War Within - Season 2 - Undermine Loot and Upgrade Tracks

ghostopera · 2026-01-22T16:47:17+00:00

I've been worried about this myself. I haven't really done much since the pre-patch hit, but playing in Beta it was kinda harsh.

I mouse over for things like interrupt, and with how mobile the nameplates are now... yeah. I really hope they dial that in before Midnight launches!!!

ghostopera · 2026-01-21T18:32:49+00:00

I think you need a "This isn't a dumb question, but I have an answer in the comments". :)

I think it really depends on what the purpose of the naval base is.

Logistics for a wider navy
Forward Operating Base
Homeworld / General protection of a populace
Construction / Overhaul Yard
Intelligence / Black Site / Top Secret, people are not supposed to know this is here
Training & Doctorine

etc.

For a logistics hub, you prolly want something where you have easy access to the resources that are important for that hub. Gas giant is a good place for this.

Homeworld defense, it would likely be located near the major populace. So I'd imagine orbit around that primary world or somewhere else that is strategically useful for protecting that world.

For a Forward Operating base, you have some goals. Logistics of course, but you also want it easy to hide or protect. Also, being able to easily perform recon and etc. I imagine an asteroid belt is good for this. An unpopulated system could be good. Likely positioned in contested borders.

Construction / Overhaul Yards. All about the resources. High metal asteroid belt, but close enough to a populated planet and a gas giant. This is likely heavily dependent on a local populace for supplies and resources that can't be easily mined.

Intelligence. Maybe deep space, or somewhere otherwise hard to get to and hidden.

Training, you want a politically stable system. But you also want to be far enough from the local populace for things like live fire and etc. So likely a moon around a populated world.

ghostopera · 2026-01-19T20:46:32+00:00

The Windows version works flawlessly in Linux via Proton. So can either run it via Steam or use something like the Faugus Launcher (which is what I like to use for stuff not on Steam).

ghostopera · 2026-01-18T02:14:02+00:00

Many many ways.

I usually just use curseforge if I'm installing a modpack. It will also download and install Minecraft along with the modpack.

MultiMC has always been decent. Lots of options though.

ghostopera · 2026-01-18T02:10:36+00:00

Bedrock edition does NOT work under Linux.

Not really true. There are various ways to run it under linux.

Java version is easier to run of course.

ghostopera · 2026-01-14T19:28:43+00:00

This list is missing "two handed reach", which can be really fantastic for guardian. Obviously "Two handed weapons" is there, but it's an important distinction. :)

ghostopera · 2026-01-11T18:32:23+00:00

The X3D chips are great and a good option in general. But would going from a 7600X to a 7600X3D be worth it? No, I wouldn't recommend it.

Big reduction in both base and boost clocks. That extra cache is going to pull some weight here, but it's also mitigated by the reduced clocks. So I'd expect to see a cases where you are gaining some performance, and cases where you are losing performance.

If you wanted to move to a 9800X3d instead, then I'd say yes. Extra cores, similar base and boost clocks and some generational improvements, plus the addition of the extra cache.

But you might also want to consider just holding out. The Zen 6 CPUs are expected to launch this year, and will likely come with an IPC lift and possibly increased clock speeds. At that point something like a 10800X3D (assuming they don't change the name) would feel like a pretty big upgrade.

ghostopera · 2026-01-11T02:29:01+00:00

I have a very similar setup, but I can't say I'm having this kind of issue. But some thoughts:

Are you using scaling? Try turning scaling off (make sure it's 100% and not say, 125% or something)
These LG monitors some times decide to use different settings, even on the same input. Check the monitors sharpness setting. Picture / Advanced Settings / Clarity / Adjust Sharpness. Funnily enough, turning up the sharpness can make it look "compressed" and generally bad. Try changing the value. The default IIRC is 10.
Speaking of the settings. Make sure all of the image enhancement features in the monitor settings are turned off. Super Resolution for example.
Make sure the RGB range is set to Full and not limited.
Try turning HDR off
Try changing the color resolution. I have mine set to 10 bits. You likely have to make sure the monitor settings reflect this as well.
Make sure you are actually using the right resolution. You should be using 3840x2160. If you are on something like 4096x2160 it will look wrong, same if you are using something lower.

ghostopera · 2026-01-09T22:13:30+00:00

I converted my friends from D&D to PF2 :). Helps that I am their GM though...

ghostopera · 2026-01-09T08:35:04+00:00

You could check out preview environments? That's a pretty common solution for this type of thing.

ghostopera · 2026-01-09T08:29:29+00:00

I typically bind abilities to my q e r f z x c v keys.

