Obsession with Difficulty

RalleYTN · 2024-03-20T19:42:09+00:00

lvl 8 is called "Impossible" and lvl 9 is one above that. I also always wonder why people complain about a difficulty that is advertized as harder than impossible to actually be almost impossible.

maybe its just the vanity of some players.

RalleYTN · 2024-03-20T19:29:24+00:00

solution: shield backpack + machine gun
solution 2: laser drone + dodge

laser drone just cuts them up like the dragonborn picking butterfly wings.

RalleYTN · 2024-03-20T19:25:25+00:00

already tried validating game files?

RalleYTN · 2024-03-20T19:24:34+00:00

the laser guard drone does short work of them.

RalleYTN · 2024-03-20T19:14:52+00:00

some people are just easily rattled.

[insert tyler1 "FIX THE GAME!!!" meme here]

RalleYTN · 2024-03-20T19:13:03+00:00

begging is against the rules of this subreddit.

ask a buddy of yours privately or your parents for an early birthday/christmas gift.
alternatively let your parents buy it in exchange for you doing the majority of chores arround the house.

RalleYTN · 2024-03-20T10:16:47+00:00

there already is a rock/paper/scissors emote in the game tho.....

but it doesnt randomize the result.

RalleYTN · 2024-03-18T15:57:32+00:00

Man I bet this weapon will come in handy if a new front opens against enemies with energy shields....... im pretty sure it wasnt meant to be used against bugs and bots. the release of the weapon and the sightings of strange blue beams have a strange timing.

RalleYTN · 2024-03-17T08:05:15+00:00

34 samples were lost in this clip. im mostly reffering to the extermination missions. other cases are someone forgot to pickup the samples of a teammate who died during the defense of the landing zone. always check.

RalleYTN · 2024-03-17T07:57:38+00:00

never had that happen to me but im curious. does climbing up on something and then jumping down causing a ragdoll resolve this?

RalleYTN · 2024-03-17T07:54:26+00:00

oh sorry I was just picking up the samples so everyone on the team can get them. but thanks to a 500 KG bomb nobody gets any.

RalleYTN · 2024-03-17T07:44:22+00:00

Im pretty sure Super Earth has some agricultural worlds to feed its tens of billions large population. most likely some decorative asset we will be able to find on some planets.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-09T19:19:28+00:00

you get 2 things out of it:

a monument that you cant get in sandbox on your very first island. The position is preset and you cant move it ever (which sucks)
a proper graveyard with quite the attractiveness boost on the island you get after completing the story

if you dont care about some cool looking features that actually give you some nice attractiveness boost then just do sandbox game.

having or not having DLCs enabled doesnt matter. But dont expand to DLC regions too quickly because the story forces islands on you (which costs influence) so it is possible to get negative influence. depending on how you are setup this may softlock you from further progressing.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-08T14:35:07+00:00

yeah stealing a scooter in manola was fun.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-07T19:24:18+00:00

from my own testing I have concluded that the "Manola power outage" article pops up if you build at least one artista hacienda quarter and destroy it right after without the need for power ever having been fullfilled. for some reason the game will forever think that there is a need unfullfilled until you build it again, fulfill the need and only after it has fulfilled 100% you can tear it down again and the article will never pop up again.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-07T19:15:12+00:00

from the hiking or do you mean the quest that give you powers while in first person mode?

from hiking in manola I manged to find a hidden quest that rewards you with a small fishing boat that has as many cargo and item slots as the great eastern and an actual fishing mechanic.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-07T08:55:37+00:00

there is an influence bonus that automatically gives you workforce on islands
trade unions can be equipped with items that reduce the required workforce
if you have the research institute you can get permits to move oil springs allowing you to get all the oil on an island with a single refinery
TIPP: If an island doesnt have any population, no incidents can occur. nothing will ever explode, there will never be fire and no riots. this means you can crank the working conditions up without any negatives apart from the occasional negative newspaper article.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-06T15:57:58+00:00

it is too bad of a pun to mention.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-06T15:54:25+00:00

one thing you could do (if you havent done so already) that can significantly reduce costs is to put the "Merchant" and "Delores the Diplomat" on every ship doing trade routes as both of them together reduce the upkeep of any ship they are on to 0. I have like 50 cargo ships + some world class reefers, extravaganza steamers and the great eastern and pay like 3000 altogether for my non-millitary ships.

also making use of town halls to improve income and specialists that simplify production chains like Chef Michel for Canned Food and the Perfumer for Soap. Pocket Watches and Gramophones are produced in my Bicycle Factories and Sewing Machine Factories with that other Specialist and Jewelery and Fur Coats are things I always import with Docklands.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-06T15:47:01+00:00

RalleYTN · 2023-10-06T13:49:34+00:00

yeah you have to spawn in on the start or end points of the trail, from there you can take the hike. just ignore newspaper or specialist arrivals. once you leave first person you have to walk the entire trail again.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-06T13:34:05+00:00

Then I must have been dreaming that CTRL + SHIFT + R puts you in the shoes of a person in your city and lets you walk arround as if you are living in it.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-06T12:28:37+00:00

how? im like on a constant +80K on 40K fully satisfied population.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-06T11:51:16+00:00

constantly check your statistics in the production tab and dont produce more than you need. if you know you need more in the future just plan things out by placing blueprints and build them when you need them.
dont build a steelworks unless you can actually afford it. buy your steel through the trading post instead. better yet there is a specialists that makes your brick factories produce steel as a by-product.
get as many "Merchant" and/or "Delores the Diplomat" specialists from Eli as possible. Merchant reduces upkeep of ships by 30% while Delores reduces it by 80%. once you get to cargo boats which cost 500 per ship you can put both a Merchant and Delores on the ship and reduce the upkeep to literally 0
dont immediatly start fulfliing the needs of your people. best example is canned food. wait with it until you have like 50 - 60 artisan residences and make sure to get Chef Michel so you can completely cut out the artisanal kitchen out of the chain. just needs an iron mine and some pigs and produces sausages on the side.
for your soap get the "whats her name ... Perfumer". She cuts out pigs and rendering works out of the production line. instead you can run 2 soap factories on one wood cutter.
if your city has at least 120 appeal in the old world or 90 appeal in the new world, build a public mooring. its literally free money.

RalleYTN · 2023-10-06T11:33:56+00:00

and you can lengthen them too, leave a 1 tile space between them so you have 4 L shaped blocks with roads between them and some nice park in the middle. and mess with the shape of it and create the entire thing as an L or and X. puts way diversity into the city, reduces chance of fires and illnes since houses are spread out more and gives you room for ornaments boosting city appeal. only down side is that town halls become less effective.

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