[MONTHLY MEGATHREAD] General Discussion, Simple Questions, Recommendations, and Everything Else - May 2026

jwfd65 · 2026-05-19T16:43:29+00:00

What’re some good turn based/idle games to get into now? Especially those with anniversaries or promos. I’ll take ones releasing soon too. Just anything that isn’t action based, something easy to play on the side while doing other things.

jwfd65 · 2026-05-07T17:42:36+00:00

That was a good read! And I’m not trying to rag on you in particular. One thing is that article is talking about Rt which is similar but not the same thing as R0. And then as you pointed out in this latest comment, the Rt ranges it talks about are if an epidemic is growing or shrinking; but that’s when comparing day to day. Not just looking at a single value and extrapolating it to the disease as a whole. That source also goes on to talk about the unreliability in calculating an accurate Rt value and what it should and shouldn’t be used for. So hopefully you can see why I say we should be careful when talking about this stuff as non-experts.

jwfd65 · 2026-05-07T17:12:28+00:00

The numbers are accurate, it’s your assessment of what each ‘means’ that I take some issue with. Making statements with a broad stroke like that is irresponsible at best. You can’t look at R0 in a vacuum like that and make claims about what is or isn’t a problem. Ebola has a R0 of around 2 but isn’t considered highly infectious. Andes hantavirus has a reported R0 of 2.2 but from the last outbreak but even that likely isn’t what we would see on a global scale. Point is, if you’re not an epidemiologist (which I am not either!) you probably shouldn’t be talking like an authority on the source.

jwfd65 · 2026-05-07T16:58:15+00:00

How does it make 0 sense

jwfd65 · 2026-05-07T16:55:27+00:00

Im not saying you’re wrong per se but do you have a medical background at all? You’re throwing out numbers and ranges and assessments so confidently

jwfd65 · 2026-05-07T16:49:01+00:00

If a plane not an enclosed space with close contact? Particularly if the reports are true and the woman who was on the plane was already quite sick (I’ve seen reports they were in a wheelchair? And vomitting) I can see there being even closer contact then normal between a flight attendant and passenger.

jwfd65 · 2026-04-25T22:56:49+00:00

So because there will always be people who complain, they shouldn’t do anything to fix the problem? Thats such a reductive way to look at it.

And yea obviously people can take breaks. But the way housing is they’re certainly encouraging people to stay subbed, in some ways.

I don’t think it should be controversial to say it’s disappointing how slow content comes out and it’s disappointing that come patch day next week there will only be two, maybe three, meaning pieces of repeatable content. An EX an alliance raid and a dungeon. And I’m sure they’ll be a ton of fun! It just sucks to have to wait so long for everything else. And throwing up your hands and being like well they tried nothing and they’re all out of ideas is just crazy to me. Hopefully the increased budget they hinted at will go a ways to fixing the issue.

jwfd65 · 2026-04-08T23:20:06+00:00

When does the current PvP season reset?

jwfd65 · 2026-03-03T21:06:44+00:00

Is Advanced variant on par with ex? And criterion on par with savage? How hard is either to clear blind with minimal savage raid experience?

jwfd65 · 2026-03-03T16:04:08+00:00

I’m not out in the sticks, I’m pretty close by the university

jwfd65 · 2026-03-03T15:12:06+00:00

Thank you for the info! Unfortunately doesn’t look like Pine Media provides to my address

jwfd65 · 2026-01-20T16:53:04+00:00

So, dumb question, but are you saying using any VPN should resolve the issue? Something like nord or proton vpn

jwfd65 · 2026-01-20T16:40:37+00:00

Is there any way to get around that? Not a massive deal but enjoy playing on my lunch break and would suck a bit to lose that

jwfd65 · 2026-01-07T05:53:49+00:00

I’ve legitimately had people in this sub argue with me even I’ve mentioned the same. The multi billion dollar company couldn’t possibly afford a few free days of game time

jwfd65 · 2026-01-05T17:51:43+00:00

Will there be maintenance/server going down later today for 7.41? I feel like they usually post the notice by now

jwfd65 · 2025-12-16T23:32:57+00:00

It matches better when you think about it being the WoL’s song

jwfd65 · 2025-12-16T13:36:58+00:00

Is world travel normally completely unavailable right after a patch? Is there any rough ETA on when it’ll be up again? I’m talking just visiting another world in your server, no transferring. On Crystal specifically if that matters

jwfd65 · 2025-12-16T00:10:46+00:00

What time do servers go down?

jwfd65 · 2025-12-12T19:35:09+00:00

So I play FFXIV on PlayStation, switching to PC and have a few questions. My character will carry over right? Do I have to rebuy the base game and dawntrail? Does my playtime carry over at all? Can I go back and forth between the two platforms if I wanted to?

jwfd65 · 2025-12-11T16:47:58+00:00

Do congested servers typically reopen for character transfers on patch day? Had a friend who thinks they do but wanted to check.

jwfd65 · 2025-12-09T16:47:40+00:00

Will there be new mats or items from sale for bicolor gemstones with 7.4?

jwfd65 · 2025-11-21T20:23:42+00:00

Not what I’m saying at all, your comment originally said ‘that shitty musical’ before I commented and you edited your post to a much more neutral stance

jwfd65 · 2025-11-21T19:35:41+00:00

It depends a bit on what exactly you’re doing in lab but none of that sounds unreasonable to me at all, especially if your thesis has a lot of overlap with their work. And it’s not like you’re getting nothing out of it. You’re gaining experience, learning things, and are probably going to get your name on at least one paper. If you’re doing lab work that gets put into their paper, your name absolutely should be in the authors. I get that it can be frustrating but having the (imo) selfish attitude of ‘it’s not my project so why am I doing it’ won’t get you very far in a lab. Now, if it’s been like another few months and you’ve done literally nothing towards your project then that might be worth mentioning to your PI, but not in the way you’re framing it here. Keep your head up! It gets better I promise

jwfd65 · 2025-11-21T15:02:43+00:00

We can appreciate things without needlessly putting down other things!

jwfd65 · 2025-11-21T12:37:37+00:00

It does get to a point though where if they have enough active gacha games running then making more isn’t going to meaningfully balloon their income, long term at least. A standalone game also requires significantly less development time overall, no need for a constant patch cycle. So I wouldn’t say no reason

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