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After everything the happened over the last month and a half I didn't keep up with the garden. Most of it was claimed by weeds/lack of irrigation. But the pumpkins did well and I got 21 well formed and medium to large pumpkins out of them. I cut them all yesterday, loaded them in the truck, and donated them to the Baptist Church in Covington for the kids to carve today. I was talking to the pastor who I've become friends with. He's a nice fella but then I've never met a pastor who was an a----e. He invited me to come to the carving after services today for lunch and what sounds like a good time. I declined. I'm a religious man in my own way. But I've become so introverted and anti-social in my old age that a gathering like that sounds.... ugh no thank you. I've spoken, texted or zoomed with G almost every day. Often more than one per day. I can't wait to see her Saturday Morning. Long distance dating sucks. That is definitely something I want to talk to her about next week. I've got some ideas about what a future with her might look like but I don't know how she feels about it. I'm always worried about "moving too fast" but at the same time, we're not kids. We're both over 50 and have "been around the block" and know how relationships work and how to make them work. So it really comes down to what we each want. I was thinking about what Shady & Hurlshot said. I'm willing to go "all in" and start a life there with her if she is. We're not there yet but if that is what it takes I've decided I'm willing to push all my chips to the center of the table for her. I feel good about this one. But I felt good about Stephanie too. The thing that is both good and terrible about having your heart broken is it makes you wary. Speaking of Stephanie she called me Friday night. I wondered if she would. She actually sent me a friend request on FB but I use it so infrequently I didn't even know. This board and a few others like the home improvement forums on Reddit are about the entirety of my "social media". We chit chatted for about 30 minutes. She asked how things are going with G. Made it a point to tell me she wasn't seeing anyone but didn't go beyond that. I'm really not sure what she wants or if she even wants anything. But I'm very wary about telling her much. I can't get a read on her. My first thought was she wanted to soothe her conscience by building a friendly relationship with me after such a bad parting and three years of passively hostile no contact. That may be all it is. I thought I knew her but she is the one who really taught me no one can really know anyone. I've been doing lots of work around the house lately. Catching up on projects I've postponed. I've deiced to get rid of some of the junk I've accumulated. I even decided to sell some of my firearms. I signed up with gunbrokers.com to use their service. They take care of all the legalities and documentation and keeps the transaction clean and legal. It is a worry that a firearm you owned is used for something terrible down the road. That's one of the reasons I never sell them. But I do need to keep my personal belongings a little leaner and easier to move if I decide to do that.

The possibility to name a chest. When aiming the chest, the name appears on screen (beside the crosshair or above the chest for example). OR The possibility to display an item on the chest's front like item frame in minecraft. To change the item it could be with a slot allowing only 1 item in it on the chest inventory menu (to avoid missclick while opening the chest wich is frustrating in Minecraft x) ) This could work with chest, basket, and any other container to come

Please, please be civil over this. All I ask is you come on here without the intent to bully, or harass me over ideas. I welcome seeing other ideas for the game, but these are just my own personal suggestions I'd like to see after playing the game on Steam for a bit. 1: I'd like to see Praying Mantis as an enemy. They are a beautiful and deadly insect and will wait holding deadly still until they see you move before striking and I think would be a great addition to the arsenal of bugs that will try and eat you. 2: Fur from creatures like squirrels as a craftable ingredient would be nice and could be used to make warmer clothing, especially if you guys add in snow and the like later on. 3: Maybe something like a butterfly wing glider, along with Butterflies..or maybe a butterfly mount? 4: Would be cool to find a discarded shoe in game to turn into a base...no? Maybe just me? 5: I saw someone else put this, but I too would like to be able to customize the hero better, more hair style and color options at least. 6: Ridable Grasshopper?

Took a general pause from things today, and put my focus on something different. The fruits and spices have been soaking in the brandy for the last week or so, so it was time to mix up the rest of the christmas cake and now it's in the oven baking. The only acceptable mention of christmas prior to halloween...

Half of episode 11 talk: Also... now everything makes sense, Steins;Gate was written by the same guy that made Love Live!. Eh...

When it comes to Carpenter, my top 3 are: 1) Big Trouble in Little China 2) They Live 3) In the Mouth of Madness The first 2 feel like obvious choices while ItMoM is a bit of a guilty pleasure. What can I say, I love me some Sam Neil.

