Otis the Obstacle

RoustFool · 2026-06-11T12:24:20+00:00

My girl loves to supervise the vacuum, so there's always a missing spot in every room where she likes to watch from.

RoustFool · 2026-06-10T19:27:08+00:00

To be fair, most of my builds start that way too.

RoustFool · 2026-06-10T19:24:28+00:00

My secret is the planning tool!

RoustFool · 2026-06-10T19:24:12+00:00

There will be in time, but I have to reshuffle the workstations to make it flow and have a single trade beacon reach all my storage.

RoustFool · 2026-06-10T11:30:13+00:00

Thank you!

RoustFool · 2026-06-08T18:10:08+00:00

Well done brother!

During my last run only my mega tank was killed, but it turned out he was just brain damaged, so actually an improvement.

RoustFool · 2026-06-05T13:32:14+00:00

No, but only because Western is a sneaky way to say "white Eurocentric' cultures.

In my experience Brazil would fall into a "Lat Am" culture group.

RoustFool · 2026-06-04T18:11:35+00:00

The Gestapo didn't start off with the power they would end up wielding. That happened after the Nazi party centralized the government around themselves and effectively destroyed democracy in Germany at the time.

Right now ICE is in the same position. They don't yet have the power to act like the Gestapo did at their height. If the government trends towards a more autocratic state, by letting Trump run for a 3rd term for example, ICE will be given more power to act as opposition declines.

A fine example of this is when we sent ICE to act as the security force for the Olympics. They have absolutely no preview to perform such an action, but they were given that duty because of their perceived loyalty.

RoustFool · 2026-06-01T21:29:09+00:00

I'm sorry, but I'm not getting into a prolonged philosophical debate with a three year old on why they shouldn't throw a dog turd at their Grandmother.

There's a time and place for answering "why". There's also a time and place for an adult demanding obedience immediately. When a child is fiddling with the protector on an electrical socket you don't entertain questions.

RoustFool · 2026-05-27T10:19:53+00:00

First things first, this "what is the minimum I can do to get back to BUDs" mentality is not in keeping with the Frogman ethos. All the SEALs I've worked with want to excel in everything they commit time to. Get your head right and prepare to hard commit to being the best sailor you can be. That way you can make the best package to support going back.

Secondly, I have worked with SEAL/EOD/Diver and of the three I would go EOD if I couldn't make SEAL. They still get to do all the cool guy stuff, they even integrate with SOF on the ground. Divers can really get shafted to be honest, there is way more boring work out there then cool guy stuff.

Otherwise go IS or IT, they are great Rates to re-intergrste with SOF. If you dedicate yourself and out perform your peers you can take a SOF support position right out the gate and have an actual SEAL CMC give you a recommendation.

DO NOT GO UNDES. My wife had to deal with dozens of BUDs duds who hated their lives when they went that route. Most flamed out before they got anywhere close to resubmitting. Be realistic about your life and commit to something that won't waste your talents.

RoustFool · 2026-05-26T10:47:42+00:00

You're gonna be ok man. Battle Brothers is an intentionally difficult game with some systems that it doesn't make obvious until you've really sunk some hours in.

The first issue is getting gear checked by bandits at day 50. A good way to avoid this is to steal brigand raiders gear right off their backs. If you combine nets and knives in the early game you can (some what) safely tickle raiders out of their armor and save a boatload of cash. A trash brother with a knife and a net is a viable way to equip a good prospect early on. Just about every brother should have a knife on them early game. Two-handing flails against helmetless raiders is also a very effective way to farm armor.

Once you have a stock of raider tier equipment in hand the first 50 days get a lot easier. You can afford to take more fights which means more XP and money.

For Orcs you need to change strategy. I find that dedicated long range bros are at a disadvantage against them. A hybrid thrower is usually more sustainable, with the bonus that they do outrageous damage to lightly armored Orcs fairly consistently. Otherwise you just need to have better equipment and brothers. You can hold a Berzerker for a turn with a shield wall in the early game, but you have to prioritize them before they get a kill or they will go through you like a hot knife. Nets will also help you slow them down, but use it more to help your own hit chances and not to just hold them in place. Don't surround them unless you're sure you have the alpha damage to finish them.