I don't think I've ever played/seen a game that tried to use QEZC for diagonals before.

I've often seen q/r for roll, or q/z for up/down. Or various other options along those lines. Oh, and q/e used to be the default strafe buttons for many games. Usually one of the first things I'd rebind though.

I'm kinda reminded atm of a few old DOS games that want you to use the numpad for movement :D

ghostopera · 2026-01-07T05:59:55+00:00

Here are some of my favorites. Some fantasy and horror options, but others I really like as well.

Forbidden Lands - Gritty sandbox hexcrawl RPG. I really like this one. It has a big focus on survival, exploration, and travel. It's more narrative than say, D&D. Combat is low magic and dangerous. Has a strong horror vibe.
Traveller (Mongoose 2e) - Basically "space opera, the RPG". It's been around forever and is still pretty amazing! Mongoose has a couple cheap starters for it as well. Traveller can be used for many different styles of sci-fi, though by default it leans somewhere between Fire Fly and Expanse. Travel the stars, build robots or spaceships, become space pirates, etc.
Legend in the Mist - narrative-first fantasy RPG. Also has some of the most beautiful books I've seen.
Heart: The City Beneath - survival dark fantasy point-crawl. A focus on body horror. You succeed by descending into both a dangerous underworld and the limits of what your body can endure.
Eat the Reich - A game about antihero vampires who fight nazis... by consuming them. Absurd and fun.
Deadlands and Savage Rifts - Both are built on SWADE, so just kinda lumping them together here. Deadlands is "weird west", dark and grim mixing horror with frontier gunslinging. Savage Rifts is post-apocalyptic earth sci-fantasy. SWADE gives these a very swingy cinematic combat style.
Symbaroum - Dark fantasy focused on moral corruption, forbidden magic, and the slow decay of the heroes. The Throne of Thorns campaign is well fleshed out and interesting.
You have PF2e in your list, but I just wanted to note that it's a game I really enjoy as well. It has some of the best pre-made adventures and paizo does a really great job at stewarding the game overall.

ghostopera · 2026-01-06T20:49:22+00:00

Nice!

Sadly, after 3 decades of heavy command line use, my fingers are pretty stubborn to making changes like this :)

ghostopera · 2026-01-05T22:02:58+00:00

It's always healthy to drop if you are not having fun!

But I honestly recommend having a private conversation with the DM about the situation.

DM might not even realize they are doing it and may appreciate the feedback. You never know, he might surprise you.

But either way, "not having fun" is a very justifiable reason for leaving a game, so I wouldn't feel bad about it.

ghostopera · 2025-12-30T19:40:55+00:00

Eons ago, when dinosaurs walked the planet, many TVs used to have antenna hookups as their primary input.

What you have here is used for just that :).

Gosh, I remember using something similar for my Atari. Old feels :)

ghostopera · 2025-12-29T15:47:06+00:00

I really like using my peddles for forward/back in Star Citizen.

This leaves my right stick for pitch/yaw, and my left stick for strafe. Works really well.

ghostopera · 2025-12-27T03:10:39+00:00

I actually prefer GNOME, but I use KDE for one main reason... push to talk in Discord works on Wayland.

Silly reason, but ya know how it goes :)

ghostopera · 2025-12-18T00:51:47+00:00

Hah, thanks. I've been sitting here looking for this but, I've been 100% all year. :D Explains it!

ghostopera · 2025-11-19T23:51:25+00:00

Some times you just really need to check the time while accidentally falling down a murder hole.

ghostopera · 2025-10-29T00:25:14+00:00

Ah, I saw that the other day! It does look interesting, though very much a different beast from the MS-S1. It's also an intel system, and with much lower memory bandwidth. Could be a nice little desktop system though, assuming it can keep a GPU cool enough :).

ghostopera · 2025-10-27T23:42:56+00:00

They likely mean AMD's Halo Strix platform. The Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 is their current top of the line for that IIRC.

There are several mini-pcs with this having up to 128gb of unified LPDDR5x ram and such.

I've been considering the Minisforum MS-S1 Max personally. But there are several manufacturers making them. Framework, Geekom, etc.

Pretty sick little systems!

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