0.11.0 Public Test - 3337 to 3342 Changes (Only noticeable across Public Test Builds) Interface Shields now display Defense rating bars. Bug Fixes Block and Toggle Ammo Radial controls no longer conflict with each other. Porch drainpipe no longer has excessively large collision. Most foliage (grass, weeds, etc.) removed on old saves will no longer incorrectly respawn when loading a save (not retroactive for saves made on Public Test build 3337). Science will no longer respawn on save (not retroactive for saves made on Public Test build 3337). Gum plug properly restores its state on save / load. Added icons for the new mutations. Fixed a random multiplayer crash when creatures were looted or despawned. Diagonal mushroom half walls will no longer appear as straight walls. Sizzle build up reduces twice as fast while standing in shade. Audio additions and changes for the new mini-boss. Mini-boss visuals updated. Performance improvements when looking at security camera monitors. Mounting a ladder can no longer clip the player inside solid objects. Ladders can no longer be relocated while a player is climbing on them. Shields now display Defense rating bars. Porch drainpipe no longer has excessively large collision. Meaty Gnats will no longer hold arbitrarily large amounts of Rotten Food. Rotten food items have the correct names. Lab whiteboards have proper art on them instead of nothing or temporary messages. Milk Molars have the Yoked Girth logo imprinted on them. Globs have updated art. Creatures should stop walking in place. Block and Toggle Ammo Radial controls no longer conflict with each other. Trash Heap has been updated a bit. Improved antlion animations. More Milk Molars added to the Pond. Bugs should path more reliably around the Black Ant Hill and around the Sandbox. The Oven recipes list is correctly laid out when all Oven recipes are unlocked. Oven recipes show what tier they belong to. New Cookbook with two new meals added to the Sandbox Chip. Updated music for the Haze and Sandbox. Black Ants no longer raid the Red Ant hills at night. Added and updated VFX for the bombable rocks, the falling shovel, and the chewed gum. Mint Shards are considered "Uncommon" instead of "Common".

Any chance to see an update bringing different sort of storage and container ? I would love to see a storage dedicated to stones for example, like a big basket actually filled with some pebbles (and the more the storage is filled, the more there is pebbles on the model, letting me know where I'm in my stock of stone) A sort of clay and leaf tank to store sap ? A big bag crafted from ropes of dry leaf to store fuzz ? Etc etc

After 1600+ hours this is the first time I've done a combination of: - turning on Hylea's challenge (requiring you to escort and protect Vela) - having Rekke in my party as a primary companion Eventually Rekke learns common, as anyone who's used Rekke might know. What you might not know is that at one point Vela and Rekke interact and it becomes clear that Rekke is teaching Vela Seki. (in German because of my mod/I'm learning, but roughly translated: Vela: Hello Rekke: Have you returned for more Seki lessons? Vela: Do we really have to? Rekke: [something something in Seki] Vela Vela: [something something in Seki]) Just never fails to impress me how Obsidian adds these little bits of reactivity (with voice actors, no less) in extremely obscure situations that ~1% of the player base may ever encounter. (e.g. how many people have ever turned on hylea's challenge? and then played long enough with rekke for rekke to learn common?)

