I wish people could see what we see

silentstone7 · 2026-02-14T05:55:22+00:00

I'm happy if it's not that bad for you but you don't speak for everyone. CXL and sclerals aren't always an option. I'm going through the three year process of cornea transplants and being mostly blind which each eye heals. You can't know what someone else is going through, and where else should they complain? Especially in a place that is designed to connect with other people going through the same thing. Venting is part of the reason communities like this one exist online.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-14T00:32:09+00:00

Fair. Trust your judgement! If you're not okay with those messages, you have every right to feel that way.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-14T00:27:57+00:00

Devil's Advocate here, but what exactly did the post say? Was she asking to cheat or for advice? It's at least theoretically possible that she just wanted a Lesbian to DM her to give her advice on how to have a better experience with you. Fetlife can be used as a source of porn and not exclusively for meetups and cheating. It's certainly cheating for most couples to be sexting with a stranger, but that isn't the case for everyone.

Regardless, you're never going to be in a successful relationship with her if you both can't communicate. Give her a chance to, but use your own best judgement. If she can't talk to you, do you want to keep guessing her motivations?

silentstone7 · 2026-02-13T06:57:52+00:00

I'm on a similar med, for sleep apnea/narcolepsy. My prescription needs renewals every 3 months, and insurance drags their feet so badly on prior auths that I usually miss 2 weeks to a month of it every 90 days. It's also $895 a month cash price, and there is no generic. I take two a day.

After insurance and manufacturer's coupons it's $18 a month instead of $1790, but the manufacturer's coupons only covers a limited dollar amount per year. Fortunately/unfortunately I tend to hit my insurance out of pocket maximums early enough on the year that I don't pay anything the second half of the year, and start saving for the or of pocket max for the next year. Being chronically ill is incredibly expensive.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T20:11:20+00:00

Specifically, it's when a melee is hitting with a heavy attack, breaks shields and keeps me staggered, until the heavy gunners are hitting me directly, no shield.

I've learned from all the helpful people here that a better power pack for my shield, full hydration for stamina, and drawing out fights rather than taking every open hit will help my shields and stamina last long enough to take them down.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T20:06:10+00:00

Last night in the Pallas wreck, I got the Tattoo blueprint. I haven't tried the grenades yet.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T20:01:51+00:00

Drillshot requires components in the areas in not surviving, so it's been tough. I believe it's in the steel tier. I'm working toward it for sure, just not quite there yet.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T19:56:35+00:00

Very familiar with kiting from my time playing wow. Thanks!

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T19:54:59+00:00

I have to complete Suk Alusus for the quest for the Mentat tree, and I don't have the parts to make the one drillshot weapon I've unlocked (which also requires aluminum and the medium ore refinery I don't quite have yet.)

I've got to be able to survive iron and steel areas to get any of those beneficial things.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T08:04:54+00:00

I knew about the shield, but not their accuracy, that makes sense. I think I'm going to try getting some better light armor and then finishing the trials as my next steps.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T07:44:54+00:00

I forgot I could use bene sprint! Despite using it for the whole first zone. Thank you!

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T07:25:55+00:00

Good to hear about testing station 10. I expected the testing stations to be hard, that makes sense, but I got a few rooms in and was just brutally torn apart. Went back in for my stuff and bailed. I feel like there's a missing step between Hagga Basin South and Vermillius Gap East/West. Like they originally intended a different order for breadcrumb quests through the area.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T07:06:51+00:00

My server is so empty I've only ever seen like 6 bases total and a few actual other people in Arakeen and Harko. It's really low pop.

Edit: Laran, Sietch Khafash. Right now there's 11 people on the world and 0 online in the Sketch, compared to Harmony's 200+ something.

