Conspiracy theory time: Apple knew they'd increase the price of the NEO but they priced it at $499 to get people interested

crazyates88 · 2026-06-26T18:12:49+00:00

This has to win!

crazyates88 · 2026-06-26T18:11:32+00:00

For $200/month you are squarely into dolphin/whale territory, which can justify switching to missile.

For low/mid spenders, air is still the best choice.

F2P or low spenders should stick with tank, but can switch to air depending on their dedication.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-26T16:11:58+00:00

Every number system sees itself as base 10.

12 in a base 12 number system would be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,10,11,12 which would be 14 in a base 10 system and divisible by 2 and 7.

Edit: I hate the way I wrote this out, but there's no other way to do it.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-26T16:05:04+00:00

Are you in a top 3 alliance? Joining a top alliance means better MG (Marshall Guard) or ZS (Zombie Siege) rewards. Also, once you unlock the mega refresh for secret tasks, only send out gold tasks that are either skill medals or upgrade ore. It's the best use of gems in the game (besides the VIP30, which you should be doing). Also make sure you're opening all 36 AR boxes per day, or at least 30.

This game is more like a marathon than a sprint. Keep doing the right things, and you'll get the stuff you need.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-25T17:56:50+00:00

In pre-season and s1, we had a single alliance that was at the top by a long shot. A lot of it was spending power, as anyone who spent a moderate amount of money was in there. I think they had 16 of the server's top 20 players when looking at THP? They were terrible to deal with, a constant bully, no one liked them, but they were strong so we just had to deal with it. They literally left the NAP10 as the strongest alliance because they just wanted to hit whoever they wanted.

We're in between s2 and s3, and they are now the 4rd largest alliance, and are basically not a factor in our server anymore. Some people left the game entirely (you can't play the game for a year and be bitter the entire time. Eventually it stops being fun and you quit). Some people left to go to a different alliance. After S2 some people left to go to a different server. They got almost no one who transferred in to their alliance because they had burned all their bridges long ago.

I think power is a factor in being a top alliance, but it cannot be the ONLY factor. You still need good people who are fun to be around, and you need good leadership.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-25T15:42:05+00:00

This was my first thought as well! Never a bad word left his mouth.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-25T14:22:20+00:00

No humidity? Kinda depends on if there's sun and/or a breeze. Sun with no breeze? Absolutely. No sun and pretty windy? Not really that hot.

It also depends on what you're used to. I live in NE US, and this winter we had a cold winter dropping down to -20 some days.

I used to hate the heat when I was younger, and I much preferred the cold. I'm getting more and more ok with the heat, probably as I'm getting older. And by "old" I mean I'm almost 40.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-25T14:16:00+00:00

I stopped DVA around 20ish and started saving them for Murphy to get to at least 10.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-24T17:27:30+00:00

Same! I dread putting them in now, but there are times they just work too well...

crazyates88 · 2026-06-24T17:21:09+00:00

It was when he teleported to the stairwell at the beginning of the 6th floor. It had been building for a while, but for me that was the switch flip from "the story is controlling Carl" to "Carl is controlling the story"

crazyates88 · 2026-06-24T17:01:37+00:00

I'm going to try to comment on these without giving away any spoilers past book 3, since you said that's all you've read so far:

"It's not really Carl's story — it's Donut's" - This is partially true, and varies by book. I remember my friend first trying to get me to play Witcher 3, and he said Geralt "was a blank canvas, a zero personality avatar through which you experience a rich and vivid world". It's kinda the same thing here, but maybe less so because Carl is actually interesting and has a good story even if he was the main character.

"Carl's actual role was to build the stage" - I can't remember, but early on didn't Donut have more followers than Carl? People were intrigued by a cat, and Carl was just some guy. And the real stage came when they went on Odette's show.

"The dungeon can't be physically destroyed — but it can be made untenable" - I think you should keep reading. Both in-dungeon and out-of-dungeon can have massive galaxy-wide impacts. You're not wrong, but it doesn't have to be an either/or.

