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re: Steam Summer Sale Started Today

Posted by Devious on 6/25/26 at 4:17 pm to
SteamDB is so good when sales come around.
He also has a neat disappearing trick. Bruh...

ETA: Got him. I just have the DLC area left, but I'm not sure if I want to go through it. It think I'm done.
...I met Simon...this may be where I tap out.
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im tempted to check it out
gross

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Devious on 6/7/26 at 12:29 pm to
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how’d you do the squash I’m inundated
We just cut them in chunks, vacuum sealed, and threw in the freezer. They're fine for 6 months that way.

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Devious on 6/5/26 at 4:45 pm to
I'm really bad with pics and updates...

We put up:

30 quarts of snap beans
35 lbs.of potatoes (I'm still annoyed only 25 ft. sprouted)
118 ears of corn
6 batches of pickles (sweet and dill)
1 batch of salsa
2 batches of jalapenos
1 batch of candied jalapenos
11 quarts of squash
26 cups of bell peppers

Overall, it's been a really productive year. My goal was to take a break from a larger garden next year, and it looks like I'll be able to do that. I am a little disappointed with the San Marzanos. They never really got past the blossom end rot despite me trying nearly everything I read.

I'll let the peppers keep rolling for now. I have my fall garden planned and will be starting tomatoes again soon.

re: Sony summer state of play

Posted by Devious on 6/5/26 at 4:32 pm to
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a limp wristed slapfight.
Seems to be the new normal
In a new season launch and free to play week, it has peaked at half of its launch player base.

Positive reviews aren't telling the story.
Finished Act 2. Think I'll work on some side content before finishing the story.

ETA: ...and done. Went straight to Act 3. Really good game. Looking forward to exploring now.
Finished Act 1. Was able to hit damage cap on the last boss, so I'm happy with my builds so far :lol:
Nah, I think that was back during TGA when Expedition 33 was sweeping awards.

I'm halfway through Act 1, so I hope to get to new stuff really soon. I do need to figure out how I'm going to build my characters. Right now, I'm just brute forcing my way through.

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Devious on 5/26/26 at 5:44 pm to
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Found an awesome video on smoking the cracked corn and using that for bourbon making

...I'm interested. Going to check this out.

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Devious on 5/26/26 at 1:12 pm to
Gotcha. Was curious. Your pics are usually quite full :lol:

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by Devious on 5/26/26 at 8:13 am to
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PillageUrVillage
How many plants do you have?
I made it through Act 1 before getting sidetracked last time. I know I'm in for a really good game.
After a year of not touching this...I restarted. I've been able to stay spoiler free excluding what I've played through.
Finally...what a story in mismanagement.
I lost interest in IV once they started rolling back the difficulty.

re: Any Warframe vets here?

Posted by Devious on 5/16/26 at 8:08 pm to
I can't say Warframe is known for its difficulty. If your modding isn't up to par, you will start to struggle at some point.

There are a handful of super bosses and endgame activities that push difficulty a little. And you can always solo level cap.

re: Any Warframe vets here?

Posted by Devious on 5/16/26 at 5:00 pm to
There are a lot of systems you can get lost with in the beginning. For a new player, I would focus on the main quests, then side quests, then finishing the star chart. The open worlds on Earth, Venus, and Deimos can be a bit of wasted time for new players.

Most base frames are farmed from assassination missions. Each takes three component blueprints and one master blueprint to craft. This process takes 84 hours. Weapons take 12-24 hours to craft. A lot of new players are put off by the crafting times.

The Wiki is extremely helpful in figuring things out like where to find mods, how to farm materials, drop rates, etc. I use it a good bit when targeting something specific.

Modding can be overwhelming, but if you take the time to understand your frame's defenses, how you sustain energy, and what stats are most appropriate for your abilities, it can become very easy. Same with weapons and damage - understand the damage buckets, what's additive, and what's multiplicative. But this isn't too relevant until much later in the star chart.

And there are inventory slots for everything. Slots can only be purchased with platinum, the premium currency. Fortunately, there's a very active trading system you can get a ton of platinum from.

If you get stuck or want any help with anything, let me know.