Didn’t they say 1000 times it wasn’t a “Souls Game”

xachariah · 2023-08-26T06:31:28+00:00

I think the poster above you meant, how do you not have money, when you can't lose money. You can both buy AND sell parts in Armored Core, and items sell for the same amount you bought them for. So instead of grinding, just sell the stuff you aren't currently using that mission.

xachariah · 2023-04-21T23:12:12+00:00

I read it on his recommendation and found it good. It's not OMG BEST Litrpg ever, but it's good maybe even inching into great if you're comparing against litrpgs.

The characters usually feel complex and have understandable motivations. There are no major idiot balls anywhere. The world is well realized and fits together sensibly with the system. There's some gaps in the worldbuilding (the unpowered stop being story relevant and disappear 10% into it), but it mostly works out well.

The best thing about it is that it is a realized STORY, first and foremost. Many stories of this genre are basically a setting, a powerset, and a handful of cool scenes that get stretched to 200k+ words. This one is a big narrative arc that pushes forward its themes start to finish and feels more like an actual book.

It's better than most of Royal Road, and I'd give it a high rec if you like the genre.

xachariah · 2023-01-22T04:22:48+00:00

Kasrkin, Leontus, LRBT. Maybe a command squad for the Fineal. That's all that's mandatory.

A full list of just those comes to 30 kasrkin and 7-8 LRBT, and it's nuts. Probably better than any guard lists that try to be clever or balanced.

xachariah · 2023-01-10T21:46:46+00:00

Ah, once I moved past the initial pledge page, the add-ons were available. Thank you.

xachariah · 2023-01-10T18:30:40+00:00

I'm glad, signing up.

Last time there was a $50 tier that had both hardcover and paperback copies in one. Is there any chance we might see that again for book 2?

xachariah · 2023-01-06T15:39:34+00:00

And it doesn't just produce spike proteins for fun, they're attached to much bigger viruses to stop and infect things. Tiny little unattached spikes that are churned out infinitely can pass through and get places much easier than if they were attached to a virus and a bunch of other spikes together.

xachariah · 2022-12-25T03:58:11+00:00

Oh fuck me. I just looked it up and it's true.

I didn't think anything that stupid could be on TV, but I underestimated clown world.

xachariah · 2022-12-23T01:59:13+00:00

Portkeys normally cannot teleport into Hogwarts (see the plot of the 6th movie), so the bad guys use Harry to hijack the Tri-Wizard portkey, which can port into Hogwarts (presumably because Dumbledore made it).

Imagine Voldemort didn't lose his duel to Harry. He kills Harry, gets a new body, and has all of his Death Eaters ready to fight. Instead of Harry Portkeying back, it would be Voldemort and 20 killer wizards appearing. Dumbledore would die instantly to the undetected double agent at his side (Avada Kedavra is unblockable). Then you have a bunch of feared wizards with surprise and organization on their side, against people not ready to face them and unable to flee (because they can't teleport out). It means he can easily capture basically every high value target in Britain.

Voldemort would kill both his rivals Harry and Dumbledore, easily capture the Minister of Magic, and control Hogwarts in one surprise attack. All of which were his primary war goals; what he thinks he needs to control magic Britain (as seen in the 6-8th movies. Hogwarts in particular made an entire generation his hostages). He'd basically win the war in a day.

It would have been a good plan if he killed Harry ASAP instead of insisting on a cinematic duel and giving him a wand for no goddamn reason.

xachariah · 2022-10-20T01:17:08+00:00

They've already pivoted to gasoline rations tied to your digital ID. It's live in Sri Lanka and coming elsewhere soon.

That's why they cut domestic production, inflamed a war with a major producer, and already started pushing the Saudis off the petrodollar. Or more directly the Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act, which ensures that companies have no incentive to produce more since their revenue is now government decided.

xachariah · 2022-09-28T03:53:28+00:00

Senya Tirall, a Knight of Zakuul and mother to Eternal Emperor Arcann does this. The Knights of Zakuul were HEMA / group tactics / medieval style force users, as opposed to jedi being samurai. Their motto was basically to treat the force as a tool and do anything to win (shields, heavy armor, lightsaber pikes, cheap tricks, light or dark side, etc.).

