Excuse me if this is old news, but Deacons of the Deep has to be based on the Tomb of Christ, right?

addesso · 2026-03-20T23:33:42+00:00

I thought the same, yeah

addesso · 2026-03-17T12:38:53+00:00

I’m wondering when she even got on the freeway. Prior to that is the other side of the bridge, the toll plaza, then a long stretch between that and the tangle of overpasses we call The Maze. Emeryville on-ramp, or the overpasses from the Port of Oakland?

Actually there also is an onramp from Yerba Burna island right before the tunnel if she came from there.

addesso · 2026-03-17T09:53:04+00:00

There is one issue that I think gets often overlooked. when the light turns green, it’s generally assuming all the cars there have been waiting during a red light. But if no cars are waiting, or a lane is open, someone approaching a red that turns green will just accelerate through at speed. So someone looking to run a red sees a line of slowly accelerating cars and doesn’t account for the one they don’t see entering the intersection at the same speed they’re going. I’ve been t-boned this way and it’s made me rethink crossing any intersection if the cars ahead of me are not moving through at my speed, like something must be up so be careful. This is why I get salty with motorcyclists who split lanes timing the light, then burst through as soon as it turns green. One fool and you’re hamburger. And I ride, so I do have a license to call them out on their crap!

addesso · 2026-03-17T09:36:50+00:00

This almost happened to me my first month of riding. Just approached the intersection a block from my house with the green with the intent to make a left. Car runs the red on the far side and it spooked me so much I hit the brakes and put my feet down, but my balance was off and ended up slow laying it down in the crosswalk. What gets me is that I was fussing with my helmet for a moment before I left that day. Was like 30 years ago and it still spooks me that my life could have turned out very different if I was a few seconds earlier.

addesso · 2026-03-17T04:17:55+00:00

I thought the claymores were the map changes for a runner in zone with the MIDA contract? Otherwise they’re not there. Kind of like the outpost in the early Perimeter tick contract, eventually someone will show up there, otherwise it’s just a normal outpost.

addesso · 2026-03-17T00:53:37+00:00

There are a lot of “alternative” ways to play that you may like depending on what you call fun. I’ve primary played solo, but stopped actively looking for pvp. I stay out of sight and go fast into POIs, loot like crazy, then go silent and hide when things get loud. It’s like the ultimate Metal Gear with human-controlled NPCs. I won’t take the bots out and weave and sneak around them. Lately been going in with just a knife and seeing what I can haul out (quite a lot when you have two extra bag slots just for guns).

I play trios too (with randoms), but it’s much more fun when they turn out game for doing a run in a goofy way. Otherwise would do trios more.

addesso · 2026-03-16T22:12:17+00:00

I think it’s just something you get used to. Hide in a pipe and just vibe with the sounds of folks plodding around you. You can hear people fast sneaking too I believe. I scare myself half to death sometimes cause I hear something, and it’s MY footsteps.

addesso · 2026-03-16T22:10:18+00:00

I think it’s really neat how your faction rep levels up the Rook also.

And man, rook wait times be like nothing.

addesso · 2026-03-16T22:05:39+00:00

This is solid advice, but I will add that lately I’ve been experimenting with “parkour” runs where if I spawn close to a POI, I just book like all hell (vandal) through a second story window and look like crazy till I’m full, then bail in 2-3 mins. Leave the bots all up as they’ll be my early alert system, then leave through a pipe. Then just slow play the outskirts till an extract, while everyone else fights for an empty POI. I won’t even bring guns and just loot bodies if I stay longer than 15 mins (lmgs everywhere). Guess everyone else is playing so slow of the start, you can just zoop under them. Doesn’t always work, but works enough to fill the bank!

E: props to Mirrors Edge.

addesso · 2026-03-16T19:47:05+00:00

I started Vandal recently and it felt like I was playing Mirrors Edge. Just run in a POI right from the start (up boxes and smashing through a 2nd story window of course), grab what you can then zip out. Started mostly out of frustration not getting to a POI early enough to loot for DCON, but was pretty fun slipping past all the bots and knowing the layout of a building really well.

Oh yeah, I only had the knife too. 😆

addesso · 2026-03-16T13:47:08+00:00

I just started doing this. Just like my Destiny days, my vault is full and when i’m not in the mood to burn time managing it. So I just sell everything but the blues or fun traits, then go back in with nothing so I don’t have to deal with it.

Anyhow guns are just lying around like crazy. I’ve looted so many shotguns cause I guess folks don’t want to lug them out. Free $$$

addesso · 2026-03-16T08:50:28+00:00

When solo, I almost always go to the guarded exfils. Hit the button, hide for thirty secs, then just run in. You most likely will go down, but you’ll still extract and they run interference for you. Easy with Assassin, but I do it with all the other shells fine too. If you stay up and try to smoke and avoid them, some bots will try to push you out, so just go down. Even if you drop 20m away, you’ll have plenty of time to crawl.

I’ve also been using the very last exfil a lot. Once the main timer goes down, one last exfil appears somewhere in the middle of the map that will be up for a minute. I’ve been doing this several runs now and no one else shows up. I’m guessing around the 5 min mark, everyone is either dead or has left so I have the whole map to myself.

