an estimated 10 fewer deaths and a nearly one-third drop in overall casualties

Nothing like misrepresenting statistics to really sway people.

I personally see no benefit to two finger clutching.

If you’re going that hard it could benefit you… get a quick shifter.

Covering the brake with two fingers can reduce reaction time which is useful especially in traffic.

On the track it is easier to use two fingers to trail brake and maintain throttle control and you will notice many of the best riders using two finger braking.

Don’t break your fingers when braking.

But seriously two fingers on the brakes is good in many circumstances as it reduces reaction time and depending on your bike, setup and your ability you may be able to maximise braking with just two fingers.

Shorty levers can help.

We used to do this on the EVE online forums until CCP caught on and banned inline images.

No Im saying the platform is built in a way that your strategy is entirely pointless.

Comments might influence the Hot algorithm (I haven’t checked) but Lemmy is small enough that people will be using different sorting like top 6 hours or new.

This isn’t youtube and I think your efforts are mostly wasted.

This bitch is hated by damn near every Australian.

Our PM told her to go play with crocodiles and his comment was met with broad approval.

It’s always interested me that I don’t experience this.

The T1000 then kills the dog and checks the name tag, realising it was tricked, and instead of wasting time waiting to ambush John at home it starts actively hunting again.

This is what we had before Aussie car manufacturing died and people jumped on the yank tank arms race.

I expect a lot of CIA informants to wind up dead soon, same thing happened during the last Trump presidency.

Can confirm this is normal in Aus, Ive regularly been asked how much I paid for the house as well, which I have no problem answering.

Not to mention that he’s setting up a child to be indoctrinated their whole life.

It was the dead silence right before the sound of a measuring tape being retracted followed by crying over a pinched finger today.

Yes, that’s how computers work. Like all other depreciating assets.

There is a difference between nsfw drawings and nudes of the actual artist

Is there a spoiler free mode that’s reliable?

The stronghold, at the very least. It was a major problem in the first game to have your base of operations be a thing that you had to return to with travel time, so it’s a significant course correction to have it come with you.

Sure but that’s a mechanics improvement that people aren’t going to realise because they never bought the game… because an Age of Sail / Pirates setting has never been popular in CRPGs. They should have stuck with high fantasy.

Having a turn-based mode as an option is always welcome especially with large parties but again… people need to play the game to get a feel for any potential improvements there. They didn’t buy it, didn’t play it, and still didn’t do either when turn-based was added.

Larian had zero reason to change a winning formula so I’m not sure why that factors in your mind? Literally a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

I agree that budget isn’t the defining difference, the setting is. DOS2 starts you off on a ship then dumps you on a tropical island. Did it suffer? No… because their game is clearly not a Pirates (Age of Sail) game. You even see a shot of the characters on a big ship during the trailer but then go straight back to combat on land.

There are many discussions on this particular issue and John absolutely refuses to acknowledge it because he likes the setting.

PoE2 actively addressed every criticism I had from the first game

Which of those issues you criticised are highlighted in the game trailers and ads that were run?

People buy games based on impressions, some people do research and watch streams but most CRPG buyers are going to avoid spoilers.

Half of the game trailer on Steam is ship, ship combat, upgrade your ship.

The sales numbers really say the rest. PoE as a setting died and there won’t be a third entry.

There’s a decent Post Mortem by Josh Sawyer but he still just doesn’t hit on the Age of Sail being an unpopular setting for this kind of game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xChOXFJ83