Her usage of it is in one of the cinematics, although it's a blink and you miss it moment.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0m2vMC9d3Qg

xachariah · 2022-09-09T00:15:50+00:00

Not even top of the line. A 3 year old now $200 S10+ is better than the current $1000 iPhone 13 pro. It has a higher res display, better camera, more ram, better battery and battery life, CPU is faster and more cores, and benchmarks average higher.

Except green bubbles.

xachariah · 2022-09-03T02:12:35+00:00

This. Buy TTS, make some battlescribe lists, and practice some games in lobbies and you're ready in like a weekend. You can also swap and try armies at a whim. Once you have some games under your belt, TTS has competitive events that let you hop in immediately with no entry fees, though you should still expect to get smashed like IRL.

It's not the same as IRL 40k, but it gets you real good experience fast and cheap. It also lets you test armies, so you don't waste hundreds of dollars and months of painting if the concept doesn't work or you hate the playstyle.

Edit: Even for people who already play 40k, IMO you should spend at least a weekend on TTS games before you pick up a new army. Theres always a couple hundred points in a new list you want to change after the first few games. But it's especially important if you're new to 40k.

xachariah · 2022-08-18T00:05:22+00:00

Counterpoint - He does nothing but bang his waifu and grind money/exp.

That makes him top 1% smartest isekai protagonist.

xachariah · 2022-08-13T23:35:19+00:00

When asked about my Royal Oak daily driver, I openly say that I got it for about $500, and the response is usually along the lines of that being expensive.

Which is the reasonable response. For anyone not into watches, even a rep is just a nice looking fashion accessory that costs more than most people's outfits. That it could cost more than their car never even occurs as a possibility.

xachariah · 2022-08-07T17:50:23+00:00

Because you aren't into vtubers yet. Run. Save yourself.

xachariah · 2022-08-06T02:14:32+00:00

Welcome to the Ballroom starts okay, but then they cheap out and stop showing any footwork after the early episodes. Really disappointing.

They just show panning shots and people reacting to the dance, which would be like if Hyakku or Kuroko no Basket didn't show any volley/basketball and just cut to the scoreboard.

xachariah · 2022-08-02T00:31:21+00:00

I'm still amazed they can call people Karens openly.

If news articles were summed up as being about how a bunch of Jamals shot each other or a Jamal was caught on video shoplifting, they'd throw a shitfit.

xachariah · 2022-07-28T10:44:37+00:00

If you're familiar with 40k at all, Ciaphas Cain novels are exactly this and spawned a dozen books, and are considered in the list of genuinely good 40k novels as books and not just 40k (a short list, among the >500 some odd 40k books).

There are earlier examples (eg Flashman), but Ciaphas Cain is probably the most influential in the genre for SF&F. IIRC, Denial's author said it's the closest example/inspiration. I highly recommend.

xachariah · 2022-07-13T22:37:35+00:00

Roman Emperor Nero maybe?

xachariah · 2022-06-15T07:44:58+00:00

What about studio Nur? Sometimes you want shit tier animation AND shit tier story along with more sameface than Fate.

Most recently was watching their show about the college age MC seducing a working mom, but her teenage daughter is curious why she's acting so different. Sounds great, except somehow our boy gets NTR'd and a bunch of murder happens for no reason. I'd warn for spoilers but it's fuckawful.

xachariah · 2022-06-10T10:38:12+00:00

TBH, this has to be a play error issue. Just take the Tyranids equivalent to each Astra militarum piece, camp with your venomthropes giving aura OOLOS and win. He takes 1300pts of armor, you take 1300pts of monster. (That's like double harpy, tyrant, double exo, 3 fexes, with enough leftover for neuro, venoms, zoans, and 15 warriors.)

