potterpockets
@potterpockets@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on What could have been 11 months ago:
Still easier to understand than the Silmarillion.
- Comment on Amazon unveils Q, its AI chatbot for workers 11 months ago:
Skynet?
- Comment on TIL that Hitler approved the construction of a supertank weighing 1,000 tons, over 100 feet long, with a main gun repurposed from the deck gun of a battleship. 11 months ago:
Its arguable that a significant part of the defeat of the Germans on the Eastern Front was due to the Germans loving to over-engineer things. Especially tanks. And had an obsession with having big guns on them. To the point they could only go 5-10 mph and if anything broke on it it would have to go back to Germany because the design was so weird/complex. Cant remember if it was the Rat or not, but there was even a tank where if you wanted to shoot the cannon somebody had to get out and unbolt it from the hull because it was so big it made it unwieldy to drive.
Meanwhile Soviets just said “Haha T-34 factory go brrrr”, and was easy enough to make and use that there are stories of workers completing the tanks and driving them straight to the front. Illiterate farmer Vasily from the Urals could help weld on parts and then go take part in the fight.
- Comment on Convenience 11 months ago:
Devastated it isnt called Toe-tal.
- Comment on Advertiser exodus expected to deeply impact X ad revenue, analysis indicates 11 months ago:
In other news: water is wet, and this floor appears to be made of floor.
- Comment on Sweet Baby Inc: Why Modern Gaming has Become Woke Political Garbage 11 months ago:
BG3 swept pretty heavily at the Golden Joystick Awards, and is likely going to win a lot at TGA as well (deservedly so IMO). Other games it has stiff competition from include Spiderman 2, Alan Wake 2, and even fellow Nintendo game Super Mario Wonder.
- Comment on Jesse is smarter than what we give him credit for. 11 months ago:
In keeping with tradition though we can only do this if we add the new month after August and name it Tiber.
- Comment on Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division - Aftermath 1 year ago:
Yeah it cratered pretty hard, but they have been adding content to the game. Launch was a buggy clusterfuck.
- Comment on Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division - Aftermath 1 year ago:
They made New World and were supposedly working on a LOTR MMO.
- Comment on Learned from Kira 1 year ago:
The whole “tolerance paradox” can be solved by a very simple fact: Those that seek to break the social contract we all live under do not get afforded the benefits of said social contract.
By the very nature of trying to break/corrupt it you have nullified it for yourself. And until you are willing to abide by it again, you face the same punishment as those that break any of our laws. Your rights restricted, confinement, financial penalties, etc.
- Comment on LOTRMEMES is preparing for war 1 year ago:
- Comment on What games have you been playing recently 1 year ago:
Np. And they just announced last week some changes/additions to the end game that should make more high level activities worth doing plus having the ability to target farm the best loot in the game to a degree while doing so. That change i believe should be coming when the next season starts in about a week.
- Comment on What games have you been playing recently 1 year ago:
Not OP, but if you mean Diablo IV specifically:
Pros:
-Returns to its more dark and gritty roots.
-The franchise as a whole has fantastic lore/good story. Like good enough to where if nothing else check out some lore videos here.
-If you like diving into buildcrafting it is a pretty good series to get into. Same goes for if you like grinding for better loot.
-The different classes are all pretty unique and all classes offer multiple ways to play the class. For example on Druid tou can be a Werewolf that zips around clawing at enemies at highspeed inflicting enemies you melee with a bunch of poison. Or you can be a Werebear that slams the ground to cause earthquakes to cast out in front of you. Or you can focus on throwing out tons of tornadoes and lightning. To name a few.
-The game is going to be supported for quite some time, as i believe are two planned DLCs for the game plus regular seasonal content. In fact they are almost to season 30 of Diablo III and still supporting that game.
-The devs have become very committed recently about being open on the when and why of any changes well in advance.
Cons:
-The game is still trying to find itself balance wise. In xp drops, in class skill balance, in armor abilities, in resistance stats. Key features that were added later in Diablo III’s lifetime just straight up not brought into IV for some reason.
-This is oversimplifying it a lot, but the above plus some previous lack of open communication of changes has lost a lot of goodwill between players and devs. To the point they had to have a kind of emergency meeting stream about what they did and make promises to fix. So far it seems they are doing what they can to keep those at least.
-The monetization is fully in your face. Now i will say, IMO it is not the worst game by any means. There arent any pay to win mechanics from what i have seen (a big problem in Diablo:Immortal), but the cosmetic stuff is there, it is advertised, and IMO pretty damn overpriced.
-The endgame right now sucks. Now I’ll preface this by saying this should be one of the promised things changing very soon. But it currently really only consists of running harder and harder versions of the same dungeons with limited lives over and over and over again. And the way the dungeons are made harder is not just the enemy level, but with modifiers that a lot of players feel to be unfair. Like having enemies crowd control you in place repeatedly preventing you from moving or acting as they just simply kill you.
That said, all in all i do recommend trying the game if RPGs/ARPGs even remotely interest you. Id give it something like a 7.5/10, and they do seem pretty committed to the long haul of supporting and improving the game. You could easily sink 30+ hours into the game. If you would like any more detail on any of those points id be happy to answer.
- Comment on How Did The Capitol Police Put Down Trump’s Insurrection? 1 year ago:
And that these are the same people with back the blue bumper stickers and blue lime flags.
Oh wait i forgot that is only to show they support maintaining the status quo of systemic injustice and murder being carried out against minorities by people with qualified immunity.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
“An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. But one which crumbles from within? That’s dead… forever.”
- Comment on What game has a great story and is worth the time investment? 1 year ago:
Spec Ops: The Line.
A bit dated, but one of the few shooters that makes you question your actions and view warfare for what it does to civilians and to soldiers. Definitely some memorable story moments.
- Comment on AI will be at the center of the next financial crisis, SEC chair warns 1 year ago:
See also: Ownership looking to cut costs at the expense of their employees. AI causing layoffs is as much of a choice as ownership outsourcing jobs.
- Comment on HBO Orders Marvel-DC Parody Series ‘The Franchise’ From ‘Succession,’ ‘Veep’ Writers 1 year ago:
Fyi it is also apparently a comedy show and about them staring in making superhero movies, not actual superheroes.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Well thats good. My boss was thinking of getting me a nice set of clamps and i was worried Clamps wouldnt be happy.