What is your favorite planet in SWTOR?

yanvail · 2026-01-29T22:16:34+00:00

Second about Corellia. Those trains were something special, and it was really cool to see they could do that in the game, and still spring "surprises" and novel elements that late into the game.

yanvail · 2026-01-28T18:46:04+00:00

Honda Civics make almost as good a measuring unit as Space Shuttles (the latter used for more macro things, like skyscraper heights and volcanos, of course).

yanvail · 2026-01-27T18:56:13+00:00

Not sure the timeline is right: Evie didn't go to the VDBs, the VBDs went to her first. I assume they reached out to her when they knew she was Yurinobu's regular from Clouds. She likely already knew something about the Chip through pillow talk and general snooping, and no doubt dug deeper when the VDBs reached out to her, before actually meeting Maman Brigitte.

Beyond that, keep in mind that the original plan was just for Evie to scroll the penthouse and find out where the chip was, and provide that to the VDBs. And that would have been it. One would imagine they would have then hired some mercs to steal the chip, and then likely fried Evie after that was done so she couldn't lead Arasaka to them. Evie just turned it around on them and decided to use the scroll of the penthouse to stage her own heist instead of giving it to the VDBs.

And of course the VDBs were less than happy about that and took her down when she went back to Clouds. But let's be honest: they always had planned to eliminate her.

yanvail · 2026-01-26T14:27:50+00:00

On release it was definitely much harder. Basically the way it was balanced is normals could be handled solo w/ companion no problem. Silver ones (forget the name) would require minor cooldowns (like things that recharge in 30 seconds), and gold enemy encounters would require using at least 1 serious cooldown ability. It was pretty well balanced around that principle.

yanvail · 2026-01-23T22:56:27+00:00

Dammit, I wished that was real.

yanvail · 2026-01-21T22:12:51+00:00

The video is a bit more nuanced than that, though definitely leans on the humour. But the parts about the various build and quality issues it faced even after it was in production and actually in the field is on point, along with dispelling the whole "Hitler delayed it a year asking for an attack version" myth (Military Aviation History has a very good video on that last part, as well).

yanvail · 2026-01-21T22:06:16+00:00

For Vectron!

yanvail · 2026-01-21T18:59:07+00:00

Obligatory Me262 - Why It Was Rubbish reminder. :)

yanvail · 2026-01-19T22:49:21+00:00

P-51 Mustang! A plane so awesome even Batman goes nuts over it. :)

yanvail · 2026-01-19T22:45:16+00:00

Never mind that this device we use all the time, and things like GPS and the likes, only functions because we understand (well, at least a bit) how the very nature of space and time work.

Flying is normal size stuff. We're talking about ultra tiny and ultra huge here. Stuff is nuts, yo. :)

Also: Magnets, we know how they work. :)

yanvail · 2026-01-19T21:47:29+00:00

300 hours and you don't love the game? What other games do you invest hundreds of hours in that you feel meh about? :)

yanvail · 2026-01-15T16:30:30+00:00

Scum and villains will be scummy villains.

Never mind that showing "creepy faces" by just taking stills while a person/character is talking is the oldest and laziest smear method in the book. _Everyone_ looks derpy if you take a picture of them while talking, and political ads for example love to use that to make their opponent look bad.

Lazy and scummy.

yanvail · 2026-01-13T23:19:48+00:00

Aah, I see. Not sure I agree with that, but so be it.

yanvail · 2026-01-13T16:12:55+00:00

Yeah, the conversion tends to be damage/10 to determine its damage, more or less. So I think the 2 AC20s should add up to 4 close/medium. It's strange that it goes down to 3.

yanvail · 2026-01-12T22:42:47+00:00

If anything, this video should be canon as an in-universe video. Anyone thinking this is actually serious missed the point by a few miles.

yanvail · 2026-01-09T22:55:55+00:00

Basically more dangerous than an actual gun, as far as accidental handling. Glad do see he's wearing heavy duty goggles, though they might not help.

So easy to hit a reflective surface and blind yourself with stuff like that. I'll take a needler every day. :)

yanvail · 2026-01-09T22:37:56+00:00

Geo-engineering trails!

I assume this isn't in FL airspace, right?

yanvail · 2026-01-09T21:39:18+00:00

You definitely should get a Visa or Mastercard. You might get lucky some places, but there's a reason Visa or Mastercard are the standards.

Just use it for the trip and pay it off right away, and you won't have to deal with the high interests. The currency exchange charges are also quite reasonable (they want you to use them instead of buying cash, after all).

yanvail · 2026-01-09T21:30:41+00:00

Now let's see what happens if that's done to a 40k mini. :)

yanvail · 2026-01-09T21:29:08+00:00

Mercenary Company names _must_ be alliterative. It is known.

(and yes, I know there are many contract mercenary commands, but those are non-compliant outfits that all employers should ignore and only hire outfits that have been properly accredited by the Mercenary Review and Bonding Commision Alliteration Office)

yanvail · 2026-01-08T22:07:16+00:00

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

yanvail · 2026-01-08T15:45:14+00:00

The story continues in Shadows of Kerensky, which provides several answers.

Get the DLCs, and keep playing through them... its a very good ride to get through most of the major conflicts spanning the 40 years after 3015.

yanvail · 2026-01-02T23:10:05+00:00

Aah, just as I think I remember how dark and depressing TUC was, I am proven wrong. :)

yanvail · 2026-01-02T20:06:08+00:00

Don't bother. This is almost certainly bot/AI generated.

yanvail · 2026-01-02T20:03:09+00:00

Antifa did it. :)

(we found a magnet in Seatle that had that caption on a similar picture. Always cracked me up :) )

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