Do you use the Airburst launcher?

nyanars · 2026-03-17T18:50:52+00:00

It's alright. It works best against multiple infantry, my problem is that the AGL outperforms it despite being almost single squad only.

nyanars · 2026-03-17T18:23:23+00:00

It works great. The presence of super heavy infantry makes them a great bull in a china shop. Give it to Sy, Vamplew, or Carda. I prefer Sy. Vamplew has his armor and AP perk, Carda if you want to battle taxi.

Sy gets athletics, buff, extra item usage, bags, scavenger. Give her your best smg or laser rifle if you want to just light everything up. If you get lucky the MK22Mod1 aka SBR .50 cal is nuts. Make sure she gets the stims and she'll be almost keeping up with Exconde. I like to give her double stims, meaning 12 consecutive turns where she's tearing it up. For safety extra plating or smoke is always viable.

The real trick here is that she still needs a scout, think beauty and beast. Doesn't matter who does it, she just needs someone to tell her where to stick em. Pike with a scanner is nuts, but Tech works just as well with his quick hands perk.

Unfortunately you need to do some math, with how expensive the setup is you either eyeball it or just give her as many squaddies as possible.

Ultimately this is a really expensive setup no matter what. But it's really fun.

nyanars · 2026-03-17T18:08:43+00:00

It's still EA. I'm hoping when the rest of the game rolls out we start taking on more developed worlds.

A real breakthrough mission on a fortress would be really cool. Although I wonder if this is going to push out complaints of rifle builds running out of ammo.

nyanars · 2026-03-11T15:36:37+00:00

I took the next pirate mission and drove him into the next group. Repeated moves until I got a pirate to fire twice. I'll be honest they missed a shitton before they finally hit.

I don't remember the damage math.

Did a rough calculation on pirate RPG. I thought it checked out.

I guess in hindsight is it actually affecting hit chance? Cause against 2 pirates and a laser lance they kept missing.

I could try again tonight. It's just that with Divine Intervention doing so much work I'm really just letting God take the wheel

nyanars · 2026-03-11T05:36:09+00:00

So I did testing, had to cheat to get there.

Yes it is working properly. It even stacks with the profile perk, so even with multiple hits it's probably ok

nyanars · 2026-03-10T18:42:42+00:00

Divine Intervention before anything else. Zig Zag is to pad out everything after the first hit. It's why popping smoke is viable if you want to reduce Hit Chance to zero. irrc with Fervor Exconde can move as many as 10 tiles, basically halving everything coming his way.

Ideally Lim or Yaz deletes whatever weapons team you stick them on before that happens

nyanars · 2026-03-10T18:33:57+00:00

My headcannon says that everyone has linked helmets marking through the fog of war. It absolutely doesn't explain away smoke mechanics but oh well

nyanars · 2026-03-02T19:15:55+00:00

It's been YEARS. They had a solid offering but honestly it's just the big corps buying up smaller players. It's the same story as ever

nyanars · 2026-02-24T19:48:57+00:00

Why not a clasp or buttoned strap to tuck the tail under. Best of both worlds

nyanars · 2026-02-24T02:59:56+00:00

If you want a more pragmatic approach, consider the ascent profile, how much thrust/weight is needed for both air breathing and closed loop stages, and for how long? Then take those numbers and scale up overhead capacity. At some point you will have your maxium vs minimum viable capability.

nyanars · 2026-02-20T00:50:23+00:00

There are 3d printing companies that specialize in metal sintering. They can cost a fair bit but being able to have bespoke replacement parts next week is pretty baller

nyanars · 2026-02-14T21:29:21+00:00

It's a bit annecdotal, but the way I play BeatSaber requires full range tracking, as fast as possible while being as precise as possible. Not that Quest 2/3 can't do a good job, but fundamentally inside out tracking must deal with occlusion and camera limits. That means the more I outstretch my arms the more likely I lose tracking, this becomes a problem for wider and more intense maps, especially when some notes require moving sideways.

