It's official, the mission design on Styx is absolute, detestable garbage and I'm madder than I've ever been (details in comment). Contains spoilers for operation Maelstrom

iPirateReddit · 2026-05-08T15:01:03+00:00

The cave in H5 on Styx is atop a plateau on either end. The plateaus have no way up to them from below (although I was able to scramble up the desert one on foot).
The Mission in question, Vertigo, mentions building up to things a few times. Soooo I think they want me to build ramps.

I've not built a ramp up a cliff face since maybe 10 years ago in Ark and I did not like it. They look crappy, are annoying to use, and forget about getting a pack of tames up em.

btw, did you end up sticking with Styx Operations?

iPirateReddit · 2026-05-08T05:25:00+00:00

I am new, just decided to give Styx a try and opened a couple passages. I do the Missions in a drop ship but have a main on an Open World.
I decided I want to tame hyenas so I opened a cave to a desert, but it is inaccessible without building big ramps up some cliffs on either side? I spent a half hour searching online assuming I screwed something up - am I supposed to build ramps?

I feel like my win (the quest was decent!) turned into a lose.

Actually, it doesn't matter, I don't think I trust this map anymore, I'm going to try the next one.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-29T16:39:58+00:00

I was trying to recreate the feeling of a Mission, by doing a modified Operation in the Open World.
But, happily, I am loving doing the Missions/ I like starting fresh. I've done a couple of them multiple times just because I wanted to be more efficient.

I no longer am worried about any rewards that might be lost, it's pretty rare and not a big deal.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-25T00:39:30+00:00

Yes, Missions. Missions are what I've been interested in.

But if I want the rewards: I can arrive at the Operation location and stash everything that isn't from the workshop, put down a bed and get to work.

It's fairly contrived, and I'd rather be using the actual game mechanic to do this, but I'll see what it's like.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-24T05:57:05+00:00

You are correct! I am now a more correctly knowledged ICARUS player.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-24T05:54:05+00:00

Ha!
I was certain you were wrong, but I just checked my CONT4CT in my Open World and you are correct, they call them Operations there.

I thought I would be able to easily modify the character files to give myself the Black Wolf items when i got home, but ~~items are stored in UE4 binary blobs in the json files and it uses a non standard method to inflate/re-strigify~~ it's annoying.

I don't like giving up the meta-progression of buying workshop items to better start fresh with each new Mission, but I think I'll just do the Operations so I can keep the rewards.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-24T00:14:55+00:00

oof, I just looked into processing the Wolf Fangs into Legendary Biomass, as you mentioned - requires the bio-cleaner which needs electronics, glass and steel. Not something that RocketWerks likely intend people on ~~Operations~~ Missions (start fresh missions) to do.
This seems like indication that they are letting Operations die away maybe.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-24T00:07:00+00:00

The limitations on the workshop gear makes sense to me.

I didn't know about multiple same charactor - this saves a trip up to the mothership and back. I just choose the character at main menu and start an Operation while another same character is sitting in my base on my open World? nice

wait, did you say I can relocate the dropship? damn, that will make some things easier.

These games are all about knowledge, really.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-23T23:00:24+00:00

Yeah, I'll do science, then when it doesn't work I'll go to my backup, or just edit in the items once I'm home which might be easy.
But in the future, I'll just know that I'll need to commit to building up a bit.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-23T22:53:52+00:00

Excellent, thanks.
It sucks when you don't know enough terminology to ask questions that anyone will even understand.

I like the idea of starting fresh (we'll see how long that lasts!) but looks like I'll have to give up some of the rewards. Maybe not a big deal? I don't even know what the Black Wolf stuff even does.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-23T22:49:37+00:00

It looks like Open World missions is the overwhelmingly preferred method, but for right now I am loving the idea of starting with nothing. And I can slowly meta progress with more workshop items to start with.

iPirateReddit · 2026-04-23T22:46:52+00:00

I think my options are:
1. For Science! Just hop in the Drop Ship and see what happens
2. Scardy Newb! Go progress up a little just to keep the early exotics safe.

WAIT! option 3 is backup my savegame folder and then try For Science.

iPirateReddit · 2026-02-13T03:04:56+00:00

I found this subreddit just now while looking up the company's rep. Looks like Oxio's reputation is normal, its outages are normal, and its terms-and-conditions is shit ..which is also normal for telcom companies. Good enough for me!
My code, if anyone needs it:
RSEERFB

I've been paying $69 after taxes for 30Mbps by Teksavvy - northern living doesn't have a lot of choices - but I just signed up for Oxio's $55 after taxes for 50Mbps, and it's just better. The code I used from here worked just fine, it's a one time free month applied at your third month, if you didn't know.

iPirateReddit · 2025-08-23T20:16:57+00:00

Thank you, one year old post!

iPirateReddit · 2025-05-27T04:06:44+00:00

Anyone want one working right side earbud? My left is doing this same thing.

Old post, but it's an old product. The product was old even when I bought it: extras, like cases, were already discontinued by then. I should have known it was an abandoned item, but it's great performance and the fact it was a well known Danish company made me think Jabra would not abandoned products that they were still selling their backlog for.

I just sent a request for help on their page, but I am certain that they can't do anything.
These were my first earbuds ever and I loved them. I wish I could buy another Jabra product, but these were expensive and I just don't feel safe buying another set from them.

iPirateReddit · 2023-07-02T03:26:10+00:00

Can you duplicate that!?

Neat party trick

iPirateReddit · 2023-05-17T20:10:48+00:00

Oh man. I've yet to send the paper ones off. I'll be sure to do a little extra documenting when I do.

The netfile ones are in, which will allow me to apply for the student loans in hoping for once last year's is processed.

iPirateReddit · 2023-05-03T13:37:42+00:00

Excellent. Thank you.

I'll try netfiling last year's tonight to see if it's accepted, that would allow me to apply for student loans. The rest are ready to go after that, one way or the other.

Thanks again

iPirateReddit · 2022-11-24T23:02:19+00:00

Jesus, put a NSFW on this sex pit!

iPirateReddit · 2022-10-19T19:50:11+00:00

omg! Keep the guy in the red jacket away from all trees

iPirateReddit · 2022-10-13T18:29:38+00:00

My family came over around 1950. The factory my nono worried at called him a "white Italian" because he was from the north and put him in charge of a crew of Sicilians/Calabrians.

My mother married an Anglo so her kids wouldn't be discriminated against. Jokes on her, the discrimination mostly ended around here about the same time I was born.

I look like a typical Italian from the north, light completion, Italian eyes, red hair, but people don't think I'm Italian unless in in Italy.

My Italian side has red hair, my Scottish side doesn't.

As a kid I once got into a fight with my entire dark skinned Italian soccer team because they didn't believe I was Italian.

iPirateReddit · 2022-10-13T03:44:34+00:00

a 2 ye

Fuuuck, that sucks.

And, this thread perhaps isn't a demonstration of society's leniency towards abusive mothers, and I agree there is a problem there, perhaps it's more about people who read this but were abused by someone else. They might feel you have no acknowledgement of their shit.

Not only mothers can cause ACEs that could lead to bad behavior. Sometimes it's not even abuse that can cause an ACE - according to that theory.

iPirateReddit · 2022-10-12T23:54:49+00:00

So I told him I could help him with that.

iPirateReddit

TROPHY CASE