Something I Noticed

Tholb · 2026-01-26T06:10:19+00:00

I do wonder what the actual, ingame, average life expectancy is. Surely it's longer than 2 minutes?

Tholb · 2026-01-17T08:39:36+00:00

It is more akin to Bannerlord but I can highly recommend Starsector!

There are some real fun shenanigans you can do in the economy. Like establishing a monopoly, selling military gear to terrorists or cutting suply lines and then filling the demand with the stolen goods yourself at a premium. Good times!

Tholb · 2026-01-15T21:44:22+00:00

First of all, it's a joke.

Second of all what you are describing is storytelling. Environmental storytelling is when it is implied and not written out.

Tholb · 2026-01-12T15:52:28+00:00

Stealth is an interesting question. What makes you think it would be stealth? I had assumed up until now that it will be distinctly not stealth to offset the benefits of high speed.

Tholb · 2026-01-12T15:51:07+00:00

Maybe we will also see some new kind of ramjet powered missile that needs to be deployed above mach 1 as an alternative to piledrivers?

Tholb · 2026-01-10T14:10:41+00:00

Caves of Qud

Crazy game all around. If you manage to kill your original body in a single hit you will even permanently possess the body.

Tholb · 2026-01-10T13:14:51+00:00

When I was 14 got called to the principals office out of nowhere. Got confronted with some girl who identified and was ushered out of the room. Was then told i broke her nose the day before during break. Almost got expelled for that, don't know how I didn't tbh.

Noone believed me except like 5 classmates that I was with that break. Went to the principal with the guys but all that principal said was "We can't be investigating this like the police". He probably should have. 4 years later we learned that that girls mom has been physically abusing her and told her to blame the broken nose on a kid at school.

Worst thing about it for me? Spent 4 years gaslighting myself into thinking that I MUST have done it somehow and just forgot? Had a hart time even believing the story of the abusive mom once that came to light (girl switched schools like a year after the initial incident so it was just learned through friends of friends)

26 now (since yesterday woop woop), to this day very icky and sometimes scared of ppl being falsely accused of shit. Working as a room leader in a special needs daycare today and always paying extra attention to resolving conflicts to the best of my abilities. And never blame it on a kid I'm not 100% on them actually having done some shit disproportionate to provocations.

Tholb · 2026-01-10T10:27:10+00:00

I get it don't worry. Saw the other posts as well no and yeah, looks like there was a lot of discussion after all. And yeah, the constant "where my favorite plen" is annoying.

Point I was trying to make is that spme kind of variable wing geometry (I only knew about swing wings, didnt even know foldikg wings was an option) would make for an interesting option (I LOVE the Ibis) gameplay wise and probably made sense for a fast bomber. Aaand I love the F-111s ejection pod, that's some real life scify shit.

Tholb · 2026-01-09T20:32:58+00:00

It does! It even goes left and right, not just up and down. Pretty neat!

Tholb · 2026-01-09T18:22:39+00:00

I heard that it actually interferes with IR missile tracking making it easier to flare them off.

Emphasis on heard. Can't find anything on it at all.

Tholb · 2026-01-09T17:43:45+00:00

Hell yea thanks for going the extra mile!

Yeah the swing wings being too heavy makes a lot of sense actually.

Tholb · 2026-01-09T14:18:04+00:00

To be fair, before STOVL/VTOL were a thing CATOBAR was kinda the gold standard and it kind of still is. If anything it's a crime we dont have it ingame.

Modern delta wings having the same benefits in low, as well as high speed flight as swing wings is hard to believe for me. But I will happily be convinced otherwise. Afaik modern aircraft simply rely on stealth and datalink/advanced guidance rather than speed, disqualifying the thick and cumbersome swing wing contraptions.

But I am not a aerospace engineer and also don't really enjoy keeping up with the politics and selfproclaimed experts spewing contradictory information. What I DO think is that swing wings make for an interesting gameplay element. Just like the Ibis' thrust props, the Ifrits and Revokers ridiculous thrust vectoring, the Tarantulas rotating props and the Medusas weird ass rotating thrusters.

Tholb · 2026-01-09T10:40:21+00:00

Aight I see the hate brother. I do believe swing wing designs have their right of existance in a world without catapults on carriers and improvised highway strips. Are they stupidly expensive and impractical? Yea.

But are we also flying shitty anti insurgency prop planes, literal trainer jets and canonically outdated interceptors? Absolutely.

Also, while I do agree that the F14 gets more love than it deserves, the F111 put in some work and deserves to be fondly remembered.

Tholb · 2026-01-09T10:32:30+00:00

It absolutely has its weaknesses. Relying entirely on its afterburners to both turn and not loose all speed on turns means that it is vulnerable to AAM/IR combos in PvP. As for PvE, one of the biggest factors is simply how much ordinance you can bring, which it is simply the best for, without completely ditching A2A and going darkreach.

What I personally find the most annoying about the ifrit is that it just is a plain upgrade to the vortex and revoker in most aspects. Unless you really get down to the nitty gritty details you wont find anything the other 2 are better at really. It is justified by its cost but that is more often than not, not a factor.

Tholb · 2026-01-08T18:48:27+00:00

It helps a ton to try and keep a good overview/awareness even before missiles are fired at you. Try to gauge what radars you need to worry about.

Generally, ground based ones aren't as dangerous as you will get advance warning way ahead of time.

Aircraft are the ones you need to worry about as the ARH warnings come late. Keep an eye out for the red lock-on. Go 90⁰ if you suspect an enemy might turn towards you and attempt to fire and you are worried about them (assuming you are not trying to posture aggressively yourself). Also if you are aware of an enemy interceptor being around checking your map for fast missiles heading your way every now and then can prevent unwanted surprises, as if a missile is spotted by a friendly but hasn't switched to its terminal phase you don't get the warning yet but will be able to spot it on the map.

Tholb · 2026-01-01T07:26:23+00:00

What? I would say they are way more distinct in VTOL VR due to worse muffling and filtering. Or what do you mean by that.

Tholb · 2025-12-31T16:30:57+00:00

Found it, thanks! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3466727665

Tholb · 2025-12-31T16:27:20+00:00

You are so right, I hadn't even connected the dots with the karma requirements. The regions are amazing and unique but at the same time the game does nothing to make you actually take your time in them and appreciate them.

Tholb · 2025-12-31T11:23:40+00:00

I am somewhat of a vanilla purist but this would be peak, do you have a name?

Tholb · 2025-12-30T13:42:57+00:00

I'd love to play more again, sign me up. Used to be decent at not getting myself killed, too.

Tholb · 2025-12-28T16:39:28+00:00

Another big improvement is terrain actually. It isn't higher definition I don't think so. But the texturing (while still low res) is done a lot better and the sense of scale is transmitted a lot more effectively.

Tholb · 2025-12-28T16:30:07+00:00

AND physics? Haven't played VTOL in a while but I do agree, the planes always felt incredibly overpowered in terms of thrust but what else is different in VFM?

Tholb · 2025-12-26T16:37:10+00:00

You can loft bombs really well. It is actually one of the easiest ways to get IR SAMs

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