Gromnir

am a fan o' previous harebrained games. we would not watch a paradox presentation, but if there is harebrained specific info presented, am gonna search after the fact. HA! Good Fun!

you did respec/change your main character almost immediate based on feedback from this board, yes? call it exploits or not, you were knowing what did and didn't work in ways folks complete new to the game might be unaware. at the very least am recalling from your playful darkness fight image you got sosiel an animal companion and the animal domain is hardly obvious for a cleric o' shelyn. is nothing wrong with taking advice from boardies, but board advice mighta' looked a fair bit different in 2021 in spite o' fact is more than a few persons hereabouts who had played the beta for considerable hours. is 2023 people offering advice, some suggesting combats ain't so difficult, and they were the folks complaining in 2021 'bout how busted were boss battles. *shrug* quibble over what constitutes exploits maybe misses the point. and you did play the act 3 treasure isle dlc, which already provided more than necessary money for a completionist. the game isn't necessarily designed for people who complete every quest. needs to be enough money and things to buy for a critical path player, which necessarily breaks the game for the point o' money for a player who completes everything. again, as a point o' reference, mid act iv is where money became a non-factor for us our firstest time. for a game in which numerous people is complaining that is already too ez from mid-too late, how much sense would it make to provide purchasable stuff which functional would make the game easier? wotr needs more money sinks which don't impact combat efficacy, but doing so would still result in complaints based on our experience with many crpgs. wotr has considerable non-critical path content, a fact resulting in the completionist acquiring more money than a critical path player. is not a new problem and has no great solution. aside, using pathfinder makes the money problem worse as there needs be useful 1007 for every build. a living gm ain't gonna put sooper kamas or dwarven urgosh in a game in which no player has proficiency in such weapons. with all the possible builds and l00t required to make such builds viable, there obvious is gonna be a whole lotta gear which gets sold. but again, none o' this should be new or surprising. our first playthrough we hit level twenty in iz, after having done the ineluctable prison and a whole lotta act v content. sure, we spent more time at level twenty than any other level, but reaching level twenty as some kinda issue were nowhere near as extreme in 2021 as our more recent runs. have not done a real analysis, but am thinking azata current hits level twenty potential fastest 'cause the possible mythic adversary confronted so early almost guarantees a level-up, but all the mythics is a bit different. regardless, we assumed we did everything our first run and is not as if we hit level twenty early in act v. reminder: unlike those who inhabit crpg boards regular, many/most players are not hardcore completion junkies. am having no idea what level would be a player reaching who did only the wotr critical path. add in a few o' the companion quests and what level does such result? how much more difficult is the game if you need finish at level eighteen or maybe only hit level nineteen at threshold? less good gear. less levels. etc. HA! Good Fun!

is good to recognize how when the game were first released, we had more than a few people on this board bemoaning the difficulty o' demon lord battles. just look at deskari's stats! am also gonna concede if you have no idea what is coming with baphomet, then the battle is a bit o' a shock and may require a couple reloads. etc. the owlcat boards, which is useless nowadays, were ugly with people complaining 'bout game difficulty, while other folks tried to convince the critics that wotr were so ez. groundhog day. particular with the dlcs, you now have access to better gear and likely an additional level compared to a september 2021 player facing baphomet or melazmera. is also a far better understanding o' builds and exploits which will trivialize later battles but not earlier ones simple 'cause there is so few exploits available to lower level players. the thing is, the exploits were not so well understood by most players back in 2021. just saying, is easy to forget late 2021 wotr and early 2023 is much different from a player pov. HA! Good Fun!