New Explorable Environments Note for the test: The new areas are still in active development. We encourage players to build in these areas for feedback and testing purposes, but please keep in mind that the terrain and objects in these areas might shift or move before the official 0.11 release. Please do not expect any new bases to work completely when moving over to a non-test build. Thank you! The Crab Sandbox Dig up buried treasure and find ways to survive the sweltering heat of the Sandbox, or wait until night and venture forth in the dark. Either way, you'll have to discover new ways to survive while avoiding your new antlion friends! The Black Ant Hill Introducing a new sprawling anthill in the western yard full of black ants and other secrets. This dungeon allows players to uncover new craftable weapons and armor, and includes a new mini-boss within its depths. The Trash Heap Too precious to throw away, but not precious enough for the Trash Heap! Here, players will be able to uncover some of the trash left in the backyard. From food items in the knocked-over trash can to the AARTZ 3000, it'll be interesting to see what the players designate as treasure of their own. The Picnic Table Something's abuzz over at the Picnic Table! Joining the beehive, players will now find trash from yesterday's lunch, along with the latest and greatest in tabletop RPGs, Minotaurs and Myrmidons vol. II! Although the players will be too tiny to play, they can have fun exploring some of the components. Haze Revamp Although this biome has been in the backyard since the beginning, players will experience a new Haze with this update. Avoid exploding fungi and survive the highly dangerous new friends that roam this battlefield to plunder the lab and its secrets. New Bugs 3 New Infected Bugs Infected Ladybugs, Infected Larvae, and Infected Gnats can now be found in The Haze! They have unique attacks that fit the infected-creature them Creatures here will drop fungal growths as loot in addition to the normal loot 5 New Additional Bugs Black Worker Ants Just as busy and cute as their red ant cousins on the other side of the yard Black Soldier Ants Not as cute as the Black Worker Ants, but just as busy trying to keep you out Sickly Roly Polys Maybe all that time near the trash cans isn't such a good thing for these little guys Antlions There is only one thing in the yard that they hate more than ants, and that's YOU Meaty Gnats What's better than gnats? MEATY GNATS! The meatier the gnat, the bigger the BOOP! 1 New Mini-boss [All information regarding this asset has been WITHDRAWN from the patch documentation per Ominent Management] New Crafting Content Antlion Equipment: Antlion Armor Set Status Effect: Protects the wearer from the sandbox sizzle effect Set Bonus: Faster reload speed in combat with bows and crossbows Antlion Greatsword Sickly Roly Poly Equipment Crusty Roly Poly Armor Set Status Effect: Blocking attacks builds stun gauge on enemies (normally only builds on perfect blocks) Set Bonus: Chance on block to repair currently equipped shield Black Ant Equipment Black Ant Armor Set Status Effect: All attacks build extra stun gauge Set Bonus: Reflect a portion of damage dealt back to the attacker Black Ant Sword Black Ant Shield Black Ant Shovel New Smoothie Base: Gum Nugget Creates "Sticky" Smoothies "Sticky Smoothie?" provides a regeneration buff on top of the default initial heal Sticky recipe smoothies provide status effects that last double the duration of normal smoothies New Features Milk Molars The popular "Yoked Girth Milk Molar" vitamins for growing teens are strewn across the yard for you to find. Harvesting their dense vitamin-infused pulp centers gives players the ability to upgrade personal or party-wide stats at BURG.L. Milk Molar Upgrades (Personal): Every Milk Molar found gives each player 1 Milk Morsel point to spend. Increase personal stats like: Max Health Max Stamina Max Hunger Max Thirst Max Equipped Mutation Slots New players that join the game after Milk Morsels are found will instantly have those points available to spend however they want on their teen. Mega Milk Molar Upgrades (Party Wide): Mega Milk Morsels are a shared party resource to use. Increase max item stack sizes like: Food Resources Ammo Any Mega Milk Morsel upgrade is applied to the whole party, even new friends that join after! Smithing Station Players can now upgrade their tools at the new Smithing Station! Tools and weapons can be upgraded using various upgrade globs Quartzite Shards can be used to upgrade weapons up to +5, increasing damage each time Additional upgrade globs can be unlocked via BURG.L chips and baked at the Oven: Quartzite Globs → +6 and higher Mint Globs → "Fresh" augmented weapons Spicy Globs → "Spicy" augmented weapons Salty Globs → "Salty" augmented weapons Mutations 4 New mutations to discover: Blademaster Spicy Safety Parry Master Truffle Tussle Additional Features New Photo Mode Pose: "Pet" Pets now have a small, accessible inventory You can now "Drop" bombs instead of always having to throw them Changes / Tuning Systems Gas masks no longer take durability damage in the haze. They still take durability damage from stinkbug gas. Maximum durability has been reduced to compensate. Your active pet will now be marked with a HUD marker. When players