There are some issues but the absolute main one is the map knowledge. There's no description of where the exits or what the names of areas are. You have to pull up a map in another window and tab out just to figure out where you are. I think if any change could be made to this game it would be to put an in game map you can pull up without having to have it in your inventory that tells you where you are the exits are at least. Nothing else needs to be changed but at least letting new players be able to extract without having 10+ hours on a map to learn where all the exits are by heart are would help player retention rate.

After waking up in the morning, the events of last night dawn you the very moment you open your eyes. You try not to think about it. You started the day normally by doing you're daily routine, but you were still wondering what happened last night, were you imagining things? You start up your computer and notice something strange instantly, people playground was no longer on your computer. Checking your steam library it seemed like the game was uninstalled. You thought you were going crazy because you never even deleted the game as far as you can remember. You redownload it and are a bit hesitant but eventually open the game. Everything seems normal and you go to the map selection screen. You selected the snow map because there was no way in hell you were going back to the substructure map. But that didn't matter, when the map loaded in, to your horror it was indeed the substructure map. Trying to change it again you were greeted with nothing but the "resume game" button. You were scared, but not scared enough to stop playing. You started doing random things again, just waiting for something to happen. Eventually you accidentally drop a human down the one of the staircases of the map, scrolling with your camera to pick it up you see it was nowhere to be found. You did eventually find it though, in the reaction room at the bottom of the map, it was [REDACTED]. You started writing down your strange occurrences in a notepad to help keep track of what you saw. Not long after something else happens, a human randomly falls from one of the vents on the map, dying when it hit the ground. Because you wanted to experiment, you took a life syringe and tried to revive the human, but that didn't go well, as soon as the syringe entered the humans body a very loud sound played from your headphones, causing you to jump and almost fall from your chair. After looking at your screen again the human was gone. About 10 minutes later you begin to notice something, your framerate was going down drastically, you check to see what it was and suddenly you see that the pool on the map was filled with dead human bodies, not just the surface pool but almost the entire pool was filled. The lag was getting so bad you could barely move your cursor. You barely managed to click the clear room button. You honestly did not know how to feel at this point, on one hand you were scared and wanted to stop, but on the other your curiosity wanted you to keep going, I think you know what you chose. But then, after an hour of nothing happening your camera suddenly gets locked. You couldn't scroll anywhere or summon anything. The black silhouette appears in the middle of your screen, you couldn't explain it, but you suddenly felt a feeling of dread. Trying to grab the figure would do nothing, you couldn't move, select or even delete it. A textbox was suddenly spawned, with nothing but one sentence, [REDACTED]. Your eyes were tearing up, the dread was getting worse, you tried to ALTF4 out of the game but nothing happened. Your entire computer was frozen. You got up from your chair and just, stared at your screen, the screen that contained that black silhouette, and the textbox next to it. The screen went black and it went back to your desktop. You unplugged your computer and you wrote one final entry in your notepad, called [REDACTED]

This setting is still fairly new and undeveloped (the world is literally just called Wasteland at the moment), so I won’t go into too much detail outside of the magic system. Magic in this world is seperated into different “Limbs”, which are listed below. Most Limbs need energy to work (standard ATP from respiration), but others may have different costs too. I’d really appreciate any feedback on the Limbs I’ve made so far, and any suggestions! (Also, which Limb would you choose to have in this wasteland?)
Other nescessary information:
Jacks: Artificial devices that attach to the user’s body, which act as a “reaction chamber” for extra energy, but which can only be activated by Limb users. This is used by Limb users as a battery to increase how long they can use their abilities for, and how strongly. There are many different Jacks in production, varying in size and appearance, some better than others and some with different advantages. The “juice” inside is more often than not obtained from a specific kind of plant.
Distribution Levels: The rarity of a person having a specific Limb, increasing in rarity. Green, Amber, Red, White

