u/712Jefferson

Bannerlord has been on my Steam wishlist since well before release but for whatever reason have never picked it up. Want to buy it on the current sale but have only one concern: I play pretty much 100% on the couch these days (built a gaming PC in the living room) with a controller in hand. Will I be content enough playing Bannerlord this way or will it be constantly frustrating without mouse and keyboard? Hoping to add the Steam controller in the next couple of months as well when they call on their waitlist, in case that helps any.

Have a hankering to play an open world sandboxy medieval themed game. These three seem like prime contenders. Bannerlords has been on my wishlist for years but a bit concerned by reports that it still feels janky and incomplete. I do fancy open world surviving/crafting as well, too, which is why the other two are mentioned in the title.

Forget my preferences though... which would YOU choose/recommend based on fun factor, scope, replayability, etc? Please feel free to recommend something else as well.

Only recently discovered this game and have been patiently waiting for the Steam Summer Sale to pick up the Prospector Bundle on day one but the sales price is so underwhelming (significantly more than each of the last three times it was on sale) that I may just continue waiting. Disappointing. Don't mean to be negative. Just wanted to vent that it's potentially a missed opportunity by the devs.

Have skimmed through some of the conversation history on this sub but figure it's worth asking again...

What are your favorite survival games as of June 2026? Doesn't mean you're still playing them today but ideally something relevant within the last few years.

Have a new Premier card and working toward the SUB of 150k points for spending $3k in the first three months and an additional 35k points for spending $6k in the first six months. Will use the Premier card to buy the max amount of points available during one of these promotions to help get the SUB (thanks again to those who responded in my other thread to confirm this is possible). This works out well, too, since we're planning a trip to Asia next year and would like to start booking hotels with the points early.

The only issue is that currently I'm only seeing an offer for 80% in my account. From reading here, I know this happens to people sometimes. I just got the card a week or so ago, so the three month mark for the SUB should be sometime in late August. Do you think it's worth holding out and seeing if there will be another 100% offer that I'm eligible for before then or better to just take the 80% being offered now?

Just received an IHG Premier credit card with a sign up bonus offer of 150k points for $3k spend in the first three months and another 35k points for $6k spend in six months. I actually want to make a bulk buy of points anyway with their current 100% bonus offer. Does anyone know if I can use the IHG Premier card to buy the points and also receive credit towards the sign up bonus offer at the same time? If so, win-win!

Have historically been a Fully Jarvis user (going back to their ErgoDepot days). In fact, we have two Jarvis standing desks in our house currently and I've owned two others over the years. However, I needed to add one more standing desk to the arrangement to create a separate work space in my home office and needed something with a smaller footprint that ideally didn't sting so much in the wallet.

After a week or so of researching different options, I settled on ordering a Flexispot E7 Pro frame with a 48"x24" rubberwood desktop and casters during their most recent sale. It arrived about a week and a half later and I have been using it for the past week or so, positioned right next to my Jarvis (with a much larger 72"x30" bamboo top) in a sort of makeshift l-shape configuration.

Nothing was damaged or scratched during delivery, thankfully. It took about 90 minutes to assemble but that was mostly just me taking my time. The assembly process was very simple and straightforward and didn't require the help of a second person. Desktop holes were already pre-drilled. The only hassle was properly tighening the casters, but that wasn't a big deal or anything.

I wasn't sure what to expect from a more affordable brand but have to say initial impressions of the E7 Pro are very favorable. In terms of appearance, it compares well. The rubberwood desktop looks really nice and I would personally rate it a bit higher than the thinner bamboo top of the Jarvis. In terms of functionality, early use of the motor feels more or less just as smooth as the Jarvis and the frame feels equally solid. Not sure what else to write. Just wanted to share this simple review for further reference in case anyone is in a similar situation in the future. Glad I gave Flexispot a chance. Will report back here, if there are any long-term issues. Cheers!

Arrived at the local UPS store 10 minutes after they closed last Saturday evening, so I dropped the package off at the nearby access point inside a CVS. It was scanned and shows on tracking as being "dropped off at UPS access point by customer". However, it has not progressed in the tracking steps beyond that. I'm getting concerned. Any advice?

Are these expected to come back in stock anytime? Already have one and would like to purchase a second for my work comp. If not, best alternative?