log out of a server, they take their active pet with them. A text notification is posted when an unhappy pet leaves you. Default stamina regen delay reduced to what it was before Shroom and Doom. Default maximum equipped mutations reduced to 2. Max total after upgrading is now 5 slots via spending Milk Morsels. Creature Damage Resists All creatures in the backyard now have inherent strengths and weaknesses to specific damage types. For example: Ladybug 75% damage taken from Stabbing (arrows and spears) and Chopping (axes and daggers) 100% damage taken from Generic (clubs and misc) 125% damage taken from Smashing (hammers) The current damage types in the game that this system taps into are: Stabbing Chopping Smashing Generic Explosive Fresh Spicy Salty Armor Rework All armors now classified as "Light" "Medium" or "Heavy": "Light Armor" Reduces the stamina regen delay when equipped "Medium Armor" No change to the stamina regen delay when equipped "Heavy Armor" Lengthens the stamina regen delay when equipped All non-set armors received nonuniform Damage Resist buffs For example, Firefly Headlamp is now considered "Heavy Armor", and has the appropriate DR All armors now display if they're "Light", "Medium", or "Heavy" All "Light" and "Medium" armor pieces received a 20% damage resist buff All "Heavy" armor pieces received a 10% damage resist nerf All armors have had their status effects and set bonus looked at, and some have been changed or adjusted: Armor Set Status Effect Set Bonus Grub Unchanged: Max Stamina Increase OLD: Thirst Rate Decreased NEW: Attack Stamina Reduction Bee OLD: Running stamina use down NEW: Arrows build stun gauge on creatures OLD: Arrows build stun gauge on creatures NEW: Arrows have a chance to Cripple (slow) enemies Spider OLD: Movement speed increase NEW: Attack stamina reduction Unchanged: Stamina regen rate increase Ladybug Unchanged: Max Stun/Shield gauge increase OLD: Passive HP regen NEW: Chance to apply temporary regen buff when blocking (normal or perfect) an attack Raw Science Economy Changes Raw Science economy changes: Costs of all purchases have been adjusted: important items now cost much less, while vanity/esoteric items cost much more. Upgraded recipes (+ variants) now all cost 1,500 New recipes and recipe packs now all cost 2,500 Mutations now cost 3,000 Sign packs now cost 4,000 SCA.B radar upgrades now cost 5,000 Removed Alchemist BURG.L quest type Increased science reward from analyzing a resource by 50% Food Rework Food and Hunger have been reworked: All food items are now classified as a Snack or a Meal Snacks Exist exclusively to reduce hunger Common snacks provide very low hunger Rarer snacks provide up to 25% of the hunger bar Can stack in the inventory Default is 5 per slot Never spoil Do not activate passive health regen even when filling your hunger all the way Meals Can provide a "Well Fed" buff on top of hunger Prevents hunger from depleting for 8-20 minutes (real-time) Cannot stack in the inventory Can spoil Activates passive health regen Benefits scale with the tier of the meal Tier Meal Duration Passive Regen Number of Meal Effects 0 8 Minutes Half 0 1 12 Minutes Normal 1 2 16 Minutes x1.5 1 3 20 Minutes Double 2 Meals are obtained via "Cookbook" unlocks on BURG.L chips. Garden Updates Small Mushrooms and Sprigs now have a green thumb chance. New Fertilizer introduced: Rotten Food Increases the green thumb chance of the current plant. Brain Power When you analyze new materials found in the world, you will gain more Brain Power, another avenue to unlock crafting recipes. Materials can be Common, Uncommon, and Rare. Rarer materials award more Brain Power. Picking up materials will no longer award recipes. You will need to analyze the material to unlock the recipes. Some materials awarded too many recipes and were rebalanced. Controls Horizontal and vertical controller and mouse sensitivities can now be set independently. The controller movement stick can now be inverted on either axis in the Controller options. Increased the maximum possible value of both controller and mouse sensitivities. The game will now pause if your controller is disconnected. Some controls that previously displayed long names such as "Left Bracket" will now display short names such as '['. Mutations Fresh Defense has been changed Now a 3 level mutation Gained by eating mint instead of picking it up Level 1 Unlocked by eating 1 mint total 25% gas and burning damage resistance 25% Sizzle rate reduction Level 2 Unlocked by eating 5 mints total 50% gas and burning damage resistance 50% Sizzle rate reduction Level 3 Unlocked by eating 10 mints total 50% gas and burning damage resistance 75% Sizzle rate reduction Grass Master has been updated Now refunds stamina used to attack when harvesting grass in addition to the bonus damage Amount of stamina refunded increases per level of the mutation Meat Shield and Buff Lungs mutations buffed by 50% Class-Based Mutation Rework All "class" mutations have been changed: No longer provide a passive increase to damage Each weapon type has a different on-hit proc effect Chopper provides axes with a chance to Stagger Interrupts the current action of the target Smasher provides hammers with a chance to Daze Slows the attack speed of the target Barbarian provides club users a chance to