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  1. Burns

    Stellaris

    The outpost gets more expensive by how many jumps it is from the closest owned system. Any system in your zone of control is considered owned (if a system has an enemy planet, there are additional factors to contend with). So there is no need to delete them, afaik.
  2. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Damn near perfect figure, but also, how does this not twist the lateralis dorsi up (I thought it was attached to the shoulder, below the rotator)? Edit: Ok, I watched it enough times to see it. As the dislocated shoulder pops back into place, it sends the twist up to the wrist. You can see...
  3. Burns

    Justice League (2017)

    My original impression, while watching it, was that Synder was giving Jonn Jonzz the additional power of seeing the various possible futures, along with his other mental abilities. So he knew Lois needed to do something, or else Darksied would win. Additionally, it was Jonn that was projecting...
  4. Burns

    The Suicide Squad (2021)

    I disagree, I hate everything about Leto's Joker and it ruined the end times epilogue, for me. It looked like was doing a poor impression of Hammal's Joker voice, while using some mopey mannerisms. If he was in this movie, I doubt I would watch it.
  5. Burns

    Stellaris

    Early/mid game you can abandon planets by manually moving all populations on the planet to other planets. You can also set your empire to purge all alien races (in edicts (?:emoji_nose: and limit what races can immigrate or stop AI immigration altogether (in edicts for all races, and race tab for...
  6. Burns

    The Witcher

    Nenneke: Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton, Silent Witness). A priestess of Melitele, and the head of the Temple of Melitele. Ba’lian: Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey, Happy Valley). A new character
  7. Burns

    The Witcher

    Here they are, so you dont have to click the link: Dijkstra: Graham McTavish (Outlander, The Hobbit). He was a master spy and head of special forces for the kingdom of Redania. Philippa Eilhart (already posted, but here is another picture): Cassie Clare (Brave New World, The Bisexual)...
  8. Burns

    The Video Thread

    Edit [missed Brad's post so here is more info on that video]: Mark Rober, the NASA engineer who made the glitterbomb for porch pirates, for the last two Christmases, decided to turn the glitterbomb (and the law) on some Indian scammer's US connections. This is in partnership with two other scam...
  9. Burns

    Justice League (2017)

    Autumn, one of Synder's daughters, killed herself in the middle/start of post-production. The suits wouldn't or couldn't wait for him to grieve and get back into the saddle. So Whedon is who they could get on short order that checked all their boxes for a replacement.
  10. Burns

    Stellaris

    I was looking for the mod to help the late game pop issues but couldn't find it earlier (I should have bookmarked the reddit post about performance issues). So, I just went back and looked again at the all time popular mods. I think it was part of a compilation of performance mods called "!! 00...
  11. Burns

    Stellaris

    Haven't played in ~5 months, but I always have at least a dozen mods active (last game had 150+ mods active). I usually forget what mods I really liked (or can even tell which are which, sometimes), when I go to start a new game. So, I just surf around various up-to-date mod collections and look...
  12. Burns

    The Video Thread

    How it's made: Rice Noodles (traditional cooking) From rice grains to rice noodles with no electricity. Something different and somewhat interesting.
  13. Burns

    Stellaris

    The fortress might be part of a DLC that adds ~10 boss type events to the game. They can reward you with a unique technology, ship, or building (I think it gets sent to your capital). NPC factions can also do the event, and prevent you from getting it. Last I played, the fortress was buggy with...
  14. Burns

    Disco Elysium

    One of the main figures in the game is a man dancing from a tree.
  15. Burns

    Stellaris

    Those are generally great guards for entry points into your empire. The AI empires don't generally settle next to them or jump a bunch of systems past them, to settle. Robots will open borders to most everyone though, so enemy warships can pass through them (sometimes). The Holy Guardians can...
  16. Burns

    Stellaris

    Fallen Empires are (usually) fairly easy to placate, and nice to have as border protection. You can survey the surrounding systems but don't settle them (within 1 jump), until you know what kind of Empire they are. Quick run down of the 4 types: Spiritualists are a holy warrior fallen empire...
  17. Burns

    Stellaris

    I have never played small or medium maps. I like to play the largest map settings on all 4x games I play. I want plenty of exploration and a lot of AI players to interact with. For this game, I end up being done when the game is too slow. Mods can help a decent amount, in controlling the...
  18. Burns

    Stellaris

    PSA: (Last I played) Huge+ galaxies start to have performance issues with genetic engineering in the mid-late game. Different subspecies are treated as a different race, which each require their own computations from the AI for things like migration, happiness, reproduction, and so on. The game...
  19. Burns

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Crusader Kings 3 free "weekend," ends Sunday (21Mar2021) @ 10am PDT
  20. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    100% From what I remember, beta characters in DoS & DoS2 were not transferable to live. Saves may or may not be compatible between major beta patches, even.
  21. Burns