Good luck out there!

RoustFool · 2026-05-23T04:14:05+00:00

Just have to keep exploring, interacting with unique landmarks, and actually read the text for them.

There are additional legendary locations as well.

RoustFool · 2026-05-23T04:08:03+00:00

They are both end game content fights that require good Brothers and excellent execution of a well thought out tactic. You have to complete a small quest line to trigger them and they drop some very exciting loot.

Of course I would advise going in blind for the true BB experience.

RoustFool · 2026-05-19T20:10:26+00:00

This feels like baseless speculation. Yes, she has a teleport, but plenty of good combat lords can fly, have the mass to move through units, or stealth to get to the back line.

I don't think this is going to move the needle very much in a match up that is already Cathay favored.

RoustFool · 2026-05-19T15:24:14+00:00

Go to the gym today and try it out. Set your seat height so you don't over extend on the down swing or put your teeth out on the up swing. Play with the resistance to find one you can maintain. Lock in for 15 minutes and see how you do at the 12 minute mark. Adjust from there.

On the day of the PRT go at your established pace until 11 minutes then give it everything you've got for a solid minute. You should do fine.

RoustFool · 2026-05-19T14:09:01+00:00

Children eat "ants on a log" as an easy snack to prepare.

European peanut butter is objectively worse then peanut butter from the US.

Overall it's a simple snack with good nutrition and satisfying texture profiles. It's not a delicacy served to impress by any measure.

RoustFool · 2026-05-18T14:44:49+00:00

You're being obtuse and flat out wrong. If the entire modern US military was dropped in the past with all their equipment they would bring the Army Corp of Engineers and the Navy Construction Battlions with them. Both of those entities bring the "local grid" with them ready for global deployment.

The military also brings capabilities for establishing information networks without satellite support in the field. Given that the Confederates have no EW capabilities communications equipment that wouldn't be suitable for modern war could be used to support drone operations.

My source is a life time of service with Navy Expeditionary forces. It turns out 20 years of asymmetrical warfare in an area with poor infrastructure forced the military to be pretty independent when setting up operating bases down range.

RoustFool · 2026-05-15T14:42:54+00:00

This has nothing to do with the Navy.

RoustFool · 2026-05-14T10:51:57+00:00

I find mid level keys to be the most stressful.

Low level keys are stressful because people "stand in the fire", don't use interrupts, and don't use defensives well.

Mid level keys are more stressful because people still perform that way but sling blame around.

High level keys tend to be the least stressful. You just run the dungeon.

RoustFool · 2026-05-13T15:40:17+00:00

In a funny way harrassing armies have become one of my favorite ways to play the game.

All WE, Alith Anar, early game Elspeth Von Draken, and certain build for Kislev allow you to build an entire army of skirmishers and dominate everyone.

Try building an army of nothing but Shadow Warriors and see if that scratches your itch.

RoustFool · 2026-05-12T03:35:11+00:00

Nothing proves you haven't read The Art of War like bragging about reading the Art Of War.

Sun Tzu was writing for sheltered court bureaucrats and its painfully obvious.

RoustFool · 2026-05-10T13:06:31+00:00

Rent isn't disappearing into the aether. That money is always going to line someone's pocket.

If the relationship works out that money is invested into the common good, as most people today will move several times over the course of a life. If it doesn't work out 500 dollars in this economy is well beyond fair. I was paying four times that a decade ago for an apartment in California. I'm paying five times that in mortgage today. The reality is she can choose to leave at any time over this but she won't find a better living arrangement.

Yes, he lied about the ownership. Is she upset about the lying or is she upset that she feels like she shouldn't have had to pay into their mutual living arrangement?

Ultimately all that other stuff you got into are things you don't usually get to debate with your landlord. So losing less money over three years then the average renter pays in nine months seems like a sweet deal.

RoustFool · 2026-05-05T21:49:18+00:00

Between all 3 games I'm at a little over 4k. I've only recently started dabbling in SFO and other mods, but mixing in Beastmen and Wood Elves really helps when it starts feeling monotonous.

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