enter "Rage" when attacking Attack damage bonus while raged Unable to perfect block while raged Assassin provides daggers with a chance to apply a bleed DoT Damage over time that stacks with other sources (poison, gas, etc) Sharpshooter provides bows with a chance to Root Disabled movement for a short time Javelineer provides spears with a chance to Cripple Movement speed slow Blademaster provides swords with a chance to sharpen their blade when attacking Restores durability to the weapon The chance for the proc effects increases as the mutation is leveled up Camera The game window reveals more space horizontally with wider screen aspect ratios. This provides better support for ultra widescreen monitors. Audio Ambient background audio now has its own volume slider. Combat Poison damage is no longer reduced by Damage Reduction (for both players and creatures). Bow and Crossbow damage with all ammunition types increased by about 25%. Creatures will flee much further when fleeing at low health or when evading a player that they cannot reach. The player's glide will now be canceled if they flinch. Mint Mace's power level brought up to tier 3 club power. Interface The Smoothie Station and Oven UIs now show the names of each ingredient required and how many of each the player currently has. Added Graphics option for toggling the Chromatic Aberration effect. Added a text box to the Crafting menu for filtering crafting recipes, when using a keyboard. A mask overlay is displayed on the screen in first-person mode when equipped with the Gas Mask. A UI element showing your Gas Mask durability is displayed on the screen when inside of The Haze with a Gas Mask equipped. Recipes you craft at the Oven now show up in the normal Crafting UI as well (with the Oven requirement displayed). Knocked-out players will display a highlight outline around them if you have the "Highlight Objects" accessibility option set to anything higher than "None". When Read To Me is enabled, interaction prompts will be narrated. The game will now prompt the player to configure accessibility settings on the first launch. The game can now be paused during cutscenes. Item context menus are now available in the Container interface. Player backpacks will no longer automatically transfer items when opened unless all the items can be taken. Building Placement Improved snapping of walls to existing grid buildings during placement. Wall-mounted buildings are less restricted by the target surface angle. Other minor building snapping behavior tweaks. Buildings cannot be relocated into creatures. Zipline Wall Anchors no longer support other wall-mounted buildings. Improved ground alignment of several Storage & Utility buildings. Crafting Repair costs for bows and crossbows are now consistent within a tier. Lure recipes are no longer learned from flower petals. They now require a BURG.L chip purchase. 2 new Sign sets are available to purchase from BURG.L once their chips are discovered. Mint Mace is no longer crafted with raw mint. Now requires processed "Mint Globs". Now also requires mint shards to repair Club of the Mother Demon now requires "Quartzite Globs" to repair. Paint Can BURG.L chip has been removed Recipes have been spread out to other relevant chips Optimization Improved CPU and network performance in multiplayer games with large bases. Improved CPU performance of creatures walking when playing a multiplayer game Multiplayer Latency/Ping has been improved by 20-40%. Additional general CPU performance improvements. Saved game screenshots are smaller in disk size. World/Resources Mint in the anthill is now guaranteed to show up every ~6 days. Mint Chunks renamed to Mint Shards Spoiled Meat now stacks (considered a "food" for stack sizes) Creatures Infected Mite tuning pass HP increased Damage lowered Now prioritizes using a ranged attack Ranged attack applies an explosive damage resistance debuff Infected Weevils no longer apply an armor durability DoT with their explosion attack Infected Weevils can now be attacked/killed to interrupt their explosion attack Bug Fixes Major Fixes Creatures will spawn less frequently in locations they shouldn't (inside of rocks, under the terrain, inside of labs, etc.) Wolf Spiders will no longer be walking around during the day when starting a new game. The Options menu will no longer scroll wildly after rebinding a control with mouse and keyboard. Hot Pouch settings properly restore for clients when rejoining a game. BURG.L Chips on the map display for clients as well. All Sign Sets for Sign Frames are unlocked by default on Creative modes. Ants no longer steal your storage items through walls. Fixed a rare crash relating to physics collisions. Players and bugs should no longer launch into space when randomly stepping on dropped/chopped items. The controlled deadzone options actually work now. Game The Accessibility and Log Out buttons on the main menu can now be narrated when hovered Fixed some cases where hotkeys would stop working in UI windows Selected hotbar and equipment slots will remain selected after tabbing away from and back to the inventory tab Gamepad controls can now be rebound more than once without closing and re-opening the options menu Inspected recipes are properly remembered for clients when rejoining a game (the "!" icon next