#general
unkempt basin
lapis coral
thats what they bringing
unkempt basin
Modern warfare kinda gave that tacticool that everyone liked
normal talon
bf1>
barren stump
lapis coral
Modern warfare kinda gave that tacticool that everyone liked
many dont like the movement
lapis coral
The movement is actually pretty nice
yeah feels smooth and has weight
until u sliding all the way
molten lance
why do games make your character always have astigmatism 
runic orbit
Gf looking at me like im the manliest guy to ever walk the planet (i just got done killing a wasp that wouldn’t leave my room) yeah. Im basically a super soldier, no need to thank me
lapis coral
sad wasp
runic orbit
(Im a buddhist so murder is always wrong but wasps are poo heads so i dont care and nor would the buddha if he was ever stung by one)
fast heron
evening
unkempt basin
lapis coral
unkempt basin
Kirby is the cutest
Yet the only one with enough power to stand up to the doom slayer
Work that one out
unkempt basin
covert wagon
covert wagon
Is that you?
lapis coral
japenising anything can make it super cringe
true plover
200%
dry elbow
??
karmic locust
Good Morning!
lapis coral
Good Morning!
good morning 🌻
dry elbow
Cute girls fire weapons
lilac forge
Is that you?
I’m the ac130 that absolutely demolished her and the terrain seconds later
karmic locust
We'll have a barbecue this afternoon.
dry elbow
Why would you?
karmic locust
We'll have a barbecue this afternoon.
I am looking forward to that and can't wait.
shrewd furnace
what are you cooking
karmic locust
i’m gonna cook meat
lilac forge
Ello
lapis coral
karmic locust
of course, im gonna eat so many vegetables.
lapis coral
of course, im gonna eat so many vegetables.
good 👍
lilac forge
Why would you?
Basically your country has uhh a little bit of oil and the us wants that unfortunately
Looks like the tanks be rolling in
lilac forge
There is if there’s enough oil involved
lapis coral
There is if there’s enough oil involved
for oil , invading JAPAN is stupid idea
lilac forge
If that was the case Venezuela would be invaded
Ok good idea
Turn it around boys
We’re going to Venezuela
lapis coral
We’re going to Venezuela
they will end up fighting russians
worn yew
Hi
verbal belfry
lapis coral
and VENEZUELA will get destroyed as every place wherever these two countries go
worn yew
I just told my friend the whole Rdr lore
dry elbow
Japan has basically no natural resources really
lapis coral
I just told my friend the whole Rdr lore <:LULW:586010901417558016>
noice
dry elbow
Has the 6th largest economic watering zone tho
Since they mainly have massive fishing markets
worn yew
unkempt basin
Cute girls fire weapons
True and handles them quite well
dry elbow
They probably have some form of military background tbh
unkempt basin
Especially compared to that guy who bruised his shoulder with an AR15
lilac forge
Since they mainly have massive fishing markets
Mfw when they try and exploit ocean territory by proclaiming to 2 tiny rocks as islands 🤣
lapis coral
have to zoom it
dry elbow
Mfw when they try and exploit ocean territory by proclaiming to 2 tiny rocks as ...
A lot of countries do that
lilac forge
Pretty funny if you’ve seen how comically small the rocks are
dry elbow
But those islands are pretty sizeable
unkempt basin
Girls are pretty scary with guns actually
lilac forge
In the middle of the ocean
unkempt basin
S&W 500
lapis coral
Girls are pretty scary with guns actually
dry elbow
Girls are pretty scary with guns actually
Fear us
digital schooner
S&W 500 is a real bastard of a gun
lilac forge
I’ve only ever shot hunting rifles and I still found the kick challenging
digital schooner
Suppose it depends on the rifle
lilac forge
I’d love to shoot a deagle just to watch it fly behind me
Small ish rifles
Uncle has a 50cal
Didn’t shoot it tho
digital schooner
Damn your uncle is cool
lilac forge
He’s ex NZ military
unkempt basin
Pretty sure the S&W 500 would break my wrists if I used both hands
lapis coral
Pretty sure the S&W 500 would break my wrists if I used both hands
u can try glock
digital schooner
I remember seeing a S&W 500 snub nose
dry elbow
I already do, alot...
Then you are smart!
digital schooner
Nah man glocks are great, i just replaced every single part
digital schooner
I want FN57
Ammo prices tho
unkempt basin
Shooting an FN57 costs more than getting your items stolen though
digital schooner
God i wish owning handguns wasnt a pain here
Would love to be able to hunt with some of the bigger ones
lapis coral
God i wish owning handguns wasnt a pain here
i am happy that it is pain
digital schooner
lilac forge
Love how US border control is tight af but you can buy a gun at a gun show 0 questions asked
Meanwhile in the uk you have to fill out 5 pages of paperwork per round
lapis coral
Meanwhile in the uk you have to fill out 5 pages of paperwork per round
better
unkempt basin
FN FAL is such a nice gun
unkempt basin
Meanwhile in the uk you have to fill out 5 pages of paperwork per round
Atleast we don't have crazy guys running around with guns
Shooting deer
digital schooner
Fal with wood is absolutely sexy
digital schooner
Oh god
unkempt basin
Apart from absolutely obliterating myself it'll be amazing
lapis coral
FN FAL looks ugly
digital schooner
Damn you hurt me
silver bone
@dry elbow I just saw cursed food in my timeline
digital schooner
The fal looks damn fine
silver bone
digital schooner
Why yes i do want a heart attack
digital schooner
Ak12 is good stuff
lapis coral
12 AK
dry elbow
What the
digital schooner
Now its time for the ak vs ar debate
lapis coral
Ak12 is good stuff
no doubt
lapis coral
Now its time for the ak vs ar debate
both can kill
digital schooner
both can kill
Thats true i suppose
unkempt basin
Only thing I had with the FAL
digital schooner
Counterpoint, so does a mosin but i wouldnt consider it equal to either of them
digital schooner
The psg1 is nice
dry elbow
Caption was "Serves 1"
LMAO
silver bone
On other note, binge watched "Dark Souls Logic" and it defo was time well spent
unkempt basin
Opinions on this underused gun?
