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2 months agoThat’s not my dad! That’s a sail boat!
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I think it’s probably a typo caused by AI and a lack of editing. As i understood it, a micro retirement is taking between several months and a year long sabbatical after 1-2 years of working, which is a bit more interesting than 1-2 weeks. So basically, it’s working 1 year and taking a break from work for 1 year (whatever that entails, personal project, travel, possibly doing nothing at all).
It looks like 3 actually have advertisement under them. Gross
4·5 months agoIs it click bait if the explanation is also in the title? I admittedly have not yet clicked on it, but it looks like (at least now) the next line “office is to be closed” is that same key to their secrets (though admittedly yeah that’s a pretty cringe way to put it)
2·6 months agoYeah but D4 is designed to be an MMO and is open world, where last epoch is linear. It’s hard to try to bake in the exact same mechanics when the games are so different
Additionally, that’s a minor aspect of d4. For each alt i need to run around to every region and do all these side quests to get reputation points, and i need to do it in each difficulty. I have to do it multiple times, whereas i don’t really need to do that in last epoch.
I’ll reiterate that if you try the skips as designed it’ll be close to what you want. But i agree that it needs improving. D4 is an objectively much worse game than LE; i absolutely do not think that LE should strive to be more like it.
How much have you actually played both games?
I’m not entirely sure what you’re requesting then. The end game monoliths start at level 58, and the lowest level I’ve been able to complete them without dying repeatedly is level 30 or so. The campaign skips start at level 20, and give passive and idol slots. Are you asking for the game to just start your alternates at level 60? I’m not following.
Additionally, once you unlock your mastery at the end of time, you can just go straight to the end game monoliths on a second character - there’s literally nothing stopping you from doing this.
As it stands, you can skip 3/4 of the story if you use the current method. Now that you can skip dungeons and go straight to the dungeon boss, you are easily able to bypass a ton of story, and fairly quickly. I have 6 characters in this season, and i did the campaign skip on each one. You can get past the entire campaign in about 90 minutes with this method now, which doesn’t seem too bad you me. You also get passive points and idol slots for completing the skips. You can actually skip almost straight from the first major part of the ruined era (level 20) all the way to the level 50 era in a matter of minutes. If you’re geared up for this, go for it!
When i said i was contesting it, i was conceding to you that i somewhat agree with the skip function needing improvements. That being said, I do think as they’re adding general game improvements, it is making the idea of having alternate characters much better and easier.
There actually is a campaign skip. It’s baked into the map via the dungeons (and you can skip to boss now with charms), but you can skip two thirds of it on a second playthrough.
I’ll contest that i think the skip function needs a little work but it does exist
You may enjoy Last Epoch. It definitely scratches that itch for me, and is a bit more entertaining than TL imo
I literally made myself a fresh cup of coffee and also a fresh cup of tea this morning. No ragrets
A lesser known multiplayer game that’s less co-op and more competitive fun is ultimate chicken horse. It’s a super silly game where everyone compete platform style to reach the end of a stage, but each round everyone places another trap. It can get pretty funny pretty quick!
Recommend using the in game cheat to unlock all stages so there’s more variety right away
2·10 months agoI recommend the battle beast cover! It just sounds so much better to me with noora singing the lyrics
Clearly you didn’t even read anything i wrote. I’ll still give you the courtesy of a thought out reply, knowing you won’t do the same, though i am wondering if I’m talking to a bot
You’re not providing any facts or information, just stating an uninformed opinion. It’s a very disingenuous take, and is not useful in any way shape or form. It’s actually somewhat dangerous, and also belittles people of other cultures. I don’t know why you think you’re trying to act like a white knight for people you consider to be foreigners, but they’re actually better off than you think they are. I’m guessing you must think you’re better than everyone else. I am curious which YouTube video you saw that made you think you know so much about global disposable income levels per capita, though at this point i think you’re just making things up as you go.
I’ve provided you with actual information and your response is no everyone else is wrong. Clearly you prefer taking bad faith arguments with strangers for fun. I hope you find out one day why this is the wrong way to behave
You also have no idea where i live, what i do, who i am, where I’ve been. I promise you that all your assumptions are wrong.
As i wrote this out i realized that i am probably talking to a bot
According to some basic research, it looks like Thailand is actually in the top 10 for least expensive country to travel to.
If the claim is that vacationing anywhere is too expensive, then the argument is a little pedantic. That sounds like the perspective of someone who just saw a YouTube video comparing income by country, and now thinks they fully understand global poverty differences.
If the claim is that it really is too expensive to travel to Thailand specifically, it is simply incorrect. Thailand is one of absolute cheapest countries to travel to “globally.” Anyone in any country with enough money (and freedom of movement) for a vacation can travel to Thailand. Contrary to popular belief, this is based on comparative income, not global income. This means a lot of people can actually afford to travel to Thailand if they chose to. And, again, the person in question flew from Taiwan. Very cheap travel. (As a side note, this may be shocking, but some people take vacations when they cannot afford to.)
