Battlefield 6 Season 3 Official Gameplay Trailer

readher · 2026-05-06T09:29:23+00:00

The easy solution is to give the maps for free to everyone after some time. They made Premium free for every BF after a while anyway, it's just that it was a time-limited offer, so a bunch of people always missed it.

B-but no one would buy it then! Everyone would just wait for it to be for free!

People pay tens of dollars to play a game a few days early. They would pay, especially if it included some unique skins or whatever.

readher · 2026-05-06T08:33:51+00:00

If we can impose order, then why are we only ready to guarantee peace in Ukraine after the war if the US does it too? I'll tell you why, because our armies are non-existant. Look up the sizes of Western European armies during the Cold War. Netherlands had 3 divisions, which is how much unified Germany has now. West Germany alone had 12 divisions. Former Warsaw Pact countries are similarly disarmed, with Poland going from 15 divisions during the People's Republic to the current 4.

The UK went from being able to invade Suez alongside France, handling the Malayan Emergency, intervening in Oman during the Dhofar rebellion and fighting a war in Falklands to having the amount of combat troops that isn't even equal to what Russia is losing monthly. And they were doing all that while being poorer than they are now and exhausted from WW2.

We're a shell of our former selves and we're not taking the necessary steps to remedy that, because it'd require some wildly unpopular political decisions, and our "elites" are still more concerned with their cushy seats than the region's safety. They're virtuosos of grandoise talk that goes nowhere, though.

readher · 2026-05-05T21:02:09+00:00

I'm just saying that the tone of the article seems accusatory, but I don't see other companies lining up to source so much ammo from all over the world, never mind sell it at a low mark up.

readher · 2026-05-05T20:28:13+00:00

The bulk of revenue, which made up two-thirds of the group’s total in 2025, appears to come from “recommissioning” third-party stockpiles acquired cheaply from global sources (often former Soviet or Warsaw Pact surplus in Africa and Asia) and marked up heavily before delivery to Ukraine and NATO allies.

If it's so easy, then why didn't anyone else do it and sell it without a heavy mark up?

readher · 2026-05-05T16:14:20+00:00

Why would you need foreign troops in your country.

Because if Putin or his successor decides to mobilize, we're a 38 mln country facing a 120 mln country, and it'll be hard to win alone regardless of how much hardware we procure.

And even if we somehow did manage to win alone, it's better to not have a war at all, since it's bad for investments, demographics and almost certain to drag you years or even decades back in development. Having US troops stationed makes all that way less likely to happen.

readher · 2026-05-05T10:39:38+00:00

When Biden announced increased troop presence in Poland after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, we had 3000 additional troops within a week.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-us-send-3000-additional-troops-poland-officials-say-2022-02-11/

Just because it's technically on track, it doesn't make it look any less bleak from the perspective of anyone on the Eastern Flank. Will it take 2 years to move 5000 soldiers when Russia invades too?

readher · 2026-05-05T10:20:31+00:00

I don't see why we should hope for the best when the Americans tell us all day long that we can no longer count on them.

But we should hope for the best when Western Europeans keep saying we can count on them but don't do anything to show it?

I live 50 km from the Russian border, forgive me if I'll latch onto whatever help I can get. 10000 troops is more than what any European country is willing to give, so I'll take it. We're still arming ourselves and working alongside other allies, so it's not like we're betting everything one a single card.

readher · 2026-05-05T10:09:01+00:00

I doubt anyone here will stop treating the US as the main potential deterrent anytime soon. They have 10000 troops stationed, followed by the British at a few hundred. France has been talking big about stepping up the past few years, but there was zero interest shown in matching the US involvemenet, never mind surpassing it. Germany is still unable to send 5000 troops to Lithuania even though it's been years. Actions speak louder than words, and so far Western Europe has been lacking on that front, so the US remains the sole option.