unkempt basin
I noticed it recently as a fallout mod then found its also in the cod vanguard from that british guy who reviews guns on that gameradar channel I think it is
digital schooner
Yeah i know that guy
digital schooner
Not a huge fan of him
unkempt basin
Same I watched his gun fails and that was it
digital schooner
Dont really like ak “culture” if that makes sense
night rain
Opinions on this underused gun?
odd placement of the clip...looks like it might get in the way
night rain
Dont really like ak “culture” if that makes sense
ah man the AK is the best...once you get used to manually burst firing it's very precise
digital schooner
Nah i like the ak
I hate the slavaboo fan base behind it
Or the nyet rifle is fine purists
digital schooner
Hell yeah
golden gust
Can I get some help?
night rain
perhaps the next BF
digital schooner
I liked using the rpk in bf4 cause it was the closest a man could get to an ak
golden gust
I have a question about battlefield 4 on Xbox
golden gust
Aight I’m a seasoned vet and I’ve had to fix this game more times than I can count.
But I’ve come across a problem I can’t fix
I can’t get any dlc to load
golden gust
Ive done that on my external drive that doesn’t work
night rain
do you have a 3rd party firewall?...if so check and see if the files are quarantined
unkempt basin
Did you buy the DLC recently?
golden gust
I can access second assault, base game, community operations, and that’s it so far
night rain
oh damn xbox doesnt have firewalls...my bad
golden gust
Anything else gives me the infinite loading screen
unkempt basin
Might be something with the memory
golden gust
This happened after a firmware update
So I’m guessing that’s something to do with it
Last time I had a firmware update it deleted all of my games
lapis coral
i will suggest play something else
golden gust
Several times
golden gust
i will suggest play something else
I only play battlefield 4
Only reason I have an Xbox
lapis coral
I only play battlefield 4
thats why i am saying play other games also
unkempt basin
Have you uninstalled it all and redownloaded?
lapis coral
play BFV
unkempt basin
Honestly it might just be the xbox giving out
golden gust
Lame
It’s super old and bf4 is kind of a janky game
It’s not the first time something like this has happened
unkempt basin
I had it happen to my ps4 when I used to play bf4 on that
golden gust
I’m going to move it from my external to my internal hard drive and see if that helps
I’ve played every bf game since three and this is the only one I come back too
Why does it have to be so cursed
Performing satanic rituals out here
unkempt basin
Hopefully moving it from external to internal works
lilac forge
I only play battlefield 4
Battlefield 4 is still a great game to play
golden gust
It’s faster than reinstalling
And I atleast still have the base game
And that fixed it one time before
unkempt basin
I find myself using base maps and weapons so much more than DLC stuff most of the time
I wouldn't really miss not having the DLC or even notice if it happened to my xbox
Only DLC weapon I use is the SR338
golden gust
Prefer the larger map rotation
digital schooner
Sr338 is pretty nice on hc
Though honestly i dont see a use for it
Looks good though
lilac forge
338 is great and if you do milsim its a 1 shot kill for any weapon as is
unkempt basin
It's a DMR with bipod and better scopes
That's why I use it
Most of the time I got it with bipod, 8x,canted irons
copper gull
Ironically, canted ironsights make no sense.
unkempt basin
How so?
copper gull
The way the round rotates in the barrel.
lapis coral
The way the round rotates in the barrel.
have u tried MK14 EBR
copper gull
If you've got a canted ironsight and use it, you're canting the whole weapon system at a 45° angle, so the bullet won't travel the correct way.
Lemme find a better explanation.
lapis coral
unkempt basin
I imagine the sights ontop of the sights wouldn't work well either?
copper gull
unkempt basin
I can see how that's a problem
unkempt basin
I imagine they're meant for close range though so you wouldn't really notice it ig
copper gull
The purpose of a canted iron is for when your optic goes down
But, that's why I don't use a canted
I use BUIS.
I have my Eotech, with BUIS.
So if my optic goes down, I just flip up the BUIS, and I still have my front sight post, no need to cant.
unkempt basin
Considering that exists I don't see the need for canted at all
Sounds like it's just doing the same thing with a negative
unkempt basin
Fast reload perk
copper gull
Your optic (eotech) goes down (shot/broke/batteries died), you flip up the BUIS, and you've got irons.
No need to cant to jack up your bullet placement.
unkempt basin
I'd like to imagine canted is rare to see
lapis coral
Something like this
it jams ?
copper gull
It isnt.
All the people who are "tacticool" do it.
They think it looks cool, but in reality it does way more harm than good.
Because now you're having to aim off target to hit your target due to bullet drop, and at range its even worse.
unkempt basin
Looks like a fishing rod
dry elbow
Because we need a drum mount with a percussion revolver design but with a rifle
It would rotate horizontally but the mount was vertical
So it was prone to igniting every round at once
lapis coral
dry elbow
Killing the shooter and everyone else
unkempt basin
Sounds like a great weapon
dry elbow
It’s an amazing gun
dry elbow
The Daniels seven shot smoothbore musket
lapis coral
Is it a different team that makes every battlefield
it always changes
copper gull
versed pier
it always changes
So the people that made 2042 are not the same that made like BF4
night rain
old rifles were works of art
dry elbow
@silver bone I wish weapons were about 90-100 years behind
copper gull
This AK is ALSO beautiful.
dry elbow
So we could get funny inventions again
dry elbow
old rifles were works of art
100%
lapis coral
So the people that made 2042 are not the same that made like BF4
their lead designers are different
lapis coral
This AK is ALSO beautiful.
better than M4 ?
