Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Vyrerus]

Consequences Matter: Thomas Sowell

[Renalt]

Will you all be trying out Bethesda's secret MMO when it comes out?

No. Look at Fallout 76. And I'm a BIG fan of Fallout. It takes a lot to take the wind out of my sails when it comes to Fallout.

[Snorky]

No. Look at Fallout 76. And I'm a BIG fan of Fallout. It takes a lot to take the wind out of my sails when it comes to Fallout.

I've never tried Fallout 76, so many games I haven't tried.

[Renalt]

I've never tried Fallout 76, so many games I haven't tried.

Oh I did. Not immediately after launch so I didn't get this fiasco...

https://youtu.be/kjyeCdd-dl8?si=OGv-bxlWm40gFc3d

( totally worth the watch cause Internet Historian does a fantastic job making his videos entertaining )

But when I did it was still very buggy AFTER the fixes. However I did like the changes to VATS mode since it makes sense with it being a multi-player. Made a pistol/VATS combo pretty fun to do...if you get the cards to do it.

So they changed how perks work and it has positives and negatives.

1. You don't get to choose your perks. You open a trading card pack and those are your perks. It happens every level or every other. I can't remember. Anyway depending on your SPECIAL stats you can allocated that many cards into a single stat.

2. You CAN however take cards out of a stat and replace it with another. This means you can on the fly respec your build with what the situation needs.

3. Some duplicate cards can be stacked on each other. Got one that decreases your hunger 10%? You can put in another if you have it.

4. If you never get the cards you want for a particular build....tough luck. Use what you have.

[TheMightyMollusk]

My spouse and I were at the Beast in Black show in Cambridge and a bunch of people had phones, so I checked Youtube, and lo and behold, found a couple of uploads. (No, we're not visible in either video.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOH-d7FVu3E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7nrH1EFt60

[OgruMogru]

Starfield and a kitkat <3

[Amenara]

Once home i need to check to see if AC6 is on PC.

I play on PC with Mouse/KB cause my hands can't play AC on controller like I could when I was a kid.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Ending 3 down. Woof, that was brutal.

By rejecting both the corporations and the Rubiconians, the third path sides with ALLMIND, the mercenary support AI network.....which intends to use the Coral to assimilate humanity into its collective consciousness. That's bad.

Oh, and the Simulated Arena battles? That was ALLMIND using you to learn new tactics. Way to go, Raven!

So everything goes to hell, ALLMIND hijacks all of the non-piloted drones and slaughters everyone, then decides that since the player won't be assimilated, they need to die. While ALLMIND also calls up the mind of recurring boss Iguazu for an extra edge.

Final boss starts with ALLMIND Iguazu's super AC, alongside four more ACs, in a wide-open battlefield with no noteworthy cover. Get past that, and they ditch that AC for and even bigger and stronger one, while also calling up two of the Sea Spider boss (in its second form, because of course) for backup (Ayre shows up in an AC to back you up, but honestly, she isn't a lot of help). Get past that, and Iguazu hijacks ALLMIND and goes apeshit (and disables Ayre's AC) for a climactic showdown. Overall, a long, grueling ordeal, that I eventually passed after multiple attempts with one single AP and very little ammo left.

And then the final ending, Alea Iacta Est. Latin for "The die is cast". With ALLMIND shutting down, Ayre releases the Coral to merge with humanity, without taking away their free will like ALLMIND intended, pushing both species forward into the unknowable future. It took me a minute to realize......

......It's the Synthesis ending from Mass Effect 3. All life is forced to evolve, without knowledge or consent. It's framed as the golden solution, as if it were inevitable once humanity found the Coral, but....I dunno. Feels weird.

Overall I think I liked the second ending better. For one thing, Rusty lived.

[DiaDeem]

So.. what even is healthy to eat? I decided to make myself a large batch of rice I could come back to instead of frying so much stuff, but then the internet says rice can lead to diabetes???

What am I supposed to eat only carrots and lettuce?

[Renalt]

So.. what even is healthy to eat? I decided to make myself a large batch of rice I could come back to instead of frying so much stuff, but then the internet says rice can lead to diabetes???

What am I supposed to eat only carrots and lettuce?

Have you tried Photosynthesis?