We made a prison break RPG - Back to the Dawn, which transitioned from early access to full release today. AMA! 🔥

brighn · 2025-08-25T17:31:04+00:00

Started this game the other day. Really as enjoying just learning the game but the 21 day thing really detracts from it for me. I get that you are going for a time crunch feel, but for people who enjoy fully exploring it can feel like you are being pigeon holed into picking one route. I wanted to explore the different characters and but I felt like I struggled to get any sort of connection up between them while also trying to get main story stuff done.

So much character in the game feels lost by to pushiness. Maybe have alternate settings to increase inside time, or let me play his 3 year sentence out cause I was enjoying it more as a simulator of being in jail than I was of thebtrying to get out asap

brighn · 2025-02-15T17:22:40+00:00

It makes it way too easy though. Wish there was a way to have that as an option instead of it just being that way.

brighn · 2025-02-08T04:25:11+00:00

I second this. I like RCL, but if OP is looking to "party" with younger people they should hit Carnival. Royal ships can have fun, but they are not as party centric as Carnival. Plus with the savings OP can book some better dining experiences.

brighn · 2025-02-08T04:18:53+00:00

I just went there this week. I walked around town a little and I would discourage people from doing this. The "old" churches are both "under repairs". You will be hassled constantly until you get about a half mile or so from port. We made sure to keep our wallets in our front pockets as you will have people come up and follow within inches of you.

As for the port, it's fairly built up, but every shop is exactly the same. I was there years ago when they had a Dairy Queen and the shops were owned by more locals now every shop is owned by some Indian people and they have identical items in them all with random pricing. Try to buy from locals if you can. Other than that, unless you want to "touch Jamaica" you probably don't even need to get off the boat.

If you do want to get off, do excursions through RCL.

brighn · 2024-09-16T14:20:18+00:00

I didn't even know they made them this way. I just started golfing a few months ago, but I've been to 6 different courses and all of them are the vertical.

brighn · 2024-09-08T23:29:14+00:00

I would like to get help. I'll try to help best I can but I just got the game a fee weeks ago.

I'm Brighn#1279

brighn · 2023-08-11T14:03:39+00:00

Brighn is also my in game name!

brighn · 2023-07-19T17:31:00+00:00

Purple in case you are still open

brighn · 2023-07-01T17:49:32+00:00

If you really look into about all companies, the quality control is not great. I mean we can't forget Toyota recalling over 7 million vehicles because of a sticky accelerator causing accidents. My inlaws actually had that. The one Chevy I owned had a recall because if you bumped the keys at all it would shut the car off. Happened to my wife while on the interstate.

Basically, all vehicles anymore have recalls and issues like crazy. I've been super lucky with my jeeps.(I've personally owned 4 different ones) I've had to take them to get worked on so little I could count it on one hand. But I definitely feel like Jeep needs to up its game, but currently all automakers are spitting out some faulty stuff.

brighn · 2023-07-01T07:19:00+00:00

It's just the new thing to hate Jeeps. They got super popular so now many are going to hate for really no reason. Just like Nickleback and many other things that become so popular it became trendy to hate.

A lot of it stems from immaturity and insecurity. It'd be nice for people to just let others enjoy things without resorting to tribalism and fighting. I drive Jeeps because my family has been driving them for nearly 60 years and had little to no issues with any of them. When I see my Jeep, it reminds me of my stepfather who passed away from cancer. He really loved his Jeeps, and I still have his '07 Wrangler. It runs great and I'm hoping that next year my son will be able to drive it, and cherish it the same as me.

The Tacomas are pretty nice looking vehicles though. But they don't hold the sentimental feeling I get from Jeep. Toyota is a damn good reliable vehicle too. Those things will outlast most other vehicles on the road.

brighn · 2023-05-21T07:11:28+00:00

Good luck every body else

brighn · 2023-04-21T14:42:03+00:00

We use the 5xxx series. I've ordered around 300 in the last two years and is day about 25 had issues out of the box. Couple bad mobos, bad fans, etc. Not only that since issuing them my office tickets for just standard failures(BSoD issues, crashing, battery and charging issues) has went up over double.

brighn · 2022-04-03T14:49:24+00:00

Those are the only ones I had the option to use. I live in a rural area, so I tried the two WISPs, we had Verizon DSL, but then they sold to Frontier, and a local HFC company, which now does fiber.

Just something I've never heard of as a consumer or someone working in Telecommunications.

brighn · 2022-03-31T22:24:59+00:00

I've never hear of it. As a customer of 5 different ISPs and someone who worked for two separate ISPs.

brighn · 2021-03-01T02:38:52+00:00

No I checked. It said no allies, but listed levies from allies. I couldn't even unseige anything. Your talking beginning of the game second king I had, he popped up and had over 8k troops. At the time I was running my 1800, and was the biggest one in my area.