given our particular frame o' mind, am thinking if we were hurl's wife we would throw the match while not making it look obvious. when we were a crumbsnatcher, we did quite a bit o' work on the ranch 'cause there were always work which needed be done. muck out stables were one o' our least favorite chores, but the mental list o' least favorites were voluminous. the typical kid our age were expected to do chores: cut the grass, shovel snow, clean dishes, kitchen, bathrooms, etc. heck, once we moved to chicago we had a paper route and chores, though no horse stalls so we saw as a major improvement in our quality o' life. nowadays? in 2023 we wouldn't be shocked if neighbors called child protective services on parents o' kids who were doing as Gromnir; child labour and all that. parents gotta be sly and clever in 2023 'cause am understanding cultural norms has changed a bit regarding chores. is probable a good thing for kids to enjoy their youth, so am kinda ambivalent. even so, prepare a couple meals every week don't strike us as particular onerous. have kids be enthusiastic to do what is functional chores? if mrs. hurlshot could take an L to maybe convince hurl's daughter to choose to do cooking, then am calling that a win. same competition and we would purposeful lose to the young person... without making look purposeful. aside for @Hurlshot: pineapple juice. eye of round looks a bit like chuck but is near the arse end o' the beast, so is a bit less tough than chuck or cross-rib, etc. nevertheless eye of round is less tender than sirloin or rib-eye or most any other steak cut not meant to be braised. furthermore, particular if you do shopping at a soopermarket, you may get stuck with sirloin which is not worth the money you paid. is an enzyme in pineapple juice which will tenderize even tougher (sh!tty) cuts o' meat. one hour in pineapple juice (and salt) is gonna significant improve what would otherwise be tough meat. won't make the meat taste like pineapple neither. pineapple juice is effective less 'cause it is acidic than 'cause o' the enzyme, but the acidity also helps. (edit: am not a fan o' marinades save for extreme thin cut meat. if you got time, then am always opting for what amounts to a brine.) am admitting am kinda surprised by the ffa participation. at least when we were young, 4h and ffa were making the raising o' an animal integral to the program. have you moved somewheres with more space? we s'pose raise a chicken or bunny is possible if you don't have acreage, but no doubt you and your daughter is aware the critter ain't being raised until you may find it a good home, yes? unless things has serious changed, raising an ffa bunny won't necessarily end with an old yeller scene, but you will be selling the critter to somebody who is not looking for a pet. HA! Good Fun!

no wakame? dashi is extreme simple. compared to chicken noodle soup, miso is ridiculous ez and it takes less than fifteen minutes to make a nice cup/bowl o' soup. what is requiring the most time is the dashi. bring a couple squares kombu (1 oz ?) in 2qt water to a good simmer and let simmer fiveish minutes. take your pot off heat and add 1oz katsuobushi. allow the kombu and katsuobushi to steep for ~five minutes. again, this step is done off heat. strain your dashi through a fine mesh strainer. done. serious, that's it. at this point, all you do for traditional miso is add your miso paste (whisk into your dashi with a fine mesh strainer 'cause you don't want clumps and bits o' paste in your soup) wakame and tofu... and perhaps garnish with the green onions. btw, we would also recommend at least firm tofu although soft or even silk is not gonna ruin the miso, but is gonna be a tendency for the tofu to disincorporate if is on the less firm end o' the spectrum. gonna admit for our miso soup we air fry our tofu and make it crispy for a bit more depth o' flavor. sue us. HA! Good Fun!

warning: axiomatic observation ahead truth is it is possible to solo wotr, but doing so requires exploitive nonsense and you already stated you were going for an rp experience, yes? there is an xp setting which benefits solo and smaller party players-- it is possible to set so only active party members gain xp, which works different than you might expect. you will indeed level a bit faster with a three-person party. small parties is viable even on more challenging difficulties but such a observation is perhaps misleading as the most common way to deal with difficulty is to add animal companions, which particular at lower levels is not gonna represent a real solution to your problem. a three player party with three animal companions is functional requiring you to control six different combatants at least until you are able to use the critters as mounts. wotr is a squad-based tactical combat game and it is notable heavy on the combat. so... edit: am suspecting toybox and similar mods has functional god-mode settings. HA! Good Fun!