Had a Dell AW3821DW and thought to myself, I could still use more screen real estate for my overall productivity workflow. I switch back and forth all day between my PC for personal use and a M4 Macbook for work. This led me to researching and upgrading from the 3840x1600 Dell to the 5120x2160 Lenovo. Immediately, I can see the benefit of the new monitor on my Windows PC, even at 125% scaling. However, this morning I used it with my Macbook for the first time and what a mess it is trying to deal with the scaling: either it's the full screen resolution but much of the UI elements are too small and can't be scaled up at all, or I'm scaling up everything universally to the "in-between" setting and it's less resolution than I had with the 1440p monitor. The screen mirroring is also now problematic: forget trying to read anything on the Macbook's screen when I'm using the monitor for the PC input. And, just for kicks, I'm maxed out at 30hz refresh rate, which is evidently an HDMI cable restriction?

I'm going to have to try to sort some of this out on my own but it was not such an ecouraging experience on the first try, that's for sure. I was probably less productive trying to fuss with everything than if I had just stuck with the 1440p monitor. Any obvious tips from those here more experienced with Mac's and ultrawides that could help a brother out? Feedback much appreciated and thank you!

Have always just kept it simple with a modest but solid rotation of cash back credit cards (Amex BCP for groceries, a few others for rotating/specific retail categories and Citi Double Cash as a catch all). However , recently started going down the YouTube rabbit hole about credit card strategies and it might have opened my eyes a bit about how using points for travel is optimal, if done right.

Most importantly, I would really only be motivated to switch from cash back cards if there was a solid strategy to redeem points for booking flights on both Starlux and Japan Airlines as we love to travel from the US to Asia from time to time. It seems like the primary viable option for those transfer partners would either be a Bilt or Atmos card. Have watched some videos on the Bilt Paladium for this and have mixed thoughts.

Also, this potentially being my first experience with trying to transfer credit card points into airline miles, I don't know what I don't know. For example, how much of a hassle is it to try to go about this all when it's time to redeem points vs simply booking a ticket normally on the airline's website? Anything we might miss out on seatwise vs a normal booking? Is there really enough potential meaningful value add here to justify switching from my cash back setup? Etc., etc.

Any advice from those with experience using credit cards to book these specific airlines (or just airlines, in general) would be much appreciated. Thank you!

Just got a Keylab 88 mk3 in today, hooked it up to the PC and got Ableton Live to recognize it. In DAW control mode, I can switch between my MIDI tracks without issue using the main encoder, adjust the track volume with the faders and hit the arm button. However, when I switch to a different track using the main encoder, the previous track loses its arm and I can only hear the new track. I just want to play multiple tracks with the keyboard at the same time. What basic/fundamental concept am I missing here? Cannot figure it our nor find a straightforward answer on the internet. I'm sure that I'm just being daft but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dumb question (I know) but I've been more or less completely out of the loop with Spitfire for the past couple of years and just curious what the buzz has been about their most interesting releases in recent history?

I know this is very subjective/personal... just curious if y'all think any standout above the rest?

Blessed to already own Live 12 Suite and Push 3 standalone, so compatibility with Push 3SA is preferred. Thanks!

Owner of both Live 12 Suite and a Push 3. The reality of my shared home office/studio though means that all of my controllers and synths are along the side wall of the room, so I too often have to wheel my chair back and forth between them and the PC to make meaningful adjustments to plugins/change presets/etc. while playing. Trying to brainstorm a solution to help with this without disrupting flow state as much.

In an ideal world, I could place a tablet or smallish touch screen monitor right next to my instruments and focus it on the open/highlighted plugin window to both more easily see the UI and perhaps quickly make adjustments by hand. Anyone currently employing a similar strategy? Would love tips and/or feedback! Am I overlooking anything my current hardware is already capable of? Plugins being used include a variety of Native Instruments, Spitfire, Arturia, Synapse, etc. Primary midi controller is an Arturia Keylab 88 mk3.

In the market for a new 88-key master controller and the S88 mk3 has the most appealing feature set to me overall. However, how concerned should I be about the pending bankruptcy and what that might mean for my ownership of the product if I purchased brand new today from a retailer like Sweetwater? Worst case scenario, am I just gambling that I don't need technical support on the unit down the line but can still have peace of mind that the software integration will remain functional regardless of how the bankruptcy plays out? Or, are there bigger issues to consider? Sorry, if this is a dumb question... just trying to factor in murky possibilities.

The Arturia Keylab 88 mk3 is the other contender. Ableton Live is my DAW and I use a variety of different VST instruments from Native Instruments, Spitfire, Arturia, etc., etc.

Feedback would be greatly appreciated! Also, anyone have long term issues with their keybed on the mk3?

Bought the Astrolab 37 within the past week but enjoying the sounds and form factor so much that I'm actually considering returning it and upgrading to the 88. Anyone here actually own one? If so, care to share your experience with it, pros/cons, etc? Would love to hear feedback on the feel of the keybed especially. Would probably put a Launch Control on top of it in the open space on the right side to add extra knobs for tweaking parameters, if at all possible.