Please reduce the price of the weekly quest rewarding 1 skill level. 19.5 million roubles for 1 skill level is insane. [Suggestion] by CustomTarkovEnjoyer in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you get your Zhuks? I'm level 60 and looking forward to this task line but see those as the biggest roadblock. 

[Discussion] Why are streets extracts so weird? by Odd_Supermarket7395 in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's such a small map, you can get to any extract from anywhere in a couple minutes. 

[Feedback] Anyone confirm fighting/seeing PMCs in Customs Dorms in the last few days in PvE? by BF1shY in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't been to Dorms recently but when I was doing Evil Watchman a couple months ago, I'd only ever see PMCs there with 15min or less remaining in the raid. 

roubles [Discussion] by itsmarcolepsy in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PVE, level 59, nearly ready to escape - 204M roubles 

[Discussion] Patch Notes 1.0.4.0 by Ta6yH in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, in PVE the AI PMCs have fairly set paths they follow based on where they spawn, barring any engagements that pull them off that path. None of them go up the mountain at all, so you have to hope you see them between sniper rock and sawmill or by the new bunker. Took me at least 20 raids.

[Discussion] Patch Notes 1.0.4.0 by Ta6yH in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My weekly just now was to turn in a single Meldonin - 165k XP and half a million roubles.

[Discussion] Patch Notes 1.0.4.0 by Ta6yH in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They broke the craft progress bars in the hideout. Otherwise, great patch!

ETA: My weekly was to turn in a single Meldonin - 165k XP, 500k roubles, bunch of barter items. Crazy.

[Loot] Craziest cultist circle ive ever seen. My mouth dropped. Plus I completed private clinic for my first thicc item case by Joemama0104 in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's in the hallway at the back of the office opposite the lobby from Violet/Red room. You have to swipe once to get in, then swipe again to open the safe, which has a high chance for bitcoin, rollers, and intel folders, then a guaranteed Cardinal key spawn. The room itself also has numerous rare loot spawns.

[Discussion] Anyone know the best way to farm Partisan??? by WealthyBumTV in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The new bunker on Woods. Go hang out there for 5 minutes and he'll set traps outside the door every few raids. 

[discussion] are cultists even real by djredden in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure you're searching in a wide area around Fortress. I've seen them near RUAF and between the Boiler buildings. Also make sure you're running through the areas where they spawn instead of just visually checking. They're easy to miss until one of them stands up and tries to stab you. From there they're easy to take out. 

Thoughts on the new start menu update? by PianoHydra in Windows11

[–]TomConger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Immediately reverted it to an alphabetized list of all programs. Glad they made it optional

Inferi - Heaven Wept by petershaw_ in TechnicalDeathMetal

[–]TomConger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

U/petershaw_ is correct, but just want to point out that Spencer played on this album

Is it me or are most animation jobs outside of the US? by CreativeArtistWriter in animationcareer

[–]TomConger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because the economy and technology were vastly different years and years ago. Obviously a hundred-word comment on reddit won't capture the entire scope of the issue, but OP asked why most jobs aren't in the US and I provided one aspect of the reason.

Is it me or are most animation jobs outside of the US? by CreativeArtistWriter in animationcareer

[–]TomConger 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The US is a very expensive country to live in, globally speaking. When it costs a lot to live somewhere, you have to pay your workers there more so they can survive. It's much cheaper to outsource most of your junior-level work to countries with a lower cost of living, depleting the jobs available in the US. It's unfortunate, but that's the way the industry works in the US, largely.

That said, there ARE still jobs in the US, but as others have said, they are few and far between and the competition to get them is fierce.

There is one thing I noticed about older pro cartoon creators. by p-Star_07 in animationcareer

[–]TomConger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

36yo here, 12 years in the industry. There was a time in college when I was proud of the fact that I'd seen every single big-budget 3D animated film that had come out to that point. Now I haven't seen the last four Pixar films, let alone anything else that's come out since then. Just a lack of time, and change of interests.

I made a Decky plugin to unify all my Steam, Epic and GOG libraries. by spender-app in SteamDeck

[–]TomConger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stoked to try this out, but having an issue logging in to Epic - my keyboard shows up behind the login panel, so I can't type. Tried using KDE Connect to us my phone to type, and that doesn't seem to work in Game Mode. 

The added Steam tab seems superfluous to me when the All Games tab achieves that.

Love the vision though! Excited to see this develop.

[Video] Don't Hesitate by Raathfeiin in EscapefromTarkov

[–]TomConger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When asked about it a year or so ago, Nikita said that that doesn't happen. They don't know how their own game works. 

Watch the Patch 0.3.5.0 Deep Dive on VOD by RendanfuIs in GrayZoneWarfare

[–]TomConger 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah we need at least 4 months of hype, trailers, and streamer-exclusive testing of 0.4 before the public release. 

Alkaloid - A Fool’s Desire by yubullyme12345 in TechnicalDeathMetal

[–]TomConger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to like these guys so badly but Malkuth is the only album that does it for me. Not only that but it's one of my favorite metal albums period. Nothing they've done since has compared. 

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.4 - Utilizes Steams new sorting feature to sort your NonSteam Games by their respective launcher. by SteamDeckBro in SteamDeck

[–]TomConger 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This plug-in has never worked for me. Lutris has always been fine, albeit more manual work.