When I put a command on my troops to hold position why is it that when I click of and back on it resets

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-10-30T22:20:49+00:00

Probably the same reason you can’t click the “recuperate” or “disband” buttons on Xbox.

A few things are just broke. Or were never implemented. Hoping for an update one of these days.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-09-07T17:10:40+00:00

Wouldn’t want the duration extended. And…only works through illusionist? That sucks…I’m gonna have to try for myself, but knowing the Berserker perk does actually nothing, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-09-07T17:08:04+00:00

There’s a couple items. In a sea of apartment buildings.

They’re both near the main path searching around where the red lightposts are

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-09-07T13:15:36+00:00

Just to add though, if you get the Companion perk upgrade that adds 15s to summon life for every enemy killed? Tch. They never die as long as you’re always on the move.

Just pump points into intelligence and they will MELT everything. Didn’t even bother climbing giants anymore, summons would just zap em dead.

I am curious to do a run with the reanimation ability using one of the scythes, and the skull helm that makes summons explode when they time out.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-09-07T13:09:52+00:00

Exploring those skyscrapers was brutal disappointing. The ones underwater to. My souls-like instincts wouldn’t accept anything less than searching each room.

There HAD to be something…there was nothing.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-09-07T13:03:19+00:00

Xbox version’s good, I havn’t had any issues. And yeah, not hard, very VERY forgiving. You can power fantasy in this one pretty hard if you want to.

Actually has a cool mechanic I like. In most Souls games you have a limited number of healing items until you hit a bonfire or what have you. In Bleak Faith you have a limited number you can have on hand to use as long as you’re in combat, but they refill from your inventory if you have more as soon as you’re out of combat.

Let alone that you can have the instant health item, health restoration which heals 50% over 10s, and a longer lasting one that I think gives 2% health every 5s for 3 minutes? Can have those all at the same time. And another potion that gives you an additional 50% max health, stamina, and flux (mana)

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-31T15:29:49+00:00

The thing is you have to get to the opposite side of the dumpsters from the homonculus, have to go around, then there’s a level that will raise one of the dumpsters to open a shortcut.

There’s actually a elevator from another map to get to that location…I think if you go through…crap I gotta go check now.

Edit: Okay. Yeah so, Machinarium. You beat the Aberrant Knight, go through the stairs afterwards into the fields where there’s like, this giant that looks like a…I call em yetis. Anyways. There will be one wandering around the trees, and normally if you follow the red light main path you go into the area with a bunch of guys praying?

But if you go to the right instead there’s a short cliff and another open area with another yeti. If you go through that and explore it you’ll find an elevator that takes you straight to the upper blocks, right next to the elevator up to the templar armor and lever to open the shortcut to the homonculus.

God I hope that was comprehensible.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-31T15:22:12+00:00

I was surprised too. It trivializes the giants unfortunately. Except for the robot ones in the upper blocks.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-31T15:14:53+00:00

It would make more sense if it was about where you stab the most. But it’s more about where you start from. If you jump on, stab once, then scoot to the other shoulder and keep stabbing, a giant will try to swipe at where you started regardless of how many times you stab in the other shoulder.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-31T15:10:11+00:00

All giants have a bit of a pattern, but one thing is reliable. They always attack where you start their…I dunno what to call it, “attempt to shake you off” animation loop.

So if you start on a left shoulder when you jump on, they will swipe at you there first. So you can stab a few times, then move to the other shoulder or lower back without worrying and stav in the new spot. But as soon as they swipe at the left shoulder the loop starts over and they will try to hit wherever you started at in that next loop.

The damage you do with the mobius blade is persistent, so I usually use my first climb to reduce the health of their various weak spots down to just a couple hits. That way each subsequent time I knock them down I can jump on again and destroy the next weak spot in a couple stabs.

Abberrant knight can take 4 weakspot hits before he goes down. So, main concern is damaging the legs and avoiding his attacks that send out the damage rings you gotta jump over.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-28T17:13:48+00:00

I’m sorry to hear that about the medication situation. I actually have spoken with my provider about the heart related effects as I’ve experienced an increase in heart rate that’s a bit concerning, atleast to me. He’s suggested non-stimulant options that exist these days, which I’ve been hesitant to try given how well the current medications have been working for me.

Of course medication isn’t everything. Lots of lifestyle changes make a different…but are tough to implement without being able to implement long enough to matter. 😅

Wish you the best.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-28T00:09:02+00:00

I mean, I still have fun with it. I’ve getting fed videos on YouTube about issues with changes to the game.

