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why do all fast jets in miniature wargames look terrible?

Is it the 'literally every non-handheld ability is bound to 1 button' problem?

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Despite my efforts I couldn't get that obvious joint halfway down the body to disappear.

𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀ @fsohns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

More Dropfleet. Quite fun to paint, and takes drybrushing well!

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First rat ogre done :) I'm very happy with this one, I'm trying to push myself on NMM

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

someone is always moving on the surface

elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm honestly impressed dead space remake is so comparatively small, for a modern Big Graphics game

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

'spells are basically free but the hard part is finding a window casting one without being murdered by a big monster' works surprisingly well, especially because the spells are absurdly powerful when you do cast them

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I feel like the best we've gotten in big RPGs were Obsidian's 2010s-era CRPGs. Deadfire and Tyranny especially - Tyranny really leaning into the fact that if you want 'being evil' to be interesting then you really need to build the entire game and narrative around it.

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

music to intercept 20kt piledrivers to

elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

no matter what, everyone knows that Revoker is the best

elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

now I want your NO plane theme song tier list

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Sure, plenty of times. There have even been air-to-air jet kills in Ukraine and India recently. The general trend observed in cold-war fast jet combat is that technological and training advantages are dominant. Air combat is the domain of sensors, datalinks, ewar, and long-range munitions.

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You can't just replace a jet with a drone munition - they are different things intended for different purposes. Fast jets in the modern age rarely operate in their full intended capability, given the trend of asymmetric non-peer warfare on the part of most major air-power nations.

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I don't think there is a singular fighter plane doctrine. Air warfare is a constantly shifting landscape made opaque by many factor, including the fact that none of the huge high-tech air forces have fought each other in many generations of aircraft design.

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Totally missed this - I've been playing a ton of Nuclear Option recently, it's a great arcade-y flight sim with a good amount of depth while not being overly complicated controls-wise.

and this can be seen across the globe. Russian fast jets, Chinese fast jets, French fast jets, all will be running you tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

not to defend the military industrial complex, but the reason modern aerospace is expensive is because its an inherently expensive industry. Modern aerospace vehicles are very complicated compared to pre-cold war designs, requiring large supply chains and specialized labor.

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SEED is post-9/11 Gundam (bad), 00 is post-9/11 Gundam (hilarious)

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Sonic Spookhammer 🎃 @sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Forget about the bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps. It's all about painting the splotches, the sweeps, and the wigglies! If ever you've been tempted to ask about painting camo, it's here. Here is how I paint practically any camo in some form or other, and it's SO easy. youtu.be/6qA6khIWeCg

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

6 is a terrible game but the bits about how a zombie outbreak is just now the same type of thing as air striking a city is good

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Rubeki Games 🛩️The Hollowing Demo Live!🛩️ @rubeki.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

✈️Just announced in the PC Gaming Show✈️ The Hollowing is an atmospheric first-person horror flight sim Your job is to maintain communications towers at various airports and outposts in the Megastructure FREE DEMO OUT NOW!! link below 👇

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

ok i was wondering why you were playing skyrim

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

despite everything, the majority of delta green agent deaths i have witnessed remain 'death by gunshot'

intuitive control schemes with more complex external behaviors (weapons, radars, etc.) is just a great combination for a game that does not aspire to pure simulation

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nuclear option i think has killed my immediate interest in ac8. just too good of a balance between casual approachability and simulationism.

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especially because dead space was previously defined by very intentional weapon design to encourage unconventional gameplay

my table has murdered 4 delta green agents this week

Osaka, we 🐇 @osaka.zone · 16/09/2026

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kaiju and mecha pilots should be dating and I'm sick of pretending they shouldn't

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

it was not, in fact, a glide bomb

elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

accidentally pickle gpo-n 250kt into port maris

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Blocky Military Guys, Smooth Tech Guys, Gribbly Bio Guys is such a good wargame/strategy game split. Who did this first?

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What if I just keep running Impossible Landscapes for new groups

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

cresting a hill, dumping the collective and riding down at treetop level does feel Very Cool though

elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

the trick to flying a (fake, virtual) helicopter is to internalize that you are really flying a velocity vector with only a tenuous connection to the machine itself

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Holly - Wuckle Scientist @jonka.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Daily Wuckle Screenshot: 01/13/2025 [HABITATION]

Service Shaft, the first new subregion coming with Habitation and Early Access

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Now that you have the setup, have you tried any games on the more simulator-y side of things?

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Sonic Spookhammer 🎃 @sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Looking up the rules for Scrungaloid carapace colours for nnnoooo reeeeaaaason.

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elijah @bohmvelocity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Most likely changes are better propellant chemistries, polymer casings, etc. Chemically propelled projectiles with gas-driven mechanical action is just a really good combination of attributes for a human-scale weapon, and AR ergonomics are pretty optimized.