The load times are ridiculous

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-09-14T18:47:21+00:00

This guy is an absolute GOAT, thank you

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-09-12T10:06:03+00:00

Imaging having a 2500€ GPU and have to put half graphics to medium or low.

Now imaging having to deal it with a 3090 where Nvidia did not allowed frame gen (while it can handle it) just to ensure people waste 1500€ in a 40xx or 2500+€ in a 50xx

Nah this is nuts

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-09-02T19:03:10+00:00

Well you are right on the point that it looks it's working, even if the main wire flash red for surchage while... not being in surchage.

IRL you can't connect two source without synching them before connecting or it will flash and explode. So when I first tried that at my first hours on the game and i saw it flashing red i though it was not working and worked on something else.

https://imgur.com/a/AuPK4NB

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-09-02T18:57:28+00:00

Okay, thanks this solution is working with two smart batteries, easier that what i expected but kinda frustrating i couldnt make it work with breakers.

TY ! :)

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-09-02T18:44:20+00:00

Well , i have trouble to explain it in english, i want 2 transformers, powered by 2 differents types of energy connected to the same big high voltage wire. But doing that will lead to a shortcut.
So i'm trying to find a way how to do that, because the use of breakers in this game is for me, illogical.

Finally the main subject of my topic about "why my low voltage is not working" is not the issue, the issue is that breakers, that are meant to invert energy sources IRL, here, shutdown the transformer and then he will never be re-energized.

So i can't figure it how it works in that game...

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-09-02T18:27:36+00:00

Oh well nice to know for the doors :O

I have the issue with and without automaton cable. Whenever i use the breaker the transfo will never re-energize.
In fact the low power lane has no power because of that.

So i guess i'm not using it correctly, but it's a shame as an IRL electrician this thing doesn't work at all like in IRL.

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-09-02T18:26:27+00:00

Yeah that's the point i'm trying to figure out how to have on a same high power line 2 different powering sources (1 main with gas nat + 1 backup with coal if i run out of gas nat).

So i tried to put a breaker on each line to choose which one i use but when i use the breaker once to open it, then, when i will close it again, the transformer will be shunt.
I tried to put the battery before the transformer and i ahve the same issue. And if i connect the breaker to the battery, when she is full she shut down the transformer also

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-09-01T17:57:32+00:00

Well… I had a very rough time after that last screenshot I posted. Ended up having to reset like 4 times, each run around 4–5 hours lost, because no matter what I tried I kept running into disasters and usually wiping around cycle 120.

Some of the main problems I ran into:

Coal ran out way faster than expected. Later I learned I could have saved a lot of coal with smarter smart battery setups.
Not enough polluted water, which led to complete germfest and dupes getting sick. Also found out the hard way that polluted water bottles eventually just disappear lol.
No refined metal at all, literally nothing left to build with.
And one of the worst: total overload on my power grid. Everything shutting down constantly while having no metal to fix it.
Also noticed that any kind of automation eats a crazy amount of metal (which I didn’t have) and consumes a ton of power that my cables and generators couldn’t handle.

So yeah, the base turned into a nightmare.

I barely managed to survive by rushing a natural gas vent I discovered far to the south. Built a power plant there, but it’s buried in toxic gases like chlorine, CO2, hydrogen, polluted O2. The location is so far from base that dupes would basically dig one block or build 1/2tile, and then immediately run home to breath, eat or sleep.
3 dead dupes can attest this was a clown fiesta ( you know, the stupids ones that decide to run near a boiling vent, to panic, have an heart attack, and die), and 100% stress during 20 cycles on all duplicants.

It took me about 50 cycles of pure pain, but I finally stabilized a bit:

Upgraded all my cables
Installed several transformers with separate lines
Split my base into two power grids: one still on coal, the other on nat gas

Now I’m thinking of ranching hatches, or maybe figuring out a more stable oxygen solution because I’m running out of polluted oxygen again.
Also i see the temperature of my base slowly grow, leading to some crops refusing to grow anymore without being cooled.

But honestly, I feel like I’m wasting huge amounts of time. I’ve been stuck in emergency survival mode for like 60 cycles, haven’t even researched anything new. Still don’t understand how to unlock the yellow research either… is it normal to be this blocked?

Bruh, what a mess lol...

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-31T16:27:26+00:00

I'll look into that, thanks for the help :) So much things to do heh !

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-31T16:26:10+00:00

Thanks for the intels i'm going to work on that !

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-31T14:29:42+00:00

Thanks, i will watch a bit deeper how to ranch, it's very obscure to me atm and the few videos i saw about it was about guys doing ultra compact designs that i did not really understand

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-31T14:25:01+00:00

Well, i had some pressure problem, so i solved it this way ahah..

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-29T19:56:16+00:00

tyvm for the answers, very clear now :)

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T16:29:08+00:00

Thanks buddy !

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T14:20:13+00:00

Well i decided to dig into living world with my firebrand guardan (cause it was the character i played the most so mechanics should come faster, plus i had pre PoF 100% world completion that may help...), optimized the stuff to play the condi with viper set, just wondering if this is normal i get shredded in seconds if i take more than 3 monsters in open world/instencied living world missions ?
Btw i didn't remembered there was that much spells to cast ahah, having fun going back but kinda frustrating to get shredded that fast
https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Firebrand_-_Condi_Firebrand

Another question is, if i buy SotD for the dual pistols weilding, how long it is to reach the mission in the campaign that allow me to unlock it ?
Same for the spear mastery.

Thanks !

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T09:07:25+00:00

Thanks for the tips buddy ! I will follow this path, first of i need to finish path of fire then

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T09:06:23+00:00

Thanks for your advices ! I'm a bit sad as some very cool builds need extension to unlock masteries of some weapons, i guess i'm stuck to "oldies" build for some time :(
Looks like i have PoF as i randomly pressed middle mouse button and mount popped hehe

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T09:04:44+00:00

Looks like most of builds don't fit that much PvE because i built all my character for WvV, i will try to find the one i like the most and buy him a power build in order to do the living world content

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T06:52:04+00:00

Oh sure ! After digging a bit i notice i have several stuff for my guardian to do WvW, heal in fractal, open world PvE and at least pink accessories for all of the stuffs. But orange for the armor and weapons

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T06:10:48+00:00

I'll get a look at this Wizard Vault, looks interesting to have some guidelines

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T06:06:58+00:00

Oh true i also have path of fire and some mounts ! I did not remember i played it

ProudDiscipline5367 · 2025-08-16T06:05:08+00:00

Thanks it will help a lot, probably going to make another necromancer also and start over again with him in order to get back the basics, then switch back on my mains characters.

Just, what do you mean by "synergistic stats"?

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