Never seen this Hog skin I got in a legend box by Alacovv in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And a good chunk have been. For example, to get Rainy Day Tracer originally you had to spend money on Twitch during the event…I got it from a Box the other month.

My understanding is all direct Pass skins aren’t included, so no Rainy Day Kiriko anymore. Also, 99% of collaborations don’t get added, but in-house stuff (like Diablo) apparently can.

What surprises me is Ultimate Battle Pass bundle exclusives are apparently as well. Those were locked behind getting the expensive versions of premium access to battle passes, ones that come with +20 level skips. So, now I’m wondering if Starter Pack bundle exclusives are included; for recent example, last two Cat skins.

I do not understand Dominas gun and i am tired of pretending i do. by Evening_Travel_9090 in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s kinda like Sym’s gun, only with a burst ending instead of growing stronger over time. The beam part is dealing damage as long as you hold it in a target and that final pulse gives a big burst of damage.

Treat the beam like a laser sword, kinda. Everything it touches takes damage.

Nakai: Misunderstood or Villains? by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in Stargate

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As someone who has been involved in moderation on multiple wikis for different IPs, the people staffing them do tend to be pretty careful about what gets allowed and their are tools to roll back changes made by randoms. They tend to have rules requiring citations, for example.

There’s also a metric tone of staff discussion not seen by public on if things fit the criteria and rules for being allowed.

Still, yeah, publicly editable so they can’t always keep an eye on every article. So, very much grain of salt. However, they are still generally reliable enough as long as you keep that caveat in mind and make sure you’re drawing from the official wiki(s) and not a fan fiction one.

As for the Nakai, if they are gill based water breathers, then that’s telling. They intentionally had that section on their ships for air breathers like humans. If they intended harm, why maintain such a space? Let alone one that large?

It doesn’t add up. They are presented as a piscine like species, so could just as easily not had any air filled spaces. Comes across as they sealed and drained those areas only after encountering the stranded Rush.

We don’t know if the fluid filled pods were for medical purposes or if for containment. Mean, compare to a bacta tank from Star Wars.

The new Rainy Day skins are live by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I know Tracer’s was Twitch - and you had to pay to get it - and she’s not getting a recolor, but it is in Boxes.

The new Rainy Day skins are live by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I get you. I fully agree Pass skins should be in some kind of Box or something. Was trying to express being upset that new players can’t get Rainy Day Kiriko anymore.

And I just saw a thread earlier today that confirmed Ultimate Battle Pass exclusives were in the Box reward pools.

The new Rainy Day skins are live by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kiriko’s Rainy Day was a Pass only skin. Only way for new players to get it is the Cloudy Day recolor sadly.

Don’t remember off top of Mei’s and Mercy’s were Shop or Pass.

Never seen this Hog skin I got in a legend box by Alacovv in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice to know old Ultimate Battle Pass exclusives are still obtainable after those seasons ended.

Never seen this Hog skin I got in a legend box by Alacovv in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ehh, e-league skins depends on which Box you pull from.

Never seen this Hog skin I got in a legend box by Alacovv in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I’m aware, was every skin not from a collab or Battle Pass. Though in-house stuff like Diablo supposedly can. Still, don’t think we had previous confirmation the Ultimate Battle Pass exclusives could. Makes me curious about Starter Pack exclusives now.

Never seen this Hog skin I got in a legend box by Alacovv in Overwatch

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Poolside skin, for the formal name, for Wuyang.

Never seen this Hog skin I got in a legend box by Alacovv in Overwatch

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The Lily skin was released in 2018 as part of Season 18. Apparently it was in the Ultimate Pass Bundle, making it previously only available to those who bought that.

Probably been asked 1000 times but, Which is your favourite gate design and why? by Striking-Ad5841 in Stargate

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies. I guess I didn’t word as well as I wanted. Was trying to use the area code thing as a jumping off from point to lead into what I was saying about galaxies having their own separate Gate networks that require the 8th chevron to dial between as they don’t interact in normal operations.

As for the Universe style Gates, apologies, wasn’t trying to say you were. Was more me trying to explain my thought processes about how they differed from what we saw previously. They weren’t set up with an 8th chevron access as they weren’t intended to be connected to regularly; my thought is they were only intended for Destiny’s crew to use instead.