    The Video Thread

    Since it's the 15th, here is the best documentary on the Assassination of Julius Caesar: As a bonus, Caesar's funeral with Mark Antony shenanigans included:
  22. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    Yes, you can transfer all your stuff to a fresh server by just logging back and forth with overloaded inventory if you want. The only thing that may not be transferable, is the boss trophy you hang on the stone for the buff (I never tried to remove it).
  23. Burns

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    It's easily worth a dollar, if you like 4x or strategy games at all. I think they fixed any issues the base game had at release and you might be able to play some of the huge mods, like Star Trek w/o any DLC.
  24. Burns

    Justice League (2017)

    Big surprise, Chuk doesn't know the difference between Muslims and Iranians (Persians), but I guess he isn't technically wrong. Iranians can be considered "a bunch of Muslims" by some people. @Chukzombi In case you still don't understand, saying "a bunch of Muslims" imply that they were upset...
  25. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    It may be something like the spawn chance has a small base percent, and is increased in storms and at night then. The wiki and Reddit posts, about hunting them, all recommended night or storm hunting.
  26. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    According to the interwebz, the serpents only spawn in "Ocean" biome when it is dark or storming out. From my experience, this holds true as well. When I was actively hunting one, I boated all around the ocean for a full day, didn't see one, and shortly after night hit, one spawned. I also got...
  27. Burns

    New World

    They have the other elements, plus death, as motes already in the game. I would also assume they are working on getting at least water and air done, if not death too (before release). As it is right now, the stats are really wonky in terms of weapon representation. There state are: Strength -...
  28. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    Dunno what you are getting at chief. I played EQ from beta, until the release of WoW, but I have, at most, looked at 10 screenshots of Landmark.
  29. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    FTFY! Are any of those building worth a shit (outside Xmog and mounts), by the time you can get them, regardless? The portal to Orbos is nice, but all it saves is a couple loading screens over the Dalaran hearth (so, hardly worth the time investment). I wonder if anyone, outside of ActiBliz...
  30. Burns

    The Mandalorian

    This is an argument where everyone can make a case for being right. It all depends on how you want to define famous (Chuk's original post was about "before he was famous"). Arnold won his first professional bodybuilding competition in 1968 (Mr. Universe). In 1969 he won Mr. Universe again, and...
  31. Burns

    Coming 2 America (2021)

    Void sums it up nicely. Not great, but not terrible. The first movie was one of the best comedies ever made, so if you are going in with those kind of expectations, your going to have a bad time.
  32. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    One room cave in? I don't remember seeing any crypts with just 1 room. There was no sludge in the way that you could use the pick on? I also found tin was plentiful on the shores of the dark forests of my starting island, and didn't spend close the amount of time on it as I did on copper.
  33. Burns

    Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines sequel? Remake?

    The thread on RPGCodex is getting a lot of action over the last week. Here is a gem: [IP's source material] Here is sample of the writing from White Wolf (V5 Anarchs):
  34. Burns

    Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines sequel? Remake?

    Edit: I read Malkav's post wrong, thinking he meant Mitsota was responsible for all the wokeness. My bad. Still, those writers have a better chance of working on the game again, now, than they did if Hardsuit had found a project for them to be moved too. Lets hope the new team Paradox gives...
  35. Burns

    Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines sequel? Remake?

    Brian Mitsoda (narrative lead) and Ka'ai Cluney (creative director) have not made any statements on why they were fired. I would assume they are under a NDA. Even the other high ranking writer (cant remember her name) that quit because those two got fired is not saying anything about it...
  36. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    You can go pretty high, right off the bat. With the right support. Below is my first longhouse, made at the start of the game using 0 mods. I was close to a bunch of trees, when I started, so it was just a lot of chopping. In the picture, the round logs in the middle were originally square...
  37. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    The game seems to be built with a group of 4 to 6 people in mind, all pooling together. Solo play is a HUGE amount of farming and travel time. Things just get more time intensive as you go, but the variety of things to collect and use also increases. For example, you will need to farm more and...
  38. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    Correct, before I started digging, that area in the screenshot looked like all the other copper nodes I found (just 10 to 20 percent showing above ground). The 2 other nodes were about the same size.
  39. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    From a melee dps perspective, the need/ability for the tank to kite shit in high keys is just dumb, and a major reason I quit this xpac so early. The first M+10 I did, in the first weeks that M+ was released, was with a ~200 ilevel DK tank that had to kite or die. We barely failed it, and after...
  40. Burns

    Valheim - Viking Survival Game (Early Access)

    Mining into a dirt wall naturally puts dirt under your feet, if you are deep enough. You can start in a 30 foot deep hole, and move forward after every hit, into the wall, and eventually it will make a ramp out (as long as the pick has durability) Tin is only that one little rock on the shore...