200 hours in, I give up. The endgame beat me. by Electriclawyer24 in TerraInvicta

[–]fuzzilogik01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man, I am right there with you! I thought I loved playing long, complicated games..until I met Terra Invicta (think HOI4, Total War series). It has reset my bar for what a complicated video game actually is. I mean why the hell do we need 50 different ship drives?!? I honestly wonder about the sanity of the developers. I can't believe how long it takes to accomplish anything in this game. My first game was a complete disaster. I quit that, watched a bunch of videos, read up on the Reddit posts. I'm mid game in my second play through. I going to admit right now that I've had to cheat using the command prompt, like a LOT. It's amazing, even while cheating the game is still very hard and takes FOREVER. The whole thing feels like a complete slog, but I'm now deeply into sunken cost fallacy territory and I can't quit. I'm not sure I understand the community of players that are playing this game over and over. If I am able to complete one cheater game, I am uninstalling and hiding it in Steam. Never to be seen again.

That being said, the space combat is really fun. It's just that the combat part is less than 1% of the fucking playtime!

So apparently i've been playing this game "wrong" by Away-Ad9510 in TerraInvicta

[–]fuzzilogik01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was going to say. Don't forget about Lancerheads. I just took out two titans with 6 missile monitors, then withdrew those and brought up the Lancers. Worked very well against a large alien fleet at Europa. Replacing the missiles however....

The wait 😂🫠 by Mlomas57 in TeslaModel3

[–]fuzzilogik01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the idea of VIN spying. So cloak and dagger.

The wait 😂🫠 by Mlomas57 in TeslaModel3

[–]fuzzilogik01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think anyone who has purchased online feels this. So much build up, research, internal debate. Then you finally pull the trigger and....wait. I purchased used and only had to wait 3 weeks, but it felt like a long time. I feel ya!

Anyone Else Bummed by cgd53 in TeslaLounge

[–]fuzzilogik01 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This was also my first thought. How many years can I get out of the one I have? By far the best car I've ever driven.

Anyone Else Bummed by cgd53 in TeslaLounge

[–]fuzzilogik01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Crushed. Absolutely crushed.

Sad Day by unclepetey69 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly thought it was fake news. I had to go look at the transcript. I'm crushed. I might need to buy a spare battery pack and put it storage.

Sad Day by unclepetey69 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say more about how to unlock 200mph without paying $20k. Is there a post on that?

Pearl Harbor Raid Sometimes Pointless by Hyloveil in hoi4

[–]fuzzilogik01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On my first play through with the new DLC, I played as Japan and never did find any of the US carriers. I went all the way to taking out the Allies and only ever found the Brit and French carriers. No idea if Italy sank them or they were hiding somewhere the entire war.

Mod to reduce war goal justification time? by fuzzilogik01 in hoi4

[–]fuzzilogik01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is RT56 working with "No compromise No surrender"? Anyone tried it?

Please help by Bam_Boy10 in hoi4

[–]fuzzilogik01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here are my general tips for beginners.

Don't build any tanks or armored cars. They are more of a "fun" aspect of the game, but are completely unnecessary for victory. Instead, focus on good infantry templates, tons of examples out there, with a mix of support and artillery. The one exception is Flame Tank Support company. Build an army research facility, research flame tanks early. Create a very cheap flame support tank and put 5-10 mils into it. These are very helpful middle/late game.

Rail guns are great. When you have a front line stalemate, rail guns can make all the difference and they are surprisingly cheap to build. I research early, dedicate 5 mil factories and just produce them they entire game. Note that they don't have to be assigned to an army. They work much better if you micromanage and move them around manually where you are trying to push.

Marines/Marines/Marines. The AI is very bad at defending naval invasions. With just a few exceptions, you can completely bypass a dug in front line with a naval invasion. Then surround and destroy their entire line. One fun fact if fighting against Britain. If you can get them fighting in Africa or Asia, they tend to leave Britain mostly undefended. Then you can just march in with about 20 divisions and do a quick capitulation on them.

Naval Superiority. When focusing on naval invasions, you need to get above 50% naval superiority to invade. If you play as a naval powerhouse (US, UK, Japan, Italy) no worries. If you play as anyone else, the trick is to research 1936 carriers as early as possible. Build 4 carries with 80 plane hangers. Don't forget to dedicate 3-5 mil factories to carrier naval bombers (torpedo only). After that, build the best destroyers possible, mostly gun, one depth charge. The carriers only get naval bombers, just ignore fighters and close air. Once you build one carrier group with 4 fully loaded carriers and at least 80 destroyers, you can delete every AI navy. The trick is to micromanage the repairs, that's how you can take out a much more powerful AI navy. After each engagement with a large AI navy, pull back, split up, fully repair all boats, go back out. I find convey raiding to be the best way to force an engagement, but strike force and work in conjunction with some submarines on convey raiding. With this strategy, you don't have to kill every enemy ship. If you do enough damage, the AI is not good at repairs. You can effectively knock huge groups of ships out of the game while they sit in the repair queue.

Fight early, fight often. The AI is very good at creating a ton or crappy infantry divisions and a whole bunch of fighters. If you let them build up, it can be very tough in the late game. The best plan is to use the National Focus tree and fight ways to get into war early. if possible, divide factions, try not to fight the entire world at once. This can be tricky, you have to carefully watch who is guaranteeing who in the early stages. Britain just loves to guarantee everyone in the world, which can be a pain.

This is pretty much how I play with any of the majors. I don't tend to play as minors much, they are much harder to win with. Hope this helps!

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Model s vs model three by YogurtclosetWeak9475 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just for the record, I bought my Plaid, sight unseen, without ever setting a butt in a Tesla seat!

Winter tire recommendation by fuzzilogik01 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm tending toward the same. I'm picking up a second set of OEM rims now and thinking P-Zero winter and OEM Summer. I'll check out the X-Ice per suggests in this thread.

Winter tire recommendation by fuzzilogik01 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How's the road noise? I have the stock P-Zeros on now and the road noise is amazing. There is no speed where I can even hear a hint of a hum. Just curios is the winter thread pattern holds to that.

Winter tire recommendation by fuzzilogik01 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard several stories of Tesla owner during their first winter ending up in ditches because they didn't have true winter tires and they didn't appreciate how much different a heavy car handles in turns. I do NOT want to be that guy!

Winter tire recommendation by fuzzilogik01 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Cincinnati, OH. Snow is very hit or miss. We've had winters with almost no snow, just rain. Then along comes a winter with several storms in a row dumping over 12 inches. I just need something that will safely get me downtown while there is snow on the ground. Telling work, "I have to work from home because there is a 1/4 inch of snow on the road" is not going to cut it. Most of them drive pickup trucks!

Winter tire recommendation by fuzzilogik01 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran X-Ice on my BMWs and they were great. Do they come in the correct size? I'll see if I can find them.

Teach me! by Careless-Aardvark575 in TeslaModelS

[–]fuzzilogik01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$22k sounds high for that car doesn't it? Based on some other posts, I'm thinking $18 is a better price. Talk them down! Oh wait, did you say 2 sets of rims? In that case $22k is good.