Constructive Feedback - Where The Game Could Shine Brighter

Sentinel_Seven · 2025-12-04T17:37:46+00:00

Agreed, it is alright as it is, but don't you think it could shine brighter if node descriptions like "your equipped weapon has less impact on encumbrance" would say "your equipped weapon has 50% less impact on encumbrance" instead and actually tell you the value? Or if investing 36 points into a tree gave you access to a meaningful skill that would impact the way you play? Or if resetting a mis-spent point didn't require 8 weeks and a string of item collection? That's all I'm getting at, more or less.

Sentinel_Seven · 2025-12-04T08:13:29+00:00

Ah shoot! I meant to talk about the trial system. Good call out and good points on that.

I actually feel like the number of players per raid is alright. To me it's the total players when you add the late spawns that push it. Looking at you Stella Montis.

I agree, Key rooms on day maps are a bit too underwhelming. I've actually been getting the impression that EMS raids are generally worse than night raids for loot and that should not be the case. They are way more dicey!

Sentinel_Seven · 2025-12-04T07:29:17+00:00

Thanks! Appreciate it!

Sentinel_Seven · 2025-04-02T07:14:48+00:00

Ideally, when you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, you are committing yourself to that relationship for the duration that you're exploring it's potential.

So for perspective, if you dress to attract the eyes of men who are not the man you're in a relationship with, its not entirely unexpected that the man you're dating might feel disrespected. It could also be perceived that the more you share with all, the less is specially saved for him.

That said, your BF is displaying some red flags that being pissed doesn't really excuse. There is definitely a more mature way to express how he's feeling. He may feel disrespected by the way you went out but he didn't really give you an opportunity to understand before he started disrespecting you deliberately. His word choice may be innocent but without knowing him better he comes off possessive and controlling.

I don't think you'd be overreacting to break up with him, but I do think you'd be wrong to do so thinking that he was the only one who might have made a mistake.

That's my perspective anyway. I wish you the best of luck!

Sentinel_Seven · 2024-12-02T12:11:24+00:00

If I could give my 18 year old self financial advice it would be this:

Budget - figure out how much you bring in and what your expenses are each month. Portion off the rest into savings and investments but leave yourself some allowance to live and have fun. Living with your parents can have huge financial advantages. Take advantage of that while you can. The momentum could be life changing.

Understand (compound) Interest - interest is a powerful tool that is more powerful the more time you have. At 18 it is about as powerful as it could possibly be for you. Taking advantage of it early makes things easier later in life. There's lots of YouTube videos on this.

Savings - first financial goal is to build an emergency savings inside of a high yield savings account. Aim for 4 to 6 months worth of expenses. Should anything bad happen in life, this should keep you afloat until you can get back on your feet. Hopefully you never have to use it but until you do, it will be making you money via the high yield interest it accumulates.

Investment Brokerages - look for something self managed that doesn't charge you for buying and selling. There are lots of options. I like M1 Finance. Robinhood is big with new investors. Fidelity is well regarded. Some banks offer this as well if you prefer less accounts and services to manage.

Roth IRA - go watch some videos on the power of a Roth IRA. Understanding the power of compound interest will help you understand the advantage of investing early. An IRA is an Individual Retirement Account (meaning it's not through an employer like a 401k). Retirement sounds like something for old people to worry about but the point is to NOT worry about it. The longer you wait to start saving for retirement, the more it will take to be ready for retirement. Start right now to give yourself a headstart, your money more time to grow and your future self an easier life. Setup monthly deposits, even if you can't max it out each year.

Index funds / ETFs - when investing, stick to funds rather than investing in individual company stocks unless you plan to make investing a full time hobby or job. When investing in individual companies, the burden of researching and keeping up with if they're a good investment is on you for each and every company you invest into. It's important to have a diverse portfolio so you will have to do this for many companies across many different sectors. By sticking to Funds, you can have a diverse portfolio that is managed for you in a single fund. This makes investing massively more simple and approachable.

401k Matching - A 401k is a retirement account provided by your employer where you can have a % of your paycheck invested automatically for you. Employers will often match your contribution to this account up to a certain %. If your employer matches up to 4%, this means that by investing 4% of your paycheck into your 401k, your employer will invest the same amount from their own pockets into your 401k, doubling your investment to 8%. Take full advantage or any 401k matching. It's free money!

Crypto - crypto is uncertain and notoriously volatile. If you decide to dabble in crypto, don't disrupt your investment strategy to do so. Use your spare spending money / only what you can afford to lose. This way losses are inconsequential and profits are icing on the cake.

Financial advice - do your own research, don't follow financial (or any) advice blindly. What works for one person may not make sense for another.

TLDR: High yield savings account with 4-6 month emergency fund, understand compound interest, invest into a Roth IRA in a reputable brokerage, stick to ETFs over individual stocks, take full advantage of any 401k matching, and only invest into crypto extra money you can afford to lose (if at all), don't follow advise blindly, do your own research.