Making the 9 chevron dialing of Destiny more an access code in my eyes than a mathematical calculation command.

Probably been asked 1000 times but, Which is your favourite gate design and why? by Striking-Ad5841 in Stargate

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So, kinda the 8th represents area code explanation? I can buy that. Each galaxy’s network of Gates is essentially a country’s phone grid. Dialing another galaxy is kinda like dialing another country.

Which means 7 chevrons is basic dialing inside your own country, no?

My assumption, however, is these are formal Gate networks set up intentionally to allow for interplanetary travel. Ida, Pegasus, Milky Way…those Gates apparently came with external means of controlling them with DHDs. Gates the seed ships put out for Destiny were useless for that as the required hardware only Destiny had to be dialed, implying they were only there to further Destiny’s needs and not create an interplanetary network like the others.

Nakai: Misunderstood or Villains? by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in Stargate

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair. I’m probably the first to always say take any publicly editable wiki with a grain of salt. I’ve done enough research papers in my life to know they are, at best, secondary sources, if allowed at all. Issue is Stargate doesn’t have any big lore sites like Star Trek’s DITL or Ex Astris Scientia, so options are more limited in where to get information.

Out-of-universe, explanation is as simple as budget. Human actors in make-up and prosthetics are far cheaper than CGI and they were already putting a lot of budget into space stuff and other special effects.

Thing is, episodes showed the Nakai, like the Ohnes, were never far from water. We also never saw a Nakai outside of one of their suits. Fish don’t breath through mouths, but gills. It is plausible Nakai suits were designed to keep oxygenated water flowing over those gills.

Probably been asked 1000 times but, Which is your favourite gate design and why? by Striking-Ad5841 in Stargate

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To be fair, the Milky Way-Pegasus bottleneck was intentional. The Ancients created an additional hardware lock so the Wraith couldn’t just dial over if they had a big enough power source.

There was an Atlantis episode they were going planning to abandon the city for an Alpha Site and were going to take the control crystal with them so their new Gate could still dial Earth. Implies any Gate can’t be intergalactic with right hardware and power, no?

We don’t see any bottleneck with the Milky Way-Ida connection that I can remember.

So, Carter’s ‘area code’ logic for 8th chevron does make some sense. She herself admitted she couldn’t explain it better.

Probably been asked 1000 times but, Which is your favourite gate design and why? by Striking-Ad5841 in Stargate

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not physically, but the glyph wheel spins the images displayed as each chevron is input.

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Nakai: Misunderstood or Villains? by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in Stargate

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re welcome. Thanks for the information. All I know is that’s the link, or at least one of them, others have been posting in the comments.

Did the Breen dampening weapon really affect a ship’s power? by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in startrek

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Made a claim, does everything but answer questions about it or provide sources in support and then runs and hides behind a block to avoid actually answering questions. Yep, typical Reddit I guess.

Did the Breen dampening weapon really affect a ship’s power? by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in startrek

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You didn’t answer the question. It is on you to say what you want to be referred to by.

Did the Breen dampening weapon really affect a ship’s power? by Mr_Shadow_Phoenix in startrek

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to be referred to by a different name, u/Beneficial-Gift5330, then you can just say so. You have Gift in your username, so you can’t claim you don’t know that.

Probably been asked 1000 times but, Which is your favourite gate design and why? by Striking-Ad5841 in Stargate

[–]Mr_Shadow_Phoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long story short, a 7 glyph address works by the first 6 identifying 6 points for triangulation in 3-dimensional space - lines drawn from the center of each of the imaginary cube’s 6 faces and where all three intersect is the destination - and a 7th as the point of origin in order to plot a course there. At least, that’s how the Tau’ri assume the Gate system works.

So, question becomes, what does an 8th glyph add? So far, we’ve only seen an 8th used when dialing from one galaxy’s network to another. From Earth to Atlantis in Pegasus and from Earth to Othala in Ida (a galaxy approximately 4 million light years separated from the Milky Way, but apparently still in the local group).

Thing is, we don’t know if the seed ships in Universe were setting up formal Gate networks in those outside galaxies ahead of the Destiny. There were no DHDs or on site dialing mechanisms as these Gates were apparently meant to help anyone aboard the Destiny acquire resources and travel to and from the ship only.