to recipes) BURG.L Chip locations on the map cannot be hovered over while they are still hidden (prior to helping BURG.L) Unicode newline characters can no longer be pasted into single-line text input boxes World Player backpacks and items in water will no longer sink after loading a saved game The player will not be stuck in place when bumping into objects while gliding BURG.L Explore quest Trail Markers will now be removed when abandoning the quest Buildings cannot be placed in Field Stations Building rotation no longer operates in the opposite direction when a building is snapped as when it is unsnapped Peaked and Straight roofs can no longer be placed floating in the air in certain configurations Grass and Log curved doors will no longer behave strangely while placing them on slopes Frankenline dials can now be used even after a player has died on them The camera will not switch to first-person after pausing on a Frankenline dial Buildings being placed can no longer be relocated by other players Items/Equipment/Resources Pebblets now sink in water Dropped Acorn Shells no longer clip with walls when Demolishing wall-mount heads and signs Basketball hoops can no longer be stacked on each other Basketball hoops can now be repaired Wall-mounted buildings can no longer be placed on fired arrows The hover highlight effect will no longer get stuck active on ladders Items stuck in droplets no longer become frozen in place Droplets with multiple servings now correctly save and restore their size Dew on grass blades now plays the correct effects and audio when hit Dew on grass blades will now fall when directly impacted Dew on grass blades can now be directly consumed Players fall off of ladders when incapacitated. Players cannot revive other players from ladders Players do not lose stamina when holding the sprint control while zipping Bombs will destroy grass and weeds more consistently Creatures Solider Ants no longer count for "Hunter - Worker Ant" quests Burrowed larva now count for "Hunter - Larva" quests Distant flying creatures will no longer fly into the terrain of the upper yard TAYZ.Ts in the Haze lab no longer respawn Pets Naming a pet using the letter 'Q' will not withdraw the pet UI Key prompts will now correctly change when control is rebound Some numbers, such as the player's science available and the total items available in recipe displays, will be displayed as "1.5K" when they are too long The Crafting category buttons in the crafting menu again properly display the "!" icon if you have a recipe in that category that has not been inspected Bug Fixes - Windows 10 Store Platform: Importing newer saves made on Steam should work again. 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the numerian blade is curious. provides a chance to select an enhancement bonus you likely has already achieved via a belt or helm or whatever. on the other hand, a few o' the saving throw bonuses provided by the sword become increasing useful as you get deeper in the game and there is fewer ways to stack additional bonuses to saves needed to overcome jaw-dropping dcs. the meta knowledge aspect of weapons is one o' the things which annoy us 'bout pathfinder crpgs. as an example, we were gonna make a crossbow wielding archer who takes levels in sohei to get the extra attacks and then use the curious implementation o' mythic finesse to allow dex modifiers to be applied to weapons such as crossbows. crossbows have a greater crit threat range than long or shortbows, so w/o the strength aspect holding one back, crossbows are a reasonable alternative for an archer. original the plan were to go with heavy crossbows, 'cause, duh-- heavy crossbows do more damage. the thing is, there is better light crosbows in the game, and possible the best heavy crossbows don't actual function as designed. so, on a future wotr run, if we create our crossbow archer, it will be to take advantage o' light crossbows. there is objective good weapon choices in wotr, and as pathfinder rules makes advantageous to specialize in a single weapon, choosing the right weapon will impact the efficacy o' your character. meta silliness. as an aside not directed at shady, while am one o' the persons most frequent identifying annoying wotr bugs in this thread, am gonna recognize the number of quest breaking bugs is current lower than we expected, and is relative few genuine game breakers at this point. relative few. if you had the game breakers which were more common at release in september, am sympathizing, but is better than we expected given the trends from the beta. am gonna suggest for many players the game is playable in its current state, but it will remain individual frustrating as respec is still wonky and it is extreme ez to choose a feat, spell, power or whatever and then find out some hours removed that your level-up choice does not provide the results advertised. am also not sure how much benefit one gets from waiting past the next couple months for increased stability as owlcat is gonna shift effort to dlc which will create new bugs. kingmaker trajectory for stability does not provide confidence a year-long wait is gonna fix anywhere near all major bugs, and what an individual considers an essential bug will depend on their build choices or party configuration. HA! Good Fun!

