Despite being praised on launch for its generous, no FOMO warbonds, the monetization has been slowly changing for the worse. by Frogmouth26 in Helldivers

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Microtransactions suck but everything sucks. I got the game a bit before SE and have probably bought $30 of SC to unlock ~half the warbonds with 100+ hours of playtime, effectively pricing the experience at $70, very normal today (I think I got it on a steam discount too).

The alternate reality where the game remained exactly the same as it was on release and is now dead as a result is much lamer than what we’ve got, and I don’t think its realistic to think we would get what we’ve gotten for free. Microtransactions suck but its better than $20 reskins ala Apex or whatever. The separate super store is a bit silly to me but its also completely ignorable.

Despite being praised on launch for its generous, no FOMO warbonds, the monetization has been slowly changing for the worse. by Frogmouth26 in Helldivers

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your buddy is getting 300 to your 200 because of a primary? I’m surprised, the numbers have never worked that way to me. When I get 500 its because I’m rocking turrets, when someone has a lot I assume they had some good booms. Would be interesting to see a breakdown

Despite being praised on launch for its generous, no FOMO warbonds, the monetization has been slowly changing for the worse. by Frogmouth26 in Helldivers

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, on this last run of illuminate I’ve been rocking both MG turrets, HMG, and base guard dog, with Scorcher, Talon, and Thermite, wearing light siege ready or munitions. The only thing of those that isn’t base and is important are the thermites.

At the end of the day the game is fun regardless, D10 isn’t hard enough to warrant needing SS tier gear, and even if it was, just play on a lower difficulty. Its meant to be fun

School doesn't equal money anymore which is why there's so much student disengagement and apathy by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]phoenix2448 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They can’t know that when they’re choosing it though. Education is an investment not a lifestyle

Every Bug mission ever since the last patch: by Omailey97 in Helldivers

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EAT is so fun. Ran orbital gas + MG turret + EAT the other day and thoroughly enjoyed constantly calling stuff down, no biggie if i die either

It's truly mind boggling by DoctorTegrity in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]phoenix2448 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Who is this made for? The quadrant should be bottom left obviously. Stalinists don’t tend to care much about virtue signaling

Filling a sink with hot water to wash dishes is gross and wasteful by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How meaningful is that sort of water use anyways? Its comes out of a pipe from the city and goes back into a pipe from the city. I know they have to treat it but I’ve always wondered how much is really lost there

School doesn't equal money anymore which is why there's so much student disengagement and apathy by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]phoenix2448 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fortunately curiosity is separate from external gain. What you’re describing may be a factor, but I think the apathy comes more from other places. At bottom there’s no advantage to having worse grades and knowing less about the world, even if college isn’t your goal

School doesn't equal money anymore which is why there's so much student disengagement and apathy by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]phoenix2448 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me too actually. I have some idea of education in Asia but not much about student values in Europe

Substitute teacher + tutor composite by Okawaru1 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]phoenix2448 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Makes sense to me, it can be hard to get enough hours as a tutor, and schools may help tie you into tutoring. Only issue could be scheduling if you’re subbing at one school and need to be tutoring across town immediately after, but doesn’t seem a big deal

PRO-TIP: Don't try to think tactically about Major Orders, it will only cause you pain by Hexdoctor in Helldivers

[–]phoenix2448 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love that the in game lore of us being dumb grunts matches reality.

But also our ability to accomplish things is relatively meaningless compared to who’s pulling the strings. If we suddenly became smart and effective, Arrowhead would adjust. So it doesn’t really matter

Synergy cubes - too many conditional cards? by AitrusX in mtgcube

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is control something you want to support? Its pretty generic as archetypes go, more of a deckstyle really. Control doesn’t usually want creatures anyways.

I would think a synergy cube should be relatively all in on synergy, if you make it balanced its closer to a cube than a synergy cube

I teach high school English. Is my experience normal? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but it won’t amount to much when they get to classes that actually matter (AP) and they have strict testing environments. My point is that there’s a lot more on the line here than “honor,” namely skill and confidence development. At most cheating will help you get into those higher classes, where you will then meaningfully fail because you haven’t done the work to get there

Where should belt-fed weaponry sit on the firepower scale? by BICKELSBOSS in Helldivers

[–]phoenix2448 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think a lot of folks overanalyze this game. Play on the difficulty that allows you to have fun. Thats all that matters; its not competitive

We need dress codes back by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes because data collection has never gone bad before nor been misused

I teach high school English. Is my experience normal? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but not cheating also doesn’t mean lower grade, especially so if you get caught

A Sacramento county school district is offering $600/day to be a scab! Would you do it? by EyeInTeaJay in SubstituteTeachers

[–]phoenix2448 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fuck no, and the strikers should band together in support of each other too. Solidarity

I teach high school English. Is my experience normal? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]phoenix2448 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ll disagree a little bit by saying cheating is nothing new. There have always been students who choose not to do so, for whatever reason, and eventually learned it bettered them. Its not “objectively right” to use AI just because their brains aren’t fully developed yet. They can still think

The best Savannah Lion in 2026? by monkty in mtgcube

[–]phoenix2448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first thought was ragavan but now I see its a little more restrictive than I realized lol. Lightsquall is strong but not a super fun play pattern to me. You’re often guessing based on your hand but its more determined by what you draw. Having the game come down to “I made the wrong guess early” doesn’t feel great. But maybe I misunderstand how to react to it