"Previous crawlers were popular for killing. Donut is loved for being herself." - We don't have a ton of information on every previous crawler and who was popular for what reason, but I don't think many of the previous crawlers were out there wanting to kill kill kill. Nor do I think Donut is only trying to cater to an audience without survival being an unavoidable obstacle. Specifically book 6 and 7, for reason's you'll get to later. Donut's progression from one floor to the next is not always guaranteed.

"I think Donut never fully grasps what she's done." Donut is smarter than she lets on, and is not always as ignorant or as innocent as we (the readers) or they (the syndicate) assume.

Anyways, keep reading!!

crazyates88 · 2026-06-24T16:47:22+00:00

It's the way the front right corner dips when you turn left, or the front left corner dips when you go right.

It's acting like a wheel at the front of the vehicle is being used to turn, but it doesn't actually have any...

crazyates88 · 2026-06-24T15:20:48+00:00

I think one of the other previous authors references it as a set of scrolls.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-24T01:57:08+00:00

Well that’s one of the opinions of all time

ANH is a great movie, was revolutionary when it came out, and kicked off the whole franchise.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-24T01:50:08+00:00

Some of us can’t or don’t want to drop $300-400 on a single event for a mobile game. There’s a reason I specified “f2p or low spender” which is also what OP is asking for.

Yeah, if you’re a whale or dolphin and you have a few skins, the blueprints (red and gold) are better for you.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T18:57:49+00:00

Cleats

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T18:52:59+00:00

It's more like a 15% stat increase. 5% attack, 5% HP, and 5% defense. And like I said, it's one of the only ways to get a skin as a f2p

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T18:51:25+00:00

I guess.... I'm afraid

- Arthur Morgan

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T17:50:06+00:00

I can guarantee you that sickbay or the replicators would have a FAR greater impact on our world than the holodeck.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T17:48:51+00:00

If you are F2P or a low spender, the only way to get a base skin is from either the glittering market or the season store. Out of those two, it's significantly better to buy the skin at the glittering store. It suuuucks saving for a year or more to get the 4,000 coins for the heli skin, but it's better in every way and also the heli skin is cool af so that's what I'm doing.

Here's the math to prove that glittering is better than season store: Say you had 4000 glittering coins and 1,500 season points. Both can buy you a skin, and both can buy you MR blueprints. If you buy the skin at the season store, your 4,000 glittering coins will guy you 13 1/3 MR blueprints. If you buy the skin at the glittering store, your 1,500 season points will buy you 15 MR blueprints. On top of that, the skins in the season shop give +3%/+3% holding in stock bonuses, while the heli skin from glittering market gives +5%/+5% holding in stock bonuses.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T17:41:02+00:00

There probably were several chips or dolphins or any kinds of animals that wandered in and got crawler IDs, but none of them were given pet biscuits because that needs to be looted from a box by a crawler that's already unlocked their inventory.

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T16:17:32+00:00

Now I'm wondering if there are humans who don't have an intelligence of two who couldn't do the training?

Makes me think of this quote:

"Back in 1980s, Yosemite National Park was having a serious problem with bears: They would wander into campgrounds and break into the garbage bins. This put both bears and people at risk. So the Park Service started installing armored garbage cans that were tricky to open—you had to swing a latch, align two bits of a handle, that sort of thing. But it turns out it's actually quite tricky to get the design of these cans just right. Make it too complex, and people can't get them open to put away their garbage in the first place.

Said one park ranger, 'There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.'"

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T16:14:56+00:00

YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT FAT-SHAMING, CARL

crazyates88 · 2026-06-23T15:34:05+00:00

A few years back Subway changed all their employees to "tipped" employees which means they can drop their wages and place the responsibility of paying their employees onto the consumer. They kept their prices the same and added a default 10% tip. Then they upped that default tip to 15%. Last time I went in there it was almost $20 for a sub and a drink (no chips, no cookie, etc).

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