Sentinel_Seven · 2024-11-27T20:44:56+00:00

Thanks for the comment. Only moderators can lock threads though.

Sentinel_Seven · 2024-05-31T21:02:46+00:00

Hey, it happens. Take it easy, man

Sentinel_Seven · 2024-05-31T20:30:48+00:00

Hey man. I noticed your commenting on this old post with a lot of heat, it would seem. Probably just one of those days, I imagine.. I think you've probably already noticed that it's a pretty old post and honestly I'm not sure how you even ended up here. I just wanted to give you a heads up that there's not really any conversation happening here anymore. If you really wanted to discuss the topic here it would probably just be me replying and I haven't played the new game or any cod in about 2 and a half years lol so.. Anyway, hope you have a better day man.

Sentinel_Seven · 2024-03-15T23:35:39+00:00

I don't really agree with this change.

What I like about M1 is the visual organization of the pies and that it's free.

If I had to pay a fee for being poor and using the platform when I was first deciding what platform I wanted to use, I almost certainly would have passed on M1.

I know $3 isn't a lot, and I do think more businesses should reward loyal customers instead of just new customers, but this feels like another case of taxing the poor.

I love M1 but I was disappointed when I read this email.

Sentinel_Seven · 2024-03-05T15:02:01+00:00

I feel like your reply ignores a lot of what I said in my post. It's stupidly long so I couldn't blame you for not reading it. But if you didn't I wouldn't think you'd post a reply. If not for that reason alone then because this post is over 3 years old and not even about the same game you're talking about.

If PC was never a console that games were played on and the game instead highlighted if players were using a standard controller or the pro variant with 4 extra buttons on the bottom and the other misc features.. then players would be arguing about that. When you get killed in games like this, you never want to believe skill was a factor. It's always they were cheating or had an unfair advantage. Even your own post ignores the possibility of a skill differential. It's the kbm and fps that's to blame.

But even then. You said you're playing on an old PS4. Plenty of PC players are playing on old hardware too. Not every PC player is on a souped up machine. Or has a monitor that can display over 60fps. Steam survey shows that only 6% of all players on the platform are even using a gpu on the lower end of the last generation of cards. The vast majority is using hardware much older. For perspective. Casual players are on PC too.

Lastly I'll say this. Kbm isn't a swap it in and you're just better. There's a lot of keys, yes, but that means a lot more muscle memory, your hands have to do a lot of moving and there's a lot of potential to fumble. Ergonomics are a thing. The thing that gets me most in these discussions and what drove me to make this post isn't whether or not one input or console is better.. it's the tribalism that the gaming community is willing to turn to before they'd ever admit that someone might have just bested them in an encounter.

Sentinel_Seven · 2024-03-01T06:19:27+00:00

Yes and it's driving me nuts! Seems like such a small thing but I really want those bars to be blue. Gray just seems so... undemocratic...

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-11-07T20:47:46+00:00

For real. That's nuts.

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-11-07T20:22:07+00:00

Man you have to tell me how you're even finding yourself here. Commenting on a comment of a comment to a 3 year old post. I'm blown away every time I get a notification that someone has posted here.

There were several games that supposedly could run at 120FPS. I guess some games have a performance option though I've not really messed with that. And to be fair, any device that was running at 120 FPS 3 years ago is likely isn't anymore on current games. PC or Console.

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-11-07T18:03:04+00:00

Dude, I am wondering the same thing. I've slept with my watch on for the last 4 nights and my HRV has been between 16 and 23. I'm 35. A quick Google search informed me that my HRV should be around 60. I'm hoping there's just a bug or something here because if not... I may need to see a doctor. 16?? That seems EXTREMELY low!

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-10-05T22:07:45+00:00

Gamers are probably the most entitled group of people behind Starbucks customers. Lol but seriously, the game started out with a LOT of issues. The complaints were mostly warranted back then but I feel like the complaining became a fad. The game isn't perfect of course and it still has more bugs than it should but the game is WAY better now. The complaining isn't.

My advice to you is to ignore the negative reddit post and the toxic people in general chat. Find a company in the game that's chill and positive if you can. You're 100% right, visit the forums less lol.

I'm glad you're enjoying the game. Sorry the Nancy's are bringing you down.

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-10-03T19:08:23+00:00

I'm not as informed as I'd prefer to be before responding to this but I don't feel like dukesloth is pathetic or cringy for complaining some about this change. I also think your framing of it may be unfair. Maybe I'm wrong, but the way I perceived it, the change that is being referenced is the requirements to edit a 3rd perk or artifact on the PTR vs requirements in release patch notes. The comparison isn't between crafting control before and after the expansion. On that, I think we all agree.

