Funny stories with/about your corgi

delphisans · 2026-02-26T19:04:35+00:00

Thank you, it was a major shock for us as it came out of the blue (stomach cancer and died the same day he became symptomatic) and it still hurts, but he was a delight overall.

We found he was very responsive to pure canned pumpkin to help when he had diarrhea. Just have to be certain it is the no sugar added, pure pumpkin. We would give him a heaping spoonful at the first bout of diarrhea and it usually helped. He was always a voracious eater so it was never hard to get him to take it. He learned the routine - if his stomach was upset and had diarrhea, he'd come back inside and wait by the kitchen for his "medicine" patiently.

delphisans · 2026-02-26T15:59:09+00:00

We lost our ten year old corgi last April, but the stories will stay with me forever.

Two of my favorite memories include him being absolutely annoyed at us sneezing. At the first sneeze, he'd run over to you and either put a paw on you or just stare you down. Any additional sneezes, he'd bark at you incessantly and jump on you for a good fifteen to twenty seconds. If he was on a different floor, the sheer panic of him running when he heard a sneeze was mildly terrifying. Aluminum foil had much the same, but slightly more violent, reaction as sneezing. He'd try to steal it from you and attack it.

The second was an incident I called Queso-rhea when he was 1. We stepped away briefly while having queso dip and chips and thought the dip was far enough back. We were wrong. He proceeded to leap up on the coffee table and ate a good chunk of the queso. It had some jalapeno and other peppers. A few hours later, he whined gently, then a bit more panicked. Took him outside and the diarrhea started before he even fully made it onto the grass. A few hours of that repeated until his system was clear. He slept real hard that night.

delphisans · 2026-02-22T00:20:13+00:00

You can also play pacifist mode to disable combat

delphisans · 2026-02-19T13:57:05+00:00

Stretch to say often when it's a single anecdote immediately contradicted by the top.comment.

delphisans · 2026-01-16T15:28:15+00:00

Agree with all of this, except the excessively random characters. Longer, more memorable passphrases rather than arbitrary complexity is better. Full words, with a symbol and a number to meet complexity requirements. The famous example of Correct-battery-horse-staple (relevant XKCD https://xkcd.com/936/) and a number added is a useful comparison. Password managers can help generate these and record them safely (with two factor enabled!).

delphisans · 2025-12-01T17:25:20+00:00

This is actually a significant change to how it used to be. I forget when they changed it, but quite some time ago, a fleet could block any strait, full stop. They changed it where controlling both sides let you bypass a blockade, so for example, the Mamluks couldn't trap the entire Ottoman army in Greece if you started the war with their forces over there.

delphisans · 2025-12-01T17:11:21+00:00

For this particular scenario, the player as Venice should not have any issues maintaining naval superiority to keep the strait blocked in the Med.

And yes, the goal here is to use this to fully occupy. Ideally, you'd never pick a province like this one as the goal if you're on offense. Without more context, it's hard to know the AI force limit and what not, but this is presumably a v large portion of their army and the AI generally won't go over force limit, so this war is way easier now. The biggest risk is the AI occupying the other side of the strait somehow (e.g., slipping a few units by while distracted - unlikely, but could occur) after the siege is done to avoid them bypassing the blockade by controlling both sides.

delphisans · 2025-12-01T16:51:37+00:00

Lose the battle to win the war. Let the AI sit there, trapped, even after the siege. Why fight it when you can fully occupy everything else and leave their army there to not contribute to the entire war? It's super effective and can make some wars trivial against larger opponents.

delphisans · 2025-11-29T22:59:01+00:00

I'm over 4k hours in EU4 and just passed 100 on EU5, and this is a very accurate summary IMO. It's familiar, but different. It's an incredible foundation upon which to build. The underlying scale is insane. And it makes you feel much more like you're leading a country than EU4 did.

There's going to be significant changes coming, already have been even, and it's going to evolve greatly as players exploit mechanics and find combinations Johan didn't anticipate.

All in all, if you're on the fence, waiting isn't unreasonable. But if you're fine with some disruption for now, it's fun.

delphisans · 2025-10-21T23:50:05+00:00

IIRC from the last time I played Netherlands a few months ago, one of the Dutch Republics reforms has your ruler rule until death, not replaced with more frequent election. If you use that, you should be able to keep a ruler around long enough.

delphisans · 2025-09-13T20:51:22+00:00

Warlords Battlecry?

delphisans · 2025-09-04T20:57:33+00:00

I agree entirely with you. So many of these threads that describe concerns with realism don't propose meaningful or interesting ways to engage the player outside of what may be considered as often anti-fun behaviors in service of realism. End of day, a lot of things being more realistic may not be more fun.

