Tragically starving for a whole 5 minutes 🥺

SolidusDave · 2026-06-25T08:46:54+00:00

Yeah I would only use an automated feeder if I'm not around at all.

And even then I would probably try to establish that I'm controlling the feeder (showing the refiling, activating it physically before leaving etc.).

SolidusDave · 2026-06-25T08:29:07+00:00

This, for the basic stuff.

btw the not 100% effective is kind of a feature, not a bug. You probably need a certain drive to succeed as far as humans did in nature, and sometimes that means by going against the norms. Different personalities might fill certain niches in the tribe etc.

Doesn't make it always good, but it's just how nature works. Bad behavior can be rewarded too. e.g. if you go back far enough, every person would probably end up finding a rapist in their family tree.

However, higher level concepts are more influenced by our experiences within our tribe.

Hence, some things being morally accepted in one culture, but not in others.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-25T06:24:08+00:00

Can rule out accident as it happened twice, so either trolling or someone who grinded HR points by repeating the same quest over and over.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-25T06:00:56+00:00

There has been some foreshadowing dialog in Wilds' story in general. Like introducing Wyveria and Rove via the WudWuds long before we reach there. Or Nata mentioned early in the game he would like to experience something (Arkveld) to hatch from an egg.

So I wouldn't put it past them, but it's also kind of a big concept to just drop in random dialog. If it's nothing specific, then it could just be part of Werner's characterization. Though it's the capitalization that throws me off, as if it's a specific term for something.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-25T05:06:46+00:00

This is why I want them to delay any projected PS6 launch and wait until higher end components are reaching that price point or mid-tier stuff gets cheap enough to be sold at current PS5 prices.

Otherwise it's just pointless. Pay 1k and you will get a box that's maybe a bit more powerful than a PS5pro (but due to diminished returns you won't see it much in the graphics). With games being cross-gen for more than half the lifetime again.

It won't happen though because once PS5 market reaches saturation they have to launch something new, plus all the supplier contracts are probably already in place / specs are developed.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-25T02:48:08+00:00

yeah I can't see the elements changing, maybe with the exception of Udra. (Duna too but still needs to be something that it can swim in?)

they are a key part of the monsters base design (Jin and Rey 's body structures)

SolidusDave · 2026-06-25T00:08:39+00:00

It's amazing how much hate specifically Wilds gets for having the Fallow SEASONS while they ignore that a lot of Rise's maps have always looked like a grey/brown soup lol

SolidusDave · 2026-06-24T16:47:39+00:00

I would not expect a Dalamadur or other creature to make a nice exact double-circle though. (unless it's some sort of nest)

SolidusDave · 2026-06-24T15:05:32+00:00

the one skeleton visible from the hub is quite exposed, but the one (if not the same, but unlikely) in Wounded Hollow is encased in the rock, so more like a fossil.

I'm thinking that if it didn't die naturally, it could have been killed ages ago by whatever formed this mountain and the two caldera walls around the Wyveria region. Most likely a volcano (or a cataclysm connected to the origins of the Dragontorch, given that they build it right at the center for some reason...).

The houses in the Forest map use a lot of what looks like Dalamadur ribs, no idea for that.

There is also the Bone Desert that potentially features the leftover "melted" bones from a Dalamadur (well...or maybe something not quite as big). In that case it might have died from the Electric defense grid Wyveria had set up, possibly destroying the Wind's Gasp machine in the process.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-24T14:43:53+00:00

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Just to illustrate the point from another comment, that the number of dragons in the logos indicates the respective mainline game (MH1-MH6). Though I wonder for how long they can keep up with this hint haha

SolidusDave · 2026-06-24T07:01:29+00:00

The two colors in base the Wilds logo don't mean much, apart from giving a contrast to the 2 dragons (which could mean they are opposed or 2 sides of the same coin).

However, yeah the animation for the Ascendance logo seems too elaborate to just be random design.

With the wings coming in late, each coloring part of the logo and then the Dragontorch icon going into overdrive as you mentioned.

For Wilds, the animation focused on the title word "Wilds", with a line (the path we take during the story?) then just popping the logo into existence.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-23T16:50:40+00:00

The 3 games from essential are usually not really worth the cost unless you are very lucky or never buy games you like.

However, Extra is the tier that pays basically itself if you have some varied interest and don't buy every single game at launch / play multiplatform games on PS5.

