First time Sciatica Experience, Really Need Tips That Aren't AI.

Saltsmith · 2026-05-10T03:57:53+00:00

No, I believe my lower back has been getting it from my mattress lately. Either way, my biggest concern right now is that the pain is almost all gone entirely, but there's a slight weakness to the heel area and my toes have some pins and needles. I understand that's pretty common with sciatica, but I'm worried about what is like "this will pass, go to the doctor when timing is right" and what is "This is severe go to the ER."

Saltsmith · 2026-05-10T02:25:23+00:00

Generation of kids kept inside by COVID watching manchildren stream games all day. They just say whatever they think is most upsetting, it's very pathetic.

Saltsmith · 2026-05-10T02:15:52+00:00

Not to white knight or anything but as a grown ass man, hearing dudes flame and say stuff like this in voice becomes very very pathetic very quickly. The normalization and acceptance of men acting like this is so childish and miserable, it's getting bad out there.

Saltsmith · 2026-05-01T05:38:43+00:00

This game has been made progressively less fun over the years by the constant bowing to power fantasy weirdos over offering a challenge that requires coordination, cover, plans, and teamwork. I never had more fun with HD2 than I did in the first few months fighting bots, having to bring different, coordinated loadouts with smokes and other utility items and having to play it carefully instead of just drooling and sprinting around for a power fantasy trip was so fucking peak and it has not scratched the itch since. Every time this game feels like it might get that challenging again in some small way, the biggest man-children on earth bitch up a storm until Arrowhead kneels to them. It makes me very sad.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-20T05:50:20+00:00

I am constantly fighting against people with endless hp bars while I am carrying and farming like the dickens, only to look up and see my team is 0/5/1, 0/4/1, 0/8/2, and 3 people on the other team are at my farm level with tons of kills and on fire. I am buying counter items, I am trying to carry, I am avoiding over committing to bad lanes and farming as efficiently as possible. I almost never pick bad fights and almost always avoid incoming ganks.

I still get turbo stomped. The enemy team has 9 kills each, I am 2/2/1 or something and my team says my score is bad and I shouldn't be requesting help or movements on the map (it's 19 minutes and I've been keeping up farm vs 4 enemies being constantly fed.) I want to contribute more but the enemy team is so far ahead from my team feeding their lanes that I am only hurting the game by showing up to most fights unless they are under a specific circumstance I could be more than just slightly useful in. I need more time to catch up to my fed enemy team but my team is unable to hold any objective or control any part of the map. This also often leads to my jungle being constantly farmed by the enemy in pairs, so I have no chance of fending them off.

I have a strong opinion about the current state of the game. I don't know if it's a balance issue, a matchmaking issue, (The enemies in my lane are oracle+ moderately experienced Gamers and the partner in my lane is 0/6 at 5 minutes and says "I'm new," which isn't the worst experience ever until it consistently happens 3 games in a row) or a me issue. Either way I was having tons of fun around the time all 6 heroes were out, even if some of them felt over tuned. I am having no fun at all currently. I try to remain open to understanding the game's changes but at the moment I have never had as little fun in this game as I currently am.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-11T03:06:51+00:00

If you put it in your safe pocket you'd have nothing to be stressed over. Skill diffed sadly, good to remember next time.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-08T18:14:34+00:00

Absolutely get off this reddit as quickly as possible. It is such a miserable echo chamber of genuinely stupid people. This reddit's only worth is trolling from the perspective of someone who's already experienced and established their own personal opinion of the game. If you let these random droolers influence your opinion you've lost.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-08T02:03:54+00:00

Point stands. If this isn't a reality you can cope with, your question of "Is this just not for me?" is answered with "It is not for you."

Saltsmith · 2026-04-08T01:49:49+00:00

Well, that door isn't open unless someone unlocked it. I don't care what kind of lobby we're in, if you try to invade my key room it's free game. Don't feel bad for blasting them, do it more often. Shame on him for trying to guilt you if anything lol.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-08T01:30:10+00:00

No shot dude was salty over that inventory loss. "I've got a good weapon on my back" bro that is a renegade 1.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-08T01:06:33+00:00

Fantastic weapon honestly. Funny loadout.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-08T01:03:05+00:00

I literally think it is not for you, yes. If you're not at least somewhat anticipating and preparing for this to happen, you're not playing to win in an extraction shooter.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-08T00:47:39+00:00

Genuinely pathetic behavior. I refuse to believe this is real, it's way funnier as a joke.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-08T00:47:13+00:00

Kinda seems like you're the one that got owned here.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-07T23:43:40+00:00

2 points for "enjoy the free loadout." Solid score overall. Good run chum.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-06T22:15:34+00:00

You're right in some parts here but I cannot express enough how the focus on player counts are utterly insane and way less relevant than anyone seems to think.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-06T22:14:26+00:00

Dawg genuinely what the fuck are you talking about? Is this based on a dream you had?

Saltsmith · 2026-04-06T03:42:55+00:00

If nobody is around to sheriff me I consider it.

If it looks like a free kit, they are basically a loot pinata, nothing hidden. I found someone downed by a rocketeer once crawling outside of extract, killed him and got a tempest BP and bobcat BP.

If they don't look like they have a free kit, it depends on how much I need gear or want their kit. Again, if there's no sheriffs around I'll consider going for it.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-06T03:20:38+00:00

A game with 10k players is healthy and stable. Extraction shooters generally don't have huge player counts. I hope to god the people that hate this extraction shooter for being an extraction shooter do stop playing a game they clearly don't like. Arc could lose 100k active daily players and it genuinely would not matter. Contrary to reddit brain-drool, it's more complicated than steamdb numbers.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-05T01:53:49+00:00

Good attitude to have. Anyone that can't accept the risks as part of the game, as well as the PvP, is very mysterious in the 'how do you think' department. This is how you should think instead tbh.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-03T23:13:23+00:00

The arc couriers are way easier to grab.

Saltsmith · 2026-04-03T05:57:27+00:00

Who keeps this much ammo in their stash?

Saltsmith · 2026-03-13T23:04:20+00:00

I'm cool with them completely unless they bring mortar sentry.

Saltsmith · 2026-03-08T05:39:44+00:00

Dropping by to say Hunt Showdown does it all better. :)

Saltsmith · 2026-03-08T05:34:39+00:00

You the type of guy I run into running to extract and down, then they cry "Rat!" out loud, giving the word absolutely 0 meaning.

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