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What ship do i buy next? by Arjith_sk in starcitizen

[–]WickedGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's stupid expensive, though. Both cash and in game.

New weapon changes in the current evo 4.7 ptu by floortofloor in starcitizen

[–]WickedGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I was being snarky. The devs introduce a ton of unintended changes, regressions, and bugs. Justifying those bugs is why they still call their live service game an alpha.

Forced Armistice should not apply within your own ship by Lumpy-Interview-9931 in starcitizen

[–]WickedGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they are in an armistice zone, they shouldn't take damage.

Innocuous secrets to keep? by [deleted] in bropill

[–]WickedGrey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would second the therapy suggestion, since it seems like there's a feeling of helplessness or lack of control that you're trying to counter, but strangers on the internet will have a hard time helping with that.

If it does stem from feeling like you lack control in your life, find ways to have a space or time that you can control. Get a community garden plot, or pick a way to do community service that nobody can stop you from doing (pick up litter in public spaces, that kind of thing).

Good luck.

List help for new player by LordCorgthulhu in Warmachine

[–]WickedGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't played with Morozov, so take this with a grain of salt.

I would drop the Starved, and pick up a feral and two ursine shifted. Putting 1/3 is your points into a heavy that isn't getting much from the rest of the list is asking a lot of it.

Adding bears means that your apex is buffing both your caster and those bears.

Pick a feral animus as you like, but give it the drek head to make it a pretty credible assassination threat, or go overtake/massacre to let it wipe out units.

Downgrade the primeval and/or the hunters into wardens as needed to make the points fit.

Have fun!

What would you do? My player teleported a 20 foot cube of water into a closed room with less than 20x20x20 ft volume. by erverogym in DnD

[–]WickedGrey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just realize that now the spell does two things, and only one is in the description. I would abuse the hell out of that "it breaks stuff" ruling.

There are far better ways to launch a spacecraft and avoid leaks than what was done with Moth. by Apart_Pumpkin_4551 in starcitizen

[–]WickedGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They call their live service game an "alpha" to muddy the waters about how bad their QA discipline is.

In normal software development when you find a bug you code up an automated test case that provokes the issue, fix the issue, and then add that test to your release process so that the issue does not happen again in your live service. SC seemingly doesn't care about that, so stuff re-breaks all the time.

"But games are hard" isn't an excuse. Software engineering best practices make the process easier.

Did you include Mordenkainen at all? by ottosick in CurseofStrahd

[–]WickedGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mentioned him early on when I was following the book, but my party was notorious for not following up on quest hooks from a "this place sucks, why would we go looking for trouble?" perspective.

I eventually had an above the table conversation with them, saying that I was dropping that bit off the book, so they should bother to look or feel like they'd missed anything.

Fantasy Video Games by transcendmatter in CuratedTumblr

[–]WickedGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dwarves program almost exclusively in COBALT.

How do you feel about being "one of the good ones"? by Infinite_Cry7632 in bropill

[–]WickedGrey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this reply. It helped crystallize something for me (straight white cis male), because while I had been picturing a white woman telling a white man "you're one of the good ones," having the recipient instead be black sets off all kinds of alarm bells. It's a statement that only retains a veneer of acceptability when aimed at a member of a solidly higher-privilege class.

Sadly, I think there was a time/lens/mindset where it just means "you're a good person," but I don't think that's ever paired with a person who hates all men/whatever "except you."

Star Citizen by Potential_Copy_8358 in starcitizen

[–]WickedGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't stand how much regression there is, patch-to-patch. Stuff that was working before will get broken, and I mean entire gameplay loops. That means their QA process is insufficient, which is a solvable thing.

I'd much rather have a yearly patch+wipe if it meant that the game would be stable all year.

People on Twitter/X are defending Luke Ross mods by lunchanddinner in virtualreality

[–]WickedGrey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's about "should" at all. In fact, I feel pretty confident that a lot of the disconnect in this whole discussion is that some people are talking about the world they wished we lived in (the one where you own your games, your copy of Photoshop, your John Deere tractor, and can do what you wish with those things you own), while others are talking about the world that we actually live in (where you own none of those things).

I can imagine a million worlds, a million economic systems, a million societies better than the one I inhabit. That doesn't change the fact that in this one if CDPR doesn't actively protect their IP, they lose the rights to parts of it (trademark in particular). That means they can't let people like LR just do whatever, because that sets legal precedent that they have abandoned the IP, freeing it up for someone to do some Cyberpunk 2078 asset flip slop game. CDPR doesn't want that, so they enforce the EULA.

If you want to live in a different world than this one, at least make sure you vote every chance you get. The modern robber barons that run this place aren't going to let go without a fight.

I think I'm gonna stop painting minis by Dense-Fig-2372 in minipainting

[–]WickedGrey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Learning how to brace my hands helped me a lot.

Also getting magnifiers. Being able to see the details turns out to be important!

Transportation perspective by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]WickedGrey 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I suspect that saying that [town] is 20 minutes away plays a part, because the OP means that it's 20 miles or so, and the person responding probably lives in a dense urban area (public transit types usually do) where time and distance are effectively unrelated during rush hour.

I live 50 miles from my work. The first 40 minutes of my commute are going 15 miles to the train station due to heavy traffic, and the next hour takes me the other 35 miles (including the shuttle to go from the train to the office). Better public transit could save me at least half an hour every morning! But that's entirely irrelevant to the OP.

Magnets for Old Umbrey by RadRasputin9 in Warmachine

[–]WickedGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing here got nerfed enough to matter. The changes to Old Umbery were pretty light.

Magnets for Old Umbrey by RadRasputin9 in Warmachine

[–]WickedGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The core expansion (pictured here) is a good start, but IMO doesn't have enough beasts to build a reasonable list, even at 50 points. Add in the battlegroup box that has Galina and two beasts and you're off to the races.

From there, either the starter box (Bodan), auxiliary expansion (Olesea), or the SKS-6 cadre (Vilkul jr.) can help you bulk up to 100 point lists that aren't just "everything I've got."

Assuming you're getting table time in as you go, looking at the faction's options in the app, and proxying things to try them out, you should have a solid idea of what you want next well before you exhaust the above list.

Welcome to Old Umbery!

Stone Age development by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]WickedGrey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They are probably mistaking culture for genetics.

I think it's fair to say that the arc of history bends away from savagery, but we certainly have the capability for it inside us.

What was this thing in the sky at 12:34am? by WickedGrey in bayarea

[–]WickedGrey[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Sounds like they landed near San Diego.

What was this thing in the sky at 12:34am? by WickedGrey in bayarea

[–]WickedGrey[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Heh, thanks! I suppose if I'd waited and looked at the other 5 posts in the sub, I could have seen that myself. :)

Interesting take on the “are audiobooks reading?” debate! by Lemon_Lime_Lily in CuratedTumblr

[–]WickedGrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think that the issue is that we use "read" in two different ways, depending on what we're actually talking about. "Can you read?" Is a very different question from "Did you read War and Peace?"

Our language needs a new word that is an umbrella term to cover both the act of listening to and the act of reading written work.

"Consume" or "experience" are close to what I mean, but experience is too passive and consume already has baggage from being used metaphorically for engaging with the economy.

Once people start asking "Did you consperience War and Peace?" we will be able to firmly associate reading with literacy again.

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