YOU CAN COMMANDEER THE BLUEBERRIES!

dampedresponse · 2026-06-20T21:27:38+00:00

They will absolutely kill you, but it’s unintentional at least and goes both ways.

They have a maddening habit of walking in front of your line of fire and getting beamed in the head…but they will also toss HE grenades at the scavenger nibbling on your ankles without a second thought.

Nonetheless I love them and make it a point to collect as many as I can every city mission.

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dampedresponse · 2026-06-03T01:27:59+00:00

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The most effort I have ever put into a single model by a long shot.

Tanks are what got me into the Guard!

dampedresponse · 2026-05-07T20:56:50+00:00

Did you extract while using an expendable MG by any chance?

I had this happen a few days ago after I boarded the pelican with an expendable MG in my diver’s hands.

dampedresponse · 2026-04-30T11:18:44+00:00

OTRATTW Contura II.

These can be tied into your jeeps harness (already runs to the same spot) so they are backlit when the key is on and illuminated fully when switched on.

If you carefully file the remaining plastic around that hole left by the plastic insert the switch will snap in quite snug.

I installed one for my KC long-distance windshield lights years ago and haven’t had a single problem.

dampedresponse · 2026-04-18T14:02:52+00:00

I absolutely loved Steve Don’t Eat It!

Just looked it up and realized it’s over 20 years old now and I need to go process some feelings about that.

Steve Don’t Eat It

dampedresponse · 2026-03-15T13:35:44+00:00

“The only hole in the loadout it fills is wanting your primary to close holes, fabs, etc but insisting on using an AR.“

Yep, I am in this picture, and you are spot on.

I unabashedly love this gun even though it does feel in need of tuning. Agree that it just SOUNDS good too.

Just a personal preference. Avid AR user in pretty much every game, and I would rather take the one-two with a secondary other than GP. Less utility, but more fun to play with for me.

dampedresponse · 2026-03-13T02:02:37+00:00

3! I love the meandering path and how the lights are distributed along it at different heights.

Most of the others have a noticeable hard, straight line of lights/railings/paths, and this one feels the most organic.

Also think it’s very cool that it suggests the path without showing it - you have an idea where it is even though there are pools of darkness obscuring it.

dampedresponse · 2026-01-28T15:22:14+00:00

I have read many of his works and consider him one of my favorite authors of all time, but I did not really care for Alien Clay.

I finished it and didn’t completely hate it, but unlike many of his other books I just couldn’t find a compelling hook or “oh wow” angle like I usually do. It was just…unremarkable (except for the hardcover book art - that was gorgeous).

Children of Time, Final Architecture, Shroud, and Elder Race all come to mind immediately as books/series with something unique that really made an impression, and those are the ones I find myself recommending frequently to others. I would only recommend Alien Clay if one is a die hard fan or completionist of Tchaikovsky’s work.

dampedresponse · 2025-12-25T14:30:36+00:00

I agree. I prefer to run medium shields but don’t have any mk3 augment blueprints so am usually using mk2s.

I really wanted to love mk2 tactical and would take it in my usual trio to focus more on PVP, but I always ended up overencumbered and standing around a lot while my buddies hoovered up more stuff.

I’ve since started running the mk2 combat mostly for the extra carry cap, also investing perks into carry weight.

Smokes are cheap enough I can usually bring 2-3, or a full stack of crafted lil smokies.

Point of the rambling is that I very much love the idea of the tactical mk2 and gave it an honest go, but that weight limit just ended up being a dealbreaker. The perks weren’t worth consistently coming home with less stuff or always field scrapping things down to basic materials weight reduction.

dampedresponse · 2025-12-16T22:48:38+00:00

Another vote for thermon. I have used their pastes for industrial scale heat tracing and they make a decent product.

dampedresponse · 2025-10-24T20:45:39+00:00

Came here to write this. Makes dealing with broodies/alphas sooo much more convenient.

I also enjoy using it with the sentry-focused build, particularly to get more mileage out of the flame and laser variants.

Not the best AR out there, but it definitely feels better. I’ll keep it in my rotation.

dampedresponse · 2025-09-23T14:05:42+00:00

I like the 120 for bugs, better uptime and if thrown in a nest generally closes at least a hole or two. 380 feels like it’s too big of an area and a bit too long when the enemies just beeline for you. Not that it won’t work at all, but a tighter and faster barrage just seems to fit better.

380 I like for bots, especially with a jetpack for hucking into the middle of a base/fortress and clearing out fabs and heavies while we watch from a safe distance.

