u/theWallflower

I like all the new classes so far. Falconer gives you a little pet to send after monsters and an avenue for distance-reviving. Slicer encourages getting up close and meleeing them. Guardian is highly defensive. Spotter essentially weakens monsters for others to kill. But I'm just not getting Retcon's appeal.

Rogue Core is about getting from point A to point B as fast as you can. But Retcon rewinds time, bringing her back to where she was 20 seconds ago. Why would you ever want to do that? Why would you want to kill all the progress you made? RC is a linear game.

I guess the appeal comes from the fact you can unload on enemies for 20 seconds and not suffer ammo or health loss, but A) that highly depends on what weapon you have. B) only applies if you don't take fatal damage, which is hard to control. One bad swipe can eat 25% of your health or you get trapped or just get bad luck (or maybe I'm bad at the game), but the risk of dying increases when you get yourself out there during that 20 seconds and blast everything. Makes it not worth activating.

Am I missing something here?

BTW, the other abilities are fine but dont feel like they fit the theme. Rage is mid--helpful but nothing innovative. And innate Iron Will I find only useful in the hands of someone really skilled (i.e. not me)

On 8/13/2026, our underground cable line was cut by Frontier's subcontractors installing fiberoptic cable. Their incompetence is a separate issue, but my complaint is about Mediacom. On the same day, I called Mediacom's support and requested they come out. They said this is a known issue as several houses in our neighborhood have had their home cables cut by the same company, and they would respond within 24-48 hours.

They did not.

Today, 8/16, I called again and was told someone would be coming that day by 8 PM. At 6 PM we called to confirm that someone was coming out and they said no one would be coming out today. This marks 84 hours and counting without Internet service, without any commitment to having it fixed.

I depend on the Internet for my job and Mediacom's broken promises and lies have brought me to my wit's end. I am beyond frustrated with talking to someone new each time I contact service support, someone who has no idea of our current issue or past complaints or the issue at hand AND THEN wants us to sign up for their new sales package. At this point, I'm wondering if legal action is my only recourse.

When making a synopsis intended for agents, is it better to summarize the events of the synopsis, describing the emotional impact and why it leads to other decisions, or to describe the events plainly?

For example, I have a part where the main character is running a halfway house for three ex-cons. I could say "The criminals are having trouble adapting and restraining their egos, and MC has trouble making connections and is worried about the lack of progress" which leads into a pinch point. But there are actual events to show that. One of the criminals comes in drunk after curfew with some girls. Another reacts badly to seeing his family.

Should those events be in the synopsis and I leave it up to the reader to understand how A leads to B? Or should I summarize it, including the emotional impact? I don't think there's room to do both.

I'm looking for ideas of things that superpowered people like Superman, Homelander, Dr. Doom could do that governments can't or won't because they don't have the power or because they don't want to or are ethically wrong (i.e. doing bad things to bad guys is still bad).

Some examples are finding and eliminating black markets, killing human traffickers, destroying white supremacist rallies, removing right-wing doomsday compounds like Waco or the Bundy standoff, returning museum artifacts to their countries, removing abortion clinic bombers or extreme protestors that prevent access to clinics.

We want to replace our cabinets with QOL improvements, countertops with granite, tile backsplash, and install a new sink with tiling that will deal with water splashing around.

We've gotten estimates from 2 general contractors. One was $90K, one was $60K. HD gave max $40K, but that's before a potential 30% off cabinets deal, but also materials only, not including installation fees.

What I'm wondering is if this is too good to be true? Is HD being deceptive about their pricing to get our business? We can afford just about anything, but we can't overlook a price difference like that.

We are not carpenters or builders and don't have family who are. We like the idea of a "one-stop shop". We want the time having to deal with this (make decisions, supervising, dealing with issues, making sure the can keeps kicking down the road) as minimal as possible. It'd be great if someone did all that for us. One GC is expecting us to drive 1 hr 15 min to just for backsplash tile selection. And the pricing makes it sound too good to be true.

Is it? Is Home Depot being deceptive about its pricing or sales? Are we going to buy in, then left holding the bag? Our kitchen designer seems trustworthy. But is she going to hand us off to someone crummy underachiever once we sign?

We want to replace our cabinets with QOL improvements, countertops with granite, tile backsplash, and install a new sink with tiling that will deal with water splashing around.

We've gotten estimates from 2 general contractors. One was $90K, one was $60K. HD gave max $40K, but that's before a potential 30% off cabinets deal, but also materials only, not including installation fees.

What I'm wondering is if this is too good to be true? Is HD being deceptive about their pricing to get our business? We can afford just about anything, but we can't overlook a price difference like that.

We are not carpenters or builders and don't have family who are. We like the idea of a "one-stop shop". We want the time having to deal with this (make decisions, supervising, dealing with issues, making sure the can keeps kicking down the road) as minimal as possible. It'd be great if someone did all that for us. One GC is expecting us to drive 1 hr 15 min to just for backsplash tile selection. And the pricing makes it sound too good to be true.

Is it? Is Home Depot being deceptive about its pricing or sales? Are we going to buy in, then left holding the bag? Our kitchen designer seems trustworthy. But is she going to hand us off to someone crummy underachiever once we sign?

Edit: I feel like some repliers are missing my point. Price is not an issue. Calories I have to burn dealing with failures and delays and coordinating this with that--that is what I'm trying to avoid. I'm wondering if Home Depot can do that, or if any old GC can.