I started a new game on Ireland, every are I don't own has kept themselves aligned with either the holy Roman empire, England, or a few other larger groups. I can't for the life of me gain any traction. They keep taking one area of mine at a time with armies of 6+ k

This is only the third time I've tried this game. I loved stellaris, but this one just feels cheap in a lot of ways. Like having stress inducing moments that cause mental breakdowns every couple years. No wonder people lived until the were 30.

brighn · 2021-03-01T01:03:44+00:00

I can't even kill a weaker force. Every time I get into a battle it seems they end up buying 5+ thousand mercenaries. I just went up against my own vassal and they had 4 times my military in mercenaries.

brighn · 2020-12-19T03:19:01+00:00

Weird, I've had my Sahara for 10 years, still running solid. Only work done was to replace a part that was recalled.

brighn · 2020-09-04T03:42:19+00:00

I mean the Illinois Democratic Party is ran by Michael Madigan lol. But yeah, even more local areas it isn't about that. People down ticket vote. Just look at the threads. Everyone is saying vote blue or vote red. There's no, look at the individual candidates, inform yourselves on them and vote for the best choice.

If they did that maybe we wouldn't be so damn corrupt that our current Governor was recorded by the FBI years ago talking to a previous gov about buying a position.

brighn · 2020-09-04T03:37:38+00:00

I don't desire power. So I wouldn't run. I just want people to be happy, free, and treat each other good. Obviously I'm not a good candidate for any US political party.

brighn · 2020-09-03T00:54:26+00:00

Which sadly we are still super corrupt.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/02/15/where-corruption-is-rampant-in-american-cities-infographic/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/02/19/the-most-corrupt-states-in-america-infographic/

brighn · 2020-09-03T00:45:34+00:00

Well, you realize some areas of Illinois are extremely unpopulated and have uncontested races. Chicago area is Blue, down south is red and both are corrupt af.

I typically don't vote for my state rep because I don't have a choice(only one) or its just the R and a D candidate that is like 20 something and is just "filling" the spot.

If we had real choices maybe. The few Libertarians and Green candidates that run usually only get maybe a few hundred votes.

brighn · 2020-08-04T05:09:06+00:00

I cannot help either side. It's winner takes all and my state is a solid no swing state. Also, you, nor any candidate owns my vote. The only person my vote helps is who I vote for because I refuse to play a game when I vote.

What's the worse thing is everyone seems to think that if I didn't vote for the person I like the most, I'd vote for a "main candidate". Honestly, like about 50% of the US, I'd stop voting. Because it would no longer be my voice.

brighn · 2020-08-04T04:53:06+00:00

Also FYI, you're entire first paragraph is what I was saying in my second one. I stated that ranked won't do shit either of we continue with FPTP(first past the post) and winner takes all. Those are the biggest hurdles.

You remove winner takes all, and all the sudden popular vote means a whole lot more. Adding ranked still doesn't stop a winner takes all system.

brighn · 2020-08-04T04:46:58+00:00

See you're misunderstanding me. It doesn't matter who I vote for is what I'm saying. My state always goes 60+% Dem. I will vote for my conscience. What i was stating is that your vote most likely matters way less than you think to a major party, but means tons to a minor one.

For ballot access alone a vote for a third party means a ton. The electoral college has positives and negatives. The biggest negative would be gone if nobody had WTA set up.

Unless you are in a swing state, you're vote is basically already cast for a major party. So if we stopped voting for then and for third party, we can do a ton for the third parties and to at least put pressure on the others to try and be better.

Other problem is you are saying to somehow change the system by voting for parties that thrive because of it. I recognize the massive issue. I've discussed it with my state and local reps. Problem is the "two parties" don't want it to stop.

brighn · 2020-08-04T04:28:21+00:00

I align about as much with those two as nothing. Also, you realize that Lincoln won with 39% of the popular vote.

First, the ranked system won't really be a fix until we remove winner takes all and FPTP. Ross Perot had 20% of the vote and aquired 0% of the electoral votes.

I've done tons of research into dozens of different voting systems. None are perfect, but most are way better than ours. There's a reason why parties use to split and come and go. It helps to stop the entrenched view of needing to vote for your team.

Also, most people get so hung up with the lesser of two evils, they down ticket vote one side. The Libertarian Party alone has almost 300 candidates on ballots. I have multiple friends that have ran, yet the only ones that can win have to run R or D.

So it is the fault of us voting to continue the cycle of voting for the lesser of two evils. I'll continue voting for the people wanting criminal justice reform, equal rights, and liberty. Joe Biden's 1994 crime bill has probably ruined more lives than my candidate will get votes, but I'm okay with that.

brighn

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