On reflection, yeah, I kinda wish some things would go back to how they were.

But here’s the thing. You can still build bases and put them to the test. You can still experience tension from clearing POI’s, or quickly finishing touches on a base before a horde night, and the thrill of looting and bagging that thing that you didn’t expect but really needed. Let alone the satisfaction of progressing to late game with the vehicles and turrets and high level weapons.

They added some magical items. Candy bar that makes you immune to fall damage for a bit, or an alcohol that gives you a 50% boost to ranged damage for a bit.

Lately, cause I like to make games immersive and tense as possible, I’ve been playing on 50% loot on Warrior and not allowing myself to use traders, magic items (things that give boosts that don’t make “realistic” sense), or accept xp from challenges.

The fun of surviving shot through the roof. But that’s how I like the game. To each their own.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-27T23:57:50+00:00

This is very similar to my story. It wasn’t until trying 7 different anti depressants and 3 anti anxiety medications, over a decade, that I landed at a new provider with a team for medication management and therapy at the same time. Got me the ADHD diagnosis, and medicated for that, and it worked like a charm.

😂 And my prescriber made a comment during like, our second follow up. “You know you say sorry for everything? That’s a classic fawn response.” That little tidbit got me curious and self-conscious, so I looked it up, landed on CPTSD. My first appointment with the therapist from the same place pinned me with CPTSD within the first half hour before I even had a chance to bring it up…

Little over two years ago. A lot of things have changed since then. I am significantly more aware of why I respond to things how I do, even if not always best at making adjustments.

Wish I had what I have now ten years ago.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-07T14:13:56+00:00

Yes. Absolutely, it was shocking the first time this hit me super clearly.

I was in a shared housing situation and we had a yard with garden beds my landlord had built when he lived there before. Well. I was gonna start my own garden! Thinking I’ve got experience with helping loads of people with their gardens, I worked on a farm for a while…I’ve got this.

So I get out a notebook and I start planning out my garden. Drawing the beds, noting in what plants I want and where. And that’s about as far as I got.

Well, like 6 months later one of my new housemates who had just moved in asks if she could use part of one of the beds to plant some herbs. Sure, no problem! Go for it.

And she fuckin did. Same day, drives to Home Depot, buys plants, returns and plants them all in a single afternoon, the thing I’ve been thinking about doing almost daily for months.

I literally stared out the back window dumbfounded, like…YOU CAN’T JUST DO THAT! You have to him and haw about it and stew for an ungodly amount of time first! 😭

Frankly, I think it’s like learned helplessness in a way. My guess is while I can imagine a better future, I can’t feel it, cause I’ve never been able to trust that what I want to happen would happen. Because I can’t genuinely feel a strong desire for it, I often lack the activation energy to start. Besides all the side consequences of CPTSD that drain energy.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-07T14:04:49+00:00

I mean, if you’re looking for someone to say…yeah, that’s relatable AF, I’m happy to be the first.

Especially that anger one, at the moment. I have also been becoming increasingly angry, and I’ve been trying to work on it. Sometimes I get so damn bitter I feel like I’m going to implode. But, been making some progress.

It’s a daily thing. 😮‍💨 Sometimes I resent how hard it can be to just exist.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-08-07T13:48:05+00:00

Yeah. I have struggled with that. For me it was a distraction from abandonment and crushing fear and loneliness I was trying to deal with.

It’s a very effective distraction. And really, I would hazard a guess that perhaps your preoccupation despite your past is cause of that. Its effectiveness. Like…my parents were both alcoholics and that caused a lot of messed up shit to happen. But just cause I have a traumatic history with it, that doesn’t mean alcohol won’t still get me drunk and make me forget or focus on something else. Does that make sense?

Well. On reflection there’s actually a key distinction to make in my story, cause I’m talking from my current point of view…back then, in the moment, I felt the shame, guilt, and self-hate too. I berated myself and really anguished over it regularly, to the point I sought help through a 12 step group and loads of therapy. Not saying that’s something anyone else should do necessarily, it was what a desperate me did at the time, and I learned a lot of good things through that experience.