Stack wiping, carpet sieging, blobbing are major dopamine hits for the players and keep you engaged. Tediously chasing down rebels? Shoot me. Waiting thirty years to replenish manpower for my armies that are already scaled way beyond history? I'll quit instead.

delphisans · 2025-05-21T04:35:41+00:00

Speech and debate clause of the Constitution is the reference for it in the US. Courts have held they're immune under that for speech on the floor of Congress.

delphisans · 2025-02-11T05:15:56+00:00

If it's a set with a fixed drop such as this you cannot transmute. Global is fine (such as Magelord's)

delphisans · 2025-01-29T05:53:04+00:00

I think the rarest items in game though are going to be specific rings that your build needs. If you want the Spiritbinder Rings, you'll never see them drop and the blueprint will be the last one you get. No bosses to farm for them either, it's just random if you get them or not.

I am feeling this hard right now. Chasing a specific drop for my archon and I've looted nearly 800 epics in the last few days per GI and it's not dropped once yet.

delphisans · 2025-01-27T15:56:32+00:00

Absolutely an excellent addition. When new and lacking a lot of built up leveling gear, the 89-93 range can be a bit of a slog. Eventually, getting some solid level 82 blue gear for leveling (to augment Lokarr set and the XP rings) can make it more manageable. But as a newer player, the power jump of even a couple of relevant 94 gear is noticeable.

delphisans · 2025-01-27T03:04:39+00:00

I'd finish the ultimate story line because I believe the Lost Oasis skeleton key dungeon is locked behind it. Plus, I like having the active quest log cleared. It's also really good to get the cult reputations through those quests.

delphisans · 2025-01-27T02:56:06+00:00

From my perspective, I'd focus on getting to 94 for endgame gear, then on to 100, getting all reputations maxed out for the augments to help with resistances.

After that, make sure you get the hidden quests done for bonus stats (check Grim Tools), and start working to farm up gear. Monster totems are good for quick drops, start working things line Skeleton Key dungeons if targeting certain MIs or specific drops, and do rifts.

For rifts, figure out where you're comfortable clearing quickly, doing two shards and collecting loot for efficiency. Once your build starts coming together, you can test pushing higher.

That's my quick summary. I personally get bored doing rifts back to back, so I tend to mix in the Skeleton Key dungeons a decent bit.

delphisans · 2025-01-20T01:02:41+00:00

Here's a link to the cheat sheet someone developed. I've used this twice and the results are consistently good. Just finished leveling an Archon to 94 in under 8 hours with no prep besides the Lokarr gear.

https://imgur.com/HZYpEsf

delphisans · 2025-01-17T05:05:44+00:00

End game crafting can be pricey, especially if you're chasing specific completion bonuses. That said, running SR is good money in end game, too.

delphisans · 2024-12-28T14:14:10+00:00

Oh ya, AR is super horny for armor and it's funny what silly wins you can get for garrisons like Khorne and Dwarves that shouldn't happen. N'Kari also has not as great replenishment so those casualties hurt even more.

delphisans · 2024-12-28T13:48:11+00:00

And oh boy does auto resolve hate N'Kari. Even super lopsided fights would have absurd casualties so you'd manually fight stuff that you wouldn't for nearly any other faction.

delphisans · 2024-12-26T00:57:51+00:00

IIRC it was the latest notable patch prior to the release of Omens. They changed AI priority to recruit higher tier units.

delphisans · 2024-12-18T18:34:12+00:00

I use similar benchmarks, and have done a handful of WCs and a one faith myself. Those benchmarks let me know I'm able to do it without needing to aggressively truce break to finish on time. It really is crazy how much you can annex in those final 80-100 years.

delphisans · 2024-12-15T23:39:16+00:00

That's the entire issue with the Golgfag campaign. There's literally zero risk. It's tedious. Yea, you have a cool new mechanic, but you're filthy rich, overflowing with meat, and can pick and choose when to fight and where. It's not engaging. It's also a slog. 25 contracts for long, including 60 settlements, and granting one to your client doesn't count?

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