made a lent version o' red lentil and carrot soup we got the original recipe from nyt, (so they deserve credit) and then made small additions/changes. following is the original ingredient list. 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling 1 large onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced .............................................. 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1 teaspoon ground cumin ¼ teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal), plus more to taste ¼ teaspoon black pepper Pinch of chili powder or ground cayenne, plus more to taste (late edit: we ordinary skip the chili powder and/or cayenne and instead add ¼-½ t cinnamon as well as 1 t hot paprika and ½t tumeric) 1 large carrot, peeled and diced ................................................. 1 quart chicken or vegetable broth 1 cup red lentils ............................................... Juice of ½ lemon, more to taste 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro assuming we have guests, we ordinarily double the recipe and add an extra carrot (three total... sometimes four) and for lent, to make a bit more o' a meal, we supplement with one o' those small cans o' full fat coconut milk; thai kitchen small cans is 5.5 oz here in the US. am also only adding an additional 2 C broth as 'posed to a quart, so 6 C total. furthermore, when you double, you do not need double the olive oil; go 4 T total. 'cause is original nyt we didn't post their full recipe, but soup has basic steps which is universal and represent where we created breaks: 1) sauté veggies in oil 'til translucent, though you may go a bit more robust if you wish; 2) add spices and and cook 'bout a minute or two until fragrant then add in paste and/our flour if you if you are using such and fully coat veggies; 2.5) for this recipe, am at the point where we add the carrot and so it is gonna require a 4-5 minutes to soften the tubers-- be careful with your heat; 3) add fluids (plus coconut milk) and lentils then simmer partial covered until lentils is soft, and then a bit longer 'cause truth is red lentils get soft extreme fast-- give it 30-45 minutes; 4) puree with either an immersion blender or by removing half soup to a real blender; 5) serve with lemon, cilantro and a bit o' drizzled olive oil. 'cause is a lentil soup it provides substantial protein sans any meat. the coconut milk makes the soup a bit more filling and perhaps a smidge luxurious. serve with crusty bread. the leftovers is ok in the fridge for a week, but as with most soup, it freezes exceptional well. HA! Good Fun!

wenduag is responsible for the military council convicts and bandits recommendation... witches and raiders later. am not a fan o' the spider mutant with the inexplicable accent, so those units is rare even an option for us. as for overlooked, gonna admit we didn't have any meaningful notion as to what were the point o' combat morale the first time we completed wotr. the combat morale scores for individual units were hidden until relative recent so boosting it effective were also a bit o' a shot in the dark. HA! Good Fun!

what you experienced is normal, but is likely not normal in the way you experienced. confused? since release, IF you shift alignment because o' mythics, then you do not lose current class ability powhaz and abilities o' alignment restricted classes. however, you would not be able to level up further in those classes. long time ago we mentioned on this board how a few builds taking monk or paladin level dips before eventual becoming azata were possible. as long as you chose those paladin or monk class levels before your third mythic level, then shifting to azata would result in a forced shift to neutral good and you would keep the monk and paladin abilities already acquired, but you would no longer be able to gain additional monk or paladin levels. however, ordinary alignment shifts not caused by a mythic path selection were s'posed punishing you as designed, with loss o' alignment restricted class abilities, but am admitting we never tested this and have seen no comment regarding the issue since late 2021. am suspecting with all the mythic alignment bugs and fails, something got busted along the way and chances are all alignment shifts is treated as if they were mythic shifts. if you are not yet level 20, chances are you need atone before your final level-up if you wanna stay paladin... though is a good excuse to take a final demonslayer level as the paladin cap stone ain't worth the effort. HA! Good Fun!

is at least a couple ways to speed up tb. is a slider for increasing animation speed. also, if you hit space while non party combatants is engaged in their action, they move at a yakety sax pace. btw, this encounter is best done as early as possible in act v 'cause assuming you did a dialogue correct in act i and you complete the act v encounter "right," it provides a crusade decree capable o' adding an additional master of maneuver level to all your generals. HA! Good Fun!

