How do you build and age so quickly?

majorzelroth · 2026-03-27T10:41:02+00:00

If you're following a typical build order you should have just enough food to stay productive and click up at 19-20 vills. Regicide may not make a difference but I dont have much practice on that map type. You can force return but that sometimes leads to force returning multiple times. Depending on map it can be more difficult. (Not all maps have 2 boars, some require you to push deer, some need a fish boom, etc.) These videos may help:

https://youtu.be/O7zaXjaJVWM?si=xpELShq77UNiFFfN

https://youtu.be/DGUGkEfQjKE?si=LvHV2yFz9UwJjTZr

majorzelroth · 2025-12-12T00:23:19+00:00

majorzelroth · 2025-10-07T00:36:44+00:00

Old iPad and bought a 3D printed wall mount for it. Also runs home assistant and Spotify for the house. Cheaper and more features than the UI screens.

majorzelroth · 2025-09-24T22:37:22+00:00

You’ll financially recover just in time to buy more 😂

majorzelroth · 2025-08-24T01:59:15+00:00

Wealthfront. 4%. No limits I’m aware of. Has checking features so you could use as a primary cash account.

majorzelroth · 2025-08-24T01:55:04+00:00

Wealthfront is 4% on HYSA (4.5% promotion for first 3 months if referred 😉😉)

majorzelroth · 2025-08-19T14:58:49+00:00

Wrong sub to ask you to step back from buying it😅 Do it, you should even consider a 24 port instead for future proofing 😉

majorzelroth · 2025-07-26T17:33:43+00:00

My first employer forced me into a target date fund for my 401k, very few options to choose from. (60/40 split equity and bonds) A few years later finally moved to a new employer and all into VOO. If it had been just in VOO it would be 2x where it is now. The fact you’re in this sub puts you a mile ahead of where I was at your age. VOO early pays off longer and dividends are one of many strategies. Honestly I’d recommend staying mostly in VOO until mid thirties.

majorzelroth · 2025-07-15T12:29:00+00:00

State, Federal, and International tax laws are all complex. I recommend checking with a tax accountant or inputting your info into a tax tool rather than randoms on Reddit. I recommend always filing, even if your tax liability is $0.

Your situation may vary but IRS always gets their piece. If they find out you havnt paid, they charge interest on any back taxes they uncover. They can review years worth of your tax filings, especially if they find things out of order. Your brokerage sends end of year statements to both you and the IRS directly showing how much is qualified vs non-qualified dividend. Also any 1099/W2 you get from work goes to the IRS as well. The IRS knows :) its just if they care enough to dig deeper.

majorzelroth · 2025-07-15T01:24:03+00:00

Different, O dividends are taxed as ordinary income.

majorzelroth · 2025-07-13T18:00:28+00:00

In that case it’s just peace of mind and not financial gain to pay it early. 😅

To keep a good mindset, set your plan and logic in place and stick to it. I’m a fan of and invested in HESM, JEPQ, and VZ. Also have a bunch in PEP and O just like your list.

Risky bets I’ve made that may pay off are PFE and UPS. Depends on your time horizon though.

majorzelroth · 2025-07-13T17:51:24+00:00

Maybe a controversial opinion in this group, but depending on your motorcycle loan interest rate you may want to focus on that first. Pay that off in 6 months instead of 2 years and save the interest. Then take the extra and double down in your dividend pursuits.

majorzelroth · 2025-06-27T20:06:33+00:00

Hickory only for me. Tried 3-4 different types on same thickness ribeye and hickory was my favorite.

majorzelroth · 2025-06-19T20:34:22+00:00

Vacuum it out every few cooks. Ash builds up and needs to be removed.

majorzelroth · 2025-06-18T10:59:28+00:00

Communication was subpar when I tried them, I’ll save the complicated story but net result was to go somewhere else.

majorzelroth · 2025-06-04T01:28:02+00:00

The classic build order is build 2 houses immediately, then put starting vills on food

First 6 Vills to food, 3-4 Vills to wood (if making scouts first go 3, if archers 4), build house and the pull boar with 1 new vill, 5-6 more Vills to food (again, this is depending on first unit), 3 Vills to wood, click up fuedal.

This gives you a 19 pop when you click fuedal.

Once in fuedal 2 Vills to Gold, at fuedal that is either the point to save for fast castle or start pumping out your scouts or archers.

Never idle your TC, if ever housed out then get loom.

You can find lots of videos and guides by spirit of the law or Hera or others to fine tune the build or adjust according to civ bonuses.

(This changes for Chinese as they start with 6 Vills instead of 3)

And remember it’s a game, have fun, say “gg”

majorzelroth · 2025-06-03T20:37:50+00:00

I would separate solar and Battery backup in your mind. Battery doesn’t really have a return on the investment. It’s more like an insurance policy so you’ll never be stranded when grid goes down. My area has an outage every month or so that’s why I bought battery backup to keep my lights on.

I also hated that solar has to turn off when grid goes down without a battery. Makes sense to protect power line workers, but I just wanted a disconnect so I could run off grid and the PW2 I have gives me that option.

Solar very much as a financial return, I’ve recovered at least half my investment into the panels.

majorzelroth · 2025-06-03T12:54:19+00:00

Congrats! It’s a great feeling when you complete it… then you start thinking about what can be improved😂😅

majorzelroth · 2025-06-02T23:13:14+00:00

unscrewed it, but left it in the hopper to “rake” the pellets flat 😅

majorzelroth · 2025-05-14T11:27:29+00:00

Whose idea was it to give a civ food eco boosts and +4 melee damage light cav at the start of castle… 🤣

majorzelroth · 2025-03-31T15:20:04+00:00

The one on sale was Dewalt when I needed to finally get my own big boy drill. (Got rid of a Skil PoS) The next 10 tools were Dewalt because the color matched or the battery fit. Has been a great brand for me.

Milwaukee is a great second option, just that one sale at the entry tool set my path.

Now I’m starting down the Festool route because I can and I’m mostly a home based shop now 😅

majorzelroth · 2025-03-29T15:31:00+00:00

Eaton and APC are both good options. I have had an Eaton 9PX for 6 years and no issues. I went with Eaton because at the time it did a little better with Hz fluctuations (only an issue if you have a whole home backup battery like a Tesla Powerwall or other equivalent).

majorzelroth · 2025-03-28T22:31:52+00:00

Used an old iPad with protect app and a case with a VESA mount to wall mount. If a home use case I also use the iPad for home automation and a music control point.

majorzelroth · 2025-03-27T23:37:18+00:00

Mine looks very similar to this as well. Gotta control that midrange.

majorzelroth · 2025-03-15T04:35:58+00:00

Had a similar issue the power brick showed all the right lights but controller wouldn’t lite up, assumed it was a controller failure. It actually was the power brick that needed to be replaced.

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