sparky1337

joined 1 year ago
[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 17 points 2 weeks ago

They did give out actual Gwent decks when you preordered the expansions. Idk who made them, Warner Bros I think, but they’re pretty good.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 month ago

The trilogy with Bale certainly made that clear haha.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The combat is just generally unintuitive. Which early in the game is frustrating. And if you’re like me and spend weeks between sessions you can forget all the timing and buttons you need to press.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 42 points 2 months ago (6 children)

If the combat is frustrating, turn the difficulty down. There will still be a learning curve, but it’ll be the difference between surviving and having to do an hour of work again because you forgot to quick save and get slapped by a foglet.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Thank you for putting a name to a face. I’ve seen these gifs forever and never knew who they were.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Generally I don’t buy anything else other than Phillips. They’re usually bulletproof if you don’t get the smart bulbs. I’ve not had a Phillips fail in ~10 years. But that’s a sample size of like 30 or so bulbs.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 months ago

Like the other commenter said, you can get some pretty good deals due to the recent issues.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 43 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Just don’t bother with a 13th/14th gen intel right now. Either go 12th gen intel, or straight up AMD which is what I’d recommend.

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[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 13 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Yep. When I moved into my house the previous owner had used all garbage Walmart LED’s. I think I had one fail each month and just bought a bunch on sale from Phillips eventually.

Most common failure was the driver. So they turned into strobe lights lol. Most annoying failure ever.

And more importantly, not every LED is dimmer compatible. Sometimes they’re super picky or just plain don’t work.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 58 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I feel like mines the opposite. I pay $20/mo and we get access to a huge and well taken care of community pool, park, and basketball court. They also host community parties for each holiday that you can go to. They certainly allow you to get your $20 worth. Idk how they do it.

When it comes to architectural control, they’re pretty lax. We’ve got some vibrant and eclectic houses, but they are well put together. I haven’t found anything yet they won’t approve if you stay within a standard palette offering when it comes to shingles, siding etc. But some of these colors are yellows and reds so it’s not all boring either.

They also don’t allow signage in the yard to be displayed. So political signs etc will get you a violation. But it’s just a “remove by x date” and there’s no penalty if you do. I don’t mind this rule.

We do have to keep grass cut to an extent, but my neighbors cut it once a month at most and it’s usually a non issue. Honestly, other than safety things I’ve not seen anything crazy in mine. The two lady’s that operate it are super nice.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 months ago

Honestly anything would have been better than those old iron dukes. They were dated in the 80’s

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 8 points 3 months ago

Sometimes the afflictions didn’t trigger properly like accidentally healing an enemy because decay was applied same turn etc. also turn order and initiative is impossible to predict. In a 4 person co-op game there must always be an alternating turn order regardless of number of players. So basically we’ve had players skipped for two whole rounds because the AI gets to go again. It’s fairly consistent in that regard. It’s frustrating because it’s usually a different person each session that just gets entirely skipped over for almost the entire fight.

And to be honest, I liked the action/bonus action mechanic as it makes the turns go faster. We just did a 4 player bg3 campaign earlier this year and the fights went way faster.

And the crafting mechanic has a high learning curve.

I did find the physical/magic armor mechanic different. I don’t have any real opinion either way with it.

 
 
 
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