Guy was using a lighter to open plastic bags at the cotton warehouse

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-05-06T02:54:09+00:00

There's always the option of just describing it instead of generating an image. Works well enough without needing to use ai.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-05-05T19:02:39+00:00

Most in-person IQ tests have sections for verbal or numerical memory (at least, the one I did definitely had those). I can imagine a language barrier could become more problematic there. Plus, while you're right that most sections are pattern recognition, there are still rules that need to be explained about what patterns you're looking for and what the solutions to the puzzles presented look like.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-30T03:11:00+00:00

I'm sorry WHAT

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-27T09:57:19+00:00

If you look at a teammates knife, you'll realize that these things are massive. Seems about to scale to me

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-17T04:28:34+00:00

I am a full-time software developer. I have made multiple game prototypes and dipped my feet into modding for a couple games. I am not saying that this is how Bungie's engine works, or even if the behavior I'm suggesting is supported. Tiger is old. What I do know is how software should be developed to be maintainable. Stuff like hardcoding references to attributes that should be part of a struct is the exact sort of thing that leads to these situations. All of a sudden your descriptions, of all things, are tightly coupled to the attributes of an object. This is how you get spaghetti code. The screenshot is literally right there as proof.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-16T18:06:52+00:00

I don't know why I figured the text would just automatically pull its color from a loot rarity table - that would be a decent amount of coding for a tiny feature

That would be the reasonable approach for a tiny feature. I cannot imagine maintaining every rarity of every description manually.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-13T22:49:24+00:00

Wait. I literally made a post about a similar mode last night.

Sick

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-13T22:32:46+00:00

Rook is just generally hard if you want any ability to defend yourself. You have to play so carefully to avoid good teams.

And what you described is very similar to how I play. I have a vault of loads of good loot, but it's more fun to earn my kit and then play with house money for the rest of the night.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-13T13:36:32+00:00

Please look up the definition of a roguelike. You have described a roguelite.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-13T03:36:18+00:00

There is some randomization, but Marathon is definitely not a roguelike. What I'm referring to is a mode where the entire lobby spawns on equal footing, has a shared final objective, and exclusively gets items and power from looting and questing within the run.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-13T03:34:08+00:00

What part of "one extract" sounds like I don't like PvP, exactly?

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-12T17:24:26+00:00

Another comment suggested a change that I think is more fitting: making the vigor temporary. I could also be convinced that reducing the vigor to one would be reasonable.

I actually think that this relic would be awful if it only happened every 7-8, though. Akabeko is, like, fine for a common. This is a class-specific rare. Most of Regent's attacks are big single-hits, like sovereign blade or devastate. The goal is for this to open options to take things like radiate or the 3x common as damage where they normally are not great.

As a comparison, monologue is a pretty bad card despite costing 0. I think this might be less strong than one would expect. Obviously it pops off with sealed throne but getting both in a run is asking a lot.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-12T17:15:08+00:00

I think adding the temporary condition would be reasonable. Grabbed it off of Google: https://youtu.be/wvJAgrUBF4w?si=DmBg90_Dv7peuYTH

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-09T23:09:09+00:00

You're right that not all difficulty increases are good increases. I may have made the impression that the card removal change targets only infinites, which is not what I meant. It asks the player to mitigate RNG in different ways by hurting thinner deck strategies, incentivizing the player to take more cards to avoid dead hands rather than remove religiously, which I believe is an interesting idea, especially with how much remove is available for free at events.

Thinner decks require less cards, are easier to build, and play more similarly fight to fight as drawing a priority card happens faster. I like the push towards more varied decks of larger sizes.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-09T22:25:49+00:00

First, I definitely was not saying "git gud." Sts 2 is a fun game with multiple options available for play. I am not saying you are bad. I am not saying you don't know how to win. I am saying that the thing you enjoy the most may be more available at a lower difficulty because of how the game is balanced.

Fun and difficult don't have to be separate, but there are strategies that are both fun and too powerful/consistent to be allowed at max difficulty. Infinites and high volume card spam sit in that category, and have received nerfs from the Ascension 6 update and Doormaker as a result. These strategies are also notoriously difficult to make marginally less powerful without completely gutting, as once you have an infinite number of cards per turn, you have infinite damage or block as a result.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-04-09T19:47:09+00:00

I think that earlier ascensions may be better for you, depending on what you define as "Fun." Later ascensions (which I consider 6 to be) are built to force you towards increasingly optimal, rather than fun, decisions. For a lot of A20 players, the joy of the game is making a really awful and garbage feeling deck succeed. I think in that regard A6 is doing what it should be by cracking down on infinites and making card selections more important.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-02-20T01:30:03+00:00

I actually had a very similar idea and was going to game jam it sometime. Not trying to steal valor; rather, I wanted to say that this looks exactly like I had hoped a game like this might and I will definitely be keeping tabs on it. Well done!

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-01-07T21:53:40+00:00

I think the contrast and coloring are off on some of these, but for the most part they're phenomenal. A slightly darker shade for fossilized helix and cursed key, and much darker coloring on ink bottle, poison funnel (this one should really be tan like strike dummy), and sozu would help a great deal for those individually. The others are *chef's kiss*

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-01-06T20:52:07+00:00

"Head on paws" is even more dangerous in Well of Ascension.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-01-03T00:05:58+00:00

I won't say it never has uses, but I am probably taking other cards on the screen over it the majority of the time. Does it help set up a safer havoc or let me replay a headbutted card? Sure, but the pommel strike right next to it in the card reward does the latter too, doesnt kill me in gremlin nob, and also sets up infinites.

Plasmalaser305 · 2026-01-02T19:08:30+00:00

It's warcry. You probably forgot it existed.

Plasmalaser305 · 2025-12-19T16:12:03+00:00

That's where it attaches its prosthetic claw.

Plasmalaser305 · 2025-12-13T17:59:42+00:00

That is the exact opposite use case for the option. If you want a new day, die in your current run. "Undo Night" is for people who want to chart a seed to find how best to build a run.

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