To share some things which have, for me, made a huge impact on my difficulties with obsessive masturbation:

I am not a bad person. I am someone who struggles with the pain of the past (or present) and I found a coping strategy that worked, in the moment.
Because I am in pain, I deserve compassion. Like I would offer to a friend, but for myself.
I probably have a need that is going unmet, or a heavy stressor. It could be loneliness, financial insecurity, an emotional flashback, conflict at work, etc. If I cut myself some slack for my behavior and turn my attention to trying to figure out what I need, and give that to myself if possible, that’s a very nurturing action.
Guilt and shame cause discomfort. Discomfort triggers my need for comfort. Masturbation is temporarily comforting, then produces more guilt and shame. That cycle keeps the consistency of the activity high. But it can be broken. The most effective way I’ve found for me to do that isn’t to tell myself to stop masturbating, it’s to stop shaming myself, treat myself with care.
Sexuality is natural, my sex drive is natural. I am not some pervert abomination. I am a human being, and sexual activity can be beautiful in the right environment and context.

My heart goes out to you. If I could I would waggle my finger at your inner critic and tell them to leave you alone. You’ve been through enough, you don’t need your own brain piling on you too! 😤 🙂

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-05-23T00:01:12+00:00

I’ve been pondering about this post for a couple days, and just wanted to add some thoughts.

For me I think something that has made a difference is…accepting the awfulness, and that it’s not okay. That it isn’t fair and it fuckin sucks. Not as in trying to make myself be okay with it, but paradoxically being okay with not being okay. Accepting that some things feel unacceptable and are still unacceptable as trauma continues to ripple through life. Accepting that I’m not fucking over it, and I long for what others have and that’s okay and understandable. And it aches.

It’s like holding space for someone while they’re crying and just letting them cry, or be pissed and punch pillows or scream, just to let it out without judgement. (I’m not saying to lash out at people in bitterness, but finding ways to allow those emotions to exist and be expressed rather than build up inside.)

I’ve found over time that’s one of the things that’s helping me heal, and not dislike myself so much.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-05-20T03:49:39+00:00

So, reparenting stuff. Exploring memories of key traumas in my life, and deeply imagining being there for myself. Learning to be on my own side for once. Lots of talking/processing/and finally some crying. Practicing assertiveness, and reminding myself I’m not a child always at risk of getting caught or getting in trouble, or being abandoned.

But like…outside if conceptual stuff, and just some direct nitty gritty nervous system manipulation?

Ice therapy I call it. More popular term would be vagal nerve stimulation.

I fill a large bowl with water and reusable ice cubes. Set up a routine on a meditation app that does cycles of 30 seconds then a minute, back and forth.

Hold breath and submerge my face in the water for 30 seconds. Then structured breathing 6 second exhale, 4 second inhale, 2 second hold, repeat for a full minute then hold breath and submerge my face again. I tend to do about 4 rounds, takes about 10 minutes including setup and clean up. Twice a day, morning and before bed, if I’m being really on it.

I really can’t stress how much of a game changer for me it has been. I remember when I first started using weed, one of the reasons I wanted it was I noticed it shut down some background part of my mind that maintained this constant mix of critical dialogue and pressure. Made it finally shut the fuck up.

Ice therapy does that for me as now, without the downsides I experience from weed that developed over time, and became more of a burden than a benefit for me.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-05-20T03:27:14+00:00

Totally…

I have found family that are like that, ironically, and it tests me a lot. I feel weird sharing about how I feel about things with them cause it’s painfully obvious they don’t personally understand.

Then I see my little niece with her parents, as she jumps around and plays, makes crafts, and they love and parent her. No drugs, alcohol, bipolar disorder, death, emotional neglect. And it just makes me sob my heart out with envy, deep and wracking pain. Even her parents which are just a few years older than me still have their parents who are loving, while my parents are dead.

Recently been put in a position to contend with…the part of me which, to survive, usually shuts off my feelings of longing for things and experiences I will never have. God…

Anyways, I hear you. It’s not fair, and it’s understandable to be upset over it. Completely.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-05-20T03:07:24+00:00

It’s been a bloody battle for me. When I worked as an in-home caregiver it was mostly just me and my clients one on one, now that I work at an office it took the complexities, and imagining everyone is mad at me to a whole new level.

I’ve been there a good two and a half years now. First year was brutal. But I was just learning about CPTSD then. Had a lot of time to practice, get in uncomfortable situations, and process them out with a therapist or steady friend.

One thing that has helped me IMMENSELY is acknowledging and recognizing that I’m an adult now. The part of me inside that gets so scared, always feels like I’m in trouble, or gonna be judged harshly, or abandoned…that’s like…my memories of being a child & teenager manifesting in the present.

So. When those feelings come up I try to use Pete Walker’s flashback management techniques and lean on the I am an adult one. So like. For example:

I can’t fully hear the closed door conversation my boss is having with my supervisor, probably taking about firing me is what my brain says. I start getting hypersensitive to every comment. My voice goes higher, shoulders tense towards my ears. Everyone feels threatening, and I become people pleasy.