unkempt basin
I suddenly have the urge to get into world of tanks or world of warships
night rain
sadly many of the original Dice people have left for greener pastures
silver bone
<@!182614289587109888> I wish weapons were about 90-100 years behind
Yeah, don't worry, we'll keep on standardizing further and further
night rain
thats what they said when gun powder emerged
silver bone
I actually like this more than the Bren
dry elbow
Nah because at first gunpowder was trash
night rain
yeah it did take a couple hundred years before gunpowder changed from pyrotechnics to weaponry
dry elbow
You had hand cannons since the 1200’s and maybe a little before
night rain
i think they didnt have the iron tech to handle it
copper gull
The BAR.
formal niche
You did have almost immediate weaponization of it actually
Chinese explosive arrows for example
copper gull
The MODERN BAR.
dry elbow
I think the siege of De’an had weaponized hand cannons
copper gull
HCAR. I want one. 😩 😩
dry elbow
Chinese explosive arrows for example
Well they also made anything from tube guns to other stuff
Though here’s the thing
formal niche
The Chinese fire lance is badass too
lapis coral
HCAR. I want one. 😩 😩
u dont want MK14 EBR ?
dry elbow
You have to consider what the effective range was of these weapons
copper gull
that is a nice clean looking weapon
The HCAR, I'm telling ya!
lapis coral
MK14 is bad
he never answer me but i really want to know his opinion
night rain
im sold
unkempt basin
he never answer me but i really want to know his opinion
copper gull
MK14 is bad
😩 😩
unkempt basin
copper gull
That man butchered it so bad.
night rain
weve come a long way
copper gull
One fucking color please
dry elbow
I actually like this more than the Bren
I love cursed weapons
silver bone
I love cursed weapons
ZB-26 isn't cursed
dry elbow
weve come a long way
Amazing
unkempt basin
Poor mk14 though
dry elbow
It’s funny how useful a bow was more so than guns when they first arrived
unkempt basin
Just wanted to live it's MK14 life
unkempt basin
Black guns are over rated
night rain
That's a nice gun.
looks very ballanced to hold
unkempt basin
They stand out akwardly
night rain
lapis coral
night rain
my fav AK
dry elbow
@night rain I’ll show you the most effective weapon ever
night rain
please do
dry elbow
Just some wood and string
night rain
you know i was actually thinking of a sling
dry elbow
The English longbow saw centuries of use
formal niche
Post the Chinese shield gun. Give barrels of fun in the Ming Dynasty
copper gull
That FDE AK... mmmmmmm lord have mercy.
formal niche
Also useful for flinging grenades
night rain
better be careful,there
dry elbow
The problem with slings is armor just stops rocks
cursive copper
Will y’all still like me even if I don’t work at EA? 
copper gull
Sometimes, the simpler, the better.
formal niche
The problem with slings is armor just stops rocks
Hehehe no
dry elbow
Rocks that size will stop a rock
night rain
The problem with slings is armor just stops rocks
well yeah but around the neighborhood...heh-heh
dry elbow
Especially plate
unkempt basin
Sometimes, the simpler, the better.
Looks awkwardly long on the front
copper gull
Will y’all still like me even if I don’t work at EA? <a:cutePuss:601086695835828...
What did you do, Thrax?
formal niche
Slings, particularly with lead bullets, were deadly even against armor
lapis coral
Looks awkwardly long on the front
yeah looks bad
copper gull
Looks awkwardly long on the front
Better recoil control & more accuracy with the barrel being longer.
cursive copper
Looking at a job at Uber
dry elbow
Heavy bodkin arrows could pen plate over 200 yards
formal niche
They were actually some of the most effective weapons against Spanish conquistadors
cursive copper
copper gull
Looking at a job at Uber
Don't do it. Uber is the devil.
cursive copper
Yeah but they pay 2.5x what EA pays
cursive copper
Yeah it’s obnoxious
copper gull
Same? More? Less?
cursive copper
It’ll be more than I have now
copper gull
Commute difference?
copper gull
It’ll be more than I have now
How much more?
cursive copper
Both full remote
night rain
you make your own hours right thrax?
cursive copper
I have core hours I work, but the rest are flex
copper gull
Salaried, then? Not hourly.
dry elbow
They were actually some of the most effective weapons against Spanish conquistad...
To be fair they had obsidian
cursive copper
Yeah salary
copper gull
Okay, what's their benefits like?
cursive copper
I’d be a senior software engineer on their platform engineering team
Going to get the full breakdown
copper gull
Are you going in as a contractor or a full employee?
copper gull
If you think the workload increase is worth it, then do it.
formal niche
To be fair they had obsidian
Whilst true, a decent sized sling stone to the head or chest traveling at 160km/h or so are gonna do quite a number even through armor
copper gull
Also, I'd make sure that your benefits are the same or better.
401k matching, etc etc.
dry elbow
Whilst true, a decent sized sling stone to the head or chest traveling at 160km/...
Oh sure but the Aztecs also had the atlatl
molten lance
I want 401k matching but instead of matching my investment just give me the money in cash 
dry elbow
And those could throw a javelin at like 90 mph
cursive copper
401k matching, etc etc.
Our 401(k) match is weird
dry elbow
I think it was their best long range weapon too
formal niche
Your typical sling stone is roughly .5kg or so traveling at around 45-50m/s.
thorn pendant
picture one is a 1st time AK owner, pic two is 2 years of AK ownership. and the guy with not posting pictures with iron sights is the one who you should watch out for because he's been around them for 5-10 years and can shoot.
copper gull
picture one is a 1st time AK owner, pic two is 2 years of AK ownership. and the ...
Lmaooooo truth
dry elbow
Your typical sling stone is roughly .5kg or so traveling at around 45-50m/s.
That and clubs would probably be effective
Since clubs are blunt trauma weapons
And blunt weapon against plate?
Internal bleeding
100%
dry elbow
That’s why morning stars were effective. It’s like being hit with a thrust and blunt weapon
But at the same time
formal niche
Eh, daggers were the most common anti-knight weapons in the end though.