those ain't tragic enough? well, we can take a shot. molly, after joining starfleet, eventual quits the federation and becomes involved with a group o' cardassian refugee/freedom fighters unironic modeled on the maquis. molly is pregnant with her cardassian lover's child when the federation ship kirayoshi is now serving 'pon encounters a food transport vessel molly's group has hijacked and 'course something goes horrible wrong. kirayoshi fails to successful transport molly off the freighter which blows up killing molly and her unborn child in the process. unfortunately, molly's lover, who had been rescued moments before the supply ship went nuclear, manages to disarm the incompetent starfleet security in the transporter room o' kirayoshi's ship and then goes on a rampage killing numerous starfleet personnel before turning the stolen phaser on herself. kirayoshi o'brien is one o' the victims. end of act 1. act 2 and 3 is even worse. (late edit: am thinking is no way molly's lover could die so ez. since is trek we need drag out ahab's metaphorical corpse once again and have miles hunt molly's lover 'cross the known and unknown galaxy, destroying himself and everybody around him in the process.) HA! Good Fun!

can't help but recall a line from the tv show wonderfalls. wound up penguin is the episode title. priest: i don't know what you're after here, but i don't do exorcisms. they're violent and dangerous and... stupid. ... almost twenty years since it aired? sheesh. am pretty sure we memorized the line correct, but it has been almost two decades and our elephantine memory is limited to visual as 'posed to auditory. HA! Good Fun!

@Gorth am failing at the dreaded double-post, so apologies. ... is kinda munchkiny, but as were were discussing the ez overlooked, am feeling is worth mentioning a post release change owlcat made to angels and liches: they screwed spontaneous casters. the combined spellbook for the lich and angel works different for prepared v. spontaneous casters. a lich wizard has their spell selection caster level set as wizard level + mythic level. so a level ten lich wizard with three mythic levels is choosing spells as if they is level thirteen. ok, but what does that mean? a level ten wheezard may choose to learn arcane spells up to level five but a level ten lich wizard may learn and cast level seven spells. as you has no doubt noticed, a lich sorcerer also has their effective caster level increased, but they do not learn their ordinary arcane spells at an accelerated rank. at level ten your sorc may choose to learn spells up to level five. as a sorc you do receive mythic spells at an accelerated rate compared to a monk or cavalier, but unlike gorth's sorc, a wizard lich is likely gonna be casting their level nine spells 'bout the same time they reach level four mythic midway through act iii. just an fyi in case this change were overlooked or unknown. you are gonna be plenty powerful as a sorc lich and there is no need to respec, but it kinda sucks if you weren't aware o' the difference 'tween lich spontaneous v. prepared caster levels. heck, our anticipated lich (eventual redeemed as a gold dragon) is planned as a sorc, so is not as if am thinking going sorc lich is terribad. aside: the promancers has successful changed our mind. for our next wotr run am gonna indulge a romance. in spite o' all o' our complaints 'bout crpg romances and owlcat writing, am gonna take the promancer plunge. huzzah! even more improbable, am gonna romance camellia who is arguable our least favorite wotr companion, though is a close race to the bottom 'tween wenduag and camellia. 'course am going with the lich route, so.... HA! Good Fun!

a considerable amount o' game hours elapsed before it occurred to us that the bane of spirit ring might be an effective counter to swarms. we had used the ring almost exclusive when dealing with incorporeal foes and didn't even consider the ring's impact on swarms. is possible you never used the staff in question as a melee weapon, so am understanding how is possible to overlook. kinda. ... am admitted still baffled by how multiple obsidian posters mentioned they were unaware o' aivu spell casting. as a spontaneous caster, her spells is memorized automatic and as such they tend to fill up her action bar. so... *shrug* depending on how you play wotr, given all the options, am s'posing overlooking something seeming obvious is the norm as 'posed to the exception. HA! Good Fun!

the staff and maces is flaming weapons. they do fire damage on a hit. HA! Good Fun!

am guessing you ain't a compulsive hoarder. after the tavern defense we always have better than 50 vials o' the alchemist fire and we tote those around for the entire game even though we maybe use 'em during a couple encounters. maybe. why? 'cause. we also keep at least one torch in inventory as a crpg habit. is any number o' games wherein a torch is a puzzle solution or some such. our crpg hoarding is a kinda sickness and wotr animal companions mean am able to carry much useless baggage with us w/o it impacting encumbrance. 'course is moments such as the one you describe as to why am unlikely to streamline our crpg inventories in the near future. aside, by level 10 you probably acquired two heavy maces of fire and the blaze of disaster staff. maybe overlooked? chances are they were sold or are taking up space in the commander's chest. HA! Good Fun!

