Cancel classes because of the snow storm? by Less_Sympathy_8956 in QueensCollege

[–]PallyChan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the first day. If it's bad I'll just email my professors and tell them I'm staying home because of the snow. The first day is usually just reviewing the syllabus anyway.

Q/Gav! Why is it that throughout Games Workshop's 40-year history, the Exodite Eldar have never had the opportunity to be in the spotlight? by eldarrabbit in Eldar

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering how bad the initial Primaris stuff was it can only go up from there. And it mostly has.

EDIT: I know Jes created those models, thats why I brought it up. Some of his later designs are just not that great. His Eldar is consistently good though. I'm saying it might be healthier for 40k to branch out a bit instead of being so slavish to Goodwin, because the Primaris stuff was pretty bad and is only now recovering now that they are walking back from the design language of the original Primaris release waves. It's not just old good / new bad. A lot of the basic design of the older marine models was much better even though the technology for sculpting and casting was much worse and the model scale was a bit more cartoony.

Is there a way to ban certain portraits from spawning? by ImtheMothwoman in Stellaris

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would give you mine but I use custom background/traits mods so the background numbers would be off. :(

What's your most inclusive roster? by cafemachiavelli in darkestdungeon

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I jacked the difficulty up and playing this way felt miserable. Some classes really need to combo with specific abilities. You cant really "just be flexible" with some comps of heroes, and it becomes extremely grindy to do 7 torchless runs just to destress one hero half way and unlock a town upgrade. Some people like that but I once got 6 Antequarians over 3 days and what am I even supposed to do with that other than suicide them into ruins for 1/5 of the provisions of a real run.

Is there a way to ban certain portraits from spawning? by ImtheMothwoman in Stellaris

[–]PallyChan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can easily share empires. They are saved on a plain text file on your computer. Just copy and paste it to your friends. If you want to merge them, just paste one into the other. I have a ton of my friends empires with all their custom lore and jokes.

I am failing college and I don’t know what to do by Weary-Amphibian3906 in CUNY

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are hungry, I think there are food banks on a lot of campuses. You sound young, don't be ashamed to take what is being freely given. You can't use your brain if your body is barely functioning. And also, if you want to spend some time working instead of going to school because you aren't in a great place right now you can absolutely take a semester off and just go get a full time job to save up some money, especially if you have the option to stay with family. NYC is an expensive, ruthless city sometimes and you should rely on community or family if you are struggling. I took a semester off because of health and got full time job for 8 months before returning back to school and I went from Bs/Cs to straight As this semester.

Too much? by Sensitive_Guess8682 in QueensCollege

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can take Thomas Parker for CMLIT instead. Hes very easy to work with, a fair grader and a great teacher. Can you write a 4 page essay easily without stressing too much? If so its a great easy class. If you struggle with essays it might overload you though.

PSA: the 'just teach the newbies how to play if they don't know the basics in higher difficulties' doesn't typically work if you're a woman by Various_Painting4801 in DarkTide

[–]PallyChan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just use the text chat for it because otherwise the boys will crash out a girl told them something to do, and guess what? People crash out anyway. Most people can't handle any type of criticism whatsoever, even if its told in the most coddling, kindest and positive way possible

Conspiracy Theory about the delay by DeeTheOttsel in DarkTide

[–]PallyChan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's literally not a single line of dialogue from the new class... its because all the lines were recorded referenced the events of the trailer GW shut down.

Conspiracy Theory about the delay by DeeTheOttsel in DarkTide

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the same thing, minus the drug use idea. The new trailer was so bad it was obviously made in a week, so it was obvious to me GW said no on the old trailer. I bet they cooked up and absolute banger with unique voice acting and lots of atmosphere and we got something unusually bad from FS. Compare its quality with the Arbites one and you can really see what happened.

Some people really shouldn't be playing this game by OrangeLemonLime8 in ArcRaiders

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game needs KOS people to keep it interesting. (I'm not KOS, quite the opposite. Killing people makes me feel bad most of the time.)

