Thank you for taking the time to express your thoughts more in depth, it makes a lot of sense, and I now think I was a bit too certain while writing my initial answer. Of course, different people care for different experiences, and that’s absolutely fine :)

It’s true that I took a bit of a shortcut in my previous statement, I shouldn’t have been so absolute.

And as a sidenote, I believe that I read somewhere that the intent of having sleep not activated by default in MP was also somewhat of a counter to not having timeskip, allowing players to “use” all of their available time (though as you said, you’re still just waiting so I’m not entirely convinced by the argument)

I couldn’t disagree more, I love the game and think it’s first and foremost a solo experience. I have around 500 hours in, and about 400 are exclusively solo, in various games since build 38. It’s in single player where the truth of the apocalypse hits you, the dread of being alone against the world knowing you will fail but not knowing how and when… Even the sleep mechanic is exclusive to single player and drastically changes how you can approach the game, sticking closer to the gritty realism themes. Multiplayer, even in really harsh settings, often ends up with a somewhat trivialised survival, and sort of a devaluation of defeat. Unless you want to play it hardcore and reset if anyone dies (which can be understandably upsetting to some), you’ll just respawn a character, get your stuff back, and you’ll only have lost some xp and time which your mates can help you power through, instead of a entire “life” you really cared about.

Don’t get me wrong, multiplayer can be heaps of fun, but I truly don’t think it’s the core of the game, and I’d really encourage you to try your hand at some solo play if you can be convinced :)

Perhaps a 1 user bump to their online user count, so really nothing of importance, like to other said, enjoy yourself with what you already payed for, and rub in that publisher’s face that they didn’t make anything good since ;)

Really good summary ! I’ve been a fan of MH since the very first game, only missing out on the wii and 3ds games, and my most played is MH Freedom Unite on the PSP with several thousand hours…

However today, I find myself more inclined to appreciate MH World as my go to, there is so much quality of life going on, while (in my humble opinion) avoiding too much casualisation like in Wilds. Perhaps it’s just aging and all, but I find myself less and less attracted to games not respecting players or their time, while of course acknowledging that this is only a matter of personal taste.

Anyways, play Monster Hunter ! Try several, and find out which one you vibe more with, there’s bound to be an MH experience tailored for your preferences out there :)

Ah yes, the “near meaningless term” being only the centerpoint of this community, what a great analysis you’ve provided

Hi ! I don’t need any of these, but I still wanted to thank you for this initiative :)

I said the tone was inappropriate, this is literally it, what they said was not appropriate, neither in a conversation nor in this community, and we agree, I don’t know why you’re looking to fight where there is no reason. I just agreed with what was implied rather than said, it seemed pretty clear.

Your comparison with various and horrible crimes, is both fallacious and even more inappropriate for the community than what was first said by the user, so congrats about that I guess.

I’ll end by saying again that I am not looking to fight, I’m subbed here to see wholesome and indeed soul healing content, and I was only signifying that there was little about that in the original post… Thanks also to the mod(s), for all your work here and elsewhere !

I mean, while the tone is definitely inappropriate, I agree with the user that there is very little wholesome about relying on the whims of the rich and privileged to make health and research progress…

Not my timezone of availability, but wishing you all the best ! We regularly run Mothership with friends and it’s among our favourite systems :)

The scallops come from a few hundred kilometers, as we live this far from the seafront, but still from our country ;)

I miss the days when Megadeth was just cool thrash metal and feels instead of a low tier fascist band. Thanks for the share !

Yes, my cat, as you can see in my post history. This poster just steals shit and reposts it

Hey fuck off, that’s my pic from days ago that you’re reposting without credit or permission !

Dude, your posts are already barely pertinent to where you’re posting, but you could at least mark nsfw shit as such

It’s both, as in not all fossils preserve things other than hard tissues, but new methods allow both deeper examination and understanding of known exceptional preservation, and discovery of previously unknown soft tissue fossilisation. And anyways, finding any fossil is still as cool as it ever was ;)

Finally my time to shine haha ! Professional paleontologist here, the answer is “yes, but”

We do undersample EVERYTHING solely due to how rare and exceptional the fossilization process is. We especially undersample anything other than hard mineralized tissues, so yes, a lot of metamorphosis is forever lost, but that’s a drop of water compared to the universe of soft bodied creatures that we will never get to know…

However, we are not that clueless, for several reasons. First, using a kind of uniformitarian thinking, we can speculate that ecological communities were similarly structured to those we know today, and as such estimate what we’re missing, particularly how much we’re missing. But also, and perhaps the most exciting, we do discover new things everyday, and I don’t think that people grasp how much our discipline has evolved and been changed by new technologies in the last 20 or so years. Scans and 3D imaging techniques allow us to examine the most minute details of fossils previously hard or impossible to study, and methods such as Synchrotron powered X ray fluorescence allow us to unravel unprecedented levels of details and information on soft tissues. I had the opportunity during a research conference to discuss the results of a young researcher working on amphibian metamorphosis on specimens about 300 million years old, using these technologies. He was able to study very early stages of development, and observe structures such as intestines, eyes, and even the various layers of skin !

In conclusion, yes we definitely undersample metamorphosis, but we probably don’t underestimate it that much today, because we can estimate how much we’re missing. Furthermore, new technologies allow us to study unprecedented levels of detail, including unseen before soft tissues.