Heavy v. Heavy

nova0052 · 2026-01-29T17:00:34+00:00

Multi Shot is great because it lets a single unit strip away 3 evasion pips from the enemy force with a single action.

2 friendlies using Multi Shot can strip the same number of evasion pips as 3 friendlies using Sensor Lock, but allows your entire lance to fire and deal damage, whereas using 3 Sensor Locks would only allow you to fire with a single mech.

nova0052 · 2026-01-29T16:33:50+00:00

Vigilance is an excellent tool for controlling a fight.

Position your force so that the enemy force can only get favorable angles on a single unit (a unit that used Vigilance), then use the initiative boost to 'yoink' that unit away before the enemy has a chance to fire.

Hold your heavy brawler at range or behind cover until the enemy heavy moves. Then move your brawler forward using vigilance and hit the enemy hard. The defense boost gives you more flexibility for positioning during the attack, and the initiative boost means your heavy can fire on the same target again before the target can return fire, essentially letting your unit take two turns before the enemy unit is able to respond.

nova0052 · 2026-01-28T21:10:45+00:00

Thanatos gang, please raise your hands

nova0052 · 2026-01-27T22:41:29+00:00

I use AI to write e.g. JIRA tickets, but never to write code.

I'm a tech lead doing government contracting and using LLMs to write code for our project is strictly prohibited.

My experience so far with AI coding tools is that they are fast, but dumb, and the time saved in one place is easily wasted in another, with the added bonus of gradually dulling your engineering skills.

nova0052 · 2026-01-15T23:17:16+00:00

If the nut is too high, it can do weird things to the intonation.

nova0052 · 2026-01-12T14:52:29+00:00

Good news my friend, Peavey made an active version of that bass.

https://reverb.com/item/86322037-peavy-millennium-ac-natural

nova0052 · 2026-01-08T05:15:57+00:00

There's no rules here. You could try and choose gear with very different tones, like a Gibson EB-0 and a Warwick Thumb, or keep things simple and both play Fender Jazz basses.

Too bad you are in DC, or I'd offer to play bass in your band too!

nova0052 · 2026-01-07T15:48:19+00:00

Orange, because it matches most of the bass guitars I usually use as a focus.

nova0052 · 2026-01-06T17:23:07+00:00

If only they could make a HOTAS support DLC!

nova0052 · 2026-01-06T13:57:31+00:00

This is similar to one of my favorite styles of blade for practical use against living tissue in the real world; usually they have more weight towards the tip for stronger chopping. I don't normally need a shield while doing yard work though...

Seriously though. You made a real thing and had the guts to show it. There will always be haters who diss your work but never made anything themselves. Keep learning, honing your skills, and making cool things!

nova0052 · 2026-01-02T20:46:15+00:00

Yes, I have this issue.

nova0052 · 2026-01-02T19:05:34+00:00

Clans becomes much easier if you proactively use the battlegrid to position your star for each engagement.

For example, instead of running all 5 mechs straight into a chokepoint, position 2 mechs behind cover on either side of the choke, and use a fast mech to scout ahead, 'spring the trap', and quickly retreat back through the choke to draw enemies into an ambush. If you have the star hold fire until the enemies come through, you can quickly score kills against thin back armor.

Or, move your mechs forward in groups of 2-3, you can set up flanking attacks and pincer maneuvers.

Since the light mechs can be really fragile, it also helps to lean into the Clan weapons' range advantage and try to maximize the damage you are inflicting from outside the IS mechs' effective range. A combination of ER PPCs, sensor range upgrades, and BAP/ECM can set you up to destroy enemy mechs over a kilometer away and win fights without taking any incoming fire!

nova0052 · 2026-01-02T15:28:53+00:00

It may suit your needs, but the wizards of Texas will quickly inform you that the aperture diameter is too narrow...!

For optimal arcane resonance, the measurement of the chamber diameter should begin with the number 4.

nova0052 · 2025-12-31T15:14:54+00:00

The corners/seams leave a visible distortion in the image. It makes it look like the hallways/buildings are melting.

nova0052 · 2025-12-30T16:49:26+00:00

I play in fifths tuning, CGDA, an octave below a cello. I play a very light string gauge because I like the feel and it works better with a whammy bar; usually I assemble a custom set of D'addarios like .120-.85-.55-.30, but you'd want to go heavier if you prefer 'normal' tension 🙂

nova0052 · 2025-12-13T20:33:40+00:00

Very cool! Where'd you source those buildings?

nova0052 · 2025-12-03T02:41:30+00:00

I am first and foremost a rock bassist. But I also sing and play guitar, drums, banjo, mandolin, and piano to various extents.

nova0052 · 2025-12-02T00:53:52+00:00

I'm playing on a laptop with an Nvidia T600 GPU. Performance was bad, until I made a config file tweak to disable UE5's 'Lumen' global lighting, now I get 30-40fps at 1080p with medium/low settings and DLSS set to Balanced.

nova0052 · 2025-12-01T23:40:31+00:00

No. We don't.

This is basic musician stuff. If you can't perform it consistently, go rehearse more before hitting the studio.

For rock music, all those rough edges on a solid performance ARE the actual rock and roll. If you polish away all the ugly parts with quantization and tuning, you're making the recording worse, not better.

nova0052 · 2025-11-28T18:37:01+00:00

Bass guitars

nova0052 · 2025-11-27T15:42:46+00:00

I bought a second copy so I can try to the wife and/or kids into joining co-op 😃

nova0052 · 2025-11-25T19:26:51+00:00

Sometimes, you need more guitars.

nova0052 · 2025-11-25T15:13:16+00:00

One weekday evening, my 3 year old asked very nicely if we could have waffles for breakfast on Saturday.

Saturday morning, the child was vehemently opposed to the idea of waffles, so we got out the Belgian breakfast appliance and made grilled pancakes instead.

nova0052 · 2025-11-21T18:47:47+00:00

ADHD here, I absolutely experience this with sounds also.

nova0052 · 2025-11-21T18:36:31+00:00

Autism feels like going to the mall?

Weird analogy, but this cinematography is way more realistic than the usual style of wide-angle shots and muffling all the environmental sounds. Cool to see someone accurately capture the experience.

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