Quick stab to the armpit
night rain
dagger in the left hand sword in the right
molten lance
imagine going into battle just to get your shit rocked by a stick with a spikey ball
dry elbow
And it starts a fire
How did they figure out how to do that? Caesar tried it
And it worked
He lit elephant towers on fire with heated clay
formal niche
Eh, it’s the same concept as heated shot from the age of sail
molten lance
when trying to kill people you can get creative
lilac forge
night rain
we are still post primative beasts...sigh
formal niche
Don’t even have to worry about damage to the sling if it’s designed right or prepared with vinegar
dry elbow
Pretty much
dry elbow
Back in those days too things as is would be replaced anyways because they’d be broken over time, slings were pretty sturdy
Now a spear? Lmao
Imagine how many spears broke in battle
night rain
well when I was a kid we made our slings with leather thongs and leather pocket
dry elbow
Since spears were actually more common than swords
Because of how easy it was to train people to use them
It’s just a sharp stick
night rain
Because of how easy it was to train people to use them
yeah the common peasnt in battle were given pikes
dry elbow
Pikes are usually longer than spears
dry elbow
Funny thing is how out of most movies, the easiest tactics they fuck up is anything to deal with medieval warfare or ancient warfare
They always show battles where everyone runs at eachother
Like a bunch of wild animals
night rain
yeah most battles ended when someone got hurt
dry elbow
Well it was more that keep formations was important
Having a semblance of our side vs their side
There was also less surrendering of that time period
night rain
back then someone in one town would piss off someone in another town...they'd negotiate a time and place and have at it with various weaponry and farm tools...when someone got hurt or even died it was over
and they were big on taking prisoners for ransom
dry elbow
I still don’t understand how in the siege of kut
The British had like 1/3rd more forces
And then just 1/4th of their entire garrison just surrendered
unkempt basin
They threatened to burn our tea!
dry elbow
@silver bone how do you think people communicated a surrender in WW1 did they call someone on a phone?
Did they pull out an iPhone 8 and post the invasion on TikTok?
molten lance
wave the white flag?
dry elbow
“lol the ottomans got through”
Yeah but how do 10K people see a white flag
They never make a surrender sound like people surrendered slowly
They always make it seem 20K people put their hands up
Like instantly
molten lance
Im certain there's lots of incidents where they "accidentally" killed the surrendering enemy. especially in ww1
unkempt basin
Probably still happens
dry elbow
WW1 was way less a war of aggression
silver bone
<@!182614289587109888> how do you think people communicated a surrender in WW1 d...
Pigeon, telegraph...
dry elbow
Like WW1 had some more “respect” iirc towards prisons to some capacity
silver bone
Like WW1 had some more “respect” iirc towards prisons to some capacity
...depends which front we compare it to
dry elbow
Pigeon, telegraph...
Honestly idk why I didn’t think of this
molten lance
Probably still happens
yup, im pretty sure I've heard of a story on the news where they killed a prisoner in Iraq and got into trouble
dry elbow
...depends which front we compare it to
Eastern front probably not….
silver bone
Eastern front had poor treatment in both world wars, but WW2 defo was more cruel
night rain
at least back then civilians for the most part were not engaged
dry elbow
How many civilian casualties were in WW1?
silver bone
Great War POW camps from battles of Germans vs France/UK/USA would probably be only slightly better than post-WW2 ones
dry elbow
I’d imagine it was still pretty large
night rain
not like today
dry elbow
To be fair they didn’t have the ordinance to do that
molten lance
WW2 had the whole genocide thing too 😓
dry elbow
So did WW1
silver bone
I’d imagine it was still pretty large
6 to 13 million
Estimates of losses for WW1 in general vary very wildly
dry elbow
The Armenians were getting wiped out, Greeks, Assyrians
The ottomans were very busy with genocide in WW1
dry elbow
Yeah that too
silver bone
It partially overlapped with war
dry elbow
6 to 13 million
That’s definitely sizeable
night rain
that was just a brutal period of time
silver bone
I guess whether you count part of Russian civil war that overlapped with Great War also is a factor
dry elbow
I would to be fair
night rain
all out guts brutal...not clean like now
dry elbow
Even now war isn’t clean
silver bone
I would count the whole conflict as extension of Great War tbh
night rain
clean as in killing
silver bone
Mass artillery bombardment isn't very clean in itself
molten lance
current war is not clean right now,we use explosives like its just extra sauce
silver bone
Especially against urban areas
dry elbow
The difference is that people don’t get face to face en masses anymore
night rain
the guy operating the drone stay clean
molten lance
true
silver bone
Also, worth noting, for Great War
dry elbow
If anything that to some degree causes more problems than solves them
silver bone
1/3 of deaths were for non-combat reasons
night rain
for sure...but its not eye to eye brutal like ww1
dry elbow
The easier it is to detach people from the violence they cause, the easier it is for them to perpetrate it
silver bone
By a very wide margin
dry elbow
Most of WW1 deaths were artillery
Artillery, disease/sickness
Here’s what doesn’t make sense
night rain
friend doom!
astral copper
How you doin?
night rain
how are you this evening?
dry elbow
What do you do when you’re in a trench and artillery is coming down. Like what was the strategy there
night rain
im doing well
astral copper
And your family?
dry elbow
“Pray you don’t die”
astral copper
how are you this evening?
Neutral
night rain
all good...yours?
silver bone
What do you do when you’re in a trench and artillery is coming down. Like what w...
