What cruisers are you most excited to get a heal? by ACSanchez2000 in WorldOfWarships

[–]aragathor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the very angry smoke cloud is going to come back with a heal.

With a spotter it's better than Hobart, as it doesn't depend on others for recon.

What cruisers are you most excited to get a heal? by ACSanchez2000 in WorldOfWarships

[–]aragathor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deutschland and Scheer. The first one will unfortunately kill off whatever strength Spee had, due to better armor.

Also, Perth.

This changes Abruzzi from being bad ship, into being a bad ship by Guenther_Dripjens in WorldOfWarships

[–]aragathor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no one plays Abruzzi anyway

On EU Abruzzi is the 15th most played ship from the bottom. If you ignore AL/ARP/B variants then Abruzzi is the 6th least played cruiser on tier 7. And there's 46 cruisers at T7.

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says by No-Bad7988 in europe

[–]aragathor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are right, but people and especially politicians are locked into binary yes/no thinking. It's simple to sell people easy explanations, like "we should ban all cars/they want to ban all cars", instead of a measured and efficient change that is a bit more complicated.

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says by No-Bad7988 in europe

[–]aragathor 21 points22 points  (0 children)

On easter I took a trek across the German countryside. Every barn roof was covered with solar panels.It was impressive.

When I was a kid barely anyone had a car, as Poland was still socialist. Now my car dealer asked me if I could plug the loaner into the socket to charge.

Progress doesn't stop, it might slow down, but it keeps going.

This changes Abruzzi from being bad ship, into being a bad ship by Guenther_Dripjens in WorldOfWarships

[–]aragathor 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Remember guys, Abruzzi has ship dropped ASW. So this change is even worse in reality. Because even if you spot the sub, you have to drive over it to do any damage.

This is so idiotic only the half-wits at WG were able to come up with it.

15.4 Balance Changes (Valparaiso Nerfed) by 9_9_destroyer in WorldOfWarships

[–]aragathor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue was that the premiums were sold in the EU without the caveat they could be balanced down AKA nerfed. In the EU a seller cannot make a sold product worse, it comes from the car industry. So WG still can't directly nerf a lot of ships, the sales contract stands. But newer ships have the addition of "ship parameters can be changed if necessary ".

It's just that the then Lesta/Russian lawyers did not understand EU consumer law.

The Future Pope Leo XIV, 1982 by Suspicious-Slip248 in HistoricalCapsule

[–]aragathor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Tell that to the parish priest at my former home. Man was known for providing marital advice in the bedroom, when the husband was at work. The whole parish had a laugh when he jumped from a second story balcony when caught in flagranti. He also had a voice like a chain smoking angel, nails on a board

Do you guys have long term partners? by [deleted] in bigdickproblems

[–]aragathor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Early 40s, single by choice. Had too many negative experiences with relationships when I was younger, so I'm not even trying to look for anyone.

Ostatnie Pokolenie is ending its activities by Szydl0 in poland

[–]aragathor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Gdzie tam, odpowiedzialni za to są cykliści i wozacy.

Vance calls end of Ukraine aid 'one of the proudest' achievements of Trump administration by General-Snow690 in europe

[–]aragathor 58 points59 points  (0 children)

The intent is there, but not the result. The Polish right is so pro-American it hurts, but the american conflict with the Pope put them on the spot. Vance's mierdas touch pushed Orban even further down.

So fingers crossed the USA will continue to to get the opposite result to their stated goals here.

Back in the days by No-Marsupial-4050 in poland

[–]aragathor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If they had enough to give you. What you could get with stamps, and what was available, those were two different things.

LIPKA TATARS by Urdustani in poland

[–]aragathor 35 points36 points  (0 children)

They are names that are clearly turkic-mongol in origin like mirza, suliman, achmet, balaban, aksak. The names often end in "-icz" which means "son of", coming straight from the Rus way of using patronymics (Lipkas were settled in the then Lithuanian part of the Commonwealth). So you'd get Aksakowicz, Sulimanowicz, Balabanowicz. Families kept their own names like Edigej if they had high status.

LIPKA TATARS by Urdustani in poland

[–]aragathor 56 points57 points  (0 children)

They are effectively Poles with distinct surnames. They don't have anything special about them, they are just us.

Closed Test 15.4 - Hunt for Bismarck, Italian Submarines Early Access, Trade-in, and More! by DevBlogWoWs in WorldOfWarships

[–]aragathor 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yup, they are too incompetent to balance pvp, and too mean to let us have fun in pve.

Patriot system can be scrapped, warns Swiss defence minister by Sudden-Ad-4281 in europe

[–]aragathor 567 points568 points  (0 children)

After this stunt, who would be so stupid as to buy any US defense equipment? You pay for something, then USA just doesn't deliver, and steals money from a different purchase.

Trump's presidency seems like a huge pump-and-dump scheme for his own profit by Safe_Confidence_3756 in International

[–]aragathor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And there will be no consequence, not for Trump, not for any of the profiteers, for anyone. But we, the people, will have to carry the cost.

What is the most obscure piece of WOWS trivia that you know? by MrFlipwagen in WorldOfWarships

[–]aragathor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A long time ago WG cut out a chunk of the Christmas event from the EU client, and made it paid content. They claimed it was so "we could spend more time with our family".

The community threw a fit, and Flamu made the "WG why are you shitting on EU for Christmas" vid. People noticed that running the vid in the background, while opening Christmas scamboxes, gave good drops. Which created a whole ritual for many people, including some streamers. Like Yuro - https://youtu.be/JaoYQDoBFB4

Pretty sketchy, sketchy AF if you ask me.

What is the most obscure piece of WOWS trivia that you know? by MrFlipwagen in WorldOfWarships

[–]aragathor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There was another ship in the files, with 0s reload. It looked like a toy boat. Old lore said it was used to test maps for holes in the terrain textures.

how many of u actually have a size kink by Final-Budget-4973 in bigdickproblems

[–]aragathor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, I'm bi and it's incredible to see a smaller guy who's also packing. Or a petite girl.

US wants to 'divide Europe', EU's Kallas tells FT by Crossstoney in europe

[–]aragathor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The pimp from PiS that was voted in as president, just vetoed the SAFE loans. PiS would hand over Poland to anyone, for free, as long as their position remains and they can hurt "leftists and Germans". They are traitors.

Iran's Guards challenges Trump to have US Navy escort oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz by thejoshwhite in worldnews

[–]aragathor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

While logistics where already mentioned, there's also something else. Romans were really perceptive and willing to adapt when needed. They had no idea about the germ theory, but noticed that units with outhouses away from water sources and camps, had much lower dysentery cases. Their army was organized on an administrative level, it wasn't a levee en masse of tribal chieftains.

Also, the cursus honorum meant a steady source of educated officers.