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intensely_human, in Where on the globe would you best be able to sail a very large ship without being detected?

They use silver nitrate injection to control hurricanes then travel in their eye

BroBot9000,
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Travelling in a hurricane’s eye is pretty damn awesome.

Realistically wouldn’t a 24/7 twister in the ocean not draw a lot of attention? Or do those exist?

intensely_human,

They only need them when they need to travel.

The trouble then becomes crossing the equator since (a) there’s probably a lot more satellite coverage at the equator and (b) hurricanes don’t cross the equator

BroBot9000,
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That’s true. Could be some kind of emergency system or a last minute resort when they are on the verge of getting caught.

morphballganon, in Where on the globe would you best be able to sail a very large ship without being detected?

I suspect the motive of the protagonist will affect the answer to your question. What are they doing out there? If the goal is to catch fish, for example, maybe don’t go somewhere with no fish, right?

BroBot9000,
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I’m really trying to be reserved with the details as much as possible right now but I do want to try to fill in a few blanks.

You’re quite close with the current working opening where the protagonist is indeed out fishing.

Hence why I was holding back a bit from setting it in the arctic.

cynar, in Where on the globe would you best be able to sail a very large ship without being detected?

It depends what you are hiding from. If you want to avoid notice from random encounters, you would want to head out to sea. So long as you’re over the horizon from any shipping lanes, you’re as close to invisible as you can get.

If your goal is to evade an active military search, you want clutter, and a lot of it. Military radar can sweep vast areas quickly. Satellites can spot ships at sea, so long as the sky is clear enough. Islands and coastline can mess with these however. Get into an out of the way bay, and throw up camo netting, and your ship is now just another bit of rock to the satellites, and it’s part of the noise to radar. The cost of this cover is that it is also attractive to random tourist boats, or fishing boats.

BroBot9000,
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These are some very good questions!

The camo netting wouldn’t work on a ship this size.

So let’s say the ship isn’t being searched for but is actively trying not to be spotted on accident or by anyone.

The protagonist won’t have any nearby land to get to.

modeler,

The camo netting wouldn’t work on a ship this size.

I think it probably could: youtu.be/9DSwXZ1esBQ?si=5SRwisQQo4pgRBh3

Donjuanme, in whats a song you heard for the first time recently that gave you a powerful reaction?

Poor man’s poison’ feed the machine? Excellent track.

ericbomb,

Yeah never heard them before but my gf had a feeling I would like them!

I have no idea if it’s what the singers had in mind but I feel so like pro union listening to it. So many corporations have proven a million times that the only reason they don’t kill more people is because of potential negative profits.

Donjuanme,

I’ve given up trying to crack where the identity of the band is, I’m pretty sure we’d be inline, but some of the tracks make us pause the music and discuss if we’re being duped by killer licks.

An excellent band with an excellent sound. I hope they make more albums!

Xariphon, in What do you think happened to the hikers in the Dyatlov Pass Incident?

Weapon testing accident.

intensely_human,

Silent and deadly

rustymitt, (edited ) in Where on the globe would you best be able to sail a very large ship without being detected?

I don’t think the north and south poles have much satellite coverage due to how orbits work, so maybe in the arctic or antarctic oceans, but they’re pretty treacherous, so probably somewhere in the Pacific or southern Indian oceans?

BroBot9000,
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Those seem the most recommended.

I’ll have to look up what the coral situation in the South Indian Ocean is like.

Donjuanme, in Lighthearted, upbeat shows for adults?

I haven’t seen anyone say galavant, that’s a shame, somehow it got 2 seasons, and it’s brilliant the whole way through. If princess Bride had more back story arcs, fewer restrictions on how over the top they could make their characters, and was a musical, you’d have galavant.

HipsterTenZero, (edited ) in What MMOs are you all playing?
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WoW was my introduction to MMOs, and ive never really replaced it, despite trying out ff and eso. That voids still unfilled, but I have picked up Warframe, which i suppose might technically count, but its not quite the same - third person mission based sci fantasy shooter doesnt quite scratch the same itch, but it is an mmo.

Great quests, i really enjoy them when they come in.

