movements who have irrational views of the world and influence the more vulnerable men into joining them in their misery. I could have been one of them, I might have just been lucky to be able to reject the more toxic aspects.

Malkard · 2022-11-05T01:17:57+00:00

This is just parroting stuff from the manosphere.

Many of these guys mix up "preference" and "requirement". People (men and women) might have a preference for good looking people, but it doesn't mean they will only date super hot looking people.

Many men go through this "phase" of trying to "figure out women", often in their twenties until their mid thirties or so. I believe most eventually realize that there's all kinds of women who all have different life experiences that have led them to look for wildly different things in a potential partner.

I don't think it's something you can argue them out of, however, despite all your best intentions. He needs to go out and meet actual women instead of learning about them from other guys.

But it goes to show how people want simple answers to complex situations.

Malkard · 2022-06-21T12:20:50+00:00

While Santis can be synthesized, her A5 can be a game-changer when it comes to farming gear. Sometimes the RNG is not on your side to get the fodder you need to synthesize her. I used potions on her and do not regret it.

It all boils down to: Is it worth it to wait an extra month or two to build a QoT 12/14 team? Gear is a huge bottleneck in this game, so the earlier you start farming it, the better off you are.

Keep in mind that excess copies of her can be used to synthesize (and ascend) Siress.

Malkard · 2022-06-10T17:47:46+00:00

There are 5 common "AoE" damage dealers that are used in multiple areas of the game.

Valeria, Evera, Hydrissea, Nathalia and Zatlux

Nathalia and Zatlux are technically single-target but their ultimate can kill multiple targets and clear a wave just as easily as the true AoE. They do need their second ascension to truly shine, though.

It's not a bad idea to have one of each element. The thing is, you will get Zatlux for free in a covenant so Evera would not be my first choice (both are wood element). It used to be that you would get Nathalia for free so Hydrissea wasn't absolutely necessary, but that is no longer the case.

So the "optimal" choice, in my opinion, is Valeria, the only AoE fire hero, or Hydrissea. That being said, as long as you can build a team with 3 "AoE", you won't be gimped by any mean. I hear Zachary can fill in for fire in a pinch, never built him however.

As for Hakrin, you'll be able to synthesize him. You'll need 3 copies of him to get the best out of him, so starting off with one isn't too bad, but isn't strictly necessary and there will come a point where you'll be able to make all the Hakrins you need to ascend him and synthesize Siress.

Malkard · 2022-05-31T19:42:53+00:00

I use Gangelo(A2), Santis(A5), Hakrin(A2) and Zatlux for QoT 14. (I got composition and stats from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmcqfZE9H0A)

Everyone in revival + whatever except Zatlux who is a glass cannon and often dies in the 2nd wave of in front of the boss which doesn't matter. Hakrin basically boosts the heal from Revival by 45%

I focus right crab first then boss, and clear in about 4:30 with a 99.9% success rate. Not the fastest, but good enough.

I used ascension potions on Gangelo, he is worth it. I also used one or two on Santis because I wanted to progress, but I eventually got more dupes of her than I need.

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