as a paladin he weren't gonna get too many o' those and not 'til relative late anyway, although a few o' the party buffs is quite nice. he won't even have access to the level ten silliness until the last few minutes o' the game. not a major self gimp by forgoing the spell book... not major. @Gorth the blighted treants is indeed vulnerable to fire, but to suppress their regeneration, any old fire will do the trick, including a flask of alchemists fire. not affected by the target's sr is alchemist fire. haven't tried, but am suspecting an ordinary torch would also work. am not recalling if all the trees has deflect arrows or is just the one battling the demons. regardless, is advisable to use glitterdust as it ignores sr and will possible blind the trees. similar, while the trees immune to mind effects, stuns and paralysis, they is not immune to prone. grease is another spell which ignores sr and it works 'gainst 'em, although on hard and above the reflex saves o' the trees were improbable good. a selective and heightened grease is as effective early game as it is late and deserves a place in your spell repertoire. our biggest hurdle with the blighted treants is our self-ownage as am ordinary using multiple animal companions and when making natural attacks you become affected by the tree's sap which will cause disease with an extreme high dc. good luck. HA! Good Fun!

worth noting how in spite o' the claim in the video, the capacity to auto-resolve crusade battle were already in the game before this beta patch and all the patch does is add an additional button in the crusade ui. am assuming if mortismal don't seem to know 'bout the current implementation o' the auto-resolve feature, other players could be unaware. though is possible mortismal is the last wotr fan to be unaware and Gromnir is repeating info everybody else already knows-- if such is the case am apologizing for stating the obvious. to implement the auto-resolve for tactical combats, hit the settings icon (little cog) to the right o' the "skip day" button on the world map ui. doing so reveals three options including the auto resolve o' tactical combats choice. observation: don't be concerned 'bout getting struck with the rng bat or similar as you may opt-out o' auto resolution both before tactical combats begin and after they conclude. as such, if you do not like the outcome o' an auto-resolve battle, you may chose to fight such conflicts manually. am not certain what maths owlcat uses to determine outcomes, but if you got better than numerical parity with foes and a decent number o' hospitals, you ordinarily auto-resolve w/o any losses which results in a minor but noteworthy gameplay time savings. am also gonna observe how the woeful undervalued enemy armies with their mage generals capable o' casting fire or lightning do suffer from this feature as those foes is treated as no more powerful than any other strength six, eight or whatever army you might encounter. use auto-resolve to dispatch the lightning hurling glabrezu near greengates makes the battle pleasantly anticlimactic. HA! Good Fun!

anevia were not a mystery to us, but we did have pnp experience which colored our pov. 1) low-level pathfinder is stoopid lethal (edit: there is a kinda spoiler if you read the anevia entry in the following link) the world wound incursion is the intro adventure to an mythic rules adventure path. to deal with the inherent power imbalance, in pnp you effective start with a party o' seven as the usual four players is joined by anevia, horgus and aravashnial (not in owlcat's wotr... well, sorta, kinda,) to deal with the inherent lethality o' low-level pathfinder combat wherein a single goblin with a sharpened stick or rusty kitchen knife may kill any party member on a crit. anevia, exists to babysit your sorry arse (particular if you are playing core or above) until you level up at least once and is less likely to statistic face a probable one-shot death. 2) is not atypical for important story npcs in crpgs to be immortal. we were knowing avenia were integral to the basic pnp wotr story, so it didn't shock us she were uncontrollable. being not only immortal but more powerful than any other individual in your starting crew, anevia could solo all the combats you encounter, rendering those combats meaningless. removing anevia from your control means you is less likely to use her as an unkillable tank, although such is exactly how we would use her if we did an unfair run. is probable best to think o' the shield maze following post level two as your actual tutorial. aside, wotr rats only attack in swarms and is likely you will now need pay some kinda karmic comeuppance for the disparagement o' the tiny but ferocious mammal. your rat observation will metaphorical come back to bite you. enjoy. HA! Good Fun!

