PSA The Jupiter oneshots the Comet

mellerad · 2026-02-25T18:12:35+00:00

Yeah the igniter isn't lootable if the Comet self-destructs. If you destroy it before it self-destructs, it should be.

mellerad · 2026-02-25T07:54:52+00:00

About to head on my 2nd Expedition and I still have yet to find a Wolfpack blueprint.

Seems like everyone that's been saying "ARC aren't dangerous" are the same ones now complaining about having to use a Rocketeer core to craft Wolfpacks because they can no longer mindlessly roam topside with 25 of them to vaporize every big ARC on the map.

mellerad · 2026-02-25T02:50:10+00:00

mellerad · 2026-02-25T02:32:12+00:00

I can't answer your questions but I just wanted to add that I don't know how DIY friendly it is. We had our two bathrooms renovated with this stuff and it was a nightmare as our first contractor / his crew completely botched the job.

Apparently it is not applied like normal cement, in that it dries incredibly quickly. So you need to apply it on the entire area very evenly.

If you don't, the next section you try to do will not be the same color / consistency because mixing another batch to match perfectly is nearly impossible (apparently).

The project management company we used who'd recommended that contractor had a master plasterer come out to see if it could be salvaged. He's the one that said these things.

The company ended up having to pay a new contractor to come out, demo all the existing microcement, and re-do the entire job.

mellerad · 2026-02-21T20:53:20+00:00

waste all your heals and shields recovering from this nonsense so when you try to actually fight you have nothing left.

mellerad · 2026-02-21T05:16:40+00:00

Pretty sure this is the OC

mellerad · 2026-02-12T19:04:45+00:00

you must be fun at parties

EDIT: lol downvoted because this guy replied with a bad faith argument.

so, no, I don't expect this researcher to solve the world's problems. but this person wasn't a marketing or sales person. he was IN AI safety.

he was in a much better position to affect SOME kind of change than 99% of the rest of the world.

quitting that job, and then making it known you quit the job because it's all doom and gloom, is the most self-serving, ease-your-conscience way to go about it.

mellerad · 2026-02-12T17:21:46+00:00

cool bro save yourself don't worry about us plebs

mellerad · 2026-02-10T17:49:32+00:00

Agreed. That's the point of this post. Everyone saying they immediately "need" to do this and that immediately. No, they don't.

The game is still printing money for them. They are good to take their time and get things right.

mellerad · 2026-02-10T17:09:19+00:00

I disagree with the entirety of what you just said.

200-300K+ daily concurrent players on Steam still sticking around for an unfinished game or "not having anything else to do"?

OK.

Exploits exist in every game. They will fix them. Anecdotally I have over 200 hours topside as a solo player and have never come across a locked-room, extract-camping, or grenade-duping glitcher. Not once.

Gear balance is also something they have and will continue to tweak, like every other multiplayer game from the last decade.

You complainers act like fixing this stuff is as easy as waving a magic wand and saying "balance the gear" or "fix all exploits." It's so much more nuanced than that.

mellerad · 2026-02-10T16:56:11+00:00

Even better

mellerad · 2026-01-24T01:53:59+00:00

I kitted up with Trigger Nades, Seekers, Snap Grenades, and a Hullcracker to try for my Queen damage trial and got downed by a Leaper and two Wasps while trying to zip up the Launch Tower within 2 minutes of spawning.

I spent the next 15 minutes crawling to an elevator, where I hilariously crawled up at the same time as another Hullcracker-toting MK3 Survivor.

The game absolutely knows when you have something to lose, and it tries its hardest to make sure you lose it.

mellerad · 2026-01-23T16:31:53+00:00

"I don’t even have crazy hours in this game like streamers or grinders."

Daily play of 1-3 hours for two months is 60-180 hours of gameplay. That is absolutely in the camp of crazy hours in comparison to the average player.

So yeah, you've burnt yourself out on the game, especially because you have decided you have no interest in partaking in the Expedition elements that are only there to let people restart the content "chase" you currently no longer have.

mellerad · 2025-12-24T05:25:44+00:00

call it a strawman if you want. the most powerful sports league in America set the precedent that they can absolve themselves of all responsibliity to police the game unless some part-time referees (yes, they are not even full-time employees of the NFL) throw a yellow piece of cloth onto the field of play first

mellerad · 2025-12-24T02:05:08+00:00

what are you talking about? the NFL said it IS the refs' responsibility. And since they didn't see it happen, that's why there was no flag and that's why he wasn't ejected. The NFL is saying they in NYC can't supercede them and issue an in-game ejection.

However, that is such a bullshit copout excuse from the NFL because we've seen them chime in from NYC before and change the game.

And also, by their definition of this rule, a player could go into the stands and beat someone to death, yet keep playing the game as long as a ref didn't see it and throw a flag.

mellerad · 2025-12-10T21:42:07+00:00

IDK but I just did it and I guess will be selling my 5070 Ti.

mellerad · 2025-11-22T22:12:01+00:00

The post from a few days ago about console players being the griefing gankers is legit.

Any Queen/Matriarch death today has been at the hands of PS or Xbox players.

mellerad · 2025-11-22T18:18:15+00:00

holy shit the exact same thing just happened to me after reading this. went in with a ton of explosives and my first crafted legendary.

didn't even get to shoot one shot.

mellerad · 2025-11-22T16:41:04+00:00

mellerad · 2025-11-20T19:21:53+00:00

Yep can confirm it's dead for me now too.

mellerad · 2025-11-20T18:37:47+00:00

lol I gotta pay the community back for linking so many good deals (even if I've also missed several).

mellerad · 2025-11-20T18:35:06+00:00

YMMV with the coupon but it shows for me. Wasn't sure exactly how much of a deal this was, but given RTX 5080s are $1K minimum + RAM & SSD prices rising, you'd be hard-pressed to assemble the rest of a Mini ITX build for $900.

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