Hide if you have a place to hide
silver bone
Otherwise, well, pray
dry elbow
Hide if you have a place to hide
Imagine
astral copper
Ok
silver bone
To be fair, most of underground structures wouldn't withstand a hit anyway
night rain
you getting to bed at a good hour?
molten lance
depends on your perspective, is it more brutal to wipe out a whole village with a press of a button and less of an emotional connection with it, or is it more brutal to bayonet a guy and be intimate with the killing.
silver bone
So you would almost want to be in a trench itself
astral copper
23pm
night rain
thats a good hour
dry elbow
Do you think people knew, like going into the trench that “hey the moment artillery starts we are toast”
silver bone
Contrary to getting buried and dying that way
formal niche
At least in a trench it needs to be a near direct hit on you
silver bone
Do you think people knew, like going into the trench that “hey the moment artill...
they became indifferent to artillery sounds over time, at least
Well, most of them
astral copper
Imagine using something other than cavalry
silver bone
Shell shock obviously was a thing
dry elbow
What was worse, artillery or gas
night rain
Do you think people knew, like going into the trench that “hey the moment artill...
i saw some old pictures of those guys experiencing shell shock
formal niche
The constant turns in the trench line mean that even a direct hit is only going to damage a small portion of the line.
silver bone
What was worse, artillery or gas
In terms of lethality, artillery
silver bone
Psychologically, coin toss
molten lance
and the emotional turmoil from even hearing artillery is bad
night rain
could you imagine being stuck in place with nowhere to run except foreward toward the enemy?
molten lance
immediately run like you're the flash
formal niche
So, weird fact; you could tell when gas shells were being used because they made a distinct whistling sound
Gas shells had holes in the nose to drive a small propeller that would blend the chemicals
Which also means they made a really loud almost slide whistle sound
astral copper
Could you imagine sacrificing yourself for a corrupt man who has never suffered in his life?
silver bone
Real pinnacle incompetence was when during one of first gas attacks gas was released from ground level
And then wind turned
And they gassed their own trenches
dry elbow
I laughed at that and now I feel really bad
night rain
Could you imagine sacrificing yourself for a corrupt man who has never suffered ...
what if they had a war and no one showed up except the bosses
dry elbow
Considering how close some trenches could be, wasn’t gas basically not really usable
silver bone
What is less known is that there was an... incident with Allied chemical weapons in World War 2
formal niche
Still not as tragicomic as the 1st-12th Battles of the Isonzo.
silver bone
yeah
formal niche
Considering how close some trenches could be, wasn’t gas basically not really us...
Gas by late war was mostly used as a way to force the enemy to put on gas masks which makes everything else you have to do as a soldier a colossal pain
astral copper
what if they had a war and no one showed up except the bosses
Since when does a boss get up from his chair?
silver bone
Always count on Italian front to provide particularly tragic cases of utter incompetence
molten lance
I'd say the nuke is the worst weapon in history, literally disintegrates people and if they don't die they look like zombies and further out they get cancer 😫
formal niche
Try aiming a gun with a gas mask on at a distant target
Or the situational awareness you have with a gas mask on
silver bone
To be fair, got to keep in mind that gas mask alone wasn't exactly enough against some combat gases
formal niche
It was against the two most common, tear gas and chlorine.
Mostly cause chlorine gas is dirt cheap to make and just about everybody has the ingredients to make it at home
dry elbow
When did they use phosgene
molten lance
Try aiming a gun with a gas mask on at a distant target
this the same argument I use for headgear in boxing, cant see shit
dry elbow
Well also it’s funny how the one army that had the most optics was Germany at the time
lilac forge
Combat gases.
dry elbow
Since they had the most advanced optics of the time period
silver bone
Issue with chlorine being, it usually was combined with phosgene
silver bone
very much so
dry elbow
“Let’s launch them all”
lilac forge
For example, Germans used gases in front line combat. They would release the gas near their own trenches if it was a western wind, and then send a full blown attack on the trenches.
silver bone
Usually mixed 1:1 with chlorine
lilac forge
Once the trenches were infiltrated it was mostly heated hand to hand combat.
silver bone
As phosgene was denser
dry elbow
I still don’t understand some stories of surrendering in wwQ
WW1
1 person capturing 20 people
Without any ammo left
lilac forge
The trenches would occasionally become calm as people just ran out of energy to fight, that’s usually when the butchers showed up.
lilac forge
They would roam the trenches, killing those too exhausted to fight back.
formal niche
Ever gas yourself with chlorine? Ain’t fun.
molten lance
1 person capturing 20 people
these were probably exaggerated stories
silver bone
Fun fact
night rain
I still don’t understand some stories of surrendering in wwQ
I believe it might have been a good opertunity to not have to fight anymore
dry elbow
Idk I would believe 20 people just surrendering all at once tbh
silver bone
Although from WW2
My great grandpa got a medal for taking 6 Germans prisoner solo, with revolver as a weapon
Sure, 20 is more than 6
But there is a possibility if certain outside circumstances come into play
dry elbow
See what I mean, like how does something like that happen
formal niche
See what I mean, like how does something like that happen
Soldier ambushes unprepared group, group is afraid of being first to get shot
dry elbow
Let’s just put this into perspective for a moment though
Let’s say you guys are in a trench
silver bone
You either surrender to one guy
dry elbow
There’s 20 of you
silver bone
Or get shot to bits by another 100 who are nearby
dry elbow
I have a bolt action rifle and I hop into the trench and I say “give up”
molten lance
gotta also take into account not everyone is built for war
dry elbow
Okay that’s true
silver bone
Some people had enough... and also keep in mind
lilac forge
The sad reality is no matter how bad I wanna play BF1, I can’t
dry elbow
Let’s be honest how many people really wanted to be there
formal niche
Also, even if there’s 20, you wanna roll the die on being one of the ones shot?
silver bone
In such combat, when you see one person, you assume their unit is very close
lilac forge
All servers kick me for not having required content when I literally have every expansion
molten lance
Let’s be honest how many people really wanted to be there
not many unless they were american
dry elbow
Also, even if there’s 20, you wanna roll the die on being one of the ones shot?
If you’re in the back with a rifle why not just have people behind aim and then have the first couple duck
formal niche
That’s assuming they were armed
silver bone
And I can guarantee that overwhelming majority of such attempts to force surrender ended with solo soldier being shot anyway
dry elbow
Why would 20 people in a trench not have a weapon
formal niche
A lot of the stories of surrenders like that are troops in back lines taken by surprise
night rain
lets say you were tired/scared of continual fighting...you cant run youd be shot either for desertion or by ememy...if someone offered you to surrender in group (and I'm sure they discussed this) you'd automaticaally be out of the fight in good company
lilac forge
lets say you were tired/scared of continual fighting...you cant run youd be shot...