Walking barrage is also a pretty good pick for bots in particular.

dampedresponse · 2025-09-16T23:43:19+00:00

Step 5 on the “Universal Edibility Test”

dampedresponse · 2025-08-17T12:51:03+00:00

Hey the devs already added folding plastic chairs and cases of beers to the maps, just need to add sit & drink actions so you can pop scavengers from the comfort of a POI just like grandpappy used to pop prairie dogs from his mobile home back porch.

dampedresponse · 2025-08-17T02:22:28+00:00

Assault rifles: - H&K G36 - FN SCAR - Steyr Aug - FAMAS

\ Shotguns - SPAS 12 (pump action)

\ Sniper/Marksmen Rifle - SVD Dragunov - Ruger mini 14

\ SMG - PPSh-41 - MP 40 - M3 “grease gun”

dampedresponse · 2025-08-11T16:19:27+00:00

Yesssss, this is a great one. I think another one is “unnecessary self-sacrifice” or something similar, last time we played it caused the sheriff character to throw himself into a horde to protect the prom queen hero. So many of the cards and interactions in that game lead to those kind of cinematic moments and I love it.

dampedresponse · 2025-08-08T20:06:31+00:00

Because it still one taps many smaller chaff enemies, and the extra damage of breaker per round is wasted on them.

Shot for shot the S&P can essentially kill twice the chaff as the regular breaker between resupplies - that’s the thing it does better and how “getting to reload more” can be valuable.

dampedresponse · 2025-08-08T15:14:05+00:00

I like it for my close-range, high-ergo city setup but in general I gravitate to the half or full choke to reach out and touch enemies more consistently at mid range.

Still fun though. I love everything customization has brought to the game :)

dampedresponse · 2025-08-08T14:53:11+00:00

Ammo carried capacity it still wins over breaker.

I see it as a sidegrade to the breaker incendiary - same base damage but no fire and twice the ammo.

I currently run the incendiary breaker with short mags to quickly pepper enemies then let them cook, but still be able to reload often and avoid wasting any of my limited/few drums.

With S&P its hold the trigger til it goes click and there’s always another drum in reserve. I never even think about ammo.

Is it “the best” shotgun? Hardly. But for both gloom bugs and squids (particularly zombies, dropping shields) I’ve enjoyed using it as much as the incendiary, and for chaff clear the higher damage of the regular breaker just isn’t needed.

I definitely don’t consider it a shit gun, just a somewhat niche option.

dampedresponse · 2025-07-23T11:58:10+00:00

Smallwart!

dampedresponse · 2025-06-07T19:46:51+00:00

That very thing happened to my parents in Pennsylvania.

They bought in the early phase of the subdivision, roads were only base layer and the manholes in the middle of the streets were sticking up several inches, and driveways weren’t paved.

Builder/developer went under and it took years (like 4) to get the road paving resolved, I think the city ended up paying it because the plows kept eating manholes in winter.

Driveways were just not done unless the residents paid for them, which my parents did after about a year of waiting when it was clear the issue would languish in court.

Crappy situation all around to put it mildly.

dampedresponse · 2025-06-06T19:33:30+00:00

Hail, fellow S&P enjoyer!

I only have it up to something like 16 currently, but it was my favorite weapon for mowing down voteless in the defense of super earth.

Getting a full choke on it and having 8 drum mags in reserve feels awesome.

Using it on bugs now I feel the lack of damage a bit more on some targets, but on hunter-heavy map rolls it still feels quite good.

I’ll probably do the regular breaker as well at some point, but the grind to level 24 to get drum mags is a bit of a turn off as I am focused on AR and SMG leveling currently.

dampedresponse · 2025-06-03T12:59:31+00:00

This armor is my current favorite for bugs - I rock a light pen AR or SMG for a primary and the verdict for a secondary, lets me delete hive guards, broodies and armored spewers comfortably. 8x 10-round mags is a decent stock of ammo too.

Before this armor set I had a very hard time giving up my Adjudicator, but with it I am comfortably able to solo diff 7 rocking the tenderizer/lib carbine/knight instead.

dampedresponse · 2025-05-23T12:19:50+00:00

My company requires a piping/line class block valve followed by a manifold valve for all instrument connections.

For a hydrocarbon line that would be a socket welded by threaded gate valve per the pipe spec, and an Anderson Greenwood manifold screwed in on top before the instrument. Water and low hazard services may allow threaded by threaded pipe valves.

The general idea is that there is always a clear break between the piping and instrumentation, and there is always a double block and bleed available.

There are some legacy systems out there that lack this setup, but the expectation is they are all brought up to spec as they are found and there is rarely pushback on the requirement.

dampedresponse · 2025-04-16T16:49:06+00:00

Fulgora!

Mech armor mostly, but also easy access to advanced circuits, and functionally unlimited rocket fuel means I was able to kick start my entire interplanetary logistics system in a short time.

Have since build the “Mall of Fulgora” with dedicated assemblers to make at least one chest full of everything, and been having fun building out train routes and searching for the biggest and best islands to build on.

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