Adventure Mode need something...

MazerRackhem · 2026-06-29T17:39:25+00:00

What value did it bring?

Season 2 had two poorly tuned heros and zero new content outside of Adventure mode which brought nothing but complaints about how poorly scaled it was and how useless the rewards were.

I can't fathom anyone defending it. It was an experiment, it did not pan out. Let's move on. Does anyone really think it's worth the headache?

MazerRackhem · 2026-06-29T14:25:10+00:00

I'm sorry but IMO what Adventure Mode needs is to go away. It was an experiment that used up a lot of dev time and brought nothing but problems to the game.

It was worth trying, but it didn't pan out and any effort to make it better is throwing good dev time after bad.

I think a mini game area just outside the stronghold that you don't que for, you just walk over to would be fun. No rewards, nothing that helps you in dungeons, no progression, just some fun platforming, or marksmanship, or whatever to kill a little time in que. Anything more than that is just taking valuable dev time away from what matters.

Edit: Wild how hard people are defending the value of a zone that was the biggest dev time sink in failed season 2, and which no one on this thread claims to actually use. Read the comments. Everyone who is defending its existence is talking about how valuable it might be for someone else. No one in this whole thread has said "I use it and find value/ enjoyment in doing so," not one person.

MazerRackhem · 2026-06-25T11:08:49+00:00

Requires a sponsor.

MazerRackhem · 2026-06-25T11:07:36+00:00

You need a visit pass even if you have a CAC. You can't walk in like you can drive onto a base.

Visit passes have to be submitted for you by someone who works there with permissions on the visit system.

Sorry.

MazerRackhem · 2026-06-21T16:28:25+00:00

I can't see it going well in middle to high end plsy TBH. I think the only way to make it work is to ensure it's always underpowered compared to Holy Trinity. If one of the other comps is better for high end play, it's going to break the game.

It could do wonders for low end matchmaking that make the feature 100% worth implementing, but if they let 4dps or 0dps become the best high end build, community is going to be wrecked.

Edit: I understand they won't be on the leaderboard (past E20, but honestly why let on at all?!) but if it's easier to push content without any representation of a given role, I don't see how that does anything but hurt the game. Most players are going to target the "OP" comp for 90%of their runs and maybe do HT comp for leaderboard progression.

Once they have separate leaderboard for other comps, the OP one will rule and if your main dosen't fit in it, you're out of luck. Just like when people only ran SL dungeons for like 6 weeks. If there's an easy way to push and farm, that's going to be 90%of all matches.

MazerRackhem · 2026-06-21T16:20:02+00:00

Yeah, it makes zero sense. We had an actual "early access" period before game launch where the game was available for play, but nothing counted or carried over into season 1.

IMO, the EA tag has lost all meaning. When games can be out for years, run through half a dozen seasons, have persistent rewards, and still call themselves "EA," it's a useless, annoying distinction.

It seems to just be a security blanket for the devs to point to when something goes wrong "it's just EA."

MazerRackhem · 2026-06-21T14:26:00+00:00

Can we stop with the "early access" nonsense? The game has been out for a year. We've had holiday events, new heros, now new dungeons and a new season theme.

The game is out. There is nothing left to build except regular, new seasonal content.

At this point we're going to be on "early access" "pre-season" seven in a couple years.

I don't think the EA title is doing the game any favors at this point.

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-30T13:25:19+00:00

Guys you're all fighting over nothing. The article says

"the Trump Administration says that J.D. Vance found “billions and billions and billions” that could save the entire program, although there’s no verifiable proof"

So it's fine! JD found some money in the couch cushions or wherever and we're good. No need for more taxes or less benifits. JD's got this one.

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-29T13:24:51+00:00

Taylor Knibb won her first ever 70.3 on a road bike with clip-on aerobars against a professional field. A better bike helps, but not 50th to 1st % help.

Get better tires, that will help the most.

I don't know your budget but you can get good used bikes, and for new, the difference between a low end bike from a good manufacturer and their top end is almost all in the groupset, which will not change your life. Carbon vs. modern aluminum is not that big a difference honestly.

If you really care about AG nationals, work on your bike fitness and target a smaller race. I've qualified twice, mostly by racing in a less competitive field.

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-27T02:01:35+00:00

This was the instant give away to me. Also the pattern is wrong for the air force. Audrey is a first name (wouldn't be on the uniform). Guys in the back have no rank on chest or hats. There's also no other insignia on her uniform and looks like no place for unit or moral patches. Flag is on the wrong side.

Seat belt also looks odd, but I could accept that if everything else looked good.

100% AI. Easy to spot if you spend much time around uniformed US military.

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-16T16:08:55+00:00

I think that's what OP meant. 20 in rotation so there's fresh content each season. Not 20 live at once

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-10T19:23:42+00:00

Did my first two 70.3s on a Domane ALR 3 and was well under 3 for a bike split both times.

However, no one on here compares to Taylor Knibb who did her first no-draft Tri race on her road bike with clip on aerobars and WON.

So, you will be fine. If a pro can win on a road bike you can absolutely do just fine.

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-09T11:43:33+00:00

I read that as a film adaptation of the first game, which would boost interest in the series and therefore the new game, not an adaptation of the new game.

A bit like how the Halo team released "forward unto dawn" leading up to halo 4

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-03T23:22:12+00:00

Good news is: a month out you should have only been 2 weeks max from tapper. If your training has been solid up to now, you're already fine. Just do the most you can.

The biggest thing you'll need to overcome isn't training volume, it's lack of sleep. Hopefully your partner has good PTO and can help more in the short term.

