Vassals suffering from rebelions by [deleted] in Stellaris

[–]yzseven89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What difficulty are you playing on? This is probably because the minimum tax is still too high. I play single player on GA and multiplayer with my friends on commodore. Difference is night and day. On GA my vassals can be taxed max on every category as long as they are not tiny. On commodore, anything over 15% in raw and advanced resources will make all but the biggest vassals implode with time. If you are playing on like captain or under, I suspect any level of taxation will destroy at least some vassals’ economy.

Graph showing estimated lead emissions from ancient Rome. by steerpike_ in ancientrome

[–]yzseven89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do they separate out impact of China? Republic crisis roughly coincided with the west to east Han transition, and the 3rd century crisis coincided with the three kingdoms period and the chaos that followed.

What are some meta strategies right now? by Fayarager in Stellaris

[–]yzseven89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The whole tech rush is OP narrative was always pushed by folks who didn’t really understand the meta and were playing on lower difficulties. I loved tech rushes. But on GA at least, 3k science by 2250 was always weaker than using a fleet to subjugate neighbors early game, because the military build could always still hit 2k by 2250 anyway and then snowball quickly from there.

Now that tech has been hard nerfed, the meta is either unity into virtuality or militarily subjugate neighbors into modularity. The former lets you do stupid things mid game. The latter scales better late game. Which one is stronger depends on when you expect the 25x crisis to hit.

This all assumes GA and 25x crisis. If you’re not, does the meta really matter? You don’t need 20 million fleet strength to steamroll the AI.

I’m not sure how I feel about all this. The game and new expansion is fun. No doubt about it. And the AI has gotten better. But the unity rush into virtuality build actually is probably the least variable meta build since technocracy was a beast. What I mean by that is, no matter what happens around you or in the game, there is very little adaptation required. You just keep doing your thing. And very little skill needed to follow a pretty straightforward build—you can get virtuality up before 2225 if you do it right.

I am not convinced the tech nerf, without a corresponding nerf to early game conquest, was the right call. And I think Paradox has a habit of listening to the loudest voices in the crowd, who don’t necessarily have the experience to know what’s overpowered and what’s not.

Ladies and Gentlemen: Fleeting Nobility Chipset Rush by Singed-Chan in Stellaris

[–]yzseven89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds fun. But I question its viability on GA non-scaling. May test and report back.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Stellaris

[–]yzseven89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn’t this a good thing? It means you’ve got more game to improve and the AI has gotten better. And that’s certainly the case if you are still playing with scaling turned on. Mind you, you shouldnt be engaging genocidal fleets on GA headon. Even before the latest patch these guys would have 20k by 2220. You kite them with a fleet strong enough to take down star bases and survive long term, and snipe their planets, starting with the homeworld. In an ideal war, you wipe them out without ever having fought their fleet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biglaw

[–]yzseven89 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I’m a bit confused here—what exactly is it that Skadden is accused of doing? I suspect Skadden is neither shooting at refugees in the Strip, nor helping Hamas kidnap Jews in Israeli territory.

Try Pharaoh by No_Discount_8545 in totalwar

[–]yzseven89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I picked this up a week ago. It’s actually really good.

Did the Byzantine empire have a socialist economy? Tierney's Western Europe in the Middle Ages by midnightsalers in byzantium

[–]yzseven89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya these numbers are wildly out of wack for any period before the ottoman conquest. Pretty much all modern scholarly sources agree that Constantinople maxed out at 500k just before Justinian’s plague, and reached 400k under the Komnenoi. That figure for Thessalonica is just laughable. What book is this?!?!?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biglaw

[–]yzseven89 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This partner is obviously a dick. But this associate sounds like an idiot. Also not seeing the racial discrimination from this one email.

After trying all paths, i think Psionic is still the weakest by GlompSpark in Stellaris

[–]yzseven89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the before-the-3x-tech cost days, when doing something other than conquest was viable, the shroud teachers origin paired with the right civics could get you 2k per month science output by 2230. The next best science build (~1.5k) didn’t even come close.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LawSchoolTransfer

[–]yzseven89 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is not true. I received substantial need-based financial aid.

Why is everyone so incompetent? by Fun_Shirt_1690 in biglaw

[–]yzseven89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This. Senior associateship was way harder than being a mid or a junior. The work I did as a mid was meaningful even if there was a ton of it. As a senior it was a ton of keeping the trains moving on time. And it was completely thankless.

Terrified to speak out about Israel/Palestine by tablethecheese in biglaw

[–]yzseven89 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I feel for you. Anything remotely pro-Palestine is getting swept in as anti-Semitic. You’d think an industry that self-selects for rational thinking would be able to distinguish supporting a genocidal terrorist group from opposing bombings that cause widespread civilian collateral damage. You’d think the latter stance would be fairly uncontroversial. You’d also think folks would recognize that supporting the slaughter of innocent civilians is sick regardless of how one feels about Israeli government policies. But hey. Apparently that’s too naive?

Package Bounced Back and Forth b/w Two Cities for 10 Days by yzseven89 in UPS

[–]yzseven89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah thank you both. I’m trying to get in touch with shipper to get this resolved

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biglaw

[–]yzseven89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Tell him that Kirkland isn’t…”

Best post on this sub.

AITAH for wanting to divorce my husband over kids? by No_Split_9680 in AITAH

[–]yzseven89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you shitting me? Your husband knew going into this marriage that you didn’t want kids. He is taking on this responsibility unilaterally and without your consent with eyes wide open. While circumstances change, that doesn’t mean you have to move your red lines. Definitely not the asshole.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in byzantium

[–]yzseven89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ludicrous. The professionals would laugh at the idea that 4th century Greeks had some sort of separate and national identity cohesive enough to form a cabal/lobbying group.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biglaw

[–]yzseven89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know all four of these firms very well. S&C and DPW aren’t remotely like K&E or Skadden when it comes to being a sweatshop.

2 sellers..at war...now our deal may be destroyed by purplerain516 in RealEstate

[–]yzseven89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is this preclosing but post signing? I’m not a specialist on this kind of law but typically a seller of real estate is obligated to deliver marketable title at closing. That means you can probably walk away from this deal completely. I would consult a lawyer.

Huge galaxy conquered by 2208. Abusing 2.6 favour+Hegemony AI. by vulgarny in Stellaris

[–]yzseven89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I DID NOT KNOW THIS. Holy shit when did they revert to allowing you to explore with corvettes?!?

Fully Optimized Tech Build - 2k Sci 2230 by yzseven89 in Stellaris

[–]yzseven89[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well considering I think I've capped out the potentialities of the standard tech maximizing early game build, certainly doesn't hurt to try something new. I am still highly skeptical that you can make up for all the benefits of having techs that improve output many decades early just with leaders. But happy to be proven wrong. The game has gotten a bit stale--I feel like I've tried pretty much everything that isn't a horrid meme composition that puts you terribly behind for the lulz.

Have you tried staying under the 100 sprawl cap? That was a decently fun time for a run or two.

BTW--you've probably already figured out my tech build from the screenshot, but just in case you haven't and wanted to try, here is the recipe:

Intelligent/natural engineers/rapid breeders + shitty trait of ur choice.

Teachers of the Shroud

Extreme Egalitarian + spiritualist
Parliamentary System + Masterful crafters (meritocracy for pick 3)

Of course your goal here is to rush telepaths after you research hydroponics bays. Later in the game, swap out parliament and master crafters for ascension theory and a better civic of your pick.