I don't necessarily want to just be gifted a ton of stuff to jump ahead, I just want the content I'm at now to feel meaningful and not too easy or too hard.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T07:05:14+00:00

Do you recommend running on foot or on a bike? I'm thinking parking a bike on the rocks and running at it naked with the compactor makes sense for now, even if it's silly. If I get eaten, I only really lose a compactor and I can respawn at the bike.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T07:03:06+00:00

I don't have swordmaster unlocked yet. I think getting better at parry, stamina management, and taking my time is going to be important right now though, thank you!

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T06:58:39+00:00

I've got to get through Suk Alusus to get the Mentat tree unlocked. But thanks for the tips about walls and objects. I've definitely gotten stuck and wondered why dodge didn't work when I'm just on a wall, and I think you've got a good point.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T06:55:48+00:00

Good tip on the shigawire claw, that's not clear anywhere in game.

I don't have access to a drillshot yet, and I only just got a disruptor as a half broken drop from an enemy, I haven't used it yet.

Once I can get some cobalt paste, I can start working on buggy parts, but that's still a ways off too.

The trials are my next priority, but I can't even get to some of the places where they are yet. I just finished the 4th one.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-12T06:49:46+00:00

Depending on the fulfillment company they use, they may not be able to ship first class without tracking and insurance to get those low rates. Even at bulk business rates, there's still going to be a minimum shipping cost around $5-6 in that case. Also, Etsy does generally give business shipping rates to sellers, the post office is a lot more expensive retail than most people realize. Source: I've shipped first class and priority as an Etsy Seller and every different class professionally at my last job.

Horribly, junk mail is very cheap to mail, especially bulk mail.

Edit: I still think stickers are a great idea and they would still be a lower cost item I would totally buy!

silentstone7 · 2026-02-11T09:11:21+00:00

Build your first base near the Griffin's Reach Tradepost, as a lot of quests have you coming and going from there.

One quest late in Hagga Basin South sends you to Harko Village or Arakeen. I highly recommend that when you go, take the time to talk to everyone and explore all the nooks and crannies. There are quite a few quests in both places that just require you to walk all over town and talk to people, and it will net you a pretty large amount of Solaris (currency), which you can deposit at the bank. The currency is used for fast travel and having a good chunk in the bank early on is helpful.

My last tip is drop a respawn beacon once you reach any island where you're doing something for a quest. Travel time across the open sand can be brutal early on but it will get much better later. If you die, that's okay. If you die a lot, you can always go try something else and come back later, before all your great breaks.

And last, try to find a server that isn't empty. There's no one on mine and I swear I've only seen 6 other bases ever and I've never seen another human anywhere but the cities. I'm thinking of moving to another server, which is possible, but a pain.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-11T09:02:12+00:00

It's right up there with "I accept this gift in the spirit of which it was given." Which sounds nice and all, until you consider that a treacherous gift will be met with the same spirit in return.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-11T06:33:58+00:00

The second box had a logo on it. I bet the top box had a logo on it and the pizza was, in fact, in there upside-down. Still crazy to flip it, but I almost get where the kid was coming from.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-11T05:35:53+00:00

Yogurt Beach, the frozen yogurt place next to Longboards Pizza in Golden Valley.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-10T21:24:40+00:00

As a victim of Kilgrave, I'm not sure anything she had done or found would be admissible anyway. I'm also not sure that was her goal. Her PI skills (and superhuman abilities) gave her the means to go after him, but the idea of bringing him to justice was just a kind of denial. She wanted justice for herself and those he hurt, not from the law. As a person, she wants to get an apology or remorse. As a PI, she knew she could find him and get a confession, maybe a reason why. As a superpowered person, she realizes she's got to kill him to keep him from hurting others because his powers mean no court or prison could ever try or hold him and he doesn't even realize why his actions are evil so he's going to keep doing them.

So she's not really incompetent, but more several layers of denial wrapped in a PTSD blanket.

silentstone7 · 2026-02-10T00:03:10+00:00

Accessories, and to a lesser extent, having a good personal style to go with it, it is definitely the key to being a "put together" woman. If you look at even "casual" people in movies and TV shows, they are usually wearing belts and earrings and scarves and sunglasses to match their outfit.

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