First single from The Wheel of Time soundtrack released:

That was episode 12 and no they aren't but that's because something spoiler heavy. I won't spoil you on your predictions, but the twist isn't any of them.

Didn't they already, erasing the anime stuff?

Yeah, he also walks in on Mayuri and Kurisu taking a shower (albeit out of concern for their safety, but seriously, try asking before walking in what's clearly audible as a running shower?), and while he gets yelled at and Mayuri tells him that she's disappointed and embarrassed seemingly nothing comes of it. That entire scene, they send him shopping so they can shower without being afraid of being spied on, hey girls, how about you re-think your relationship with Okarin? The hell... never mind Daru having a key and being able to show up willy nilly anyway, and he's the self-styled Lord of Perverts... So, I'm done with 11 and have to admit that I don't really have any idea what the big reveal or twist that's coming up in 12. Which means it was either really well hidden or never properly set up. With the way the show is going I'm not going to give it the benefit of the doubt and it's probably the latter. However, there are some random things that could or could not be: Nothing of that is worthy of an "I did not expect that." though. So, time for a shower and the mythical twelth episode. I, uhm, also get the feeling that this would work much better as the visual novel it started out as. I wonder if that game also has branches where Ruka gets assaulted by Okarin. What the hell, Tiger's-Eye? You suck.

Personally, I don't think China will invade Taiwan. Not because of any military deterrent though. The ultimate problem that Taiwan has is that while the Chinese have air superiority they'll be able to degrade AA and anti ship capabilities pretty cheaply using Artsakh like tactics. Sure, you can fire off missiles, but you'll lose the launcher and won't be able to replace them. You may also have to shoot at very low value targets- the Armenians shot down literally dozens of ancient biplanes; in the end they had the choice of not using their AA, in which case it might as well not exist, or using it and having it blown up. Chinese leadership is risk averse, and the risks of invading Taiwan is one thing that could get Xi outright removed in the medium term and tarnish his legacy permanently. The legitimacy of the CCP is almost completely based on sustained economic improvement, and the results of a Taiwan invasion would see the Chinese economy implode. It wouldn't be great for near everyone else either, but a lot of societal domestic issues are ratcheted down by ~10% growth (even if nominal) within China and a whole generation+ has known nothing but such growth*. The counter balance to that is Xi wanting to leave a permanent legacy, and the big short term nationalist boost that a successful 'reunification' would garner. But in that Erdogan makes a good comparison- nationalist boosts to popularity wear out pretty quickly, and you need more and more of them more and more quickly to get the same effect. They aren't an answer to potential longer term economic woes. *It also has to be said, we've heard that China has peaked about as long as that too. That will be true at some point, inevitably, but it's been the geopol equivalent of working nuclear fusion for the past twenty years; always coming, never arriving. To be fair, plenty of people talk up US government debt as a similar ticking time bomb, and it hasn't gone off yet either.

Avocado toast with an over easy egg, minced black garlic, diced tomato, shaved parmesan cheese, and a very light drizzle of a balsamic reduction. Judging by how fast my wife wolfed it down I'm going to guess it was edible. PS my son kept stealing my black garlic. He has a problem.

Packers' All-Pro LT, Pro Bowl LG, starting C, WR2, Pro Bowl OLB1, ILB2, All-Pro CB1, and CB2 all with injuries that have taken them out for games, and will be missing all but the CB2 @Bengals in an hour. This team is danged lucky to be 3-1 right now, and I think if we somehow win this one, I'll be a true believer...but I'm expecting a loss, because that is just too much to overcome. (e): Post-game:

I guess I won't have to report you for bad taste after all.

Not sure if it's really a problem if some players do abuses with the textual idea. It's their gameplay afterall. And for the item frame, I don't get your point. I'm just suggesting to let players put a display on the chest to open the right one in one glance. For example, in minecraft I put an item frame with cobblestone block displayed on a chest, then I know that it's in this chest I've put every ressources relative to stone. Since I do the same thing in Grounded (putting pebble, quartzite, clay, etc in one chest ; all insects loots in another one ; etc ) it results in a bunch of chests in my base and I would love to know whats inside each of them without opening 3 or 4 just to store the 2 ant asses I looted seconds ago.

My thoughts exactly. I come to this thread every now and then and this is the thought I leave it with.

You know to be fair they would have to put in a filter to prevent textual abuse as you know how crude some people get. Also for the item frames wouldn't be necessary if they just gave us better icons. Like ants, stinkbug, ladybug, and the such. I mean not every item needs a icon as many are not needed for structure or otherwise need to be in inventory. So a lady bug deco chest would be enough for storage. However just a singular rock would not be as you got what quartzite, pebble, sap, and clay being in game rocks (sap harvested by hammer bonus) as honestly those items are some of the most heavily used item and color differences often don't stay in the players head as separation methods

Yes. You could put in different species too but I still haven't figured out the region the game is based on so I don't know if they could do the orchid mimics of mantids or crab spiders

Different morphs...like different breeds of Mantis you mean?

If they do a mantis I hope they do different morphs. Find a flower palet one around the crocus and roses. Big greens stalking the flood zone by the Cassette. Brownish sticks hanging still in the hedge.

