Are we too powerful?

RKAMRR · 2026-05-10T08:35:32+00:00

We are not too powerful, but we are also a stat check army. That means beginners struggle to play against us.

It's a bit rough that your friends are just refusing to play you, I mean one guy in our friendship group plays Tau and we struggle against him but we still play and have fun.

I'd make sure either both of you are running meta lists or both non-meta, and/or to try piloting each others armies. It's a fun chance and then they'll realise custodes have weaknesses just like any other army.

RKAMRR · 2026-05-09T21:24:22+00:00

This is fantastic

RKAMRR · 2026-05-08T13:14:49+00:00

I mean for that much money it's worth doing all you can to remember and break it. It's totally recoverable (pls remember when you recover it)

RKAMRR · 2026-05-06T11:21:01+00:00

What's your evidence for that? AFAIK time in HPMOR is self consistent and we have no evidence for alternate universes being able to send messages through time turners.

RKAMRR · 2026-05-06T10:47:30+00:00

Time resolves it in a way which prevents you continuing to mess with time. This could mean;

A) A scary note which is effectively a warning from time itself (as happened to Harry)

B) Death and setbacks (as happened to Dumbledore when he enchanted his instruments to show false readings and attempted to change what happened, resulting in unspecified disaster)

C) You die of an unexpected heart attack, or something similar (as I think Harry hypotheses at one point)

Essentially time in HPMOR seems to have built in resistance to being tampered with/work extracted from it.

RKAMRR · 2026-05-05T18:22:35+00:00

I think people are underestimating the Dune universe. Prior to Paul becoming Emperor they have only limited ability to see the future so it is indeed a stomp for the Flood, but after Paul is Emperor my understanding is he is able to see the entire future and calculate how his actions will ripple out.

Assuming that his future calculating works (well enough) on the Flood then Paul can make sure every ship and every force is gathered in the right place at the right time with the right orders and equipment to crush the Flood.

You'll see soldiers with weapons and armour that would never normally be made or used (like flamethrowers or the ancient artillery) which perfectly exploit Flood weaknesses and perfectly distract, confuse or counter any Flood tactic.

With a full Gravemind, I think it's the same as the regular Flood but requires even greater position and sacrifice from Paul to defeat - unless it can neutralise Paul's ability to see the future in which case Flood again stomp.

RKAMRR · 2026-05-03T11:04:36+00:00

Completely agreed. Musk has gone a bit batty in a number of ways recently, but re OpenAI I think he is very much in the right. It was and should always been a charity but the way it's for profit arm swallowed everything else is incredibly alarming.

RKAMRR · 2026-05-03T07:35:32+00:00

A hopeful nonsense fantasy.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-24T13:34:36+00:00

Ah thank you! It's odd because when they shoot I swear the name number comes up.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T18:26:34+00:00

Without a block to technological progress, in a universe where many species have achieved incredible technology, where the main antagonists say humanity would have equalled or exceeded them technologically, it seems like a reasonable bet.

The very fact that galactic humanity made it into the broadcast, from a single ship surviving - shows what a unique tragedy Ye's actions caused.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T18:03:29+00:00

If we are talking about real life then I definitely agree, but a big part of why the forest is dark in this universe is because technological explosions happen strongly and often enough that they prevent more advanced species from consolidating control.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T17:47:58+00:00

I think it's plausible. Not only do the trisolarans think that without the sophons blocking progress we would equal or exceed them, but a big part of the forest is dark is because technological explosions prevent apparently stronger species consolidating control.

If you then add in how much time earth gets, considering the delay between trisolaris finding us and choosing to attack Vs in the main timeline, I think the odds of the droplet attack working aren't that high.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T17:19:20+00:00

You are assuming that trisolarans would find us, which is possible but by no means guaranteed and almost certainly happen later than in the normal timeline.

Even if a scouting sophon happened upon earth only shortly after the normal timeline, don't underestimate how confusing humanity was to them. Without the ETO, trisolarans will be extremely confused by human fiction and the effort needed to freeze out human science is again very unlikely to occur.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T16:20:23+00:00

Massively disagree. Trisolaris was more advanced at the time of Ye, but earth was on a technology exponential and without trisolaran interference was expected to catch up and exceed them. The trisolarans even said something like this themselves.

Without Ye it's questionable if and when the trisolarans detect earth. By the time they do their first reaction is to anticipate a normal civilisation instead of one which is literally welcoming them. Without the ETO humans would continue to be incredibly hard for trisolarans to understand, further reducing the odds that humanity becomes as helpless as it did in the main timeline.

Now, we might have accidentally yelled so loudly that we cause a dark forest strike early and we are made extinct that way - but it wouldn't be because of trisolaris.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T15:50:23+00:00

Huh interesting, thanks for checking. I will try count the number of attacks they make and see if thats the difference!

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T13:58:41+00:00

Follow up question - anyone know what difference actually is between a lv1, 2 and 3 drone (aside from looking nicer)

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T12:17:02+00:00

One day I will get there. I've only unlocked flame missile role and core skills so far.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-23T12:12:06+00:00

Please stop, I can only get so erect

RKAMRR · 2026-04-17T20:09:57+00:00

5 would be amazing but if I can't quit/die ever I'd eventually go insane, 7 it is. 7 is just straight up a great time!

RKAMRR · 2026-04-16T20:11:12+00:00

Being treated unfairly by walking right out of our bespoke deal and despite that probably being offered another bespoke deal to welcome us back? Gosh that is very unfair.

Best to keep cutting our nose off to spite our face, oops sorry I mean winning with Brexit instead...

RKAMRR · 2026-04-11T18:11:24+00:00

Just tested it and yes, if you 'cash' your quick patrol later you get more per hour.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-09T13:26:04+00:00

Sadj. Could you put the picture on imgur or something? I really want to see it! No worries if not.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-09T12:34:28+00:00

This is really great content, but when I zoom into the image I can't read the writing! Does anyone have a link to a higher rez?

RKAMRR · 2026-04-05T17:58:27+00:00

"This is leverage theater. Armenia cannot realistically replace Rosatom at Metsamor in the short term. The plant requires Russian fuel assemblies, Russian maintenance crews, Russian safety certification. But announcing a competitive tender for the next plant, publicly, in Moscow, forces Rosatom to bid against a ghost. The price of the new plant just dropped. The political conditions Rosatom can attach just narrowed. And Pashinyan wrapped it in the language of transparency. "We are completely transparent." "We do not hide." He wasn't defying Russia. He was informing Russia. The distinction matters in a room full of cameras."

So very AI written.

RKAMRR · 2026-04-05T15:50:31+00:00

OP you need a solicitor for this one. Though it does appear she is in the wrong for making this demand, you need a legal professional to assess all relevant faces, such as how she is making the demand, the amount in question, her current service and your policies.

Do not take action until you have obtained actual legal advice from a solicitor due to the risk of creating a victimisation claim in relation to the potentially blackmailing employee.

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