u/Consistent_Agency_36

I have been wanting to get a new Field Watch, preferably with white textured dial. I have narrowed my search to Boldr, Boderry Voyager and Vaer. The Voyager does not have texture but has a clean layout, the Boldr Venture looks good on paper, and the Vaer Recon Solar looks clean but not white or textured. Any suggestions about which way to lean or maybe a better alternative. Trying to stay at $500 or less but can move a little up if warranted. Anyone with experience with these watches or brands, any help would be greatly appreciated. (Want 37 to 39mm) Thank you

I was very reluctant to dip into the OP line due to their removal from US main stores, Best Buy and service providers, and truthfully still not sure of the outcome. However, i have been eyeing the OnePlus phones for years, while being a Pixel fanatic (P2, P3, P6P, P6A,P8P and P9P). After a few years of feeling unhappy with Pixel's hardware issues (mainly the floating bubbles and terrible auto-dimming), I decided to make a change and I couldn't be happier. The phone is great for my needs. Good size, enormous battery life, acceptable camera (especially in close ups and good light), the fingerprint reader (instant), the OS tweaks and general other aspects. I did have to downgrade on the P9P camera and slightly easier small factor (for single hand usages), as well as the great Pixel Android Software tweaks exclusive to the Pixels. However, the snapdragon chip is a bit faster and makes everything feel snappy. I am glad i made the choice, got the higher end 15R with 512GB storage due to the hefty discount, never had this must space on my phone LOL. I am hoping for a bright future for OP, even if they merge with their counterpart and I am already considering moving up the line when it comes down to it.

Long-time Destiny 2 player here. Years of Strikes, Raids, and Seasonal content, but PVP? I largely avoided it. The Crucible always felt like walking into a room where everyone already knew the secret handshake, and nobody was going to teach you. I just died. A lot. Quietly.

So, when Marathon launched, I didn't expect much different. I figured I'd bumble around, get farmed, and retreat back to my PVE comfort zone. That's not what happened.

The devs have been showing up:

The cadence of fixes and balance updates has been genuinely impressive. Every week there's something, a tweak to address feedback, a hotfix that actually hits the thing players were complaining about. It feels like a live relationship with the dev team, not a quarterly patch note dropped into the void. That matters. It tells you the game is being tended to, not just launched and left.

But the real surprise? You people. Except for one person AND you know who you are!!

I want to shout out four players who made this game click for me:

Jabluntski — ran with me like I belonged there

bollesofcereal — didn't flinch when I made mistakes

Geralt of Nvidia — carried knowledge, not an attitude

Solrac0x043 rebootBOOSTn10 — let a less skilled player learn in real time

These folks are what a healthy player base looks like. No ridicule. Just people playing, communicating, and letting a newer PVP runner figure it out alongside them. After 100 hours avoiding Outpost, cause you know the sweats.... These guys took me for my first Outpost run (I did visit 5-6 times as rook and eat dust).

But it was one of those gaming moments that sticks. The kind that doesn't happen when the community is toxic or checked out.

Marathon hooked me because the game is good. It's keeping me because the people are better. Every game has a few bugs and issues; I will accept them as the norm.

Runners keep running. 🏃