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ACTIVATION
Average Cost: High Energy (per activation)
Distribution Level: Amber
Identifier: Hands more grey than usual, fingernails may be black.
Description: This limb works through conduction and users are taught from an eary age to do so through the palms. Upon touchinng the corpse of a recently deceased animal (within 24 hours of death, but may vary from environmental conditions), glowing orange waves will ripple across the body, “activating” it. For this reason, many “Battle Activators” have started using retractable metal wires with hook on the end in order to quickly access several corpses at once during battle. This will turn the whole body, apart from the bones, into “Minions”, which are the basis of all Activation. They appear to be roughly diamond-shaped slugs made from muscle. Each one has an organ in the middle of their body which looks like a protruding black eyeball, with a glowing orange ring-like “iris” in the middle. Through this organ the Minions feel all the senses, and this is also what you communicate with them through. Each minion is quite stubby, but stretchable, but at rest is around 10cm in length. The number of Minions made from a corpse of course varies from the actual amount of flesh available, as it is directly converted. Now you can “program” them to complete certain function loops or assemble into different shapes - this second part of activation doesn’t require any more energy. Minions can stick to each other to “assemble” into their different, more applicable functions. Most commonly, they are used to create powerful bodyguards or watchdogs in the form of golems and flying heaps. More advanced activators can also make their irises merge into more advanced “eyeballs” which can increase all of their senses. Although Minions can slightly change their structure to complete functions, such as turning into proto-bones and joints for golems, they can’t differ very much from their original form. Also, it takes skill and practice to increase how many Minions you can handle controlling at once - otherwise the rest wither away.
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REPELLENT
Average Cost: Medium Energy
Distribution Level: Green
Identifier: Bumps that look like healed scars, distinctive circle shape with small “tendrils” off to the sides.
Description: Users have “Repulsion Nodes” in locations on their body (the bumps described above). These are most commonly on the feet, the knees, chest, palms or forehead - although most commonly the palms. The number of Repulsion Nodes a user is born with is decided at birth. At these nodes, users can use energy to release a superheated plasma “energy blast” created from particles in their blood. The repulsion can be many colours such as blue, pink, red, yellow, green etc - the colour mainly depends on how the user was trained with the power from birth, although genetic factors may have a small influence too, however this is unlikely to overrule the results of the training. Size, power, speed and shape can all be changed through concentration and improved through training. More trained Repellents can maximise the efficiency of their repulsions. Repulsions that you have created yourself don’t affect you, and bounce off/ glide along the surface of your body. This is why most users who have palm Repulsion Nodes assume a distinctive “finger gun” shape to make it easier to fire smaller, stronger and more accurate repulsions (think of the normal finger gun shape, but the thumb is not lifted up, and points in the direction of the “barrel” - this redirects the repulsion most efficiently). The actual effects of repulsions are similar to Star Wars blaster bolts, although more skilled users can decide to make some more explosive or more slicing.
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AUGMENTATION
Average Cost: Low Energy
Distribution Level: Green
Identifier: Red saliva/drool (only after shrinking)
Description: The user has the ability to fully control their body, and to augment “A-Cells” which lie dormant next to every cell in their body. Augmentations may include a long list of things, but a few are: increasing muscle mass, hardening of skin, growing of bones out into spikes/spears, night vision, extending limb length, extending and sharpening hardened fingernails, etc. The only organ in the body that does not have any A-Cells present is the brain, which cannot be modified. Anything the user can think of, they can do - theoretically. However, augmenting into something you’ve never experienced makes it less effective, slower and less efficient (too much energy expended). This is why users often have to only have a few “pre-sets” that they learn to transform into, to minimise this effect. An important factor is also an understanding of the anatomy, so many users are taught anatomy thoroughly before they begin augmenting. Good knowledge of your normal anatomy means you can also heal your body at rapid speeds. Effectively this means that Augmenters usually have a large advantage when using a Jack.
