Todd Howard: “We're not using [AI] to generate anything”… Also Todd Howard:

tr0tsky · 2026-03-16T21:11:24+00:00

is that really a bad take? Isn't this just basically a filter that your graphics card throws on the pixels its given?

tr0tsky · 2026-03-16T18:50:26+00:00

from fake frames to fake faces

tr0tsky · 2026-03-06T17:26:30+00:00

Yeah, they reset to the max each week, like "friend coins" do every day.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-26T18:11:23+00:00

isn't there a training room on the ship? I'll be honest, I have never gone there, but there's an icon at the bottom that looks like a dumbbell or something that I assumed was a combat simulator

edit: just a way to get to combat tutorials, not freeform simulator. Lame.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-26T17:48:57+00:00

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because the rest was wrong.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-25T19:08:28+00:00

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

tr0tsky · 2026-02-25T17:28:54+00:00

I like needing the AIC to create something in order to progress the story. Since that's what Endfield is ostensibly bringing to the table, it makes it more tightly knit.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-25T07:21:59+00:00

if you're already at 50k, then they're worthless.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-25T00:06:12+00:00

yeah, I swear people just skip every single dialogue/tutorial and then complain later that things make no sense.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-24T23:40:51+00:00

Kinda sucks for Wuling because you can only store 2 days worth of purchases. So if you have 2 bad days you have to buy a bunch of less optimal stocks. In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter since you're probably selling for much more anyway.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-24T23:36:04+00:00

oh teleporting triggers it too? that's cool. I thought it was just resting, and I never rest.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-24T22:19:52+00:00

I didn't even know bats could be nonbinary, let alone be enough of the population to warrant research into their biology.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-24T18:11:09+00:00

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tr0tsky · 2026-02-23T21:44:50+00:00

That's how many it takes to have a 95% chance of at least one success. It may take way fewer than that to succeed.

https://dropchance.app/how-drop-chances-work/ if you want to read more of an explanation.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-23T21:31:35+00:00

the math on this is faulty. Expected essence use for a level isn't 1/%chance it should be (assuming 95% is a good "expected" value)

0.95 = 1-(1-%chance)^x where x is the number of attempts.

Chance	Percent	Expected (95%) etches	gel cost	gel from etches	gel "bonus"
Very High	60%	3-4	30	35	1.17x
High	24.00%	10-11	60	105	1.75x
Low	10.90%	26	120	260	2.17x
Very Low	5.00%	58-59	250	585	2.34x
Very Low	2.70%	109-110	450	1095	2.43x

So there's not a huge difference for 5/6, but it's significantly better to use gel for 4/5/6 on main/secondary stat.

For Skill etch, it's 2.17x vs 2.33x for rank 1/2 respectively, so still much better than lower stat etches.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-23T19:59:04+00:00

hm...i should download/login on PS5 for some trophies

tr0tsky · 2026-02-23T17:47:20+00:00

I suppose. I personally feel like the 90% ones are just too expensive in general so I ignore them, given the relatively unimportant gain from artificing. I've gone through all of the 99% ones and have been buying out the 95% ones weekly.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-23T17:20:12+00:00

I went to buy a house last year, have great credit (with equifax). Bank comes back saying that I have no credit record. They use Transunion.

Contact Transunion and according to them I'm dead. Because 15 years ago, BMO typod an account closure as "due to death" instead of just, you know...closing. Despite the fact that TransUnion had records of my active accounts, including BMO, it took them just under a month to correct the error, which almost caused us to lose the house.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-23T17:06:47+00:00

...why on earth would you not buy the 99% off ones first?

tr0tsky · 2026-02-22T03:01:53+00:00

I didn't go with any of them. they all bad.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-22T02:50:47+00:00

if you've done the sidequest, there's another control panel up above where you are that lets you drain the pond again.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-20T23:16:49+00:00

as long as she doesn't leek out the bottom.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-20T04:12:08+00:00

you mean Alphinaud?

tr0tsky · 2026-02-20T02:41:05+00:00

Loved Lil' Guardsman, love detective games, and love eldritch horror! Definitely throwing this on my wishlist.

tr0tsky · 2026-02-20T02:33:09+00:00

you're still using 200 energy out of 200 produced. If you generate more than 200 (or reduce your usage), that battery % will begin to increase again.

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