Genuinely what were they thinking with Balin's expedition

This has to be one of the most egregiously tedious starts in CK3. The amount of bullshit thrown in your face and the amount of savescumming you have to do just to survive the first year is crazy dawg.

Let's start the run off with restarting 5 times because whatever you do the arrow blasts poor balins start.

Oh you thought you could defend well from big boss? Random raiders fuck you up. Restart

Oh you only have 30 gold? Too bad, give me 75 else you get debuffed for TEN FUCKING YEARSSS.

Wow you finally managed to build some stuff up! Too bad RNG is gonna destroy your profits.

Wanted to conquer anything? Too bad you literally can't support the army to siege. Just get mercenaries! Oh wait, remember, you don't have money.

Okay you managed to get shit under control, now you gotta kill balrog, aka RNG final boss. Also make your you befriend Elrond's goat else you might as well sign away your death. Speaking of death you will certainly die either way.

You finally did it! Too bad Balin's dead by now and the misty mountain orcs are breathing down your neck.

Is there a way to beat this stupidly designed start? Of course there is, I have done so. Is it fun? No.

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u/EclipsoSnipzo — 3 days ago

Is pairing a 9800x3d+RTX4080 build with a 750w PSU a good idea?

So I'm eyeing up this build a coworker of mine wants to sell, but it currently runs a 9800x3d+RTX5070 config. I'd rather have the raw power over the DLSS, so I'm considering buying the build and then swapping out the 5070 for a 4080. However, the PSU is currently a 750w 80+ Gold, which is underneath the recommended 850w for a 4080.

So my question is, is this really a big deal? Would degradation be affected that much?

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u/EclipsoSnipzo — 7 days ago

Looking for a low-energy place to stay in Samui

So me and my girlfriend want to finish off our Thailand trip with a very chill stay for 2 days in Koh Samui. What are some recommendations for hotels we could spend most of our time in, with maybe one or two activities besides the beach?

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u/EclipsoSnipzo — 1 month ago

Is a dual brokerage setup smart at 21?

As title reads, I'm 21 and want to get started investing. I was initially drawn into using Robinhood for both short term and long term (Roth IRA ) investing, but I'm now thinking about setting up a fidelity account to manage the bulk of my earnings through a Roth IRA into an ETF. I still want to experiment with short-term investments and kind of get a feel for it, so I was wondering if it would be a good idea to use Robinhood for short term investments and keep old reliable fidelity for the long term. I would have to pay tax on Robinhood but wouldn't have to worry about any of those transfer fees they have. Should I even bother?

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u/EclipsoSnipzo — 3 months ago

"Restart Required" Is annoying as hell.

Literally why do I have to stop whatever I'm doing to update? Can it not just update after or before closing, like literally every other browser? This just seems dumb. Is there an option to change this?

Edit: There's an option in the Menu, no thanks to everyone in this thread. God forbid I wanna customize my supposed most customizable browser.

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u/EclipsoSnipzo — 3 months ago