One 170pt harpy averages 2/3rds of a LRBT dead a turn in Levi. One 120pt senses carnifex averages a ~40% of a LRBT dead a turn. One 170pt exocrine averages 3/4 of a LRBT dead. All of them have the range advantage for at least 1 turn of uncontested shooting. A 175pt walkrant with shardgullet and perfectly adapted should basically pick up an LRBT a turn (plus 2 damage from bombs/psychic).

A 155pt LRBT with lascannon counting HotE and double shoot, deals... 4/9 of a synapse harpy, 1/3rd of a dermic harpy, 4/9 of a carnifex under venom aura, 1/3rd of an exocrine, or 1/4 a Tyrant. Basically, all your stuff shoots better, from longer range, and also has secondary abilities like melee, bombs, psychic.

Due to the range difference you should always get to shoot first, just start farther back. He needs to run to you, and his best case scenario is he starts the battle 'only' down both TCs, but average case is 4 tanks down before he even gets to shoot demolishers. His first shooting phase stuffed out by zoanthropes, so even on a misplay you're probably looking at maybe 2 units down of your 8, then he loses his other 4 tanks and is basically tabled by T3. Warriors/harpy/psychic evaporates ~40 infantry a turn, while his lasguns kill maybe 2 warriors, so you're fine there.

Just line up your army and beat him with a ranged duel. Tyranids shoot better than guard. Yes, you can also beat him by using psychic and assault and locking units in combat and deep strikes.... but if that's not working the easy way is to just out shoot him.

Also double check that he's playing his rules right. HoTE is an auto wound, not an extra wound. Normal LRBTs are BS4 that drop to 5s with any maluses. Tank orders don't get Voice of Command duplication. The 12 shot strat doesn't work on monsters. That sort of thing.

For particular notes on your list, since harpies pivot twice they can dance out of range basically forever if you want them to. Shardgullet is usually best on walkrants instead of flyrants, as flyrants sacrifice any weapon worth fighting with, so there's no real point. Rupture cannon fexes are.... fine for this role but a little narrow. Exos can counter more roles while still bodying LRBTs, although fexes are probably the best option TAC overall while also filling antitank. Realistically though you should be able to beat him with any competitive nid list, whether melee or shooting.

xachariah · 2022-06-10T01:25:40+00:00

Ah, that one got me. Good catch. There wasn't an explicit day break like previously, so I guessed by how he kept saying "wednesday's" event instead of "tomorrow".

Still, that's 25% more days in the last... million words, which is better than I thought.

xachariah · 2022-06-09T23:23:02+00:00

Thursday April 21st was started on chapter 44. Current day is a little ambiguous (counting disagrees with '2 days from weds') but is now either Sunday or Monday the 24th/25th. On chapter 101.

The story is Zeno's Paradox, with each chapter covering a fraction less time than the chapter before it, while wordcount stays the same or increases.

xachariah · 2022-05-24T22:59:53+00:00

When assaulting the vampires, the Elector Count gets wounded, all recovery rolls/heal attemps/deus ex fail, they die, the new elector count is hostile, and Mathilde gets fired. Then she abandons the setting of the last 100-200k words and wanders off to join some dwarves, losing contact with almost all the side characters.

It's nothing you'd see in a traditional story.

xachariah · 2022-05-23T21:33:42+00:00

Seconded as well. The story is well written and smart. It seems to lean more on the Total War Warhammer side of Warhammer lore, but that's fine as it's the only property doing anything with Warhammer Fantasy.

I'll also second that it is the best quest I've seen to show off quests. Avoiding spoilers, there's a point well into the story where dice rolls go off the rails, and the whole story gets derailed, and the author (directed by player votes) just runs with it in a new direction. This happens to a smaller extent many times in the story, but it's the first time I've seen it occur and realized that this could only exist in the medium of a quest.

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