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  1. Tuco

    Everquest - Live Servers

    Necro 2.0 was S-Rank until recently when they nerfed the crit focus to diminish based on level like some of the other epics. Funnily enough the crit focus from the 2.0 and the 2.5 stacked additively, making the epic even more OP. It's a good change though since they were the only class that...
  2. Tuco

    Starsector (formerly Starfarer)

    Mod drama always cracks me up. It's one reason why I support platforms that streamline $$$ being paid to mod authors. You have to be pretty goofy already to do a bunch of unpaid software development work long-term. When that passion project you do out of love and joy becomes something you hate...
  3. Tuco

    Reservation Dogs

    Three episodes into this show, I enjoy it so far. It's interesting, seems authentic and gets a few laughs for me. Not sure if I'd recommend it yet unless someone really liked the premise. @Amod merge please! https://www.firesofheaven.org/threads/reservation-dogs.13055/...
  4. Tuco

    The Astronomy Thread

    https://ringwatchers.com/article/ship-pez-dispenser
  5. Tuco

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Very cool. From a quick google it looks like Vietnam is one of the leaders. Five reasons why Vietnam’s crypto usage is so high with 17% of the population using crypto mostly for the reasons you described.
  6. Tuco

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Sorry for the confusion, my disappointment is that it hasn't become more ubiquitous as the price of BTC has increased. I don't know if there are areas outside the USA where it's more popular though.
  7. Tuco

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    I've been a bit disappointed that crypto hasn't become an effective way to make transactions. I don't even know how hard it'd be to trade BTC for a pizza in 2024, or if a website like Coinbase has a "centralized BTC trading" mechanism that would transfer "extra virtual BTC" very fast.
  8. Tuco

    Exodus

    I will always be excited for space sim games. The trailer kind of reminded me of a complaint I had with Starfield and a wish I had from Mass Effect. In both Starfield and Mass Effect, the story occurred after a hugely interesting expansion of human civilization and in both cases a game that...
  9. Tuco

    The Animated GIF Thread

    I did this a couple of years ago. Those things are designed to cut through sticks the exact size of extension cables. Used the thing for years and everytime wondered if that was the day I would make that mistake. Now I used manual shears for most of the bushes. Takes a little longer to cut but...
  10. Tuco

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Using vacation time for Elden Ring DLC to get your shit pushed in all day is going to be depressing XD
  11. Tuco

    Factorio

    This is what peak factorio looks like
  12. Tuco

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Elder Scrolls has always pushed procedural content and Skyrim was more handcrafted than Oblivion, which was more handcrafted than Morrowind. They kinda sorta pushed than in Starfield and did it fairly poorly with kinda bland environments peppered with random handcrafted stuff that didn't make...
  13. Tuco

    Factorio

    I'm not sure well-versed in what SE has by itself vs K2 + SE, but I'd bet that at the stage you're in, everything is still going to be made obsolete, so don't sweat some bad blocks.
  14. Tuco

    Factorio

    brother it's all fine. Don't start over! You're using Krastorio2, right? If so everything you make is going to be obsolete, so don't worry if a given block is trash. It's also good that you're not doing the dumbass mistake of overbuilding each block FOR ULTIMATE PRODUCTIVITY like I did only to...
  15. Tuco

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I disagree with this. Blackreach, the throat of the world quest and even just the first mission loop to climb the first small mountain was pretty awe inspiring in 2011. Elden Ring (and generally the Dark Souls games) definitely beat it by creating a grander, higher fantasy experience.
  16. Tuco

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Skyrim and ER are pretty comprable in that if someone said they loved or hated Skyrim and said why I'd have a pretty good guess on how they'd feel about Elden Ring.
  17. Tuco

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    It holds up well and is one of the best games of all time.
  18. Tuco

    Factorio

    This is basically how I'm using trains. I use trains that are either 1-1 or 1-4-1 (1 engine, 1 wagon or 1 engine, 4 wagons, 1 engine). It's worked really well so far, but all my trains between land and space are 1-1 and it's getting pretty ridiculous.
  19. Tuco

