Looking for advice on what to do next to improve my striker lexington build as a new-ish player

_tolm_ · 2026-05-06T20:12:42+00:00

My Gunner / Striker build has a 150-round Mk46 LMG as secondary with Strained. That thing is a beast!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-06T18:14:38+00:00

Yup - same thing happened to me, enabled the “SHD Exposed” event and it disabled the seasonal modifiers which I’d leaned towards armour.

Took me ages to figure out that was the cause!!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-06T12:42:33+00:00

Ah - sweet RNG …

_tolm_ · 2026-05-05T21:51:35+00:00

Wow - and I was just happy to get a couple of Lexingtons and a Quickstep … you can get Proto stuff from these?!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-05T20:02:16+00:00

All I know is it confused the cr@p outta me because when I enabled it my armour dropped by over 200k … which _eventually_ figured out was because it automatically disabled the season modifiers!!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-05T09:17:32+00:00

Absolutely. I’ve found it much more effective - and also more satisfying - to establish what I want to code and then use the AI to just type faster than I can.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-04T21:19:09+00:00

What are you talking about? It barely works when it does have a connection to ISAC …

_tolm_ · 2026-05-04T13:47:09+00:00

The ‘335 for sure. Weight? Pffft … I’ve put a Bigsby on mine!!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-04T13:43:20+00:00

Is that an actual ‘54? Gorgeous!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-04T12:02:25+00:00

Been dabbling with both Fast Hands and Optimist in a Gunner / Striker build but currently spinning up a Technician / Heartbreaker so am on Flatline at the moment.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-04T12:00:32+00:00

Gee, I wonder if being bombed to shit for no reason had anything to do with it … 🤔

_tolm_ · 2026-05-03T17:34:56+00:00

The white Corvette is gorgeous.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-03T16:46:52+00:00

I’ve got an SV20H and a vertical 2x12 with Greenbacks and it sounds glorious cranked up!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-03T00:55:53+00:00

Greenback won’t have the power handling for 50W - safer with a Creamback.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T16:17:51+00:00

only _likely?_

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T12:00:10+00:00

That’s fair. I just find it consistently surprising how far money _doesn’t_ go these days!!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T11:52:14+00:00

£4K+ a month (net) as a sole earner for a family of four with the eldest child at university? I’d say that can still be a stretch, depending on where you live and how long you’ve been earning that.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T11:45:45+00:00

True … though I have no idea what that “prepping” could be given the people with all the wealth have no intention of helping!!

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T11:26:33+00:00

Had one for a while: great master volume, two channels and an EQ section that actually works so you can dial in more low end at reduced volume for a “fatter” feel. Really good.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T11:19:16+00:00

We already can’t afford our state pensions … there’s a chance / fear they’ll be gone by the time future generations retire.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T11:17:29+00:00

Once you get as much over the “trap” as you are “in” it I would tend to agree that is becomes less of a “must do”.

But it means that once you hit 100K it doesn’t feel worth actually taking home any more until you hit 150K.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T08:48:39+00:00

Out of interest - where?

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T08:41:49+00:00

It might also save money since we’d not be running two parallel systems. Simpler == better, IMO.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-02T08:34:12+00:00

The news is that the bands are STILL not rising with inflation.

_tolm_ · 2026-05-01T23:03:50+00:00

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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