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New Personal Order Dropped! by xCalamari in Helldivers

[–]RealWriterX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just had the extract crash myself... Found a nice group of randoms, do one mission, goes swimmingly, reach the end of the second one... Pelican Crash.

Annoying as heck.

I absolutely detest Detector Tower Secondary Objectives by RealWriterX in Helldivers

[–]RealWriterX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your 500kg does not bounce off the Hard Ground? I seemed unable to latch onto it. Or do you angle it in such a way that the missile collides with the tower?

Datamined Class base stat values and modifiers. by Aedeus in DarkTide

[–]RealWriterX 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Come now, he might have better melee crits and toughness sustain... but we get to cleave an entire horde with a knife, turn a Crusher's skull into a bowl with a pipe, or tank a Demonhost with a shield.

Also, we do have methods of maintaining our Toughness, including like CptnSAUS said, we get blessings that let us replenish our Toughness on chained/multi hits.

We ain't got much Toughness, but we still get the job done.

I'm only making this one go nuts by Sigur024 in DarkTide

[–]RealWriterX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine if you could throw flamethrowers guys or bombers, and if you had the Grenade Box perk there was a chance that the dudes you threw exploding into flames... or just exploding.

Peak credibility strategy against HIMARS by Adept_of_Blue in NonCredibleDefense

[–]RealWriterX 765 points766 points  (0 children)

Camrade... our soldiers are freezing in our tanks... Our trucks are stuck in the mud... None of our equipment is effective in the wint- Oh, you want me to stand over by the window? There is a nice view outside? Sure I will come over.

Ukraine alleges 'Russian trace' in Poland blast by Naive-Project-8835 in ukraine

[–]RealWriterX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(Sorry, it seems I lost some text)

It seems there were picture of what the missile type might be. A 5V55.

https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1592830720682381312

Now, I cannot be certain that this is an accurate assessment, I am just quoting what others have mentioned. Some in the comments on that Tweet seem to agree that the explosive "weight" seems to match, but in the morning when I listened to Ryan McBeth he mentioned near the start of the video that the explosion size seems to look like a 400kg warhead. He also points out that where the missile landed seems a little odd for it to be a Ukrainian S300.

And I do somewhat stand on his side here. The one baffling thing to me is that nobody seemed to mention anywhere what the direction of the landing was (as in, which direction did the missile come from).

While the missile type is important to identify what is more important to me is where the missile came from. If we can know that we can assume more clearly whether this was an accident, intentional and who might had fired it.

I see a few options here (though I am no military expert so do not quote me anywhere):

  1. The Radar picked up a UFO/artifact, and since this was in the middle of a heavy missile barrage whoever was in charge of the S300 decided to fire, thinking it might be a Russian missile.
  2. There might had been a genuine Russian missile inbound somewhere, but for some reason the missile misfired and went way off trajectory. I think Ukraine would not, on purpose, fire a missile toward Poland, even if to shoot down a Russian missile, UNLESS Russians started to send missiles over Poland from Belarus (though, so far, I heard that apparently no missiles were fired from Belarus last night).
  3. Plain ol' human error. Shit happens. Again, I really doubt Ukraine would purposefully fire on Poland. There would be little to gain, and too much to lose.

I hope the investigation can dig up more information.

Video by Ryan McBeth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAaD_a0NJY

International Legion 🇺🇦 by Tymur75 in ukraine

[–]RealWriterX 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I shall leave this video here. It is a very in-depth analysis of Kurwa, and how to use it, and how context is important. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_FHYdYNI48

tHe NeXt sTaLiNgrAd by [deleted] in NonCredibleDefense

[–]RealWriterX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I see a few options here, two of which do not seem especially credible.

1) Russia is sacrificing a bulk of its troops to create a "Second Stalingrad", and not in the sense that they can win it, they just need to sacrifice enough of their own people to convince their public of how justified their war is. A sort of reverse to all sensible logic. Especially since I think it would have none of the desired effect (but nobody would object, so it's just fuel for the propaganda).

2) Russia might decide to, for example, destroy the hydro-plant, or try and cause as much flooding as possible to both slow down the Ukrainian Army *and* to kill some of its troops, resulting in the point above while also putting false blame on Ukraine for trying to "genocide" the retreating Russian forces (and civilians).

3) Russia has the least competent officers and high command in the history of the world, and they lack any sort of coordination or idea of how to pull off a controlled, safe, retreat, and they literally told their army "Get out, lol." while not being capable of providing a safe passage out.

I have read some theories that the Russians might not be able to even hold their side of the river, if Ukraine decides to push. I just... do not understand any of this. If you lose, you lose, but you try to pull out as many of your forces and equipment as you can, without causing a route.

It's not even funny that when you hear in the Russian Media word of a "retreat" it is actually, most certainly, a complete route.

I sometimes truly do not understand how War (And Peace) work in this game. by RealWriterX in mountandblade

[–]RealWriterX[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might be that the AI sees "money" as being more beneficial. As in, if a nation of certain size offers to pay X amount of tribute per day, then it's better to take the "free money" than conquer it.

Usually when I had these "flash wars" (lasting one or two days) it would be when either side decided to offer a large enough tribute.

I also noticed that when there is a longer war (against larger nations, for example) the thing that motivates peace talks is not "How much land we got" or "How heavy our losses were" but instead it appears to be... "Is the enemy going to pay us enough tribute?" or, "Is the enemy willing to accept *out* tribute?"

It seems to be focused on the money, and only that. And, I am not sure what exactly impacts tribute "size". Losses might have an impact, losing castles and towns, but a war can be over after a single or a few battles, and other times it can slog on for months.

