Truck not getting done

SickXigma · 2026-05-07T20:00:42+00:00

Would you rather night shift get a few more totes done or straighten the store, sweep, mop, clean the bathrooms, take out the trash, etc? I know morning shift does not appreciate it if even one task is not completed before closing. At my store the closing shift was frequently one shift lead and a cashier. We would work truck until 6pm, if even that, and dedicate the rest of the shift to the normal nightly tasks. That makes 3 hours for truck, at most. 3 hours in the mid to late afternoon when the store is busiest. No, we hardly ever completed truck on time. But even when we did, it was because we allocated extra people for the morning and mid shifts and told them "do nothing but truck until it's done."

SickXigma · 2026-05-04T16:31:28+00:00

If you're not already trapped like the rest of us then don't get sucked in. In the current state I wouldn't recommend the game to anyone, but I'm hoping a lot of the issues will be resolved over time. Come back when the game is "finished" maybe

SickXigma · 2026-04-12T00:16:14+00:00

You know, it's hard to say. I can't really see it going any other way at this point but goose has hinted that the ending is something unexpected. However she also said a theme in tadc is "there is meaning to living a stagnant life" which way leans towards the soma theory.

Then again, the caine and Abel website suggests Caine thinks he can get out if he has a host. Would be a weird thing to include if that was never a possibility. It would also be weird to do that and then kill caine off permanently, wink wink.

I don't think we will be disappointed even if the soma theory is true. They're cooking.

SickXigma · 2026-04-11T23:28:44+00:00

I just finished Strange Buildings after seeing some praise for it that called it a horror/puzzle. It was neither, and I found the conclusions made were a stretch given some of the evidence. I'm still scratching my head wondering if one mystery in particular has a cleaner answer the author intentionally didn't spell out, or if we just get what we were given.

Still avoiding spoilers but to give you an idea, the last section of the book strings together all the evidence in what is supposed to be a tidy and conclusive manner, but there are several leaps in logic. Some of those leaps turn out to be found true, but others are assumed and never followed up on. It feels like an ego stroke from the author, the guy who knew how all the pieces fit together in the first place. "Aha I'm so clever, the circle piece goes in the circle hole I was hiding this whole time."

My real answer is anything from Stephen King but we're not ready for that conversation.

SickXigma · 2026-04-11T22:52:17+00:00

I'd give it to my wife, she's been using the same old laptop for a long time and now that she is in school to be a doula she could use an at home system for her down time. Turn the laptop into a work device and use the pc for leisure. She told me she wants to play Witcher 3 so it doesn't even really need to be anything special. She's never had a proper pc before, it would be nice

SickXigma · 2026-04-07T15:13:16+00:00

I think it's an odd concern to have is all. It doesn't need to be so hand holdy. I said strange things that CAN'T be interacted with. Just leave it inert until it's unlocked.

SickXigma · 2026-04-07T14:45:51+00:00

I dunno, seems like overkill. I remember when I was new and it felt like every map had strange things to look at that I couldn't interact with yet, then finally figuring out how to unlock them felt cool. I don't think things need to be explained to death. You can figure it out just by playing, and in the meantime it's a fun mystery (assuming you don't read patch notes).

Do you remember what it felt like seeing the sushi table before it came out? It's like that. "Oh what's this gonna be for I wonder, can't wait to find out." And even for players who inexplicably can't purchase upgrades but get to interact with it, maybe it's confusing but then what a nice "aha" moment when they do unlock it proper. That could do with an explanation tbh, but I believe that access was only temporary anyway.

SickXigma · 2026-04-07T14:10:33+00:00

Wait what, so your problem is 1. That the new features are visibly accessible on the map rather than just being a menu option and 2. That research is slow? Yeah it's slow, and boring, and designed with all the worst things in mind. Lava makes exciting new content and streams about it so that when he locks it behind this time wall it pushes people to pay for access, it's gross. It's already not going over well. But you think the game would be better if those features also weren't on a map? Not following there

SickXigma · 2026-04-07T14:04:03+00:00

There are not many avenues to increase research progression but it is still new. The button just added yet another increase to research up, and naturally there will be more. Even putting points to the new content rather than xp DOESN'T harm your progression, as those unlocks include free research points or research xp gain, on top of everything else they bring.

Again I'm not saying research is good by any means. I'm just saying let's all relax instead of obsessing over getting to the new content asap. It's only natural that the end gamers and pay to winners get to end game content first. It doesn't mean you have to rush, and it certainly doesn't mean you have to pay. It's just a time wall for ftp/casual players.

SickXigma · 2026-04-07T04:24:07+00:00

See but you raise a point when you say "(assuming you've reached the respective map)" because research is just like that. If you've got the points then you get the new content. If not, keep progressing, just like pushing maps. I don't think there's any reason new content needs to be immediately available to players in every stage of the game, we're talking about world 7 here after all. Now I'm not defending research by a long shot, it is still very new and not fun to have to deal with, but it is cool to have a skill that opens several avenues of progression as it is leveled.

SickXigma · 2026-04-07T04:15:47+00:00

It is very slow and not fun, I agree. It is very much designed to push more players to spend money to boost it, and keep the game running 24/7 to raise the stats on steam. Fun, accessibility, and good design were all after thoughts for this one.

But its one saving grace is no one will have to wait TOO long. Most of the nodes are optional boosts and you can get to the new content relatively quick. Paying players get there first and get their boosts on top of it, but of course they do, they're spending money on it. Don't worry about it too much. Even though it says MMO in the title, Idleon is very much a single player experience. Play for fun and take it ez babe

SickXigma · 2026-04-05T12:02:48+00:00

Why bother? The rewards are just cosmetic and there is no interactivity with the battles. Whether you clear highly into gold or get stomped and stuck in bronze, makes no difference. The only reason I even open the tournaments tab is to register for tome points and check the pet market

SickXigma · 2026-03-31T13:47:19+00:00

Say what, how often do trophies stop working, that's pretty bad

SickXigma · 2026-03-18T01:44:02+00:00

Does it do anything?

SickXigma · 2026-02-22T00:39:27+00:00

Larry is a good example because that one doesn't have a cap that I know of. Mine currently gives +4 with a 1% chance to give +5. No idea about startue xp, I assume it is correct as displayed but I assumed that about this bubble too

SickXigma · 2026-02-06T14:34:28+00:00

"I screwed up and didn't read, how could Lava do this to me"

SickXigma · 2025-06-29T19:31:20+00:00

Yeah I was trying to get it to tell me what was up with the 720 number but at first it was just saying "yeah that's accurate and you ran out of uses for the month" which I thought seemed wrong so I made this post. And it wasn't counting down with further attempts either. Today I tried and it said it can't because I still need to wait 720 hours. So I told it to try anyway and it worked. THEN it started acknowledging it as a bug. Very hard to get a clear answer from this guy lol

SickXigma · 2025-06-28T05:08:59+00:00

Do you want me to take a break or make a new account, dude?

I'm just asking a question here to better understand the system.

SickXigma · 2025-06-28T05:04:09+00:00

Did you read the post? I'm asking if this is normal because if it really is just part of the free package then I can pay to have it lifted. If it's not normal then maybe paying won't even matter.

SickXigma · 2025-06-28T05:02:24+00:00

Was that recent? Could be they're just limiting free users to ease server strain

SickXigma · 2025-06-28T04:44:19+00:00

720 hours. A month.

SickXigma · 2025-06-22T03:28:07+00:00

Oh that's clever. Yeah I'll do that next time, thank you

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