beta have not looked at the fixes, so none o' our typical snarky commentary. edit: Otherworldly Companion's templates granted incorrect number of uses to Smite Good/Evil – fixed; we suspected this day would arrive, but we held out hope it never would. HA! Good Fun!

am finding our background selections is skewing complete practical 'cause am never having experienced meaningful in-game choices related to backgrounds. your deity choice provides a small handful o' additional dialogue options throughout the game, but you aren't even getting that much reactivity from background selections. as such, as am ordinary playing in turn-base, pickpocket is our assumed background choice, but the reality is we don't go the pickpocket route anywhere near 100%. initiative is extreme important particular as you push the difficulty slider to the right, so it is tough to do objective better than pickpocket, but again, is not as if we always chose pickpocket even if we would be hard pressed to identify a better option for most builds. in fact, and am not sure why we hadn't done sooner, give a melee focused sosiel one level o' instinctual warrior feels like kinda a no-brainer as almost his singular shortcoming is his relative bad initiative. also, for a party built to proc attacks of opportunity, it would be better to put a bardiche or falchion in sosiel's hands and the level o' instinct warrior means sosiel is getting martial weapons proficiency in addition to the major initiative boost. admission: we have never gone full rogue or mostly rogue for a main character build. knife master and thug is great dip choices, but rowdy is representing the only archetype which interests us for more than one or two levels. am not suggesting rogue is bad, but am only saying our personal interest is limited. that said, a dual-wield ranged character is gonna be best achieved with a not rogue-- sohei, slayer, ranger or fighter (or combination)? you are kinda forced to choose throwing axes and with all the size boosting options available in the game, it makes sense to develop a strength focus on your axe hurler. am knowing sohei sounds like an odd possibility, and is kinda munchkin, but sohei weapon training and flurry includes the thrown weapon category. sohei/__________ is likely gonna represent whatever is the most op axe thrower in the game. regardless, we wouldn't put too much thought into backgrounds 'cause owlcat didn't. HA! Good Fun!

if is the crimson banner, then am advising saving the 300k, or whatever ridiculous amount is required for purchase. with the banner equipped, crits by and against you is confirmed. alternative: the treasure islands vendor sells +100 potions of bless weapon. unfortunate, the drezen cleric only sells ten o' the scrolls. seelah also has access to bless weapon, but unless you took abundant casting, you won't have many casts per day. one reason am always making lann a divine hunter is not only 'cause he gets the celestial velociraptor murder machine with unlimited smites, but 'cause o' domains. iomedae domains is not amongst our must haves, but am thinking glory, particular for lann is underrated and we likely add one additional domain via the impossible domain mythic. in any event, as a lann divine hunter is a spontaneous caster, his domain spells is added to his pool o' spells as 'posed to needing use a domain slot as does a cleric. functional results in a whole lotta casts o' bless weapon per day. in any event, am not a fan o' the crimson banner as is as likely to result in pain for the user... and is sooper expensive. HA! Good Fun!

richard lester three musketeers (1973) and four musketeers (1974) remain our favorite adaptation o' the dumas musketeers books. raquel welch didn't have a major role in the films, but she were memorable. am knowing anything cosby is verboten these days, but am not too proud to admit we enjoyed mother, juggs and speed (1976). not saying the film is making our best ever list, but it were fun. kinda gives you perspective on the times, which for Gromnir don't feel all that long past. HA! Good Fun!

not all cuts o' meat are the same. is beef, pork, lamb? "giant roast" is not enough to give good advice, but in general, the tougher the meat, the more am recommending low and slow cooking as 'posed to convection. in theory a convection setting for eye of round should work well as long as you cook on a rack and get full air circulation resulting in a oven-seared roast, but is so difficult to get appropriate collagen breakdown on those leaner cuts. the closer to hooves and/or head for beef, the less likely am recommending convection. prime rib? convection would be our preferred setting in part 'cause you get more even cooking. reverse sear is our approach to most roast beef, and am going low temp and longer cooking times. (edit: added underline, 'cause the rack is a vital factor. convection is cooking with a fan and so if you have a roast in a pan with juice and a crowd o' veggies cooking simultaneous, then you are serious undercutting the value and the point o' convection.) HA! Good Fun!

