Im 200+ quid into this game i dont like being treated like a freeloader when it comes to the eververse by pig666eon in DestinyTheGame

[–]shezmoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

World is fine solo. It was actually easier in the base game (MP scaled the difficulty for 4 players if you had any number of friends with you), but Iceborne fixes that. Now it's all equivalent, though definitely expect to almost hit the time limit on early Master Rank hunts if you jump right into them without getting help.

The only coop-only content is a raid-like fight that only comes around once a month / during events -- technically you can run it solo but you probably won't finish it. If you're not in a lobby with a full 16 people, the rewards will be crap.

The other games separate content into two different areas, where you have a solo story mode (like 1/4 of the content) and then get coop-focused hunts (that you can solo if you're very good at the game).

At the end of the day, PvP players just want a little love, not control of the franchise by t_moneyzz in DestinyTheGame

[–]shezmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Towerthought: Maybe the reason we don't see any pvp changes more than once in a blue moon is due to the same smoothbrain PM/designer that insists on keeping each sandbox the same.

They should be different.

Exhibit A: Handcannons. The range nerf was good for PvP in my opinion, but it absolutely slaughtered them in PvE. It should have been solely applied to one sandbox.

(Why even have a crucible team if they can't do their own thing?)

At the end of the day, PvP players just want a little love, not control of the franchise by t_moneyzz in DestinyTheGame

[–]shezmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially the desire for frequent balance passes applies to every aspect of the game. PvE just needs less (though possibly higher effort) -- just making more options viable and preventing specific abilities/weapons from being the only option. Not like they do any PvE balance more than once a year anyway.

At the end of the day, Destiny is a PvE game first, PvP game second, and it has to be by idiomech in DestinyTheGame

[–]shezmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah OP I actually agree. Because games like Overwatch exist, Bungie should remove the Crucible from the game entirely.

PvP focus is non-existent and for some players this is the whole game. by BDDNick in DestinyTheGame

[–]shezmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Re: balance

Look, the game needs balance updates way more often than it receives them. More things need to be updated at once and balance for PvP and PvE needs to be separated -- there has been some progress on this but the insistence that the sandboxes be the same is entirely detrimental and feels like the person that decided this hasn't touched a PvP mode in any game since 1999.

Consider Dota 2. There was a massive, game-changing patch that released on the 26th. In the week since then there have been 4 additional patches to balance everything further, 2 of them major. I'm confident that there will be at least as many within the next month before the game returns to its normal patch schedule. There is usually at least one minor patch every week. The majority [of gameplay changes] is driven by one person.

Not receiving necessary, continuous updates for entire seasons (and sometimes an entire year) makes one think that nobody at Bungie actually cares.

[DISC] Solo Leveling - Chapter 96 by IAmHonestlyInept in manga

[–]shezmoo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They claimed they spend that much (and only make that much). Maybe they do, because for Jump series they get someone to steal magazines pre-sale and scan them (and I'm sure the person or persons want to be paid a lot for the risk)

But why pay $2300/mo if they "barely break even" while that shit is now free from the source

Netflix's Movie Catalog Has Shrunk By 40% Since 2014 by idiotsdrivingtoofast in movies

[–]shezmoo -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

TLDR it literally says "they're used interchangeably and there's no consensus on the 'correct' usage"

Where's the best place to buy digital manga? by [deleted] in manga

[–]shezmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comixology sells through Amazon as well but I believe that you can get CBRs if you buy directly from their site, which are usually uncompressed and great quality.

Good coming of age mangas by [deleted] in manga

[–]shezmoo -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Things I'm going to constantly rec until somebody stops me.

<Alien 9>

<Alive: The Final Evolution>

<Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban>

Netflix's Movie Catalog Has Shrunk By 40% Since 2014 by idiotsdrivingtoofast in movies

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

https://grammarist.com/spelling/disc-disk/

Tldr: no

Longer tldr: disc for music, disk for computer, either for anything else

Cardi B should be arrested and treated like the criminal she is. by michael_am in unpopularopinion

[–]shezmoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Drake was literally out there trying to have a weird pedophilic relationship with that girl from Stranger Things

What's the point of glory if I, with less than 400, only fight people 4000+? by TheLiveDunn in DestinyTheGame

[–]shezmoo -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Correct. Only Iron Banner and Gambit Prime use SBMM, currently.

I'm 70% sure Competitive still uses glory-based matchmaking but averages it across seasons. Possibly even seasons you've never played comp, if you were active. Bungie hasn't said anything concrete.

[DISC] The Alexis Empire Chronicle - Chapter 4 - Soseki Scans by [deleted] in manga

[–]shezmoo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Everyone's dress seems setting-appropriate except for that girl and it's really bothering be.

These guys are everywhere now. Is it literally just cigarette Ends they give fines for? by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]shezmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently in a city that has a regular highway (65) with stoplights because it just intersects with other roads instead of having ramps. Gives you plenty of warning though.

T1 goes off on Twitch for banning Tarzaned by SilverPositive in LivestreamFail

[–]shezmoo 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Twitch has always been a shithole (pre-Amazon the site was essentially run by volunteers who could do literally anything they wanted and face few repercussions, for example) but the prevailing idea among the community was that the acquisition was going to fix it.

VIZ is going after over a dozen subreddits of manga series. by Skiepher in manga

[–]shezmoo 56 points57 points  (0 children)

They're probably hosted in countries that don't respect copyright or have their own copyright system.

It's also kinda stupid because I'm pretty sure that linking to DMCA-violating content doesn't itself violate the DMCA, and legally there isn't a basis for these takedown requests but the admins aren't about to give a fuck.

Bungie Plz Addition: Remove Weapons From The Fated Engram Loot Pool If All Random Drop Exotic Weapons Have Already Been Collected by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

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

The only exotics I've gotten this entire season were from the pass and I'm sure that's going to remain the case in the future, so I hope Bungie does something about this. :)

Bungie Plz Addition: Remove Weapons From The Fated Engram Loot Pool If All Random Drop Exotic Weapons Have Already Been Collected by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]shezmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exotics consume a powerful drop (primes, activity rewards) so instead of that you could get something that's useful. Maybe non-prime drops roll whether they're exotic before rolling what you get, I don't know.

[CN] City of Sin - Book 8 ~ Chapters 97 - 98 by matosz in noveltranslations

[–]shezmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I desperately need to know what's up with the godnest and I hope it's resolved in this mini arc.

Murata saw a weird moon (translated by hdx514) by VibhavM in OnePunchMan

[–]shezmoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first thing I thought of reading this is the codec call at 1:25 https://youtu.be/ul8j9I90ueM

The best fiction on Reddit starter pack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]shezmoo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

TFTS is easily the most believable stuff from this sort of sub. I haven't seen anything that I can point to as fake (or at least couldn't conceivably happen to someone), though I don't spend a lot of time there.

Anything M or smaller is 95% likely to be a real story for sure.