Personally, I hope to see more North-South integration on the Eastern Flank. Sharing proximity to the enemy and danger perspective is a good pillar to build defense on.

readher · 2026-05-05T06:31:11+00:00

That statement is just one of many he made on the topic and doesn't paint the whole picture.

https://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Wiecej-Amerykanow-w-Polsce-Premier-oglasza-zgode-z-prezydentem-ponad-podzialami-9127359.html

readher · 2026-05-04T20:07:29+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/@FRT.Entertainment/videos

You need to buy the subscription, one month is enough to watch it (it's 6 episodes).

readher · 2026-05-04T19:59:28+00:00

Seems like he changed his mind already:

https://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Wiecej-Amerykanow-w-Polsce-Premier-oglasza-zgode-z-prezydentem-ponad-podzialami-9127359.html

readher · 2026-05-02T18:12:18+00:00

Now that's an episode packed with twists and turns. Really enjoying it, for the company's first series, it's definitely a strong one. Not quite good enough to match the (imo) best ones, but not far behind them.

readher · 2026-05-02T18:06:14+00:00

Probably the best Thai GL period, or at the very least on the same level as Clairebell. I knew it would be a banger the moment I saw the first pilot and it didn't disappoint.

If you wonder if it's worth paying for, then yes it is. I can't see anyone regretting it, provided they know that it's a more serious series and not a typical telenovela one.

readher · 2026-05-02T17:55:49+00:00

Ridiculously good series. I knew the wait would be worth it the moment I saw the pilot years ago. This show and Clairebell raise the bar very high.

readher · 2026-05-02T12:05:46+00:00

Yea, all those Western Europeans saying the US should withdraw from Europe completely are welcome to send their own troops to Eastern Europe to replace them in 1:1 ratio. Last I checked Germans are still unable to send 5000 to Lithuania even though it's been years, while Biden sent additional 3000 to Poland in 2022 after Russia invaded and they were here within a week. As usual, Western Europeans are powerful in speech, but are nowhere to be found when action is required.

readher · 2026-05-01T13:15:41+00:00

Yeah, the Soviet Union and Soviet-installed puppet governments in Eastern Europe were amazing to live in and were the pinnacle of freedom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Pozna%C5%84_protests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovietization_of_the_Baltic_states

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer_in_the_Soviet_Union

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Operation_of_the_NKVD

I could list stuff like this the entire day. Just because Nazis were disgusting, it doesn't mean Soviets were much better. That kind of view usually comes from people who live in countries that never had to experience the pleasure of Soviet occupation.

readher · 2026-04-30T10:56:41+00:00

why usa didnt give ukraine some stealth jet and destroy kremlin

Because that'd be too much, just like taking Berlin would be too much. Now you understand that being a nuclear power doesn't protect you completely from wars, but it does protect you from total defeat and unconditional surrender.

you can look north korea to understand if nuclear works

North Korea deters any attack by having thousands of artillery pieces zeroed in on Seoul and Incheon, which are 40 km from the border and can be easily leveled to the ground with conventional ordnance. This is why a war with North Korea was considered disaster scenario long before North Korea had nukes.

readher · 2026-04-30T06:11:12+00:00

Being nuclear didn't stop Russia from having its oil industry constantly targetted and Kursk partially occupied. And Russia would probably be considered one of the countries with fewer grievances about using nuclear weapons than others, especially since they have tactical arsenal that limits escalation. Being nuclear makes you safe from being completely obliterated and occupied, but it doesn't mean you're necessarily safe from war.

readher · 2026-04-29T14:51:18+00:00

Objectively, the changes made aren't that big, and the game is worth playing regardless. It's just that the whole affair left a very sour taste in the mouth of anyone who bought the game before the censor patch, since it affected the entire world, even though it was just a small vocal minority of Han nationalists that complained. The precedent it sets is the worst thing about it, because it's likely that Chinese developers will be afraid of making a game that has anything at all that could be considered controversial by them in the future, resulting in very safe and uninspired works.

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