This is literally how it was in the trenches.
dry elbow
Would you trust the enemy not to shoot you anyways?
silver bone
More than surviving the shitshow about to follow
night rain
there was a certain code of honor back then
dry elbow
Well
lilac forge
Would you trust the enemy not to shoot you anyways?
You know, most of the opposing side also didn’t wanna be there, they had to.
dry elbow
Let’s be honest about “honor” in war
lilac forge
People still have morals in a Warzone.
formal niche
And a lot of the time, even if a soldier had their weapon on them, they don’t have it ready to shoot
silver bone
A lot of "honor" was overblown
molten lance
Would you trust the enemy not to shoot you anyways?
either way you have a chance of death so youre rolling the dice and hoping for the best
night rain
well honor towards prisoners and civilians
dry elbow
Still
formal niche
A gun slung around your shoulder or a pistol in holster does you no good if taken by surprise
dry elbow
Even prisoners and civilians were massacred in WW1
silver bone
Still was way less present than generally thought
dry elbow
Hell there was 3 genocides going on
lilac forge
dry elbow
It’s just that WW2 out shined WW1 in atrocities
And the scale of destruction
But WW1 had very much it’s own demons
night rain
basically on the western front you had cousins fighting cousins...they maintained a certain code of honor
dry elbow
And egregiously incompetent events
silver bone
Yeaaaah, a lot of that is actually post-war whitewashing
dry elbow
Gallipoli is one of the events I always use
night rain
they even shared cigarettes and rations
dry elbow
And most of the time they ended up charging or being blown up
formal niche
I only have one good thing to say about Cadorna. He was good at logistics.
silver bone
It was a clash of fools on that front
lilac forge
Some people really don’t get what the trenches were like.
silver bone
Both Italian and AH incompetence was staggering, in case of AH highlighted even more by how German support suddenly resulted in successful pushes
But the moment Germans went away, attack flatlined
lilac forge
If an enemy got to the trenches, that means they likely weren’t alone.
You were under attack, and you don’t get much of a chance to shoot often in the trenches.
silver bone
Austro-Hungary
silver bone
What didn't help AH was
They also had the most convoluted governance system
Which got in its own way all the time
Especially as all the nationalities under them started thinking about independence
dry elbow
Was leadership basically a rat in a maze scenario?
silver bone
Good luck trying to drum up enough support from all that
silver bone
Was leadership basically a rat in a maze scenario?
more like some weird twist on whack-a-mole
lilac forge
Full brown attacks on trenches usually came after gas attacks, which means you have a huge mask over your face, a shit ton of gear, all that shit. Sometimes you’d just be too exhausted to fight, that’s when surrendering happens.
dry elbow
LMAO
To be fair there was so much malnutrition in WW1
I was surprised most people could function
The trenches were filled with sickness
silver bone
AHs had to be repeatedly bailed out by Germans on both fronts they fought on, which says something
dry elbow
Spoiled food so a lot of food poisoning as well
silver bone
You want spoiled food, read up about bread on U-boats in both wars
Now that was a treat
silver bone
Welll
night rain
diphtheria from the human wastes as well
silver bone
It was about what you would expect from bread put in cold, damp conditions for multiple weeks
Good for a couple days
dry elbow
EW
silver bone
After that it was essentially sculpting in bread to find edible bits
By edible I mean no visible mould
dry elbow
How do submarine crews manage food in that environment
night rain
there was like a soup of rain water, blood, guts, and excrement
silver bone
They get used to it. Plus, most of food still was cooked
And a lot was canned
Actually fitting it inside the ship was an issue
dry elbow
Well at least there’s that
formal niche
Even moldy bread if toasted can make decent croutons for soup
silver bone
In Great War, where merchants would regularly get stopped by subs before sinking, U-boat crews would often resupply from ships they attacked
Keep in mind convoys only became a thing late in the war
So if ship surrendered (which it usually did), you could take its food on board
Especially in areas like the Med
formal niche
Which reminds me: the Lusitania was a valid war target.
It was smuggling ammo as the Germans suspected. Post war wreck dives confirmed that.
night rain
i believe it
dry elbow
It was smuggling ammo as the Germans suspected. Post war wreck dives confirmed t...
Yup
Tho you know the Americans
formal niche
The ammo was actually hidden in the ship’s bulkheads
dry elbow
“What! We weren’t doing anything”
silver bone
Irony is how often the wreck was attacked with depth charges during WW2
slate tinsel
Peace and calm after a fresh win install
obsidian path
dry elbow
Peace and calm after a fresh win install
This hurts
night rain
Tho you know the Americans
playing both sides down the middle untill near the end and picking up the spoils?
dry elbow
My SSDs are almost full
silver bone
Because on ASDIC the wreck would look like a U-boat
dry elbow
playing both sides down the middle untill near the end and picking up the spoils...
Gotta win somehow
night rain
spanish american war ww1 ww2 same pattern
obsidian path
Don't let any kind of storage drive fill up, always keep it below 90% full as damage is imminent
slate tinsel
it was about time for me to do this. One of my SSDs (Boot drive) also got fried which was a clear indication that this needs to happen.
astral copper
Don't let any kind of storage drive fill up, always keep it below 90% full as da...
Hey
silver bone
well
astral copper
My friend
night rain
Don't let any kind of storage drive fill up, always keep it below 90% full as da...
i never go past 70%
astral copper
GrimAce
obsidian path
I never let storage hit 80% full
slate tinsel
Luckily, I keep all my PSDs and AEPs saved on the cloud, which is great. Otherwise months worth of work would've gone to waste, which is not great.
astral copper
obsidian path
night rain
yeah i just did a clean install as well...nice having 80% free
cursive copper
Peace and calm after a fresh win install
Needs more cowbell
slate tinsel
And got a Windows 11 upgrade
astral copper
And got a Windows 11 upgrade
dont
cursive copper
slate tinsel
Risky, but its running overwatch very well, about to try 2042
silver bone
I'm considering getting a big HDD at some point just to store stuff I don't need speed for
cursive copper
I had windows 11 and had to reinstall 10, mind you that was a few months ago
silver bone
talking something like 8TB
cursive copper
Yes
slate tinsel
Same, Thrax. I got Win11 as soon as it came out but it was god awful. So far it's running very well for me. As long as I can run Slack and Photoshop at the same time I'm good to go lol
cursive copper
That’s exactly what I have
obsidian path
Win 11 almost gets a bad reputation like Win 8
cursive copper
Same, Thrax. I got Win11 as soon as it came out but it was god awful. So far it'...