'ccording to axios, the smoke plume lasted for "several hours" on february 6 and were the result o' an intentional burn 'cause o' concerns about possible explosions. so maybe not the tolkienesque hellscape being suggested? also, while is way too early for people to be confidently judgey as to causes and blame, the same axios article observes that federal investigators in an admitted abbreviated and quick initial assessment determined a single axle on a single train car were to blame for the derailment, so the lexx parade o' horribles resulting from biden efforts might be a smidge misguided. as usual, is probable best to wait to see if the accident were indeed the result o' a single wonky axle and if negligence were involved in missing the danger. however, also, am gonna suggest for anybody actual interested should read the referenced (edit: added link) lever article instead o' being satisfied with newsweek. the ECP issue alone appears multi-layered with a whole lotta blame to go around. AP Exclusive: Transport safety rules rolled back under Trump 'ccording to the lever article, the trump admin used bad math to justify their termination o' the ecp requirement. "But a 2018 investigation from the Associated Press revealed that the Trump Transportation Department had flubbed its calculations. By excluding the most common type of train derailments, the government’s analysis omitted at least $117 million in estimated future damages when it revised the rule’s potential benefits to justify its repeal. "The agency acknowledged the error and issued a technical correction to its analysis, but said that the expense was still too great to reinstate the ECP brake rule." the thing is, the biden administration made no move to fix the errors attributed to the trump admin. has been a couple years o' biden and the ecp issue coulda' been reexamined by biden. hasn't happened. "According to federal investigators, the derailment was caused by a mechanical issue with a rail car axle. Ditmeyer and two other experts told The Lever that ECP braking probably would have reduced the damage caused by the derailment by bringing the train to a halt more quickly and stopping all of the cars simultaneously." "probably" is a notorious weasel-word but in the absence o' actual facts is no doubt warranted. that said, ecp sounds like a no-brainer particular for trains carrying hazardous materials. unfortunate, the hazardous designation has been almost utter emasculated and the last two administrations both dropped the ball on ecp regardless. the article from lever is not short but it does a better than fair job o' presenting issues. norfolk southern and other carriers spent many millions of dollars lobbying in an effort to fight common sense safety measures, which is unfortunate but hardly a surprise from corporate entities in the business o' making money. is the reason why every american school kid learns 'bout the triangle shirtwaist fire, though upton sinclair's the jungle remains on too few high school required reading lists. worse, at least a couple Presidential administrations failed to address what looks in hindsight to be multiple potential safety issues at least tangential related to the ohio derailment. same old same old. edit: the ohio train derailment story we have been following Charges dismissed against NewsNation reporter who was arrested at East Palestine press conference "DeWine said Wednesday on “CNN This Morning” he has “never had a problem” during any of the news conferences he’s held during his tenure as governor. "“This reporter who was reporting live from the back of the room never should have been asked to stop, never should have been told to be quiet,” the Republican governor told CNN’s Don Lemon and Kaitlan Collins. “That was a big, big mistake. And you know, the person who did that, I’ve explained to them and I’m sure that he’ll never, never do that again.”" dewine is purposeful misrepresenting. major general john harris o' the ohio national guard instigated the incident, but were not mere asking the reporter to be quiet. also, there were multiple law enforcement fails after the general were no longer involved. 'course the law were on the side o' the reporter, so... https://apnews.com/article/john-harris-ohio-entertainment-7fc5a99bef73ffccce2597760d63e6cb https://vimeo.com/user155050674/review/797528737/06a0b2702b another video o' john harris ... am knowing is petty, but we cannot help but observe fran dewine's not so flattering dress is absolute screaming for a john waters critique. HA! Good Fun!