    EQ TLP 2024 Teek (Random loot) & Tormax (Traditional) #neckbeardnostalgia

    Scheduled PvP would be fun. One day a week everybody is red. another day it's factional. Rest is carebear style.
  20. Tuco

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    The pics of those pizzas are legitimately compelling.
  21. Tuco

    Factorio

    I use LTN. I think Cybersyn is more popular now. Both work with Space Exploration's elevator.
  22. Tuco

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    imagine if the pizza boy cashed out his 10,000 BTC. https://cointelegraph.com/news/pepperoni-bitcoin-pizza-day-worth-today-btc https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0
  23. Tuco

    EQ TLP 2024 Teek (Random loot) & Tormax (Traditional) #neckbeardnostalgia

    Just got back from the pre-panel meeting ($15000 ticket cost extra whale version). Kunark start Server releases with level 25 cap, cap is increased every two weeks until level 60 Recommended / required levels are dropped by 10 levels. Mischief loot rules Global spawn rate is doubled...
  24. Tuco

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Similarly to my previous post about statistics around sales vs budget vs dei, would be interesting to see dei policies / hiring vs layoffs. Your thoughts on bigoted hiring/culture dooming the quality of the product are sound, but statistics around it (if that's even possible) would be pretty...
  25. Tuco

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Wow, that sucks.
  26. Tuco

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Would be interesting to see analysis that compared Intersectionality of staff Budget Sales Rating in games.
  27. Tuco

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    How did that happen?
  28. Tuco

    Factorio

    Look at how this guy gets his materials on and off his space ship. I'm tempted to steal this idea in some form once I start using spaceships.
  29. Tuco

    EQ TLP 2024 Teek (Random loot) & Tormax (Traditional) #neckbeardnostalgia

    Spazu is A+++ Here's a vid of him dumpstering the hardest mission in LS. He's simply killing the mobs before their scripts can activate. I talked with him privately about it and he's humble and merely says he's activating all the things (using IS Boxer). With glyphs, raid gear, etc that's a...
  30. Tuco

    Everquest - Live Servers

    I have a ton of fun for the one month I sub every year and look forward to it every year. I'd have more fun if the game was hard enough to warrant subscribing for more time. Every year I play I think of new ways to build my characters to be stronger, but when the content is easy, why bother?
  31. Tuco

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I wonder how many people in ER restarted a few times to beat that boss, then quit the game after never beating it.
  32. Tuco

    NVidia GeForce RTX 50x0 cards - 70% performance increase, but AI > you

    My 1080 ti everytime I install a modern game Maybe it's time to upgrade and then play EverQuest, WoW and Factorio for another few months.
  33. Tuco

    Everquest - Live Servers

    The problem isn't that elite guilds can prepare to quickly defeat the boss, the problem is they don't need to.
  34. Tuco

    Everquest - Live Servers

    Any raiding scene where the toughest raids in an expansion are beaten the night of release is not a serious raiding game and who wins doesn't matter. Someone here described it as a casual boomer bowling league, and that sounds about right. Ive pushed the idea of hard mode raids and most of the...
  35. Tuco

    Factorio

    Being overwhelmed is the natural state and won't change. This thread has some good advice on it. Only thing I'll add is something I tell myself everything you're building is shit and will need to be redone. Both because you're going to ignorantly build spaghetti and because upgrades will...
  36. Tuco

    Factorio

    Unlike the last couple pics, here's something I'm actually quite proud of. The way I send products to my outpost planets is through a rocket with a ton of requester chests in it. They are all contained inside my mega mall that makes most of the buildings. I've got.... 11 outposts right now...
  37. Tuco

    The Astronomy Thread

    A flat landing site isn't necessary anyway. The Starship is so big it'll just blow an even landing site into the moon on landing.
  38. Tuco

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Bust? There's no bust. It's only up. This time is *different*. 200k USD here we come
  39. Tuco

    Factorio

    Yes, in detail. Here's the last two that talk about one of the planets and is a pretty interesting read. Friday Facts #398 - Fulgora | Factorio Friday Facts #399 - Trash to Treasure | Factorio Space Exploration would be muuuuuch easier if the rockets were cheaper and smaller. The rockets in...