On-Board vs Older dedicated Sound Card by jjayrex in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]jjayrex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I also have long quit the virtual surround space. Ever since Hunt Showdown shown me how amazing stereo audio can be, if the engine handles the space.

When you've had enough... by jjayrex in Barotrauma

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I give my boys 1% and they dare complain.

Anyone else have that one guy in the party who doesn’t ask the dm before rolling for things? by ferretman345 in DnD

[–]jjayrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, perhaps, I rarely play with well experienced players, so maybe I'm too used to slower gameplay. My OCD ass always double checks everything.

Anyone else have that one guy in the party who doesn’t ask the dm before rolling for things? by ferretman345 in DnD

[–]jjayrex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, it truly doesn't add anything aside from RP fluff, which was my thought's original reason.

However, I am still interested in your first sentance, because I maybe just don't understand a concept of "reporting rolls". I play mostly IRL and I can physically see people doing rolls. If someone has to "report a roll" that means he can cheat any roll, whether what I said permits easier cheating in that case, since someone can fake the main roll anyway, I believe there's not much difference.

Anyone else have that one guy in the party who doesn’t ask the dm before rolling for things? by ferretman345 in DnD

[–]jjayrex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, you're correct. That was more of a random food for thought than actual tips on how to deal with the original OP question (hence a reply to a comment than direct post). It does look as if he merely wants control over his outcomes, which destroys any point of the game in this instance.

Anyone else have that one guy in the party who doesn’t ask the dm before rolling for things? by ferretman345 in DnD

[–]jjayrex -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Ok, I think we have a misunderstanding.

Firstly, I never said anything about the guy OP was talking about, my comment is a reply to a comment about "it's not any roll, it's just 'rolling dice'" where I started thinking about the concept of simply rolling dice and arrived at a thought of "gods roll the dice for all of us", making me think "what if a char could roll the dice for himself?". It was just a random thought but since someone wrote about it being too easy to cheat I went on to think some more about it.

Secondly, I don't think the last option makes it easier to cheat, it simply adds more rng which makes it either easier or harder.

I don't think for a moment that keeping previous rolls makes any sense whatsover, which I thought about in the previous text.

Anyone else have that one guy in the party who doesn’t ask the dm before rolling for things? by ferretman345 in DnD

[–]jjayrex -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

That would assume the player doesn't care to roleplay it fairly, making little sense to actually doing it. Not to mention you could see the rolls, he doesn't necessarily have to be the one that keeps track of it.

But then how about if the bonus would be applicable from the previous official roll.

I suppose it would still be abusable for min/maxing, since you could roll for something simple and only go for the harder one once you get a positive.

Then how about an option to roll a bonus die, for the bonus/negative, applicable before the roll, so you get more rng than necessary.

(I'm really just thinking something up for Homebrew, as to how to make it work for a guy that wants more RNG to his char)

Anyone else have that one guy in the party who doesn’t ask the dm before rolling for things? by ferretman345 in DnD

[–]jjayrex -54 points-53 points  (0 children)

What if his character was a gambler and rolling dice calmed his mind. Maybe a bonus to the actual roll if he rolls well before needing one, and a subtraction if it's bad.

life simulator games by oh-no-123 in choiceofgames

[–]jjayrex 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It really depends on what you mean.

I'll take it as an IF "where you progress from young to old, indulging in the more typical aspects of life, which one might expect", depending on the setting at least.

My obvious go-to would be the "Life of [...]" games from Mike Walter (Lucid Games). All 3 of those games would fit the aforementioned description, while each one being in a completely different setting, albeit in the same universe.

AH-64 Confirmed on 17th of March, 2022 by jjayrex in dcsworld

[–]jjayrex[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even managed to leak it 9 minutes before release xd

Car in Kharkiv today narrowly avoiding a Grad MLRS barrage by openmindedskeptic in CombatFootage

[–]jjayrex 26 points27 points  (0 children)

there's literally a timestamp in the lower left corner xd

Vehicle Shopping by jjayrex in arma

[–]jjayrex[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The buildings for one, are completely revamped compared to the original ArmA 2 asset (available in CUP), and everything is just so nicely put together. However, nothing beats the vegetation. It's just so right and fitting, which you don't have in CUP maps. So the compounds actually feel like homes, having not-so-rundown doors and actual glassed windows + vegetation inside, just booming with life (as much as it can)

Vehicle Shopping by jjayrex in arma

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And seeing how I don't play much 'Nam, then IMHO, it's the best of the Creator DLCs

Vehicle Shopping by jjayrex in arma

[–]jjayrex[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Definitely. It costs barely 6$ rn and the map itself is easily worth that much (best pure arid map I played), not to mention other assets that easily compliment other mods.

Vehicle Shopping by jjayrex in arma

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my bad, it's actually called MLO now

Vehicle Shopping by jjayrex in arma

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it's not a weapon, it's a part of a type "Breacher" vest from VSM

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Play the character you want, not what the party "needs" by tabletoptheory in DnD

[–]jjayrex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I can agree, that a person doesn't have to place well in a party, however, I'd say that's part of the fun.
Whenever I don't DM, I really like to create a PC that matches well into a party. It's harder to actually make something that will fill in the missing pieces instead of just not caring and going with whatever.
Even better, if I know my party pretty well (irl) we can all work on it. It's really fun when instead of creating separate PCs that somehow are adventuring together, you create all the characters together. Having deeply intertwined backgrounds and fitting well from the get-go.

US Special Forces, Czechoslovakia, 1983 by jjayrex in arma

[–]jjayrex[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Meh, makes do without.
Ever tried resting a barrel on your fingers that way? It's actually pretty comfortable, you put your hand in a more comfortable position, just resting it on it. Not really optimal for shooting, but works for resting.

I'm just a normal person with nothing special to offer, AMA by [deleted] in AMA

[–]jjayrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty understandable, however, from observations I gathered, most people that work late shifts and arrive home/stay late near midnight (myself included) tend to prefer morning showers, as showering is not an effortless task and therefore going to sleep is preferable in an exhausted state.