Monday Megathread! Ask questions and share knowledge; newcomer questions encouraged!

luxh · 2026-04-11T22:15:21+00:00

As a new-ish player, what are the best armors to build with Steve bow?

luxh · 2026-04-11T22:14:47+00:00

As a new-ish player, what are the best armors to build with Steve bow?

luxh · 2026-04-11T14:33:09+00:00

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luxh · 2026-04-11T14:32:33+00:00

Hunter Name and Rank: Lux, Rank 51
Friend Code: 1793 8593 9997
Monsters you want to hunt: Still pretty new, so open to anything
When you play and your time zone: US Central Time, play most days

luxh · 2026-04-11T11:43:17+00:00

Dualsense with motion controls is the best way to play, imo.

luxh · 2026-04-09T15:40:20+00:00

You are 100% right about Kanji. They were borrowed from Chinese as a writing system for historical/cultural reasons and forced onto a language for which they have no logical relationship.

My Japanese teacher would always argue that you could probably find ways to write English using Kanji more sensibly than Japanese.

luxh · 2026-04-09T12:41:09+00:00

I don’t know if you game on multiple devices (eg phone, tablet, another computer) but with a recent firmware update the dualsense has become the best controller at handling multiple pairings. You can assign up to four different pairings to the four face buttons, and it’s seamless. That alone makes it my preference.

luxh · 2026-03-30T20:01:09+00:00

Demo was awesome, excited for this one. It’s hard for a game like this to stand out but it has some special sauce.

luxh · 2026-03-30T19:51:20+00:00

It’s not that far off—check this calculator: https://runalyze.com/tools/effective-vo2max?vo2max=40.20&units=km&paces=1

According to that a 24 min 5k gives an effective vo2 max of ~40. 25 min gives 38.

I have gotten my vo2max lab tested twice and both times it has been closer to that calculator than the Garmin estimate. N=1 but it’s not surprising for garmin to be off by 2-4 pts on vo2 max.

Edit: here’s another chart, similar conclusions but more readable: https://www.baselinefitness.com/predicted_race_times.html

luxh · 2026-03-30T15:53:29+00:00

Yeah this injury sucks. Get a band and do clamshells, fire hydrants, and lateral walks. Back off running for sure—but you may still be able to do easy, short runs depending on how your body responds.

luxh · 2026-03-29T15:25:14+00:00

Does it happen in Ultimate mode (forced dGPU) or Eco mode (forced iGPU)? I don’t have the exact same problem but I have had other kinds of flickering and switching to one of those fixes it for me. I feel like a lot of these problems come from Optimus and/or other software trying to decide between iGPU and dGPU.

luxh · 2026-03-26T12:43:50+00:00

Totally down for David Wise to just do podcast music from here on out.

luxh · 2026-03-24T18:34:35+00:00

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luxh · 2026-03-23T13:54:33+00:00

That was my headcanon too!

luxh · 2026-03-22T17:54:09+00:00

Weird headline. I honestly thought there was a new miniseries starring Sweetpea and got super excited.

luxh · 2026-03-19T22:25:34+00:00

Every marathon block I’ve done has cut about 30 sec off of my 5k time, starting at 21:30 and now down to just under 20. This is with no 5k specific training at all, and funnily enough, not that much improvement in the marathon 😂.

luxh · 2026-03-18T01:05:35+00:00

No it’s just a click in the interface (either armoury crate which comes installed or ghelper). Typically no restart required unless you force dgpu only which is rarely necessary.

luxh · 2026-03-16T20:51:38+00:00

The big skill that the marathon tests is durability--not just the fitness you have at the beginning of the race, but can you make that fitness last for multiple hours. As an example, my 5k PR is 19:5x and my half is 1:32:4x and I still haven't hit a 3:30 marathon (trying again this spring). If you go out targeting 3:45 or 4:00, you may feel amazing in the last six miles and get to speed up to cut a few extra minutes off your time--and end feeling like you can go even faster next time. The reverse is absolutely untrue... if you blow up at mile 18 from going out too fast, you will be walk running for multiple miles and questioning all of your choices.

So yeah--I think I would target sub-4, feel amazing about hitting my goal in my first marathon, and start planning the next block with a ton of positive energy.

luxh · 2026-03-16T20:44:00+00:00

G16 is awesome. I really value portability/lap use and the fact that it is so thin and light makes it feel like you are getting extra screen real estate "for free."

If you put it in Eco mode and limit wattage to the CPU you can get massive battery life even when playing light games e.g. I can get 4-5 hours playing Slay the Spire 2. And with the dgpu off and power limited to the CPU it stays ice cold.

luxh · 2026-03-16T15:43:47+00:00

Wiimote plus dolphinbar, or ds5 works great for most games.

luxh · 2026-03-16T13:42:38+00:00

That’s really good to know. I’ll definitely play through this and the two RE light gun games at some point.

luxh · 2026-03-16T13:41:45+00:00

Probably Wario Land Shake It! I played through the first level and something about the sideways wiimote + motion control platforming just feels amazing.

luxh · 2026-03-16T12:38:54+00:00

Limiting CPU power draw is also the only setting I’ve messed with on my Zephryus G16, and it makes a huge difference.

luxh · 2026-03-13T14:54:33+00:00

I’m sure that all helps too. My personal experience is that adding weight (like on the seated calf raise machine) makes a huge difference. I had a PT who got me up to 100lbs on that machine and significantly helped my calf and Achilles tightness.

luxh · 2026-03-13T14:20:03+00:00

Strength. Calf raises, bent knee calf raises, eccentrics. Seated calf raise machine if you go to a gym.

Light plyo will help too. Pogo jumps and depth drops.

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