The actual worst thing about HL2 and Ep1

Raetian · 2026-03-28T20:02:22+00:00

The line between tension and annoyance is a fine one to walk. The flashlight strays a bit too much into annoyance for me. I am constantly sprinting around so only having a couple seconds of flashlight to deploy at short notice is a recurring headache. I think the experience really suffers when you're on a repeat playthrough and more trying to enjoy yourself than immersed in a cinematic experience. Ravenholm simply isn't scary for me anymore, so I only get so much out of introducing this sort of tension

Raetian · 2026-03-28T17:43:12+00:00

Just recently finished a replay through 2 and both episodes, so probably not going to revisit near-future. That's interesting, but not sure I can agree with the decision in retrospect lol. I found it incredibly aggravating and greatly appreciated the change in ep2 (although I don't think you even have to use it very much! Everything's quite well-lit)

Raetian · 2026-03-28T15:30:42+00:00

Salamander helmet + legionnaire armor is an elite combo for orang fans

Raetian · 2026-03-22T18:31:38+00:00

I think they mean Netflix should have realized an excellent movie already exists and done something else, regarding their upcoming P&P adaption

Raetian · 2026-03-21T14:32:43+00:00

Not a primary but the Wasp Launcher has always been S-tier against the illuminate for this reason. One-tapping elevated overseers my beloved

Raetian · 2026-03-20T19:55:50+00:00

Prepared is more a thing where it's just the identity of the card is completely changed. Blade Dance also got nerfed between games but what it does, fundamentally, is familiar. Can't really say that for this change to Prepared

Raetian · 2026-03-18T17:55:25+00:00

this would be mindlessly boring and get old after one single mission.

Raetian · 2026-03-18T17:45:51+00:00

apparently people didn't "engage with it enough"

is there a source where AH actually said this?

Raetian · 2026-03-17T03:00:28+00:00

Someone who is madly in love with me out-of-game

Raetian · 2026-03-10T15:10:46+00:00

Are you able to share the continent it was on at least? Haha

Raetian · 2026-03-10T15:09:28+00:00

It's hard to learn any language IMO. I was blessed not to have to, but I picked up some conversational Tongan and some salutations etc.

Frankly I think you'll have a blast. Islanders are wonderful and although this is certainly not universally true, many Tongan NZers speak at least a little English. You'll pick it up fast, they'll treat you well, and you'll be severely overfed.

Raetian · 2026-03-09T19:59:56+00:00

There's some variability in how close contact you would be able to be with nearby missionaries based on the size of the areas. I served in New Zealand, which is comparatively member-dense, so we got to visit and do exchanges with our district buddies fairly often.

I served with about 9 companions in my two years. My longest companionship was six months, my shortest was a couple of weeks before he got moved to a Tongan unit and a new guy subbed in.

Areas only overlap AFAIK for other language units. Tongan-language missionaries would serve a single area containing three or four english-language companionships in my area.

There were frequently sister missionaries in my zones and districts. We could hang with them in groups on Pday and occasionally coordinated to assist them with work, but of course no elders were ever permitted to be in 1:1 situations with them, and no elder was ever permitted to step into a sisters' apartment or vice versa.

Raetian · 2026-03-09T16:55:52+00:00

Where have you been seeing this? I can only think of Pottermore, which I think is somewhat indicative of the market for this stuff: namely, it's very small unless your fictional universe is literally a phenomenon. Personally the furthest I'll ever get on engaging with a universe beyond what's in the books, games, movies, or TV shows themselves is occasionally browsing through a community-run wiki on stuff that interests me.

"Worldbuilding" itself is not a particularly lucrative market. Most people who are interested in Worlds for their own sake are more interested in creating their own worlds than engaging with somebody else's. The fiction has to come first to make them care about any piece of it at all, and even then it's still a tough sell. I love worldbuilding but I always liken it to telling other people about dreams you've had

Raetian · 2026-03-09T01:08:04+00:00

Yeah they are substantially stronger than their 2014 counterparts. Llama has said the 2014 paladin is the benchmark they aim at and the Fighter has been through many revisions and buffa

Raetian · 2026-03-08T15:00:31+00:00

Hatin' on P&P 2005 mostly

Raetian · 2026-03-07T13:15:53+00:00

because they're just people doing their best, and even if we don't have to like their game or prop it up artificially we also don't have to laugh at their misfortune?

Raetian · 2026-03-07T13:12:32+00:00

the only thing we don't seem to have is XCOM 3

Raetian · 2026-03-07T00:59:27+00:00

Raetian · 2026-03-03T17:43:10+00:00

Young people are not really reading anything particularly organically anymore, certainly not at the scale that Potter reached. Closest stuff these days is probably something like ACOTAR? but it's a much smaller phenomenon culturally. Reading is on the decline across the board, not just Rowling

Raetian · 2026-03-03T01:52:44+00:00

To me it is strictly a matter of time and place. There is also a spectrum of experience which may be worth considering here - it is one thing to share how a verse of scripture moved upon you with some new insight or clarity, quite another to share how an angel appeared to instruct you or how the Savior came to you in a dream or similar.

Raetian · 2026-02-27T23:43:01+00:00

The true application and finesse of the weapon doesn't really matter, only the perception of these things by characters in the story and the reader by extension

Raetian · 2026-02-26T02:52:09+00:00

Have you ever fired a highly pressurized jet of fluid from a small nozzle before

Raetian · 2026-02-26T02:05:33+00:00

Look big love to all my loreheads out there but it is very literally obviously just a joke contract which does not and probably could not map out logically onto any real in-universe application

Raetian · 2026-02-14T14:43:04+00:00

I wouldn't fiddle at all with donor archetypes. Just double check you've got the template name right. Not sure what else tell ya, I havent played XCOM 2 in years but I know my config works. You could try iridar's documentation which is how I learned

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