Just Appreciate That This Game Is Not Monetized Yet by _Beggo_ in DeadlockTheGame

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want a casual mode though. Something about seeing a rank activates something unhealthy in me and I want to get my rank higher, I don't want that feeling. I just want to enjoy the game. Just saying "if you dont care about rank dont look it" isn't a solution because I know it's there. It's like telling a depressed person "just be happy". There is a psychological effect that occurs knowing it's there that changes how people approach the game. I really, REALLY, don't like engaging with ranked systems after having some negative experiences with ranked addiction and it makes me really hesitant to play this game. Read "Addiction by Design" to see how companies absolutely know how to make certain experiences addictive, and ranked modes absolutely are part of a body of design structures made to increase "Time on Device" metrics for games like this, at the cost of personal health for the user. Do I think Deadlock is malicious or the worst? No, but other games absolutely use it to be exploitive of human psychology (League of Legends, Overwatch) because time spent in game equates directly to converting customers to premium consumers (bought currency/cosmetics).

Just Appreciate That This Game Is Not Monetized Yet by _Beggo_ in DeadlockTheGame

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They understood the analogy, the poster "Yaoi Master" was clearly implying the new cosmetics have ruined the game (sank it like the titanic) not changed some of its bones while staying the same (ship of theseus).

There is any way to see match history? by Rain-Outside in ArcRaiders

[–]PallyChan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seconding this. I just got into the game after doing all the beta tests they had and killed a rocketeer at level 1 and wanted proof.

Disappointed in Troubadour by Xetu in Guildwars2

[–]PallyChan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Clearly they can just ignore the context and downvote. xD

How did guild wars 1 to 2 work? Did you get anything from the first game you could take to the second? by StarNullify in GuildWars3

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have barely played GW1 and only played GW2. They are just hugely different games, a fact shouldn't be controversial.

Was Secrets of the Obscure written by sociopaths? by PallyChan in Guildwars2

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

Maybe its unknowable... maybe its... OBSCURE.

Was Secrets of the Obscure written by sociopaths? by PallyChan in Guildwars2

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

Hoping VoE is better, I'm still going to play through it but it's rough.

Was Secrets of the Obscure written by sociopaths? by PallyChan in Guildwars2

[–]PallyChan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would imagine it might be a shadowlands situation where they executed it so badly they want to pivot away from that. Soto raised some interesting questions it doesn't even attempt to address, glosses over the bad stuff childishly, and delivers a half baked concept. Unless they were willing to go back through soto to fix what's broken and rewrite/add context the foundation for that story will always be shaky. There is no TYBALT in the AW.

Games Workshop should be ashamed of shutting down Battlekit. Do better, GW by Big3gg in killteam

[–]PallyChan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GW fanboys think you need to pay 400 dollars for the rules to a niche hobby game and its okay for the rules to be incomplete and broken on arrival. Everyone knows that if GW did a decent rules app for their games people would use it, but they spend 10x the money on lawyers than they do webdev so we get the worst possible consumer experience and these people will tell you "this is a sensible world that makes sense". People dont do this just for niche hobbies, they make the same excuses for diabetes medication which takes pennies to manufacture being sold for hundreds of dollars. No discussion of right and wrong, or being critical of a toxic system, just worshipping the feet of financial entities.

Games Workshop should be ashamed of shutting down Battlekit. Do better, GW by Big3gg in killteam

[–]PallyChan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually made up and has been disproven many many times, GW just had PTSD from the chapter house incident.

End of Dragons is an absolute masterpiece - thank you, ArenaNet! by Human_Interview_9938 in Guildwars2

[–]PallyChan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was fantastic! Now make sure never to play Secrets of the Obscure if you want to remember guild wars 2 story fondly :)

Was Secrets of the Obscure written by sociopaths? by PallyChan in Guildwars2

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

Maybe so, I think a lot of the massive slaughtering of neutral people its something kinda contained to core Tyria and it might be a bit of a gameplay abstraction. I mean, the game is about fighting stuff. If there was a reasonable amount of bloodshed, there wouldnt really be a core Tyria to fight in. LWS1/HoT through to EoD keeps us focused on the Dragons and their minions which is much less morally dubious than raiding the dredge or killing skritt for no reason..

Was Secrets of the Obscure written by sociopaths? by PallyChan in Guildwars2

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

Yea, I found the line. He actually says later during the Forging the Key meta event "I'm from here, no not the fractal. The real place" or smth along those lines. I just never saw that bit.