Fair enough
night rain
I'm considering getting a big HDD at some point just to store stuff I don't need...
one great advantage using a magnet drive for storage is you can over wwrite it as many times as you want or need
slate tinsel
Win 11 almost gets a bad reputation like Win 8
Mainly because of how awful it is to upgrade. You need to go into bios, enable TPM2.0 and Safe Boot
it's quite the hassle. Also DON'T enable Safe Boot unless you have your installation USB stick ready. Otherwise you'd brick your bios
I learned that the hard way
obsidian path
TPM2.0 also has some performance/stability issues on Ryzen CPUs afaik
Even some Intel ones but older ones
slate tinsel
aight wish me luck https://i.petersmk2.com/MistyFlippantSeagreen/559.png
cursive copper
I had games that wouldn’t work
I’m sure it’ll be fixed soon enough
I’ve been wanting to try but I don’t want to reinstall again lol
obsidian path
Yeah lots of games lose performance on Windows 11
Although nothing too major most of the time
slate tinsel
Auto HDR and monitor docking are quite appealing for me
cursive copper
Thankfully I only run 1080p so we Gucci
sturdy fox
isnt EA already making a new battlefield
cursive copper
1080p 144hz
2080s and a 10700k
night rain
pre planing stage
cursive copper
night rain
in other words hashing out what and when
night rain
im hoping cold war 1953-1989
lot of possible scenarios for that era
basically i dont want some of the super modern weaponry like drones and UVAC
gusty vector
Has anyone been able to Establish why EA servers are so unreliable
unkempt basin
lapis coral
It should be like TITANFALL
night rain
Has anyone been able to Establish why EA servers are so unreliable
you having trouble getting in a server via server browser?
gusty vector
you having trouble getting in a server via server browser?
Just trying to match make on BFV and I get half way through a match before I'm booted from the game and get the same error no matter how many times I try to connect, I then quit the game and restart in 15 times then it finally allows me to access online functions, but then I get hallway through a match and the same issue occurs, and everything I'm reading from Ea.com and other people having the same issue has not helped me AT ALL
It's not my internet, I have good internet and don't have this issue happen on ANY other game
Plan was to play with some friends tonight so I was trying to get a few matches in to warm up and I'm being faced with this issue
thick fossil
What's going on?
night rain
try going in via "quick match" or "join now" whatever its called in your BF game to establish a solid connection to EA master server then quit after joinning a game you should be good to use the browser
sonic token
:)
gusty vector
Literally just reset my console, loaded the game and the first thing I see eis "unable to connect to the ea servers"
unkempt basin
Xbox?
gusty vector
Ya
unkempt basin
Damn xbox is really running into alot of issues with Battlefield lately
thick fossil
Which battlefield?
unkempt basin
Bfv atm
night rain
then like i said try "quick match" to establish a solid connection to EA master server...then leave that game you should be good to go
unkempt basin
Last week it was bf1 iirc
thick fossil
Ah
gusty vector
I'm tired of going sicko mode and getting like 6 kills I'm a row just for 5 minutes later me getting booted
gusty vector
then like i said try "quick match" to establish a solid connection to EA master ...
How am I supposed to get into a match when I can't event connect to the servers to begin with
night rain
can you get to multiplayer?
gusty vector
NO
night rain
not even that page?
gusty vector
I can't access ANYTHING besides the single player stuff
night rain
do you have a limited demo edition?
gusty vector
No I have the full game
night rain
the demo only allows single player
cursive star
gusty vector
No, cause I can be in a match one minute and the next I can't connect to the EA servers even if I sell my soul to them
night rain
so you said you got booted from a match but also said you couldnt access multiplayer?
gusty vector
Just trying to match make on BFV and I get half way through a match before I'm b...
Read the message
unkempt basin
Didn't this happen with several people last week on bf1 for xbox zen?
night rain
well next time you get to the multi page go in "quick match" or whatever its called to establish a solid connection to the EA servers
unkempt basin
Ik you was trying to help some of them from what I saw atleast
night rain
Didn't this happen with several people last week on bf1 for xbox zen?
yes but they couldnt find a server
gusty vector
There's no just quick match option
night rain
well might be called"play now" every BF calls it something different
unkempt basin
No xbox doesn't have it
unkempt basin
If you lose connection to EA servers, you can't access anything online but press RT
And hope you connect
night rain
another good reason to join the PC master race
unkempt basin
All it says is unable to connect and just hope pressing RT works
unkempt basin
Try a full power cycle on your xbox
gusty vector
I did
night rain
what i would try and this is a long shot is to turn my xbox off reboot my modem wait 45 seconds and then boot up and try again
unkempt basin
You might have to wait it out unfortunately, some reason EA and Microsoft are having a problem with running Battlefield and what I've seen is its only happening on xbox
gusty vector
Did a full minute earlier, didn't help
night rain
You might have to wait it out unfortunately, some reason EA and Microsoft are ha...
so then it's a MS issue?
night rain
damn that sucks...i feel your pain hate
gusty vector
This game makes me want to walk out of bounds for 10 seconds irl
night rain
are there firmware patches for xbox?
gusty vector
IM FINALLY CONNECTED
night rain
nice im glad
gusty vector
Let's see how fast I lose connection
night rain
think positive ol boy
gusty vector
DiD yOu jUsT AsSuMe mY GeNdEr
night rain
im not gonna worry over that
unkempt basin
night rain
an age old riff'
those guys have been tossing rocks at each other since the dawn of time
unkempt basin
Sounds fun to be at that border
night rain
hahaha
unkempt basin
If I could actually understand them then I would probably enjoy it alot more but it makes me laugh as is
night rain
unless your the one that gets hit upside your head?
night rain
so someone shows up with cheese wine and bread they stop yelling and feed their faces?