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THOUGHTMELDING
Cost: High Energy (per use, otherwise Low Energy constantly)
Distribution: Amber
Identifier: Pupil-less eyes that glow a blinding green, and are as hard as gemstones
Description: The user houses a “psychic dimension” called a Meld Server, or Server for short, inside their brains. The user has full omnipotence within this space, and only consciouses can enter into it, as it is not material (but if feels real inside). In order to drag someone’s consciousness inside, the target has to directly look at the user’s eyes from about 10cm away - the glow of the eyes has to be fully exposed too, and cannot be from behind any kind of see-through glass or tinted cover. After doing so, the user and the target will both slump and their eyes will roll back - the user’s eyes’ glow will stop. Inside the server, the target is powerless, but can still feel everything - and thus this is often used for interrogation. This form of torture is known as “mindflaying”. However, once a person inside the server submits their will to the user, another option is created: copying. The user can copy the other’s entire personality, memories and experiences inside the server. This “copy” will be fully obedient to the user, and will divulge any information to the user that it knows from the original. Once the user has had enough, they can exit the server - and so the target will too - waking up and returning to their bodies. Alternatively, the user can also “scroll” through the server, which basically means closing their eyes and flicking through the people that they have copied, whilst still being in their body and present to their surroundings. If the eyes are looked at from a distance, or from behind a see-through material, they will only give the target a headache. The issue with thoughtmelding users is that they are constantly using extra energy to supply the server, meaning they either need to eat a lot more, or need to be constantly using a Jack.
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EXHAUSTION
Cost: Low Energy, fossil fuels (e.g charcoal, coal, or oil)
Distribution: Amber
Identifier: Grey tongue and black insides of mouth
Description: The user has the ability to shoot out a black smoke from their mouths. In order to do so, the user has to consume some form of fossil fuel, which is usually charcoal. This smoke is, when used correctly, so black (so little light enters) that it is virtually impossible to discern anything within it or past it. Of course, this decreases as the gas gets more spread out. The complection of this smoke can be modified by the user - it can be a more spread out fog, it can be thick walls of smoke, or even very dense near-solid clumps. The use can be changed by the user too - it can be as harmless as air, as toxic as smog, as blinding as ink, or even as acidic as mustard gas (however this one takes a lot of specific training for a long time to get right, as it is fundamentally different). Exhausters are usually looked down upon because of how useless this ability seems. When more concentrated fossil fuels such as oil and above are used, the smoke gains an iridescent oil-like shimmer to it. Although usually used as a method of hiding and escaping, some have found that by compressing toxic smog into a tar-like substance and shooting it as a projectile, they can incapacitate enemies more easily.
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ACCUMULATION
Cost: None
Distribution: Red
Identifier: Glow under UV light
Description: The user respires at an abnormal rate without a higher intske nescessary - far higher than the average human or a Limb user. These are stored within the user’s cells, and the body does not burst as a result of the energy it’s own body creates - because the user can slow down the respiration to normal levels at will, with basic training. This however means that children who are not identified as Accumulators from birth usually explode from too much energy being produced at around the age of 3. This is one of many reasons for their rarity. However, other than using up the energy normally, users can also expel it into the environment through their skin. The real application of an accumulator however is also why they are sometimes known as “Jackmen” or “Living Batteries” - they can release their energy into other people, and more specifically other Limb users. Not only does this allow for a steady supply of energy, but accumulators can shoot the energy in in such a way that it can give the other person a short lasting increase in power and ability. For this reason, accumulators are hunted down and treated as sub-human - only tools for the empowerment of others. Many babies were stolen straight from hospitals and taken to “energy factories” where they were treated simply as batteries, which often led to them being discarded once they were “fully drained”. In the period where accumulators were newly discovered, and hunted, nefarious organisations looking for them would go around waving UV lights at people before dragging them away. As a result, most remaining accumulators stay in hiding.

