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I can’t recall level range, but, if this is 1-54, you may need to settle on a level range, and gear toward that. Or accept that the bosses are hard, and warn the player ahead of time. Or just live with the fact that not all ATs are geared toward the mish (which tends to mirror some aspects of the normal game).

It’s already affecting employment (the white collar one, anyway). But that wasn’t my focus. I was trying to make the case that AI is unlike any other tool we’ve developed. A tool is an extension of something we already do, using our own intelligence. This is a step toward replacing several aspects of it. Maybe it’s okay, since most people’s writing is shitty. But, really, we’re talking about creating something that will replace elements of social interaction. Little things first, like going through the drive through, or trying to get help online. It’s not like I have a burning desire to talk to a real person when I order my McMuffin. But humankind’s ascent was predicated on cooperation and communication in community. If our “tool” is better at it, and eventually develops self-determination, then what is our role? At some point, the machine rewires the person.

A word processor still requires you to push the keys, which requires you to have something to say (and to have some ability to say it cogently). I don’t think this is an apt comparison. I also don’t think people shouldn’t get paid for doing their job with the tools they’re allowed. But this tool is going to make more people unemployed. The word processor just made clean text easier to produce. Now we’re asking it to type the work for us. I imagine we’ll be asking it to read it for us, or, better yet, put it into bullet points, because we don’t want to deal with reading. Assuming composition skills (or just, you know, having a decent vocabulary) continue to atrophy due to underdeveloped skills, one wonders if the average schlub of future generations will have the linguistic capacity to easily frame their requests. You can’t work smarter if you’re not very smart to begin with. Future generations won’t have just “tools.” They’ll have replacements. That humankind has made. Maybe it’ll mean people will pursue their own passions. But how many people’s passions range much further than amusing themselves to death? (Neil Postman may have been right)

Yeah...No way to track that, though, huh? We're getting into Star Trek land now. Holodeck programming and such. Computer, combine X and Y. Now show me Z. I've done it, Captain! Is what it is. Sorta democratizes artistry and creativity. Then again, info sharing democratizes the intellect when it comes to memory, so it's all an adjustment. ChatGPT already does "good enough" to crank out passable drafts that people can tweak. I'm not sure what I think about it. On the one hand, it replaces a skill I have and have depended on to a degree. On the other hand, after 26 years of reading a lot of truly bad student writing it's something of a relief that people have a crutch for mundane tasks. It's a different world. That's how it goes with progress. Just hoping by the time it eclipses personal artistry I'll be long dead. That way I don't have to crab about it.:-)

Man, if anyone out there does do this, please don’t list yourself as the author. There’s already people using AI to generate art and saying they “made it.”:-/

Capital idea! You get a similar effect and prevent the glitch.

I wouldn’t worry too much about having challenging bosses. Unless you have them overclocked with unreasonable powers, players ought to be able to make use of insps, temps and pets to overcome them.

Way of water, my friend. Best to go with with AE gives ya. Sometimes these challenges make you rethink, then execute your tale in ways that turn out to be better than you might expect. just a note on that: I’ve had instances where the fix was to rewrite the mission text to fit what I was seeing. Doesn’t sound like that will work in this case, but something to remember for the future. Worst case scenario: drop the # of Allies/patrols/battles till things fit.

They managed to speed the games up, but have made base stealing efficiency laughable with the limited pickoff throws. And pitchers tapping out after 5-6 IP is just weak. Throw gas couple times through the order, and you’re gone. Don’t bother developing additional pitches or strategies. Batters? Swing for the fences. Every time. Because it’s fun when you don’t put the ball in play.:-/ (don’t get me started on basketball, either-bombs away from 3-land, even though you’re not Steph Curry) (yes…modern sports is all over my lawn):-)

My baseball-themed toon was named Babe Gibson. Swung dat bat and yelled Batter Up!

Hell yeah, @Herotu. I've been wanting something like this for a while. At one point, I thought about making use of temps, just to drag out the various weapons. And since it's summer, this could be a project for me.:-)

You'd have to chain them, if each is a unique boss. This will lead to some running here and there on the map. I'd suggest having Marko as the BBEG, on a later mish. Story-wise, you'd want to address the questions presented by the intro, as in: Who are these guys? What do they (really) want)? What is my role in repelling them? If this is a big city-wide invasion, I assume I'll be dealing with a piece of it. I would think it'd be "all hands on deck." If so what is happening in the world around me? What's the twist? (a good story will almost always have one in there somewhere) Speaking of, it feels like there's a connection between the contact and the bad guys. (other than it being his turf) If not, story still works, but personal angles, character motivations, etc., deepen the story aspect. Good start!

Okay, did a quick run this morning. Ran with a L32 Brute Rad Melee/Energy, so he ain't super tough.

There’s a series of long form arcs in AE, if you’re looking for new content. Just search SFMA.

But did I actually "build" it? The future="I provided the framework for (X)!"

I okay a lot of blasters. If I defend myself, how do you expect me to faceplant?:-)

Ain’t that the truth. Why just the other day I was chatting with a friend about why Banner-Hulk has to be less powerful than Big-Dumb Hulk when…wait, was I talking?

Doh...double post

Not really. What you are going to get is some sort of emulation of emotion. But it will not be real. as for whether it can produce a passable facsimile, that is another question. Which is, perhaps the question you’re referring to here. Because I don’t think you’re trying to say that machines have feelings or understand them.

I’m already to the point where I’m questioning whether new forum posters are real, especially when they ask questions that could be answered with a 2-minute trip to the help section (or, you know, a Google search).

I guess you could do that for an outline. But a machine has no emotional understanding of betrayal, so I’m not sure how convincing its story could be. I guess for people who have zero writing ability, this will be a Godsend. Meanwhile, the people who do can keep creating content for them to steal/emulate.:-/

So, running tests on second arc of UNLOCK, and... Love it when my true self comes out...

Ran it. A few comments:

Font color code is a menu option. You can highlight and select it. There’s additional colors if you know the codes. I think @Darmian knows about that. I would think @Ankylosaur would have some expertise in this, too.

I'll give it a run Friday morning. Probably won't be quite as detailed as I was in other story.:-)