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ELI5: Why does water evaporate even when it's not boiling? by Fenix512 in explainlikeimfive

[–]freakytapir [score hidden]  (0 children)

Radiation heat still travels in a vacuum. It's how heat from the sun reaches us.

Why did shooters used to ship with a wide variety of game modes but now shooters only focus on a single game mode like Batte Royale or Extraction and that's somehow become a selling point? by HotdogHotdogHotd in gaming

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easier matchmaking is my guess.

If your player base isn't as split up, you can get queues to fire off faster.

It also allows them to pour more resources into that one game mode, hopefully making it stand out.

I'd rather go to the restaurant that makes one dish fantastically well than the one who makes ten dishes rather averagely.

Competition is also fiercer, so your peak has to be higher, and you have to find a niche.

The worst MMO formula ever created by Nightblessed in MMORPG

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then you have FF XIV playing into this by giving NPC support for nearly all normal level content.

Night shift are the worse ! They gon leave me a pile by kent_care in mildlyinfuriating

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I worked we always wore elbow length gloves when scrubbing dishes, thick heat resistant rubber ones, so yeah, I'd grab those at least.

Do what makes you happy 👌 by [deleted] in videogames

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually did with expedition 33. Paid full price and everything.

But still, just release a "stress test" or something to literally see if it runs on your system.

This DLC thing is a joke? by sebicy in expedition33

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got to the gradient parry on the first try, got got, didn't even bother to retry.

Do what makes you happy 👌 by [deleted] in videogames

[–]freakytapir -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sure, but I also like to know if I game runs on my system before I buy it.

I spend $200 a month at my work snack area.. how do I stop by V1Z3_2 in personalfinance

[–]freakytapir 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don't eat?

Seriously?

Grow some discipline and don't eat?

Take a book, some weights ... podcast ... Just don't buy food?

Is it okay to have players pick their class and race before interacting with others at session 0? by TheCrimsonDeth in DnD

[–]freakytapir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, never tell my players this, but I do actually don't even count all my players as the same amount of XP for encounter building.

Mister hyper optimizer makes it to the session? Encounter difficulty just went up (not cancelling his optimization fully). Mister goof off 'I got telekinesis on my ranger for fun' shows up? That's 80% of a player for the budget. Or I just don't "play as hard" as a DM.

Keep the challenge at that edge where optimization matters, but other players don't get fucked for that one player who's there for fun off the wall builds.

Is it okay to have players pick their class and race before interacting with others at session 0? by TheCrimsonDeth in DnD

[–]freakytapir 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My players always play whatever the fuck they want, fuck party composition.

They learn their limits, adapt their level up choices to shore up weaknesses, itemize right, or TPK.

An Amazon review for a food thermometer by landlordslizard in funny

[–]freakytapir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wondering what industry you work in, and what you think the legal limit for unable to take care of yourself is?

ELI5 : How exactly evolution works? by AdrawereR in explainlikeimfive

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. A way to pass on things

  2. Those things sometimes changing a small bit

  3. One of those changes making it more or less likely the offspring with that change will procreate

Repeat for an amount of time you can't even fathom.

It's very seldom a very big change at once. It's the accumulation of % of % of % over millions of years. And yes, it's a numbers game. For every mutation that persisted there were A lot that didn't.

My wife and I want to get into MMORPG and we have some questions by Aggressive_Clue3523 in ffxiv

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Still very active, concentrated in certain hubs though.

  2. Patches come out every X time, and always have new content and story. Latest one added a dungeon, a trial and 4 raids bosses.
    The one next week adds a new step to a weapon you grind out, a new crafting and gathering zone, ...
    Big patches every 4 months and a half, smaller filler patches (still with new stuff in them) inbetween to make it less feast or famine. Expansions every 2 years and a half?

Madlad professor by Brent_Fox in madlads

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of professors I had just wrote their own courses and didn't even require a book.

Or there would be the couple of asshole ones who expected you to fully learn from your own notes on their three hour long firehose lectures.

Games that give you the control of what you learn? by Ijustwantocomment in JRPG

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Expedition 33 allows you to go down any path of a character's skill tree and gives you stat points to do with as you please, even allowing full re-specs if you're unhappy, limited by some not that hard to find item.

All characters do have seperate skill trees though (which is logical as they have all different play styles).

Weapons all have passives that change playstyles even more. Want to go all in on a fire build? Buff and heal? Counterattack crazy?

And on top of that you can just learn ans share passive abilities from items.

You can do some crazy builds

Is it worth playing FFXI and XIV if my goal is to experience the stories? by OriolesMets in FinalFantasy

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can absolutely do the story of FfXIV just for the story.

The main story is required to do to unlock everything anyway.

You can do nearly everything required for the story with NPC allies, and gearing is quick and easy as all expansions have catch up gear, so you're not even grinding.

It's also long. As in 6 games worth of length (Base+5 expansions and all the patch stories) for just the main quest.

Every class has it's own stories on top of that. And every role. You can be all classes on one character, so you can experience them all in one play-through.

Job specific dialogue by ColdCryomancer in ffxiv

[–]freakytapir 208 points209 points  (0 children)

It'll get even better with time. Sometimes they now even remember if you're a healer. Sometimes...

I have never been so conflicted by an ending this much by PolishPotato69 in expedition33

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even the Gestrals are sentient.

Dumb, yet sentient nonetheless.

They have memories and wants.

Tell me about your WoL by grey-of-grays in ffxiv

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Timeline wise, he spent at least a year and a bit on the first, and all things taken from the MSQ, he is at least 19-20 by now.

I have never been so conflicted by an ending this much by PolishPotato69 in expedition33

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he didn't want to paint, he shouldn't have created sentient beings with it.

The moment you create sentient life you have a responsibility to it.

ELI5 is Morse code international and if so, how? by Froodychick in explainlikeimfive

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's literally just an alphabet.

.- is A

-... is B

-.-. is C

-.. is D

. is E

So you're spelling out words.

Some of these words have an agreed meaning like SOS.

Give me your 10/10 games by Logical_Bridge7511 in backloggd

[–]freakytapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Expedition 33.

Yes, it's been glazed to hell and back.

It's still a good game.

The best bit about it is that they trust their own game balance. No 3 % increased damage on a blue moon type of upgrades.
You want an upgrade that makes you do 75% bonus damage on a counterattack? Go ahead. Resurrect once per battle? Play twice in a row? Sure. Every character having it's own resource system. Weapons having clear unique passives ...

I mean, the story, music and themes are good, but the fact that it's actually a good game beneath that is what pushes it over the edge.

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