For the past few days now I’ve booted up GTA on my Xbox Series X (physical disc copy) it loads no problem it sends me straight into Story mode barely any load time. I hit pause and slide over to online to boot up an invite only session and I’m met with “Online services are currently offline check back at a a later date.” I was like ok even tried the interaction wheel to go to online and nothing happened so I let it go for 24 hours came back and still nothing. So I checked rockstars server status and they said everything is good, check my game disc no scratches or cracks, checked my home internet speeds are up and at normal, uninstalled the game and reinstalled it all with the DLC and checked to make sure I had all DLC and updates. I cleared the reserve space/save data booted it back up and still nothing. Am I doing something wrong I feel like I’ve tried everything including completely unplugging my Xbox and router to do a reset on everything. I never got a message that I was banned I’m just lost if anyone else is having or have had the same issues

Basically I've been speaking via OLD to a woman on and off for a while and I finally asked of she'd like to meet up on the weekend, which she agreed to. Long story short I picked a place to meet which turned out to be miles away from where she lives (I didn't know where she lived when I suggested it), and when she said how about Saturday? I asked if we could do Sunday which she agreed to - great.
Anyway on Friday night I get really sick, worst I've ever felt to the extent that when I get out of bed I have to hang on to the walls not to fall over from the dizziness. I'm awake all night (and I mean every minute). When morning comes I feel equally ill and decide it would be better to cancel 24 hours ahead than 6 - she's polite and says get better.
Sunday night rolls around and I'm feeling a bit better and message to apologise again. She's polite and kind but emd with 'how was the comedy?'
Basically i think she doesn't believe I was actually ill and I think I've wrecked my chances. It was the most excited about a meet I've been as she seems great.
So is there any way back? Do I ask her to meet this weekend or leave it a few weeks?.

Howdy! This is my 3rd year doing this and I really enjoy it. All the people on this list have been inactive on Instagram for the last 24 hours with the exception of Tanner, but he was confirmed by RS. I know a couple of people on this list he has said will not be going, but I still wanted to add them anyway because they’ve been inactive. Let me know if there’s anyone you have noticed that has been absent to add to the list! Thanks!

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After using the beta for less than 24 hours I can say with confidence widgets is a game changer.
It is nice to finally run watch faces I would never run due to lack of compilations since they are now in widget form.
However it would be much more natural to press the side button to access the widget screen vs sliding up.
I feel as if I only use control center to ping my phone once in awhile, and swapping control center back to how it was and moving widgets would allow the side button much more use.
Wanted to hear others thoughts as well.

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Greetings Nuggets, I know this isn't related to Ace Combat but I'm sure some of you already caught wind of what's going on Reddit, but for those who don't know, here is what's going on.
Recently, Reddit has announced some changes to their API that may have pretty serious impact on many of it's users.
You may have already seen quite a few posts like these across some of the other subreddits that you browse, so we're just going to cut to the chase.

What's Happening

Third Party Reddit apps (such as Apollo, Reddit is Fun and others) are going to become ludicrously more expensive for it's developers to run, which will in turn either kill the apps, or result in a monthly fee to the users if they choose to use one of those apps to browse. Put simply, each request to Reddit within these mobile apps will cost the developer money. The developers of Apollo were quoted around $2 million per month for the current rate of usage. The only way for these apps to continue to be viable for the developer is if you (the user) pay a monthly fee, and realistically, this is most likely going to just outright kill them. Put simply: If you use a third party app to browse Reddit, you will most likely no longer be able to do so, or be charged a monthly fee to keep it viable.
In lieu of what's happening, an open letter has been released by the broader moderation community. Part of this initiative includes a potential subreddit blackout (meaning, the subreddit will be privatized) on June 12th, lasting 24-48 hours or longer. On one hand, this is great to hopefully make enough of an impact to influence Reddit to change their minds on this. On the other hand, we usually stay out of these blackouts, and we would rather not negatively impact usage of the subreddit.
I know I'm not a mod but is this an important enough matter that acecombat should fully support the protest and blackout the subreddit on June 12th? Feel free to leave your thoughts and opinions below.
For more information:
See here: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23749188/reddit-subreddit-private-protest-api-changes-apollo-charges
See here: https://www.reddit.com/Save3rdPartyApps/comments/13yh0jf/dont_let_reddit_kill_3rd_party_apps/
See here: https://www.reddit.com/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/?sort=top
LMK what you think. Cheers!