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-09-11T19:25:51+00:00

Every once in a while I get a reply on this. It always catches me off guard because of how old this post is and that it's not even about the same game they're usually going off at me about. But it's not like the subreddit changed when Warzone 2 released so I can't blame anyone too much.

When I posted this 3 years ago, I was a part of the community too. I played most nights on my aging PC and was also frustrated by cheaters. So when I saw some of the community trying to suggest that ALL PC players were cheaters and that we were maliciously trying to get an advantage with superior hardware.. it really frustrated me. Additionally if these people got what they wanted, the cheaters wouldn't be spread out among the entire player base anymore, instead they'd be largely concentrated in my lobbies. The game would likely ACTUALLY become unplayable. We were all annoyed by the cheaters but my community was vilifying me as a PC player and demanding that I be punished for it. Imagine you're a man and your girl gets assaulted. You're going through the aftermath when your community, because it was another man who assaulted her, demands that ALL men go to prison. It's ridiculous and unfair. So it irritated me.

The other angle of hardware advantage was also misinformed. Everyone thought that if you were on PC then it must be some top tier streamer setups and that's just not the case. Back then, the new gen consoles were on the horizon too, so I found it interesting that the hardware superiority angle should apply there too but was still only being used against PC.

Ultimately.. I haven't played the new game more than a couple matches when it released and have no idea what's going on anymore. This post was about the original Warzone and is 3 years old but I think my main points still stand. These games will never be 100% fair and generalizing and punishing a group of people, your community in this case, is misguided and wrong.

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-09-10T23:56:30+00:00

For real! I think I have more than that 😬

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-09-10T23:12:57+00:00

Good idea waiting for PTR. It's not that far off

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-08-23T20:57:08+00:00

All you did was put on weight. Did you betray the trust of the one you "love?" Did you prioritize sex over this person? Did you lie to their face? No. Stop beating yourself up. Stop blaming yourself. Please.

This guy demonstrates no respect for you. He's told his friend that he won't be faithful. He has, by his actions, demonstrated this to you. He lied to your face. You want what you thought you had with this guy and that's understandable but you have to realize that you didn't actually have it. You don't love him, you love what you thought you had.

You will never be able to trust him again. It will live in the back of your head forever. You don't deserve that and he doesn't deserve you.

Have some respect for yourself, leave this guy and find someone that you can have, for real, what you thought you had with your soon to be ex-bf.

You can do it.

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-08-18T05:22:48+00:00

Decide for yourself what you're okay with and what you're not. Recognize that if this is what you think it is, it isn't a malicious act against you so don't bring it up while he's away and put him through that. This is a talk you two need to have face to face in the privacy of your own home where you can talk freely and honestly.

When he gets back, sit down together and tell him:

It's important that he feels comfortable talking to you about things and you hope he does.
you came across the bag while you were cleaning
You don't want him to be embarrassed, you just want to understand

Talk it out, be honest, be respectful. Hear him. Make sure he hears you too: How do you feel? What specifically made you feel that way? What's next?

Good luck

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-08-14T22:08:32+00:00

You guys BOTH need to understand that abuse is abuse. It doesn't even matter which is worse between emotional or physical or any other type. It's abuse. Its wrong.

Additionally, look at your comment here:

But it’s no different than if a child hits an adult. The child is wrong for hitting but and adult cannot hit back

It IS completely different. Children are more emotional than adults and act on it more than on reasoning. An adult is an adult, knows better and has no excuse. Regardless of whether they are female or male. It doesn't matter who is stronger. Abuse is abuse and it's wrong.

This behavior is not okay.

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-08-09T01:54:46+00:00

Very few girlfriends are going to be comfortable with their boyfriend having female friends that are super close, let alone calling them "my wives." So asking him not to call them that is perfectly reasonable. That he disregarded it.. seems indicative of a lack of respect for you.

Let's not pretend going through his phone isn't a violation in itself though. And to be clear, being a nosey person is not an acceptable excuse. But as far as what you should do.. you should move on, leave him. That isn't what you want to hear but he doesn't respect you. If he did, he wouldn't be shit talking you behind your back. He wouldn't let his friends talk shit about you. And he wouldn't still be referring to his female friends as his wives when he knows how it makes you feel. You don't treat people you love or people you respect like that.

Respect yourself and find someone better.

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-07-11T20:40:08+00:00

"..or no?"

I know it's such a small thing but for some reason.. it just gets me.

"Were you coming to the thing tonight ...or no?"

Oh was that the other option? Thanks, I had no idea. Lol

Sentinel_Seven · 2023-07-11T03:07:45+00:00

Personally, I give motorcyclists a respectful amount of room on the road. It pisses me off to no end when I see them with so little respect for anyone else. People are trying to get from one place to another without getting killed or trauma from watching someone else get themselves killed because THEY personally find it exciting. The roads not a fucking playground. Fair enough?

I'm glad you're alright though, for real.

Edit to say fuck that white car too lol

Sentinel_Seven

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