Oh, neat. I was waiting for a good time for a next playthrough, wanted to try some of the overhaul mods.
Might just wait until one of those catch up with the expansion content.

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One of the most idiotic changes I have seen for a game in a while.

The wall banging and "free" reloading has always been a staple.
People looking for realistic ammo simulation (or any kind of realism, honestly) are playing other games, not CS.
Completely uncalled for, wrong target audience.

I fully expect them to undo that change after the reviews have dragged the game down to the low 70s. Recent reviews already dropped by 5% in just a few hours 😂

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I used Manjaro for years without major issues (well, except those certificate ones, which were bonkers).

But I saw the writing on the wall for the distro, so I hopped before it became an urgent issue.
Well done, me.

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Can we get an "S for Slop" rating? 😂

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I like the smell of a good lawsuit in the morning.

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Quoting: UltraAltesBrotAll fun and games until you see the racist stuff RWS CEO Vince Desi posts on twitter between reposts of fan art.

Is this from the "everything I don't agree with is racist" book?
Couldn't read it to the end, personally. Got boring really quick.

Either way, while I am looking forward to the game in theory, I am very hesitant due to the really bad state Postal 4 launched in.
It is playable now at least (but still very buggy), and a BIG overhaul patch is in public beta... but if this is the state years after Postal 4 release, what state will Flesh & Wire be in on launch?

So I'll be following this for sure, but there won't be a purchase until a whole bunch of gameplay reports and reviews are in.

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Quoting: LampWe already have ID verification sorted out digitally in Sweden without ever giving the service our ID, we rely on a thing called "BankID" that is like a 2 step verification with an app on our phone
First we have our identity verified at the bank with a valid ID like a drivers license, passport etc, get a BankID token connected to our person verified by the bank and the state, this has been a thing for many years now

Using this for discord would sort of work like this: Discord could ask for you to verify your age using the BankID api, I scan the QR code with my phone, use my secret code on the app to verify that I am who I say I am, the BankID system verifies my the token on my phone and identity in their system in conjunction with the code I typed in, and then tells Discord that yes, this person is an adult and who they say they are through a trusted system
Discord never needs to see my ID, they never get any more info than needed, only that yes, I am of adult age, let me use the system

At least that is how I think it would work

Exactly this.
I fully expect that ultimately something like that is what it will come down to. Same in in Finland, btw, just with a different name. And confirmation can be done with banks, but also mobile providers, etc.

They'll probably try the ID thing, fail (after another leak scandal or two) and then over time change to something closer to what you described here.

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Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: sarmadThis is unquestionably the most polished open source game. Prove me wrong.

I mean, the game is not finished even according to it development team. Although you could also say that just proves their ambition.

I would say The Battle for Wesnoth is a strong contender for "most polished" though. Less graphically intense sure but polish also implies stable and feature complete.

Definitely.
I'd also throw Mindustry into that ring.

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Quoting: Liam DaweI'm not going to quote everything they say, but I do suggest instead of instantly thinking like that, you read the blog post for the part you're interested in. They give clear reasoning to explain what was done.

Their explanation does make sense, yes.
For others who were also a bit confused by this:

In the civilizations displayed in the game, women did not usually hold citizenship, which was a prized social status. The "female citizen" was a misnomer. It was also incorrect to display all men as soldiers, and most women as servants. Instead, we want to describe the armies of 0 A.D. as followed by a group of minions of lower social status, able to support the soldiers in the army camp, but not on the battlefield. Those are the new Civilians. Citizens, on the other hand, were soldiers, able to wage war as well as working, which we have always been accurately describing in the game with the citizen-soldier concept. The ambiguity of the term "citizen" is removed: this word now only describes citizen soldiers.

So basically now it is:
Citizen -> soldier+eco unit, male (or mostly? Guess it depends on the civ, haven't played enough to remember)
Civilian -> economy unit, male & female (probably random at production time)

When it used to be:
Citizen Soldier -> soldier+eco unit
(Female) Citizen -> eco unit

More clarity is definitely welcome.

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Gendered Civilians.

Are they just fishing for some faux outrage with this one?

Civilians in 0AD have been available in male and female for ages, usually even fulfilling different roles in the economy as well.
Weird.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for some proper kind of campaign or Soulstorm-styled conquest campaigns.

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