My cat was named Spiderman. He was a little cuddly jerk of a black cat, who hated everyone and everything except for me, my wife, my daughter, and my son. Even my son he was only just starting to warm up to.
Any cat owner knows that cats get up to all sorts of hi-jinks at night. Ours was no different: Spiderman would run around chasing imaginary mice, would jump onto high places just to leer at us, would rustle in any paper bags he found and would try to find cords to bite on if he could wake us up to tell us he was hungry or thirsty.
A few months back he started to "blep" constantly. By that, I mean he had his tongue sticking out all the time. We thought it was an issue breathing, but then found he had really bad periodontal disease that was hidden from view. The vet handled what they could, removing several teeth and amputating part of his jaw, but even after weeks of recovery, he only seemed to get worse.
By early May, he was spending most of his time just sitting still drooling into whatever surface he was laying on. It was clear he was in pain, but cats can't tell you what's going on, can they? The only time he ever seemed active was at night, when we'd find him suddenly energetic and back to his old habits, rustling things in the other room, even knocking over a plate onto the ground.
One day we found he just didn't want to eat anymore. After he went a full 24 hours not touching his food, we went back to the vet and they got him into an xray, finding a mass in his throat.
The mass would be more or less inoperable. While they could conceivably remove it, it would be expensive. And what's more, the operation could leave damage that they would need to address, but would need to talk to the patient to gather info about. Back to the problem of communication.
Ultimately, we had to take him to the vet to put him to rest. Now his ashes are in a little wooden box in his old cat house, up on a high place he liked to hang out.
The first few nights were the worst. I kept expecting to hear the sounds of him pitter-pattering around the hallway, maybe the sound of a glass of water being knocked over. Sometimes I could swear I was hearing those sounds again.
Last night was the worst. I just couldn't sleep. I kept on hearing those same old indications that he was around. A cardboard box being scooted around the floor. The sounds of scratching at our door.
I thought it must be just my imagination. I nudged my wife awake, she heard it too.
My next thought was that surely one of my kids must be up out of bed playing with stuff. I got up, ready to tell whichever kid to get back to bed.
Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw. It wasn't one of my kids.
I got up just in time to see a short, thin old man rifling through a trashcan in the kitchen. I audibly gasped and it startled him. He looked at me, then ran, incredibly quickly, and escaped through the front door... locking the door behind him.
He had a key.
I have a single camera set up to record in my house. It's pointed at the sliding back door, but I can see the reflection of the entry way in the glass, just a little. I pulled up the footage and I found places where the camera detected motion and recorded, but I couldn't see what had triggered it. I had written these incidents off, but now I realize that the motion they saw was a small bit of reflection from the light outside my apartment spilling in as this man walked in and out almost every single night. For as far back as the recordings went.
Suddenly it hit me that I had various unexplained disappearances of household groceries for the past year. A can of corn here. A loaf of bread there.
This man had been entering my place with a key he had somehow acquired, wandering my home, where my kids sleep, and had been stealing food. Never anything valuable. Not my xbox. Not my laptop or tablet. Just food.
And all this time, I had assumed all the sounds I heard at night were my cat, running around and playing. All those times my cat woke me up meowing, and I would tell him to shut up, before eventually waking up cursing. All those times that he had food in his bowl, water in his dish, but was still meowing his head off.
I had assumed he was just an asshole of a cat. But cats can't tell you what's going on, can they?