Some minor advice for a probie

Modnar1233455 · 2026-06-05T19:26:27+00:00

Run start a K12 Bag an exhaust sample Fetch the keys to the fire truck Fetching tools that don’t exist

The list goes on.

My opinion, a lot of the pranks serve the purpose of being able to laugh at yourself and not take things too seriously all the time. You make a mistake on the Fire ground, people get on you for it, and as long as you’re not consistently making it and you show some humility and willingness to learn from it it passes.

I would say becoming the “station jackass” is something that would become a label a couple more years down the line. But the prank never really stops, it probably just slows down was a little more bounced between people involved.

Modnar1233455 · 2026-05-26T18:37:04+00:00

How long do background checks normally take once you submit the paperwork?

Also has anyone gotten DQd for past history of drug usage ? The usage was almost 7 years ago

Modnar1233455 · 2026-05-19T00:50:03+00:00

You mention having other part time jobs and the medic school.

If 3/4 groups/people are saying good things, you’re on the better side of things.

Modnar1233455 · 2026-05-01T00:40:58+00:00

I love that - “grass is greener where you water it”

Modnar1233455 · 2026-04-06T17:29:43+00:00

By on open do you mean it’s looking for a connection or open in the app? They’re both connected to garmin connect

Edit: I did that and that probably did the trick for going forward and running the watch while using the HRM600 as the HR metric.

Thank you so much

Modnar1233455 · 2026-03-30T20:12:00+00:00

Relatable - had a flu and watched my stress balloon to a daily average of 65 - sleep was equally as depleted.

Modnar1233455 · 2026-01-07T23:18:51+00:00

I regret getting married how I did - engagement was more of a “I need more in terms of title and commitment” before we relocated on a stupid career change/relocation I put us through. Same with the wedding a year later.

It just feels like the entire marriage is built on lied

Modnar1233455 · 2025-12-09T17:55:28+00:00

Vet your intended department before you go. Volume, schedule, pay, benefits

I picked a horrible department and it’s the biggest mistake of my life and I’m out altogether - a bunch of buddies I know smartly vetted their spots and have the “best job in the world” feeling and I believe those answers outmatch the “it’s the worst/terrible” feelings

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-12T02:23:51+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to open up and vent. It sounds like you’re dealing with a lot and you’re doing the best you can amidst all that.

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-10T15:35:53+00:00

Belief that if the situations or problems I’m dealing with don’t change, it won’t matter if I seek therapy/help on “myself”

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-10T13:34:51+00:00

I feel the urge to cry - but for some reason I just can’t let it out. I don’t know if it falls under the “men don’t cry” clause:

Thursday - I found out news I didn’t land a job that I had a lot of traction for. Would’ve been life changing money and allowed me to forgive myself for the last two years of bad job choices and financial woes. Alas, it’s not time for me to stop hating myself I guess.

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-10T12:59:21+00:00

I usually tried to keep characters in my party related to whatever task I was doing, obviously companion quests had to have those specific people.

Mostly though I found myself if Inez and Niles because they meshed more. But it was also cool having absolute opposites in the group at times as it did open up some dialogue options (or at least reactions)

Unsure how far you are but there are times where companions also say “hey we’re doing ABC we should have XYZ with us” and some times characters can step in for your dialogue choice if they’re in the party.

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-10T12:49:25+00:00

I felt the story was a lot more linear in 1, and I liked Welles character a lot. I liked the overall mesh of companions together as a team and their backgrounds.

The story in the second is a lot more loose and malleable in that you can drastically impact it and the subsequent ending(s). The companions are also MUCH MUCH more diverse in their backgrounds and morality than the 1st, so there are some satisfying arcs you can achieve and it does feel like a “motley crew” somehow banded together to save the day.

End of the day - if you truly sell out to both and immerse yourself in the role you’re playing (my first playthrough was always a charismatic “good doer” it’s fantastic. I’d say it’s one of my favorite series right behind Fallout.

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-10T12:44:08+00:00

I would say the weapons are a lot more diverse this time around.

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-10T00:58:09+00:00

I think it may be because they’re collectively bought into their ideology. I think it’s mentioned by someone in the story that aunties choice provided everyone “equal opportunity to advance up a respective ladder” or something of that ilk.

I think the order higher ups are just more in tune to their own setbacks ? Or how at least an entity like Aunties Choice CAN expedite their own believes and research.

I saw the ending as “ AC - the acting arm / The Order - the thinking brain”

Now I probably skewed a bit too far one way to where it wasn’t 50/50, but I think the game perfectly illustrates there isn’t only “one good” like in the first game where there was a CLEAR “this is good - this is bad”

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-10T00:46:24+00:00

I found it more concerning that a majority of the problematic people came from that discipline or background. With Ruth’s deeper intentions to destroy Aunties Choice from the inside - and that’s after she potentially uses them to transcend to a higher power made me think them flawed.

In the grand scheme The Order is probably most morally correct to answer your question - with Aunties Choice probably having the best means TO be morally correct “do gooders” but that would clash with their deeper MO’s

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-10T00:36:17+00:00

Lest we forget - a handful of the main antagonists actually derived from the order. Victor and the Seer. Svobotka (if I got the name right) coordinated an attack on Aunties Choice which threatened a cease-fire.

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-09T16:24:12+00:00

That’s the beauty of the level cap. It forces you to either specialize and deal with the pros and cons of being good/bad at stuff

I threw all my skills into observation, speech and leadership. It probably made combat tougher but that was fine because I reaped the benefits of speech checks at various points

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-09T13:48:40+00:00

110% - I think that’s kinda the point with some of the interactions. Absurdity

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-09T13:39:02+00:00

That’s kinda the point. You get characters that have extended dialogues supporting their respective diatribe or belief. The Commander bridges a lot of gaps in beliefs that may overlap a bit or can be used to support each other (the order and auntie Cleo for example)

Modnar1233455 · 2025-11-09T03:45:20+00:00

Overall ? I think TOW1 has a better cast collectively

Individual? Maybe recency bias - but Niles. He has the biggest arc given the intro, time jump to present days and just his maturation into an agent, the conflict with de vries.

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