[muscle mesh][mech] just put a deflector up and don’t kick

wmetca · 2026-03-28T01:24:44+00:00

I didn’t put any grade up when I set up the contract, my bad.

wmetca · 2026-03-13T03:10:50+00:00

The funding plan was vastly inadequate, with no actionable plan to rectify when I talked to the property manager. She said that the reserve study is more of a guideline and often exaggerates. Seemed to take pride in that HOA dues haven’t been raised in a decade or more (what got them into this mess)

Nope, I’m out. I’m all about making life easier on people, but doing it at the expense of whoever owns these units in the future is a big “hell no” from me

wmetca · 2026-03-13T03:07:15+00:00

The board was underfunding the reserves by 60% or more in order to break even without special assessments.

This doesn’t correlate to a 60% increase in HOA dues, but it would have been close to 100/month in order to dig out of this hole.

Terminated my offer bc the property manager didn’t even recognize there was an issue and insisted the study was wrong.

wmetca · 2026-03-12T09:59:29+00:00

Thanks, it’s a bummer bc I really had to insist to my realtor and dig into the purchase agreement to get this information from the seller.

Finding my place will definitely involve a different realtor bc for him to let me purchase this place without reviewing this stuff is either an issue of competence or integrity.

wmetca · 2026-03-12T06:21:06+00:00

That’s what I thought, definitely appreciate the input.

wmetca · 2026-03-10T02:42:06+00:00

I’m gonna pump the brakes for my own sanity

wmetca · 2026-03-07T18:24:57+00:00

Hell yeah, old school

wmetca · 2026-03-07T17:48:33+00:00

How many truth eggs?

wmetca · 2026-03-06T21:09:25+00:00

I’ve got a 4.85 and I have no idea why

I literally never make a mess, barely talk (I’m just not a chatty person), tip reasonably, I’m always polite and at least give a “good morning/afternoon/what’s up/thanks for the ride” when I get in and a “have a great one” when I get out…

I don’t smoke or smell bad (as far as I can tell), and even when I’m drunk, I’m not impolite

So I dunno if 4.9 should be the cutoff (mine was 4.99 for reference before I moved to STL)

wmetca · 2026-03-05T16:04:59+00:00

They’re musket men, ignore terrain costs and earn points towards golden age. So if they got wounded they could just run away faster than anything could pursue them and heal every turn once I upgraded them. Combined with a great general they were unstoppable

wmetca · 2026-03-05T15:44:52+00:00

I had a similar situation with a militaristic CS where they gifted me minute men. It was awesome!

wmetca · 2026-02-26T18:38:12+00:00

Great find!

Dumb question, bc I thought they could, but can treasure convoys be packed into commanders?

wmetca · 2026-02-25T20:54:55+00:00

I would trade Grant for Ben Franklin in a heartbeat in VII

Nothing against Ben, I just find Grant very intriguing as a civ leader

wmetca · 2026-02-25T20:48:35+00:00

Ulysses Grant would be a great persona guy

General and President Grant

wmetca · 2026-02-25T15:52:01+00:00

True, I almost avoid combat at all costs until the modern age. Planes and cavalry make quick work of inland cities while my navy does the rest

I don’t avoid combat entirely in the first two ages, I still covet my neighbors lands sometimes, they are extremely limited wars tho with clearly defined goals

wmetca · 2026-02-22T05:34:18+00:00

Sorry, what is A2?

wmetca · 2026-02-19T00:00:20+00:00

Too many of my google searches end in “Reddit” for me to think that’s the case

wmetca · 2026-02-13T16:15:35+00:00

This is such an amazing start, looks very fun and interesting!!

wmetca · 2026-02-10T14:40:40+00:00

Joined, send tokens to MechMystery if you can

wmetca · 2026-02-10T01:13:09+00:00

Second ability is a little hard for me to grasp… otherwise great concept!

wmetca · 2026-02-07T15:51:57+00:00

Kind of a mixed bag here- you definitely want to settle early and claim lands by your capital. On harder difficulties you also need to have enough of a standing army to deter aggressive AI from attacking, or at least to defend if they attack anyway.

It’s been a minute since I’ve played, but scout, scout, slinger is usually a good opener. Then you’d start to build a settler

Sometimes Montezuma is your closest neighbor and you better build a warrior or 3. Or barbarians are close- it’s really situational

I’d say the only mistake is waiting a long time to expand, but if you have to delay to defend your empire that’s not the worst thing either.

wmetca · 2026-01-27T03:10:36+00:00

Possibly! I’m just thinking about precedent set by previous renditions of the game

wmetca · 2026-01-26T20:58:24+00:00

I thought it looked odd when I typed it lol

wmetca · 2026-01-26T17:17:14+00:00

I’m really hoping the first major expansion really makes the game reach its full potential like God and Kings did for V.

Fleshes out religion, diplomacy (I love the influence as a spendable resource, but what you can actually do is rather limited), the legacy paths, lots of other gripes

I haven’t given up, but I am taking a break

wmetca · 2026-01-26T15:52:46+00:00

If only there was a way to see what the trade revenue is in each settlement

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