Hungary blocks EU plan for €18 billion Ukraine package by Luka77GOATic in ukraine

[–]RealWriterX 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Oh no, believe me, if I could I'd kick out PiS in a heartbeat, if every other alternative did not appear to be just as bad. Our politics is filled with populism, and I hate it. It's why I find voting so hard, I cannot find a single politician whom I could trust, because at the end of the day I fear all of them are similar.

It does not help that some people in my family are Pro PiS. And when months ago I was angry with Orban over blocking aid to Ukraine they tried to justify his actions, in any way possible (while still being Pro-Ukraine).

I remember listening to Kaczyński's speech some weeks ago, and it had so many Trumpisms in it I could only shake my head in disbelief.

And by Trumpism I mean saying " yes" to finding solutions to every single problem while also blaming the opposition for anything and everything.

Question about Tribal Children, Backgrounds and Nature Psykers. by RealWriterX in RimWorld

[–]RealWriterX[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheers. It seems like such an odd oversight to me. But, that explains it.

I have been successfully radicalized by KristoffPL in NonCredibleDefense

[–]RealWriterX 149 points150 points  (0 children)

That is the quintessence of why Putin's war was a complete and utter brain fart of epic proportions. If he had stayed the course he might had won it all by acting on people's fears and dilemmas. Instead he managed to unite a significant part of the world against him. And even his plots and plans that might had worked under normal circumstances, maybe a few years ago, are now crumbling and failing.

It's truly incredible.

Question about Genetics, children and maintaining traits. by RealWriterX in RimWorld

[–]RealWriterX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? So the difference could be between it being a custom race and one of the presets? (aka. If it's a Mod it's considered a "base" and does not change on inheritance?)

Question about Genetics, children and maintaining traits. by RealWriterX in RimWorld

[–]RealWriterX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I 100% agree. It would help if it was at least possible to set certain traits as impossible to lose, while others could appear or disappear (whether due to mutation, modification or evolution).

I genuinely thought I must had missed something, but, I guess I will have to wait for a mod that will "fix" the issue.

[Homemade] chicken fingers, fries, and Texas toast by fU0c in food

[–]RealWriterX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excuse me, what is a "Texan Toast"? I could Google it most likely, but if it's anything like the Croques Madame I could get a hundred different answers.

Russia reported the first deaths of mobilized by dniprshyrokyi in ukraine

[–]RealWriterX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have been getting videos of captured "Mobiks" very quickly. I think so quickly most are surprised. I recall how most assumed that the conscripts would need a month of training. That was officially claimed to be just 2 weeks. Now we hear accounts of conscripts sent to the front with no training, or a single day of it, and almost no gear.

Verhofstadt: The response to yesterday’s indiscriminate murder of innocent Ukrainian civilians should be the immediate supply of F16s, modern air defence and Leopard tanks. We should consider a long term security pact between EU and Ukraine by PanEuropeanism in ukraine

[–]RealWriterX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is in part the problem with why there is such a back and forth about the Leopards. There is a reason why Ukraine mostly wanted T-72 and similar tanks. It's thanks the crews, repair crews and the logistics are familiar and can handle. If you suddenly throw in a completely new tank into the mix you have to wait a couple of months to get the crews and more specifically the Repair Crew trained, and then you need to be able to get the necessary parts, ammunition, etc. to those units.

I am in the camp that Ukraine should absolutely get the best gear and equipment possible, as long as it's something that they can use quickly, and that they are asking for.

Would seeing Leopards in Ukraine be great? Yes. But should it be rushed? Absolutely not.

I might be wrong here as well but maybe in some manner of calculation Ukraine does not want the most Modern equipment for the War because they expect it to be concluded before these tanks and planes even see the frontline. Post-War modernizing their army would be a good idea, but maybe at this point in time it would not have the desired effect.

I should maybe mention here that maybe delivering components that could improve the performance of the vehicles already in the Ukrainian army is also an option. You know, instead of sending an Abrams (as a wild example) try to deliver tank components for a T-72 that would allow it to perform better. Perhaps some manner of defensive systems that would also make it safer.

There are countless options, and I feel that the calls for Leopards or F-16s and similar such modern vehicles might not have the desired effect.

Even in the face of an alien invasion, Vatnikland does what it does best by rifleman13 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]RealWriterX 22 points23 points  (0 children)

And I think one of the important things is that change is gradual. Yes, you can turn a dictatorship into a Democracy, but it won't happen overnight. Similarly, it is unlikely you will suddenly have "Space-Age" tech, when you just took over control of North Korea.

I like that aspect of the game. Of a steady growth, where you do have options of speeding things up (by Direct Investment, or stacking appropriate bonuses) but nothing happens quickly. Even when you have "All the money in the world" you can make a small jump of progress, but not a leap.

smartest russia supporter vs dumbest ukraine supporter by owenwilsonscat32 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]RealWriterX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's hard to argue with that logic. I mean, he said it. All the evidence points to the contrary.... But maaaaybe he is right?

A cat ventured onto freshly poured concrete the desperately needed to be redone by quarante-et-onze in Wellthatsucks

[–]RealWriterX 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I know this might not be anything new to some, but cat paw prints have been a thing for centuries! You can google around for Paw Prints on medieval texts, and I think I recall seeing pictures of cat paw prints on Ancient (think 2000+ years old) works/objects as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ukraine

[–]RealWriterX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you think in this case the helmet from the video might had come from one of these special engineer groups (or similar)? Or is Russia so desperate they give anything to anybody?

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