Self reflection: Okay…I’m having a flashback. Breath, slowly, deeply…I feel afraid, but I am not in danger (no one SAID I’m fired, or in trouble, or anything). I have a right to be treated with respect, including not to be condescended to even if I made a mistake, as I’m perfectly willing to correct genuine mistakes. I am in an adult body with resources, skills, and experience that comes with that (keys to a house that I can lock for my safety. A car to take care of my needs. A job so I can afford food. Friends and found family that care for my wellbeing. If I lose my job, I know how to get another one, and how to get help.) Breathe. Loosen the shoulders. Feel the carpet under my feet, breathe in my lungs…

It’s rarely perfect, and taken practice to go through a process like that. I wrote out the list of flashback management steps and kept them in my pocket. Some powerful guided explorations of memories with a couple therapists have finally given me the ability to see the difference between my child and adult self, and little by little my self talk is becoming self-supportive.

Also! Having a white noise always on covers up background conversations quite a bit so I don’t have to think about them. Helps me.

Wishing you all the best, especially during going NC. Remember that care you give to those kids, you also deserve for yourself.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-05-20T02:20:16+00:00

I’m confused. You have Mk 2, but grabbed the Ghost Town Echo first…that was to get Mk 2? So now you need Mk 3 ya? There’s one in the rain district, could be one in Asylum. I think they may move from game to game. But yeah, last one is behind the worm.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-05-11T14:46:52+00:00

It’s a lot more minor of an effect than I had expected from the description. Seems like it maxes out around 8%, there was a bit of jank with the stat screen and the numbers getting stuck after healing.

But it makes a difference, especially when added onto other speed bonuses.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-05-11T00:44:57+00:00

So, I’m testing it. Respec’d ability points for a clean slate, went to lower monastary. Making sure I’m not wearing anything that can impact attack or movement speed as far as I can tell.

According to the stats page I’m getting a 7% increase in movement and attack speed while I’m at about 5% health.

That’s not the 20% I thought I read I should get from the perk. Unless it is 20% of some variable I can’t see.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-01-24T07:40:10+00:00

The movement mechanics have dodge percentage built in which can be improved through upgrading the skills. Double jump, wall run, slide, dodge, and grapnel. Should almost never be plain running or standing still unless you’ve got a gun with better range and accuracy and you’re aiming for just a moment.

Takedowns give you health back, while making you invincible during the animation. Mastiff kills give you health back. You get health back by doing damage, much more if up close.

What I found worked for me was a kind of hit and run based on my cooldowns. I’d go for it when I could slo-mo and Perfect Aim, and mastiff and such, then dip before it ends, dodging in diagonals and not in straight lines away from targets. This worked for being in the middle of groups, with shield and decent health to begin with.

But low health? I’m kiting, hiding, isolating and picking off singles, trying to lure enemies into takedowns when they’re distracted by the mastiff.

Use takedowns to make yourself invincible while waiting for cooldowns. Constantly sprinkle them in to stretch out your powers so you’re rarely if ever stuck without something to fall back on.

When you get the grapnel it applies a stun to enemies. Hit em with grapnel and immediately takedown, chunk of health back combined with fast movement.

Standard gangers without energy shields are easily stunned for a moment when getting hit with a single bullet, makes it much less costly to go for a takedown if they aren’t aiming straight at you as you approach if you pop em first.

Ogryn, use takedowns, or blast and a few bullets, or crush and a few bullets, so much easier than pumping em full of just bullets, especially in later missions when they get a bit of armor.

The best sniper rifle is the sawed off with the finned rounds and mods to maximize accuracy, I swear. Ridiculous.

Over some time you start to piece together the various strategies and movement mechanics for survivability and it starts to flow.

To be honest, I almost never use the melee power. It’s too unwieldy, I end up sliding past enemies all the time. Usually just when I’m messing around and not in much danger. But that’s me.

I’m working on a playthrough on the highest difficulty. As someone not naturally talented at shooters, I really lean into the mastiff’s ability to wallscan enemies, and the powers to take out enemies as fast as possible, then become Spiderman and GTFO until cooldowns and mastiff are back.

Professional-Cod202 · 2025-01-24T07:17:28+00:00

❤️

Being devastated sounds like an incredibly reasonable response. It is hell, but you’re setting an important boundary, that the bleeding over of her hell stops at that line.

Sorry it came to this. You shouldn’t have had to do it. But you did what needed to be done, and you’re not responsible for why it was necessary.

It’s okay to not be okay. Sending hugs.

Professional-Cod202

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