cjet79
Anarcho Capitalist on moral grounds
Libertarian Minarchist on economic grounds
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cjet79
2d ago
I haven't encountered it. I've tried changing my writing by removing extra crap. Having shorter writing probably helps.
cjet79
2d ago
Never bothered me, but ya this game does have that kind of camera. Except when steering the ship. The forward mast thingy gets in the way.
Getting snuck up on isn't a thing. There is an on screen indicator when you have an enemy's attention. And the camera is zoomed out enough in melee that you always have enough reaction time between enemy on screen and enemy attacking.
Stealth on your part is also not a thing. Which is probably consider 'good' but I guess that's a more controversial opinion than some of my other "good" items.
cjet79
2d ago
Never heard of that term, but the camera has been fine in my experience. Camera control via the mouse. Movement with WASD
cjet79
2d ago
I've been playing Windrose. It's a pirate game. It's closer to a survival game like Conan exiles than it is to other pirate games like Black Flag.
The good
- The base building in the game has a well working quick build mode. Usually I find it a chore to build bases in survival games but this turned it into enjoyable again.
- Combat against same level enemies feels good. There is an element of danger and some amount of basic tactics you need to adhere to or you will get wrecked.
- Sailing on the seas feels cool, the waves are big as hell out in the ocean. Its not a flat expanse of water. The waves add a challenge to the naval combat, where if you don't aim well your shot will hit the wave blocking enemy ships or pass over them as they ride a dip into the waves.
- Story has a pirates of the Caribbean vibe going. With some weird magic creating the undead.
The bad
- The combat is entirely gated by your character and gear level. You can fight maybe one or two levels up, but more is usually a slow suicide fighting a few levels down is just easy. This applies to ground combat and ship combat.
- The map is totally blank until it is explored. And finding all the tiny islands is annoying.
- The combat system works much better on open land. On ship boarding actions you can get screwed over randomly. The safe/optimal strategy is to take pot shots at the enemy from your own ship and let your own boarders slowly whittle them down. But that strategy is boring and takes a while.
- The fast travel system has artificial limitations. Limited number of locations you can setup and a limit on where you can place them.
cjet79
6d ago
The government has been defendants in Keepseagle v. Vilsack or Cobell v. Salazar.
I get what you are saying this looks like and is obvious corruption. I don't disagree!
I would be happy and thrilled for a rule to exist that prevents this sort of thing. Or at least for the rules that should prevent it to be strictly enforced.
Trump banned this practice via an agency directive in 2017 and the Biden administration overturned that ban.
This second trump admin approach might be much more successful in actually banning the practice.
cjet79
6d ago
There is, but the government has also been defendants like in Keepseagle v. Vilsack or Cobell v. Salazar.
I get not knowing about those cases, I had to refind their names after learning about them a long time ago. But I've been telling you that such cases exist. I'm not making shit up to be difficult or play the "both sides" game.
It's a good norm to have to not let the government settle out into a third party slush fund. But the norm is long dead at this point.
cjet79
6d ago
I don't know what to tell you, this has been happening for at least a decade.
Volkswagen "Diesel gate" settlement. The bank of America and Citi group settlement.
It's common enough that in 2017 Trump 1 banned the practice of having government settlements give money to third party NGOs that were not victims or parties of the original case.
I don't have to imagine it being abused for causes I don't like (I don't even like this cause.) Because it has already been abused repeatedly.
I just get frustrated when I see some story that is basically "Democrats outraged that trump is flagrantly violating a norm that they have been quietly violating for a decade".
It's not that I'm happy with Trump violating the norm, I just see it as already dead.
No, all the sailing is fake
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