@gusty vector so i found a graphic of the xbox interface for bfv...there is a "play recommended" and for advanced search a server browser
just like on PC
gusty vector
I'm playing recommend
night rain
have you tried the browser?
lilac forge
Any meme tactics for Battlefield games?
granite sapphire
Can anyone help me out with this error code 1 stuff on bf4? I haven’t been able to join any servers whatsoever cuz of it
night rain
same advice...okay go in a game via "play now" then after establishing a connection leave that game and you can use the browser again
error code 1 is a network error btw
granite sapphire
I’m on console and internet is doing fine
night rain
you need to establish a connection with EA master server
unkempt basin
Xbox?
granite sapphire
PlayStation
unkempt basin
Try disconnecting from wifi, full power down then give it a minute and reconnect
granite sapphire
Alr
lapis coral
Anyone know some good playstation games
DEMON SOULS REMAKE
unkempt basin
night rain
@granite sapphire do you have an option on ps that says: quick match?
lilac forge
granite sapphire
<@!404780927986827274> do you have an option on ps that says: quick match?
Yeah but it puts me in empty servers
night rain
can you access game filters?
either turn off all filters or filter for more than 10 players
granite sapphire
It still doesn’t work… imma just give up and hope it works back up again tomorrow ty for the help
night rain
hang on...you went to server browser page where the filters are located...did you see any active servers?
maybe try refreshing the page
unkempt basin
lilac forge
Played a pretty even mix of BF1, BF5, BF4, and 2042 tonight.
astral copper
is this what they call a funny video?
night rain
i think the people in eastern europe have a different sense of humor than in brazil perhaps
astral copper
i miss when i was addicted to internet and found cringe content funny
lilac forge
Name a worse pre order bonus
night rain
yeah i had to leave the internet for awhile to regain my senses
unkempt basin
What game is that
night rain
ive done that...try an echo plex
unkempt basin
is this what they call a funny video?
I wouldn't say it was funny to me but I assumed it was funny so I posted it here in attempts to make new friends, it worked then I'm guessing
lilac forge
Gathered a shit ton of mediocrely impressive clips
night rain
echo chamber farts with high distortion...thats the trick
lilac forge
And a shit ton of memes, so I’m thinking of making a video
Featuring my poor editing and mockery of 2013 call of duty compilations
Except with cartoon sounds
night rain
the world awaits good fart humor...its universal
lilac forge
Last video I made was a few days ago, Bulldozer Complimation
It was just dumbass memes.
inner reef
Dammn, i got blocked for saying that someone should get a PC
lilac forge
What game is that
Square enix
lilac forge
Square enix
I’ve heard of that, it’s gonna be a peak game.
astral copper
I wouldn't say it was funny to me but I assumed it was funny so I posted it here...
I didn't laugh and my disgust for you increased
lilac forge
I’ve heard of that, it’s gonna be a peak game.
...yeah
inner reef
There sure are a lot of sissies in this discord. I think that is the 2nd person to block me in a week.
lilac forge
Overclock nails
lilac forge
You know, some of those might not just be cosmetic.
You know Elden Ring
lilac forge
You know Elden Ring
Yes.
analog sinew
Bro if a fly loses its wing is it now called a walk
gusty vector
I just completed a full match... my god
lilac forge
I just completed a full match... my god
?
Unpopular opinion: I like BF5 more than BF1.
To be fair, I’m a recon player and BF5 has debatably the cleanest sniping.
unkempt basin
I would agree with that, bf1 looks good but the overall gameplay feels so yucky
lilac forge
I would agree with that, bf1 looks good but the overall gameplay feels so yucky
Also BF5 has the best meme potential.
I M afraid that forspoken can't maintain 60 fps on their fucking marketting trailer
lapis coral
I would agree with that, bf1 looks good but the overall gameplay feels so yucky
bolt action are fun to use like lawrence of arabia
lilac forge
With backblast galore and lunge mines, that’s just memes waiting to happen.
lilac forge
I M afraid that forspoken can't maintain 60 fps on their fucking marketting trai...
Your point about Elden Ring?
I just genuinely like BF5 more.
I’d rather play Hardline over BF1.
Kidding, of course.
night rain
bfv has the best BF interface...not problem getting in a game with friends...i love bf4 but its a pain in the ass to join with friends
night rain
bf4 is a hard game
hardy copper
Them about aim assist
lilac forge
bf4 is a hard game
Ain’t challenging using other guns for me.
night rain
steep learning curve but once you get in the groove its fantastic fun...lot of people give up on it
lilac forge
Although nowadays, my eyes are used to high graphics so I’m over here squinting.
lapis coral
I M afraid that forspoken can't maintain 60 fps on their fucking marketting trai...
the engine that they use luminous can provide good visuals but games developed on it is very poorly optimised i hope FORSPOKEN will not end up like FFXV
gusty vector
bf4 is a hard game
JuSt gEt a Pc
night rain
JuSt gEt a Pc
im a PC player from way back...last console i had was ps1
lilac forge
Every other battlefield game I’ve played I’ve been able to get clips in…
I can’t hit nasty shots in BF1
Give BF1 snipers BF5 handles and I dominate
gusty vector
im a PC player from way back...last console i had was ps1
🦍
hardy copper
Imagine being able to snipe
granite sapphire
hang on...you went to server browser page where the filters are located...did yo...
I’m still receiving the error message and after receiving it the joining session on the top right is stuck there making me unable to join any other active servers
It’s fine tho it might just fix itself by tomorrow hopefully
inner reef
I’m still receiving the error message and after receiving it the joining session...
Have you thought about getting a PC
next hound
👀