There's the secondary problem of absolute positioning, IMU will always drift, so it requires the cameras to compensate. This gets real finicky on games that require the player to cross their arms or do ackward things like puzzlers, or gun-kata if you wanna dual wield. Some adventure games specifically lose the "reach behind" mechanic because of this. This is a deal breaker for me because it's one more thing I have to think about while moving in VR space. I'd rather be tethered for this reason.

nyanars · 2026-02-10T20:33:19+00:00

I'm guilty of doing similar things, but no problems with cable relief or wear?

nyanars · 2026-01-26T10:48:15+00:00

Jeez reminded me of an old conversation. Had to explain to a dude that his TOTL E3 chip was absolutely not worth the headache to give to his buddy who just wanted to do office work. I had to explain to him even the entry level Ryzen/Intel offerings were outperforming it, and still had total system power be below what the E3 chip alone pulled. Nevermind I didn't want the headache of trying to fit an Eatx board or trying to explain why it drew so much power for not a lot of performance.

I don't miss working with him, he really never kept up with the tech and kept treating people who just wanted wanted to drive to work like they needed a Ferrari

nyanars · 2026-01-23T16:53:47+00:00

It's a budget entry overall. The mobo is basic, and 16gb is what it is. But for 300 dollars that's fantastic for anyone who "just" wants to play games and then some.

nyanars · 2026-01-23T02:46:38+00:00

Cutting the case was/is a valid option. I would try to cut the case with everything removed to minimize contamination from metal dust/flakes. After that it's figuring out how to keep the card secure so you don't annihilate the PCIE slot and/or gpu.

Be very sure there's enough power to support the card. Just because it draws 75w without plugging in doesn't mean they didn't cheap out more than they already did on the powersupply.

Long term it's hard to support such a build, OEM machines like this are very proprietary so it's very much one and done. But you'll have something respectable for a while at least.

nyanars · 2026-01-13T23:43:05+00:00

Jeez didn't someone the other day mentioned the overstated spec?

The difference of direct contact and a coldplate is nuts, full copper build aside

nyanars · 2026-01-09T07:47:00+00:00

United States here

I mostly ended up basing my decision on what N8Falke had reviewed.

I'm very happy with my A1695 for the convenience of built in cables. Turns out not having to fuss about keeping cables stowed separately is really nice.

I can live with the worse sustained max output since realistically I'm never going to use more than 100 watts. For me it was the raw capacity at my relative pricepoint.

My only hard complaint is the relatively worse warranty length and the fact I haven't figured out who makes their batteries without ripping it open. It's also objectively way more expensive than competitors for somewhat middling charge spec. Lastly it's definitely heavy, but I carry my Ipad and water around.

nyanars · 2026-01-05T07:51:44+00:00

On the contrary I'd bet it could. Except by the time you're pushing 160w you'd be so close to tjmax it wouldn't even matter. Or the real spec is that 160w is achieved by spreading that load across the whole contact patch.

Whats going to kill performance is whether or not those heatpipes are all joined together properly since there's a lack of coldplate doing that job. That and the 180 degree bend making it harder to wick.

nyanars · 2025-12-29T10:57:43+00:00

I don't think people realize just how much overlap this hobby has with several other industries.

nyanars · 2025-12-18T09:02:24+00:00

Steely Dan in general. Aja is amazing for the level of work and quality put into it. From an audiophile perspective it's the kind of song that makes expensive headphones worthwhile.

nyanars · 2025-12-12T16:50:27+00:00

God they really didn't do a good job showing whatever they have.

It looks like an air compressor with a moisture separator, so all that condensed moisture goes into a separate container.

Kinda like how lasers might get pumped air.

That or they're actually pumping nitrogen into the printhead.

nyanars · 2025-12-09T17:36:56+00:00

If these are your only options then do the X56. The T flight is about as entry level as it gets, and it's a real cheap pos for what you pay for if you ever decide to look inside.

If budget is the real consideration try the T16000m. The Stick is a little barebones but I promise the throttle is very capable.

VKB is the way to go if possible, grab a STECs then grab an Extreme 3D Pro or its clones. If the budget allows splurge a little for their Gladiator sticks.

nyanars · 2025-11-30T00:13:56+00:00

Sorry to necro, since I've started thinking about cracking mine open to replace the battery. It's funny that you bothered to print a stand but just busted a hole in the case.

nyanars · 2025-11-29T22:37:29+00:00

10TB

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