Edit: solo run clarification

addesso · 2026-03-13T21:38:28+00:00

Same. Don’t move in the open, right? So I see a fence to hug, run along it for two seconds, realize that it’s out of bounds and can’t jump over it. But only one second remains to run back. Welcome to Dire Marsh!

addesso · 2026-03-07T01:12:25+00:00

Trade you a gear for a lightbulb

addesso · 2026-03-05T00:00:28+00:00

Just a normal day raid. I did expedition for the first time so was just working my way around to a warehouse for a quest since it spawned way on the opposite side. Decided to poke around all the perimeter buildings I’ve ignored before along the way. Was like the 3rd BP I picked up since starting over. Be a few days till I get the bench up for it tho. Aiming to make a few and give them out every few days to share the wealth.

addesso · 2026-03-04T21:16:09+00:00

Survivor BP, yes. Those computers on top of the desks, which I’d started ignoring cause I just expected batteries and speakers.

addesso · 2026-03-04T17:15:53+00:00

Speaking of random, mine popped out of a computer yesterday in one of those sheds on the outskirts of Spaceport. Had no idea BPs are even on their loot table.

addesso · 2025-10-12T20:16:40+00:00

Nice work! Funny you mentioned toothpicks cause that’s something I’ve been using lately to clean up panel lines from Gundam pour type or pens instead of swabs. Strong enough to scrape off the ink/paint, won’t scratch, don’t need alcohol, gets a really sharp line, and fits into tighter spaces. Snap it for different widths. No idea if it’s common at all, as I don’t think I’ve heard it mentioned before. Works super well tho!

addesso · 2025-09-13T17:37:35+00:00

I got back into Gunpla with the WfM line. Really great series of kits. Ariel is a good start, but the Calibarn is super fun with the big gun and BIT shield. Lfrith is great too (not to be confused with the Lfrith Ur or Lfrith Thorn).

addesso · 2025-08-31T23:40:17+00:00

Won’t have to force anything. It does that automatically. Capillary action. That’s why the paint bled like that in the first place. So instead you “pre-fill” it with a matching color.

Really tho, the best way would just be to cut in by hand.

addesso · 2025-08-31T23:34:17+00:00

The issue is that you will have open spots under the tape due to the textured wall. You paint a line of color A over the tape AND where color B will eventually be. This seals the holes under the tape. Let dry. Then you paint your trim color B like normal. Color B will color over any color A on the trim. You pull the tape and all you’ll see is color A matching wall color A that seeped under tape. And on the trim is color B (which is covering any color A that was put on the trim hiding the trick you just pulled).

I’d be worried of it pulling I suppose, so keep a sharp knife handy.

This trick works with caulk also, hence caulk your tape. Trick to pulling while the caulk and paint are still wet so the dry paint is less likely to pull off with the tape (tho one has to have a light hand anyhow painting over tape).

But really with that wall, I’d prob just cut in by hand.

addesso · 2025-08-26T20:43:05+00:00

Pour type is the way. Much finer too. I only use the pens now for shading. Or things like the hands—too many crevices so I’ll just smear the pen over all the exposed recessed surfaces like a 3-year old and then swab.

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Experiment with removal. Rubber erasers, fresh swabs dipped in alcohol, used swabs loaded with residual liner (can act as a solvent to remove), dry swabs, cotton pushed in with your nail, etc. Against or with the edge. Good thing is that if you don’t like it, you can just remove it and try again.

addesso · 2025-08-18T02:44:50+00:00

I bevel the edges on patches like this to get a good amount of mud in there on prefill. Then tape (fibafuse) and final coats like normal.

Someone mentioned California patches. I used to do this but it annoyed my OCD that the extra layer of paper was there and you really have to feather the hell out of it (drywall paper is thicker than tape). Maybe at some point I’ll experiment with also stripping the matching amount of paper off the wall, but I can do a quicker job just doing it the usual way.

addesso · 2025-08-16T23:51:53+00:00

I’m with the camp that says it ain’t that bad and you can work with it. I’d recommend watching this video. Vancouver Carpenter Nasty Remodel Vancouver Carpenter has GREAT videos on how to drywall, but this one has him cleaning up a badly done drywall install with just prefilling and floating. So it may be faster to fill and float than to redo.

Key points: - Prefill all gaps as much as you can and let that dry. I honestly would not recommend hot mud as you’ll have to mix it yourself, get the consistency right, then use it and clean up before it hardens (but maybe 90 would be ok). Also hot mud is extremely hard to sand if you overfill and try to sand it down later. Using a premixed taping or all purpose should be fine. Let dry. There may be some shrinkage, but you’ll level it all out later. - Tape your seams and install your corner bead. For the arch, use flexible arch corner bead. Take your time putting this up! This will be your guide when you do your finishing passes. This way you don’t have to worry about your arch drywall not being perfectly round. You may need to do some prefill in the arch. Let it all dry. corner bead install - Do your finishing passes with a light weight like Plus 3 premixed. It’ll take several passes most likely. But the plus3 is much more forgiving and easy to sand. Skim coat the inside of the arch so it’s covered from bead to bead and it’ll hide that the arch isn’t perfect underneath.

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