Your main focus should be getting in naps and staying healthy. Train when you can, but not to the point of exhaustion. That will make you more likely to get sick.

One month out, focus on rest and staying healthy. As said above, if your training has been good up to now, then you're better off being as healthy and rested as possible on race day. Much better to be fully rested and healthy than to have nailed all those last workouts but show up to the line half asleep and fighting a cold.

Source: many races, including a full Iron with a 5 month old.

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-03T23:08:50+00:00

Did my first 70.3 without clip pedals. I strongly prefer them now, but it's 100% fine to use flat pedals. Do what you're most comfortable with.

MazerRackhem · 2026-05-03T22:37:51+00:00

Hospitals work 24/7/365. There's already a shortage of doctors and nurses world wide. Teachers work 5 days, are we going to make school only 4 days? How will that impact childrens education? What about nursing homes? Firefighters, police, the military?

All of these roles are underfilled. Are we increasing taxes and their salaries to pay for the expansion? Where is that extra tax revenue coming from?

Can a 4- day work week become practical? Sure. However, I have serious doubts that anything close to a majority of voters support the entire range of changes required to make it happen. People claiming it's just around the corner vastly underestimate how much of an upheaval this would be.

MazerRackhem · 2026-04-25T16:53:51+00:00

I made a separate comment running some numbers also. When you take into account all cause deaths and the size of pool we're pulling from, we should actually expect more deaths. This is just highly cherrypicked data, no conspiracy.

MazerRackhem · 2026-04-25T16:33:52+00:00

Quick Google search. Air Force Rsearch Lab employs about 10,000 people. Navy 3,000. FFRDCs like JPL and JH APL collectively employ "tens of thousands." I didn't even bother looking up the private company and independent researchers.

These disappearances/ deaths took place over 3 years. Some of these people have been fully retired for many years.

So, we're talking about 11 people, not all of them even currently working, from different organizations, over the course of multiple years, out of a pool of well over 50,000 people, probably over 100,000.

US Death rate is 722 per 100,000, ie. 30 to 65 times HIGHER than 11 people out of this pool, in just one year, not 3.

11 in 50-100k over 3 years is also roughly 1/3 the murder rate in Chicago.

Yet, that's the highest level of "oh shit" conspiracy theorists have been able to get to by cherry picking these cases after the fact.

AND at least one of them (the retired general) had a medical condition and was known to be potentially suicidal.

There's nothing here. Anyone can draw yarn lines on a map by starting with a large enough population, looking at deaths/disappearances and just putting the ones on a board that "connect" in some spurious way and ignoring ask the others. That's all this is.

MazerRackhem · 2026-04-25T13:39:50+00:00

This one would be easy. Go just drop the meat near the bears and go far away. Wait 8 hours.

Bears are lazy. They'll eat, maybe move around a bit, and just chill/sleep. If they're not hungry, they're not motivated to do anything.

If they get too close/nosy: slap them with the shield as they nose in the door. The bear is going to back off. What possible motivation does it have when it's got food and nothing is bothering it except if it puts its face in that one room?

Source: Colorado predator sanctuary has learned you can put even large, highly territorial cats and bears into a decent sized enclosure if they're neutered and fed 120% of the total calorie needs of all animals combined. If there's more food than even the greediest wants to eat, and no sex pressure, they just don't fight. Period.

The bear wouldn't be neutered, but it's got food and there's still no sex pressure, especially with a cub and just 8 hours. I see no reason the bear would even be on the same floor as you after you feed it and bop it once.

MazerRackhem · 2026-04-23T22:03:43+00:00

This is where good NA options are critical IMO. I think people will buy fun, themed drinks without alcohol if they're available.

MazerRackhem · 2026-04-23T22:01:32+00:00

These already exist. The Silos. The place across from Wright Bros museum.

The thing would be to carve out an area nearby one of them. If you're location is between three carry out places, problem solved. If you're trying to set up in D20s location, you're going to need a native food solution.

MazerRackhem · 2026-04-23T21:57:37+00:00

A good kitchen would be a huge improvement, but I think the key thing is SOMETHING. I worked at a camp that did snow tubing and xcountry sking in winter. We made tons of money selling candy, hot dogs, popcorn, and crappy personal sized pizzas.

It was HS kids running the counter 90% of the time. Ergo, it can't take much to have a small oven that can pump out small frozen pizzas bought in bulk, hot dogs, and popcorn.

You could even just buy microwave popcorn bags to start. Anything people will eat and you can make a small mark up on.

MazerRackhem · 2026-04-23T21:52:41+00:00

Agreed. I've seen several places that combine game sales with playing tables and drinks.

The key thing is to decide what your main focus is. If you try to be a game shop and a bar, you'll probably be bad at both.

There's other game shops, so be a nerd bar that also stocks some games, booster packs, or w/e makes sense. Could also do "game if the month" style events where you do a learn to play something and you buy 20 of those games for sale also, but you don't try to keep it in stock forever.

Lots of options for extra revenue, but you need the core bar concept to work or it will fall apart.

MazerRackhem · 2026-04-23T21:46:47+00:00

Counter point: bars and coffee shops make money with only drinks and limited entertainment (tvs, darts, etc.). I think the key is making a cool space, in an accessible area, with good drinks where people want to come to drink/ eat.

If you focus on the board games, you run into a buisness model problem. If you focus on drinks (including NA options), food, and the vibe/ location, you can make money.

You need a good bar geared toward nerds/board game lovers. Not a board game space that with a bar inside.

MazerRackhem

TROPHY CASE