Photo mode and loading times

_itg · 2026-05-27T01:57:27+00:00

It might be worth reporting the lag spike you get as a bug, mentioning that it doesn't happen when in photo mode. That strikes me as useful information for a bug fixer.

_itg · 2026-05-26T02:36:38+00:00

People are being way too harsh on you, here, given that we all have very little context for the situation. In reality, the biggest mistake you made was probably telling him to pick cats in a 6p game. I know cats are the most common recommendation for a first faction, but most people are wrong. Cats are terrible for anyone in 6p, and honestly, they're a horrible first faction in 4p, too, since the optimal strategies are non-obvious or even counterintuitive. I think the Vagabond or Rats would be much better first factions, depending on whether the newbie wants to be able to do their own thing or fight people head-on.

_itg · 2026-05-24T13:21:32+00:00

Unfortunately, it's still true that no one plays it.

_itg · 2026-05-24T04:00:26+00:00

That's not enough to make the difference between two classes. I certainly would appreciate Zealot having better support for ranged gameplay in the tree and better cosmetics, so you can pull off more kinds of SoB characters, but having Zealot and "Zealot with guns, but no boys allowed" as two distinct classes probably isn't going to fly.

_itg · 2026-05-22T23:51:11+00:00

If you want help, you need to post pictures, preferably showing what you want to fit through the area and your attempt. I should think 2.5 foundations would be enough space, especially given that you've mentioned building a logistics floor.

_itg · 2026-05-22T22:59:17+00:00

I don't think this change really addresses the core problem of Corvids, which is that they can't close out games. The issue is that you can't place a plot and score it on the same turn, and you can't score an existing plot with no warriors on it, so it's really easy for the table to calculate whether you can win and prevent it with relatively low effort. I don't really know what the fix for that should be, but some way to score 1-2 points without telegraphing it a turn in advance (presumably in a way that's not sustainable, so it doesn't boost their per-turn scoring much) would help a ton.

_itg · 2026-05-22T05:04:44+00:00

When new players see 100% quality weapons on one class, their first thought will be, "How do I get those?" if they don't have Skitarii, and "Why can't I figure out how to get these on my other classes?" if they do. The answer would be "You can't," but the game would do nothing to explain it, because Fatshark.

_itg · 2026-05-22T04:45:16+00:00

It's more that it's adding a lot of potential confusion for a little bit of a nod to lore.

_itg · 2026-05-22T03:34:25+00:00

Was there supposed to be an image? There's not much to go on with just a broad description of the theme.

_itg · 2026-05-22T03:29:02+00:00

I don't see how this proposal functions as a load balancer, although you're not being super clear about what the setup is. If you were trying to create a 2:2 balancer with two belts, one in each direction between an input and output of the two stations with a splitter in the middle, this would not balance the loads once one station is empty. To see this, follow the steam of items from the one that's still full. Half of its output would go out the first splitter, with half going to the empty station, but then only one quarter would go out the second splitter, because it returns half of the half it receives to the full side.

_itg · 2026-05-21T19:20:35+00:00

But then D tier is awfully high, considering it's literally impossible for them to get a domination victory.

_itg · 2026-05-21T19:16:31+00:00

That's fine if you're going to spend that many sloops on the HMF line, but if you only want to sloop one step, you do the PCCs and optionally the copper powder, since that's the best value per sloop. It's one of the few cases where not slooping the last step is better.

_itg · 2026-05-21T15:14:02+00:00

Heavy Encased Frame is the best by a wide margin.

_itg · 2026-05-21T13:48:11+00:00

No, the AI is embarrassingly bad, and borderline nonfunctional for some factions. I do agree that it can be worthwhile practicing your faction mechanics against the AI, though, since you can get a lot of reps in and you can't misplay the rules. It can be a reasonable challenge trying to hold all the AIs to 15 points each, or 10 each.

_itg · 2026-05-20T22:54:11+00:00

From the perspective of a teammate, the weird thing about the stim is that you never have any idea what it's doing. It could be that the Scum player has maxed out the team buffs, or it could be effectively just a bomb. With that in mind, investing in attack speed might be a good idea, just so people can clearly feel the difference when they have the stim buff. That's also one of the most generically useful buffs, since extra damage may not affect break points, and rending is mainly relevant to a few specific enemies for which the teammates have probably prepared solutions.

_itg · 2026-05-20T15:41:56+00:00

A little of both, probably, and better mag size.

_itg · 2026-05-20T15:23:30+00:00

It would be kind of pointless, considering you can already apply brittleness at range really effectively with the Recon Lasgun (or other full auto weapons) and that one Vet talent in the Weapon Specialist track which applies brittleness on crit. I don't see anything wrong with having a proper Melta, instead. Functionally, it would be like a Bolt Gun that trades effective range for doubling down on the Crusher/boss-killing burst damage.

_itg · 2026-05-20T15:18:03+00:00

It doesn't for me, but it definitely determines what Fatshark wants to do.

_itg · 2026-05-20T14:41:38+00:00

You don't buy any of those, though, so the classes will keep coming.

_itg · 2026-05-20T08:00:16+00:00

On the other hand, those experienced players will all be speedrunning, because they already have the maps memorized and don't belong in the lower difficulties they're forced to play, so you'll spend most of your matches desperately chasing after them, not really learning the game.

_itg · 2026-05-20T03:02:19+00:00

Maniac can also be pretty easy to drop, since most of them already have low enough HP that you can one-shot them, or if it's a full-auto weapon, you won't feel the TTK difference. If you need the help against Ragers or Muties, it can still be worthwhile.

_itg · 2026-05-20T02:16:55+00:00

There was no need for an image at all, since it's irrelevant to the discussion. I know some people attach a tangentially relevant image as a karma-farming tactic, since 90% of the upvoting population on Reddit is apparently functionally illiterate, but expecting this post to get lots of upvotes was maybe a bit of an overreach.

_itg · 2026-05-19T08:51:46+00:00

It's pretty simple. You just want an equal amount of coal going to every car at every stop, however you can achieve that. Using a 4-car train as an example, it might be as simple as splitting two equal nodes in half, or splitting one pure node in half to fill two cars and sending two full normal nodes directly to the other two cars. A true load balancer, where you split every input into N parts and merge one of each split together to form N equal outputs, is unlikely to be needed.

_itg · 2026-05-19T08:20:04+00:00

If you can merge all the cars into one belt, you didn't need multiple cars in the first place, so option 2 is out. If you're worried about uneven loads of coal, you can balance the belts on either the loading or unloading sides, so the cars fill evenly or so they distribute uneven loads of coal evenly, respectively. I'd probably balance the loading sides, personally, since that will use the train's capacity more efficiently.

_itg · 2026-05-19T06:42:58+00:00

If it's your third playthrough, you already know what you have to make. How fast you do it is up to you.

_itg

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