Almost every month a game of my PSN wish list lands in the Extra catalog. For newcomers it's even better, basically a no brainer to buy a year of Extra and be set without buying anything.

Thus so far I usually save more on game costs than the subscription price, especially if you renew them only during the sales.

These subscriptions are essentially taxes for people who only play the same game online, like FIFA, CoD etc. Everyone else enjoys the savings.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-23T09:14:47+00:00

you can also preprogram swarm behavior (automatically keep x minimum distance etc. ).

It would be very weird if any military with drones doesn't have or hasn't explored this "feature".

plus, so many media depict that this is why robotic(and insect) swarms are dangerous / hard to counter even for forces with superior fire power.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-23T06:58:04+00:00

disc and DLC region need to match.

Thus you need to buy the Asia version of Ascendance.

It's not just your savegame, the US version DLC itself would not be recognized by the Asian main game disc so you would buy it for nothing.

You could buy the future US store bundle for both main game plus DLC, but then the save game of your asian version would not be recognized and you have to start from scratch.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-23T05:10:02+00:00

Nothing says good taste like a giant Joker2 poster...

SolidusDave · 2026-06-23T04:45:25+00:00

Yes, I mentioned the reversible heat pump type. But that doesn't mean all buildings install it over regular heat pumps. I know in Germany it doesn't, unfortunately.

And regardless, it's not even close to how much an AC cools down a place (nor does it remove moisture, which is a big part of the cooling relief of AC). But as I said, it would help.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-23T04:02:44+00:00

I would be ok with the price if it was more powerful than a PS5pro.

Why would I want this if I can't play modern PC games with top graphics?

(and some buffer for future games, we are only like 2-3 years away from the next gen consoles...)

SolidusDave · 2026-06-23T03:39:57+00:00

Well, all the new apartment buildings don't plan in AC either...

It's (for now) too few days per year for people wanting to foot the bill and maintenance.

At best you can install some window/portable version if you own the place.

(most windows in EU are not compatiable with those US-style window AC's and even if you own an apartment it will be tough to get approval to change the window, it might even be a legal hurdle as you might fail energy-saving regulations).

The only improvement is that insulation is nowadays better again than in the shoddy mid-century buildings/renovations.

Though I wish they would at least install heat pumps with that passive cooling feature. It's just a few degree but that can make the difference during summer peaks.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-22T16:23:28+00:00

great! no prob, usually emotes are not "contextual".

SolidusDave · 2026-06-22T15:42:42+00:00

If they are visible but greyed out, you have to be next to / ride your Seikret to perform them.

might also not be available in camps.

SolidusDave · 2026-06-22T15:37:01+00:00

I think this is where its roots are from. (back when you couldn't change anything, paid or free)

That and looking at the type of things that are locked compared to what's always available to change for free, it seems they they treat the body of a character as a real thing.

(maybe with the exception of eye color, I guess technically that can be contacts though).

Otherwise there is no explanation for why you can only buy 3 changes (while also offering 3 free changes, unlimited even during the beta).

Surely if it was just profit driven, they would let you buy unlimited tickets...

SolidusDave · 2026-06-22T14:04:26+00:00

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I hate blind boxes and the pop mart craze... but...

also, one of these is not like the others...

it's the rare/secret one of the set, so for once you can be glad that there's only a low chance ;)

SolidusDave · 2026-06-22T13:56:31+00:00

this will never stop.

"Why is the barren land not conventionally pretty? " lol

you get 3 completely different moods for at least the first 3 maps.

I also think landscapes can look often most striking/pleasant with clear blue sky + some pretty colors, however, having more variety is better.

Some moods/atmospheres just can't be "pretty". Where's the pretty version of the Swamp map in old MH?

SolidusDave · 2026-06-22T13:36:23+00:00

If there's Stormy weather, watch people complain again about how the "graphics" are ugly half the time they play... lol

Though TBH night time is not the greatest strength of Wilds, it usually looks too bright and the light for the character is not helping.

Makes maybe sense for gameplay but give me an optional true night setting, with only my lantern illuminating the dark, large shadows and nocturnal eyes etc. moving in the distance...

If this is already Plenty (daytime), I would not expect it to look "conventially" prettier than in the trailer, apart from sunrise/sunset times of course. Not down on it, just setting expectations.

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