On average, a person in the USA who is homeless earns less than 50,000 per year. While, yes, 50k is a lot of money “globally,” someone earning that much money in the USA may not be able to afford a home in their own country. That’s why these kinds of comparisons are not helpful. You might as well call anyone who has ever lived or died “oxygen rich” because, universally speaking, dead or alive they have good oxygen levels compared to entire planets with no oxygen. It’s a useless statement.
One final thought is paid vacation days. The USA is at the bottom globally of mandatory paid vacation days. Countries that may surprise you will actually pay you your salary while you travel for vacation, and you better believe they do travel.
So, globally speaking, no you don’t.
https://en.tempo.co/read/1914697/top-10-cheapest-countries-to-visit-adventure-with-less-expense
https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/spending/cheapest-countries-to-travel-to
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-which-countries-get-the-most-paid-vacation-days/
52·11 months agoWhile i understand and agree with the premise, i think it’s lacking context. It is quite disturbing to have an obscure conversation (you know, we’ve never been to tahiti), and suddenly you’re getting banner ads or sponsored results about trips to tahiti.
This is absolutely a thing that happens. It happens to my wife frequently (the amount of times i hear giggling, i was just talking about that! Now I’ve got an ad! What a coincidence!), but i disabled all my google permissions (outside of location for maps), so it doesn’t seem to happen to me at all.
I don’t think every company does this, but some do. I also had to uninstall WhatsApp because my microphone usage was up while i was sleeping. That was quite concerning to discover. Whatsapp claims it’s a bug, but I’m not sure about that.
I found a little bit more info just for your awareness. It looks like she was studying at University in Spain, and was on a student exchange program living in Taiwan. She took a holiday trip from Taiwan, which a quick google search suggests can be as cheap as $80 in off season (i.e right now).
I don’t think it’s fair to assume she was rich even by global standards. The average individual or family can absolutely save money for an $80 flight for a weekend vacation. According to Statista, the global average take home (net income) is equal to $8700 per year. An $80 plane ticket would be a little less than 1% of said income. That is a substantial amount of money for a vacation for some people, but still not an insurmountable amount to save up for. Considering this, it’s more likely that she was enticed to take a weekend vacation by the low cost flight (but of course i don’t know if that is actually what happened).
As a side note, it is completely disingenuous to classify someone who might possibly be living in poverty in one country (under 14,580 per year in the USA, or 9535 euros in Spain, for example), of being rich on a global scale. Those kinds of comparisons are not helpful, as you cannot necessarily use your 14580 in the USA in a country where that income would be considered high income (in thailand, $20,000 per year is high income. Doesn’t quite overlap, but it’s surprisingly close). Everything costs more in a high income country, including the cost of emigrating from that country. A comparably lower income earner in thailand might be considered a middle class earner and be able to enjoy more vacations and more leisure than most Americans.
I will agree that elephant related tourism is a huge problem, but that’s a different discussion entirely.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/0/spanish-tourist-dies-after-attacked-by-elephant-thailand/
After a long coffee journey, i gave my keurig away for free after i landed on my chemex. Absolutely love it! Unfortunately my 12 cup broke in the washing machine after 8 years or so :( i just bought a new one and I’m unsurprisingly still very happy with it.
Again, that’s added context. I don’t know how feeling like a man is stopping a women from anything. I don’t think that’s a necessary component of the statement at all, though i appreciate the reply
Whatever makes them happy I guess?
I think that’s one possible explanation, but it’s vague enough that it could be other things too.
I would say it’s really not about reflexes at all, and it’s actually timing based dodge mechanics. Anyone who says reflexes is incorrect imo. Good reflexes can allow you to avoid learning the mechanics, but that’s really it.
I’ll give you an example:
While driving in the USA, at a red light at a four way intersection, the stoplight will typically turn green after a certain amount of time. Each stoplight is different, and assuming there are no other indicators, trying to go exactly when it turns green is a reflex (unless you memorize every stoplight pattern in the country).
In Europe, when stopped at a red light, it will actually give you a yellow light before the green, giving you an indication that a green light is proceeding. It’s no longer reflexes and is now timing based, which is more predictable.
Expedition 33 is the latter timing based situation. Some enemies are more frustrating than others, but they typically telegraph their moveset (that you learn over time) and then you try to time a dodge or parry. For the first hour or two of gameplay it’s more important because your stats are low, but as you progress it becomes less critical.
To summarize, you really don’t need good reflexes, and you don’t need to nail the dodge mechanics to play and love it! It’s just helpful to dodge a few times when possible, and once you learn it it’s actually quite gratifying i think.