That bow is awesome and I gave it to Lann every game I've played so far I've never paid any attention to greatswords but the Numerian one seemed okay in chapter 3. I always keep everyone with their starting weapon category and since nobody is greatswords I pay them no attention. I should probably mix things up more. Replaying my Demon game from chapter 3 because I want that damn ending.

@Elric Galad Thanks, much appreciation for the thorough feedback! I found myself nodding to virtually everything you wrote, so I'll follow these specifications Fair, I'll prioritize other things. One good thing is that the fight will still be available from the get-go in the Pool of Memories, so that's something.

@BartimaeusHow in the world have you not seen Big Trouble in Little China? That movie is awesome and it has my favorite Kurt Russell performance ever. Kurt Russell has given a lot of great performances so that's a big statement. Jack Burton is the greatest, largely because he's so ineffective.

Both, actually. October is usually sort of an "identify classic movies to watch, especially if they're horror or thriller" month each year, and had already been looking at John Carpenter movies before RLM started doing that video series - so when they did start their reviews of Carpenter movies, that was great news because it'd give a way better look at them and make it easy to select ones to watch, and yes, Assault on Precinct 13 immediately looked like one that I'd probably like well enough but definitely not love, so let's go watch it...and yep, that was exactly the case. In a month where I'm roped into watching a lot of classic movies, both ones I've wanted to see as well ones I have never even been vaguely interested in seeing, Assault on Precinct 13 seemed like an easy and agreeable choice. Might watch a few more Carpenter movies throughout the month. Yeah, it really was basically a zombie movie but just without literal zombies. This was Carpenter's second film after Dark Star, and I think it was lacking some of the more clever and snappier characters, dialogue, and action like you'd see in something like his The Thing, but it was still solid overall, especially given the budget.

Got curious from the Re:View or just random crazy happenstance?

Can't see Lanfear being all that important in the appearance sense in the TV series- unless they end up doing Age of Legends flashbacks or similar*. Elaida seems a reasonable guess, given the casting of Elayne. *spoiler it, for safety sake

I feel like I've gotten as far as I can without consulting you guys for the next step in regards to design. Starting Point I honetly LOVE that it was possible to spawn (and trap ) the player in the area from the get-go. Unless you guys disagree I'd like to keep it like this. However, there's still the question of exactly which point in the quest it's best to start the campaign... As if the player just entered the Temple of Toamowhai for the first time. (Forcing the Tyrant of Decay fight.) As if the player just completed the Tyrant of Decay fight, starting the conversation with the apologizing guard. (2), but skipping the conversation with the apologizing guard. The first thing you would do is talk with Humaire. Spawn the player as though they've defeated the Tyrant of Decay and had the introduction dialogue with Humaire. I think 1 would feel the best from a story perspective... the remaining dialogue in 2-3 would miss some context, or feel weird as an introduction dialogue (with 2 being by far the most akward I believe). However, in 1 you'd have to face a hard fight before having a chance to recruit adventurers (or recruiting them through not-very-seamless scripting). 4. Brings you imediately to being able to start the encounters, but might feel akward regarding dialogue/quests? Starting Level & Experience gain I agree with @Elric Galad here: Another argument in favor of this is that SSS quests are Lv16 to begin with Though I can see a case for starting level of 19-20. Equipment / Money What gear goes to merchants, what is given to the player by default, what goes as rewards? Also, how much starting money - enough to get the build going but not maxed out? A couple 100k? Soulbounds Some conditionals for non-SSS Soulbounds cannot be fulfilled, such as sailing into a thunderstorm with Lord Darryn's Voulge. We could either... Skip the impossible conditionals. Set all non-SSS Soulbounds to max level when they're collected. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I think there are two ways we can go with this mod in general. Either we treat this as a real campaign, in the sense that you gradually gain levels and better equipment... or we let the player start with max level, gear, etc and just let them go wild. Two suggestions based on this: Start at Lv16, starting gear is one of each Armor & Weapon type of Superior quality (all uniques are sold by merchants/encounter rewards), Soulbounds will auto-unlock only impossible upgrades. Start at Lv20, with all (non-SSS) unique items, (non-SSS) Soulbounds will auto-unlock all stages. What are your feelings on this, everyone? @Elric Galad@house2fly@Kvellen@Hoo Btw, should I make a thread for taking feedback in the general/strategy forums as well? I have a hunch people over there might be interested as well.

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Completely agree.

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