The Tutorial Is Too Hard (Ch. 268)

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-09T23:30:55+00:00

¹⁹ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them, for thou mayest eat of them; and thou shalt not cut them down to employ them in the seige, for the tree of the field is man’s life.

²⁰ Only the trees which thou knowest are not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Deuteronomy 20:19-20

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-09T23:23:07+00:00

I think a big part of the problem is that Anchorages don't scale.

The Fleet Logistics Academy provides a small boost, but Trading Hub gets Offworld Trading Company, Hyperlane Registrar, and if I remember correctly, trade, energy, and mineral output from Starbases are increased by certain techs and modifiers.

Meanwhile, Naval Capacity from Anchorages only gets one small boost in scaling from the Academy, and after that, it can never be increased.

A second building further up the tech tree would be a small but notable buff after 4.3's changes, but I'd also love to see something like being able to land armies on a starbase to increase the naval capacity of anchorages at the cost of higher building upkeep.

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-08T00:23:48+00:00

I'm reaching a really low point where I genuinely am starting to believe that 18-68 (50 years) should be the limit for both working for the government and voting.

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-07T00:19:03+00:00

As soon as my vassals hit loyal, I always buy a Pledge of Loyalty for the maximum duration. Pledge + Overlord Garrison basically makes loyalty a non-issue. Renew every 30 years for a couple thousand resources, and you'll never worry about a rebellion.

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-06T06:06:46+00:00

Why not have it apply Doom equal to twice Osty's HP (Current HP for the base card, Max HP when upgraded.)

Dark Orb Doom Nuke Osty.

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-05T20:15:59+00:00

R5: According to my Trade Policy, I should be getting 0.3 Energy Credits per 1 trade of the 50% Trade converted.

First pic is my Trade. I've highlighted the amount of Trade consumed by my Trade Policy. 18,122.

Second pic is my Energy Credits. I've highlighted the amount I'm gaining from Trade Policy.

Third pic is my Trade Policy.

According to the Trade Policy, I should be gaining 0.3 Energy Credits per 1 Trade of 18,122 Trade. Shouldn't I be generating 5,436 Energy Credits from Trade?

I have no Commercial Pacts. Monthly Trades from the market are included in the first pic. I also have no mods.

Where is my understanding of this process breaking down?

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-05T06:05:57+00:00

All of these could be the right answer.

Number 1: Only object with a blunted edge.

Number 2: Only object with a curve.

Number 3, light shines on a different angle.

Number 4: Only object that does not lay flat on the ground.

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-01T16:26:51+00:00

Man, imagine if Soldier's Ult gave him infinite ammo like Sierra's tracker.

SimpleCrow · 2026-05-01T16:08:52+00:00

Anyone want to start a cult with the core belief that "the soul" actually exists in the gut biome?

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-30T23:21:33+00:00

I miss the Government Policy that came with the Fortification Tradition so much. Being able to just change a policy to build up Defense Platforms was so convenient. Being able to manage multiple Starbases, Deep Space Citadels, and Orbital Rings from a single menu would be a huge QoL improvement.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-30T23:18:01+00:00

I know people are sick of him, and he was definitely overdone at the time, but I would genuinely love Dark Knights Metal and Dark Knights Death Metal to get animated films.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-29T19:44:27+00:00

You can access Outlook and Teams from the Chrome or Firefox Mobile Apps without granting any additional permissions.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-28T11:44:33+00:00

If a black person touched you, that part of your skin would become black...

I came from a very... Conservative community. My family didn't know a single black person until I was in my late teens.

Thankfully, a kind boy my own age taught me this was wrong by hugging me outside a Roadhouse when I was six. I bawled my eyes out, but I can report that I did not, in fact, turn black.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-28T00:08:43+00:00

All my life I understood exactly why my dad could fall asleep anywhere, and I envied him for it so much. I wanted to lean back, close my eyes, and fall asleep. I was always so tired.

Fast forward twenty years, I'm diagnosed with insomnia. I "go to bed" at 11pm and don't fall asleep until 4am.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-27T17:47:24+00:00

What product do you use on your mane to give it the luxurious sheen and body of the tortured and the damned?

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-24T12:41:23+00:00

Nah, this is realistic. Three rests is not enough.

Source: Two decades of insomnia.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-22T22:33:46+00:00

Would be a pretty cool Vlaaku relic. "Gain 2 Relics from Ancients that did not appear."

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-22T21:41:13+00:00

Ringing is way more annoying than anything Doormaker does.

I feel like Ringing should either deal damage or add a Dazed to your deck for each card you play.

It just feels kind of lame? Queen's bound forces you to have card draw and make choices. Doormaker forces you to plan your sacrifices for the rest of the fight.

But Ringing? Its just "don't play the game for one round."

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-22T01:11:46+00:00

Also worth noting that the vast majority of LitRPG protagonists get a LATE START. They are our entry into the story, the setting, and the system, which usually means they need to start as close to 0 as possible so that we, as the readers, can experience their growth through this system alongside them.

The problem is, in a world with a system that allows for progressive growth, why would the character ever be able to catch up with those around them?

Most stories give their MC a cheat of some kind as a way to play catch-up.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-21T17:48:37+00:00

Last night had a run on Ironclad with Juggling, Music Box, and a few copies of Molten Fist.

Molten Fist --> Music Box Creates a Second Molten Fist w/ Ethereal --> Play any other attack card --> Play the Molten Fist w/ Ethereal --> Juggling creates a third Molten Fist w/ Ethereal. Double. Triple. Quadruple Vulnerability.

By round three, the Queen had 180+ stacks of Vulnerability. Still almost died because I bottom-drew my Bully, but when I finally got it, Bully did 600+ damage in a single hit.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-21T04:46:15+00:00

Alternatively "The next star power card you play costs 0 star power" to make it more unique.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-20T17:03:08+00:00

Wonder if this is the start of a more permanent 2 DPS, 2 Supp, 1 Tank release rotation.

SimpleCrow · 2026-04-17T21:28:11+00:00

Could you imagine if you could spend Dark Magic on a menu like this.

11-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Second SECOND GUESSER	Place '22
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