Labyrinthine progression system, im currently building a new class so that i can generate an Impact weapon and then i’ll throw the class into the dumpster, absorb its power blue-mage style, slap it on a different class, and use an upgrade from another part of the game to turn that impact weapon into an energy generator, slap the ability on another class i like, and use the impact energy generator fueled ability to set up a whip attack that needs enemies affected by the blue maged impact energy weapon fueled ability to farm another - ok ill stop, but its this kind of game.

The space hats are good and pretty to look at. most important part imo.

meldrik, in What MMOs are you all playing?

You can play Classic (Vanilla) WoW officially and you can play Wrath of the Lich King. Next will be Cataclysm. So the old WoW still exist in some way.

prowess2956, in Where on the globe would you best be able to sail a very large ship without being detected?

Nice try, Mr. Bezos

BroBot9000,
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Pretty close there. 🤫

meldrik, (edited ) in What MMOs are you all playing?

I usually play Guild Wars 2, but at the moment I’m trying out World of Warcraft: Classic Hardcore. It’s quite fun and challenging.

WoW: Seasons of Discovery has also peaked piqued my interest. I hope it has potential to become WoW: Classic+.

Orbituary,
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Piqued. “peaks” are tops of mountains or pinnacle of achievement.

bort,

maybe his interest has peaked and it’s only going downhill from here

meldrik,

We will see, once Season of Discovery is out :D

NathanUp, in What MMOs are you all playing?
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It’s still in pre-alpha, but I’ve been playing a lot of Veloren.

spittingimage, in What would you rather eat a poop flavored chocolate, or chocolate flavored poop?
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I choose to fling them both at the person serving me this atrocity, then punch him in the kidneys while he’s distracted.

A_Random_Idiot, in What MMOs are you all playing?

FFXIV is a fantastic game, with a fantastic free trial that lets you play the entire base game for free (and i think they recently expanded that to the first expansion too), and its beautiful as hell, has a fantastic story, and doesnt require a super computer to run.

Drusenija,

They actually just expanded it to the second expansion, so you now get the base game of A Realm Reborn, as well as Heavensward and Stormblood included in the free trial.

It’s also releasing for beta on Xbox later this year (currently it’s PC and PS4/5) so there’s due to be a new influx of players as well, so it’s a good time to start playing. That and the new expansion is due out in the new year too.

9715698,

Is it cross play with consoles?

Vox,

yes, it’s currently ps4/5 and PC but when it launches on Xbox it’ll have crossplay on release. I also believe cross save exists but you have to purchase DLC specifically for the platform you’re on.

Drusenija,

Yup, this is right. Everyone plays on the same servers regardless of the platform you’re on, but any expansion you purchase is tied to the platform (so Mac, PC, PSN and soon presumably Xbox). So if you personally want to play on multiple platforms you need to buy multiple copies of the game.

However that only applies to the initial purchase. FFXIV being an MMO still has a monthly subscription fee (unless you’re on the free trial, which isn’t time limited and includes the base game plus the first two expansions), but you only pay that once a month per account, regardless of how many platforms you play on.

Pretty much everything is stored on the server as well, so regardless of the platform you log into, your character will be the same. There’s a small number of things that are kept client side (things like your gear sets and your UI setup), however there is an option to upload your settings from one client and download them on another (so for me for example, my PS5 is my primary device but I sometimes play on PC, so I’ve copied my PS5 settings to the server, and then downloaded them onto my PC, all through the game client).

A_Random_Idiot, (edited )

Oh, neat. I thought it was the first expansion, but hte second?

Thats a whole lot of content for free.

Apologies for my accidental misinformation.

Drusenija,

No stress! It’s only changed recently (like it was only announced at the NA Fanfast a few months back), so nothing wrong with having missed the change!

be_excellent_to_each_other, (edited ) in whats a song you heard for the first time recently that gave you a powerful reaction?
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Hey OP I just realized I should have linked the very tiny (so far no one but me posts there) kbin magazine I mod which is intended to more or less collect songs such as you describe. For each post I've included the lyrics.

I'm not sure how to link it that it will clickable on Lemmy, but it's:

@musicwithamessage

Music with a Message

@musicwithamessage

Edit- I'd love not to be the only one posting!

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