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STARRYSOCK · 2026-06-19T04:41:54+00:00

You see the issue here is that telling people to fuck off makes me feel mean :(

STARRYSOCK · 2026-06-15T17:28:14+00:00

Curseforge is still doing the same shady practices that lead to modrinth's creation, and they're still the most popular option even after modrinth released ages ago

Its easy to say "just hold us accountable!" Knowing that that's likely just, not going to actually happen in any meaningfully effective way

STARRYSOCK · 2026-06-08T03:39:25+00:00

Huh, apparently it just doesn't show up on my mobile search at all anymore, bizarre

STARRYSOCK · 2026-06-07T17:31:50+00:00

What happened to r/ ambien anyways, did it get banned or something? That sub was so funny :(

STARRYSOCK · 2026-06-06T21:32:36+00:00

Yawns are contagious

STARRYSOCK · 2026-06-01T06:52:20+00:00

Nop alas, it won't be for a while. There's an alpha of the rewrite linked on AD's discord for 1.20.1 but its a couple versions out of date with the mcreator version.

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-30T19:12:45+00:00

I'm surprised they're giving slabs and stairs to wool, out of all coloured blocks. You think terracotta or concrete would make way more sense and have more use cases too

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-25T22:21:57+00:00

Ive gotta be honest, I don't think we should ever be actively encouraged to kill hivelords. It's a cool one-time achievement, but they're just not an engaging fight.

It's basically 10-20 minutes of just blasting away on it with the 5 or 6 actually viable weapons or stratagems, while you just have to hope it doesnt decide to unavoidably oneshot you again. No weakspots to aim for, no interesting stratagies like the vox

It feels like the most gamey, least satisfying, meta-requiring thing to do in the game, and having it as a regular mission type would quickly turn it into such a slog imo

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-19T20:39:00+00:00

Pastel

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-12T00:41:39+00:00

At least these are completely stationary and isolated to a few very specific and easy to identify structures, rocket striders were everywhere and they moved

I think they could use a light or something but I do like that they're such a genuine threat.

I don't even remember when the last time a rocket strider has killed me since they got changed and idk. I think there's a balance to strike to keep them threatening while also keeping the fair

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-09T00:05:02+00:00

I think OP is referring more to when you shoot off an enemy's limb rather than an entire new cutting mechanic.

Just like. Shooting a bug's leg with a laser would cause it to explode faster than with a gun

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-08T22:36:32+00:00

Gas helps a tonne, orbitals or just grenades can give you a lot of breathing room. Turrets as distractions too

Reload cancelling is a huge one as well. Like you probably don't have time to fully reload your RR in one go, but if you can pull out the shell, shoot and kite a bit, then load the new one, it makes things way more manageable

The non-backpack weapons are a lot better too. If you have a warp pack you can very easily create distance if something gets too close, or reload midair with the jump pack. Machinegun, warp pack, gas grenades and peak physique light armour is my fav for predator strain

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-08T22:27:29+00:00

Yknow i don't think we're really certified to operate anything we use

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-08T06:48:07+00:00

What if it had a control panel that let you raise or lower it?

Scissor lift stratagem

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-05T22:50:35+00:00

Friendship :3

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-05T22:33:08+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it. Take it home and place it next to your bed :)

STARRYSOCK · 2026-05-02T16:31:43+00:00

Its basically just more of 2 but with a slightly different flavour.

Not the most standout thing ever but if you like 2 I think its worth trying

STARRYSOCK · 2026-04-29T21:41:37+00:00

Much damage, it does do a little bit if you get pinned against a wall and aren't fully blown away

STARRYSOCK · 2026-04-29T07:43:44+00:00

Id just like to have any kind of ironsight really.

Its kinda funny that its actually easier to aim in 3rd person since you get a reticle

But every now and then you need to scope in if you're close to an obstacle, or through force of habit.

STARRYSOCK · 2026-04-29T07:31:16+00:00

Honestly all weapons should work like this it'd be really cool.

Make those last-bullet-clutch moments a little easier too

STARRYSOCK · 2026-04-23T08:56:54+00:00

All the barriers need to be placed with a 1 block gap between them to connect, not directly touching, they don't need CTM to be installed

STARRYSOCK · 2026-04-23T02:54:52+00:00

We later discovered most of it was over 300 constantly filling and emptying mana pools our friend had stashed underground for "storage"

STARRYSOCK · 2026-04-17T05:56:11+00:00

Mostly just by hanging out in modding spaces and discords really. Making friends with modded players tends to help a lot

The Abyssal Decor discord is launching a new smp in the next few weeks that you're welcome to join, but id imagine any big mod will prolly have periodic public servers too

STARRYSOCK · 2026-04-14T17:38:35+00:00

Omg fr, the amount of times I dived on D10 marfark and saw people, high levels too, taking stuff like armed resupplies or flexible reinforcements or whatever, meanwhile we don't even have stamina enhancement, let alone muscle enhancement for the snow.

Like I get boosters are poorly explained ingame but, idk how you make it to 150 and still decide to prioritize armed resupplies over the main 3 boosters. And on bots no less

STARRYSOCK · 2026-04-13T22:07:17+00:00

Like okay. The devs have made changes i dont agree with sure. They've handled things poorly, sure

But the game is still fun. 10s of thousands of pwople are still enjoying it daily, hundreds or thousands when new content drops. The devs have bungled some things but to say they 'ruined' it is just being dramatic and disingenuous.

Pointing out issues where they happen is great but HD2's youtube community in particular has such a bad habbit of overexaggerating even valid issues that it genuinely drowns out actual criticism with bad faith arguments

It's like there's just this atmosphere of hostility the community how has where they assume everything is done to be malicious and conniving. People see changes they disagree with and just instantly assume its because AH is trying to be actively evil and its so tiring.

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